Grants That Make a Difference
Every month, "Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Washington, DC area organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. "Grants That Make a Difference" profiles these important community success stories.
December 1, 2003
Grant amount: $50,000
Who got the grant:
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Sixth Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/872-1494
Fax: 202/872-1932
E-mail: washlch@erols.com
Web site: http://www.legalclinic.org/
Who gave the grant:
Public Welfare Foundation
1200 U Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202/965-1800
Fax: 703/265-8851
E-mail: reviewcommittee@publicwelfare.org
Web site: http://www.publicwelfare.org
Purpose of the grant:
To provide pro bono legal services to homeless persons in Washington, DC and to advocate around policy issues that contribute to homelessness.
Impact:
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless is committed to making justice a reality everyone. Since its founding in 1986 by the D.C. Bar Ad Hoc Committee on the Homeless, it has tried to meet the legal needs of children, women and men who are homeless or at–risk of becoming so, assuring access to a system too often inaccessible to those unable to pay.
Mission:
Service and Solutions. Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless dedicates itself to providing quality, free legal services to its clients. Although the Legal Clinic staff is small, a network of more than 250 volunteers from the District's legal community enables the nonprofit to handle well over 1,000 client cases each year.
"Grants that Make a Difference" is a rotating
feature profiling grants awarded to 501(c)3 nonprofit
organizations in the Metropolitan Washington,
DC area ONLY (the grantmaker doesn't necessarily
have to be local). The selection of grants for
"Grants That Make a Difference" is based on criteria
such as programmatic interests, geographic focus,
and size, to ensure the broadest possible representation
of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see a grant awarded to your NPO
featured here, e-mail a detailed description of
the grant (following the format below), to dclibrary@foundationcenter.org,
with "Grants Submission" in the subject line.
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Here is what you need to include:
- Name of your funded program
- The amount of the grant (indicate if multi-year)
- Who received the grant - Your organization's name, contact person's name (if applicable), address, telephone and Web site (if applicable).
- Who gave the grant - Name of the grantmaker
- Community impact: A brief (250 words maximum) explanation of how this program is making a difference in the community.
- Your organization's mission and how it relates to this funded project.
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