In addition to presenting thousands of best-matched funders and grants, the Foundation Directory Online's (FDO) built-in intelligence helps you save time by revealing similar funders who want to support your cause. The Other Funders to Consider section on Grantmaker profiles displays additional funders based on your global search requirements. Enabling greater opportunities to find and win the grants you need to succeed!

Learn more on FDO's handy guide, or reach out to Athena Aardweg at Aaardweg@nepa-alliance.org (570-891-4662 as you can obtain free, remote access through NCAC.

As nonprofit organizations, we seek to be both mirrors and windows in our work – reflecting what currently exists and providing a view to the equitable future we are creating with each other. In practical terms, what does institutional racism look like? And then how can we dismantle it? Inspired by the story of Bree Newsome, PANO is setting out to do “just” that.

Facilitated by PANO Consultants and offered in partnership with the Nonprofit & Community Assistance Center and the Northeast Library District, this two-part online workshop will address the concept of injustice and “best practices” in organizational bylaws, specifically looking at using the governing documents' power to ensure inclusion and accessibility.

Becoming Mirrors: August 25; 1-2:30 pm

Becoming Windows: September 1; 1-2:30 pm

For more information, or to register, click here.

Area non-profit organizations are invited to submit a Request for Proposal (RFP) to Leadership Lackawanna for implementation as a class community service projects. They will select multiple projects for the incoming class to work on throughout the program year (October 2021 through June 2022).

For more information on submitting a proposal, click here or contact Nicole Morristell at (570) 342-7711 or nmorristell@scrantonchamber.com.  

The NEPA Learning Conference is an opportunity for involved in the Northeastern nonprofit sector to gather, learn, network, and grow together.

From speakers such as Heather McGhee, LaShunda Leslie-Smith, Amy Eisenstein, Dennis Chin and Patrick J. Feeley, you're sure to find a session relevant to you! With tracks geared towards Executives, Funders, Fundraising & Development and Leadership Development, the conference makes space for individuals and organizations to learn how to best serve their community and how to better meet their missions.

The 2021 NEPA Learning Conference will be a hybrid event held on Wednesday August 18, Thursday August 19, and Friday August 20th.

For more information or to register, click here.

Foundation/Agency: GKV Foundation

Grant: New Arts Education Initiative

Focus: To support nonprofit organizations located within a five-hour drive of the New York City metropolitan area that are interested in developing new programs that will impact the community through the use of a range of artistic media such as the visual arts, music, and dance.

Deadline: Accepting first 100 LOI's received starting on September 27, 2021

For more information, click here.

Foundation/Agency: Polaris Industries

Grant: T.R.A.I.L.S. Grant Program

Focus: To promote safe and responsible riding through trail development and maintenance projects, safety and education initiatives, lobbying, and other projects to increase and maintain land access.

Deadline: September 1, 2021

For more information, click here.

Foundation/Agency: Mosaic

Grant: 2021 Movement Infrastructure RFP

Focus: To support projects that advance one or more of the following six types of movement infrastructure: Communications, Leadership Development, Advocacy Tools and Training, Data and Information, Relationships and Trust, and Philanthropic Innovation..

Deadline: September 10, 2021

For more information, click here.

Foundation/Agency: Institute of Musem and Library Services

Grant: Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

Focus: To support the development of a diverse workforce of librarians and archivists in order to meet the information needs of their communities by enhancing the training and professional development of library and archives professionals; developing faculty and information leaders; and recruiting, educating, and retaining the next generation of library and archives professionals.

Deadline: September 24, 2021

For more information, click here.

Foundation/Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

Grant: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions program

Focus: To help small and mid-sized institutions — such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities — improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections.

Deadline: January 13, 2022

For more information, click here.

For more information on this service as well as membership benefits, click here, or contact Athena Aardweg, Community Services Manager for NCAC at Aaardweg@nepa-alliance.org or 570-891-4662.