FUNDING: Progressive technology grants

[Victoria Vrana]

> Deadline: Monday, November 6, 2000
>
> Introduction
> The Progressive Technology Project is pleased to announce its Fall 2000
> grants pool. PTP plans on making 12-15 grants of up to $10,000. Please
> note the process will be highly competitive. How to apply is described
> below.
>
> Mission and Goals
> The Progressive Technology Project (PTP) seeks to strengthen citizen
> action, increase public participation by under-represented communities and
> build stronger grassroots organizations by supporting the effective use of
> information technology. PTP provides capacity building technical
> assistance and grant making to assist grassroots groups in the use of
> information technology to strengthen their social change efforts.
>
> PTP's goals include:
>
>
> Build the capacity of grassroots groups to sustain new technology skills
> that advance their ability to improve the quality of people's lives
> Explore, create and share models of technology use that increase
> organizations' effectiveness by adding value to grassroots organizing
> Develop a program of technical assistance to address the unique needs that
> grassroots organizations face in their use of technology
> Leverage resources to support the use of information technologies by
> grassroots organizations
> Create a place for strategic discussions about the relationship between
> grassroots organizing and technology
>
> Many people and communities are being left behind by the growing divide
> between those who have access to information technologies and those who
> don't. Grassroots groups in particular have not been able to take
> advantage of the powerful potential that technology offers to advance
> their work. PTP works to support the development of skills, capacities and
> best practices that enable communities and organizations most often left
> out of the information economy to harness the potential of technology. PTP
> exists to build an infrastructure that supports grassroots groups' use of
> information technologies to strengthen their efforts to create just
> communities.
>
> Target Community: Grassroots Community Organizing
> PTP's grants pool is designed to support grassroots organizations that
> engage in multi-issue social, economic and environmental justice efforts
> to empower low-income people and communities of color. To be eligible for
> funding, organizations should:
>
>
> Increase the capacity of people to impact public policy and hold decision
> makers accountable locally and at broader levels
> Seek to address the underlying causes of social, economic and
> environmental problems
> Engage in leadership development with people traditionally left out of
> civic decision-making
> Be directed by and accountable to their members/constituents and make
> decisions democratically
> Work strategically to empower low-income people and communities of color
>
> PTP believes that community organizing at its best is about developing
> relationships, skills and understandings among people that increase their
> ability to change unjust conditions in their communities and beyond.
>
> Please note that the above criteria are key elements of eligibility for
> PTP funding. Please contact PTP with any questions concerning
> organizational fit.
>
> At this time, PTP will only be accepting proposals from organizations
> focused on and based in the United States. PTP will not consider funding
> for organizations that primarily engage in the following activities:
> scholarships/fellowships; technical service provision; direct services;
> technology projects unrelated to grassroots social change efforts; child
> care programs; emergency shelters; medical services; books; publications;
> capital improvement and job training or readiness projects.
>
> For a full description of the PTP and its grant guidelines and how to
> apply, please visit their website at
> http://www.progressivetech.org/Program/GrantMaking/fallguidelines.htm
>
> For more information about PTP contact them directly with any questions.
> info at progressivetech.org
>
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