FOA-Working
Families and Equitable Communities Grants Programs; Continuous
(LOIs)
Agency
W.K.
Kellogg Foundation
Description
The
W.K. Kellogg Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry for the Working
Families and Equitable Communities Grants Program. The grant programs support
lasting, transformational change for children. As a grantmaker, we recognize that children live in families
and families live in communities. Therefore, our three areas of focused work –
Thriving Children, Working Families and Equitable Communities – are dynamic and
always interconnected.
Grants
for Working Families
recognize that
children are more likely to thrive when their families are economically secure.
In the United States, we work alongside grantees and employers to widen pathways
to stable, high-quality jobs and more equitable employment opportunities. We
seek to expand support for tribal-, minority-, and women-owned business
enterprises and to accelerate small business growth. Some families may need
short-term assistance or other supports to move from poverty to financial
stability, so we support efforts that inform policies and change systems to
create greater economic stability for families and communities. In Mexico and
Haiti, agriculture offers the strongest opportunities for families to generate
and sustain income. We support local efforts that develop, improve and
strengthen agricultural production, product development, value chains and
microenterprise. Grantee efforts also honor and preserve each region's cultures
as part of improving their community's economic
well-being.
Grants
for Equitable Communities recognize
that children are more likely to thrive in vibrant and equitable communities.
Equitable communities are places of opportunity where all children and families
can develop, grow and contribute--where people recognize that community
well-being depends on the participation of every person. Making communities more
equitable requires all of us to confront how racism and bias affects our history
and present day experiences, to heal from the resulting fractures to our
relationships, and to begin reshaping the systems that hold back so many among
us. By first acknowledging and understanding the root causes of inequity,
communities can then come together to envision and chart a course for the
transformation. Advancing racial equity and racial healing, engaging communities
in solving their own problems and developing leaders capable of guiding change
on this scale is essential to creating vibrant, equitable communities. These
three approaches, known as our DNA, are embedded in
all we do.
Closing
Date:
Continuous
(LOIs)
Link
to Full Announcement:
https://www.wkkf.org/what-we-do/overview
Contact
Information:
(888)
606-5905