Deadline: 27-Aug-21
The NW Children’s Foundation (NWCF) is pleased to launch its grant program with an aim to interrupt the intergenerational cycle of child abuse and neglect. They invite child welfare organizations aligned with the mission to apply for funding.
Focus Areas
The funding is focused on prevention, early-intervention and treatment programs in three specific areas:
- Healing Children: With a goal of helping abused and neglected children heal and feel safe, they fund programs that include intensive pediatric care, therapeutic foster care and daycare, and programs aimed at finding stability and, ultimately, permanency for foster kids. This vital work brings hope, compassion and healing to children in need, including those who are disabled, drug-exposed, medically fragile and otherwise vulnerable to abuse or neglect.
- Strengthening Families: One of the primary goals is to ensure that children have safe, healthy, stable home lives. To make that a reality, they support organizations that reach out to families facing challenges like homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse, and domestic violence—some of the strongest risk factors for child abuse and neglect. These programs include parenting education and training, support for caregivers, family centers, domestic violence shelters and others that give families the resources they need to parent effectively even in times of stress.
- Empowering Youth: A critical step in breaking the cycle of child abuse and neglect is helping kids to create the developmental assets—relationships, opportunities and qualities—they need to avoid risks and to thrive. To that end, they fund programs that foster stable relationships, promote critical decision-making abilities and instill positive values. The grants support tutoring and mentoring, programs for homeless youth and youth aging out of foster care, and a variety of youth engagement programs.
Funding Information
Grant requests should reflect actual need for a single year. NWCF grants generally range from $5,000 to $20,000.
The Foundation does NOT fund
- Career training for unskilled parents
- Substance abuse treatment for parents with no children’s component
- Stand-alone programs that primarily provide food, clothing, household items or direct medical/dental services in support of families experiencing risk factors like homelessness/poverty (e.g. furniture, diapers etc).
- Camperships
- Leadership Training
- Scholarships
- Stand-Alone Prevention Programs (ex. dating violence, pregnancy, substance abuse)
Eligibility Criteria
- A grant applicant must qualify as a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.
- The Foundation is primarily a direct-service funder. Your organization must serve children and youth (ages birth to 24) and families of Washington State. The grants predominantly support programs in King, Snohomish, Pierce and Kitsap counties.
- Grants will not be considered for individuals or political candidates.
- The Foundation does not fund organizations that proselytize, require religious activities in their programs, or exclude individuals based on religious beliefs.
For more information, visit https://nwcf.org/nwcf-grants/how-to-apply/
