Deadline: 1-Jul-22
The Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education is seeking applications for its Education Grant Program.
Principles
They encourage applicants to review the hierarchy of humane education that their Latham Steps memorialize and show how their proposal supports these principles.
- Kindness to Animals: builds compassion and empathy for other living creatures. This is the first and truly foundational step that supports all the other steps.
- Kindness to Each Other: is another important step, guides the interaction between people of the same family or social group.
- Kindness to Other People: guides the interaction between people of different families or social groups when they meet in a common place.
- Kindness to the Country: encourages national common respect for the laws of one’s own nation, traditions, and political structure.
- Kindness to Other Nations: encourages respect for other nations and their unique laws and traditions.
- Kindness to The World: shows respect for the whole world, for other nations collectively living their varied lives.
Funding Information
Awards will be up to $10,000 for a one-year grant.
Restrictions
- Grants are not to be used for capital projects and equipment, publications, employee training, conference registration or travel.
- Latham surety applicants about applying for funds for salaries, as they do not guarantee grants continuing past the initial grant period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Programs that focus on animal-assisted activities that demonstrate people and animals working together for the benefit of both, and include humane education.
- This year, 2022, they are giving priority to programs that include services to animals and the military, veterans, first responders and their families.
- Applicants must be US organizations with domestic programs.
- Nonprofit organizations will have priority but grants will not be limited to those who have attained 501(c) (3 ) status.
For more information, visit https://www.latham.org/grants/general-information/