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Barbara McDowell Foundation

The Barbara McDowell Foundation provides grant funding for legal fees related to specific social justice cases in the United States.

Letters of Intent will be accepted June 1-15, 2024 for a grant term of October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025. LOIs submitted before June 1st will be rejected.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations to pay legal fees for social justice cases filed between October 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024.

Criminal cases, individual claims, and amicus briefs are not eligible.

Key Issues

The McDowell Foundation is focused on cases related to:

  • Access to benefits
  • Children’s rights
  • Disability rights
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic violence
  • Due process
  • Environmental justice
  • Healthcare
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
  • Native American rights
  • Prisoner’s rights
  • Refugee and immigration rights
  • Veteran’s rights
  • Voting rights

Ideal cases will:

  • Address one of these areas of interest
  • Have a significant impact on the well being and civil liberties of disadvantaged Americans
  • Set a significant legal precedent

Scoring Criteria

All LOIs will be scored based on:

  • Alignment with mission
  • Social justice impact
  • Financial need

Ravi & Naina Patel Foundation

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The Ravi & Naina Patel Foundation is working to help every human being achieve the happiness that is their birthright. They provide grants to nonprofit organizations around the world that align with their five core pillars and build strategic partnerships to make an even bigger impact.

Grant inquiries as well as your organization’s Form 990 should be sent to amar@rnpfoundation.org.

Five Core Pillars

Homelessness

The Foundation is seeking programs that take different approach to the problem of homelessness. This includes both providing short term services and long term affordable housing solutions.

Education

The Foundation believes in the power of education and supports organizations that help youth learn to be confident and lead joyful lives, as well as reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Environment

A healthy Earth to live on is foundational to all the other core pillars. To address the impacts of environmental destruction, the Foundation supports organizations that are designing innovative solutions and championing environmentally sound policies.

Nutrition

A nutritious diet can feed the body, mind, and spirit, but many people don’t have access to or knowledge of healthy food. The Foundation supports projects that are working to overcome food inequities, provide education, and promote more environmentally friendly farming.

Spirituality

The Patel family believes that spirituality is the true path to happiness and supports organizations that promote mindfulness and meditation.

KFC Foundation: Kentucky Fried Wishes

The KFC Foundation funds actionable, local level projects in the United States through the Kentucky Fried Wishes program.

Twenty-five grants of $10,000 are awarded each quarter in a different focus area. The next funding cycle will be May 1-31, 2024 for projects focused on Improving Health & Wellbeing.

Eligibility

This grant is open to organizations in the United States who:

  • Have a 501(c)3 nonprofit designation
  • Have maintained good standing with the IRS for 2 years
  • Work at the local level, either individually or as a chapter/affiliate of a larger organization

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used to:

  • Hire professional services necessary to complete the project
  • Purchase equipment necessary to complete the project

Grant funds may not be used for:

  • Salaries
  • Scholarships
  • Ongoing or recurring programs
  • Event sponsorships

Focus Areas

Improving Health & Wellbeing

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Applications for Improving Health & Wellbeing will be accepted May 1-31. Potential projects include:

  • Creating a mobile health clinic
  • Playground improvements
  • Domestic violence shelter upgrades
  • Accommodations for individuals with disabilities

Expanding Access to Food & Shelter

Applications for Expanding Access to Food & Shelter will be accepted July 1-31. Potential projects include:

  • Remodeling a food pantry
  • Creating a community garden
  • Beautifying a community space
  • Repairing and renovating buildings

Caring for the Environment, Animals, & More

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Applications for Caring for the Environment, Animals, & More will be accepted September 1-30. Potential projects include:

  • Creating a permanent wildlife conservation exhibit
  • Purchasing a new vehicle for mobile vet clinic
  • Park improvements
  • Other reasonable requests not covered under any other focus area

Empowering Through Education & Training

This focus area is currently closed and a new funding cycle hasn’t yet been announced. Potential projects include:

  • Establishing a community-wide CPR certification program
  • Creating an after school literacy program
  • Creating a job skills training program for adults with disabilities

Emma Carey Groh Trust

The Emma Carey Groh Trust, administered through Wells Fargo Trust Philanthropic Services, supports projects that benefit children living in group homes, orphanages, and homeless shelters in the U.S.

Applications for an average of $4,000 are due annually by May 1st.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.

Funding Limitations

Grant funds must be used to provide direct services to children, including children with disabilities. They may not be used for:

  • Indirect costs
  • Construction
  • Capital improvements

Youth Homelessness System Improvement Grant

The Youth Homelessness System Improvement Grant is a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development which supports programs to create or improve response systems for youth homelessness. HUD expects to make about 35 total awards in the categories of:

  • Planning and Partnerships – up to $400,000
  • Data – up to $300,000
  • Coordinated Entry – $200,000
  • Racial and Gender Equity – $200,000

These maximums will be doubled for projects that cover two or more Continuums of Care or if the CoC covers the entire state. All requests must be $200,000 – $2 million per project period for up to 30 months. Applications are due through Grants.gov by February 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET.

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Units of state, county, and municipal government
  • Special district governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • Public housing authorities
  • Native American tribal organizations

Objectives

The objectives of this program are to:

  • Improve the capacity of youth in the community
  • Establish partnerships
  • Improve the centralized or coordinated assessment system also known as the Coordinated Entry Systems
  • Improve data collection and use between systems that work with youth at-risk of and experiencing homelessness. 
  • Assess, address, and improve equity in youth homeless response systems

Potential Project Activities

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Funded projects may work to create or improve response systems for youth homelessness through activities such as:

  • Developing peer support models
  • Training for communities and Youth Action Boards
  • Collecting and analyzing data
  • Building partnerships with groups who work with youth in unstable housing like the public school system and child welfare

Review Criteria

All applications will be reviewed based on:

  • Proposed Project Activities – 40 points
  • Budget – 10 points
  • Youth Involvement – 20 points
  • Project Outcomes and Evaluation – 15 points
  • Regional Approach – 15 points