The Dee & King Webster Memorial Fund for Greater Lawrence works to address the opportunity and achievement gaps faced by thousands of youth across Greater Lawrence.
Donor Name: Essex County Community Foundation
State: Massachusetts
City: Lawrence, Andover, Methuen
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/01/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $40,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
For the 2022 grant cycle, the Dee & King Webster Memorial Fund will support educational and out-of-school time opportunities for infants and youth aged 0-18 in the Greater Lawrence communities of Lawrence, Methuen, and Andover. The Fund seeks to support organizations that:
- Respond to community needs with high quality programs for infants and youth in Greater Lawrence.
- Offer innovative, effective, and measurable solutions to impact youth in positive, sustainable, and empowering ways.
- Provide young people with engaging and enriching opportunities inside and outside of school that promote skill development, social-emotional health, personal growth, and exposure to new experiences.
In addition, the Fund seeks to support collaborative programming with public and private schools that focus on closing the opportunity and achievement gaps faced by Greater Lawrence youth. Though not a requirement to apply, the Fund welcomes applications from organizations and programs that partner with one or more of the school systems of Lawrence, Methuen, and Andover to provide collaborative educational opportunities for youth. Partnerships may be with either one or multiple schools within the three systems.
Funding Information
Applicants may apply for a grant of up to $40,000, which may be split into two payments over a two-year grant period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have 501(c)(3) tax status under the IRS tax code and serve residents of the communities of Lawrence, Methuen, and Andover.
- Agencies located outside of this geographic area are eligible to apply for funding but must include in their proposals detail on the number of Greater Lawrence youth participating. It should also be noted that agencies that receive funds from the Dee & King Webster Memorial Fund for Greater Lawrence should reserve these funds for youth from the designated communities.
- ECCF is committed to non-discrimination. We support organizations that use all reasonable efforts to recruit, hire, train, promote, and serve persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law, except where such status is a bona fide qualification for the service being provided and is related to the organization’s mission.
Stand-alone programs applying through a fiscal agent may be eligible if they meet the following criteria:
- The fiscal agent provides the 501(c)3 status but not much more
- The program has a separate budget and raises its own funds to cover this budget. Note: If the program has only a small amount of administrative costs covered by the umbrella organization, they are still eligible to apply.
- There is a letter of agreement/understanding between the program and the umbrella organization
For more information, visit Essex County Community Foundation.
