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A Message from the President and CEO |
Greetings!
If you believe in something, fight for it. That is the principle that this great country was founded upon. We the people have the power to elect those who govern our lives (at the local, state and federal level). That is a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
Those who vote express the will of the people. Those who don’t have conceded to be governed by the will of others – they’ve given up and have no right to complain. All the memes, social media posts, protests or whatever are meaningless if in the end, you don’t vote.
I have never missed voting in any election and I never will. I want my voice to be heard and I want to be counted. And while I know I won’t win every battle, I’ll never give up the fight!
Be safe, be well and go vote!
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Jay Linnehan
GLCF President + CEO
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GLCF Virtual Grant Information Sessions
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Community Foundation Week - Call for Videos |
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GLCF Partner Video Guidelines + Details
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Details can be found here.
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GLCF is YOUR Community Foundation
Share YOUR GLCF Story to Celebrate Community Foundation Week
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DEADLINE: Nov. 4
Next month, GLCF is celebrating Community Foundation Week. Created in 1989 by former president George H.W. Bush, it recognizes the important work of community foundations throughout America and their collaborative and innovative approach to working with the public, private, and nonprofit sector.
We would love to feature YOU - our partners. We invite you to record a short video (link to details on left) highlighting why GLCF is YOUR community foundation and upload it by NOVEMBER 4.
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Grant Opportunities at GLCF |
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Virtual Information Session
This optional information session will provide an overview of the application process and GLCF’s four funding priorities for 2020. There will also be an opportunity to talk with our staff to discuss your funding proposal and ask any questions.
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Monday, November 16 at 3 p.m. (REGISTER)
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Friday, November 20 at 9 a.m. (REGISTER)
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2020 GLCF Discretionary Grant RFP
The Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) will be accepting applications starting Nov. 2 for grant funding from our 2020 Discretionary Grants Program. There will be $145,000 in grant awards available through this program.
Grant funding from the Greater Lowell Community Foundation’s 2020 Discretionary Grants Program includes the following strategic funding categories:
- Racial Equity and Inclusion
- Leclair Elder Services
- Children’s Services
- Water Resources Initiative
Cycle Opens: November 2, 2020
Submission Deadline: Dec. 7, 2020 at noon.
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New this year: Racial Equity and Inclusion Mini-grant opportunity
GLCF will award a total of $5,000 of mini-grants to support Racial Equity and Inclusion grants in Greater Lowell. Individual grants will not exceed $1,000. Submission Deadline: Dec. 7, 2020 at noon. APPLY FOR A MINI-GRANT.
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This year, NVHC are especially interested in funding proposals that address systemic issues such as racism*, addiction, food insecurity, obesity, mental health, and other specific issues determined by community needs.
Priority will be given to, but not limited to, proposals pertaining to:
· Racism as a public health crisis*
· Prevention of health problems
· Access to healthcare
· Addiction
· Elder health
· Youth and adolescent health
· Mental health
· Health care service provision
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2020 Nashoba Valley Healthcare Grants RFP
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The Greater Lowell Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts are accepting grant proposals for the Nashoba Valley Community Healthcare Fund.
The Nashoba Valley Healthcare Fund’s purpose is to advance the community health of residents in thirteen (13) communities: Ashby, Ayer, Bolton, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend, and Westford.
Grant awards will range from $5,000 up to $20,000; however, larger scale collaborative projects with requests that are more than $20,000 will be considered if the increased funding request is justified by the impact of the project.
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Cycle Opens:
October 28, 2020
DEADLINE:
Completed application due by November 30, 2020 at noon.
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GLCF awards latest COVID-19 Emergency Response Grants to support remote learning |
The Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) announced it deployed a new round of COVID-19 related grants, providing an additional $17,000 to area nonprofits. The grants were part of the ninth round of distributions from the GLCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to assist area nonprofits serving vulnerable populations during the coronavirus pandemic.
“COVID-19 has shown that within Greater Lowell, there are significant gaps among families who have sufficient supports for remote learning, resulting in a scramble to bridge the digital divide for students ill-equipped to transition to remote learning,” said GLCF president & CEO Jay Linnehan. “GLCF has directed COVID-19 grants to nonprofits who have stepped up to help remote learners with funding for devices, headsets, staffing and other necessary supplies to support our local learners.”
