The WNY Digital Equity Coalition is pleased to announce its 2021 regranting program. Grants of up to $5,000 for individual individual organizations and up to $12,500 for collaborating organizations are available for projects designed to address barriers to digital inclusion or digital equity. A total of $50,000 is available for this regranting opportunity, which made possible by a grant from the Moving Forward Together initiative.
Applications are due by 11:59pm on December 3, 2021. The Coalition expects to announce decisions by December 22, 2021, though this could be delayed in the event of a high number of applicants.
The Coalition will give strong preference to:
- Organizations regularly engaged with the WNY Digital Equity Coalition
- Collaborative projects (especially cross-sector partnerships)
- Projects oriented towards long-term solutions
- Regional/multi-county projects
- Projects benefitting one or more of the following groups (see complete guidelines and application preview) for further detail): marginalized/vulnerable populations; students; job-/skill-seekers; professionals
Please see the complete guidelines and application preview here: https://wnydigitalequity.link/guidelines21
The WNY Digital Equity Coalition is a component of Moving Forward Together, an initiative of the WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund. Understanding that we need to emerge from this crisis stronger through innovation, the WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund started the Moving Forward Together (MFT) initiative in June 2020 by developing and supporting strategies focused on long-term collaborative and systemic solutions to address persistent needs in our community. Through MFT, the Fund is supporting a series of initiatives including: Food Future WNY, Digital Equity & Inclusion, Public Policy & Advocacy and Sourcing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Please direct questions and comments to Don Matteson, Facilitator, at dwmatteson@wnydigitalequity.org
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