The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation (TGKVF) is seeking applications for its Proactive Collaborative Grants Program in Education, Health, and Civic Engagement & Community Building.
Donor Name: Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation (TGKVF)
State: West Virginia
County: Putnam County (WV), Boone County (WV), Clay County (WV), Fayette County (WV), Kanawha County (WV), Lincoln County (WV)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/04/2022
Detail:
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation has a bold vision for the region it serves: to be a forward-thinking and closely connected community that fearlessly works together to promote the prosperity of all.
In order to make this vision a reality, the Foundation is working to carry out its new mission of “making thoughtful and proactive investments that grow the multiple forms of wealth necessary for their community to thrive.” The seven forms of community wealth TGKVF seeks to grow include:
- Individual: Skills, Health, Confidence, & Income
- Intellectual: Shared Knowledge, Innovation, & Technology
- Social: Trust, Relationships & Mutual Support
- Natural: Resilient Natural Resources
- Built: Community Infrastructure
- Political: Influence & Voice
- Financial: Community Investments & Household Savings
By working to grow multiple forms of community wealth, they believe the Foundation and their grantee partners can have substantial and lasting impact on the root cause issues that continually undermine better outcomes in their education and health systems while fostering civic engagement and community building throughout their region. More specifically, TGKVF’s new strategic direction is focused on cultivating community wealth that will address the following priority impact statements:
Priority Area in Proactive Collaborative Grants
Education
- Out-of-school time tutoring, mentoring, and/or learning programs that focus on Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STREAM) education
- Programs at home, school, and community centers that connect families to their children’s development
- Programs that provide proven post-secondary guidance, career advisory, and career and technical education that prepare students for jobs in promising economic sectors.
Health
- Capacity building of communities, organizations, and social entrepreneurs to develop healthy recreational opportunities and/or expand access to locally grown, healthy foods
- Development of public greenspace, access to streams and bike able/walkable paths within their community
- Access to preventative, behavioral, and/or oral healthcare in marginalized communities
Community economic Development
- Workforce development including:
- career and technical education for in-demand fields
- guidance and support for unemployed residents pursuing post-secondary education
- soft skills training and job placement assistance
- Development of job opportunities that pay livable wages and benefits
- Business development programs that teach participants business planning and business operations skills
- Building the community’s social fabric through economic means such as local gathering places and visible improvements.
Eligibility Criteria
Proactive applicants must:
- be 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations or public government entities as determined by the Internal
- Revenue Service
- demonstrate their ability to build community wealth
- address one or more of TGKVF’s priorities
- be part of a collaborative effort amongst multiple agencies and intersecting networks
- Work within TGKVF’s six-county area.
For more information, visit Proactive Collaborative Grants.
