The Ten Penny International Housing Foundation is offering sponsorship and facilitation opportunities for people who have ideas about how best to provide services and support for immigrants and refugees during these trying times. Ten Penny programs equally designed to benefit diverse underserved communities, creating a better society through education, employment, affordable housing, clean water, renewable fuels, energy and environmentally friendly technologies.
The Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative seeks to create a coordinated and collaborative funding approach to address issues of immigration and refugees in the state, and to support local organizations responding to these issues.
In this Q&A, Ted Johnson, Ten Penny's Executive Director, discusses his agency's role in facilitating access to the fund that prioritizes programs serving newcomer communities.
Why is this opportunity significant?
Ten Penny Foundation understands that noone is as passionate or determined to create change as someone victimized by an unjust law. This opportunity allows individuals and organizations who are not connected to a 501c3 nonprofit to create their own all-encompassing advocacy program using the grantors' funding.
Under Ten Penny's nonprofit sponsorship, you will run your own program through your grant award. Our role is to provide fiscal sponsorship and facilitate access by issuing grant payments correctly and as needed.
We understand that professional charities, organizations, and individuals don't always speak correctly or with enough detail to accommodate the communities or individuals they represent. Through sponsorship and facilitation, we'll create grassroots opportunities managed by the individuals who are most in need of the program.
What are the desired objectives from projects that serve immigrant and refugee communities?
Projects must address the impact of policies and actions implemented after November 2016 that impact immigrants and refugees. For example, projects may focus on legal information and advice; services and representation for immigrants and refugees; outreach and education about policies, programs, services, and preparedness.
Projects may also focus on information-gathering; research and analysis on immigration issues. Community organizing, health and human services, civic engagement and advocacy projects are also eligible.
What is the funding source for this opportunity?
Funding is provided by the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative. The collaborative is made up of Meyer Memorial Trust, the Collins Foundation, MRG Foundation, the Oregon Community Foundation and Pride Foundation. The partnership aims to highlight the importance of refugees and immigrants to our state and our joint commitment to address the need for their successful integration into our communities. Economic mobility and social inclusion for newcomers and their children builds communities that are stronger economically and more inclusive, socially and culturally.
The Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative creates a coordinated and collaborative funding approach to address issues of immigration and refugees in the state, and to support local organizations responding to these issues.
What is the screening process for the proposals?
The collaborative funders will consider applications from eligible 501c3 organizations or have a qualified fiscal sponsor. The collaborative will consider and give priority to proposals for projects and programs that directly address the impact of policies and actions implemented after November 2016. For other projects serving immigrants and refugees, applicants are encouraged to contact each of the funders separately. Funding will cover proposed activities for a 12-month period.
What are the criteria to be used for evaluating and ranking proposals?
The collaborative may choose to consider application requests using various methods: a pooled fund, a combination of pooled and aligned funds, or aligned funds only but always in general alignment with eligible areas of support described in this collaborative framework.
Ten Penny won't make selections or screening unless major issues exist within the proposal. We will pass through all that we can and if one of our sponsors are selected, we will facilitate and advise to enable program success.
To learn more about the funding opportunity and how to avail of Ten Penny's sponsorship and facilitation, email info@tpihf.org
The Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative seeks to create a coordinated and collaborative funding approach to address issues of immigration and refugees in the state, and to support local organizations responding to these issues.
In this Q&A, Ted Johnson, Ten Penny's Executive Director, discusses his agency's role in facilitating access to the fund that prioritizes programs serving newcomer communities.
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Ten Penny Foundation understands that noone is as passionate or determined to create change as someone victimized by an unjust law. This opportunity allows individuals and organizations who are not connected to a 501c3 nonprofit to create their own all-encompassing advocacy program using the grantors' funding.
Under Ten Penny's nonprofit sponsorship, you will run your own program through your grant award. Our role is to provide fiscal sponsorship and facilitate access by issuing grant payments correctly and as needed.
We understand that professional charities, organizations, and individuals don't always speak correctly or with enough detail to accommodate the communities or individuals they represent. Through sponsorship and facilitation, we'll create grassroots opportunities managed by the individuals who are most in need of the program.
What are the desired objectives from projects that serve immigrant and refugee communities?
Projects must address the impact of policies and actions implemented after November 2016 that impact immigrants and refugees. For example, projects may focus on legal information and advice; services and representation for immigrants and refugees; outreach and education about policies, programs, services, and preparedness.
Projects may also focus on information-gathering; research and analysis on immigration issues. Community organizing, health and human services, civic engagement and advocacy projects are also eligible.
What is the funding source for this opportunity?
Funding is provided by the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative. The collaborative is made up of Meyer Memorial Trust, the Collins Foundation, MRG Foundation, the Oregon Community Foundation and Pride Foundation. The partnership aims to highlight the importance of refugees and immigrants to our state and our joint commitment to address the need for their successful integration into our communities. Economic mobility and social inclusion for newcomers and their children builds communities that are stronger economically and more inclusive, socially and culturally.
The Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative creates a coordinated and collaborative funding approach to address issues of immigration and refugees in the state, and to support local organizations responding to these issues.
What is the screening process for the proposals?
The collaborative funders will consider applications from eligible 501c3 organizations or have a qualified fiscal sponsor. The collaborative will consider and give priority to proposals for projects and programs that directly address the impact of policies and actions implemented after November 2016. For other projects serving immigrants and refugees, applicants are encouraged to contact each of the funders separately. Funding will cover proposed activities for a 12-month period.
What are the criteria to be used for evaluating and ranking proposals?
The collaborative may choose to consider application requests using various methods: a pooled fund, a combination of pooled and aligned funds, or aligned funds only but always in general alignment with eligible areas of support described in this collaborative framework.
Ten Penny won't make selections or screening unless major issues exist within the proposal. We will pass through all that we can and if one of our sponsors are selected, we will facilitate and advise to enable program success.
To learn more about the funding opportunity and how to avail of Ten Penny's sponsorship and facilitation, email info@tpihf.org