Deadline: 15-Sep-21
Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation is accepting applications for its grant program to support foster children and their caregivers.
The Foundation recognizes that the appropriate resources and support for foster children and their caregivers contribute to healthier and happier lives.
The Foundation offers this Request for Proposals to provide meaningful support for efforts that will result in supportive homes and experiences for Hawaii’s foster children.
Funding Priorities
Preference will be given to efforts that:
- Support the recruitment, training and retention of quality resource caregivers;
- Support the continued relationships of foster children to their siblings;
- Address the unique needs of foster children or of their caregivers; or
- Empower foster children to participate in the decisions affecting their lives.
Funding Information, Duration, and Exclusions:
- Grants usually range from $10,000 to $50,000 per year.
- Requests are considered in relationship to the size of the organization’s operating budget.
- Unless the organization’s clientele are solely legally recognized foster children and their caregivers, administrative fees are capped at 5% per grant award.
- The Foundation reserves the right to determine those costs that are administrative and subject to the limited percentage.
- Commitments for up to three years will be considered, contingent on the submission of satisfactory progress reports.
- Capital requests and endowments will not be funded.
Eligibility Requirements
- Tax-exempt Hawaii organizations are eligible to apply. This includes nonprofit organizations, 501(c)(3) organizations, religious organizations that are exempt from taxation, and units of government.
- More than 50 percent of the individuals served by the program must be:
- Children in the foster custody of a Hawai`i state government agency;
- Children placed by a Hawai`i state government agency in therapeutic foster placement or in kinship, foster, respite, guardianship, permanent custody, or adoptive families; or
- Their caregivers.
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