Deadline: 01-Sep-21
The Fremont Area Community Foundation is inviting applications for its education initiative grant program to increase college and career access for residents of Newaygo County.
The goal is to increase the proportion of Newaygo County residents with high-quality college degrees, certificates, or other credentials to 60 percent* by 2025. To achieve this goal, the Community Foundation will focus grantmaking to support Newaygo County nonprofit agencies ingrained in this work. The following grantmaking guidelines reflect the education initiative framework and support the realization of thisgoal. The Community Foundation is most interested in programs that seek to align with the five education indicators highlighted on the Newaygo County
- Serve residents of Newaygo County
- Community need supported with relevant local data
- Alignment of grantmaking priority areas
- Alignment with measures indicated on the Newaygo County Area Dashboard
- Specific program goals
- Long-term impact
- Realistic implementation plans
- Feasible budget projection
- Sustainability
- Collaboration with community partners
- Specific program goals
- Long-term impact
- Realistic implementation plans
- Feasible budget projection
- Sustainability
- Collaboration with community partners
Grant applications are required to meet one of these focus areas:
- Early childhood investments (kindergarten readiness)
- Programs that align with this priority area demonstrate a measurable approach to prepare students for kindergarten.
- STEAM education opportunities
- Programs that align with this priority area provide opportunities to explore areas of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
- Literacy programs
- Programs that align with this priority area strive to increase individual’s literacy proficiency.
- Remediation opportunities
- Programs that align with this priority area assist student learning retention and reduce the achievement gap.
- Creating positive college and career-oriented culture (community/parental involvement)
- Programs that align with this priority area focus on programming that offers social/emotional support or removing barriers to college and career success.
Ineligible
Things Fremont Area Community Foundation typically will not fund
- Grants to individuals, the purchase of property, sponsorships of one-time or special events, existing obligations, religious programing requiring affiliation and/or religious instruction, or projects that began prior to award notification.
For more information, visit https://facommunityfoundation.org/grants/types-of-grants/community/