As a Bank with a long history of mission-driven investments, M&T is pleased to launch the AMPLIFY Fund-Connecticut (“AF-CT”); a new multi-year commitment to strengthen communities through investments in high performing community-based organizations.
Donor Name: M&T Bank
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/11/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000 to $100,000
Details:
AF-CT will provide finite, multi-year funding to community-based organizations and intermediaries with a demonstrated commitment to high need, and to constituencies frequently underserved, marginalized, or overlooked communities. The objective of this program is to provide unrestricted support to trusted organizations to enable them to improve the lives of their communities through programmatic, capacity-building, and/or policy-based work. This work should correspond to documented community needs and can include a range of organizational or societal issue areas.
Priority will be given to applicant organizations that can clearly articulate the needs to be addressed, the strategies to be employed in response to those needs, and the plan to demonstrate the effectiveness of those strategies.
Funding Information
Annual grants will range from $25,000 to $100,000, with the third year exit grant being a stepped down amount.
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for an AF-CT grant, a CBO must meet the eligibility criteria listed below:
- Be an IRS designated 501c3 organization.
- Be community-based in its location, origins, and method of operation.
- Incorporate into its approach a full range of CBO tools, focusing on catalyzing progress and community change.
- Focus on front-line work involving direct engagement with community residents, and work with high need populations that have been underserved, poorly served, or overlooked, whether long-term residents or those who are new to the community.
- (Examples include but are not limited to: low-income; immigrants; incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; pansexual, transgender and/or gender nonconforming individuals; unhoused individuals or families; and individuals with disabilities.)
- Focus on improving the physical, economic, and/or social opportunities of community members, as well as strengthening its own internal operations, to ensure that it can deliver on its plans with respect to community enhancement and change.
- Actively include a representative group of residents, board members, and other area constituents in the goal setting and management of the organization.
For more information, visit M&T Bank.