Applications are now open for the Alice Huffard Richards Grants to enhance life in Carroll, Haralson, and Heard County communities through targeted investments in the three key focus: Early Child Development, the Environment, and Leadership.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of West Georgia
State: Georgia
County: Carroll County (GA), Haralson County (GA), and Heard County (GA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/23/2022
Details:
The Alice Huffard Richards (AHR) Fund was opened in 2004 to further the philanthropic efforts. The focus is to enhance life in local communities through targeted investments in Early Child Development, the Environment, and Leadership.
Focus Areas
Early Child Development
The foundation believes that access to extraordinary educational opportunities from birth is critical for the health and happiness of the children of West Georgia and the communities in which they will live and work. They prioritize grants that impact children from birth through age four.
They fund:
- Efforts designed to develop young children’s “reading readiness” and early literacy skills
- Access to local, high quality early educational opportunities
- Professional development of the local, early childhood development workforce
- Early screening and intervention for preschoolers around problems that could limit educational success (speech, hearing, vision, development, autism, and specific learning disabilities)
- Approaches that prepare parents to effectively support their child’s early learning, develop reading readiness skills and promote early literacy (parent coaching/mentoring, book in the home, etc.)
Environmental
The Foundation believes in protecting the fragile, natural beauty of the West Georgia Region and raising awareness for the role that each of us as individuals play in the larger environmental community.
They fund:
- Conservation and stewardship of the local region’s natural resources including:
- River and stream monitoring and activities that help ensure river and stream purity and availability of clean drinking water. This includes removal of trash toxic items from land and waterways
- Recycling projects and beautification of public space
- Community education and volunteer and community engagement
Leadership
- Leadership Development & Capacity-Building for Nonprofits:
- AHR Fund is currently strengthening West Georgia nonprofits by funding Standards of Excellence with partners CFWG, UWG, and The Georgia Center for Nonprofits.
- Nonprofit Community Capacity Building: AHR makes grants that help strengthen the local community of nonprofits, through the sharing of ideas and best practices, networking and informal mentoring.
- West Georgia Nonprofit Network: Currently, AHR’s focus on Nonprofit Community Capacity- Building provides support for the newly-developing West Georgia Nonprofit Network.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only 501(c)(3) nonprofits or those operating under a 501(c)(3) nonprofit may apply.
- Must meet the requirements specific to each grant.
- Applicants must be submitted using our online forms.
- Early application is encouraged.
- Grant funding is restricted for use in Carroll, Haralson, or Heard counties in Georgia.
- The grant year for funded applications will run January through December.
For more information, visit Community Foundation of West Georgia.
