Turrell Fund grants are awarded to organizations which provide or foster the creation and delivery of quality developmental and educational services to children, especially the youngest, and their families, in Vermont and, primarily in the New Jersey counties of Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union.
Donor Name: Turrell Fund
State: Vermont and New Jersey
County: Essex County (NJ), Hudson County (NJ), Passaic County (NJ) and Union County (NJ)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2023
Details:
Focus Areas
The Turrell Fund supports:
- Increasingly strong focus on early childhood, prenatal-3.
- Within prenatal-3, they have increased the funding to policy and advocacy initiatives.
- Additional focus areas include:
Eligibility Criteria
- The Turrell Fund awards grants to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations with projects and portfolios especially for the youngest in New Jersey and Vermont.
- Once an organization has applied, one year must elapse before applying again, regardless of the result.
Funding Limitations & Restrictions
The awarding of a Turrell Fund grant to an organization is the strongest indication of support of its purposes, operations and leadership. No requests for further letters of support to third party organizations will be honored.
Grant Guidelines
The Turrell Fund actively considers programs of exceptional merit serving the youngest children with emphasis on birth to five. Note, however, that favored programs, in the birth to five range, are those operating in parts of the served area where the number and quality of educational and developmental alternatives are limited, and the relative concentration of at-risk children is high. Successful applicants requesting a grant to service this age category must have demonstrated results, supported by rigorous measurement and analysis.
Turrell Fund also places a priority on organizations which create system changes through policy and advocacy initiatives.
Grants are awarded to agencies that exhibit:
- Evidence of exceptional quality
- Distinction through the creation of new benchmarks or best practices
- A voice in the chorus of those speaking to educational policy change
- Initiatives directed at systems and policy change.
For more information, visit Turrell Fund.
