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Our past grantee, City Blossoms, works to amplify the lives of people within our communities through creative kid-driven, organized, and local gardens.
"Since 2008, City Blossoms has designed, developed, collaborated on, and provided programming or trainings for over 100 projects throughout Washington, DC and nationwide."
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Tomberg Family Philanthropies updated their cover photo.
The mission of the Tomberg Family Philanthropies is to support well-run and effective programs that make a difference in the areas of poverty alleviation, the environment, health, and education. Our focus is on supporting projects that help their recipients build capabilities themselves that will last far beyond the end of the specific project.
Featured:
1. City Blossoms: is a nonprofit out of Washington, DC, that cultivates the well-being of our communities through creative programming in kid-driven gardens.
2. Coastside Land Trust: is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the urban open space of the San Mateo County coast, for enjoyment now and for generations to come.
3. Reach Out and Read Carolinas: a nonprofit that works to provide young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.
4. Grameen Foundation: a nonprofit that works to empower the poor, especially women, to create a world without poverty and hunger.
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Our past grantee, Bainbridge Youth Services, organizes a program that matches young island residents to local summer jobs.
"The program's goal is for young people to grow skills through working with their employer on complex, large-scale projects. Additionally, employees learn professional skills like resume-building and interview preparation through their employer and through workshops provided through BYS."
www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2022/06/29/work-ready-bainbridge-mwork-ready-bainbridge-matcheatches-youth-employers-summer-professional-growth/7705932001/?fbclid=IwAR1hWHLXV36xLSyFWUbXUeUFC6hXNFGeR4bxjsjv3Wk2etNrrPCQKu2O8JE
Bainbridge program matches teen workers with employers for a summer of professional growth
The program matches young residents with local orangizations, bolstering the Island's economy as the US worker shortage hits Bainbridge Island
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Check out Tomberg Family Philanthropies grantee, Studio Samuel. We support their work to create pathways for girls in Ethiopia to reach their full potential through education and employable skills.
Visit their page for more information on ways to donate.
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Interesting idea.
“.. impact DAOs and similar cryptocurrency projects seek to correct the failings of traditional institutions by funding public goods that go under-supported in society. They have been created to support everything from reproductive rights organizations in Texas to aid for climate change. “
The Future of Philanthropy Could Be on the Blockchain
So-called impact DAOs are cryptocurrency's attempt to address failing institutional support for the public good. Will they work?
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Check out Tomberg Family Philanthropies grantee, Remote Energy.
Remote Energy believes that access to reliable sources of sustainable energy is a fundamental requirement for the advancement of education, healthcare, economic opportunity, and quality of life in marginalized communities.
Interested in starting a solar educator training program?
Click the link below!
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Please consider supporting the Reproductive Health Access Project, a former Tomberg Family Philanthropies grantee.
They are hosting an event on Wednesday, July 20th at 12 pm ET/ 9 am PT for an online debrief, led by their legal colleague from the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project.
This virtual event will be a debrief of the SCOTUS decision on the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization case and will help us understand the scope of the decision and its impact on abortion access in the United States.
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Dave Lyon, a founding member of our Advisory Board, shares what mistakes we commonly find in grant applications. (HINT: always fully answer the questions and demonstrate that the project addresses a root cause). Plus, you will learn a little about the make-up of our Board and why Dave enjoys serving on the Advisory Board.
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Our Letter of Inquiry submission period is now open through September 9, 2022, 11:59 PM, PDT. The first step in the 2022-2023 grant cycle, is to take the grant qualification assessment.
www.tombergphilanthropies.org/grant-qualification-assessment/
The grant qualification assessment is a set of 10 questions to help you decide if you should submit a Letter of Inquiry to the Tomberg Family Philanthropies.
Questions? Email info@tombergphilanthropies.org
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At the Tomberg Family Philanthropies, we strive to be transparent in our grant-making process, and to help prepare our grant applicants for success. Accordingly, we have prepared a video to help organizations considering applying for our grants better understand how to submit strong applications that give their projects the best chance of receiving funding.
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Our Letter of Inquiry submission period officially opens at 9:00 A.M. Pacific Time, Tuesday, July 5, 2022- just a few short days away!
