Fusion is proud to announce the Community inFusion Small Grants Program’s second call for grant applications!

Deadline: Monday, Oct 17, 2016 5pm

In 2001 nearly 700 families were displaced from their homes in East Baltimore to make way for the building of an 88-acre technology park. In an effort to help restore residential power in these neighborhoods bordering Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Annie E. Casey Foundation has designated funds for a pilot small grants program. Through collaborative action, Fusion Partnerships, Inc. works to be a catalyst for social justice and peace by serving as the program’s fiscal sponsor and coordinator.  This program is unique from other grants programs for two main reasons:

1. The projects proposed for consideration must be led by residents of these communities.
2. The committee that reviews and approves all grant proposals is comprised entirely of residents from the C.A.R.E., McElderry, and Middle East Communities.

Our grantmaking process is based on similar grassroots grantmaking programs in Cleveland, Detroit, and Atlanta and has been tailored by residents in the C.A.R.E., McElderry, and Middle East Communities to better serve the specific needs of their neighborhoods.  Residents in collaboration with Fusion Partnerships have also developed the program’s name —Community inFusion

HOW TO APPLY FOR A GRANT

Please complete the attached application and submit it to:

Community inFusion Small Grants Program

1601 Guilford Ave. 2 South

Baltimore, MD 21202

Grants may be handwritten or typed.  As you fill out the form, you may find that you need or want to write more than the space provided.  Please add additional pages with headings if necessary.

Drop -off Grant submission

All materials must be submitted on 8 ½” x 11” sheets of paper. Staple or paper clip application materials. Please submit 1 copy of your proposal. Completed applications materials must be received at Fusion Partnerships by 5pm on Monday Oct 17, 2016. Applications can be submitted before the deadline.  We will provide you with confirmation that we have received your grant proposal. Materials submitted with your application will not be returned. Please do not submit cds/dvds, flashdrives or any materials larger than 8 ½” x 11”.

Email Grant Submission

You may send your application as an attachment to infusion@fusiongroup.org by 5pm on Monday Oct 17, 2016. Applications can be submitted before the deadline.  We will provide you with confirmation that we have received your grant proposal.

For a digital copy of the grant please go to https://goo.gl/E9LkUs .

You will have to download this document as a word document. The format may change once downloaded as a word document. As long as the content of your grant is clear we will accept it.