2021 Fund for Children, Youth, and Families in the US

Deadline: 31-Aug-21

The Greater Washington Community Foundation (GWCF) is offering 2021 Fund for Children, Youth, and Families to invest in the betterment of underserved children, youth, and families across the Greater Washington region.

This funding opportunity provides programmatic or general operating support for nonprofits offering housing services, permanency support, academic support, and early career development programs.

Areas

The Fund for the Children, Youth, and Families (FFCYF) invests in the betterment of underserved children, youth, and families across the Greater Washington region. Funding is available for eligible nonprofit organizations providing programs and activities that are directly related to the following three program areas:

Stable Homes Stable Families: Stabilizing families in crisis and moving them to self-sufficiency is critical to developing homes that can nurture and support children to their fullest potential. The Fund for Children, Youth, and Families invests in organizations supporting families who are experiencing homelessness and those who are participating in housing-based service programs.
Foster Care and Adoption: Over 5,000 children are in foster care systems in the Greater Washington region. The Fund for Children, Youth, and Families invests in organizations supporting children in the foster care system in two critical areas: promoting permanency and helping youth leaving the system to achieve self-sufficiency.
Academic and Career Success: There is a crucial need to close academic achievement gaps for students of color and low-income students through investments in early childhood education, academic achievement for school-age children, and college preparation and career training. The Fund for Children, Youth, and Families invests in organizations that support programming preparing young people to become selfsufficient, to contribute to a changing world, and work for the betterment of the larger community.

Funding Information

Grants of up to $100,000 are available. This will be a multi-year grant.

Eligibility Criteria

To be considered for funding, proposals must meet all the eligibility and program objective requirements. Your organization is eligible to apply if:

The organization has a 501(c)(3) designation.
The organization’s funding request will address the FFCYF Outcomes, which fall across the program areas.
The organization’s funding request supports children, youth, and families ONLY located in the following geographic areas:
- District of Columbia
- The Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William, and the Cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Manassas Park, and Leesburg in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- The Counties of Charles, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George’s in the State of Maryland
- Statewide efforts in Virginia
- Statewide efforts in Maryland.
The organization must not be listed on the Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals list or the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hate Group List.
Successful track record (at least two years) of relevant work in the field the organization is applying for funds to support.
If previous funding has been received from The Community Foundation, the applicant must be current in reporting to The Community Foundation as specified in the grant agreement.
Additionally, the Fund for Children, Youth, and Families will not fund organizations that discriminate in the provision of services or in employment practices based on race, color, religion, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, and any other characteristics protected by applicable law. This policy does not prohibit funding of programs that meet specific needs of populations based on gender, age, disability, ethnicity, or national origin. By applying, your organization attests to this fact.