Grantseeking and Grantmaking During Uncertain Times: A

Report by the Turrell Fund

Delivered on September 22, 2010

Prepared by Justin Kiczek & Aaron Basch

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Author Information 3 Introduction to Project 3

Summary of Survey 5

Part I: Non-Profit Survival in Uncertain Times Resources for Agencies

a. Major Foundations 9 i. National 9 ii. New Jersey 12 iii. Vermont 18

b. Federal Legislation i. Education 26 ii. Health and Human Services 37

c. State Legislation i. Vermont – Arts 44 ii. Vermont – Human Services 46 iii. Vermont – Education 48 iv. New Jersey – Arts 49 v. New Jersey – Education 54 vi. New Jersey – Human Services 55

Part II: Solutions for Long-Term Security & Growth

a. Leadership Education: Seminars in New Jersey and Vermont 57 b. Promoting Partnerships 61 c. Grants Counselor 63 d. Foundation Center: Tool for Success 64

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background: This report highlights grant opportunities from national foundations and state and federal government that are either newly created or were available for application for FY2010. The report also makes recommendations for new Turrell Fund programs that will help its grantee agencies by providing educational programs, support for creating partnerships, and grant-seeking counseling. Summaries Part I: Non-Profit Survival in Uncertain Times National Foundations: Several foundations have initiated exciting programs, like Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiative (page 8) and Vermont Community Foundation’s Community Fund and Permanent Fund for the Well Being of Vermont’s Children (page 14-15). State Funding: New Jersey and Vermont both distributed a record number of funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Particularly large pools of money are available through the Investing in Innovation (i3) grants and community health grants. In addition, Vermont offers small grants to help agencies with fees associated with certification and other operating costs. Federal Funding: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has created historic opportunities for nonprofits to solicit new sources of funds in education and health and human services. Part II: Solutions for Long-Term Stability and Growth Leadership Education: It is recommended that the Turrell Fund provide training seminars for select grantee agencies related to building sustainable nonprofits, developing fundraising plans, cultivating grantmaker relationships, and building successful boards. Promoting Partnership: Collaboration between agencies has never been more important. Turrell Fund can harness this exciting new trend in philanthropy by creating a “partnership grant” that encourages non-profit agencies to think of innovative ways to collaborate. Furthermore, the Turrell Fund can take advantage of its networks and connections by providing a forum – best achieved over an online bulletin board – where agencies can find other agencies looking for resources. Grant Counselor: If funding is available, the Turrell Fund may provide its grantee agencies with the services of a grants counselor. The grants counselor would be available for a coaching phone call, provision of additional materials, review of potential applications, and, in some cases, research into alternative sources of funding. Conclusions: Despite difficult economic conditions, both Turrell Fund and the agencies it supports have several innovative and exciting opportunities to advance institutionally. By embracing leadership training, collaboration, and new sources of funding, both parties can continue to succeed during uncertain times.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION JUSTIN KICZEK is a grants writing advisor to the Turrell Fund and its agencies. Justin has been connected to the Turrell Fund as an intern or advisor since 2003. In addition to working with the Turrell Fund, he teachers English at Seton Hall Preparatory School and Hunter College. He lives in Jersey City, NJ. AARON BASCH was born in San Fransisco, California IN 1992 and moved to Montclair, New Jersey five years later. He is currently enrolled in a bachelor program at Bard College at Simon's Rock and intends on studying music. This is his first project with the Turrell Fund.

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INTRODUCTION “Necessity is the mother of invention.” This project was born out of need: a need

for the Turrell Fund to help its agencies at a time when its ability to do so solely with

grant dollars was severely limited by the economic downturn. Thus began a long process

of research and brainstorming, trying to find ways to help agencies seek out additional

and new sources of funding from places they perhaps did not realize existed.

The process began with interviews of selected agencies and non-profit leaders, as

we tried to gauge how people in the non-profit world were responding to the current

economic downturn. Our conversations were fascinating, inspiring, and often revealing.

Everyone – from small, “shoestring” neighborhood agencies to large and business-savvy

non-profit organizations – said the past year has been a constant struggle to figure out

“how to do more with less.”

The non-profit model presents a particularly challenging paradigm for

economically challenged times: because non-profits are in the business of serving people

in need, demand sharply increases for services, while resources decrease. Many directors

of smaller agencies, often working with fewer staff members in high-need regions,

revealed that they found themselves turning personal attention away from the services

they offer to clients in order to try to find new sources of funding. This, they complained,

made it very difficult to keep offering high-quality services. Furthermore, few directors

of smaller agencies had formal training when it came to grantseeking, institutional

advancement, and board development.

Thus, the objective of this report is help agencies – large and small – find new

resources of both funding and knowledge. While some of the grant opportunities listed in

this report will hopefully lead to new sources of funding, we also aim to provide

opportunities for executive directors and development officers to gain training necessary

for competing in the twenty-first century marketplace.

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SUMMARY OF SURVEY

As part of this project, interviews were conducted with previously funded

agencies of the Turell Fund, who were selected at random: Good Beginnings (VT),

Memorial Day Nursey (NJ), Neighborhood House Association (NJ), Otter Creek Child

Center (VT), St. Philip’s Academy (NJ), Vermont Humanities Council (VT), Garden

Academy (NJ), Kids on the Block (VT), Bayonne Family Community Center (NJ),

Family Connections (NJ), Hudson Cradle (NJ), Windham County Reads (VT), Stern

Center (VT), and Team Academy (NJ).

In addition to this, the authors discussed grant-making in uncertain times with

Melinda Fields, Nina Stacks of Council of New Jersey Grantmakers, Matthew Melmed of

Zero to Three, and Irene Cooper-Basch of Victoria Foundation.

We asked agencies how they were dealing with the worst recession since the

Great Depression. The response here was almost universal: everyone was “trying to do

more with less.” Even agencies that depended on government contracts found their

funding in jeopardy. As one executive director put it, “Everyone is stretched too thin.

Every dollar we get is for direct-services. State funding has been flat. There have been a

lot of cutting.” Agencies involved with arts and literacy saw even more significant

cutbacks, as one director shared with us: “A very noticeable change that has

happened…is that people involved in philanthropy have shifted focus and have focused

on what is considered basic needs: food and shelter….People have less money and have

to think about priorities in a different way.”

Agencies are responding to these austere times in a number of different ways.

Most agencies are writing more grants, which, unfortunately does not always mean more

funding: “This year, we wrote one-third more grants and we received one-third less

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funding.” Several respondents mentioned cuts to budget and staff: “We have made

immediate cuts to staff time and to the bookmobile program with the hope that these cuts

would be temporary until the economic situation began to shift again.” Agencies are

reaching out to larger and often more stable foundations as a result of loss of funding

from individual donors, as one interviewee shared: “We realized we really needed to

broaden our foundation base, so we actually started a more concerted reach to national

foundations like Kellogg.” Some agencies even appeal directly to their clients: “We’ve

tried to place emphasis on parents to fundraise on their own.” Many spoke of

“broadening the net” to more and more foundations.

However, many also expressed reservations or lack of knowledge about going

after government funding; one interviewee said his agency had “zero awareness” of

federal funding. “We just don’t have time or know where to look,” he said. Another said

that, without a grantwriter, “we are aware that the funding exists and we’ve had [clients]

apply for it through [government programs] and things like that, but on our level we

really don’t know enough about it.” Most of the smaller agencies, who are involved in

day-to-day services for clients, appear to be hindered by the immediate workload to

investigate federal and state funding.

There was near unanimity about the benefits of sharing resources, such as a

grantwriter. One respondent was particulary enthusiastic: “[Any help with grantwriting]

would be absolutely wonderful. That is one of the hard parts about being a one-person

office….It would be a huge help.” Another respondent, encouraged by the idea of shared

resources, expanded on the importance of collaboration: “[Colloboration] is the wave of

the future here. It’s what we need to do. Too often organizations get narrowminded

because they want whole pot for themselves but we could be more effective together.”

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Finally, we asked how the Turrell Fund, outside of additional funding, could help

organizations better fulfill their missions. Here, the answers were as varied as the

agencies themselves. One respondent asked for the opportunity to meet other agencies

like hers. Another thought Turrell could act as a bridge between the non-profit and

private sector. Collaboration was mentioned again, especially regarding how foundations

could play a role in bringing agencies together: “But it occurs to me right now any

support that might be provided for related area non-profits to work together more closely

to figure out how to share certain resources, possibly to be under the same roof. This

could improve cost-effectiveness and free up more time for organizations to pursue their

missions.”

Some directors saw a role for the Turrell Fund not only in making networking

connections but also in helping smaller agencies with management. An executive director

said that, in the age of new media, he could use guidance and education on how to take

advantage of social media programs like Facebook. Networking and education were both

on the mind of another respondent, who said, “We could use introductions to other

foundations and donors. Perhaps we could make presentations on what we do to a group

of foundation officers? I think one thing smaller organizations could really use is training

on management of non-profits.” Two respondents mentioned the need for finding good

board members, and how foundations could play an integral role in this. Another

executive director echoes similar concerns: “Technical assistance always has a positive

impact whether it be running a board retreat or talking to the board about leveraging their

relationships. Particularly for smaller organizations that can’t manage this on their own.”

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PART I:

NON-PROFIT SURVIVAL

IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

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MAJOR FOUNDATIONS

NATIONAL The Ruth & Peter Metz Family Foundation, Inc. Fields of Interest: Arts Children/youth, services Education Health care Health organizations Homeless, human services Human services Protestant agencies & churches Residential/custodial care Salvation Army

Application Information: Applicants should submit the following:

1. Explanation of why grantmaker is considered an appropriate donor for project

2. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested

Initial approach: Letter

Deadline(s): None

Contact Information: 1009 Mary Allen Ln. Mountainside, NJ 07092-1503 Contact: W. Peter Metz, Pres.

Financial Information: Assets: $4,137,113 Total giving: $310,300

Rosie's For All Kids Foundation Fields of Interest: Child development, education Child development, services Children, day care Children, services

Application Information: The foundation requests that organizations awaiting an application response please allow the specified time for all inquiries to be thoroughly evaluated; organizations with programs and projects that fit within the foundation's current funding priorities will be invited to submit a full application. Application form required. Initial approach: Complete eligibility quiz on web site; upon successful completion of the eligibility quiz, qualifying organizations will be asked to submit an online letter of intent Board meeting date(s): Quarterly Deadline(s): Rolling basis Final notification: Within 90 days

Contact Information: New York, NY 10101-1001 Telephone: (212) 703-7388 Contact: Tim O'Donnell, C.F.O. forallkids.org

Financial Information: Assets: $21,642,606 Total giving: $2,944,866

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Fields of Interest:

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Adults, women Children Children/youth Economically disadvantaged Hispanics/Latinos Homeless Immigrants/refugees Youth Arts Education Elementary school/education Environment Environment, natural resources Leadership development Media/communications Museums Performing arts Secondary school/education Visual arts

Application Information: Full proposals accepted by invitation only following letter of inquiry. Applications accepted online. Visit foundationcenter.org for guidelines and information. Application form required. Applicants should submit the following:

1. Timetable for implementation and evaluation of project

2. How project will be sustained once grantmaker support is completed

3. Results expected from proposed grant

4. Qualifications of key personnel

5. Statement of problem project will address

6. Population served

7. Copy of IRS Determination Letter

8. Brief history of organization and description of its mission

9. Copy of most recent annual report/audited financial statement/990

10. How project's results will be evaluated or measured

11. Listing of board of directors, trustees, officers and other key people and their affiliations

12. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested

13. Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget

Initial approach: Letter of inquiry (one page)

Copies of proposal: 1

Board meeting date(s): Mar.- Precollegiate Educ.; June- Arts/Animal Welfare; July- Morris County; Nov.- Environment

Deadline(s): Letters of Inquiry: Nov. 17, 2009, Feb. 15, 2010, Aug. 18, 2010

Final notification: Mid March, Mid June and Mid Dec.

