Deadline: 15-Sep-21
The Madison Community Foundation has announced the American Girl’s Fund for Children (FFC), the fund is a catalyst for connecting cultural arts and environmental resources with children.
The Fund’s goal is to create a community in which each Dane County, Wisconsin child, regardless of income, learns to regard all art forms and the environment as an integral part of everyday life and learning. In accomplishing this, the children will grow to become stewards of the County’s artistic and natural resources.
The purpose of American Girl’s Fund For Children (FFC) is to support innovative programming for children ages 0–18 in Dane County. To that end, the Fund will entertain proposals for programs that:
- Expose children to excellence in arts, culture, entertainment or hands-on education related to arts or the environment;
- Illustrate collaboration with other local organizations and/or schools in Dane County;
- Support or complement classroom curriculum;
- Foster cooperation between children, parents, and educators;
- Serve primarily children in Dane County;
- Indicate that a grant from FFC may be leveraged to secure matching grants from other corporations, foundations, individuals, the County, State, or other funding sources.
The Foundation does not support
The Foundation does not provide support for the following:
- Annual operations;
- Endowments, individuals or scholarships;
- Travel funds for staff or volunteers, benefit tickets, or courtesy advertising;
- Capital projects or equipment;
- Health and human services programs;
- Organizations that might in any way pose a conflict with the Fund’s goals, as well as American Girl and Mattel initiatives, programs, products or employees.
Eligibility Criteria
- If an applicant organization is not a federally registered 501(c)(3), another organization must agree to serve as fiscal agent. A letter of agreement signed by both parties and a copy of the fiscal agent’s 501(c)(3) must accompany the proposal.
- All grant recipients are required to provide a Final Grant Evaluation including a detailed budget. Past grant recipients will be excluded from further grant consideration if an evaluation has not been completed for prior funding.
For more information, visit https://www.madisongives.org/nonprofits/fund-for-children
