Outreach to the Homeless Population: Funding Sources

Program Parameters
Assisting homeless patrons transition off the streets through library programs to provide job training and education assistance. With particular focus on families with children and veterans. Materails provided by grant monies may include, but are not limited to:

• Testing materials (Examples: GED, HiSETT, ASVAB, Postal Exams)
• Learning Express Library Database
• Dedicated Job search and training computer(s)
• Hosting Job Fair Events
• Social services outreach

Boeing Employee Community Fund

The Employees Community Fund (ECF)of The Boeing Company offers grant support to qualifying charitable or educational organizations. The ECF awards grants in: Alabama; Arizona; the California High Desert and Southern California; Colorado; Fort Walton, Florida and the Florida Space Coast; Illinois; Missouri; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Houston, and San Antonio, Texas; Utah; Washington D.C.; and Washington/Puget Sound.

Employee advisory boards work to locally distribute combined employee donations, which are made through recurring payroll deductions or one-time gifts, to nonprofits in their community. Boeing pays all administrative costs so 100 percent of every employee dollar helps strengthen local communities. ECF grants have gone toward community projects such as aiding the homeless, stocking food banks, helping at-risk children succeed in school, providing job training for the unemployed, funding critical health services, supporting veterans programs and more

• All Deadline Dates:
• St. Louis area deadlines
  Health and Human Services Grants annually January 1 to February 1
  Civic, Environment, Education and Arts Grants annually May 1 to May 31
• Deadline Type: Receipt
• Established Date: 18-Mar-2016
• Last Revised Date: 03-Feb-2017
• Next Followup Date: 01-Mar-2018

Swett Foundation Grants

The Ralph and Eileen Swett Foundation's mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals by making grants to charitable 501(c)(3) organizations to fund programs that directly impact the lives of individuals.

The Ralph and Eileen Swett Foundation has developed a particular interest in:
--finding new ways to truly make a difference in the lives of people in need,
--matching or challenge grants whereby a grant from the Swett Foundation can be used to obtain further funds,
--supporting adoption of orphans or foster children,
--supporting the homeless,
--supporting disadvantaged youth
--finding ways to make a pivotal impact on the non-profit organization itself and thus increase its current and/or future services to people in need.
Priority for funding is based on the degree of difference the project will make in the lives of people in need and the cost per individual helped.

• All Deadline Dates:
• Grant inquiries will be accepted at any time. Grant applications are evaluated and voted on for approval at Foundation Board meetings which are held 3 to 4 times a year.
• Deadline Type: Receipt
• Established Date: 13-Mar-2001
• Last Revised Date: 27-Jan-2017
• Next Followup Date: 01-Jan-2018

Caterpillar Foundation

 The Caterpillar Foundation provides program support to nonprofit organizations that fit with the Foundation's mission: to alleviate poverty and put people on a path to prosperity.

The Caterpillar Foundation provides program support to nonprofit organizations through the following categories:
Education: The Foundation supports programs that achieve a measurable knowledge increase, improvement in academic progress, or employment outcomes for individuals. Access to a quality education helps break the cycle of generational poverty, contributes to business growth and builds strong economies. The Foundation invests in holistic programs that focus on:

• Numeracy and Literacy
• Improving Academic Outcomes
• Financial Literacy
• Workforce Readiness

Environment: Restoring the environment while building the local economy is critical to long-term sustainable development. The Foundation supports environmental programs that focus on:

• Restoring natural infrastructure

Basic Needs: When people’s basic human needs are met, they are able to more effectively pursue economic and education opportunities. The Foundation contributes to basic human needs through:

• Food
• Water
• Shelter
• Energy

• Deadline Date:
  01-Jun-2018
• All Deadline Dates:
  01-Jun-2018
• Grants can be submitted from November 1, 2017 through June 1, 2018.
• Deadline Type: Receipt
• Established Date: 10-Feb-1995
• Last Revised Date: 02-Nov-2017
• Next Followup Date: 01-Dec-2018