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NETSCOUT will offer THREE grant opportunities (a $10,000 grant, a $3,500 grant, and a $1,500 grant to be awarded to pitch finalists*) through the Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) as part of the 2024 Heart of Giving Community Grant Program.
Recognizing the challenges of creating and maintaining clean, safe public spaces; reducing waste and encouraging recycling; building awareness and educating communities on the impact environmental issues; and addressing issues related to the long-term impact of climate change, habitat destruction, and other ecological challenges, this grant funding can be used to support programs or to cover a one-time capital expense to enhance a nonprofit organization's ability to address environmental and sustainability issues, such as:
- Beautification of Greenspaces
- Educational Programs/Workshops
- Reducing Litter
- Recycling/Upcycling
- Urban Farming or No-Till Farming
NETSCOUT is also interested in creative, inclusive volunteer opportunities. By inclusive, NETSCOUT is looking for both physical or “outside” and “light”, non-physical or “inside” volunteer opportunities.
Examples of non-physical “inside” volunteer opportunities might include: sorting, packing, kitting (with materials provided by the nonprofit); event support; program support; skills-based projects with clear deliverables and timelines, such as developing or testing programs or workshops, or assisting with administrative projects.
Examples of physical or “outside” volunteering might include: hands-on projects and program support; clean-ups, garden or yard work; minor carpentry, repairs, painting.
ELIGIBILITY
- Organizations that serve communities in GLCF’s catchment area: Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Lowell, Littleton, Pepperell, Shirley, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsboro, Westford, and Wilmington.
- Selected nonprofit will be able to provide creative, inclusive volunteer opportunities for NETSCOUT employees.
OTHER
Other stipulations include:
- Religious organizations/programs and political organizations or individuals are not eligible
- Only one application per nonprofit permitted
- We will be unable to honor incomplete applications
- 501(c)(3) status required
Please note: Nonprofits who have received a prior $10,000 grant from the NETSCOUT Heart of Giving Community Grant program will not be considered.
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