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Wednesday, November 7
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Tips and tricks on how to use the ReferenceUSA online resource as a donor prospect tool. Learn how to use this powerful database to access accurate and complete business and consumer data for free (from your home or business with a valid Springfield City Library card). This program is most useful for established nonprofits, business owners, or entrepreneurs, though librarians, researchers, and the general public are welcomed too. Light lunch compliments of the ReferenceUSA.
 
 
Recent RFP & Grant Announcements
ALA's Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries
The American Library Association (ALA) and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation are now accepting applications for the 2019 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries, which recognize libraries for their role in the growth of graphic literature.Three recipients will be selected for the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries – two Growth Grant recipients and one Innovation Grant recipient. Contact ALA directly as the information on the website has not been updated to reflect the Press Release. Deadline: January 18, 2019 More Information
 
America Walks
Accepting applications for its Community Change Grants program, which awards micro-grants of up to $1,500 to projects that help create healthy, active, and engaged places to live, work, and play. Funded projects should increase walking and the benefits of walkability in communities, work to grow the walking movement by engaging people and organizations new to the effort, and take steps toward creating a culture of inclusive health. Deadline: November 2  More Information
 
Baseball Tomorrow Fund
BTF awards grants to nonprofit organizations involved in the operation of youth baseball and softball programs and facilities. The funds may be used to finance a new program, expand or improve an existing program, undertake a new collaborative effort, or obtain facilities or equipment necessary for youth baseball or softball programs. Grants are intended to provide funding for incremental programming and facilities for youth baseball and softball programs, not for normal operating expenses or as a substitute for existing funding or fundraising activities. BTF does not specify a maximum grant award, but the average is approximately $40,000. Generally, at least 50 percent of the total cost of the project should be committed by other sources of funding; however, the higher the ratio of matching funds, the better chance an application will be successful. To be eligible, applicants must be a U.S.-based or international nonprofit and tax-exempt organization involved in the operation of youth baseball and/or softball programs and facilities. Organizations operating in the U.S. and international locations are eligible to apply. Deadline: January 1 More Information
 
Borealis Philanthropy
Invites proposals for Immigration Litigation Funds. In 2018, priority will be given to impact litigation that focuses on immigrants targeted by enforcement efforts, including but not limited to those who have entered or re-entered without documentation; overstayed visas or failed to adjust their status; have had prior criminal convictions; have used a false Social Security number to secure work; are seeking humanitarian protection (asylum, protection from torture, TPS, or as refugees); and/or are from countries or regions deemed to be threats to the United States. Deadline: Rolling basis until December 1  More Information
 
Boulware Foundation
Seeks to Increase Economic Opportunities for Women and Girls. The foundation's goal is to fund domestic and international programs aimed at empowering women economically and moving them toward financial freedom. The foundation awards grants of up to $10,000 in support of projects or programs aligned with the foundation's areas of interest, including financial literacy education, workforce and vocational skill development, microfinance, and entrepreneurship. In every case, women and girls must be the targeted beneficiary population. Deadline: Rolling More Information
 
Classics for Kids
Accepting Applications From Music Programs. The Classics for Kids Foundation empowers young people to shape their futures through music, helps build sustainable stringed instrument music programs, and provides grants for the purchase of high-quality instruments. To that end, matching grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to schools or nonprofit organizations that incorporate fine instruments in their music programs. To be eligible, public or private schools and nonprofit organizations must demonstrate need and a commitment to raising matching funds. Deadline: December 31 More Information
 
