Deadline: 1-Mar-22
The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (BTCF) is pleased to announce Grants for Aging with Dignity that aims to help strengthen communities and improve the quality of life for everyone in Columbia County.
The fund serves as a resource to help organizations create and implement programs that make life safer, healthier, and more equitable for all residents of the county.
They recognize that there is a growing senior population in Columbia County and that seniors with access to a coordinated network of health and social services, along with opportunities for community engagement and employment, are more likely to age with dignity.
Funding Information
Grants are for one year and range from $500 to $5,000. Requests for larger amounts up to $10,000, and multi-year grants will be considered for projects that show exceptional potential for impact. A total of $100,000 is available.
- This program will not fund:
- Annual funds, capital campaigns, or endowments
- Expenses that have already been incurred
- Bricks and mortar
- Private operating foundations
- For-profit organizations
- Religious organizations (Please note grants may be made to support non-religious, community focused programs provided through faith-based organizations)
Eligible Projects
They seek to support projects that create or enhance a deep, lasting and positive impact on seniors in Columbia County, with particular emphasis on low-income seniors.
- Examples of eligible projects that this funding may support:
- Providing access to the county’s most vulnerable seniors to essential services and benefits that meet their basic needs and promote their physical, mental and financial health and well-being.
- Connecting and engaging seniors with each other, their neighborhoods and community resources.
- Maintaining seniors’ independence and autonomy to avoid premature or unnecessary institutionalization.
Eligibility Criteria
- They welcome applications that focus on building a healthy, fully engaged older citizenry that ultimately benefits all generations and the entire community.
- Proposals are considered from organizations nonprofits, civic entities, schools and community organizations serving the residents of Columbia County who meet the following criteria:
- In operation as a nonprofit organization for at least one year with 501(c)(3) status or in an established fiscal sponsorship arrangement with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- Actively engaged in planning for the future
- Able to demonstrate financial resiliency
- Community groups may apply under the fiscal umbrella of a nonprofit organization.
- Neither the Fund for Columbia County nor Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation supports organizations which in their constitution, by-laws or practice discriminate against a person or group on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender/gender identity, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief.
For more information, visit https://www.berkshiretaconic.org/bReceivebNonprofitsIndividuals/SearchApplyforGrants/FundforColumbiaCountySeniorServices.aspx