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The LICF makes grants in Nassau and Suffolk Counties to nonprofits large and small, to those we've worked with over the years and those who are new to us. We are committed to sticking with significant issues that don't lend themselves to quick or easy solutions, and look for projects that take fresh approaches to long-standing issues and that tackle emerging problems and opportunities. In 2012, LICF will fund in the following areas:
Click each area for more details.
- Arts:
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Program Goal: To support and promote projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in regional economic and community development
We fund projects that:
- Employ the arts to revitalize and strengthen communities
- Create activities that enhance cultural tourism
- Advance arts advocacy around critical policy and funding issues
Priority is given to projects that:
- Have specific plans for achieving and documenting results in a specified time period
- Serve the neediest communities
- Employ multidisciplinary, collaborative approaches
- Demonstrate the potential for broad, regional impact
- Community Development: Proposals in this category are by INVITATION ONLY.
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Program Goal: To build and sustain strong communities
We fund projects that:
- Advance and preserve equitable and affordable housing
Priority is given to projects that:
- Demonstrate the potential for broad, regional impact
- Engage and empower community
- Employ collaborative approaches
- Education:
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Program Goal: To support and promote equitable access to quality education on Long Island
We fund projects that:
- Build and mobilize public will for greater equity and quality in Long Island’s school districts
- Introduce effective in-school and extended day academic support programs known to improve student performance specifically in the areas of math, science, technology, engineering, and arts
- Promote partnerships, and collaboration that strengthen the capacity of low performing schools in the areas of administration, curriculum, programming, and teacher training
Priority is given to projects that:
- Demonstrate the potential for broad, regional impact
- Serve low-income and special needs populations
- Increase parent participation
- Environment:
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Program Goal: To protect and maintain Long Island’s natural resources, healthy ecosystems and public health
We fund projects that:
- Promote sustainable land use, land management, and transportation alternatives
- Support and strengthen open space and farmland preservation efforts
- Improve and protect the health of the region’s bodies of water
- Protect drinking water quality
- Preserve biological diversity through habitat conservation and protection
- Minimize climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the development of alternative energy sources and energy conservation, research and public education
Priority is given to projects that:
- Demonstrate the potential for broad, regional impact
- Focus on neighborhoods and populations disproportionately impacted by environmental degradation
- Increase community participation and stewardship
- Health: Proposals in this category are reviewed ONLY in CYCLE 3.
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LICF’s health grants are primarily for hospitals. Proposals are accepted once a year.
The next application deadline is August 22, 2012
Program Goals: To improve the effectiveness, responsiveness, and equity of health care for marginalized and underserved communities and populations.
We fund projects that:
- Address existing health disparities and improve access to quality healthcare
- In Nassau County, only hospitals are eligible to apply
- In Suffolk County, hospitals and other health care facilities are eligible
Priority is given to projects that:
- Have specific plans for achieving and documenting results in a specified time period
- Serve the neediest communities
- Employ multidisciplinary, collaborative approaches
- Demonstrate the potential for broad, regional impact
- Mental Health:
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Program Goals: To support community based institutions that promote the independence of people with mental illness, and to improve the effectiveness, responsiveness, and equity of mental health services on Long Island
We fund projects that:
- Support the needs of returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and their families whose mental health needs are not being met
Priority is given to projects that:
- Have specific plans for achieving and documenting results in a specified time period
- Employ multidisciplinary, collaborative approaches
- Demonstrate the potential for broad, regional impact
- Hunger:
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Program Goals: To support institutions and organizations that promote the alleviation of hunger on Long Island
We fund projects that:
- Support and promote efforts to increase food access for disadvantaged populations
- Support and promote efforts to increase participation of eligible youth in free school lunch programs
Priority is given to projects that:
- Have specific plans for achieving and documenting results in a specified time period
- Increase the quality as well as the quantity of food available
- Employ multidisciplinary, collaborative approaches
- Demonstrate the potential for broad, regional impact
- Technical Assistance:
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Program Goals: To strengthen the capacity of communities and nonprofit organizations
We fund projects that:
- Strengthen individual organizations and build their capacity to achieve greater impact
- Bring together community members and organizations to address critical community issues
- Will lead to organizational merger, consolidation, or collaboration
>Priority is given to projects that:
- Have specific plans for achieving and documenting results in a specified time period
- Serve the neediest communities
- Demonstrate strong community leadership and engagement
- Employ multidisciplinary, collaborative approaches
- Demonstrate the potential for broad regional impact
- Youth Violence Prevention:
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Program Goals: To reduce the incidents of youth violence on Long Island
We fund projects that:
- Support and strengthen violence prevention and intervention programs for children and their families
- Promote advocacy for policies that address anti-bullying, reduction of gang involvement and juvenile justice reform
Priority is given to projects that:
- Demonstrate the potential for broad, regional impact
- Increase parent participation
- Serve low-income or immigrant populations
- Employ multi-disciplinary, collaborative approaches
The LICF also manages the Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund (for progressive social change) from which periodic grants are made.
Making grants that make a difference requires a good understanding of the problems you're trying to fix, the methods that others have tried and how they've fared, and the capabilities of the organization proposing a program. We think that experience in the field is also essential. LICF staff have all worked for nonprofit organizations. This helps them appreciate the complexities of designing projects, translating them into compelling proposals, and competing for the limited amount of money that's available. LICF must also balance the needs of the Long Island region with the charitable intent of our generous donors, who make these grants possible.
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