MTF: Special Call for Breast Cancer-Related Community Service Projects

Special Call for Breast Cancer-Related Community Service Projects

Do you work for an organization providing MT to cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, or healthcare professionals? Through the generosity of The Jacquelyn Project special fundraising initiative, funds are now available to support this important work.

The Jacquelyn Project (TJP) ) is a Massage Therapy Foundation special fundraising initiative led by Marshall Dahneke to honor his daughter, Jacquelyn (Dahneke) Penrose. Jacquelyn passed away from breast cancer in 2022. In the spirit of keeping Jacquelyn’s legacy alive and bright, Marshall has qualified for and committed to running the 2023 Boston Marathon in her memory and on behalf of the Massage Therapy Foundation with major proceeds directed towards breast cancer community service projects.

Learn more about TJP here.

Objectives

Awards are granted to provide therapeutic massage and bodywork to organizations providing services to patients receiving treatment for breast cancer, families and patients coping with breast cancer, survivors of breast cancer, caregivers of patients with breast cancer, and/or families who have lost loved ones to breast cancer. These awards are designated to promote working partnerships between the therapeutic massage and bodywork professions and community-based organizations.

The Massage Therapy Foundation defines massage as “the application of manual techniques, and adjunctive therapies, with the intention of affecting the health and well-being of the client.” Applicants must ensure compliance with state or local regulation of therapeutic massage and bodywork practice.

Funding

Grants will be awarded for a 12-month period; the value of the Community Service Grants will be between $500 and $5,000 and must be used in the specific time period for which they have been awarded.

Eligibility

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

• Community Service Grants are available to organizations or affiliates of organizations which:
  • Have been in existence for at least one year in the respective State or Province;
  • Are tax-exempt under schedule 501(c)(3) in the U.S., or a non-profit charitable organization in other countries;
  • Currently provide some therapeutic or other service programs to the community (the Community Service Grant must be used to provide therapeutic massage and bodywork in conjunction with these programs);
  • Have designated a qualified staff member (herein known as the Project Leader) and a qualified practitioner (herein known as the Massage Therapy Coordinator) to oversee this program.
  • Projects should not duplicate services already provided by applicant organization, and should demonstrate sustainability after the grant award period has ended.
  • Practitioners must provide proof of professional liability insurance coverage.
  • Certificates of insurance should be included in Appendix XYZ
• Eligible expense items include:
  • salaries/wages for those involved in the community service project, including partial allowances for a Principal Therapist and co-therapists to cover some release time from other activities necessary for the pursuance of the project; marketing, relevant supplies, e.g., massage oil and case history forms; travel necessary for the community service project and grant writing costs and/or administration expenses.

Ineligibility

• Community Service Grants are not awarded to individuals.
• Community Service Grants will not be awarded to organizations which employ or otherwise have an ownership or contractual relationship with officers or trustees of the Massage Therapy Foundation, members of the Community Service Proposal Review Committee (“Review Committee”), or any spouses, domestic partners, children, descendants, spouses of descendants or any other individuals related to any officers or trustees of the Massage Therapy Foundation, The Jacquelyn Project, or to members of the Review Committee.
• Items ineligible for Community Service Grant Funds include:
  • capital construction of facilities and equipment, staff child care; entertainment.
  • Although indirect costs request for funding are discouraged, the Community Service Grant Review Committee may consider some of the following up to $500:
  • purchase of standard equipment such as computer, massage tables; costs incurred prior to the awarding of the Grant and contingency allowances.