Additional information: The foundation acknowledges receipt of proposals and may interview applicants after submission of the full proposal. The

grant recipient is asked to make periodic progress reports and, at end of grant, required to submit a narrative report and an accounting of all

disbursements. It is customary for an organization, whether funded or not, to wait at least one year before submitting a subsequent proposal. Current

funders should check foundationcenter.org for application guidelines specific to them.

Contact Information: 14 Maple Ave. P.O. Box 1239 Morristown, NJ 07962-1239 Telephone: (973) 540-8442 Contact: David Grant, C.E.O. and Pres. www.grdodge.org

Financial Information: Assets: $208,982,840 Total giving: $14,046,248

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fields of Interest: Aging, centers/services Child development, education Child development, services

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Children/youth, services Family services Health care Health care, cost containment Health care, insurance Health organizations, association Homeless, human services Hospitals (general) Medical school/education Mental health/crisis services Mental health, smoking Nursing care Palliative care Residential/custodial care, hospices Substance abuse, services Voluntarism promotion

Application Information: The foundation issues Open Calls for Proposals periodically for eight of its eleven Interest Areas: Addiction Prevention & Treatment, Childhood Obesity, Disparities, Health Insurance Coverage, Nursing, Public Health, Quality and Tobacco. As a result of this change, RWJF does not accept unsolicited proposals in these eight Interest areas. RWJF will continue to accept unsolicited proposals for the remaining three Interest Areas: Building Human Capital, Pioneer and Vulnerable Populations. Check Contact Information for Open Calls for Proposals. Application form required. Applicants should submit the following:

1. Timetable for implementation and evaluation of project

2. How project will be sustained once grantmaker support is completed

3. Results expected from proposed grant

4. Qualifications of key personnel

5. Statement of problem project will address

6. Population served

7. Brief history of organization and description of its mission

8. How project's results will be evaluated or measured

9. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested

10. Contact person

11. Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget

12. Listing of additional sources and amount of support

Initial approach: Electronic brief proposal

Board meeting date(s): Quarterly

Deadline(s): None

Final notification: 6 to 12 months

Additional information: If the foundation requests a full proposal, instructions will be provided regarding what information to include and how to

present it. For grants that do not fall under the foundation's National Programs, applicants must initiate the process of applying for grants by

submitting a three-page, electronic brief proposal using the application form provided on the foundation Web site as an attachment via e-mail.

Contact Information: College Rd. E. and Rte. 1 P.O. Box 2316 Princeton, NJ 08543-2316 Telephone: (877) 843-7953 www.rwjf.org

Financial Information: Assets: $7,513,607,363 Total giving: $408,831,456

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New Jersey New Jersey Health Initiative (program of RWJ Foundation) Fields of Interest: Family services Health care Application Information: New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) is a statewide grantmaking program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The NJHI program office is located on the Camden campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. This program office is funded through a grant to the Rutgers Institute of Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. New Jersey Health Initiatives supports advancement in health services delivery, improvement in health and the expansion of leadership expertise through grantmaking across the State of New Jersey. To meet the many health needs of our state's diverse populations, regions and communities, the NJHI program encourages improvement and collaboration in health service programs, delivery systems, provider arrangements and financing mechanisms. NJHI's mission mirrors that of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in seeking to improve the health and health care of all New Jerseyans. Deadline(s): Announced Fall 2010 Website: http://www.njhi.org/index.asp

Community Foundation of New Jersey Fields of Interest: Arts Community/economic development Education Environment Family services Human services Leadership development Public affairs Urban/community development Youth development, services Application Information: Visit foundation Web site for scholarship and NLI Fellow information. The foundation does not accept unsolicited grant proposals. Initial approach: 1 page letter Board meeting date(s): 4 times per year Deadline(s): None Contact Information:

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35 Knox Hill Rd. P.O. Box 338 Morristown, NJ 07963-0338 Telephone: (973) 267-5533 Contact: Hans Dekker, C.E.O. Financial Information: Assets: $168,516,486 Total giving: $28,067,246 Website: www.cfnj.org Verizon Foundation Fields of Interest: Arts Arts councils Children/youth, services Community/economic development Computer science Crime/law enforcement Crime/violence prevention, domestic violence Education Education, reading Elementary/secondary education Engineering/technology Family services, domestic violence Family services, parent education Health care Health care, information services Libraries (public) Museums Public affairs Public health Science

Application Information: Support is limited to 1 contribution per organization during any given year for 3 years in length. Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following:

1. Results expected from proposed grant 2. Statement of problem project will address 3. Population served 4. Name, address and phone number of organization 5. Brief history of organization and description of its mission 6. Geographic area to be served 7. How project's results will be evaluated or measured 8. List of company employees involved with the organization 9. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 10. Listing of additional sources and amount of support

Initial approach: Complete online application form Board meeting date(s): Annually Deadline(s): Jan. 1 to Oct. 1; Sept. 3 for Domestic Violence grants Final notification: 90 days; Oct. 8 for Domestic Violence grants Additional information: Requests of over $10,000 should include a project budget.

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Contact Information: 1 Verizon Way Basking Ridge, NJ 07920-1025 Telephone: (800) 360-7955 Contact: Joseph E. Scaccia, Dir., Finance and Opers. Fax: (908) 630-2260 foundation.verizon.com Financial Information: Assets: $253,726,601 Total giving: $56,953,706 Website: foundation.verizon.com New Jersey After 3, Inc. Fields of Interest: Children, Day care Application Information: Requests for grant funding only accepted during an announced RFP period. See Web site for current RFPs. Contact Information: 391 George St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901-2033 Financial Information: Assets: $2,929,980 Total giving: $13,594,248 Website: www.njafter3.org F.M. Kirby Fields of Interest: AIDS research Arts Biomedicine Economics Environment, natural resources Government/public administration Historic preservation/historical societies Humanities Leadership development Medical research, institute Performing arts

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Public policy, research Recreation Youth development, services Youth, services Application Information: No solicitations by telephone, fax or E-mail are accepted. Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following:

1. Signature and title of chief executive officer 2. Copy of IRS Determination Letter 3. Copy of most recent annual report/audited financial statement/990 4. Listing of board of directors, trustees, officers and other key people and their

affiliations 5. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 6. Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget

Initial approach: Proposal with cover letter; telephone solicitations not considered Copies of proposal: 1 Board meeting date(s): Three times per year Deadline(s): Proposals received throughout the year; requests received after Oct. 31 are held over to the following year Final notification: Monthly for positive responses and declinations

Contact Information: 17 DeHart St. P.O. Box 151 Morristown, NJ 07963-0151 Telephone: (973) 538-4800 Contact: For application procedure questions: S. Dillard Kirby, Pres. www.fmkirbyfoundation.org Financial Information: Assets: $408,359,859 Total giving: $17,121,933 Website: www.fmkirbyfoundation.org The Orange Orphan Society Fields of Interest: Children/youth, services Education Family services Human services Pediatrics YM/YWCAs & YM/YWHAs Youth development, scouting agencies (general)

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Application Information: Application form required. Applicants should submit the following:

1. Signature and title of chief executive officer 2. Qualifications of key personnel 3. Copy of IRS Determination Letter 4. Copy of most recent annual report/audited financial statement/990 5. Listing of board of directors, trustees, officers and other key people and their

affiliations

Initial approach: The foundation prefers applicants use the Cover Sheet of the NY/NJ Area Common Grant Application Form, with the remainder of the application being in the Common Grant Application format, or the applicant's own format. E-mailed applications are accepted Copies of proposal: 1 Board meeting date(s): Jan., Apr., and Nov. Deadline(s): None Final notification: Open

Contact Information: c/o Rebecca Linn 11 Glenside Rd. South Orange, NJ 07079-1601 Financial Information: Assets: $10,178,898 Total giving: $656,000 The Palisades Educational Foundation Fields of Interest: Arts Cancer Children/youth, services Health organizations, association Higher education Hospitals (general) Human services Law school/education Philanthropy/voluntarism Application Information: Applicants should submit the following:

1. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 2. Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget

Initial approach: Letter Board meeting date(s): Nov. or Dec. Deadline(s): Sept. 30

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Contact Information: 665 5th Ave., 11th Fl. New York, NY 10022-5305 Telephone: (212) 688-5151 Contact: Gerald J. Dunworth, Treas. Financial Information: Assets: $3,270,655 Total giving: $237,500

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Vermont Vermont Community Foundation Fields of Interest: AIDS Adult/continuing education Alcoholism Arts Child development, education Child development, services Children/youth, services Civil/human rights Community/economic development Economic development Education Education, early childhood education Elementary school/education Environment Environment, natural resources Family services Food services Health care Health organizations Higher education Historic preservation/historical societies Homeless, human services Housing/shelter Humanities Human services Libraries/library science Mental health/crisis services Minorities/immigrants, centers/services Public affairs Reproductive health, family planning Secondary school/education Substance abuse, services Youth, services Application Information: Visit foundation Web site for application cover sheets, additional guidelines per grant type, and specific deadlines. Application form required. Applicants should submit the following:

1. Timetable for implementation and evaluation of project 2. Results expected from proposed grant 3. Qualifications of key personnel 4. Statement of problem project will address 5. Population served

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6. Name, address and phone number of organization 7. Copy of IRS Determination Letter 8. Brief history of organization and description of its mission 9. Geographic area to be served 10. Copy of most recent annual report/audited financial statement/990 11. How project's results will be evaluated or measured 12. Listing of board of directors, trustees, officers and other key people and

their affiliations 13. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 14. Contact person 15. Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget 16. Listing of additional sources and amount of support

Initial approach: Online application only Board meeting date(s): 4 times annually Deadline(s): Varies Final notification: Varies

Contact Information: 3 Court St. P.O. Box 30 Middlebury, VT 05753-1405 Telephone: (802) 388-3355 Fax: (802) 388-3398 www.vermontcf.org Financial Information: Assets: $143,929,000 Total giving: $10,650,589 Website: www.vermontcf.org Permanent Fund for the Well-Being of Vermont Children P.O. Box 216 Montpelier, VT 05601 Telephone: (802) 498-5157 Contact: Derrick Davis Financial Data (year ending 12/31/2009): Assets: $2,354,000 Total giving: $841,839 Fields of Interest: Children/youth, services Education Family services

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Health care Human services The mission of the Permanent Fund for the Well-Being of Vermont Children is to promote healthy, happy children and families in Vermont through the funding and support of community-based prevention strategies. Application Information: Supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation Frank M. & Olive E. Gilman Foundation P.O. Box 979 White River Junction, VT 05001-0979 Telephone: (802) 295-3358 Contact: Reginald H. Jones, Pres. Financial Data (year ending 12/31/2008): Assets: $35,250, 563 Total giving: $1,550,000 Application Information:

Initial approach: Letter Board meeting date(s): Varies Deadline(s): None

The following grants were reported in 2008: $885,000 to Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, Winooski, VT, payable over 1 year. $312,582 to New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Concord, NH, payable over 1 year. $40,000 to Lebanon Public Libraries Foundation, Lebanon, NH, payable over 1 year. Richard E. and Deborah L. Tarrant Foundation P.O. Box 521 Winooski, VT 05404-0521 Telephone: (802) 857-0495 Contact: Lauren A. Curry, Exec. Dir. Fields of Interest: Children/youth, services Education Family services Health care Human services Financial Data (year ending 12/31/2008): Assets: $11,182,341 Total giving: $1,800,284

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Application Information: Application guidelines available on foundation web site. Application form required. Applicants should submit the following:

1. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 2. Contact person 3. Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget

Initial approach: Letter (no more than 2 pages) Copies of proposal: 1 Board meeting date(s): Quarterly Deadline(s): Jan. 1, Apr. 1, July 1 or Oct. 1 Website: www.tarrantfoundation.org Ben and Jerry's Foundation Fields of Interest: Subjects Agriculture Civil/human rights Civil rights, race/intergroup relations Community/economic development Employment Employment, labor unions/organizations Environment Environment, natural resources Health care Housing/shelter Public affairs Public affairs, citizen participation Youth development, citizenship Population Groups Economically disadvantaged Homeless Immigrants/refugees Minorities Women

Financial Data (year ending 12/31/2008): Assets: $5,203,677 (market value) Total giving: $2,944,866

Application Information:

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Additional information may be requested at a later date. Video submissions are not encouraged. Application form required. Applicants should submit the following:

1. Results expected from proposed grant 2. Statement of problem project will address 3. Population served 4. Brief history of organization and description of its mission 5. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 6. Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget 7. Listing of additional sources and amount of support

Initial approach: Download application form and mail letter of inquiry and application form to foundation Copies of proposal: 2 Board meeting date(s): Monthly Deadline(s): None Final notification: Within 8 weeks Additional information: Visit Web site for detailed application guidelines.

