Deadline: 15-Sep-21
The Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation is seeking applications for its Capacity Building Program to support foster children, their caregivers, and transitioning foster youth.
The Foundation recognizes that the strength and capacity of the nonprofit organizations and programs serving foster children, their families, and youth are key to the healthy development of foster children and transitioning youth.
The Foundation offers this Request for Proposals to provide meaningful support that enables nonprofit organizations and programs to strengthen and grow their capacity to serve foster children, their caregivers and transitioning foster youth.
Funding Priorities
The Foundation seeks to support projects that will increase the capacity of the organization, the program, or the system in the community to deliver quality services to the client. Capacity building efforts may address:
- Governance and leadership;
- Strategic relationships;
- Evaluation and impact;
- Resource Development;
- Internal operations and management;
- Program design, delivery and evaluation;
- Executive and key staff transitions; and
- Staff training.
Funding Information
- Grants generally range from $5,000 to $40,000 and may be multi-year commitments, based on submission of satisfactory progress reports. Grants will not be made for capital, endowments, regranting activities or operating costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Tax-exempt Hawaii organizations are eligible to apply. Organizations may be either 501(c)(3) or religious organizations. Units of government and public schools are not eligible under this Request for Proposals. Fiscal sponsorships are not permissible.
- The majority percentage of the organization’s or program’s clientele or project beneficiaries 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, or
- Current foster youth or young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 who have aged out of the state child welfare or mental health systems.
For more information, visit https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/grants/victoria-s-and-bradley-l-geist-foundation-capacity-building