The Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation is accepting applications for its 2024 Programs and Services Grant.
Donor Name: Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation
State: Massachusetts, New York
County: Barnstable County (MA), Erie County (NY), Essex County (MA), Nantucket County (MA), Niagara County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/07/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation is interested in funding requests that address the needs of young people affected by intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health challenges, and substance use disorders who also have intersecting identities as members of historically marginalized communities (e.g., Black/African-American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/Indigenous Peoples, disability, housing insecure, immigrant/refugee, LGBTQIA+).
Funding Information
- The Tower Foundation anticipates awarding a total of $2.7 million is available.
- The Tower Foundation is open to multi-year grants with budgets typically ranging from (but not limited to) $15,000 to $50,000 per year. The most competitive applications are likely to be no more than three years and fall at or below $150,000 in total.
Eligibility Criteria
- It’s easiest to accept grant applications from:
- Not-for-profit organizations with a 501(c)(3) designation that are not private foundations;
- Not-for-profit public benefit corporations; o Public or diocesan school districts; or o Private or charter schools.
- They will be making grants to organizations currently providing services in one or more of these regions:
- Massachusetts: Barnstable County, Dukes County, Essex County, Nantucket County o New York: Erie County, Niagara County
- At a minimum, grant partners currently provide prevention, treatment, and/or recovery services to people aged 26 years or younger from at least one of these populations:
- People with intellectual disabilities (including those on the autism spectrum) o People with specific learning disabilities
- People with mental illness/mental health challenges o People with substance use disorders
- The ideal grant partners serve one or more of the populations listed above who also have intersecting identities as members of historically marginalized communities (e.g., Black/AfricanAmerican, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/Indigenous Peoples, disability, housing insecure, immigrant/refugee, LGBTQIA+).
- While organizations may have more than one active Programs & Services grant at any given time, they are likely to give preference to organizations that have not received a grant award recently. If they decline a funding request, your organization may reapply as soon as the following cycle.
For more information, visit PETF.