Website: http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/donations/events.cfm Seventh Generation, Inc. Corporate Giving Program Fields of Interest: Business/industry Community/economic development Environment Environmental education Environment, global warming Health care Human services Application Information: Support is limited to 1 contribution per organization during any given year. Telephone calls during the application process are not encouraged. Unsolicited applications for sponsorship requests are not accepted at this time. Application form required. Applicants should submit the following:

1. Name, address and phone number of organization 2. Brief history of organization and description of its mission 3. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 4. Contact person 5. Plans for acknowledgement

Initial approach: Download application form and fax to headquarters for cash and product donations Deadline(s): 4 weeks prior to need Final notification: 3 to 4 weeks

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Contact Information: 60 Lake St. Burlington, VT 05401-5300 Telephone: (802) 658-3773 http://www.seventhgeneration.com Financial Information: Total giving: $409,600 The Morris and Bessie Altman Foundation Fields of Interest: Arts Education, special Elementary/secondary education Food services Health care Health care, clinics/centers Higher education Human services Medical school/education Application Information: Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following: Brief history of organization and description of its mission Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested Initial approach: Letter Deadline(s): None Contact Information: P.O. Box 458 Shelburne, VT 05482-0458 Telephone: (802) 985-9943 Contact: Peter Stern, Dir. Financial Information: Assets: $1,730,104 Total giving: $168,850 Altman Stiller Foundation Fields of Interest: Arts Education Health care Human services Youth development Application Information:

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Application form not required. Initial approach: Letter Deadline(s): None Contact Information: 25 Barrington Rd. Dorchester, MA 02124-5001 Telephone: (617) 288-0831 Contact: Susan Altman Miller, Tr. Financial Information: Assets: $754,157 Total giving: $31,000 The Peter G. & Marjorie A. Behr Private Charitable Foundation Fields of Interest: Education Federated giving programs Human services Application Information: Application form not required. Initial approach: Letter or telephone Deadline(s): None Contact Information: c/o Kanaly Trust Co. 5555 San Felipe St., Ste. 200 Houston, TX 77056-2701 Financial Information: Assets: $502,918 Total giving: $32,500 Cooper Family Foundation, Inc. Fields of Interest: Boys & girls clubs Federated giving programs Health care Museums (marine/maritime) Performing arts Youth development Application Information: Application form not required. Deadline(s): None Contact Information: 176 Mariner's Cove Shelburne, VT 05482-7766

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Telephone: (802) 862-8004 Contact: Robert F. Cooper, Pres. Financial Information: Assets: $1,569,576 Total giving: $51,000

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Note: At the time of publication, many state-sponsored grant application cycles were closed. This chapter outlines several now expired grant opportunities that may apply to Turrell Fund’s grantees; however, their renewal in 2011 is at this time still uncertain. 84.396 INVESTING IN INNOVATION FUND Office of Innovation and Improvement OBJECTIVES: The Investing in Innovation Fund, established under section 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides funding to support (1) local educational agencies (LEAs), and (2) nonprofit organizations in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools. The purpose of this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates. These grants will (1) allow eligible entities to expand and develop innovative practices that can serve as models of best practices, (2) allow eligible entities to work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community, and (3) identify and document best practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on demonstrated success. Applicant Eligibility: Educational Agencies and a partnership between a nonprofit organization and (1) one or more LEAs or (2) a consortium of schools To be eligible for an award, an eligible applicant must—except as specifically set forth in the Note about Eligibility for an Eligible Applicant that Includes a Nonprofit Organization that follows: (A) Have significantly closed the achievement gaps between groups of students described in section 1111(b)(2) of the ESEA (economically disadvantaged students, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with limited English proficiency, students with disabilities); or (B) Have demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students described in that section; Have made significant improvements in other areas, such as graduation rates or increased recruitment and placement of high-quality teachers and principals, as demonstrated with meaningful data; Demonstrate that it has established one or more partnerships with the private sector, which may include philanthropic organizations, and that the private sector will provide matching funds in order to help bring results to scale; and In the case of an eligible applicant that includes a nonprofit organization, provide in the application the names of the LEAs with which the nonprofit organization will partner, or the names of the schools in the consortium with which it will partner. If an eligible applicant that includes a nonprofit organization intends to partner with additional LEAs or schools that are not named in the application, it must describe in the application the demographic and other characteristics of these LEAs and schools and the process it will use to select them as either official or other partners. An applicant must identify its specific partners before a grant award will be made. Note about Eligibility for an Eligible Applicant that Includes a Nonprofit Organization: The authorizing statute (as amended) specifies that an eligible applicant that includes a nonprofit organization is considered to have met the requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the eligibility requirements for this program if the nonprofit organization has a record of significantly improving student achievement, attainment, or retention. For an eligible applicant that includes a nonprofit organization, the nonprofit organization must demonstrate that it has a record of significantly improving student achievement, attainment, or retention through its record of work with an LEA or schools. Therefore, an eligible applicant that includes a nonprofit organization does not necessarily need to include as a partner for

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its Investing in Innovation Fund grant an LEA or a consortium of schools that meets the requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2). In addition, the authorizing statute (as amended) specifies that an eligible applicant that includes a nonprofit organization is considered to have the met the requirements of paragraph (3) of the eligibility requirements for this program if the eligible applicant demonstrates that it will meet the requirement relating to private-sector matching. Deadline: Competition closed. Check website for future dates. Website: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/applicant.html 84.047 TRIO - UPWARD BOUND FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education OBJECTIVES: To generate skills and motivation necessary for success in education beyond high school among low-income and potential first-generation college students and veterans. The goal of the program is to increase the academic performance and motivational levels of eligible enrollees so that such persons may complete secondary school and successfully pursue and complete a postsecondary educational programs. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds are awarded to eligible grantees to provide academic instructional programs, personal and academic counseling, career guidance and special instruction to prepare project participants for careers in which persons from disadvantaged backgrounds are particularly underrepresented, tutoring, and exposure to cultural events and academic programs not usually available to disadvantaged youths. Projects must provide academic tutoring services, advice on and assistance in selecting secondary and college courses, assistance in preparing for college entrance exams and in completing college applications, information on student financial aid and assistance in completing financial aid applications, services designed to improve financial and economic literacy, and guidance and assistance in re-entering and completing secondary school, Projects may also provide academic tutoring; personal and career counseling; information on career options; summer college campus residential programs; services specially designed for students with disabilities or limited English proficiency, homeless children and youth, and students in foster care; and to pay stipends to students, not to exceed $40 a month during the academic year and $60 a month during the summer. A grantee may not use the project as part of its recruitment program. Separate projects provide special services for veterans and for students with a special interest in math and science. Applicant Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, public or private not-for-profit agencies, a combination of the above, and in exceptional cases, secondary schools may apply. Beneficiary Eligibility: Low-income individuals and potential first generation college students who

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have a need for academic support in order to successfully pursue a program of postsecondary education. Two-thirds of the participants must be low-income individuals who are also potential first generation college students. The remaining participants must be either low-income individuals or potential first generation college students. Required low-income criteria are stated in application materials. Except for veterans, who can be served regardless of age, project participants must be between 13 and 19 years old and have completed the eighth grade but have not entered the twelfth grade (exceptions allowed). Deadlines: The planned Upward Bound (UB), Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS), and Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) competitions have been delayed. At this time, the Department expects to have a closing date for UB, UBMS, and VUB applications in the late summer or fall of 2011. 84.165 MAGNET SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education . OBJECTIVES: To provide grants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs to establish and operate magnet schools that are part of approved court-ordered of federally approved voluntary desegregation plans. Magnet programs aim to eliminate, reduce, or prevent minority group isolation in elementary and secondary schools while strengthening students' academic achievement. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Discretionary) USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used for planning and promotional activities directly related to the development, expansion, continuation, or enhancement of academic programs offered at magnet schools; for purchasing books, materials, equipment; and for paying or subsidizing the salaries of teachers and instructional staff in magnet schools. Funds may not be used for transportation or activities that do not augment academic improvement. No more than 50 percent of the funds an applicant receives in the first year of a grant may be used for planning. No more than 15 percent of the funds received for the second year may be used for planning, and no more than 10 percent in the third year. This program is subject to non-supplanting requirements and must use a restricted indirect cost rate which is referenced under 34 CFR 75.563. For assistance call the Office of Chief Financial Officer/Indirect Cost Group on (202) 708-7770. Applicant Eligibility: Local educational agencies (LEA) or consortia of LEAs that are implementing court-ordered or federally approved voluntary desegragation plans that include magnet schools are eligible to apply. Beneficiary Eligibility: Local educational agencies and participating students will benefit. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: The following are examples of the types of projects that have been funded: (1) Implementation of science and math magnet projects; (2) projects to support performing arts magnet programs at the elementary and secondary level; and (3) projects to support Montessori programs

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84.184 SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES_NATIONAL PROGRAMS FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education OBJECTIVES: To enhance the Nation's efforts to prevent the illegal use of drugs and violence among, and promote safety and discipline for, students at all educational levels; and to support mentoring programs for at-risk children. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Projects funded under this program support alcohol abuse reduction, mentoring, drug and violence prevention and education, and school emergency preparedness activities. The Secretary may fund applications that address specific priorities and requirements published in the Federal Register. Maintenance-of-effort provisions apply to local educational agencies (LEAs); an LEA may receive a grant only if its State educational agency finds that either the combined fiscal effort per student or the aggregate expenditures of the LEA and the State with respect to the provision of free public education by the LEA for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90 percent of the combined fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures for the second preceding fiscal year. All grantees must use an indirect cost rate that is consistent with the provisions in 34 CFR 75.560 through 75.564. Applicant Eligibility: Public and private organizations, and individuals. Beneficiary Eligibility: Higher education institutions, State educational agencies (SEAs), Local educational agencies (LEAs), and nonprofits will benefit, as will students, teachers, and parents. Website Address: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/programs.html#state. 84.213 EVEN START -- STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education OBJECTIVES: To help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy and improve the educational opportunities of low-income families, by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Subgrants are used for activities such as recruitment and screening of children and parents, design of programs, instruction of children and parents, support services, staff training, evaluation, and coordination with other programs. Funds may not be used for indirect costs. Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies (SEAs). The subgrantees are partnerships of a local educational agency (LEA) and a nonprofit community-based organization, a public agency other than an LEA, an institution of higher education or other public or private nonprofit organizations. Any of the latter, with demonstrated quality, may apply in collaboration with a LEA.

