Community Empowerment Grantmaking 2024-2025
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  • Community Empowerment Grantmaking

    2024-25 Grant Application
  •  APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 1, 2025

     

    OVERVIEW

    The Delta Research and Educational Foundation will award grants to chapters for programs in one of the following areas:

    • Civic Engagement
    • Educational Development
    • Financial Literacy for Youth
    • Health and Wellness
    • International Awareness

    A program can be conducted by a Delta chapter or sponsored in partnership with a community-based organization that has a similar mission and goals as those of DREF or the Sorority; the community-based organization must have a 501(c)(3) non-profit status. Grant awards will range from $500 to $1,000 based on score received.

    RULES & INSTRUCTIONS

    • Program grant awards are subject to availability and will be based on the rating score received.
    • Chapters are permitted to submit one grant application per year.    Applications may not be submitted in consecutive years.
    • Proposals must address issues affecting African American women and their families with a focus on Civic Engagement, Educational Development, Financial Literacy for Youth, Health and Wellness, or International Awareness.
    • Program must clearly delineate how the target population will be empowered to move beyond their current situation.
    • Submit application by the deadline date: April 1, 2025.
    • Grant awards will be made to chapters in the fall of 2025.

     

    Please have all documents and answers to the questions ready to upload before entering the information. This application may not automatically save, so please be sure to have all answers and documents ready before beginning to avoid potentially needing to start over.

    • Any incomplete submissions will be disqualified.

    • You will not be able to submit your application until all requested application items have been uploaded.

    • Before beginning, please review all questions on the scholarship application.

  • Contact Person Information

    Contact information for the person managing this grant application.
  • Chapter & Program Information

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  • Funding Request Details

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  • Information Attestation

  • By submitting this application, you attest that:

    • You have accurately and honestly completed this grant application.
    • You understand that if fraud or dishonesty is determined / discovered by DREF in its sole-discretion, any award moneys must be immediately returned.
    • You agree to the terms and conditions of this grant application and any subequent award.
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