Deadline: 11-Dec-20
The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation (LVCF) is seeking applications for its Nonprofit Effectiveness Program to fund a new cohort of organizations that are led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and that serve Lehigh Valley’s Black and Brown communities.
LVCF aims to build the capacity of these organizations due to historical lack of funding to support BIPOC organizations and the demonstrated impact of these organizations. Targeted funding for organizational capacity-building is necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of these important organizations.
The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation initiated this grant opportunity in recognition of the important role that BIPOC-led organizations have in providing culturally-responsive services and programs to the Lehigh Valley community.
Funding Information
- Grant awards will fall between a funding range of $10,000 – $14,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The organization must be a qualified charitable organization. Grants may be recommended to any 501(c)(3) public charity or verified charitable entity (e.g., schools, colleges and universities, religious institutions, town and municipal governments, etc.)
- Organizations must deliver services or programs in Lehigh or Northampton County.
- An organization must have a direct-service or program element.
- Organization must be led by a person that is Black, Indigenous or a Person of Color AND the mission of the organization must serve Lehigh Valley’s BIPOC communities. The CEO or Executive Director of the organization must be a BIPOC individual.
- Organizations must affirm that they do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran or marital status.
How to Apply
- To start the process, review the process, deadlines, and what they support.
- Complete the criteria self-assessment.
- If the request is a match to LVCF’s Nonprofit Effectiveness Pilot criteria, you will be asked to complete a very short submission form at the end of the assessment.
- The submission form must be completed by December 11, 2020.
- Once the submission form is completed, their staff will review your submission form and reach out to schedule an intake call.
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