Amway is committed to providing community grants in support of non-profit organizations and programs that focus on health & wellness and empowerment.
Donor Name: Amway
State: Michigan
County: Kent County (MI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Focus Areas
Health + Wellbeing
Funding focus areas:
- Increase access to fresh, healthy foods
- Provide supplemental nutritional resources to families and children facing food insecurity
- Support optimal health for kids and their families through healthy eating education and training opportunities.
- Community Infrastructure and Programming support designed to encourage healthy and active lifestyles.
- Support mental wellbeing practices such as meditation and anxiety reduction or coping techniques that lead to a healthy mindset
Target audiences:
- Children
- Families and single parent households with school-aged children
- Rural and urban communities
- Traditionally underserved populations
Empowerment
Funding focus areas:
- Workforce & Entrepreneurship skill education
- Livelihood Education- Training and Development of life skills that support individuals to thrive (ex. financial literacy or basic management skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, etc.)
- Youth mentorship
- Youth leadership development
- Support addressing the individual and contextual barriers that hinder economic empowerment of marginalized and underserved populations
Target audiences:
- Women and girls
- Youth
- Traditionally underserved populations
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- The offices of the organization are located, and primarily serves, focus areas within Kent County, MI.
- Application must demonstrate the community need AND have associated outcomes
- If the applicant is a house of worship, it must demonstrate that it operates a social service program that is open to the public and involves no religious activities
Please note: Amway will consider funding portions of proposed projects, and collaborative projects will be given priority.
Amway impact grant funding does not support the following
- Religious endeavors
- Political, legislative or lobbying organizations
- Individuals seeking personal help, travel support, scholarships or loans
- Individual or team endorsements
- General awareness campaigns
- Marketing sponsorships, cause marketing or advertising projects
- Movie, film or television documentaries
- School athletic teams, bands, choirs, publications or advertisements
- Sporting fundraising events
- Sporting fundraising events
- Athletic teams
- Organizations outside of Kent County, MI.
For more information, visit Amway.