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Financial and Expert Assistance for Integrating Education
with Career Development: New from May, 2010 on…
Read further only when you have an original idea for integrating education with career development efforts to benefit individuals and groups in the Washington DC area. We will not consider an idea related to your past, current or connected programs or projects or if it’s spun from approaches and efforts already in use or in the public domain.
Our priorities and interests include, but are not limited to, the following:
- interdisciplinary approaches
- intergenerational collaboration
- community-based efforts
- outcomes that promote self-sufficiency and can be self-sustaining
- multipliers for community development
- public-private partnerships
- internet and computer processes that involve games, fun, simulations
- multimedia use such as video, photography, stories, art, music, theater, dance
As we draw down the remaining money in The Schimel Lode, new seed grants will range from $1,000 to $5,000. In addition, pro bono consulting services and collaborations may be offered, as possible.
Since 1998, we have been a donor-advised fund of the Community Foundation of the National Capital Region; it must approve the choices of the Lode’s Board. Though the Community Foundation and the Board prefer credible recipients with established bona fides, nonprofit status is not always a requirement.
Examples of possible applicants include:
- individual professionals with cooperating colleagues
- social entrepreneurs
- collaborative groups
- nonprofits
- partnerships and alliances
How to Apply
Please call Ruth Schimel to discuss your idea weekday mornings, 9:30-11:30, at 202.659.1772, when she is often available. To save us both time, be ready to summarize it succinctly for our short conversation. If a good match seems possible, you will have an opportunity to provide a brief written summary for Board review. When we want to learn more, you will be invited to a discussion with Board members. On the other hand, we will inform you of our decision not to accept your application soon after it’s made.
A conversation or message requesting a return call is preferred to e-mail. Before reaching out, explore the rest of this site for background information and resources.
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