The mission of the Tomberg Family Philanthropies is to support well run and effective programs that make a difference in the areas of poverty alleviation, the environment, health and education. Our focus is on supporting projects that help their recipients build capabilities themselves that will last far beyond the end of the specific project.
Check our website for general application information, and note, the significant changes made to our application process for the 2022-2023 grant cycle.
www.tombergphilanthropies.org/how-to-apply/
Questions? Email info@tombergphilanthropies.org
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The Tomberg Family Philanthropies has updated our webpage with information about applying for grants during our 2022 – 2023 funding cycle. Please visit www.tombergphilanthropies.org/about-our-grants/ for more information.
Please note that we will begin accepting Letters of Inquiry in early July, 2022, perhaps as early as July 1. Please check back later this month for more details on the exact date.
We would like to thank all nonprofits for the important work that they do in helping to make the world a better place.
The mission of the Tomberg Family Philanthropies is to support well run and effective programs that make a difference in the areas of poverty alleviation, the environment, health and education. Our focus is on supporting projects that help their recipients build capabilities themselves that will last far beyond the end of the specific project.
We agree with the Nobel Committee that “every single individual on earth has both the potential and the right to live a decent life.”
Tomberg Family Philanthropies is feeling grateful.
www.tombergphilanthropies.org/the-tomberg-family-philanthropies-is-pleased-to-announce-our-2022-grants/ The Tomberg Family Philanthropies is pleased to announce our 2022 grants. We are happy to be able to support a number of truly excellent projects and organizations working to improve the world in our four primary funding areas of poverty alleviation, the environment, health and education. We congratulate the following twelve organizations for their successful grant requests. Follow our social media pages for information about each project and organization! Aspire Indiana Inc. Aspire Indiana is a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) founded in 1966 in response to the community need for more comprehensive mental health services. Aspire provides behavioral health services that also address the social determinants of health, including employment and housing assistance, to underserved communities across Boone, Hamilton, Madison, and Marion counties in Central Indiana. Aspire reaches a wide variety of underserved populations, such as people experiencing homelessness, serious mental illness, or addiction, and those who are veterans, recently incarcerated, disabled, HIV positive, or low income. The project we support will address mental health and recovery through employment support and upskilling. EMTomorrow EMTomorrow is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit with the mission to create an accessible emergency medical service (EMS) education pathway. In D.C., financial and structural barriers exist that exclude low-income adults from accessing emergency medical technician (EMT) certification training. This disparity has led to an EMS workforce that is not representative of the population being served, which contributes to a lack of cultural competence and inequity of healthcare delivery. To address this issue, EMTomorrow is providing
The Tomberg Family Philanthropies is pleased to announce our 2022 grants.
The Tomberg Family Philanthropies is pleased to announce our 2022 grants. We are happy to be able to support a number of truly excellent projects and
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The Coastside Land Trust is one of our former grantees.
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Amazing work from the girls at Studio Samuel!
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Looking to grow your knowledge of philanthropy? Our Grants Administration and Proposal Research Internship will teach you about the inner workings of grantmaking and the administrative duties required to run a family foundation.
The application deadline is April 17th, 2022. You can find more information by clicking the link below.
www.tombergphilanthropies.org/internship-opportunity/
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Interested in learning more about philanthropy? Want to help us make a difference? Consider applying for our Grants Administration and Proposal Research Internship Opportunity! The application deadline is April 17th, 2022. You can find more information by clicking the link below⬇️
www.tombergphilanthropies.org/internship-opportunity/?fbclid=IwAR2vTRvDa9p7b6OXs8xMDzjNvywzc06xPVyGbuxE_rAp9T9JFh9JmT4Wtaw
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The Coastside Land Trust is a past Tomberg Family Philanthropies grantee, and we were proud to help fund this important project.
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Happy International Women's Day! We believe gender equality and supporting health and education for women and girls is crucial. Healthy, happy, empowered women make the world a better place. We applaud all the nonprofits supporting women including our own grantees @janesdueprocess , @reproductiveaccess , @studiosamuel , & @womenforafghanwomen
