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Grant Application
for Unions

Applications accepted throughout the year.

The Berger-Marks Foundation is accepting grant applications from unions seeking to fund programs, projects and organizing campaigns that will benefit, promote and develop women — particularly younger women — in the labor movement.

Note: Union councils and federations are also eligible for these union grants. Other labor-friendly groups should instead use form: Grant Application for Organizations.

Address questions to:

If you do receive a grant, we ask that you put a notice and link to the Foundation on your web site. Notices you can copy & paste.

When you have filled out the application below, print a copy for your records. Then hit the button that says "submit."


Union applicant & contact information:

1. Name of the union, council or federation requesting a grant:

Local union number, if relevant:

2. Contact information for the requesting union, council or federation:
Email address:  
Phone number: Area code:   Number:   Ext:
Address: Street address:
City:    State:    Zip:
Website (if any):

 

3. Your Name:   
Your position or title:  
Your email address: 
Work phone: Area code:   Number:   Ext:
Cell phone: Area code:   Number:

 

4. Principal officer or director responsible for this project:
  
Position or title:  
Email address: 
Preferred phone: Area code:   Number:   Ext:

Your grant request:

5. Is this a funding request for: (Click where appropriate)


Regional union/council?

6. Is this grant request for funds to: (Click where appropriate)


Develop/produce training materials?


Other worker campaign that benefits women?

7. What is the dollar amount you are requesting?    $
8. Briefly describe the project/campaign which you would like funded:
If this is an organizing campaign provide:

Name and address of employer target;

Total number of workers being organized;

Percent of women workers at location;

Organizing work already done to date (inside committee -- how many?
Number of workers contacted, # of workers on petition, cards )

9. If this is a request for organizing funds, provide:
Name of organizer:  
Prior experience in organizing:
Is the organizer currently employed?
     
If yes, where?
Name, position and contact information of union employee
who will supervise the campaign (if different from question #4):
10. Provide a budget that shows how the funds will be spent:
11. How much money is the union, union council or federation putting into
this project – or will Berger-Marks funds be the first dollars in?
12. If the union, council or federation has contributed funds to this project,
how were or will those funds be spent?
13. How will this project benefit, promote or develop women workers?

and young women?
14. Provide dates/time frame for the project:
15. Are you seeking additional funding from other outside sources?
       
If so, explain:
16. How will you measure the success of the project?
17. What follow up will be done? How will it be funded?
18. What future role do you see for women who work on this project
or are affected by it?
19. If you receive funding from the Berger-Marks Foundation we require
acknowledgement on all published programs, documents and websites
related to the project. Is that a concern?
 
Date:

Make sure you've filled out all the above fields to your satisfaction, and keep a copy for your records.

Then read this note and click the Submit button:

Note: If you get a message that there were errors after clicking “submit,” please correct them and re-submit.

You should eventually see a web page that thanks you for your grant request. If you don’t see that page, please email us at bmarks@bergermarks.org, with Union Grant Request in the subject line. Give us the name of the organization and your email address so we  can  investigate. Thanks.

(Hitting this button submits your application to the Berger-Marks Foundation)