Grants That Make a Difference
"Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Southeastern organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. Getting the grant is only the beginning of the story. At least once a month, "Grants That Make a Difference" will profile these important grants and what their recipients are doing with them.
The New York City-based Open Society Institute (OSI) has announced the names of its Soros Justice Fellows for 2005, a
group that includes filmmakers, clergy, advocates, lawyers, journalists, scholars, economic planners, and researchers.
The eighteen fellowships, totaling $1.3 million, reflect OSI's commitment to systemic justice reform. This year's fellows —
among them, a reporter who is writing a book about a wrongful execution in Texas; an economic development expert working to
replicate a national after-prison program that reduces recidivism; and an immigrant who is working to provide support to
immigrants detained in the South — will receive stipends of $35,000 to $97,000 to conduct one- to two-year projects. Of the
eighteen recipients, five are from Texas, one is from Louisiana and one is from Tennessee.
Since the inception of the program in 1997, OSI has awarded more than $10 million to nearly two hundred individuals. For a complete list of this year's fellows and descriptions of their projects, please see OSI's Web site at http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/.
The selection of organizations for the "Grants that Make a Difference" is based on criteria such as programmatic interests, geographic focus, and size of funding programs to ensure the broadest possible representation of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see support for your organization featured in "Grants that Make a Difference," e-mail a detailed description of the grant, including the name and contact information of the funder and of your organization, the amount given, and how the grant made a difference. For your convenience, we have provided a template to follow. We welcome press releases in addition to, or as a substitute for, the information in the template.
Email the description or press release to
atweb@foundationcenter.org, with "Grants that Make a Difference" in the subject line.
Recipient Name:
Project Name:
Organization Mission and how it relates to the project:
Beneficiaries or Community Impact:
Funding Partner(s): (Grantmaker Names)
Grant Amount:
Recipient Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
Grantmaker Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
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