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Beneficiary Eligibility: Parents eligible for participation under the Adult Education Act and their children aged birth through seven. Families must be in need of Even Start services, as indicated by a low income level and low level of adult literacy or English language proficiency, or other need-related indicators. Website Address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/evenstartformula/index.html. RELATED PROGRAMS: 84.002 Adult Education - Basic Grants to States; 84.010 Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies; 84.011 Migrant Education_State Grant Program; 93.600 Head Start EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: Projects have included Project Even Start SPARK Plus in Accomack County, Virginia, jointly operated by the Accomack County Public Schools and Eastern Shore Community College. This project is designed to improve the literacy levels of disadvantaged families through the provision of adult education, parenting education, interactive literacy activities, and early childhood education for children ages 4-8. Time is provided for separate early childhood and adult instruction, as well as joint family learning experiences. While the adults are working toward career and education goals, the children are engaged in uses a research-based curriculum. Parent-Child activities are hands-on activities delivered through Eastern Shore College's acclaimed "Shore People Advancing Readiness for Knowledge," also know as SPARKS. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: SEAs apply their own criteria to select subgrantees most likely to succeed in meeting the purpose of Even Start and in effectively implementing the program elements in Section 1205 and the requirements in Section 1208(a)(1) and (2), Part B, Title I of ESEA. SEAs must give priority to projects that target services to the neediest families or to projects that are located in areas designated as Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities under Public Law 103.66. 84.215 FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION (FIE) FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education OBJECTIVES: To conduct nationally significant programs to improve the quality of education, assist all students to meet challenging State content standards, and contribute to the achievement of elementary and secondary students. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Contracts) USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used to support a wide range of projects under the FIE general authority for programs, and additional specific program authorities. Competitions are announced in the Federal Register. Specific limitations and restrictions for each competition are provided in the Federal Register notice. Applicant Eligibility:

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State educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, public and private organizations and institutions may apply. Beneficiary Eligibility: State educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, public and private organizations and institutions will benefit. . Website Address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/find/cfda/index.html?src=In. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: The program funded in FY 2008 were: FIE Programs of National Significance (OII, CFDA 84.215K and U), Elementary and Secondary School Counseling (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215E), Character Education (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215S and V), Smaller Learning Communities (OESE, CFDA 84.215L), Physical Education Program (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215F), Education Through Cultural and Historical Organizations (OII, CFDA 84.215Y), Excellence in Economic Education (OII CFDA 84.215B), Foundations for Learning Grants (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215H), Mental Health Integration in Schools (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215M), Academies for American History and Civics (OII, CFDA 84.215A and D), Teaching American History (OII, CFDA 84.215X), and Full Service Community Schools (OII, CFDA 84.215J). Fiscal Year 2009: The programs funded in FY 2009 were: FIE Programs of National Significance (OII, CFDA 84.215K and U), Elementary and Secondary Counseling (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215E), Character Education (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215S and V), Smaller Learning Communities (OESE, CFDA 84.215L), Physical Education Program (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215F), Education Through Cultural and Historical Organizations (OII, CFDA 84.215Y), Excellence in Economic Education (OII, CFDA 84.215B), Foundations for Learning Grants (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215H), Mental Health Integration in Schools, (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215M), Academies for American History and Civics (OII< CFDA 84.215A and D) and Teaching American History (OII, CFDA 84.215X), and Full Service Community Schools (OII, CFDA 84.215J). Fiscal Year 2010: The programs for which funded was requested in FY 2010 were: FIE Programs of National Significance (OII, CFDA 84.215U), Elementary and Secondary School Counseling (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215E), Smaller Learning Communities (OESE, CFDA 84.215L), Physical Education Program (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215F), Education Through Cultural and Historical Organizations (OII, CFDA 84.215Y), Excellence in Economic Education (OII, CFDA 84.215B), Mental Health Integration in Schools (OSDFS, CFDA 84.215M), Teaching American History (OII, CFDA 84.215X), and Full Service Community Schools (OII, CFDA 84.215J). CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: The selection criteria for these programs are contained in Section 75.210 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). The specific criteria to be used for particular grant competitions are announced in the application package or application notice in the Federal Register. 84.257 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY (NIL) FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education OBJECTIVES: To provide national leadership regarding literacy; to coordinate literacy services

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and policy; and to serve as a national resource for adult education and literacy programs through dissemination. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Direct Payments for Specified Use; PROJECT GRANTS USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Projects cannot duplicate activities being performed by the Secretary of Education. This program is governed by an interagency group made up of the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor. Applicant Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit institutions may apply. Beneficiary Eligibility: State literacy resource centers, individuals, universities, and education organizations benefit. Website Address: http://www.nifl.gov. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: The Institute has funded development of research-based publications on adult reading instruction: Applying Research in Reading Instruction for Adults: First Steps for Teachers and Teaching Adults to Read: A Summary of Scientifically Based Research Principles. It has contributed $10 million to a national research program to build understanding of how adults learn to read and how to teach reading to adults effectively. Through a national survey, the Institute is exploring the relationships between adult literacy policies and student outcomes to learn more about the contributions policy can make. It also has convened regional summits on health literacy and a national summit on strengthening instruction and improving performance management in community literacy initiatives. The Institute is working with nationally recognized experts and stakeholders to plan new initiatives to fill gaps in knowledge and services in the areas of adult English language acquisition, adult literacy, workforce basic skills development, and education and employment outcomes for youth with learning disabilities. 84.334 GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS (GEAR-UP) FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education OBJECTIVES: Provides 6-year grants to States and partnerships to provide support and maintain a commitment to eligible low-income students, including students with disabilities, to help the students obtain a secondary school diploma (or its recognized equivalent) and to prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education. GEAR UP has two major service components. All projects provide a comprehensive set of early intervention services including mentoring, tutoring, academic and career counseling, parental involvement, and other college preparation activities like exposure to college campuses and financial aid information and assistance. Some projects provide college scholarships to participating students.

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USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: (1) State Grants. States receiving funds are required (unless they receive a waiver) to provide both an early intervention and a scholarship component, targeted to low-income students in grades K-12. At least 50 percent, but not more than 75 percent, of the grant funds must be used to provide scholarships to participating students. Conversely, at least 25 percent, but not more than 50 percent, of the funds must be used for early intervention services. To meet the matching requirement, States must cover at least 50 percent of the project costs with cash or in-kind contributions from non-Federal sources. (2) Partnership Grants. Eligible partnerships consist of one or more local educational agencies and one or more degree granting institutions of higher education and not less than two other community organizations or entities such as businesses, professional organizations, State agencies, institutions, or other public or private agencies or organizations. Partnerships receiving funds are not required to provide a scholarship component. However, they are required to provide an early intervention component to at least one cohort or grade level of students beginning no later than the 7th grade, in a school that has a 7th grade and in which at least 50 percent of the students enrolled are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or to an entire grade level of students, not later than the 7th grade, who reside in public housing. This program is subject to nonsupplanting requirements and must use a restricted indirect cost rate, which is referenced under 34 CFR 76.564-76.569. For assistance call the Office of the Chief Financial Officer/Indirect Cost Group at (202) 708-7770. Applicant Eligibility: A State, or a partnership consisting of one or more local education agencies acting on behalf of one or more elementary schools or secondary schools; and the secondary schools that students from the schools (elementary/secondary) would normally attend; one or more degree granting institutions of higher education; and at least two community organizations or entities, such as businesses, professional associations, community-based organizations, philanthropic organizations, State agencies, parent groups, and/or nonprofit organizations. States are required to conduct both components. Beneficiary Eligibility: Low-income students and students in high-poverty schools. Website Address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/gearup/index.html. 84.351 ARTS IN EDUCATION FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education OBJECTIVES: To provide competitive grants that support the integration of the arts into the elementary and secondary school curriculum, with particular focus on improving the academic achievement of low-income students. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants (Discretionary) USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to support the following types of activities: (1) research on arts education; (2) development and dissemination of

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model school-based arts education programs; (3) development of model State arts education assessments based on State academic achievement standards; (4) development of curriculum frameworks in the arts; (5) development of model professional development programs in the arts for teachers and administrators; (6) support collabrative activities with Federal agencies or institutions involved in arts education, arts educators, and organizations representing the arts; and (7) support of model programs to integrate arts education into the regular elementary and secondary school curriculum. This program is subject to non-supplanting requirements and must use a restricted indirect cost rate which is referenced under 34 CFR 75.563. For assistance call the Office of Chief Financial Officer/Indirect Cost Group on 202-708-7770. Applicant Eligibility: State educational agencies; local educational agencies; institutions of higher education; museums and other cultural institutions; and any other public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations. Beneficiary Eligibility: Arts educators and administrators, preservice and inservice programs for teachers. Website Address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/artsed/index.html. 84.359 EARLY READING FIRST FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education OBJECTIVES: To support local efforts to enhance the early language, literacy, and prereading development of preschool-aged children, particularly those from low-income families, through instructional strategies and professional development based on scientifically based reading research. Early Reading First programs must have a high-quality oral language and print-rich environment, and must monitor children's progress toward language, literacy, and cognitive goals using screening reading assessments and other appropriate measures. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Program funds support projects designed to help early childhood centers improve their programs by creating centers of excellence that provide preschool-age children with language and cognitive skills, and an early reading foundation. Funds must be used to: enhance children's language, cognitive, and early reading skills through professional development for teachers; provide early language and reading development and instructional materials as developed from scientifically based reading research; provide preschool-age children with cognitive learning opportunities in high-quality language and literature-rich environments; use screening assessments to effectively identify preschool children who may be at risk for reading failure; and improve existing early childhood programs by integrating scientifically based reading research into all aspects of the program (including instructional materials, teaching strategies, curricula, parent engagement, and professional development). Applicant Eligibility: The following are eligible to apply for an Early Reading First grant: (1) One or more local educational agencies that are eligible to receive a Reading First State grant subgrant; (2) One or more public or private organizations of agencies,

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acting on behalf of one or more programs that serve preschool age children (such as a Head Start program, a child care program, an Even Start Family literacy program, a lab school at a university), located in a community that is eligible for a Reading First grant; (3) One or more local educational agencies described in (1), in collaboration with one or more organizations or agencies described in (2). Beneficiary Eligibility: Early childhood staff and children in early childhood programs will benefit from this program. Website Address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/index.html. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: Grants are designed to help early childhood centers improve their programs by creating centers of excellence that provide young children with language and cognitive skills, and an early reading foundation. Fiscal Year 2009: Same as FY 2008. Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: The selection criteria will be included in the full application package and published in the Federal Register notice. For further information, contact the program office. 84.371 STRIVING READERS FEDERAL AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education OBJECTIVES: To raise student achievement by improving the reading skills of middle and high school students who are reading below grade level. Striving Readers supports the implementation and evaluation of research-based reading interventions for struggling middle and high school readers in Title I-eligible schools at risk of not meeting or not meeting annual yearly progress requirements under the ESEA and/or that have significant percentages or numbers of students reading below grade level. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Successful applicants must use these funds to carry out the activities described in their approved applications. Striving Reader programs include supplemental literacy intervention strategies targeted to students who are reading significantly below grade level; cross-disciplinary strategies for improving student literacy that may include professional development for subject matter teachers and use of research-based reading strategies in classrooms across subject areas; and a strong experimental evaluation component. Grant recipients, must, for example, use funds for reasonable costs needed to implement a supplemental literacy intervention, which may include additional staff time for extra periods of instruction, age-appropriate reading materials for struggling adolescent readers, assessment instruments, professional development opportunities for staff focused on literacy, and evaluation. Funds must be used in Title I-eligible public schools serving grades 6-12 with significant numbers of students reading below grade level. Applicant Eligibility: The following are eligible to apply for a Striving Readers grant: (1) One or more local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive Title I funds and have one

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or more high schools or middle schools with significant numbers of students reading below grade level and are at risk of not meeting or are not meeting Title I annual yearly progress requirements; (2) Intermediate service agencies on behalf of one or more local educational agencies that receive Title I funds and have one or more high schools or middle schools with significant numbers of students reading below grade level and are at risk of not meeting or are not meeting Title I annual yearly progress requirements; or (3) Partnerships that may include public or private institutions of higher education, eligible nonprofit or for-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations), and LEAs that have one or more high schools or middle schools with significant numbers of students reading below grade level and are at risk of not meeting or are not meeting Title I adequate yearly progress requirements. Beneficiary Eligibility: Adolescent students (in grades 6-12) who are reading below grade level. LEAs that have one or more high schools or middle schools with significant numbers of students reading below grade level or that are at risk of not meeting or are not meeting Title I adequate yearly progress requirements. Website Address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/strivingreaders/index.html. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: The program provides funds mainly to local school districts to implement and evaluate reading intervention programs for secondary school students who currently read below grade level. Fiscal Year 2009: Same as FY 2008. Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: The selection criteria will be included in the full application package and published in the federal register notice. For additional information e-mail StrivingReaders@ed.gov.

