Functions open for non-profit Legacy Grant Program | KAMR

ARLINGTON, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – In keeping with an announcement for the Texas Rangers Baseball Basis, non-profit organizations in Texas and New Mexico could have the chance to use for a $100,000 grant by the inspiration’s new Legacy Grant Program.

In keeping with the announcement, the Texas Rangers Basis dedicated to donating $500,000 as a part of the brand new program, together with the Texas Rangers’ fiftieth anniversary and the Basis’s thirtieth anniversary. These funds can be cut up into 5 $100,000 grants that can be supplied to non-profit organizations throughout Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

“As we have fun the 50-year legacy of the Texas Rangers in Arlington, we’re honored to introduce the Legacy Grant Program, which can fund 5 impactful tasks throughout our viewing territory,” stated Neil Leibman, Texas Rangers president, enterprise operations and chief working officer, and Texas Rangers Baseball Basis Chairman, “It’s our hope that funding these life-changing tasks will depart a long-lasting impact on our communities, creating a brand new legacy to be felt for years to come back.”

The Basis stated that it goals to award the grants to organizations that “share the same mission to enhance the lives of these locally, particularly youngsters, navy, first responders, and their households, by modern programming and partnerships that concentrate on training, well being, and athletics.”

The Basis famous that designated 501(c) (3) nonprofit organizations could submit letters of curiosity starting March 15 by April 30. Functions for the Texas Rangers fiftieth Anniversary Legacy Grant Program may be discovered on-line right here.

Program particulars, as launched by the Basis, included:

• Eligibility
  • Have to be formally designated as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit by the Inner Income code.
  • Group will need to have been in operation for at least three (3) years.
  • Should function inside a number of of the next states: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma or Texas.
  • organizations ought to share the Basis’s mission and focus to help youngsters, navy, first responders and their households, by modern programming and partnerships that concentrate on training, well being and athletics.
• Software
  • Proposals ought to give attention to how these funds will enhance the lives of kids and households in communities throughout the Rangers five-state territory (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma or Texas).
  • Packages and proposals can be evaluated primarily based on many standards, however please you should definitely embody particular info on:
    • Knowledge on communities that can be served.
    • Anticipated influence on the communities, significantly in distressed communities.
    • How you’ll decide and monitor measurable outcomes and knowledge.
    • Sustainability of this system.
    • Is this system/proposal fulfilling a necessity?
    • Creativity and talent for the Rangers Basis and Rangers group to interact in this system if desired.
  • College districts and municipalities, and athletic departments and organizations are inspired to use.
  • Partnerships between nonprofit organizations are extremely inspired.
• Course of
  • The Texas Rangers Baseball Basis will solicit letters of curiosity from organizations by the net portal at texasrangers.com/legacygrants.
    • Proposals can be accepted by April 30, 2022.
  • The Legacy Grant choice committee will overview the letters of curiosity and qualifying supplies.
  • Formal requests for proposals can be despatched to chose organizations by Could 30, 2022.
    • Proposals should be submitted by June 30, 2022.
  • Finalists can be notified and interviewed in July.
  • Legacy Grant recipients can be chosen and notified by August 30, 2022.
  • All grant recipients can be required to offer standing updates, outcomes, and suggestions as grants are carried out.
• Timeline
  • March 15 – Functions Open
  • April 30 – Letters of Curiosity Due
  • Could 30 – Chosen Candidates Notified About Request for Proposal
  • June 30 – Requested Proposals Due
  • July 30 – Finalist Interviews Accomplished
  • August 30 – Winners Chosen and Notified

Data on non-profit and different charitable organizations throughout the Excessive Plains may be discovered right here.