PHOTO: Malika Kallon participates in Educational Support for Distance Learners at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, a recent recipient of a GLCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund grant to support remote learning. She is working on her Lowell Public Schools issued Chromebook connected to Club Wi-Fi.
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The Free Soil Arts Collective and MCC present
Free Play: Open Source Scripts Toward an
Antiracist Tomorrow.
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November 15, 2020 • 3 PM • Online Performance • FREE
Playwright, Idris Goodwin, under the title “Free Play: Open Source Scripts Toward an Antiracist Tomorrow.”has made 5 short plays available to produce for free. The plays, are designed for children ranging in age from 6 to 14-plus, and include Water Gun Song, about a parent having to explain to a child why a water gun isn’t simply a toy; Nothing Rhymes With Juneteenth, in which a child and parent compose a rap for a
school presentation; Act Free, in which three kids wrestle with the definition of freedom; #Matter, a two-hander in which high schoolers debate matters of life and race; and Black Flag, in which two new college dorm-mates are getting along swimmingly until one decides to decorate their room with a little piece of “Southern pride.”
Karen Oster and The MCC Theatre department is collaborating with Christa Brown and The Free Soil Arts Collective in bringing these plays to Lowell via a zoom webinar performance on November 15th at 3pm. Joined by a creative team of directors and actors of color, Idris Goodwin will hold a community conversation surrounding the issues represented in these plays.
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Women Accelerators: MENTORING
Accepting 2021 applications for both mentors and mentees by November 2nd
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Women Accelerators’ mentoring program is a great way to cultivate professional relationships and facilitate career growth. Whether you are a mentor or a mentee we all have something to learn from this program; mentoring is a two-way street!
Learn more, visit the Women Accelerators' website.
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Lowell Chamber Orchestra presents
Hidden Landscapes
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Friday, November 20, 2020 • 7:30 to 8:30 PM • Online Performance
The LCO presents a program of music inspired or shaped by a particular place in the world - some real, some imaginary, some mysterious, some riveting. All these composers will transport you through an emotional description of nature and human emotions.
This program will only be accessible online: a link will be provided here close to the performance date.
This program will only be accessible online. Check the website for details.
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GLCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund |
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- Nonprofit Partner Highlight - |
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Westford Community Access Television
Critical supplies in times of need
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As producers return to record their programs, masks, gloves, hand sanitizer were made available to them and extra attention to cleaning and disinfecting the workspace has been a priority. In addition, equipment was purchased for better remote connections and safer studio productions to ensure a healthy work environment.
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For the latest info on the GLCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, see the Fund webpage.
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Volunteers Wanted:
2021 LHS Scholarship Selection Committee
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For more information or to sign-up as a volunteer, please contact Fatima Palermo, Scholarship Coordinator at fatima@glcfoundation.org.
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The Greater Lowell Community Foundation is seeking volunteers to assist with reviewing scholarship applications for students at Lowell High School. Last year, the Community Foundation awarded over $450,000 in scholarships at Lowell High School. These awards could not have been made without the help of the volunteer Honors Night Selection Committee.
The committee consists of parents, teachers, scholarship donors, and representatives from Greater Lowell businesses and the community. Participating offers an incredible opportunity to learn more about the accomplishments and work many deserving students attending Lowell High School. Reviewers will read and score scholarships online in the months of February and March. It does require a time commitment: last year the average number of scholarship applications assigned to each committee member was 65.
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Massachusetts Community Foundations Partnership |
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Recognizing the incredible challenges to the nonprofit community imposed by the COVID pandemic, Community Foundations in Massachusetts have formed a new coalition to provide training and professional development resources to help organizations recover and thrive.
In partnership with Philanthropy Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN), the CF Coalition will offer a series of online training programs that are free and open to all. Sessions presented will focus on key critical topics identified by nonprofits in a survey of conducted by MNN during the summer.
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100 Merrimack Street, Suite 202
Lowell, MA 01852
PHONE 978-970-1600
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