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Funding Amount

$5,000 - $10,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Community Affiliates Network (CAN) Mini-Grants

Overview:
The Woodson Center awards mini-grants through its Community Affiliates Network (CAN) to support local grassroots organizations and social entrepreneurs addressing urgent community problems.

Geographic Scope: Nationwide (United States)

Focus Areas:

  • Solutions to unemployment

  • Crime reduction and violence prevention

  • Poverty alleviation

  • Quality education improvement

  • Reentry services for formerly incarcerated individuals

  • Youth mentoring and development

  • Human trafficking awareness and prevention

  • Food security and urban agriculture

  • Photography and arts programs for at-risk youth

    • Award Amounts:

  • Individual grants: $5,000 or $10,000

  • Over $500,000 awarded annually to 90+ organizations (as of 2022)

    • Eligibility:

  • Community-based organizations

  • Grassroots nonprofits

  • Social entrepreneurs

  • Organizations with demonstrated success in their communities

  • Local leaders who live in and serve the neighborhoods they work in

  • CAN affiliate organizations

    • About CAN:

  • Consists of 500+ organizations and nonprofits across the country

  • Members collaborate and share best practices

  • Focuses on indigenous/local solutions rather than top-down interventions

  • Trusted local leaders who are central to their communities

    • Contact Information:

  • Phone: (202) 518-6500

  • Email: info@woodsoncenter.org

  • Address: 1625 K Street NW, Suite 410, Washington, DC 20006

    • Recent Recipients (2022-2023):

  • Gary Wyatt, He Brought Us Out Ministry (Akron, Ohio)

  • Pastor Cheryl Gaines, Project EDEN (Washington, D.C.)

  • Teresa Merriweather, Trafficked Lives Matter Hand-N-Hand (Elyria, Ohio)

  • LaKisha Cohill, Photography Project (Birmingham, Alabama)

  • Jon Ponder, Hope for Prisoners (Las Vegas, Nevada)

  • Hope Delgado, The Caruthers Scholars Program (Caruthers, California)

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    grassrootscrime-preventionpoverty-alleviationreleased-prisonersyouth-programsfood-securityhuman-trafficking

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