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Note: At the time of publication, many state-sponsored grant application cycles were closed. This chapter outlines several now expired grant opportunities that may apply to Turrell Fund’s grantees; however, their renewal in 2011 is at this time still uncertain. 93.086 HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AND RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTS (Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants) FEDERAL AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services OBJECTIVES: Included four objectives: (1) To fund Healthy Marriage Promotion activities that will help couples, who have chosen marriage for themselves, gain greater access to marriage education services on a voluntary basis. These services will help couples acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain a healthy marriage; (2) To fund Responsible Fatherhood promotion activities specifically designed to promote responsible fatherhood to reverse the rise in father absence and its subsequent impact on our nation's children. ACF will award these funds on a competitive basis to States, territories, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and public and nonprofit community entities, including faith-based organizations; (3) To award competitive based demonstration projects designed to test the effectiveness of tribal governments or tribal consortia in coordinating the provision to tribal families at risk of child abuse or neglect of child welfare services and services under tribal programs funded under this part; and, (4) To provide technical assistance by the Federal government to States, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, receiving a grant for any program funded under this part. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: The Secretary may not award funds on a noncompetitive basis, and may not provide any such funds to an entity for the purpose of carrying out healthy marriage promotion activities or for the purpose of carrying out activities promoting responsible fatherhood unless the entity has submitted to the Secretary an application which describes how the programs or activities proposed in the application will address, as appropriate, issues of domestic violence; and what the applicant will do, to the extent relevant, to ensure that participation in the programs or activities is voluntary, and to inform potential participants that their participation is voluntary; and contains a commitment by the entity to not use the funds for any other purpose; and to consult with experts in domestic violence or relevant community domestic violence coalitions in developing the programs and activities. Applicant Eligibility: The Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grants were awarded one time for a five-year (5) project period. The awards were made final in September 2006 and will run for five consecutive years up through September 2011. There are no subsequent competitive awards for this program. Eligible organizations for Healthy Marriage Grants in general were public and private entities. This included, but was not limited to: States; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; State controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribes and tribal organizations; Nonprofit organizations; Private organizations of higher

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education; For-profit organizations; and faith-based and community organizations. Application Eligibility for Responsible Fatherhood Grants included: States; territories; Indian tribes and tribal organizations; and public and non-profit community entities, including Faith-based organizations. Application Eligibility for Tribal TANF Child Welfare TA Grants includes Native American Tribal governments. Beneficiary Eligibility: Families, couples, individuals in need of assistance with marriage enhancement and relationship education, parenting education, economic stability services. In general these funds will assist in the efforts to enhance and expand the ability of States, Native American governments, local governments, for-profit organizations, non-profit community organizations and other public entities to provide family formation services to those in need. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fiscal Year 2008: Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grantees continue to provide skill-based healthy marriage education and responsible fatherhood activities, which include marriage education, parenting skills, and economic stability. Additionally, OFA funds the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) and the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC). The NHMRC serves as a clearinghouse and national repository for information, research, technical assistance, and as a catalyst of the healthy marriage field. The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse assists organizations, states and communities by providing valuable information designed to promote and support Responsible Fatherhood. Primarily a tool for professionals operating Responsible Fatherhood programs, the NRFC provides access to print and electronic publications, timely information on fatherhood issues, and targeted resources that support OFA-funded Responsible Fatherhood grantees. Both the NHMRC and the NRFC are successfully conducting national media campaigns in traditional, social media, and web-based outlets. Fiscal Year 2009: We estimate that each organization will remain active grantees, providing skill-based healthy marriage education and responsible fatherhood activities, which include marriage education, parenting skills, and economic stability. Additionally, OFA funds the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) and the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC). The NHMRC serves as a clearinghouse and national repository for information, research, technical assistance, and as a catalyst of the healthy marriage field. The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse assists organizations, states and communities by providing valuable information designed to promote and support Responsible Fatherhood. Primarily a tool for professionals operating Responsible Fatherhood programs, the NRFC provides access to print and electronic publications, timely information on fatherhood issues, and targeted resources that support OFA-funded Responsible Fatherhood grantees. Both the NHMRC and the NRFC are successfully conducting national media campaigns in traditional, social media, and web-based outlets. Fiscal Year 2010: We estimate that each organization will remain active grantees, providing skill-based healthy marriage education and responsible fatherhood activities, which include marriage education, parenting skills, and economic stability. Additionally, OFA funds the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) and the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC). The NHMRC serves as a clearinghouse and national repository for information, research, technical assistance, and as a catalyst of the healthy marriage field. The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse assists organizations, states and communities by providing valuable information designed to promote and support Responsible Fatherhood. Primarily a tool for professionals

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operating Responsible Fatherhood programs, the NRFC provides access to print and electronic publications, timely information on fatherhood issues, and targeted resources that support OFA-funded Responsible Fatherhood grantees. Both the NHMRC and the NRFC are successfully conducting national media campaigns in traditional, social media, and web-based outlets. Website Address: www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/index.html. 93.110 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FEDERAL CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMS OBJECTIVES: To carry out special maternal and child health (MCH) projects of regional and national significance; to conduct training and research; to conduct genetic disease testing, counseling, and information development and dissemination programs; for grants relating to hemophilia without regard to age; and for the screening of newborns for sickle cell anemia, and other genetic disorders. and to support comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and treatment centers. These grants are funded with a set-aside from the MCH Block grant program. SPRANS grants are funded with 15 percent of the Block Grant appropriation of up to $600 million. When the appropriation exceeds $600 million, 12.75 percent of the amount over $600 million is set aside for the Community Integrated Service Systems grants. 15 percent of the balance remaining over $600 million is also for SPRANS. The CISS program is to develop and expand the following: (1) Home visitation; (2) increased participation of obstetricians and pediatricians; (3) integrated service delivery systems; (4) maternal and child health centers for women and infants, under the direction of a not-for-profit hospital; (5) services for rural populations; and (6) community-based services for children with special health care needs in order to enhance or develop an integrated services system. Funds are appropriated for the development of family to family health information centers as such: $3,000,000 for FY 07; $4,000,000 for FY 08; and $5,000,000 for FY 09. Family to Family health information centers assist families with children with disabilities or special health care needs to make informed choices about health care in order to promote good treatment decisions, cost effectiveness, and improved health outcomes for such families. In FY 2008 Congress first funded the Combating Autism Act program, which is for early detection, education and intervention activities on autism and other developmental disorders. To fund the Heritable Disorder program to improve newborn and child screening for heritable disorders. To fund the Congenital condition program to provide information and support services to women and their families that have received a diagnosis for Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, Dwarfism and other penatally or postnatally diagnosed conditions. . USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Training grants are made to institutions of higher learning for training personnel for health care and related services for mothers and children. Research grants are for the purpose of research activities which show promise of a substantial contribution to the advancement of maternal and child health services. Genetic grants are for genetic disease testing, counseling and information development and dissemination. Hemophilia grants are for the support of centers which provide hemophilia diagnostic and treatment services. Other special project grants are designed to support activities of a demonstration nature which are designed to improve services for mothers and children.

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Applicant Eligibility: Training grants may be made to public or private nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Research grants may be made to public or private nonprofit institutions of higher learning and public or private nonprofit private agencies and organizations engaged in research or in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) or Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) programs. Any public or private entity is eligible for hemophilia and genetics grants and other special project grants, including CISS. Family to Family Health Information Centers are to be developed in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. Beneficiary Eligibility: For training grants: (1) Trainees in the health professions related to MCH; and (2) mothers and children who receive services through training programs. For research grants: public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations engaged in research in MCH or CSHCN programs. For hemophilia, genetics, and special projects: (1) Public or private agencies, organizations and institutions; and (2) mothers and children, and persons with hemophilia (any age), who receive services through the programs. Website Address: www.hrsa.gov EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: (1) Health Professional Training Projects; (2) Schools of Public Health; (3) Maternal and Child Health Research; (4) Genetic Screening, Testing and Counseling; (5) Hemophilia Diagnosis and Treatment Centers; (6) Child and Adolescent Health Services Demonstration Projects; (7) Healthy Tomorrows Community Based Partnerships; (8) Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) to develop comprehensive community based systems to services; and (9) Family to Family Health Information Centers. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available 93.153 COORDINATED SERVICES AND ACCESS TO RESEARCH FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND YOUTH (Ryan White Program) FEDERAL AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this funding is providing family-centered care involving outpatient or ambulatory care (directly or through contracts) to women, infants, children, and youth with HIV/AIDS, and may be used to provide additional support services to patients and families through the provision of coordinated, comprehensive, culturally and linguistically competent, family-centered services. Funds will be used to support programs that provide primary medical care and : (1) Link established systems of care to coordinate service delivery and ensure that HIV-infected women, infants children, and youth have access to the existing and emerging HIV treatments that can make a difference; (2) Implement HIV prevention programs for the transmission of HIV from mother to child; (3) Educate clients about the opportunities for participation in clinical research and other research activities; and (4) Address the intensity of service needs, high costs, and other complex barriers to comprehensive care and research experienced by medically underserved and challenging populations. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:

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All funds granted must be expended solely for carrying out the approved project in accordance with application guidelines, the conditions of award and the applicable cost principles. Applicant Eligibility: Public and nonprofit private entities that provide primary care services, either directly or by another entity that is linked with the grantee, either through a contract, written partnership, or other formal agreement. Proof of nonprofit status is required for nonprofit organizations. Primary care providers must show proof of Medicaid eligibility. Beneficiary Eligibility: Women, infants, children, and youth with HIV/AIDS and their affected family members. Website address: www.hrsa.gov . EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: A variety of agencies are funded under this grant program, but they all represent the collaboration of local health and social services agencies, both public and private, including faith-based and community-based organizations. All provide health service delivery to infected women, infants, children, and youth and provide family-centered case management and education regarding opportunities to participate in HIV/AIDS-related clinical research. Projects directly provide or arrange for a range of medical social, psychosocial and family support services. Features unique to each project demonstrate collectively a variety of strategies to meet the critical needs of HIV infected women, infants, children, and youth. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available 93.223 DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION OF RURAL HEALTH SERVICES FEDERAL AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services OBJECTIVES: To (1) Build and sustain rural health infrastructure by providing technical assistance to rural communities , (2) provide guidance and best practices on rural health networks (3) improve quality of rural health care. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: All funds awarded are to be expended solely for carrying out the approved activities in accordance with the intent of the cooperative agreement as stipulated in the notice of grant award. Applicant Eligibility: Nonprofit private organizations that represent national, State and local rural health constituencies. The applicant must represent National, State, and local constituency groups who are interested in and committed to improvements in rural health care. Beneficiary Eligibility: Underserved populations in rural areas and rural health care providers wishing to expand their services. Rural health care advocacy groups and their constituents.

