The Enterline Foundation seeks grant applications to enhance access to vital services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Donor Name: The Enterline Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Island and Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/31/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Believing that an adequate direct support professional (DSP) workforce is essential to ensuring the provision of services, The Foundation will focus its giving in 2025 on initiatives that support the recruitment and retention of DSPs. Although not limited to these examples, initiatives could include:
- Internship programs
- New hire welcoming, orientation and coaching
- Training and professional development including certification programs
- Establishment of career ladders
- Connection to community resources for nonwork related needs of DSPs
- Improvements to organizational culture
- Communication and feedback soliciting initiatives
- Recognition and appreciation activities
- Front line supervisor coaching and development.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must:
- Eligible organizations in any state or US territory may apply.
- Be either a provider of services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities or be a sector level organization that supports providers of services or the sector at large
- Have been in operation as a 501c3 nonprofit for at least 2 full years prior to the current year’s funding deadline
- Have at least 1 full-time employee
- Have not received funding in the previous years’ grant cycle
- Have submitted a final report for all previous grants.
Areas Not Typically Funded
- Organizations whose sole focus is not individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
- Requests outside the stated focal or thematic area
- Endowment Funds
- Individual travel and conference attendance
- Publication of books
- Projects that promote political or religious views
- Political or lobbying activities
- Direct support of individuals and individual sponsorships
- Program, school or camp scholarships
- Coverage of continuing operating deficits
- Event Sponsorship.
For more information, visit The Enterline Foundation.
