Deadline: 1-Mar-22
The Community Foundation for Flint is now accepting grant applications. The Flint Kids Fund will make grants to support projects impacting access to education regarding healthy food and nutrition, increased access to high quality education and literacy programs for children and families, and special projects.
Focus Areas
The Flint Kids Fund will make grants in this round to support projects impacting:
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Provide access to and education regarding healthy food and nutrition. Grant Range: Up to $100,000. Measurable outcomes of interest: Nutrition-related priorities include, but are not limited to:
- Improving access to affordable, healthy nutrition;
- Improving nutrition in school-based programs;
- Increasing access to evidence-based nutrition education for children and parents/caregivers
- Increasing measurable enrollment in WIC, SNAP, and Double up Food Bucks among Flint kids and their parents.
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Increase access to high-quality education and literacy programs for children and families. Grant Range: Up to $100,000. Measurable outcomes of interest: Education and literacy priorities include, but are not limited to:
- Increase the number of childcare centers with at least a 3-Star Great Start to Quality rating
- Increase the number of early childhood professionals who’ve completed the Child Development Associate credential.
- Increase of early childhood education slots filled with children from Flint.
- Increase parent participation in child development education opportunities;
- Expand two-generation literacy opportunities for children and families.
- Improve special education or related services, for children who need additional academic and behavioral supports to succeed.
- Special Projects: Grant Range: Up to $25,000. The Flint Kids Fund Special Projects Grants seek to support interventions and services to address the evolving and emerging needs of Flint kids and families, and sustainability and systems change for long-term support of Flint kids and families. Applicants seeking support for projects aligned with the Special Projects grant opportunity are welcome to apply.
Focus Population: Flint school-aged children
Eligibility Criteria
- To be selected for funding, organizations must be a legally incorporated entity in Michigan with 501(c) (3) status or a project sponsored by a government agency with a clear charitable purpose. Organizations with a fiscal sponsor are also eligible to apply.
- Grant requests must have direct relevance to Flint youth.
- Prior Flint Kids Fund grantees are welcome to reapply.
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The following will not be considered for funding:
- Grants will not be made to organizations that discriminate based on ethnicity, race, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, economic circumstance, physical/mental abilities and characteristics, or marital status.
- Grants for sectarian religious purposes or any religious activities are not eligible.
- Grants will not be made for loans, debt reduction, capital projects, lobbying, research, or annual appeals.
- Grant applicants should articulate measurable outcomes.
- Grant applications to support projects implementing evidenced-based strategies that emphasize fund priorities are strongly encouraged.
For more information, visit Community Foundation for Flint.
For more information, visit https://www.cfgf.org/Our-Work-Impact/Current-Initiatives/Flint-Kids-Fund
