Umtapo Centre Grant

Organization - Umtapo Centre
Grant Amount - $75,000
Foundation - Mott Foundation
Grant Purpose - This grant will provide general purpose support to the Umtapo Centre. The cornerstone of the centre's work is its Peace, Human Rights, and Antiracism Education program, which engages large numbers of people, particularly youth, to create awareness and mobilize against violence and racism. Over the next year, the Umtapo Centre will consolidate its peace and antiracism resource centers into 30 schools nationally; produce three newsletters; complete two, five-day Peace, Human Rights, and Antiracism Education program training courses; conduct an impact assessment of the program; and develop an endowment fund and explore other sustainability options.


Similar Grants

Collaborative Communications Group - $200,000 from the Mott Foundation - This grant will support Collaborative Communications Group in its continued efforts to support the Mott-funded "A New Day for Learning" Task Force composed of policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and educators. In the "A New Day...

International Rivers - $300,000 from the Mott Foundation - This general purpose grant to International Rivers will support its efforts to protect rivers, assist communities impacted by large dam projects, and encourage the development of alternative technologies for meeting community water and energy needs....

Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation - $210,000 from the Mott Foundation - The program goal is to expand and improve the community school model in Ukraine. To this end, Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation will establish regional training centers, train trainers, and introduce courses on community schools into teacher...

Central Michigan University - $100,000 from the Mott Foundation - This grant will provide partial support to the GEAR UP College Day program, a partnership between Central Michigan University and Flint Community Schools. GEAR UP is a national college readiness initiative that targets students in grades 7-12 and...

Synergy Enterprises, Inc. - $300,000 from the Mott Foundation - This grant will provide funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Summer Institute in 2008, a project of Synergy Enterprises, Inc. The 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative provides grants to inner-city and rural schools...

Recent News from Mott Foundation