Deadline: 26-Apr-22
The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) offers the Strengthening Organizations Grant Program with the goal of helping Alaska nonprofits become better equipped to meet their missions.
This program supports projects that strengthen the applicant organization, ensuring it has well-organized systems in place and skilled employees who have the training and resources to successfully provide services.
Priorities
- Due to limited budgeted funds for each grant program year, preference will be given to small, rural organizations or projects that result in stronger outreach or programming to rural communities; demonstrate accountability, cultural sensitivity, and unify communities; are politically neutral and environmentally sound: empower the disadvantaged or underserved: are collaborative and show community support.
Funding Information
- Grant requests may be for up to $10,000;typically,awards are funded in the $4,000 to $6,000 range.
Eligible Projects
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Applicants may select only one capacity-building activity to be accomplished at a time with Strengthening Organizations grant funding. from the following categories:
- Board training and/or board-related consultants
- Staff/volunteer training and leadership development
- Financial management (e.g., accounting software or consultation)
- Strategic or business planning (e.g., strategic planning, program evaluation, communications or business plans, policy creation. etc.)
- Community building (e.g.. events/conferences to build professional networks, community needs assessment)
- Technology infrastructure (non-capital costs. e.g., donor tracking systems. website upgrades. etc.)
- Executive director recruitment or coaching
- Fundraising plans (e.g., creating and implementing a fundraising or donor development plan)
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include 50I(c)(3) nonprofit or equivalent organizations located in the state of Alaska.
- Equivalent organizations may include tribes, churches, or local government agencies and programs.
- Organizations must have their federal designation as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, or equivalent, for a year or more.
Ineligible
- Ineligible applicants include individuals; for-profit, 50I(c)(4) or (c)(6) organizations; non-Alaska based organizations; and state or federal government agencies.
For more information, visit ACF.
For more information, visit https://alaskacf.org/funds/strengthening-organizations/