Deadline: 15-Jul-21
The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund is pleased to launch a call for proposals for the Human Services Initiatives to solve educational, healthcare, and social challenges.
The cycles of poverty and homelessness can seem intractable. Homelessness attenuates access to food, health, and work; this limited availability in turn hinders access to long-term housing. Recognizing the complexity and dependencies of the problem, the Fund focuses on projects that promise sustainable self-sufficiency—stabilized lives anchored by living-wage jobs.
Areas of Support
Areas of support in this initiative include:
- Stabilized housing
- Food security
- Education and/or job training and placement toward a living wage
- Mental health (specific to homeless individuals)
Geographic Regions
- Colorado: Denver and Eagle County; funding targets only initiatives addressing single-parent homelessness
- Kansas/Missouri: Kansas City Metropolitan
- New York: Rochester Metropolitan and Yates County
- Pennsylvania: Lackawanna County, Luzerne County
Eligibility Criteria
- To be considered for a grant from the McGowan Fund, an applicants must:
- Fall within the program-area and geographic guidelines. Note that the regions vary in their needs and requirements
- Be a 501(c)(3) organization
- Serve without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender, or religion
- The Fund looks to partner with organizations that are rooted in evidence-based methodology and focused on long-term sustainable change for program participants.
For more information, visit https://williamgmcgowanfund.org/what-we-do/human-services-initiatives/