The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust awards grants to help people in need, especially women, children, youth and families; to protect animals and nature; and to enrich community life primarily in metropolitan Indianapolis and Phoenix.
Donor Name: Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
State: Arizona and Indiana
County: Marion County (IN) and Maricopa County (AZ)
City: Indianapolis and Phoenix
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/15/2022
Details:
Program Areas
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust provides grants to nonprofit organizations that focus on the philanthropic interests. Further, the Trust seeks to embody her values by encouraging people to take advantage of opportunities that enhance the quality of their lives. The Trust especially is interested in funding nonprofit organizations that can demonstrate and measure the impact of their work.
The Trust has three programmatic areas under which it awards its grants: Helping People in Need, Protecting Animals and Nature, and Enriching Community Life. Those programmatic areas, and what the Trust will consider supporting in each area, are described in further detail below.
Helping People in Need
The Trust supports:
- Self-sufficiency
- Programs that provide adult education or training with accompanying social supports for individuals to obtain and maintain gainful employment.
- Programs that focus on economic self-reliance through micro-lending, small business development and entrepreneurial efforts for low-income individuals.
- Programs that assist the elderly in maintaining their independence and remaining in their homes.
- Crisis Intervention
- Foster Care
- Programs that increase the number of licensed foster families and kinship providers.
- Multigenerational programs that help prevent children from entering the system.
- Programs that support young adults, ages 18-25, who are aging out of the system, with post-secondary educational attainment, job training and financial self-sufficiency.
- Education and Literacy
- Programs that provide mentoring and tutoring to disadvantaged youth.
- Out-of-school time programs and projects for underserved children.
- Programs that improve literacy skills of adults.
- Programs that help high school students gain access to careers or post-secondary education.
- Programs that work with children (0 – 5) and their families to improve literacy, reading and language acquisition.
Protecting Animals and Nature
The Trust supports:
- Programs that provide humane and wellness services for domestic animals, including shelter, rescue, spay/neuter and adoption.
- Programs that promote conservation of natural habitats and ecosystems that advance preservation, protection and restoration of land, water, wildlife and plants.
- Programs that promote environmental awareness to connect people to the natural world, promote personal stewardship, or offer knowledge and tools for addressing current and future problems.
Enriching Community Life
The Trust supports:
- Programs that add to the overall civic vibrancy and cultural vitality of the community.
- Programs that create innovative solutions to enhance the quality of life in Indianapolis or Phoenix.
Eligibility Criteria
- In general, the Trust makes grants only to public charities that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. However, the Trust will consider fiscal sponsorship arrangements.
- The Trust accepts requests only from nonprofit organizations located in and serving Marion County, Indiana and Maricopa County, Arizona, with the exception of environmental requests. For environmental requests, the Trust will consider requests from local and national nonprofit organizations working in Arizona and Indiana.
For more information, visit Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
