From Retirement Research Foundation (1.13.11):
Accessibility Funding Opportunity for Houses of Worship
The Retirement Research Foundation is pleased to announce the 2011 Accessible Faith Grant Program to enable houses of worship to make accessibility improvements to their facilities. The program is available to houses of worship in six metro Chicago counties: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry. Since the program began eight years ago, the Foundation has awarded 114 grants to religious congregations totaling almost $2.5 million to make their facilities more accessible.
Please help us share information about the Accessible Faith Grant Program with leaders of houses of worship, disability rights advocates, and others who may know religious congregations that could benefit from this opportunity. Please announce the Accessibility Faith Grant Program through print or electronic newsletters, listservs, or other means available to you. You will find a full description of the program, application form, and tips for completing the application in the Accessible Faith Grant Program section of our website at http://www.rrf.org.
We hope that you will help spread the word immediately to give congregations adequate time to submit an application. We will accept applications from March 1 through June 1, 2011. Thank you for helping us make others aware of the importance of accessibility improvements and the availability of funding for such efforts.
If you have questions or comments, or you wish to be removed from the Foundation’s mailing list, please contact us at AFG2011@rrf.org. Thank you.
Are there similar grant foundations for other states, cities etc., particularly on Long Island, New York State?
Posted by: Barbara | January 24, 2011 at 08:21 PM