DeVos Institute
Accepting Applications for Fellowship in Arts Management Strategy. To advance this mission, the institute is accepting applications for its annual fellowship program, which provides intensive training in arts and cultural management, artistic planning, marketing, fundraising, evaluation, and finance for mid-career arts managers over a three-year period. The program is offered free of charge to arts managers from across the United States and around the world through a competitive application process. Fellows attend a four-week residency in Washington, D.C., each summer for three consecutive years and receive ongoing personalized mentoring, both during and between the month-long residencies.Fellows will receive air and ground transportation between Washington, D.C., and their country of residence; lodging during the fellowship; a per diem to cover living expenses; visa sponsorship (for international applicants); and program materials. Applicants must have a minimum of five years working experience in an administrative capacity in an arts or cultural organization; currently serve as an executive or department head with decision-making authority; and have an excellent command of business English, orally and written. In addition, applicants must be able to commit to the full term of the fellowship. Deadline: Letters of Intent must be received no later than December 1. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full application by January 25, 2019. More Information
 
GriffinHarte Foundation
The GriffinHarte Foundation promotes civil conversations about issues that divide us and are often contentious and difficult to sort through. These issues usually involve questions of fairness, equity, respect, identity, and the complex ways in which humans are connected to each other.
Because the foundation believes that communication is one of the key elements to understanding and working with social differences, it supports and promote conversations, research, and scholarship that are grounded in questions about civility and feminism; informed by a desire to define, explore, and advocate for social, political, and economic justice in professional and personal lives; and centered in an explicit recognition of the ways lives and communication are influenced by identities — gender and sex, race and ethnicity, age and physical abilities, and education and economic standing. In addition the foundation supports and promotes educational practices and research that are focused on how we teach as well as what we teach; grounded in a commitment to alternative pedagogies and educational practices; and informed by an explicit recognition of the ways identities, genders and sex, feminisms, civility, and civic engagement relate to social, political, and economic justice.Grant amounts will range from between $100 to $1,000. Deadline December 31 More Information
 
KaBOOM!
Accepting applications for playground grants through Build It with KaBOOM!, a program that provides eligible communities with most of the funds, tools, and resources they need to build a custom-made playground in a single day. Municipalities and nonprofits serving children of playground age are eligible to apply. Applicants must contribute $8,500 toward the cost of playground equipment; recruit seventy-five to a hundred community volunteers to participate in playground build day; and own the land on which they wish to build, or possess a long-term lease and obtain permission from the landowner to construct a playground. In addition, they must complete any needed site preparation on at least twenty-five hundred square feet of flat dirt surface; secure soil tests, utility checks, and appropriate build permits in a timely manner; and accept ownership, insurance, and maintenance responsibilities for the playspace upon completion of project. Applications are accepted based on available funding in the area. However, KaBOOM! accepts and encourages applications on a rolling basis, as new funding opportunities change on a regular basis. Deadline: November 9 More Information
 
KidsGardening
Invites Applications for School Garden Package. The 2019 Youth Garden Grant program aims to support school and youth educational garden projects that enhance the quality of life for students and their communities. A total of twenty-five programs will receive award packages. The top five will receive packages valued at $2,100 that include a $1,000 cash prize, plants, tools, seeds, a $100 gift certificate for gardening supplies, and a KidsGardening curriculum package. In addition, twenty programs will receive a similar package valued at $500. Any nonprofit, school, or youth program planning a new garden program or expanding an established one that serves at least fifteen youth between the ages of 3 and 18 is eligible to apply. The selection of winners is based on demonstrated program impact and sustainability. Deadline: December 17 More Information
 
Libraries and Autism: We're Connected
Accepting applications for its Autism Welcome Here: Library Programs, Services and More grant program. Through the annual program, grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded in support of projects and services for any age group. Applicants may propose to initiate a new, creative program or service, bring an already-existing, successful program or service to their library for the first time, or enhance a program or service they already offer. All programs or services must benefit people with autism and/or their families, directly or indirectly. Funds may be used to hire a trainer to present a workshop, to buy program materials, to pay for staff, etc.Any library in the United States or Canada is eligible to apply. Deadline: December 1 More Information
 
MASS Cultural Council
The Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund is a grant program that supports the planning and implementation of capital projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences. These projects expand access and education, create jobs in construction, benefit cultural tourism, and improve the quality of life in cities and towns across the Commonwealth.

