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The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is now accepting letters of intent for its 2024 competitive grant process through 4 p.m. Feb. 2. Interested organizations should read the detailed guidelines and additional information that can be found online before submitting: https://www.cfgb.org/nonprofits/grants/community-foundation/.
Letter of intent proposals must address at least one of the solutions listed under the Community Foundation’s four community goals:
Goal I: Increase racial/ethnic equity
Solutions:
√ Increase interaction and bridge racial/ethnic divides between residents and organizations throughout Western New York.
√ Promote civic engagement and leadership in communities of color.
Goal II: Promote economic mobility through educational achievement for residents living in low-income households
Solutions:
√ Improve the school readiness of children (ages 5 and under) living in communities of poverty.
√ Improve the academic achievement and postsecondary completion of students living in low-income households with a preference for systems change.
Goal III: Steward significant environmental resources in the context of climate resilience
Solutions:
√ Protect and restore the region’s waterways.
√ Strengthen individual environmental organizations and support a more racially inclusive and collaborative environmental community.
Goal IV: Promote regional vibrancy through architecture, arts and culture
Solutions:
√ Increase access to long-term arts instruction for children and youth living in low-income households.
√ Strengthen race equity through the arts.
√ Restore and leverage significant historic buildings and architectural landmarks, with a preference for sites that promote cultural tourism. (Defining historic as official recognition by State/National Register of Historic Places or local preservation ordinance.)
Special funding is available to support programs that serve the visual, speech or hearing impaired (~$5,000). Preference for this funding will be given to requests that also align with one or more of the four community goals listed above.
Additionally, applicants must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in or serving one of the eight counties of Western New York (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming).
Learn more at cfgb.org.