Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Mental Health, Youth Development
Deadline: July 13, 2015
“New York Life in partnership with NAGC will offer 20 childhood bereavement organizations a one-time, $10,000 capacity-building grant under the Grief Reach program RFP. We are looking for organizations that have identified a need and seek funding to help them operate more effectively at an organizational level by addressing their organizational strengths and weaknesses and proposing goals that are achievable in a 12-month period with the funds allocated. Proposals should fit one of the five major categories listed below:
- Planning activities: organizational assessments; strategic planning; fund development; communications/marketing; recruiting or maintaining volunteer support; business planning.
- Staff/board development: leadership training; defining the role of the board; recruitment of new board members; strengthening governance.
- Strategic relationships/collaboration: technical assistance; consultant support; restructuring; mergers; or business planning
- Internal operations: improvements to financial management, human resources, or volunteer management; development of evaluation systems and training; facility planning.
- Technology improvements: improving IT capacity through upgrades to hardware and software; networking; updating websites; and staff training to optimize use of technology.”
Funder: National Alliance for Grieving Children and the New York Life Foundation
Eligibility: “Grants are made only to private, nonprofit organizations, which have tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, and which are not private foundations.”
Amount: $10,000
Contact: Link.