Administered jointly by Mass Cultural Council and MassDevelopment, the Cultural Facilities Fund is open to nonprofit cultural organizations, municipalities, and higher education institutions whose cultural facilities serve the general public. Key dates of the program:
  • Intent-to-Apply Deadline: November 16, 2018
  • Final Application Deadline: January 11, 2019 5pm (ET)
  • Grant Decisions Announced: June, 2019
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National Endowment for Democracy
Seeking Proposals to Strengthen Democracy Worldwide. To advance this mission, NED is seeking proposals for projects that advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions. Grants of up to $50,000 over twelve months will be awarded to nonpartisan programs that seek to promote and defend human rights and the rule of law, support freedom of information and independent media, and promote accountability and transparency.To be eligible, applicants must be a nongovernmental organizations (i.e., civic organizations, associations, independent media, and other similar groups). Applications are encouraged from organizations working in diverse environments, including newly established democracies, semi-authoritarian countries, highly repressive societies, and countries undergoing democratic transition Deadline: December 21 More Information
 
New England Foundation for the Arts
Through the New England Dance Fund program, NEFA will award grants of up to $1,000 to choreographers who identify a critical opportunity that can significantly advance their career in dance. Priority will be given to timely opportunities, with the goal of supporting a diverse group of artists from a range of cultures, disciplines, aesthetics, and career stages in all six New England states. To be eligible, applicants must reside full-time and make art in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, or Vermont. Deadline: February 8 More Information
 
The New England Foundation for the Arts is also accepting applications from performing arts presenters for its New England States Touring grant program.The program is designed to support presentations by New England-based performing artists outside a presenter’s state. Grants are available in amounts of up to 50 percent of the artists' fees and typically range from $400 to $4,000. Requests below $400 will not be accepted. Artists' fees may include expenses associated with the creation of new work, travel, and per diem. To be eligible, applicants must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, school, federally-recognized Indian tribal government, or unit of state or local government. (Nonprofit organizations do not have to be an arts organizations. Organizations that do not have a federal tax identification number may apply if part of an official government agency.) In addition, applicant organizations must be based in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) Deadline: Applications must be received no later than December 3 for tours beginning on or after March 1, 2019. More Information
  
Puffin Foundation
Issues RFP for Social Justice Arts Projects to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artist activists and arts organizations often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to race, gender, or social philosophy. The Puffin Foundation is currently accepting applications for art projects by individuals or organizations that educate and inform the public on important, timely topics facing the country (and planet) that other organizations might hesitate to fund. The foundation gives special consideration to communities and school districts underserved by the arts.  Projects from individual artists and organizations working within the visual arts, dance, music, theater, photography, film/video, writing, poetry, and public interest platforms will be considered. Grant awards will range between $550 and $2,500. Eligible applicants include individuals and  nonprofit educational, cultural, and social justice organizations. Deadline: All early determination applications November 19, Final December 8 More Information
 
Resist
The foundation currently is accepting applications for General Support, Multi-Year, Accessibility, and Rapid Response grants.
 
1) General Support: Grants of up to $4,000 will be awarded to groups that are building movements for justice and liberation and resisting systemic oppression through grassroots/cultural organizing, art-making, and resilience building. General support grants are awarded by a panel of previously funded Resist grantees. Groups are funded based on the strength of their overall application. Groups can only be funded once per twelve-month period.
2) Multi-Year: Open only to current grantees who meet the above requirements and have been fully funded twice in the past five years, multiyear funding consists of three years of full funding ($4,000), starting with the year the multiyear application is submitted.
3) Accessibility: Resist is committed to supporting projects that enable all people to participate in the movement for justice and liberation. Resist will fund the additional costs of making projects or events more accessible to community members with specific accessibility needs. Accessibility grants of up to $4,000 will be awarded.
4) Rapid Response: Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to meet the needs of frontline groups and organizations. Rapid Response grants are decided on by Resist staff and generally have a one-week turn around. Resist offers Rapid Response grants to groups and organizations seeking financial assistance for training, consultation, healing, cultural work, conflict resolution, and/or restructuring as well as those seeking to respond to unforeseen and timely political opportunities with organizing and/or cultural interventions. Examples include but are not limited to organizing direct action, creative resistance, and travel to protests in response to a call to action.
Deadline: December 7 More Information
 
