The Steele-Reese Foundation: Idaho and Montana Grant Program

 
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    Funder Type

    Private Foundation

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    The Steele-Reese Foundation

    Summary

    The Steele-Reese Foundation is a charitable trust committed to supporting rural communities and the nonprofit organizations that serve them in Idaho, Montana, and Appalachian Kentucky. Since its inception, the Foundation has maintained a focus on the unique challenges of rural living and on helping people build healthy, successful, and sustainable communities.


    Current funded program areas include: 

    • Rural Education: The Foundation focuses on early childhood to Grade 12 education programming. Examples include funding for supplemental programs in early childhood education settings; elementary, middle, and high school programs that improve outcomes for students; support of literacy programs and out-of-school-time services; and charter schools and other model school programs that provide quality educational options for students and families. The Foundation also provides assistance to small public libraries. 
    • Rural Human/Social Services: Examples include programs for low-income and under-represented populations, including elders, homeless individuals, people living with disabilities, young children, disadvantaged or disconnected older youth, young people or adults involved in the criminal justice system, and survivors of abuse or domestic violence. Examples also include local fire-protection services, parks and other civic improvements, and local food banks.
    • Rural Conservation and Preservation: Examples include land, wildlife, and historic preservation and restoration projects; ecosystem protection programs; and water projects. All conservation or environmental programs must be locally focused.
    • Rural Health: Examples include services in preventive health programs; medical clinics; small hospitals; EMS and ambulance units; family-planning programs, and hospices. While the Foundation has, in a limited manner, supported equipment purchases for rural medical facilities, it is not currently considering unsolicited requests for such purposes in Idaho and Montana (Kentucky organizations may still approach the Foundation with requests for medical equipment).
    • Rural Arts and Humanities: Examples include local visual arts programs, music and performance arts, and the broader support of creative arts activities and efforts to maintain the rich histories of the Foundation's funding geographies. 

    Proposed projects should:

    • Serve rural areas
    • Help people to help themselves
    • Be modest and direct in aim
    • Be narrow in function
    • Be based on experience
    • Demonstrate community financial, in-kind, or other support
    • Be essential, rather than merely desirable
    • Yield a direct and measurable, rather than a remote, benefit to people
    • Be conducted by competent, practical organizations and managers and demonstrate strong leadership capacity at both the organizational and program level.

    NOTE: Idaho and Montana grant making also supports projects in and around Native nations that share the geography: Projects in Indian Country http://steele-reese.org/program_areas#indian_country

     

    History of Funding

    Previous grants can be seen at http://steele-reese.org/previous_grants.

    Additional Information

    In all program areas, the Foundation makes a limited number of grants for capital improvements, fixtures, and remodeling, retrofitting, and building new structures. In projects involving the building of a new facility or other large-scale capital endeavors, the foundation typically make these grants only during the closing phases when a substantial portion of the required funds are already in hand.


    The Foundation will not consider proposals for support of projects to assist with any of the following:

    • Endowment funds
    • Emergencies
    • Community funds and charity drives
    • Conferences and workshops or their related travel
    • Documentaries
    • Efforts to influence elections directly or indirectly
    • Planning, research, experimental, or untested projects
    • Athletic or academic competitions, or related travel
    • Efforts to promulgate religious or political beliefs or agendas

    Contacts

    Judy Owens

    Judy Owens

    ,
    (859) 313-5225

    Linda Tracy

    Linda Tracy

    ,
    (406) 207-7984

    Charles U. Buice

    Charles U. Buice
    32 Washington Square West
    New York, NY 10011
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status working in the areas of rural education; health; human/social services; the arts and humanities; and land, water, and wildlife conservation and historic preservation. In Kentucky, the Foundation only funds projects that serve Appalachian communities within counties designated by the federal Appalachian Regional Commission. For a current list, please consult www.arc.gov/counties


    For the 2023 Appalachian Kentucky grant season, Steele-Reese will give high priority to funding counties profoundly affected by extreme flooding in July 2022. Counties that will be given preference are those declared as disaster areas by Gov. Andy Beshear. These are: Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike and Whitley. Steele-Reese Foundation will be considering education proposals benefiting pre-kindergarten and K-12 school-aged children for all Appalachian Kentucky counties. 

    Deadline Details

    Proposal deadlines vary based on the location of the project:

    • Idaho/Montana - The 2023 LOI process opens on January 16, 2023 and closes once we have received 100 LOIs or on January 31, 2023, whichever occurs first. 
    • Kentucky - The grant application deadline is March 1, 2023.

    Similar deadlines are anticipated annually. 

    Award Details

    Award amounts vary. The minimum grant awarded by the Foundation is $5,000.

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