Deadline: 1 December 2011
Open to: Non-profit NGOs dedicated to youthwork
Grant: $10,000 – $30,000
Description
The Starbucks Foundation is currently accepting letters of enquiry from eligible organizations for the spring 2012 grant cycle. The Starbucks Foundation only reviews organizations through their annual online Letter of Inquiry process and does not accept unsolicited proposals.
The Starbucks Foundation is interested in supporting organizations that provide young people a continuum of services in developing creative approaches to address pressing concerns in their communities. It supports organizations that
- provide training to young people to develop necessary skills and knowledge to incubate ideas, identify and assess community needs, create a plan of action, execute a plan and evaluate outcomes against goals
- build ongoing leadership capacity and long term engagement of young people
- communicate young peoples’ success stories through various media (print, video, web based).
Successful grant applicants will exhibit all of the following qualities:
- Deliver services to youth, ages 6 – 24
- Preference will be given to organizations that focus on young people in the age range of 12 and older, when they are able to take independent action
- Provides opportunity to combine learning with action that support communities and further global citizenship
- Deliver services, disseminate information, provide training and/or build broad networks
- Provide opportunities for Starbucks partners and multiple stores to be engaged in community service
Grant
There will be considered grants between $10,000 and $30,000. Please be specific about the amount of funding you are requesting. Funds should be spent within one year of grant award. Funding will be considered based on numbers of beneficiaries served, geographic reach, organizational capacity, and size of operating budget. Because of Foundation’s vision to be a catalyst for community action, approximately 10% of each grant budget should be allocated to provide resources (supplies, communication materials, staff time) needed for Starbucks partners and others to participate in community service to support the organization and the community. The Starbucks Foundation will give priority funding to organizations that can demonstrate sustainability. You will be asked to provide us with a list of other funders: current, projected, as well as pending requests for funding. Grants will be for one year. Organizations are eligible for funding for three consecutive years. After three consecutive years of funding, organizations will be asked to take a year “off” before reapplying.
Eligibility
Eligible Organizations for Starbucks Foundation Grants The following types of organizations are eligible to request funding from The Starbucks Foundation:
- U.S. applicants must be tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations as defined under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Applicants outside the United States must be charitable in purpose and identified as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) or the equivalent of a tax-exempt nonprofit organization.
Ineligible organizations are:
- Private foundations
- Nonprofit organizations without a current 501(c)(3) exempt status or nongovernmental organizations without equivalent charitable status in their own country
- Political, labor, and fraternal organizations
- Religious organizations without a secular community designation.
- Hospitals and medical research institutions
- Individuals
- Universities and academic research institutions
- Conferences or symposia
- Individual schools or Parent Teacher Associations
- Sporting teams
How to apply?
Organizations will be asked to provide information regarding these outcomes at the end of the grant period:
- Describe how the community benefited from youth participating in the program
- Describe how youth participants engage in the community in addition to the program
- Total number of youth service hours as part of the grant received
- Describe how youth benefited from providing service to the community
- Describe how youth benefit from the program in both the short-term and long-term
- Describe how Starbucks partners help advance the organization and help young people
- Number of Starbucks partners participating in activities with the organization
- Total number of Starbucks partners community service hours with the organization
The Starbucks Foundation reviews the letter of inquiry submissions on an annual basis, October 1st through December 1st. The Starbucks Foundation only reviews letters of inquiry that are submitted through our online form. Starbucks places a high value on local partner engagement in their communities. For that reason it is focused on supporting organizations located in communities in which Starbucks have retail stores and ongoing partner involvement is possible. After the letter of inquiry process, it uses a collaborative approach with the local partners in identifying organizations to invite participation in the full application process.
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