Deadline: 10-Feb-22
Impact100 DC has announced community grant program for projects addressing disparities resulting from systemic racism and structural inequity.
They prioritizing those that result from systemic racism and structural inequity to create and sustain a diverse community of dynamic women committed to building bridges across the wide demographic divides in the Washington DC area and to empower women as philanthropists and leaders.
Using what is known as a racial equity lens in grant-making means acknowledging that structural and institutional bias – in their institutions, places of employment, government agencies, social services, policies, and culture – continue to privilege white people and disadvantage people of color, as well as other historically marginalized groups such as LGBTQ and immigrant communities. Proposals whose solutions to unmet needs take into account their systemic roots will receive priority in the grant review process.
Focus Areas
- Arts and Culture: Includes projects that foster greater exposure to or participation in the arts, expand arts education, or use art as a medium for creative expression. Priority will be given to programs that target residents in underserved communities that have lacked access to quality arts programs.
- Environment: Includes projects that focus on improving or preserving the natural and built environments, including places that experience a disproportionate amount of pollution as a result of heavy industry, or that lack access to clean air and water, natural resources, and green spaces. Also includes projects that address neighborhood crime and violence.
- Education: Includes projects that expand or improve learning opportunities for students who lack access to a quality education, including projects focused on providing early childhood education, language and literacy skills training, and tutoring and mentoring, as well as programs providing high school graduation rates and/or enrollment in higher education, especially for populations that have experienced systemic racism or discrimination.
- Family: Includes projects that support the lives of individuals, children, families, and seniors, especially but not limited to immigrant communities and people of color who have been the subject of systemic racism, focusing on housing, living wage, food insecurity, job skills training, and other basic needs.
- Health and Wellness: Includes projects that address access to health care and that seek to improve the physical or mental health of people who experience discrimination, including people of color, the disabled, and incarcerated individuals, as well as projects that foster healthy living habits and holistic wellness.
What they do not fund
- Debt reduction, operating deficits, interim or bridge funding or endowment funding;
- Individuals or private foundations;
- Activities that are religious or political in nature;
- Fund drives, annual appeals, fundraising events, or general capital campaigns.
Eligibility Criteria
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Organizations eligible to apply for the Impact100 grant must be:
- Tax-exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, independent of a financial sponsor (local affiliates may apply under the 501(c) (3) of the national organization).
- Located in and serve residents of the District of Columbia, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Arlington, and/or Fairfax Counties; or the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church.
- In possession of at least 3 full years (36 months) of independently prepared, audited or reviewed financial statements.
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Organization eligible to apply must be:
- Tax-exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, independent of a financial sponsor (local affiliates may apply under the 501(c) (3) of the national organization).
- Located in and serve residents of the District of Columbia, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Arlington, and/or Fairfax Counties; or the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church.
- In possession of at least 3 full years (36 months) of independently prepared, audited or reviewed financial statements.
- Have annual operating budgets above $300,000 and below $5,000,000
For more information, visit Impact100 DC.
For more information, visit https://impact100dc.org/grants/