[WiLT] Fw: Funding to educate young women about human reproduction - 1st Nov and 15th May

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Anna Lalor Burdick Program

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR THE ANNA LALOR BURDICK PROGRAM HAS
CHANGED FROM NOVEMBER 15 TO NOVEMBER 1.

Mission and Purpose

The Anna Lalor Burdick Program seeks to educate young women about
human reproduction in order to broaden and enhance their options in
life.

The Program focuses particularly on young women who have inadequate
access to information regarding reproductive health, including the
subjects of contraception and pregnancy termination, and as such may
be particularly lacking options in their lives.

Funding Interests

Because limited foundation funding is available in the field of human
reproductive education for young women, the trustees are interested in
stretching the benefit of its grants as far as possible. Accordingly,
the Anna Lalor Burdick Program emphasizes:

Support for one-time projects, ongoing projects, new projects and
initiatives that demonstrate realistic plans to achieve greater
financial self-sufficiency.

Support for new or smaller organizations, including grassroots
efforts, where funding will increase public visibility, improve
standing with funders, facilitate overall organizational development,
or, in the case of the well defined projects of larger organizations,
add a new dimension or capability to operations.

Support for collaborative efforts among nonprofit organizations.

Support for organizations that can demonstrate a proven ability to
reach out to, include and involve young women with inadequate access
to information regarding reproductive health.

Support for new ideas, initiatives and demonstration projects, which,
if proven effective, may be successfully replicated or provide
multiple benefits.

The Program has no geographic limits.

Funding Availability and Limits

The trustees award a small number of grants in the range of $10,000 to
$50,000.

Normally grants are awarded for one year only. Under special
circumstances, renewals are considered, such as for projects which
clearly require more than one year of support for effective
implementation, or for projects which demonstrate outstanding results
or promise during their first year.

Eligibility

Eligible U.S. applicants must be tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of
the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code, and defined as "not a private
foundation" under section 509(a) of the Code.

If the applicant is not located in the United States and has not
already been classified by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, please
contact the Foundation office at the address or phone number listed at
the end of this document.

Reproductive education must be the centerpiece of the proposed
project, which should include attention to the subjects of
contraception and pregnancy termination.

The project must focus on young women, including young mothers and
preteens.

The proposal should include a succinct plan for assessing and
reporting on the project's results. In this regard, the trustees are
interested in learning from projects that have fallen short of
expectations as well as those which have succeeded.

Areas Where Grants Are Not Normally Made

To full proposals submitted in advance of a concept paper that has
been reviewed and approved by the trustees for further consideration.

To individuals, or for individual research projects and scholarship.

To requests for endowment or major capital support.

To prior grantees which have failed to provide grant reports.

To organizations with no track record or no personnel known to the
trustees or to the staff at Grants Management Associates.

Application Procedures

Organizations are asked to begin the application process by submitting
a concept paper in accordance with the foundation's concept paper
application format. http://www.lalorfound.org/forms.html The concept
paper application form is available on the Foundation's web site or
through the Foundation office at the address and phone number listed
at the end of this document. Concept papers should be submitted by
mail.

Full Proposals - Applicants whose concept papers have been approved by
the trustees will be invited to submit full proposals. If you are
invited by the trustees to submit a full proposal, please download the
proposal application and instructions from the Application Forms page
of the website http://www.lalorfound.org/forms.html.

Deadlines

The trustees meet twice a year, in June and December. Proposals are
not normally considered out of cycle. The respective deadlines for the
receipt of concept papers are May 15 and November 1, or in the case of
holidays or weekends, on the next business day.

Applicants will be informed of the foundation's decision regarding the
concept paper by July 15 and January 15 respectively.

Please submit your concept papers no earlier than 8 weeks prior to a
deadline. For the November deadline, concept papers may be submitted
between September 1 and November 1. For the May deadline, concept
papers may be submitted between March 15 and May 15.

Applicants who are invited to submit a full proposal will have 60 days
from the date of notification to submit their proposal and will be
notified of the foundation's decision 30 days after receipt of the
proposal.

http://www.lalorfound.org/albguidelines.html