Fund for Idaho’s Persistence Fund is making grants to organizations working to overcome the rising tide of intolerance and divisiveness in Idaho.
Donor Name: Fund for Idaho
State: Idaho
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $7,500
Details:
These grants will fund the work of Idahoans pushing back against the forces that would remove compassion and justice from their Idaho values.
Persistence Fund Grantmaking Goals
Grant applications will be evaluated based on how well they address all three of these Persistence Fund goals:
- Supporting community-based and/or grassroots activists/advocates in advancing policy changes that ensure fairness, integrity, and compassion for all Idahoans.
- Actively engaging those affected by a problem in the process of identifying and pursuing solutions.
- Promoting collaboration with other groups based on identifying issue areas they have in common.
Giving Priorities
The Persistence Fund supports strategic issue and policy change work by groups organizing in these areas:
- Human Rights:
- Empowering and defending marginalized communities to assure economic fairness, immigrant justice, and access to essential services.
- Environmental Integrity:
- Protecting land & people from contamination and destruction.
Grant Funds
Persistence Fund grants will provide grants of up to $7,500 to organizations working in concrete ways to push back against the policy changes that endanger immigrant rights, access to health care, disability rights, and cause environmental degradation.
Eligibility Criteria
An organization must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for a grant from Fund for Idaho:
- Be based in Idaho and working in Idaho
- Have IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status (may be fiscally sponsored)
- Have an annual operating budget BELOW $300,000 (fiscal agent’s budget may exceed $300,000)
Restrictions:
Fund for Idaho does NOT fund the following:
- Organizations with an annual operating budget OVER $300,000
- Human or Social Services without clear social change goals or issue organizing components
- Federal, state or local government entities.
- Organizations based outside of Idaho
- Individuals
- Capital Campaigns (construction/renovation)
- Scholarships to colleges or universities
- Any group that practices or promotes partisan or legally defined discriminatory policies relating to race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age or ability.
For more information, visit Persistence Fund Grant.
