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PRIVATE RESOURCES<br />

GRANT/LOAN<br />

Bread & Roses is <strong>pa</strong>rt of a larger movement of local and<br />

national organizations, technical assistance providers, think<br />

tanks, foundations and socially responsible business people<br />

that work for social change.<br />

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation – Grants from the<br />

Foundation are made in: Civil Society, Environment, and<br />

Pathways Out of Poverty.<br />

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation – The Reeve<br />

Foundation Quality of Life Grants Program provides funding<br />

in three categories – Actively Achieving, Bridging Barriers,<br />

and Caring and Coping – towards research in curing spinal<br />

cord injuries and improving quality of life for those who have<br />

been <strong>pa</strong>ralyzed. Quality of Life Grants are generally awarded<br />

to nonprofit organizations, with IRS 501(c)(3) status, that<br />

cater to <strong>pa</strong>ralyzed individuals and their families. Other<br />

organizations eligible include, for example, community <strong>pa</strong>rks,<br />

schools, Veteran hospitals, and tribal entities. The foundation<br />

also gives aid to larger organizations that advocate for victims<br />

of <strong>pa</strong>ralysis both on the local and national level.<br />

Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation – A charitable trust<br />

administered by Duane Morris LLP, the foundation makes<br />

<strong>grant</strong>s for the initiation or support of: experimental or<br />

demonstration projects; seed-money projects; projects which<br />

can reasonably be expected to be accomplished by a single<br />

<strong>grant</strong> in a relatively brief period of time; and emergency <strong>grant</strong>s<br />

to an agency or <strong>pa</strong>rticular project of an agency.<br />

ERM Group Foundation – The ERM Foundation supports<br />

environmental projects around the world through the<br />

provision of small <strong>grant</strong>s and/or practical support. Programs<br />

wishing to receive funding from the foundation should be able<br />

to demonstrate at least one of the following benefits: carbon<br />

reduction, bio-diversity, water, and education. They are<br />

<strong>pa</strong>rticularly interested in projects which offer additional social<br />

benefits to local communities. Grants are distributed by the<br />

Foundation in North America on an annual basis.<br />

DEADLINE / REGULATIONS<br />

www.mott.org/<br />

www.christopherreeve.org/<br />

www.philaculture.org/<strong>resource</strong>s/<strong>resource</strong>service-providers/6135/dolfinger-mcmahonfoundation<br />

Contact – Duane Morris, LLP, 30 S. 17th St.,<br />

Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196, Phone: (215)<br />

979-1768<br />

www.erm.com/About-Us/ERM-<br />

Foundation/<br />

PRIVATE RESOURCES<br />

PA Grant & Resource Directory<br />

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