As one means to activate the ideas and energy to expand career-oriented learning in Columbia and Greene counties, BTCF’s Fund for Columbia County (FCC) and the Dyson Foundation are offering small grants.
Donor Name: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
State: New York
County: Columbia County (NY) and Greene County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/15/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $5,000
Details:
Proposed projects can include strategies to address underlying transportation challenges as one of several components supported through a grant.
- Planning activities that bring schools, employers and nonprofits together to develop a new approach or expand a current program.
- Funding a small pilot program that tests a new model or approach through a community partnership.
- Expand a current program that has demonstrated early promise to serve more students and/or employers through more robust community partnership.
Funding Information
Grant Amount: Up to $5,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals are considered from nonprofits, civic entities, schools, and community organizations serving the residents of Columbia and Greene counties that meet the following criteria:
- In operation as a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status or in an established fiscal sponsorship arrangement with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- Community groups may apply under the fiscal umbrella of a nonprofit organization.
- The Fund for Columbia County committee will review applications and make award decisions for Columbia County proposals. A committee with knowledge of Greene County convened by Columbia-Greene Community College will review applications and make award decisions for Greene County proposals.
- Neither the Fund for Columbia County nor Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation supports organizations which in their constitution, by-laws or practice discriminate against a person or group on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender/gender identity, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief.
For more information, visit BTCF.
