The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood has announced applications for its Grant Program to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the United States.
The Foundation’s goal is to provide seed money to implement those imaginative proposals that exhibit the greatest chance of improving the lives of young children, on a national scale. Because of the Foundation’s limited funding capability, it seeks to maximize a grant’s potential impact.
Focus Areas
The Foundation provides funding in the following areas:
Early Childhood Welfare: Children can only reach their full potential when all aspects of their intellectual, emotional and physical development are optimally supported.
Early Childhood Education and Play: They seek to improve the quality of both early childhood teaching and learning, through the development of innovative curricula and research based pedagogical standards, as well as the design of imaginative play materials and learning environments.
Parenting Education: To help parents create nurturing environments for their children, they support programs that teach parents about developmental psychology, cultural child rearing differences, pedagogy, issues of health, prenatal care and diet, as well as programs which provide both cognitive and emotional support to parents.
Funding Limitations
The Foundation will not fund:
programs outside of the United States
the operation or expansion of existing programs
the purchase or renovation of capital equipment
the staging of single events (e.g. concerts, seminars, etc.)
the creation or acquisition of works of art or literature
the activities of single individuals or for-profit entities
political or religious organizations
programs with religious content
programs to benefit children residing in foreign countries
medical research applicable to both adults and children
Criteria
Each Letter of Inquiry should include the following information:
The organization’s official name, website address and contact information
A brief (250 word maximum) summary of the organization’s mission and recent program history
The organization’s 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status letter from the IRS and its’ Federal Tax ID#
The total amount of the organization’s annual budget
The total amount of the grant request
An indication of the amount and type of support being requested from all sources
Title of the project and a narrative description (1,000 words or less) of the issue(s) or need(s) to be addressed by the proposal, the work to be performed and the anticipated outcome
A description of how the proposal fits the Foundation’s program guidelines
A description of how your project and/or research is innovative in nature
