Grants

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There are a lot of community grants out there from the local business that you and your friends and family may work at! The search term you seem to want for this is community, like business name and community, or community grants, community outreach, community giving, community involvement etc.

For You

Funding for profit businesses

Smaller Project based

These opportunities require a nonprofit to submit a project with a very specific scope, IE your project! Most are based around some public need like education, environment, community, health care, etc. How it works is you write it up your project and HeatSync signs on for 15% for operational expenses, with the rest administered to you based on your proposal.

  • Godaddy
  • Fedora - fedora grant - 5k for open source education - we have a member
  • Lego - 500-5k
  • Ambrose Monell Foundation
  • Smart (we have an employee)
  • Intel - 501c3 required,Education, Environment, and Community
  • CVS Caremark For children with disabilities, health care for the uninsured or underserved, or public schools), Up to $5k funded, January 1 and ending on October 31.
  • SRP Grants 501c3 required, Education, Health and Human Services, Arts and Culture, Civic Leadership
  • Avnet Contributions Council 501c3 required, Children, Education, Community
  • General Dynamics - seems to grant financial contributions?
  • Boeing 501c3 required, Education: Agency's mission is focused on providing occupational or scholastic education and/or educational resources to people of all ages. Also includes educational institutions that are dedicated solely to people with disabilities., Accepted March 1 - March 31 , Avg $5k
  • Verizon 501c3 required, Education and Literacy, Safety and Health, avg $10k
  • Bank of the West 501c3 Required, Community and Economic Development, Education and Job Training, Health and Human Care, Civic and Cultural
  • Walmart Education, Workforce Development, Health and Wellness, Environmental Stability, Hunger Relief, Small Business Support, Youth Entrepreneurship., $250-$5k, February to Dec 1
  • Raytheon Grants for math and science education
  • State Farm 501c3 required, Safety, Community (economic development included), Education(Teacher Development, Service-Learning and Systemic Improvement), Period is January 2 through October 31
  • Best Buy 501c3 required, Serve a diverse population in local or regional communities, Build social, academic, leadership and/or life skills in early adolescents (primarily ages 13-18), Show positive results against a demonstrated community need, Reach at-risk children in working families, Avg $3-5K, $10K Max
  • Pepsi Refresh Everything Social Media based funding, Starts up again April 4th "How can you use art to energize a community?"
  • Wells Fargo - Create and sustain affordable housing

Promote economic development, Provide job training and workforce development, Revitalize and stabilize communities

Medium Project Based

These opportunities require a nonprofit to submit a project with a very specific scope, IE your project! Most are based around some public need like education, environment, community, health care, etc. How it works is you write it up your project and HeatSync signs on for 15% for operational expenses, with the rest administered to you based on your proposal.

Big Stuff

This is the stuff that the grantors might find too big for our britches until we get some big name partners, or some smaller grants under our belt. However if you think you've got the credentials and the partners, lets try it! These opportunities require a nonprofit to submit a project with a very specific scope and measurable outcomes over sometimes years. Most are based around some public need like education, environment, community, health care, etc. How it works is you write it up your project and HeatSync signs on for 15% for operational expenses, with the rest administered to you based on your proposal.

For Heatsync

Matching (including United Way)

  • Verizon TIP10 employees, 1k raised each, matched
  • Verizon MIP 1k matching donation
  • Intel United Way matching
  • Smart(we have an employee) up to $2500/yr
  • Raytheon matches donations from employees
  • Wells Fargo - Wells Fargo will match employee donations up to $5000.
  • MGC Pure Chemicals - Charitable donation program for salaried exempt employees. Company will donate $100 per employee, $500 per manager to 501(c)3 organizations of each employee's choosing. (we have a member)

Employer pays us for volunteerism

  • Verizon VIP - 50 hours volunteered = $750 for organization
  • Intel Involved - 10/hr up to 10k after first 20
  • Avnet Dollars for Doers Volunteer Program - 20 hours before Sept 30 $200, 40 hours is $400
  • General Dynamics Volunteer Initiatives Program -Funding levels are $250 for 50 to 99 hours volunteered and $500 for 100 or more hours volunteered. No more than $2,000 will be awarded to an individual agency within a 12-month period.
  • Wells Fargo -We can receive $1000 for hours volunteered

Volunteers/equipment/in kind/event based

Grants for general operating expenses

This means these organization should be willing to fund HeatSync labs -in general- based on the work we do including any specific project we might be working on.

In Kind Donations

  • Techsoup - Looks like a good collection of software hardware donations for nonprofits - We don't show up in database yet.
  • Good360 is "growing the world’s largest online product donation marketplace, where product donations from America’s top brands and retailers become goods for the greater good."--From cookware to software!
  • Home Depot offers limited $25 vouchers at the store for nonprofits-seems to differ per store, but you may have to submit written request

Todo

How do we partner with organizations like

Future Opportunities

  • Ford Foundation Grants to obtain a space for -established arts- organizations

Closed or ambiguous

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