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Max Funding
Up to $50K
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Application Due Date
Rolling
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Funder Details:
Funder Type:
Private
Funding Frequency:
Rolling Basis
Use of Funds:
Programs/Projects
Funding Duration:
One-Year Grant
Application Type
Full Application
Eligibility:
✅ 501(c)(3) Organizations, ✅ Faith-Based Organizations
Program Areas:
Education, Community Outreach, Economic Development, Health, International, Human Services, Spirituality, Mentoring, Healthcare, Disaster Relief, K-12 Education, Job Training, Entrepreneurship, Literacy, Higher Education Institutions, Cancer, Imprisonment, Employment, Disabilities
Locations:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
About The Grant
Henry E. Niles Foundation helps in the nurturing and uplifting of people in need. The Foundation strives to support humanitarian efforts, including faith-based endeavors, that:
strengthen education including special education, literacy, and others
fight economic hardships through self-help opportunities
enhance public health and sanitation on a global basis
Primary Program Interests
The Board is currently highlighting the following areas:
Education – Included in this interest area are primary, secondary and higher education for those motivated individuals who are unable to obtain the benefits of quality education without assistance.
Economic Self-Sufficiency – This program area includes but is not limited to: job training, the encouragement and support of entrepreneurialism, mentoring, and micro-credit initiatives.
Health & Independence – Special interests here include medical and public health assistance for the elderly, the poor, the disadvantaged, and the disabled.
Guiding Principles & Considerations
Favors programs addressing long-term solutions to the causes of problems, as distinguished from programs that simply treat the symptoms.
Added emphasis on programs and organizations that address the intersection of its various program interests.
Encourages pilot initiatives that test new program models.
Particular interest in organizations that promote collaborative efforts among groups and organizations.
Qualities sought by the Foundation in its grantee organizations are: effective and dynamic personnel; passionate leadership; a bias against bureaucracy; prudent management & governance practices; and commitment to results and overall assessment of program impact.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year, reviewed for completeness by the Foundation's administrator and assembled into the meeting agenda packages which are sent to the Foundation's Directors approximately two weeks prior to the next scheduled board meeting.
Requirements
All applicants must have tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status as a non-profit organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service.
Although grants are made in other regions of the country and/or abroad, the majority of the Henry E. Niles Foundation's grantmaking is focused in the northeastern United States. Any grant for international programs or projects will be made only through US tax-exempt organizations.
The applicant must have an active board of directors with policy-making authority. The board should demonstrate competence in the sound financial management of the organization.
Grants range from $2,500 up to $50,000. In unique circumstances, the Foundation does consider a more significant grant for a program having a major impact in one or more of its areas of interest.
All grantees are required to submit an end-of-year grant report.
Applicants, if declined, may not reapply for at least two years from the date of the application. Subsequent applications must describe changes from the prior application in full.
Grantor Information:
Restrictions:
Restricted