COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK
Announces $250,000 AVAILABLE FOR PROJECTS CONTRIBUTING TO QUALITY OF LIFE IN BROOME COUNTY
The Community Foundation for South Central New York announced today that it has made available, through a competitive request-for-proposal process, up to $250,000 to be awarded from the Harriet Ford Dickinson Fund during 2010, for qualified nonprofits in Broome County who wish to increase their effectiveness in addressing critical issues that impact the quality of life for individuals, groups or the Broome County community in general.
In issuing this Request for Proposals, the Foundation’s intent is to allow organizations to identify critical issues impacting quality of life, rather than the Foundation; provide agencies the opportunity to build appropriate collaborative relationships; provide a larger sum of money than it can through its regular discretionary grants; and encourage programs and projects that are creative, collaborative and innovative in regards to quality of life concerns facing the Broome County community.
These funds (up to $75,000 per organization) will be made available through a three step process; concept papers are due June 11, 2010, selected agencies will be requested to present to the awards committee in July and August and finalists will be asked to submit full proposals by September 15, 2010.
The Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation established the Harriet Ford Dickenson Fund at the Community Foundation with a $4,000,000 grant in 2000 with the expectation that the fund would support nonprofits in Broome County in perpetuity, and has awarded over $1,015,762 since its inclusion in the Community Foundation endowment.
Interested organizations should contact Robert Jensen, Program Officer or Diane Brown, Executive Director at 772-6773 for further information and to determine if they are eligible.
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