The City of Bloomington invites nonprofit organizations to apply for funding to support their efforts to bridge the digital divide and increase digital resources for residents.
Donor Name: City of Bloomington
State: Indiana
City: Bloomington
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/16/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
To address the challenges of the digital divide identified by ITS’s recent digital equity survey and strategic plan, the City established a digital equity grants fund to support local nonprofits in their efforts to bridge the digital divide. ITS has seen inventive proposals that build capacity in the community to address digital equity challenges.
Goals
The goal of the City’s Digital Equity Grants is to support projects that build individual and community capacity to:
- help people subscribe to broadband services
- help people secure effective computing devices to effectively use the internet
- help people develop the knowledge, familiarity and digital skills needed to secure the benefits of the Internet and computers
- help people use the internet safely and securely and confidently to engage in digital life
- help people mitigate community digital equity gaps identified in the City’s digital equity survey.
The Digital Equity Grants program is part of the City’s larger plan to improve digital equity in community, address challenges, and pursue solutions identified in the City’s Digital Equity Strategic Plan, including in the following areas:
- Availability Gap: Address areas in the community where broadband is unavailable, competition is minimal, or bandwidth is inadequate.
- Adoption Gap: Where available, overcome barriers to broadband adoption, including service affordability, usable devices, etc.
- Utilization Gap: Cultivate the knowledge, familiarity, and digital skills needed to secure the benefits of the internet and computers.
- Institutionalization: Support community and organizational capacity-building to ensure digital equity is a continuing focus of community development.
The Digital Equity Grants program will accept proposals from nonprofits for projects that build capacity in the community to address digital equity challenges by:
- Facilitating access to broadband service, especially affordable options
- Increasing access to computing devices to effectively use the internet
- Cultivating the knowledge, familiarity, and digital skills needed to secure the benefits of the internet and computers
- Improving skills needed to use the internet safely, securely, and confidently to engage in digital life.
Funding Information
Award $50,000 in funds to Bloomington-based nonprofits.
Eligibility Criteria
Any Bloomington-based non-profit organization (or governmental organization) is eligible to apply. The organization must provide proof of 501(c)(3) status in their application materials.
For more information, visit City of Bloomington.
