Foundation / Corporation
Taproot Foundation
12/01/14
In-kind grants valued at $45,000 to Illinois, California, New York, Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia non-profit organizations and public schools to receive professional consulting services by a team of 5-6 business professionals in the areas of strategy management, leadership development and strategic human resources, marketing, and information technology.
Organizations must work within one of the following interest areas:
1) Arts - Providing leadership or education in the art community, while making the arts more accessible to everyone.
2) Education - Strengthening our public education (pre-K and K-12) system or enhancing the educational success of students.
3) Environment - Preserving and restoring our environment or caring for animal welfare.
4) Health - Improving people's physical or emotional health.
5) Social Services - Providing social services to those who have been unable to participate fully in the social and economic life of the community. Services usually target children and families, employment and training, the elderly, immigrants, the disabled, housing and homelessness or foster and adoption services.
Projects provide high potential non-profits in the Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. metro areas with the tools and services needed to strengthen organizations and serve communities.
GrantWatch ID#: 149193
Grants are valued at $45,000.
Projects are designed to finish about six months after kickoff.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
New York:
Alanya Green
alanya@taprootfoundation.org
(212) 257-7655
San Francisco Bay Area:
Meg Van Wagner
meg@taprootfoundation.org
415-359-1423 x330
Los Angeles:
Bari Goldsmith
bari@taprootfoundation.org
213-620-0173
Chicago:
Chris Lloyd
chris@taprootfoundation.org
312-635-1122
Washington, D.C.:
Lola Adele-Oso
lola@taprootfoundation.org
202-626-8563
USA: California; Illinois; Maryland; New York; Virginia; Washington, DC
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