The Kresge Foundation is seeking to fund organizations that make it a priority to improve the lives of disadvantaged individuals and communities. To that end, the Foundation is concentrating its focus in the following areas:
The Dental Trade Alliance Foundation (DTAF) is seeking applications for its 2014 grants, which will award seven organizations with innovative projects in oral healthcare with up $25,000. The Foundation will also be awarding one DTAF/Dental Lifeline Network Grant specifically related to providing access to comprehensive dentistry for individuals who are Medically At-Risk or Special Needs Patients. This grant will also award up to $25,000.
The United Way of Westchester and Putnam is seeking letters of inquiry from organizations that work in the areas of education, employment, health, human services, and youth. Based on the results of a survey of 2,600 nonprofits, UW of Westchester and Putnam will accept letters of inquiry in these areas based on the following initiatives:
The F.W. Symmes Foundation seeks to fund organizations that make a positive impact on the lives of Greenville County residents by making gifts to religious, charitable, scientific, literary and educational organizations, and to organizations which work for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.
The Anne E. Talcott Fund seeks to fund organizations exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes, as well as for testing for public safety, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals. Special consideration will be given to organizations that aid the indigent. Grant award sizes range from $1,500 to $15,000.
The Union Pacific Foundation seeks to fund organizations that work in communities where Union Pacific Railroads operate. The Foundation funds organizations that operate within the following two areas of interest:
The Bradford T. Blauvelt Memorial Trust Fund seeks to award grants to charities that provide support for educational purposes, hospitalization and medical services, and youth and family services in Ocean County, New Jersey. The Fund awards two grants per year that have an average size of $1,500.
The Bono Brothers Memorial Trust seeks to award grants to Catholic charitable organizations that provide care, support, maintenance, benefit, and education of needy children residing in Marin County, California. The Trust awards four grants per year that have an average size of $5,000 to $7,500.
The Clark Memorial Fund seeks to fund organizations located in Halifax County, Virginia that defray the cost of hospitalization or provide medical services, including education and prevention of health issues, to needy and indigent persons. The Fund distributes 10 grants per year that have an average size ranging from $3,000 to $5,000.
The Benjamin A. Black Charitable Trust for Children seeks to fund charitable organizations that provide services to economically deprived children in Nebraska. The Trust distributed 10 grants per year that have an average size ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.