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Website Address: www.hrsa.gov. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2008: Preparation of rural health funding and resource guides. Rural Health and Human Services information dissemination. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Applications will be reviewed and rated on the applicant's ability to address the following areas: To (1) Build and sustain rural health infrastructure by providing technical assistance to rural communities , (2) provide guidance and best practices on rural health networks (3) improve quality of rural health care. 93.224 CONSOLIDATED HEALTH CENTERS (COMMUNITY HEALT H CENTERS, MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH CARE FOR TH E HOMELESS, PUBLIC HOUSING PRIMARY CARE, AND SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS) FEDERAL AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services OBJECTIVES: To improve the health of the Nation's underserved communities and vulnerable populations by assuring access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services. Individual health center grant mechanisms include: (1) Community Health Centers; (2) Migrant Health Centers; (3) Health Care for the Homeless; and (4) Public Housing Primary Care Program. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Applications should be designed to improve the availability, accessibility and provision of primary health care services. Funds may not be used for inpatient services, or to make cash payments to intended recipients of services. Applicant Eligibility: Eligible applicants are public and non-profit private entities, including tribal, faith-based and community-based organizations that have the capacity to effectively administer the grant. Beneficiary Eligibility: Population groups in medically underserved areas. Website Address: http://www.hrsa.gov . CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Criteria for selecting proposals are available in the funding opportunity guidance document. In addition, all applicants are expected to demonstrate compliance with applicable requirements including the Health Center Program Expectations. In addition to these general requirements, there are specific requirements and expectations for applicants requesting funding under each of the section 330 programs. Applicants requesting funding under multiple programs are expected to demonstrate compliance with the expectations and requirements of all of those programs.

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16.808 Recovery Act Local Youth Mentoring Initiative OBJECTIVES: the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications under the Recovery Act - Youth Mentoring Program with funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act”). Under this solicitation, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will be making awards to support local organizations that develop, implement, or expand local mentoring programs leading to measurable, positive outcomes for at-risk youth. This program furthers the Department’s mission by enhancing the capacity of local mentoring programs to develop and implement mentoring strategies to reduce juvenile delinquency and prevent violence. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Applications should be designed to improve the availability, accessibility and provision of primary health care services. Funds may not be used for inpatient services, or to make cash payments to intended recipients of services. Applicant Eligibility: OJJDP invites applications from public agencies (including state agencies, units of local government, public universities and colleges, and federally-recognized Indian tribal governments) and private organizations (including faith-based and community organizations). Joint applications from two or more eligible applicants are welcome; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the other(s) indicated as co-applicant(s). OJJDP will accept only applications that demonstrate that the applicant has entered into a partnership with one or more public or private entities to form a “community partnership.” Eligible community partnerships must include at a minimum: one or more private organizations: such as nonprofits, for-profits, community and faith-based organizations. These partnerships will help to leverage public resources, in partnership with private resources, to make funds available to help stabilize State and local budgets. Applications that do not demonstrate that they have met the minimum eligibility to be considered a “community partnership” will be deemed ineligible for funding. Website Address: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=9MQJMhcTHL98Y0Hn2GnnMnzgJW8JWFsHz8VWLtpPLyFCWPGJXp5C!2035919305?oppId=45872&mode=VIEW NOTE: This grant has expired. It is unclear if it will be renewed.

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STATE SPONSORED GRANTS

Note: At the time of publication, many state-sponsored grant application cycles were closed. This chapter outlines several now expired grant opportunities that may apply to Turrell Fund’s grantees; however, their renewal in 2011 is at this time still uncertain.

Vermont Arts Council Arts Learning Grants What it is: Arts Learning Grants provide funding to develop, plan, and implement arts education programming for in-school and/or out-of-school activities that support extended learning in and through the arts. The Council encourages the development of collaborations among education institutions and arts organizations and artists to enhance student learning and seeks to support projects or programs that immerse participants in long-term, in-depth arts learning experiences.

The Vermont Arts Council has long supported work that provides students, teachers and community members, etc. access to arts learning and experiences. Through grant programs that support artist residencies, arts assessment development, partnerships, and integrated arts education, the Council offers assistance to help communities strengthen the larger systems that support arts learning. There is abundant evidence that arts, both in their own right and when integrated into a content area in which other subjects are taught, significantly enhance learning. Who may apply: Any Vermont school, school district, supervisory union, or not-for-profit organization. You may not apply for an Arts Learning Grant if:

- You have received a Local Arts Partnership Grant - You have applied for a Community Arts Grant - You have applied for a grant in any other category for the same project

Deadline: The 2011 deadline has passed. Website:http://www.vermontartscouncil.org/Grants/ForSchools/ArtsLearning/tabid/101/Default.aspx Community Arts Grants What it is: The purpose of the Community Arts Grants is to provide support for arts activities that engage communities and/or audiences in an arts experience. The Council is interested in funding projects and programs that bring together diverse groups of people and link them through shared, arts-based experiences.

The Goals and Objectives of this program are:

• To raise awareness of, and respect for, the value of the arts in community.

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• To foster collaboration between artists, arts organizations, schools, community groups and businesses.

• To advance and preserve the arts at the center of Vermont communities, the mission of the Vermont Arts Council.

Who may apply: In general this category is for non-profit arts organizations, but occasionally educational institutions or non-arts organizations may apply for a project that is arts-based and therefore appropriate to this category. You may not apply for a Community Arts Grant if:

• You have received a Local Arts Partnership Grant • You have applied for an Art Learning Grant • You have applied for a grant in any other category for the same project

Deadline: The 2011 deadline has passed. Website:http://www.vermontartscouncil.org/Grants/ForOrgs/CommunityArtsGrants/tabid/86/Default.aspx

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Vermont Department for Children and Families http://dcf.vermont.gov/cdd/grants/ Strengthening Families Grant Fund Eligible applicants for the first round of limited funding (up to $1.5 million in SFY 2010 and 2011) beginning January 2010 are licensed center based programs that are currently receiving reserved spaces and/or infant-toddler enhancement grants. This new program is intended as an on-going support for community child care programs from CDD and will evolve in accord with identified needs in Vermont. Future funding periods beginning after July 2011 will be open to other licensed programs. The overarching goal for Strengthening Families Grants is to ensure affordable access to high quality comprehensive early care and education and afterschool programs for children and families challenged by economic instability and other environmental risk factors. An additional goal is to maintain a supply of high quality infant-toddler care. In SFY 2010 and 2011, the priority for this program is to ensure stability for licensed centers transitioning from receipt of reserved spaces agreements and infant-toddler grants into participation in the re-structured Child Care Financial Assistance Program and to ensure continuity of care for children and families who are currently receiving services and assistance in reserved spaces. Website: http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/pdf/cdd/grants/Strengthening_Families_Grants.doc A sample application is included in appendix of this report. Program Accreditation and Re-Accreditation Bonus The financial bonus of $1,000 is available to regulated early childhood and after school that have achieved national accreditation. Application deadline: By the first of every month Further information: http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/pdf/cdd/grants/Program_Accreditaton_Bonus.pdf Regional Colloborative Training Grant This application is for regional professional development events planned, sponsored, delivered and evaluated collaboratively between two or more organizations, to enhance the quality of child development, early education, and after school services. Application deadline: March 1, August 1, November 1 Further information: http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/pdf/cdd/grants/Statewide_Collaborative_Training_Grant.pdf Quality Recognition Seeking Grant for COA Accreditation Fees Grant that assists regulated afterschool programs with the fees associated with the Council On Accreditation (COA) Accreditation. Application deadline: By the first of every month Further information: http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/pdf/cdd/grants/COA_Afterschool_Accreditation_Fees_Grant.pdf

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Quality Recognition Seeking Grant for COA Registration or Certification Fees Grant that assists regulated afterschool programs with the fees associated with the Council On Accreditation (COA) Registration or Certification. Application deadline: By the first of every month Further information: http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/pdf/cdd/grants/COA_Registration_or_Certification_Fees_Grant.pdf Quality Recognition Seeking Grant for NAA Annual Report Fees Grant that assists regulated afterschool programs that are currently National Afterschool Association (NAA) with the cost of annual report fees. Application deadline: By the first of every month Further information: http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/pdf/cdd/grants/NAA_annual_report_fees_grant.pdf Quality Recognition Seeking Grant for NAEYC Fees Grant that assists regulated early childhood and afterschool programs with the fees associated with the National Associaton for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation.

Application deadline: By the first of every month Further information: http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/pdf/cdd/grants/NAEYC_Fees_Grant.pdf

Quality Recognition Seeking Grant for NECPA Fees Grant that assists regulated early childhood and afterschool programs with the fees associated with the National Early Childhood Program Accreditation. Application deadline: By the first of every month Further information: http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/pdf/cdd/grants/NECPA_Fees_grant.pdf

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Vermont Department of Education State education grants can be found through Vermont's education organizations (http://www.vermont.gov/portal/education/index.php?id=194) and each give grants independently:

1. Association of Independent Schools in New England 2. The Vermont Institutes 3. Vermont Alliance for Arts Education 4. Vermont Business Teachers 5. Vermont Center for the Book 6. Vermont Council on the Humanities 7. Vermont NEA National Education Association 8. Vermont School Boards Association 9. Vermont Superintendents Association

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New Jersey Arts Council http://www.njartscouncil.org/grant_afag.cfm Arts Education Special Initiative Arts Education Special Initiative (AESI) grants are awarded to recipients of GOS or GPS to support development or expansion of program that make substantial contributions to quality arts education in schools. This grant category intends to aid arts organizations in developing their full potential as community resources to educational systems throughout New Jersey and create a stronger infrastructure for arts education statewide. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible to receive a grant under this program, an applicant must: 1. Have clearly articulated artistic mission and focus for the organization, program or project seeking support. 2. Be incorporated in the state of New Jersey as a nonprofit corporation or be a unit of government. K- 12 schools and school districts are not eligible, but may be a partner or collaborator on a project with an eligible applicant. Schools may seek artist residency support through the Artists in Education program. 3. Be tax-exempt by determination of the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with Sections 501(c)3 or (c)4. 4. Be registered with the NJ Charities Registration Bureau. 5. At the time of application, have been in existence and actively providing public programs or services for at least the past two years. 6. Have a board of directors empowered to formulate policies and be responsible for the governance and administration of the organization, its programs and finances. 7. Demonstrate regional or statewide public impact through the organization’s programs or project. Regional is defined as serving audiences across a two or more county region of New Jersey. Those organizations and projects that are local in impact should apply for State Council support through their respective County Arts Agency, which receives a Local Arts Program grant for this purpose. Local impact is defined as serving audiences primarily from communities within a single county. Generally, if less than 24% of the audience currently served is from outside the county, the organization, program or project would be classified as local in impact. An organization or project located near a county border that may serve audiences in an adjacent county or counties may still be regarded as local based on the limited number of communities within those counties which are served by the organization or project. In the Notice of Intent to Apply the applicant must demonstrate that the organization or project already serves a regional audience, or if the project is new that the organization has a track record of providing services of some kind to a regional (multi-county) area. There are three exceptions to the regional impact eligibility requirement: 1) Arts Education Special Initiative projects proposed by eligible General Operating and General Program Support applicants/grantees may be local in their impact. 2) Arts in Communities projects and 3) Building Arts Participation may focus on a local community, however the applicant organization must have a regional impact overall.

