Kessler Foundation Grants Available to Increase Employment Outcomes

Kessler Foundation’s Signature Employment Grant Program seeks to fund cutting-edge, innovative and other non-traditional solutions that increase employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Projects must be collaborative, serve a large geographic area and include multiple funding partners and stakeholders. In addition, initiatives or projects must have the potential for growth, scalability or replication. Applicants may seek funding for $100,000 - $250,000 per year, for maximum project funding of $500,000 over two years.

All interested candidates must submit an online concept application by February 15, 2011 at 5 PM EST. After scoring and review, a selected group of candidates will be asked to submit a full grant proposal to Kessler Foundation by June 2011. Grants will be awarded in December 2011 for the grant period January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2014. Any US based non-profit organization or other IRS tax-exempt group such as public/private school, public institution or government from any state is encouraged to apply.

ANCOR encourages members to apply for the program.