Deadline: 2-Jul-22
The Greater Toledo Community Foundation seeks proposals that address a variety of areas including advocacy, economic development, employment and nonprofit capacity.
Due to the complexity of these issues, organizations with experience working within a proposal's target geography will receive priority consideration.
The Greater Toledo Community Foundation is a public charitable organization created by citizens of our community to enrich the quality of life of individuals and families. In response to recent events across the nation and within Toledo, the Foundation created the Equity & Access Initiative to proactively address the concerns raised by communities that are disproportionately impacted by inequity and lack of access in the Greater Toledo area.
Focus Areas
The Foundation will award grants that address four focus areas to nonprofit organizations which are located in and providing services for residents of northwest Ohio.
- Advocacy: support action-oriented education on racism, implicit bias or other barriers that marginalize communities in the Greater Toledo area. Priority consideration will be given to projects that include a focus on the Black community.
- Economic Development: support best practices that expand the number of minorityowned businesses.
- Employment: provide access to living wage careers.
- Nonprofit Capacity: elevate existing skillsets of boards and management staff, and address technical gaps of nonprofits that serve minority communities.
Funding Information
- Individual applicant organizations may submit a stand-alone proposal requesting up to $15,000.
- Collaborative applicants including more than one partner which outline financial compensation and outcome contributions from grassroot associations, smaller permanent staff sized organizations and/or minority-led nonprofit organizations may request up to $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants will only be awarded to nonprofit, charitable organizations which have been designated as having tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code.
- Applicant organizations must be located in and providing services for residents of northwest Ohio.
- Priority will be given to proposals that:
- Support collaboration among organizations;
- Incorporates grassroot associations; and/or
- Incorporate minority-led nonprofits.
Application Process:
- Applications must be submitted through the Foundation's online application system in order to be considered. The application should succinctly describe the proposed project and detail how it meets the priorities of the fund.
- All proposals will be reviewed by the Foundation's professional staff and the Equity & Access Initiative Advisory Committee which will make final funding recommendations to the Foundation's full Board of Trustees.
- Determinations on grant applications will be announced approximately three months after the deadline.
For more information, visit Greater Toledo Community Foundation.
For more information, visit https://www.toledocf.org/equity-access-initiative/