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Applicants may apply either to the Council or to the County Arts Agency, not both, in a given year. Prospective NJSCA applicants that have been receiving support through their County Arts Agency up to now should attend a scheduled NJSCA grant workshop, work closely with Council staff and their County Arts Agency in filing their Notice of Intent to Apply, and may also want to schedule a meeting early in the process with Council staff. Because the funding periods for the County Arts Agency grants and the State Council grants overlap by six months, applicants should discuss their situation in advance of the Notice of Intent to Apply with the State Council to determine eligibility. 8. Comply with all pertinent state and federal regulations including, but not necessarily limited to Fair Labor Standards (regarding the payment of fair wages and the maintenance of safe and sanitary working conditions), the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (all barring discrimination on, among other things, the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age or sex); the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (guaranteeing the maintenance of same); and Section 1913 of 18 U.S.C. and Section 319 or P.L. 101-121 (barring lobbying when in the receipt of federal funds). Apart from all other provisions of law, particularly the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which bear upon all Council grantees, those grantees whose Council grant is composed all or in part of funds derived from the National Endowment for the Arts will be required to be in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 at the time of and as a condition of receipt of the grant under penalty of recission and any others set forth under law. 9. Be a GOS or GPS applicant/grantee. General Operating Support for Arts Organizations General Operating Support (GOS) is awarded to New Jersey based, nonprofit, arts-missioned organizations to help underwrite the expense of their total operation including the expenses of producing and presenting arts events. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible to receive a grant under this program, an applicant must: 1. Have clearly articulated artistic mission and focus for the organization, program or project seeking support. 2. Be incorporated in the state of New Jersey as a nonprofit corporation or be a unit of government. K- 12 schools and school districts are not eligible, but may be a partner or collaborator on a project with an eligible applicant. Schools may seek artist residency support through the Artists in Education program. 3. Be tax-exempt by determination of the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with Sections 501(c)3 or (c)4. 4. Be registered with the NJ Charities Registration Bureau. 5. At the time of application, have been in existence and actively providing public programs or services for at least the past two years. 6. Have a board of directors empowered to formulate policies and be responsible for the governance and administration of the organization, its programs and finances. 7. Demonstrate regional or statewide public impact through the organization’s programs or project. Regional is defined as serving audiences across a two or more county region

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of New Jersey. Those organizations and projects that are local in impact should apply for State Council support through their respective County Arts Agency, which receives a Local Arts Program grant for this purpose. Local impact is defined as serving audiences primarily from communities within a single county. Generally, if less than 24% of the audience currently served is from outside the county, the organization, program or project would be classified as local in impact. An organization or project located near a county border that may serve audiences in an adjacent county or counties may still be regarded as local based on the limited number of communities within those counties which are served by the organization or project. In the Notice of Intent to Apply the applicant must demonstrate that the organization or project alreadyserves a regional audience, or if the project is new that the organization has a track record of providing services of some kind to a regional (multi-county) area. There are three exceptions to the regional impact eligibility requirement: 1) Arts Education Special Initiative projects proposed by eligible General Operating and General Program Support applicants/grantees may be local in their impact. 2) Arts in Communities projects and 3) Building Arts Participation may focus on a local community, however the applicant organization must have a regional impact overall. Applicants may apply either to the Council or to the County Arts Agency, not both, in a given year. Prospective NJSCA applicants that have been receiving support through their County Arts Agency up to now should attend a scheduled NJSCA grant workshop, work closely with Council staff and their County Arts Agency in filing their Notice of Intent to Apply, and may also want to schedule a meeting early in the process with Council staff. Because the funding period for the County Arts Agency grants and the State Council grants overlap by six months, applicants should discuss their situation in advance of the Notice of Intent to Apply with the State Council to determine eligibility. 8. Comply with all pertinent state and federal regulations including, but not necessarily limited to Fair Labor Standards (regarding the payment of fair wages and the maintenance of safe and sanitary working conditions), the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (all barring discrimination on, among other things, the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age or sex); the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (guaranteeing the maintenance of same); and Section 1913 of 18 U.S.C. and Section 319 of P.L. 101-121 (barring lobbying when in the receipt of federal funds). Apart from all other provisions of law, particularly the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which bear upon all Council grantees, those grantees whose Council grant is composed all or in part of funds derived from the National Endowment for the Arts will be required to be in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 at the time of and as a condition of receipt of the grant under penalty of recission and any others set forth under law. General Program Support General Program Support (GPS) is awarded to New Jersey based, nonprofit organizations, agencies, institutions, or units of local government to help underwrite the

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expense of presenting major, on-going arts programs. This grant category is open to a variety of organizations which produce or present on-going public arts programs. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible to receive a grant under this program, an applicant must: 1. Have clearly articulated artistic mission and focus for the organization, program or project seeking support. 2. Be incorporated in the state of New Jersey as a nonprofit corporation or be a unit of government. K-12 schools and school districts are not eligible, but may be a partner or collaborator on a project with an eligible applicant. Schools may seek artist residency support through the Artists in Education program. 3. Be tax-exempt by determination of the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with Sections 501(c)3 or (c)4. 4. Be registered with the NJ Charities Registration Bureau. 5. At the time of application, have been in existence and actively providing public programs or services for at least the past two years. 6. Have a board of directors empowered to formulate policies and be responsible for the governance and administration of the organization, its programs and finances. 7. Demonstrate regional or statewide public impact through the organization’s programs or project. Regional is defined as serving audiences across a two or more county region of New Jersey. Those organizations and projects that are local in impact should apply for State Council support through their respective County Arts Agency, which receives a Local Arts Program grant for this purpose. Local impact is defined as serving audiences primarily from communities within a single county. Generally, if less than 24% of the audiences currently served is from outside the county, the organization, program or project would be classified as local in impact. An organization or project located near a county border that may serve audiences in an adjacent county or counties may still be regarded as local based on the limited number of communities with those counties which are served by the organization or project. In the Notice of Intent to Apply the applicant must demonstrate that the organization or project already serves a regional audience, or if the project is new that the organization has a track record of providing services of some kind to a regional (multi-county) area. The are three exceptions to the regional impact eligibility requirement; 1) Arts Education Special Initiative projects proposed by eligible General Operating and General Program Support applicants/grantees may be local in their impact. 2) Arts in Communities projects and 3) Building Arts Participation may focus on a local community, however the applicant organization must have a regional impact overall. Applicants may apply either to the Council or to the County Arts Agency, not both, in a given year. Prospective NJSCA applicants that have been receiving support through their County Arts Agency up to now should attend a scheduled NJSCA grant workshop, work closely with Council staff and their County Arts Agency in filing their Notice of Intent to Apply, and may also want to schedule a meeting early in the process with Council staff. Because the funding periods for the County Arts Agency grants and the State Council grants overlap by six months, applicants should discuss their situation in advance of the Notice of Intent to Apply with the State Council to determine eligibility.

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8. Comply with all pertinent state and federal regulations including, but not necessarily limited to Fair Labor Standards (regarding the payment of fair wages and the maintenance of safe and sanitary working conditions), the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (all barring discrimination on, among other things, the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age or sex); the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (guaranteeing the maintenance of same); and Section 1913 of 18 U.S.C. and Section 319 of P.L. 101-121 (barring lobbying when in the receipt of federal funds). Apart from all other provisions of law, particularly the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which bear upon all Council grantees, those grantees whose Council grant is composed all or in part of funds derived from the National Endowment for the Arts will be required to be in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 at the time of and as a condition of receipt of the grant under penalty of recession and any others set forth under law.

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Department of Education

Invest in Innovation (i3) Fund (expired) The ARRA provides $650 million in funds for the Secretary of the US Department of Education to recognize districts or schools that make significant progress toward closing the achievement gap. The Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) program provides funding to support (1) local educational agencies (LEAs), and (2) nonprofit organizations in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools. The purpose of this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates. Website: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html Even Start Family Literacy Program (expired) The Even Start Family Literacy program supports family-centered educational and parenting activities that engage parents and children in a cooperative effort. This effort is designed to empower parents to become full partners in the educational and social development of their children, thus assisting children to reach their full potential as learners. The focus of the Even Start Family Literacy Program is to improve the life chances for New Jersey families by providing instruction, empowering parents, providing adult education instruction, providing parenting education, and developing community partnerships to form a network of providers. The Even Start Family Literacy program is a multi-year grant to the previously-funded agencies who are currently in years 4 or 12 as well as new agencies who were previously funded but did not complete a four-year cycle. Based on the availability of state and federal resources, this competitive year of the grant program will begin October 1, 2010 and end September 30, 2011.

NJ Charter Schools Start Up Grant Program (expired) The goal of the New Jersey Charter Schools Grant Program/Cadre 17, Year 1 of 3 Implementation Grant is to support the planning and implementation of newly approved charter school applicants’ educational and organizational plans. During the planning period, charter applicants are expected to refine their educational program by considering their desired educational results and establishing methods for measuring progress toward achieving those results. Under federal guidelines, the planning period is also used for professional development of teachers and other staff who will work in the charter school. The grant application must reflect the approved final and complete charter school application. This grant award is part of a three-year program. Year 1 of 3 is a 7-month period and will start January 1, 2011, and end July 31, 2011. The charter schools eligible for Cadre 17 funds have declared their intention to open their doors in September 2011. Based on the availability of New Jersey Charter Schools Grant Program funds, this first year of the grant program will begin January 1, 2011 and end July 31, 2011.

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Department of Human Services http://nj.gov/humanservices/providers/grants/nofa/

Mini-Grant for Child Care Center Renovation Initiative (ARRA) (expired) The Division of Family Development is pleased to announce the availablity of a $1,819,507 Mini-Grant Initiative which is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and designed to provide grants of up to $10,000 to support minor renovations of licensed child care centers to ensure that they comply with healt and safety requirements for licensing by the Department of Children and Families. Website: http://nj.gov/humanservices/providers/grants/nofa/NOFAfiles/cc_arra.pdf Strengthening Communities Fund The objective of the Strengthening Communities Fund (SCF) is to enable nonprofit organizations to contribute to the economic recovery and help Federal, State, local, and Indian/Native American Tribal governments ensure that the information and services described in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) reach disadvantaged and hard-to-serve populations.

The focus of this program is to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations, whether secular or faith based, to address the broad economic recovery issues present in their communities, including helping low-income individuals secure and retain employment, earn higher wages, obtain better-quality jobs, and gain greater access to state and Federal benefits and tax credits, including ARRA benefits.

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/scf/index.html

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PART II:

NON-PROFIT SURVIVAL

IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

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LEADERSHIP EDUCATION: Vermont and New Jersey Seminars One of the most valuable, non-financial ways Turrell could assist its grantees is

through education and training. A major deterrent for many small nonprofits is a lack of

knowledge of certain skills and strategies in fundraising and management that are

essential for an effective and efficient operation. Many nonprofit employees have degrees

in fields like education and, for lack of means, never took the time to really learn about

navigating strategically through the nonprofit world.

The Foundation Center is a reputable group that provides training on a national

basis to mostly small nonprofits. They also provide what is called “contract training”

which is for organizations who want to implement a series of training sessions for groups

of their choosing. If Turrell provided such training sessions to its grantees, it could end

up being more rewarding in the long term than any monetary grant. There are many

different ways Turrell could go about providing these training seminars, the pros and

cons of which have been weighed in order to come up with the following

recommendations.

A determinant factor when deciding how the training seminars should be

implemented is the audience. Who should be invited? Should it be public or private?

How many people should be allowed in? While making it open to the public might have a

more quantitative value, a private, roundtable format would likely have a more qualitative

value. A smaller class size would give more attention to people's specific needs and

inquiries and a roundtable setup would allow for more free-flowing discussion. For these

reasons and the fact that it is less expensive to hold smaller seminars, it seems more

reasonable for the seminars to have a private, roundtable format. Yet the initial question

remains: Who should be invited?

A fundamental part of education is the desire for knowledge. Without that, years

of schooling can be worthless. An issue with creating a list of grantees to invite to these

seminars, is that those who attend may do so less from a desire to learn and more out of a

feeling of obligation. An invitation from a current funder is a powerful inducement. An

important part of helping people help themselves is allowing them to take full ownership

of an opportunity. That is why it may be more effective to present the seminars as a

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“mini” grant for people to apply for and state their claim as to why they could really use

the training, rather than as an invitation.

