Deadline: 01-Feb-2025
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) is accepting applications for the Kids Trust Fund Grant Program to help young children of abuse grow up in a happy, safe, and exciting environment.
The Kids Trust Fund invites established nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations to submit proposals to support child-focused programs and services that are within the confines of existing programs and services that your agency currently provides.
Funding Information
- Grant Amount: Up to $15,000
Eligible Activities
- Eligible activities may include:
- Therapeutic recreational, fun activities for children of abuse
- Early intervention services
- Support groups for individuals or families
- Mental, emotional, or behavioral health services
Eligibility Criteria
- Programs must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Serve children aged 0-18 years old and/or their families
- Operate within the counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, Perry, York, Lancaster, Juniata, and Mifflin.
- Enhance or expand the services already provided by your organization (if your organization is proposing a new program, you must provide a plan for sustaining the program after the grant term)
- They are interested in supporting innovative activities that directly benefit children of abuse and their families. Proposals should:
- Be innovative and not duplicate existing programs and services
- Empower children of abuse
- Be collaborative in nature
- Have the potential to become long-term solutions to existing abuse issues involving youth
- Demonstrate measurable and achievable outcomes
Ineligibility Criteria
- They do not fund:
- Advertising
- Capital campaigns
- Direct lobbying to influence legislation or funding appropriations
- Individuals
- National and statewide umbrella organizations that cannot demonstrate a local presence
- New staff positions without a substantial plan for sustainability
- Religious organizations for religious purposes
- Retroactive projects
For more information, visit TFEC.