The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation primarily considers funding requests from nonprofit organizations based in or working in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
Donor Name: The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation
State: Massachusetts
County: Hampden County (MA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/01/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Areas of Interest
- Early Education (Birth to 5)
- Primary Education (K-12)
- Higher Education
- Education Policy
- Health
- Social Services
- Arts
Types of Funding
Funding requests are considered for:
- General Operating Funding. General Operating funding is awarded to help support an organization’s general operating costs and overhead rather than a particular project or initiative.
- Capital Funding. Capital funding is awarded to support the purchase, construction, or renovation of a property, land and/or capital assets associated with the organization and the communities it supports.
- Program Funding. Program funding is awarded to support a specific program, project, or initiative to be implemented by the organization with the goal of achieving measurable and meaningful projected outcomes.
- Capacity Building Funding. Capacity Building funding is awarded to support and/or improve an organization’s work and operations. These awards typically focus on the areas of strategic planning, fiscal systems review, board development, staff development, diversifying revenue streams, etc.
- Emergency Funding. Emergency funding is awarded to assist an organization in a time of unexpected and sudden need. These requests are reviewed as quickly as possible, typically within two weeks, of receipt.
Eligibility Criteria
The Foundation seeks to support organizations and initiatives that:
- Are focused on serving the needs of the citizens of Hampden County
- Offer creative responses to the community’s most pressing needs and concerns
- Are preventative and far-sighted in their design and can articulate clear, measurable, and sustainable outcomes
- Empower individuals to acquire the skills needed to enjoy sustained improvement in their quality of life
- Increase access and opportunities for people from low-income and under-served populations of the community
- Are committed to long-term change
- Assist local organizations to strengthen their capacity to fulfill their missions and sustain their work
- Foster collaboration among nonprofit organizations
- Have the potential to multiply dollars with support from other sources
Guidelines established by the Foundation usually preclude support for:
- Organizations located outside of Hampden County
- Individuals
- Scholarships/Internships
- Continuing support for current programs
- Debt reduction
- Multiple proposals per year from the same organization
- Endowments
- Program-related loans.
For more information, visit IEGADF.
