APPLYING FOR A GRANT

Grant submission deadlines are:

• Arts and Culture grants applications must be received by January 15, 2009
  Grants will support arts and culture endeavors through programs and/or sponsorships that demonstrate the following:
  
  • Increasing accessibility to the arts across all economic strata with an emphasis on school children, underserved, handicapped, and new audiences.
  • Expanding arts education to school children and the underserved, including the elderly and physically/mentally challenged.
• Education/Workforce Development grant applications must be received by April 21, 2009
  Grants will expose people (regardless of age and physical/mental abilities or limitations) to educational enrichment and advancement opportunities through programs that strive to meet one of the following focus areas:
  
  • Supporting life-long learning for individuals of all age groups.
    Pre-K: programs that enhance literacy and early childhood education efforts.
    K-12: programs that enrich academic experiences through tutoring, mentoring, leadership development, support for state academic standards, and increase access to college.
    Adults: programs that provide for literacy advancement, English as a second language, financial literacy, and leadership development.
  • Promoting workforce development through economic development and job training to prepare individuals for employment.
    Skills and job retraining: programs that enable individuals of all mental and physical abilities to learn new skills to create enhanced job opportunities.
    Economic development: programs that create increased career development opportunities.
• Human Services grant applications must be received by July 21, 2009
  Grants will address human service issues that focus on basic needs and building skills for self-sufficiency. In addition, each Charitable Contribution Committee may respond to critical needs that surface in the community. The focus of human service grants primarily will be in areas that demonstrate the following:
  
  • Meeting basic needs and building skills for self-sufficiency.
    Food: programs that support feeding families and individuals.
    Shelters: programs that provide shelters for emergency housing, domestic violence, rehab programs, and affordable housing.
    Self-Sufficiency: programs that enable individuals to acquire and maintain self-sufficiency through developing and sustaining independence with affordable housing, access to healthcare, and positive self-image.