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Foundation Giving Giving Focus Grant History Deadlines and Notes Location 1800wheelchair nationwide The scholarship is open to students of any 1800Wheelchair.com offers an annual All CILs should offer to Scholarship major or concentration. The winner's scholarship award ($500) to an undergraduate individuals with name, essay and photo will be posted on undergraduate student. mobility disabilities http://www.1800wh 1800wheelchair.com. Although not a eelchair.com/schola requirement, preference will be given to rship/ students with mobility disabilities. Applicants have to write an essay; the Fall 2008 question is "How have you offered/received a helping hand?" Abelard East of the General/Operating Support, What types of grants do you make? Application can be made at any Foundation/East Mississippi Matching/Challenge Grants, Program Most are general support. time. However, applications mailed Development, Publications, Seed Money, by March 15th will be reviewed for P.O. Box 148 Technical Assistance $10,000 to Brazilian Immigrant Center, the spring meeting and applications Lincoln, MA 01773 Allston, MA mailed by September 15th will be No funding for direct service, technical $10,000 to Centro Independiente de reviewed for the fall meeting. http://fdncenter.org assistance, training, media, legal assistance, Trabajadores Agricolas, Florida, NY /grantmaker/abelar and public policy advocacy or research as $10,000 to Coalition of Institutionalized Applicants should submit one copy deast/ stand alone strategies. Aged and Disabled, New York, NY of a proposal (no more than 7-10 $10,000 to Latin American Workers pages) that describes the following: Susan Collins in Successful applications to Abelard East Project, Brooklyn, NY Lincoln, MA and Jim satisfy criteria in three areas. $10,000 to Little Village Environmental Application Content Metzinger in New Justice Organization, Chicago, IL York, NY. Strategy : Fundamental to the grantees of $10,000 to Massachusetts Campaign on a. Background on the organization Abelard East is the strategy of community Contingent Work, Boston, MA (why it was founded, who is Phone and Fax: 781- organizing as they work toward the goal of $10,000 to Miami Workers Center, involved and provides leadership, 259-8470 a more democratic, just and equitable Miami, FL what it has achieved, its capacity to [email protected] society. While organizations may engage in $10,000 to Mississippi Workers Center create change, its decision making other complementary strategies, e.g. for Human Rights, Greenville, MS structure); It is strongly advocacy, electoral participation, research, $10,000 to Vermont Workers Center, preferred and etc., the strategies are employed as a Montpelier, VT b. Description of the work for which recommended that complement to the core focus on the funds are sought; initial contact be by organizing. Part of an organizing strategy is We receive many proposals. Those that mail. Please read the development of local leadership and are successful generally meet the c. An explanation of the need; and, the information on the empowerment of their constituents. following criteria in addition to those this website fully. If We also look for strategies that reflect the previously described. d. A description of the impact the you have specific connection between local work and project will have: what will change. questions that are broader policy issues and the efforts to The applicant: not covered here, address them at the state, regional or e. An organizational budget they can be national levels. a. documents a track record of success in (expenses, including salaries of addressed through acquiring power and achieving social each staff person, and income); e-mail to Issues: Abelard East is committed to change; campaign victories are [email protected]. supporting local progressive social change described. f. IRS determination 501(c)3 letter; Staff are not able to activities that expand and protect civil respond to phone liberties and civil and human rights , and b. establishes that the role of the group's g. Brief bios of key staff and board inquiries until a promote and strengthen community constituents in shaping and leading the officers; proposal has been involvement in, and control over, the organization is fundamental and explicit, received. decisions that affect their lives. We do not both as members and leaders. h. Board of directors list; focus on any issues in particular, e.g. housing, health, the environment, or c. presents a strategy for the continuous i. Data about the race, ethnicity and education, etc. Our grantees are involved in development of constituent leadership. gender of your Board and staff; a broad range of issues which involve the question of civil and human rights. d. demonstrates a growing membership j. Current private supporters list base. with grant amounts; Constituencies: The constituents of Abelard East's grantees are poor and low-income e. is explicit about the outcomes it seeks k. A recent financial statement (and people seeking to affirm their civil or to achieve in the next year, that is, what audit if available); and, human rights. These include, among others, it seeks to change, and what it seeks to the disenfranchised, immigrants, workers, gain, especially from policymakers and l. Relevant attachments (e.g. people of color, the disabled, etc. policy making institutions. newspaper articles). f. describes how it works with other Please refrain from using folders, groups and constituencies. binders, and glossy packaging has a strong fund raising plan, materials. particularly for the next 3-5 years; we specifically look for involvement in Send the application, with a cover grassroots fundraising. letter signed by an authorized person (usually the executive What is your annual grantmaking director or director) to: budget? Approximately $140,000 in 2004. Susan Collins The Abelard Foundation-East What percentage of proposals receive P.O. Box 148 funding? Lincoln, MA 01773 Generally one out of six. We encourage you to use regular, Do you publish any materials? first class mail, not overnight. An annual grants list and occasionally a Request for Proposals. Review Process: Receipt of the proposal will be acknowledged by What types of organizations do you NOT mail. The review process generally fund? takes three to four months. The International organizations and Board of Directors meets twice a organizations located outside of the US; year, generally in June and direct social services; government November. Once the Board has agencies and programs undertaken by made its decisions, applicants will tax-supported institutions or government be notified either by mail or phone. initiative; programs which are solely educational, training or technical Should we contact Abelard East to assistance in nature; capital expenditure, follow up on our application? endowments, construction or renovation No. Receipt of your proposal will be programs; emergency funding; acknowledged by mail. If staff scholarship funds or other aid to require further information, they individuals; schools and educational will get in touch with you. institutions; cultural institutions; medical institutions; film, video, publications or other media projects; grantmaking institutions; large national or regional networks; research or fellowships; organizations with access to traditional or mainstream funding. Do you make multi-year grants? No. What size of grant should we ask for? There is no need to ask for a specific grant amount. Ambrose Monell nationwide Disabilities, People with Disabilities: Many Building/renovation, Capital Campaigns, Applications are considered Foundation grants are made in this area. Most are in Curriculum Development, Endowments, throughout the year. the New York area, but are not limited to Equipment, Operating Support, Program George Rowe, Jr., New York. Development, Publications, Scholarship There is no set form of application. President Funds, Technical Assistance A request should include (1) a c/o Fulton, Rowe, & The mission of both the Monell and $50,000 to Foundation Fighting description of the applicant, (2) the Hart Vetlesen foundations is “ voluntarily aiding Blindness, Hunt Valley, MD amount requested, (3) the purpose 1 Rockefeller Plaza, and contributing to religious, charitable, $20,000 to International Center for the of the funds, and (4) the time when Suite 301 scientific, literary, and educational uses and Disabled, New York, NY the funds will be needed. If the New York, NY purposes, in New York, elsewhere in the $25,000 to Jewish Guild for the Blind, applicant has current financial 10020-2002 United States and throughout the world.” New York, NY statements, they should be With the exception of their names and the $25,000 to Lexington School for the Deaf, included. Most funding decisions 212-586-0700 annual amount of funding, these two Jackson Heights, NY are made in December, and those foundations are virtually identical. They $150,000 to Manpower Demonstration applicants awarded grants are http://www.monellv share an executive director, web sites, Research Corporation (MDRC), New York, notified at that time. etlesen.org/ missions, application procedures, and for NY the most part, interest area/priorities. $350,000 to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA $10,000 to National Center for Disability Services, Albertson, NY $100,000 to New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, New York, NY American Council of nationwide Student must be legally blind and a U.S. Approximately twelve scholarships