Business- (Accounting, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Business Communication, Problem Solving)

Human Services- ( Integrate Service Skills, Communication Strategies, Ethical/Legal Issues, Conflict Management, Working w/diverse populations, Informal/Formal supports in the community:

Cyber Security- (Operating systems, Networking, Programming, Databases, network architecture, software development, system administration)

If you'd like more information please reach out to Beverly O'Hara, Employment Placement and Internship Coordinator at ohorab@lackawanna.edu or 570-504-7939 asap; Internships need to be in place by August 28th!

Social Work- MSW Internships are for the academic year, 16 hours a week for 27 or 30 weeks.

If you are interested in exploring opportunities for an MSW Intern from the School of Social Work, please contact Deirdre Spelman, Director of Field Education, at spelman@maryu.marywood.edu or 570 906-0676.

NCAC is working on upgrading and revising our Membership Program and we need YOUR feedback!

Please let us know how we can more fully support you in addressing the needs of our communities by taking this quick survey!

Join PANO’s long-time partner, First Nonprofit, for a look at how the CARES Act and the President’s most recent Executive Order have affected those receiving benefits as well as their former employers. They’ll also examine the potential long-term impacts COVID will likely have on State Unemployment Insurance Costs.

Sign up here to reserve your seat for this FREE event!

The Pike County Commissioners have set aside $500,000 in CARES Act funding to assist nonprofit organizations with the impact of COVID-19. Funding can be for expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic incurred between March 1 and December 30, 2020. To apply, click here.

For organizations that only need assistance with the cost of personal protective equipment including masks, gloves, and cleaning supplies, a simplified application is available here.

If you have any questions or need help with your application, please contact Robert Ruiz, Executive Director of Human Services, at rruiz@pikepa.org or (570) 296-3434.

NEPA Alliance will be submitting a second New Markets Tax Credits application requesting a $30M+ NMTC allocation from the U.S. Department of Treasury in the Fall of 2020. NMTCs are a valuable tool to finance community, private, and nonprofit revitalization efforts in eligible distressed census tracts.

You can learn more during the next webinar, schedule for September 15, 2020 from 12:00pm - 1:30pm.

Click here to learn more or to register.

Under the Universal Face Coverings Order businesses are required to equip their workers with personal protective equipment (PPE).

The Department of Community & Economic Development's COVID-19 PPE & Supplies Business-2-Business (B2B) Interchange Directory can connect you with manufacturers that have masks, face shields, thermometers, hand sanitizer, medical gowns, and cleaning disinfectants available.

You are invited to participate in a research study out of King's College (conducted by Ray Knaugh) related to nonprofit organizations and fraudulent activities. The data provided for this study will be used to complete a research project and to publish a paper in an academic journal.

To support this project, please proceed to the survey.

Foundation/Agency: Lackawanna County Arts and Culture

Grant: COVID-19 Creative Community Grant

Focus: To support a variety of projects that provide the community with positive arts experiences.

Deadline: September 15, 2020

For more information, click here. 

Foundation/Agency: The Funders Network

Grant: Partners for Places

Focus: Aims to enhance local capacity to build equitable and sustainable communities in the United States and Canada.

Deadline: September 18, 2020

For more information, click here.

Foundation/Agency: Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood

Grant: Yearly Grant Round

Focus: To provide seed money to implement those imaginative proposals that exhibit the greatest chance of improving the lives of young children, on a national scales.

Deadline: LOI due September 30, 2020

For more information, click here.

Foundation/Agency: Sparkplug Foundation

Grant: Fall Grant Cycle

Focus: To support the development of emerging democratic movements and communities working on issues of local democracy, justice, and sustainable energy in the rebuilding of the U.S. and global economies.

Deadline: LOI due October 19, 2020

For more information, click here. 

Foundation/Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities

Grant: Public Humanities Projects

Focus: Supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person programming.

Deadline: September 8, 2020

For more information, click here.

Foundation/Agency: US Department of Health and Human Services

Grant: Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program

Focus: To support innovative, community-based initiatives to improve the health status of infants, children, adolescents, and families in rural and other underserved communities by increasing their access to preventive care and services.

Deadline: October 6, 2020

For more information, click here. 

~Socrates

Well, now’s your chance! Amy Eisenstein has created 4 Steps to Ask Virtually in Lieu of In-Person Event Fundraising. If there’s any silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic, this might be it! It's the opportunity to raise major gifts, rather than planning events.

To find out more and join, click here!