Grant Funding Breakdown

Local Grant Funding: The Columbus Foundation

Fund for Targeted Needs: Fund for Targeted Needs addresses disadvantaged children and developmental disabilities, as well as more narrow and specific grant programs through:

Traditional Grants program - The Traditional Grants Program focuses on two areas:

• Disadvantaged Children funds programs and projects that meet the diverse needs of at-risk children. Priority will be given to programs and projects that are in the home, build relationships with the family, and create a support network around and for the families of disadvantaged children.

• Developmental Disabilities funds programs and projects that address the needs of children and adults with physical or cognitive disabilities that impair functions or behavior and that occurred before a person reaches the age of 22. (Blindness/visual impairments and deafness/hearing impairments are not considered within this category.)

Small Grants - The Small Grants provides support for several areas that align with donor focus. Applicants may apply for up to $25,000; however, the majority of the grants awarded will be $1,000 to $10,000.

Neighborhood Partnership Grants - The Neighborhood Partnership Grants (NPG) program is a collaborative sponsorship of The Columbus Foundation, United Way of Central Ohio, PNC, and Bob Evans. The program is designed to support neighborhood organizations and improvements in low- and moderate-income areas of Franklin County. Projects must be resident driven and supported and neighborhood specific, and are not required to be large or sophisticated for grant consideration.

• Proposed projects should focus on one of the following areas: • Community and Economic Development • Education and Public Awareness • Crime Prevention and Safety • Safe and Decent Housing

Dorothy E. Ann Fund (D.E.A.F.) - This fund promotes hands-on experiences where youth who are deaf or hard of hearing can develop skills and values necessary for successful careers, including leadership training, goal setting, self-esteem building, and interpersonal and communication skills, thereby enhancing participation in their education, family, and community.

The ScottsMiracle-Gro Community Garden Academy - The ScottsMiracle-Gro Community Garden Academy Grant provides support to begin and maintain thriving community gardens and green spaces. Grant funds will be awarded for projects taking place in 2013.

Applications will be reviewed and awarded based on the following three considerations:

• Is the request for a new, currently non-existing garden or green space? • Is the request for the maintenance of a developing garden or green space? • Is the request for the sustainability of an existing, thriving garden or green space?

City of Columbus and Franklin County Community Gardens Grant Program - Recognizing the many benefits of community gardens, the City of Columbus and Franklin County have partnered with The Columbus Foundation to support existing gardens and encourage the creation of new ones. A community garden is any piece of land gardened by a group of people for the betterment of the community. It can be urban, suburban, or rural. It can grow

vegetables, fruits, herbs or flowers. It can be one community plot, or many individual plots. Produce can be grown in containers, raised beds, or on a vacant piece of land. It can be at a school, church, hospital, or in a neighborhood. It can also be a series of plots dedicated to “urban agriculture” where the produce is grown for a market.

Funds Outside of Franklin County - A limited number of funding opportunities are available outside of Franklin County. Each fund has a different geographic area of interest, application process, and deadline.

Fund for Innovative Operations: Fund for Innovative Operations addresses significant needs of local organizations through grants supporting:

Continuous Improvement - Partnerships with Continuous Improvement grantees focus on increasing capacity to meet community need, improving program quality, inspiring innovative service delivery, and strengthening institutional infrastructure. In addition to funding, the Foundation offers these grantees technical assistance and hands-on support.

Arts and Culture - The Columbus Foundation supports high-performing arts organizations that meet community needs, expand arts and cultural programming, or provide education.

• Organizations with budgets at or greater than $350,000 per year may be eligible for the Major Arts program;

• Organizations with budgets less than $350,000 may be eligible for the Community Arts Fund.

Community Improvement Project

Community Improvement Project supports a concentrated initiative to improve the Weinland Park neighborhood.

Fund for Capital Improvements

Fund for Capital Improvements The Columbus Foundation has created a time-limited funding opportunity—The Fund for Financial Innovation. This grantmaking program will support transformative and pioneering ideas that demonstrate social innovation, social enterprise, and/or partnerships or mergers.

Coalition for A Nonviolent Columbus

Grant applications will be accepted from a wide variety of community groups and organizations including civic associations, neighborhood block watch groups, faith-based organizations, non-profits, etc. Collaboration between and among various neighborhood groups and organizations is encouraged.

Grant applications must fall into one of the following categories:

• Public Safety (Examples: form a new block watch, create a community/faith-based intervention team, crime prevention activities)

• Neighborhood Improvement (Examples: graffiti clean-up, neighborhood clean-up event, graffiti cameras etc. Community gardens will NOT be funded through the CNC)

• Education and Outreach (Examples: community events focusing on violence, drug/gang education for parents and/or youth, anti-violence programs)

Lowe’s Heroes

The program encourages employees in a location to team together, adopt a volunteer project with a local nonprofit organization or K–12 public school and make a difference. Each year, many Lowe's stores collaborate on a group project so they can make a larger difference. Lowe's Heroes' grants, up to $50,000, brought together groups of Lowe's stores to benefit public schools and nonprofit

organizations in the United States and Canada. Whether it was helping to rebuild a tornado-battered school or rebuilding a low-income homeowner's pride Lowe's Heroes has participated in more than 1,300 projects, and Lowe's contributed more than $1.3 million in materials.

Please contact your nearest Lowe’s store manager to discuss possible Lowe’s Heroes projects and funding with them.

Local Businesses

You will find that many local businesses that surround your community are willing to help you in smaller ways such as printing, event supplies and raffle items.

National Grant Funding: MetLife Foundation

MetLife Foundation was created in 1976 to continue MetLife’s longstanding tradition of corporate contributions and community involvement. The Foundation's commitment to building a secure future for individuals and communities worldwide is reflected in its focus on empowering older adults, preparing young people and building livable communities.

Walmart

In Store: Walmart will often donate gift cards to purchase supplies and/or to raffle off upon the submission of an application. Please visit their Customer Service for more details.

Local Giving Program: Walmart believes in operating globally and giving back locally – creating impact in the neighborhoods where we live and work. Through the Local Giving Program, Walmart stores, Sam's Clubs and Logistics facilities can support the needs of their communities by providing grants to local organizations.

Sams Club Giving Program: At the local level, Sam's Club facilities are encouraged to support nonprofits or other causes important to their community, provided they fall within one of the Walmart Foundation's focus areas (Hunger Relief & Healthy Eating, Sustainability, Women's Economic Empowerment or Career Opportunity). Other local areas of focus may include Education and Youth Success.

Target

National Night Out: Target is one of the national sponsors for National Night Out, an annual event geared toward crime prevention. Please check with your local Target as soon as possible to arrange for free give aways, gift cards and event supplies as these supplies are limited each year.

Field Trip Grants: It’s become increasingly difficult for schools to fund learning opportunities outside the classroom. To help them out, we launched Field Trip Grants in 2007. Since then, we’ve made it possible for millions of students to go on a field trip.

Early Childhood Reading Grants: Reading makes a world of difference in learning. That’s why Target awards grants to schools, libraries and non-profit organizations that support programs like after-school reading events and weekend book clubs.

Arts, Culture & Design in Schools Grants: A well-rounded education includes music, art, dance and drama, and allows kids to express themselves creatively. Through grants, we’re helping schools bring more arts and culture into the classroom.