Early Childhood Welfare, Education and Play, and Parenting Education
Solicitation Title: Early Childhood Welfare, Education and Play, and Parenting Education
Funding Amount: Not specified. Prior grants awarded range from $25,000 to $95,569.
Sponsor Deadline: Friday, September 30, 2016
Solicitation Link: http://earlychildhoodfoundation.org/
Overview
<p><span>The Foundation provides funding in the following areas: <br>(1) Early Childhood Welfare Children can only reach their full potential when all aspects of their development, intellectual, emotional and physical, are optimally supported. Providing a safe and nurturing environment for infants and preschoolers is essential, as is imparting to them the skills of social living in a culturally diverse world. We support programs that research best child rearing practices and identify models that can provide creative, caring environments to ensure all children thrive. <br>(2) Early Childhood Education and Play Research shows that children need to be stimulated as well as nurtured, early in life, if they are to succeed in school, work and life. That preparation relates to every aspect of a child’s development, from birth to age seven, and everywhere a child learns – at home, in childcare settings and in preschool. We seek to improve the quality of both early childhood teaching and learning, through the development of innovative curricula and research based pedagogical standards, as well as the design of imaginative play materials and learning environments. <br>(3) Parenting Education To help parents create nurturing environments for their children, we support programs that teach parents about developmental psychology, cultural child rearing differences, pedagogy, issues of health, prenatal care and diet, as well as programs which provide both cognitive and emotional support to parents.</span></p>
Solicitation Limitations: <p><span>The Foundation will not fund: <br>•the operation or expansion of existing programs <br>•the purchase or renovation of capital equipment, existing software or programmatic materials <br>•single events <br>•the creation or acquisition of works of art or literary works <br>•organizations that discriminate based on race, color, creed, national origin or sexual orientation <br>•individuals or for-profit entities <br>•political organizations <br>•programs with any religious content <br>•organizations and/or programs operating outside the United States <br>Furthermore, the Foundation will only consider funding grant applications that define measurable outcomes and mechanisms for documenting results, provide for financial accountability, and include detailed program budgets.</span></p> Other Information:<p><span>Each Letter of Inquiry should include the following information: <br>1. The organization’s official name, website address and contact information <br>2. A brief (250 word maximum) summary of the organization’s mission and recent program history <br>3. The organization’s 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status letter from the IRS and its’ Federal Tax ID# <br>4. The total amount of the organization’s annual budget <br>5. The total amount of the grant request <br>6. An indication of the amount and type of support being requested from all sources <br>7. Title of the project and a narrative description (1,000 words or less) of the issue(s) or need(s) to be addressed by the proposal, the work to be performed and the anticipated outcome. <br>8. A description of how the proposal fits the Foundation’s program guidelines.</span></p>Last Updated:
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