Deadline: 15-Oct-21
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF) is offering Good Neighbor Grants Program to identify and strengthen ties with youth-serving nonprofit organizations in the Northern Virginia, metropolitan Washington, D.C., and Maryland areas that are helping students with financial need reach their full potential through education.
In keeping with the Foundation’s mission of advancing the education of exceptionally promising students with financial need, the Good Neighbor Grant can support the establishment of new programs or the enhancement of existing initiatives that support high potential students with financial need.
They are most interested in programs that strive to exceed standards rather than meet them, and aim to promote engagement, enrichment, creativity, talent development, and intellectual curiosity.
Funding Information
- Selected grantees will receive a one-time grant of between $10,000 – $35,000 that may be used over a one-year period.
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for a grant, your organization must:
- Be classified as a public charity and tax-exempt under 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code, and be in good standing with the IRS.
- Be located and serve students in the following geographic areas:
- Virginia: Loudoun, Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William, Clarke, or Fauquier Counties; the cities of Alexandria, Manassas, Manassas Park, or Falls Church
- District of Columbia
- Maryland: Montgomery, Frederick or Prince George’s Counties
- Not have received a grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation within the twelve months preceding the current submission deadline.
- Focus on K-12 education, college access and completion, or visual and performing arts education.
- Serve students with financial need, including those who demonstrate strong academic potential.
- Preference will be given to organizations located in and serving students in Virginia.
- Preference will be given to organizations with annual budgets of $5 million or less.
Grant Restrictions
- The Good Neighbor Grant does not fund capital improvements, endowments, lobbying, or activities that exclusively benefit the members of sectarian or religious organizations.
- In addition, the following program areas are not supported by this grant: early childhood education (pre-K), at-risk intervention, remedial education, dropout prevention, GED completion, adult education, life-skills training, nutrition education, and physical education.
For more information, visit https://www.jkcf.org/our-grants/good-neighbor-grants/