Deadline: 15-Jul-21
The Omaha Community Foundation is seeking applications for its Creche Childhood Education Fund to better serve children in the Omaha metro area—will continue in perpetuity.
Founded in 1887, the Creche Home for Children was Nebraska’s oldest nonprofit organization. Over the next 127 years, Creche operated in different capacities with many prominent Omaha philanthropists serving on the board of directors.
The one characteristic that never changed throughout Creche’s long history was its focus on helping children. Whether it was a lay nursery, kindergarten, custodial care facility, or childcare center, the heart of the organization was always on helping children.
This grant program supports:
- Educational programming and projects for children.
- Grant monies may not be used for operating expenses.
Funding Information
- A maximum of three grants will be awarded, totaling approximately $25,000.
- The grant will be awarded to organizations that:
- Provide childhood educational services to underserved children up to 12 years of age.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public 501(c)(3) organizations that benefit childhood educational services to children.
- Organization must be located in the Omaha metropolitan area (Douglas, Sarpy, or Pottawattamie Counties).
- Applicants’ policies and practices must be in alignment with the following non-discrimination clause: The applicant organization does not discriminate in hiring practices or service provision to clients and/or customers based on race, ethnicity, religious preference, age, [mental, emotional, or physical] ability/disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military service, or gender.
For more information, visit https://omahafoundation.org/nonprofits/field-of-interest-funds/creche-childhood-education-fund/
