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We fund organizations and projects which disrupt our current behavioral health space and create impact at the individual, organizational, and societal levels.
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Our participatory funds alter traditional grantmaking by shifting power
to impacted communities to direct resources and make funding decisions.
Special Grant Programs
We build public and private partnerships to administer grant dollars toward targeted programs.
Program Related Investments
We provide funds at below-market interest rates that can be particularly useful to start, grow, or sustain a program, or when results cannot be achieved with grant dollars alone.
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Tia Burroughs Clayton, MSS
Learning and Community Impact Consultant
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Alyson Ferguson, MPH
Chief Operating Officer
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Samantha Matlin, PhD
Senior Learning & Community Impact Consultant
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Caitlin O'Brien, MPH
Director of Learning & Community Impact
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Joe Pyle, MA
President
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Bridget Talone, MFA
Grants Manager for Learning and Community Impact
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Claim Your Money PHL
Fiscal Sponsorship
Community organizations that serve the lowest income Philadelphians are invited to apply for a grant opportunity to help families claim the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit.
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Philadelphia-based community organizations with 501 (c)(3) status, or a fiscal sponsor, that were funded through this grant in 2024 are invited to re-apply for the same level of funding for 2025. These groups have already been identified as serving low-income communities or groups that are at risk of not receiving the EITC or CTC.
The CTC gives eligible parents or guardians up to $2,000 for each child aged 16 and younger. The maximum EITC refund is $6,557, depending on income and household size. Tax refunds like these are significant poverty fighting tools and put money back in the pockets of low-income Philadelphians to spend on what they need.
That’s why the Scattergood Foundation has teamed up with the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) to make grants available to community groups for grassroots activities aimed at reaching the lowest income Philadelphia parents or guardians. Funds can be used to educate residents and help them claim the payments. Applications are due November 27th for work to be conducted from mid-January-June 30, 2025.
Click here to submit a renewal application.
Program Goals
Educate
the community about the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and how to claim them.
Connect
individuals to trusted organizations that can help residents claim the credits for free, such as the Campaign for Working Families and other providers of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance.
Mobilize
Philadelphians to urge Washington to make the expanded CTC and EITC permanent, including by sharing their personal stories of how the tax credits have helped their families.
Who Should Apply?
Philadelphia-based community organizations with 501 (c)(3) status, or a fiscal sponsor, that were funded through this grant in 2024 are invited to re-apply for the same level of funding for 2024. These groups have already been identified as serving low-income communities or groups that are at risk of not receiving the EITC or CTC.
We encourage applications from organizations whose staff, board, and/or volunteers include representation from the communities this project aims to reach.
Timeline
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November 1st, 2024
Grant Application Period Opens
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November 27th, 2024
Proposals Due
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December 20th, 2024
Funding Decisions Announced
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Mid- to Late-January 2025
Grant period begins
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June 30, 2025
Grant period ends
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July 15th, 2025
Reports Due
Past Grantees
The Scattergood Foundation partnered with the City of Philadelphia Office of Community, Empowerment, and Opportunity for several years to support community-based organizations conducting outreach to families who were eligible for the Child Tax Credit.
To learn more about the grant program and the grantees, click here.
Media coverage:
- Axios: Philly funds grants to help families claim child tax credits
- NBC Philadelphia: Are You Eligible for Thousands From the Child Tax Credit?
- WHYY: Philly pushes to connect thousands of families to expanded child benefits, stressing need to file taxes
- KYW: Child tax credit could lift 75,000 Philadelphians out of poverty, city says