Apply today for a Tomorrow’s Leaders Today (TLT Grant)

Does your organization provide work in any of the following areas?

• Environmental and/or Local Parks Projects
• Facility Improvement for Animal Welfare
• Programs for those Experiencing Homelessness

Grants are available for projects in these areas through Tomorrow’s Leader’s Today (TLT) grants program. The Scranton Area Community Foundation is accepting requests for proposals for the Tomorrow’s Leaders Today (TLT) grants program. Applications will be accepted from charitable organizations in Lackawanna County through Friday, January 15, 2022.

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What is Tomorrow’s Leaders Today (TLT Grant) grants program?

Tomorrow’s Leaders Today (TLT) is a youth leadership program of Leadership Lackawanna that provides high school juniors with the opportunity to meet with community leaders and decision-makers. In addition to leadership development, the students are also required to complete a philanthropy curriculum conducted by the Scranton Area Community Foundation. TLT seeks to help participants realize what they can do to make a difference in their community as young philanthropists and to further develop their leadership skills. The Scranton Area Community Foundation is proud to partner with Leadership Lackawanna in introducing the concept of philanthropy and grantmaking to our region’s youth. The Scranton Area Community Foundation allocates funding for the TLT class to grant. Priority areas are chosen by the TLT students.

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In 2022, grants will be provided to organizations working to make a difference in the following Priority Areas:

• • Environmental and/or Local Parks Projects
    • Examples of potential grants for this area include, but are not limited to:
      • Projects seeking to clean up/mitigate environmental damage such as river clean-ups
      • Projects focusing on park maintenance/renovation
  • Facility Improvement for Animal Welfare
    • Examples of potential grants for this area include, but are not limited to:
      • Projects that purchase equipment and/or supplies (i.e. crates, food, medicine) to meet demand of Animal Welfare facilities
      • Projects that build or renovate facilities to meet demand of Animal Welfare organizations
  • Programs for those Experiencing Homelessness
    • Examples of potential grants for this area include, but are not limited to:
      • Projects providing housing, food, or transportation for people experiencing homelessness
      • Projects providing access to education or workforce training for people experiencing homelessness

Grant applications for the TLT grants program are available through the Scranton Area Community Foundation’s online grant management portal. The maximum grant amount awarded per grant for a 2022 TLT grant is $2,000. Applications will be accepted from charitable organizations in Lackawanna County through Friday, January 15, 2022.

SUBMIT AN APPLICATION

To submit an application, you will need to first create an account in our online grant management portal if your organization has not already done so. (Note that your grant application can be saved as a draft, and when you log on again it’s easy to return to that draft, make edits, and submit the application when you’re ready to do so.) Please note that the Scranton Area Community Foundation will ONLY accept grant requests through the online portal. No paper or emailed applications will be accepted. A Letter of Intent is NOT necessary for these applications.

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The Scranton Area Community Foundation is proud to partner with Tomorrow’s Leaders Today on this opportunity.

SUBMIT AN APPLICATION

Questions about the TLT Grants Program? Please email grants@safdn.org or contact Cathy Fitzpatrick, Scranton Area Community Foundation Grants and Scholarship Manager at 570-347-6203.