Stranahan Foundation Grant Program: Helping Communities Thrive

The Stranahan Foundation is inviting letters of inquiries for its Grant Program to help support vital nonprofit programs that are creating opportunities, lending helping hands and enhancing the quality of life for individuals, families and communities all across the country.

Donor Name: Stranahan Foundation

Country: Untied States

State: All States

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/15/2022

Details:

The Foundation will consider grant opportunities that fall within five priority areas of interest: education; physical and mental health; ecological well-being; arts/culture; and human services. The following descriptions are intended to provide potential grant applicants with guidance as to the types of programs – within each of the afore-mentioned areas of interest – that would best fit their priorities.

The Foundation will consider grant opportunities that fall within five priority areas of interest:

• Education
  • The Foundation emphasis is to:
    • support initiatives that will increase the quality of education for students at the pre-school, primary and secondary levels, and/or promote access to quality educational programs;
    • support learning institutions that value independent thinking, artistic appreciation, cultural, economic and ethnic diversity, and community service
    • support and provide access to programs that offer alternatives to traditional educational opportunities (for example, career-oriented or vocational training, etc.)
    • support small manageable programs within institutions of higher learning
• Physical & Mental Health
  • The Foundation support programs – in both the physical and mental health arenas – that build healthy communities, with a particular interest in those that:
    • create better access to care
    • educate people to take better care of themselves and their families
    • support alternative care methods
    • support preventive measures
    • support research to eradicate health crises
• Ecological Well-being
  • The Foundation believe ecological well-being is inextricably linked to the sustainability of our communities. The Foundation seeks to support programs (in our local communities) that focus on:
    • Preserving or returning to healthy, sustainable communities for both current and future generations
    • Conserving and restoring our natural environment
    • Educating community members about their natural environment
• Arts & Culture
  • The Foundation believe that every person in their society should have access to the creative process and that the arts have a unique and powerful ability to improve the quality of our lives because they:
    • communicate
    • delight and educate
    • motivate and build self esteem
    • build and reinforce communities
    • have therapeutic value
    • The Foundation has a particular interest in programs that reach out to and include those who might not otherwise have such opportunities. We are especially excited by programs which directly engage participants, of any age, in the creative process.
• Human Services
  • The Foundation seeks to strengthen their local communities through support for programs that offer disadvantaged families and individuals of all ages:
    • access to services that meet basic human needs
    • opportunities to work, recreate and fully participate in community life
    • avenues for achieving self-sufficiency and making positive contributions to their community

Eligibility Criteria

• Types of Organizations and Proposals the Foundation Support:
  • The Foundation seek grant making relationships with nonprofit organizations that have capable, accountable leadership and programs that are effective in addressing current community needs, thereby assuring the wise use of philanthropic resources.
  • The Stranahan Foundation has a particular interest in considering proposals that exhibit:
    • A plan for addressing significant community needs;
      Innovative or unique approaches to solving community problems;
    • A focus on addressing root causes of problems;
      Efficient use of community resources.
    • Support from the community, including potential funders, other nonprofits, community leaders and potential beneficiaries;
    • The ability to track and report clear, measurable results;
    • A thoughtful, reasonable plan for obtaining continuing financial support from internal and/or external sources once Foundation grant funds are expended.
• In order to be considered, potential applicants must be organizations described in section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
• All applicants must, as a first step, submit a letter of inquiry to the Stranahan Foundation. Full proposals are by invitation only and may only be submitted by organizations that are invited to apply after their letter of inquiry has been accepted and reviewed. The Foundation will contact those organizations invited to submit a full proposal and notify those that are not eligible to apply.
• The Foundation will not support organizations that discriminate in the leadership, staffing or service provision on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, political affiliation or religious beliefs.
• The Foundation respects the importance of religion to many people as well as freedom of religious choice. It does not feel that funds should promote any particular religion. Religious organizations with proposals for programs clearly related to our funding areas may be considered if funds are dedicated solely to the specific program, are not used for the advancement of a particular religious persuasion, and if the program is available to all in need, regardless of religious belief.
• The Stranahan Foundation does not normally consider proposals for funding in the following areas: personal businesses; reduction or elimination of deficits; projects that are located outside of the United States; endowment fund campaigns; government sponsored or controlled projects; or individuals.

For more information, visit Stranahan Foundation.