Singing for Change (SFC)

Singing for Change (SFC) supports nonprofit organizations nationwide that inspire, empower, and equip people to become more self-sufficient.

SFC supports projects designed to promote self-sufficiency in communities where people are experiencing poverty.

SFC's areas of interest include:

• Children and Families
  Support is provided for programs fostering self-sufficiency and stability. (Individual therapy is not funded, nor are therapeutic or recreational camps or wish-fulfillment programs.)
   
• Disenfranchised Groups
  SFC defines these groups as people who have been marginalized in society because of their low levels of education or income, people with disabilities, and people who are homeless.

Specifically, SFC supports groups that are:

• working to engage individuals in their communities;
• helping people realize their full potential and become self-sufficient; and,
• creating lasting change in the communities they serve.

Projects most likely to be considered are those that:

• help people overcome social or economic barriers to education or employment;
• promote the empowerment of individuals toward self-sufficiency, and provide opportunities for personal growth that benefit their greater community; and,
• demonstrate human equality and encourage people to cross boundary lines to help others.

The Foundation does not offer support to/for:

• individuals;
• medical research, quality of life, wish fulfillment, or disease treatment organizations;
• public or private schools;
• art, music, or recreational programs, even if offered to disenfranchised groups;
• basic needs programs (that exist to supply food or clothing);
• single-service programs, such as individual counseling;
• emergency/crisis services (childcare, counseling);
• disaster relief;
• efforts to protect individual species or animals;
• government agencies; or,
• political or religious organizations.

Timeline: Letters of interest (LOIs) accepted from the 1st business day in January to March 15th. Invitations to submit full applications are sent out by May 30.