Building Equitable Opportunity Grant Program

Building Equitable Opportunity Grant Program – United States

Deadline: 15-Feb-21

The Connecticut Community Foundation is seeking applications for the Building Equitable Opportunity Grant Program to explore solutions across generations and systems.

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Their focus on equitable opportunity emerged from research on the deep educational and economic disparity that exists in their region. They found disparity based on race, and also income, age, geography, and gender/sexuality.

Income: The median household income of Waterbury residents was $40,879 in 2017, compared to over $93,000 for the towns in the Litchfield Hills.
Age: Children and youth are most likely to be low-income in Waterbury with 64% of the population being under the age of 17.
Geography: Funding spent per pupil varies greatly by geography; students in the Litchfield Hills have nearly $20,000 spent per pupil vs. just over $15,000 in Waterbury. Only 62% of Waterbury children have a pre-k experience compared to 79% statewide.
Race: Only 26% of Black students and 23% of Latinx students were proficient in reading by 3rd grade compared to 45% of white students in Waterbury
Gender/Sexuality: LGBTQ youth are at more than double the risk of homelessness compared to non-LGBTQ peers.
Approaches

Their approach focuses on:

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Supporting programs, advocacy, and system change efforts that build equitable pathways out of poverty and to economic mobility
Promoting access to quality culturally responsive education, especially focused on Waterbury where there are significant disparities by race and income
Supporting the development of jobs and career pathways with livable wages
Promoting opportunities to build assets for BIPOC families that have been left behind in traditional banking systems
Targeting education interventions that support BIPOC students and include youth and parent voice in decision-making
What are the Efforts they Support?

Efforts they support include:

Increasing collaboration between school systems and preschools to align readiness, support kindergarten transition, and focus on parent voice
Evidence-based initiatives that improve the quality of the pre-k and K-12 experience for Black and Latinx, low-income, and children with disabilities (examples include: RULER, Circle of Security, Restorative Justice Practices)
Interventions that address disproportionate minority contact in in pre-K-12 education and expand access to pathways to college
Programs that substantially build the long-term assets and economic resiliency/mobility of residents (such as financial education and planning, job and skills training, etc.)
Criteria

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In order to apply for funding, an organization must:

Be a not-for-profit organization recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a municipal entity seeking a grant for public purposes. Organizations may also have a nonprofit fiscal sponsor, if they do not have their own nonprofit status.
Have a board, representative of the community, of which a majority is neither employees nor relatives of employees.
Possess a Nonprofit Registration to Solicit Funds (or exemption, if appropriate) from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. This registration must be renewed annually.
They encourage requests that:

Provide services or support to the communities located within their 21-town service area
Support system change and advocacy efforts
Include support for core nonprofit operations such as staff time, overhead and evaluation
Support organizations led by Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)
For more information, visit https://conncf.org/supporting-nonprofits/building-equitable-opportunity/