The Peter and Elizabeth Tower Foundation is currently accepting applicants for its Strengthening Partner Capacity Grant Program.
Donor Name: Peter and Elizabeth Tower Foundation
State: New York, Massachusetts
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $40,000
Details:
The Foundation will give preference to requests that address the needs of young people affected by intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health, and substance use disorders who also have intersecting identities as members of historically marginalized communities (e.g., Black/African-American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/Indigenous Peoples, disability, housing insecure, immigrant/refugee, LGBTQIA+).
The Foundation is interested in funding requests that, “build and/or strengthen the systems, structures, cultures, skills, resources, and power that organizations need to serve their communities.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant award for this opportunity is $40,000.
- A total of $900,000 is available, with $300,000 awarded.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Tower Foundation accepts grant applications from:
- Not-for-profit organizations with a 501(c)(3) designation that are not private foundations;
- Not-for-profit public benefit corporations;
- Public or diocesan school districts; or
- Private or charter schools.
- Its making grants to organizations currently providing services in one or more of these regions:
- Massachusetts: Barnstable County, Dukes County, Essex County, Nantucket County
- New York: Erie County, Niagara County
- At a minimum, grant partners currently provide prevention, treatment, and/or recovery services to people aged 26 years or younger from at least one of these populations:
- People with intellectual disabilities (including those on the autism spectrum)
- People with specific learning disabilities
- People with mental illness/mental health challenges
- People with substance use disorders
- The ideal grant partners serve one or more of the populations listed above who also have intersecting identities as members of historically marginalized communities (e.g., Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/Indigenous Peoples, disability, housing insecure, immigrant/refugee, LGBTQIA+).
- While eliminated the waiting period between receiving a Strengthening Partner Capacity grant and reapplying in a later cycle, the Foundation may give preference to organizations that have not received a grant award recently.
For more information, visit Tower Foundation.