Deadline: 15 February 2017
Pioneered by Dana Reeve, the Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grants Program is open for applications to award grants to nonprofit organizations that serve the disability community.
Thematic Areas
The Quality of Life Grants Program funds a wide array of programs that are organized in three key thematic areas:
- Actively Achieving,
- Bridging Barriers, or
- Caring and Coping (ABC’s).
Grant Information
The Reeve Foundation awards grants up to $25,000. Organizations that receive grants provide a diversity of services and approaches, including:
- Improving access
- Providing education and job training
- Sponsoring organized sporting opportunities
- Enhancing community engagement, independence and inclusion
The Reeve Foundation gives special consideration to organizations that serve returning wounded military and their families, and to those that provide targeted services to diverse cultural communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are welcome from nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status, municipal and state governments, school districts, recognized tribal entities, and other institutions such as community or veterans hospitals.
- The Reeve Foundation aids both larger organizations that serve people with physical disabilities on a national level, as well as local groups which have an immediate and practical impact on individual lives.
- Grants are awarded to organizations that address the needs of people living with paralysis caused by spinal cord and other injuries, diseases or birth conditions, including (but not limited to) stroke, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their application online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Quality of Life Grant.