Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, on behalf of the Lehigh Valley Homeless Veteran Fund Committee, is pleased to announce the availability of funds for homeless Veteran transitional and supportive housing through the Lehigh Valley Homeless Veteran Fund. Support is available to agencies that serve veterans in Lehigh and Northampton Counties. Please review the Notice of Funding Availability (NOLA) online or as a PDF click here.

Eligibility   The grant supporting projects that address transitional and supportive housing needs of homeless veterans in the Lehigh Valley; Veteran-Centric Case Management:/counseling in relation to housing, employment, finance, and life-skills; or other veteran-oriented programs. Grants to supplement, stabilize, or expand existing programs, or as seed money to initiate new and innovative programs, are preferred. Funding Availability $200,000 in funding is available for grants of up to $50,000 per project/application. The minimum dollar amount for grant awards is $10,000. An applicant may submit multiple grant applications if they are clearly for separate projects or initiatives that can be awarded and implemented individually. Proposals that accomplish the same mission or objective should be submitted as one grant application.  

Applicants must Be 501(c)(3) charitable organizations or 501(c)(19) veterans’ service organizations Be active participants in the Lehigh Valley Regional Homeless Advisory Board (LV-RHAB) or willing to join and actively participate Housing providers must utilize the Housing First model 

Timeline April 1, 2022      Invitation for proposals/applications is sent April 20, 2022     Proposal due date for grant applications May 2022          Notification of award

How to Apply - Foundant

After reading through the NOLA apply through Foundant, Lehigh Valley Community Foundation’s online portal system. If you do not have a log-in currently: Please click on the “Create a New Account” button. Once you log-in, please follow the below steps: On the applicant dashboard page, please click the “Apply” button On the Application Page, look for "2022 Lehigh Valley Homeless Veteran Fund" in the list of open applications and click the blue "Apply" button. Resources for Foundant Help Foundant is the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation’s grants management portal. This portal allows users to view, edit, and submit grant applications and related documents. Foundant requires all users to create an account before accessing grant information. For instructions on creating a new account or making changes to an existing account see below. For Step-by-step instructions on creating a new Organization Account in Foundant reference this PDF.  For Step-by-step instructions on updating your user profile or resetting your password, reference this PDF.   For help creating a new user account, updating an existing user account or deactivating an existing user account please email Monique Moreno at Monique@lvcfoundation.org

When you login to Foundant, this is the screen you will see.

Questions?... contact: Michael Wilson Director of Communications Lehigh Valley Community Foundation Cell 484-695-3277 michael@lvcfoundation.org

Thomas Applebach Director Lehigh County Office of Veterans Affairs Voice 610-782-3295  tapplebach@lehighcounty.org

About the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation For more than five decades, the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation has helped donors with their charitable contributions with a simple, powerful, and highly personalized approach. LVCF is a philanthropic hub for the Lehigh Valley—who knows and navigates the landscape of the Lehigh Valley’s community needs to connect people who care to causes that matter. With a diverse and respected Board of Governors, the Community Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Foundation is cause-neutral and supports all areas of community needs in the Lehigh Valley and beyond.

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