As one means to activate the ideas and energy to expand career-oriented learning in Columbia and Greene counties, the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and the Dyson Foundation are offering small grants, $2,500 to $5,000, to support the following activities. Proposed projects can include strategies to address underlying transportation challenges as one of several components supported through a grant.
- Planning activities that bring schools, employers and nonprofits together to develop a new approach or expand a current program.
- Funding a small pilot program that tests a new model or approach through a community partnership.
- Expanding a current program that has demonstrated early promise to serve more students and/or employers through more robust community partnership.
ELIGIBILITY
Proposals are considered from nonprofits, civic entities, schools, and community organizations serving the residents of Columbia and Greene counties that meet the following criteria:
- In operation as a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status or in an established fiscal sponsorship arrangement with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
DEADLINE
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until Jan. 15, 2023. Funds must be deployed in 2023.
HOW TO APPLY
Email a description of the project and project’s goals, with a summary of the budget, to grants@berkshiretaconic.org.
Find out more at https://berkshiretaconic.org/grants/skilling-the-gap
