The Corry Community Foundation has announced Standard Grants to improve the quality of life for Corry residents by evaluating and addressing community issues, building permanent charitable endowments and promoting philanthropic and community leadership.
Donor Name: Corry Community Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
City: Corry
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/01/2022
Grant Size: $2,000
Details:
Nonprofits serving the Corry area should apply for funding directly to the Corry Community Foundation. Second, they are striving to attract new charitable endowments to benefit the Corry region.
Priority Areas
- Arts and Culture
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help arts organizations, museums, libraries, and other institutions that enhance the quality of life in the Corry region move toward greater self-sufficiency. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
- strengthen the administrative, fiscal and artistic capacity
- enhance earned revenue
- develop new markets
- They will also support worthy capital projects and consider sponsorship of specific events.
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help arts organizations, museums, libraries, and other institutions that enhance the quality of life in the Corry region move toward greater self-sufficiency. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
- Education
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help nonprofit organizations with demonstrated ability to improve the early academic achievement of children. They also want to strengthen adult training and retraining. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
- strengthen early learning programs with demonstrable results
- strengthen the capacity of nonprofits working in this area
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help nonprofit organizations with demonstrated ability to improve the early academic achievement of children. They also want to strengthen adult training and retraining. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
- Economic Opportunity and Civic Engagement
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated ability to train and place adults in the work force, at livable wages. They also want to support projects that will enhance regional governance. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
- reduce the barriers to employment
- strengthen the capacity of nonprofits working in this area
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated ability to train and place adults in the work force, at livable wages. They also want to support projects that will enhance regional governance. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
- Health
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help nonprofit organizations working to build a healthy community. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
- improve access to primary medical care
- lower health care costs through prevention, education and early detection
- prevent violence
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help nonprofit organizations working to build a healthy community. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
- Families & Neighborhoods
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help nonprofit organizations delivering basic human services to their youth and their families. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
- reduce homelessness, hunger, and persistent poverty
- foster independent living
- rehabilitate neighborhoods
- improve self-sufficiency
- strengthen families
- promote cooperation and understanding between racial and ethnic groups
- The Corry Community Foundation wants to help nonprofit organizations delivering basic human services to their youth and their families. Among the projects they will consider are those that:
Funding Information
Grant requests over $2,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants are made to organizations recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Applications for office equipment should include a review of the relative merits of leasing vs. purchasing.
- Applications for any scholarship funds The Corry Community Foundation may administer are available from the high school guidance office only.
- Applicants should be aware The Foundation consults with other funders and community leaders when considering grant applications.
For more information, visit Corry Community Foundation.