Caroline Herbert, the Manager of On-Demand Training at the Foundation

Center's Washington, D.C. headquarters, provided some logistics and recommendations

for the training seminars, including course suggestions and pricing. She helped to come

up with a list of six courses that would be the most beneficial for smaller nonprofits with

the need to diversify their funding bases. Three of the courses -- Building a Sustainable

Nonprofit, Developing a Fundraising Plan, and Building a Fundraising Board -- provide

more of a foundation, while the other three -- Cultivating Grantmaker Relationships,

Earned Income: Assessing Your Nonprofit's Revenue Options, and Outcome Thinking

and Management: Shifting Focus from Activities to Results -- provide more of the brick

work. With a 20 % “bulk” discount, each course costs $4,000 per all-day session for up to

fifty people. That would be $24,000 for all six courses not including transportation,

space, and refreshments.. The following is a list of the six courses and their descriptions

in the order that would be most effective, building upon the various concepts.

Building a Sustainable Nonprofit COURSE DESCRIPTION For nonprofit executive directors, senior managers, board members, and development professionals

This new course, a must for anyone in a nonprofit leadership position, will walk you through the foundations of nonprofit sustainability, and help you understand and improve the way your organization uses resources. You will also learn to assess, monitor and establish financial health, and improve the income portfolio of your organization.

BENEFITS

• Understand the unique characteristics of a sustainable nonprofit and how to develop them in your organization

• Evaluate how well your nonprofit aligns its resources with its mission

• Understand the essentials of financial health and how to monitor and improve your organization's financial results.

• Determine your organization's potential income portfolio, one that meets your needs with minimum risk

• Assess the real value and costs of potential sources of support for your nonprofit's income portfolio TOPICS

• The main characteristics of a sustainable nonprofit

• Nonprofit economics and your organization

• Financial health measures and your organization

• Strengthening your nonprofit's income portfolio

Outcome Thinking and Management: Shifting Focus from Activities to Results COURSE DESCRIPTION For grantseekers and nonprofit executive directors.

Now, more than ever donors ask nonprofits to prove the effect of their programs on the communities they serve. In this course you'll learn how to apply an outcomes approach to your project, produce better proposals for fundraising success, and report on project impact. Developed in partnership with The Rensselaerville Institute.

BENEFITS

• Shift your organization's focus from project activities to outcomes

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• Develop client-based targets and milestones for your programs

• communicate your project ideas to donors in terms of outcomes and results TOPICS

• Understanding how outcome thinking differs from other approaches

• Using targets and milestones to describe a project and the intended results

• Applying outcome thinking to your project

• Addressing outcomes in proposals to build donor confidence about their investment

Earned Income: Assessing Your Nonprofit's Revenue Options COURSE DESCRIPTION For grantseekers, executive directors, and board members. Whether your nonprofit is considering an alternative revenue stream or already pursuing one, this course helps you maximize the opportunities—and avoid the pitfalls—of earned income. BENEFITS

• Understand the characteristics of successful earned income activities

• Assess the potential impact of such an undertaking on programs, management, and staff

• Identify legal issues and tax implications of earned income

• Prepare a plan for an earned income activity; determine your potential for success TOPICS

• Understanding earned income and how nonprofits can benefit from it

• Linking earned income to mission

• Assessing the interest of staff, board, donors, constituents

• Using the organizational audit to evaluate revenue potential

• Identifying the elements of a business plan that are critical to the initiative

Developing a Fundraising Plan COURSE DESCRIPTION For grantseekers who are responsible for annual campaigns and for those who want to diversify their funding streams. The key to long-term stability is often diversified funding. In this course, you'll learn to craft a fundraising plan that includes a healthy mix of resources. With careful planning and an understanding of the components of a well-orchestrated campaign, your organization can attain its fundraising goals. BENEFITS

• Adopt an asset-based approach to fundraising

• Motivate and mobilize your fundraising team

• Establish a shared understanding of fundraising goals

• Develop a calendarized plan to guide individual efforts TOPICS

• Recognizing organizational assets that will attract prospective funders

• Selecting a mix of funding partners

• Setting a financial goal for diversity of funding and knowing how to reach that amount

• Building and committing to a strategic fundraising calendar

Building a Fundraising Board COURSE DESCRIPTION For grantseekers, nonprofit executives, and board members of nonprofit organizations. Your board members can become your most productive fundraising partners. This course will help you develop an action plan to engage your board, and provide you with strategies to accelerate their fundraising efforts. Developed in partnership with BoardSource. BENEFITS

• Build and sustain a board that's motivated to raise funds

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• Cultivate new members and manage the board to ensure funding diversity

• Help board members overcome any resistance to fundraising

• Gain commitments to track their performance TOPICS

• Clarifying the role of the board and its members in fundraising

• Assessing the board's readiness and motivation to fundraise

• Specific engagement strategies

• Building a culture of fundraising within your board

• Tracking your board's performance and reinforcing their efforts

Cultivating Grantmaker Relationships COURSE DESCRIPTION For every nonprofit grantseeker and board member who wants to nurture and sustain their grantmaker relationships, from the initial approach through the life of a grant and beyond. When the partnership between a nonprofit organization and its funders is strengthened, it's mutually beneficial. This course teaches you how to make the initial contact, help funders feel connected to your mission, cultivate grantmaker relationships throughout the grant process, and secure long-term stability for your projects. BENEFITS

• Improve the success rate of your initial contact with grantmakers

• Make cultivation a routine part of your interaction with funders

• Develop key members of your organization to become more effective grantseekers

• Keep your organization top-of-mind with grantmakers TOPICS

• What funders expect from their nonprofit partners

• Strategies for making a strong initial contact

• Points of contact in a grant relationship

• Developing strong talking points about your organization and project

• Effective cultivation techniques and when to use them

• Planning for grantmaker site visits and meetings

• Maintaining productive relationships after a grant decision

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PROMOTING PARTNERSHIP

Having to “do less with more,” many non-profit organizations are turning to

partnerships as a means of sharing resources and strengthening community bonds. Along

the same line, many foundations are now turning to collaboration grants as a way of both

catalyzing partnerships and leveraging their grant dollars. During the surveys, many

interviewees responded with enthusiasm to the idea of collaboration. Many, however,

were unsure of how to proceed. By fostering ties between nonprofits – whether through

education or financial incentives – the Turrell Fund can help agencies forge lasting

partnerships that may lead to long-term growth. There are several ways the Turrell Fund

can do this that are outlined below and explained further in the paragraphs that follow:

1) Colloboration prize that rewards Turrell grantees who demonstrate

exceptional willingness and ingenuity in sharing resources.

2) Educational opportunities on how to best achieve successful collaboration.

3) Forum for sharing of resources.

Collaboration Prize

As an example, the Lodestar Foundation, located in Phoenix, Arizona, has

recently started a non-profit collaboration prize that distributes $250,000 to nonprofits

that form strategic partnerships for long-term growth.

In order to encourage agencies to find innovative ways to share resources, Turrell

Fund could offer a special award, similar to the Lodestar Prize, which promotes

collaboration among agencies. The package would have to be large enough to justify the

difficulty of arranging a full partnership, but ultimately, the union forged could have a

lasting effect.

Turrell might consider distributing the monetary value of the prize in quarterly

installments, while monitoring the ongoing success of the partnering agencies over the

course of a year While the addition of a new prize during a time when the Turrell Fund

must cut back on giving may seem paradoxical, the prize itself allows two agencies to

share some of the foundation’s beneficence, while also promoting the resource-sharing

that could lead to long-term stability.

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Education

The Foundation Center of New York runs lectures and seminars on collaboration

and sharing resources. Similar to the seminars in the aforementioned chapter, the Turrell

Fund could sponsor a seminar for a select group of agencies that express an interest in

collaboration. This “scholarship” opportunity would give leaders the insight they need to

make successful and lasting partnerships.

Resource Sharing

Many of the directors we spoke to over the course of the interview period spoke

of a common need to share certain resources. For instance, one director discussed how

her agency, a child-care center, needed a nurse. The nurse did not need to be full-time. A

few times a week, the director said, would give her agency’s children sufficient medical

attention. She said that, if she could find some other agency that also needed a part-time

nurse, she would save money and have the added benefit of creating a strong partnership

that could yield further sharing of resources.

Thus, the Turrell Fund could set up a forum – most likely best achieved as a

virtual bulletin board – in which agencies could post stated needs. The use of this

relatively easy technology would enable Turrell grantees to search for opportunities to

share resources, such as the possibility of sharing the cost of a visiting nurse who could

rotate among two or more agencies. Of course, this forum could lead to several different

kinds of “partnerships”; for example, agencies could share printing expenses, partner on a

web designer, or even find gently used office equipment and furniture.

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GRANTS COUNSELOR Background

Considering the Turrell Fund’s more limited funding, agencies that depend on Turrell

need someone to help match them to new sources of funding. A report funded by the

Turrell Fund this summer identified some new sources of funding available on the state,

federal, and major foundation levels. The report will help agencies get started; however, a

part-time grants counselor, who can direct and advise agencies as to the best sources of

funding, will help put the findings of the report into practice.

Position Responsibilities

After Turrell’s decisions are rendered concerning grant opportunities, the Executive

Director will share with the “grants counselor” a list of agencies who were either rejected

for funding or received less than expected. After reviewing the proposal submitted to the

Turrell Fund, the grants counselor will compose a letter suggesting additional sources of

funding to the rejected or underfunded agency. The grants counselor will also be

available for e-mail and telephone queries and will, when possible, meet with agencies to

discuss new grants opportunities. In addition to this, the grants counselor will be the

foundation’s contact person throughout a grant cycle, identifying and responding to any

inquiries regarding federal, state, and major foundation funding. The grants counselor is

available for a coaching phone call, provision of additional materials, review of potential

applications, and, in some cases, research into alternative sources of funding.

Measurement and Evaluation After the first new grant cycle with the new grants counselor in place, the Turrell Fund

will make contact with select agencies, querying their experience working with the grants

counselor and asking for recommendations and suggestions. Ultimately, the grants

counselor’s success will be proven through pointing agencies to new sources of funding.

Cost

Due to the nature of the part-time position, the grants counselor would be paid by an

hourly wage, starting at $50 per hour, and will bill the Turrell Fund monthly.

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FOUNDATION CENTER

Background

The Foundation Center’s headquarters and library is located in New York City

with satellite library locations in Atlanta, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Washington,

D.C. Furthermore, several libraries in New Jersey and Vermont have collaborating

collections that allow patrons to have online access to Foundation Center’s databases.

Additionally, the Foundation Center’s website provides 24-hour accessibility to the

library’s electronic resources.

Issue

Although many if not most agency development officers may be aware of the

Foundation Center as an institution, fewer seem to take advantage, as much as possible,

of the incredible pool of resources offered, in some cases due to the expense of

subscription.

In particular, the Foundation Directory Online is an incredibly powerful tool that

allows users to search nearly 2 million grants and upwards of 100,000 grantmakers. For

example, users can view interactive maps of concentrated grantmaking, create charts

showing a foundation’s grants by area of interest, and search 990 forms of foundations.

However, this service costs, at the most basic level, $195.00. With much “belt-

tightening” occurring across the non-profit world, many agencies would find it difficult

to justify such an expense when program budgets are also being cut.

Solution

The Turrell Fund should encourage agencies as much as possible to make use of

the resources of the Foundation Center. It may do this in multiple ways:

(1) creating a hyperlink on the Turrell Fund webpage that connects visitors to the

Foundation Center site;

(2) recommending that agencies who are rejected for funds make use of the

Foundation Center in order to seek out additional funds;

(3) sponsoring database subscription costs, which may be prohibitive for smaller

operations, in tandem with the aforementioned leadership seminars;