TD Charitable Foundation
Accepting Applications for the Nonprofit Employee Training Program. Through the fund, grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to eligible community-based organizations so that employees can attend an approved class/course that enhances their job performance. Eligible organizations must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) and have a mission/focus that promotes affordable housing for low- to moderate-income individuals, increased economic (small business) development, financial literacy for low- and moderate-income people, or afterschool or extracurricular programming for low- and moderate-income children. Deadline: Rolling More Information
 
 
 
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Upcoming Events, Classes & Workshops
Association of Fundraising Professionals Western MA
Case Study: Is Phonathon Really Dead or Another Viable Part of Your Fundraising Plan - Phonathons are still an important way for many organization to raise funds, though they may no longer be the major part of an organization’s development plan that they were in the past.   Join our speaker Maria Held, Director of the Smith Fund at Smith College, as she talks about how phonathon has evolved at Smith College during her 17-year tenure, and how it continues to be a viable component of Smith’s fundraising plan, raising $500,000 from 20% of the donors that make up their $12.5 million-dollar annual-fund income stream.
Date: October 24
Location: The Delaney House, 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke
Cost: Member - $25, Non-Member - $35 Register
 
Center for Human Development
Through Her Eyes, presented by CHD, is a professional conference packed with best practices, practical workshops, inspirational keynotes, and high-quality networking for anyone working in social work, direct care, education, or other helping professions. With a focus on at-risk girls and young women, this conference will provide you with tools to better serve vulnerable populations.Learn the latest techniques and best practices for social work, direct care, education, psychology from other professionals, especially those who work with girls and young women.“From Trauma to Triumph”
Date: October 25, 8:00 am -4:00 pm
Location: Mass Mutual Center
Cost: $40 – $150  For More Information & To Register
 
Community Foundation of Western MA
MASSCAP Breakfast Forum: Addressing Poverty in MA - Obstacles on the Road to Opportunity: Finding a Way Forward - Presentation of Findings from Report - Findings of Poverty in Massachusetts:Impact in the Pioneer Valley. Panel & Discussion -Strategies and Solutions
Date: October 26, 8:30 - 10:30 am
Location: Community Foundation of Western MA, 333 Bridge Street, Springfield
Cost: No Cost Listed  Register
 
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
In collaboration with The Western Massachusetts Veterans’ Outreach Project and ServiceNet
presents:Essential Information for Engaging, Assessing and Caring for Service members, Veterans and Their Families: Intersections of TBI, PTSD, Depression and Substance Misuse within the Community - For Healthcare Providers
Date: October 27, 9:00am - 5:00 pm
Location: Dakin Conference Room, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton
Cost: No Cost Listed  Registration: Pre-registration is requested by October 25 to JFrutkin@servicenet.org 
 
NonProfit Institute at Berkshire Community College
Annual Fund/Annual Appeals - Why have an annual appeal at all? How to best structure annual appeals, amid special events, campaigns.What about monthly giving? Only direct mail or involving volunteers?
Date: October 25, 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: BCC's South County Center located in Great Barrington
Cost: $40 Register
 
 
Webinar - A chance to view Nonprofits from a Public Perspective
Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey
Nonprofit Solicitation, Professional Fundraising, and Best Practices for Giving Wisely- Webinar. Over 22,000 not-for-profit charitable organizations provide significant benefits to Massachusetts residents as well as people across the country and throughout the world. These organizations operate solely for the benefit of the public, and the Attorney General's Office is responsible for protecting the public's interest in their activities.
Date:  Tuesday, November 13
Location: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: Free - Register
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