Northwestern University Racial Equity & Community Partnership Grants Program 2025 (up to $75,000)

Deadline: January 24, 2025

Applications are open for the Northwestern University Racial Equity & Community Partnership Grants Program 2025. The Racial Equity & Community Partnership Grants program is led by the Office of Neighborhood and Community Relations. A committee of University directors and lecturers, together with neighborhood representatives, serves as advisors to this system. Beginning in 2020, Northwestern dedicated greater than $500,000 yearly to advance racial fairness of their home communities of Evanston and Chicago.

Their objective is to foster mutually helpful partnerships between community-based organizations and Northwestern University representatives that deal with the foundation causes of racial inequities and work towards structural modifications. Northwestern seeks to develop into a nationwide mannequin for the way a significant analysis college engages with the communities the place it resides.

Funding

• Generally, up to 10 grants of $25,000 to $75,000 for community-based group/Northwestern partnerships, with funds primarily allotted to the community-based group.
• The Northwestern associate might be funded for up to 25% of the entire grant, significantly for stipends for college kids or different workers or college engagement within the venture.

Eligibility

• Eligible are initiatives that have already got a community-based group/Northwestern partnership in place OR can set up a working community-based group/Northwestern relationship.
• Previous grant recipients could submit a subsequent utility for a similar venture for one extra grant cycle.
• Should the second utility for a similar venture be permitted, the request needs to be for not more than 80% of the preliminary grant award.
• Previous grant recipients are eligible to apply for the Racial Equity and Community Partnership Grant for a 3rd time, however the venture proposals will need to have a unique focus space than the earlier two purposes.

Application

Community-based organizations or Northwestern college students, college, or workers are invited to submit a Letter of Interest (LOI) to the web utility system. This is a straightforward utility that asks for you to describe your concept. LOIs are due by January 24, 2025.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Racial Equity & Community Partnership Grants.