The Stratton Foundation is seeking applications for its grant program to address the challenges of poverty that stand between a child in-need and the opportunity to be healthy, safe, and educated.
Donor Name: Stratton Foundation
State: Vermont
Town: Selected Towns
Neighborhood: South Londonderry
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,001
Details:
The Stratton Foundation is a community based non-profit organization that cares about the health and welfare of children and their families in southern Vermont. The goal of the Stratton Foundation is to end the cycle of generational poverty by helping at-risk children become successful adults.
It is the Foundation’s desire to facilitate the startup of new, and advancement of critically needed programs and services by funding initiatives with a strong plan to be self-sustaining.
The Stratton Foundation supports programs that address the challenges of poverty. These include programs that strive to care for the well-being, health and hygiene of its poorest children; foster school-readiness by reducing barriers to learning; and help children develop competencies and skills necessary to lead a more productive life.
Programs must fall into at least one of following four major focus areas:
- Food and Hunger – to end the injustice of food and malnutrition
- Health and Dental Health – to care for the health and wellbeing of their disadvantaged children
- Basic Necessities – so that low income families can access services, remain safe, warm, and secure
- Education that helps children and teens develop a vision for a future with economic independence.
Funding Information
The Stratton Foundation does not set a minimum or maximum amount for grants, however reporting guidelines differ depending on grant size:
- $5,000 and under: End of Program Evaluation due at the end of the program year
- $5,001-10,000: Progress Evaluation due 6 months and End of Program Evaluation due at the end of program year
- $10,001 and over: Progress Evaluation due quarterly and End of Program Evaluation due end of program year.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
The Stratton Foundation awards grants to organizations and programs that are direct providers to their most vulnerable children and their families. The Stratton Foundation considers grant applications from organizations that:
- Are determined as charitable under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. These include nonprofit organizations such as schools, churches, hospitals and community service organizations
- Provide programs and services to children and families within the following sixteen towns: Arlington, Danby, Dorset, Jamaica, Landgrove, Londonderry, Manchester, Newfane-Newbrook, Peru, South Londonderry, Stratton, Sunderland, Townshend, Wardsboro, Weston, Windham, and Winhall.
For more information, visit Stratton Foundation.
