Enterline Foundation Single Year Grant

About The Enterline Foundation

The Enterline Foundation’s sole focus on the intellectual and developmental disabilities sector for over two decades has allowed the organization to dig deep into the needs of individuals, their families, and the organizations that serve them. The sector-specific work and volunteer experience of its Board and staff ensures that richer conversations and connections can happen between The Foundation and its grantees. This unique perspective and lived experience allows The Foundation to make meaningful contributions that go beyond writing a check.

Funding Priorities

The Enterline Foundation’s overarching funding priority is to increase access to services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Believing that an adequate direct support professional (DSP) workforce is essential to ensuring the provision of services, The Foundation will focus its giving in 2025 on initiatives that support the recruitment and retention of DSPs. Although not limited to these examples, initiatives could include:

• Internship programs
• New hire welcoming, orientation and coaching
• Training and professional development including certification programs
• Establishment of career ladders
• Connection to community resources for nonwork related needs of DSPs
• Improvements to organizational culture
• Communication and feedback soliciting initiatives
• Recognition and appreciation activities
• Front line supervisor coaching and development
• Technology needed to support data collection and employee experience

Funding Amount

Not to exceed $25,000. One year in duration.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Applicant must have annual operating budget less than $10M
• All applicants must:
  • Be either a provider of services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities or be a sector level organization that supports providers of services or the sector at large
  • Have been in operation as a 501c3 nonprofit for at least 2 full years prior to the current year’s funding deadline
  • Have at least 1 full-time employee
  • Have not received funding in the previous years’ grant cycle
  • Have submitted a final report for all previous grants

Ineligibility

• Areas Not Typically Funded:
  • Organizations whose sole focus is not individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
  • Requests outside the stated focal or thematic area
  • Endowment Funds
  • Individual travel and conference attendance
  • Publication of books
  • Projects that promote political or religious views
  • Political or lobbying activities
  • Direct support of individuals and individual sponsorships
  • Program, school or camp scholarships
  • Coverage of continuing operating deficits
  • Event Sponsorship