New World Fund Grants

New World Fund Grants is a grant from Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation that funds services and direct assistance for recent immigrants in the Berkshire region. Established in memory of Gerald Dickler, whose immigrant parents struggled to provide for their family, the fund supports both nonprofit organizations and individuals. Nonprofits and public agencies may apply for program grants serving the immigrant population.

Individuals may seek funding for immediate and basic needs such as winter clothing, dental care, vehicle safety equipment, housing deposits, or college textbooks. Organizations must not discriminate on the basis of age, race, national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or political or religious affiliation.

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The New World Fund was established in memory of Gerald Dickler, father of the founder, whose immigrant parents struggled most of their lives to provide for their children’s welfare and education. The fund will operate without prejudice and with their principles of selflessness in mind.

Individuals may seek grants for immediate and basic needs, such as buying winter clothes, having their teeth fixed, getting snow tires for their cars, making a deposit on rental housing or buying books for college. Nonprofit organizations or public agencies may apply for grants to support programs serving this population.

Neither The New World Fund nor Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation support organizations which in their constitution, by-laws or practice, discriminate against a person or group on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political affiliation or religious belief.

The New World Fund was established to give support and encouragement to recent immigrants to the Berkshires (and to programs designed to help them) through small grants usually in the $100 to $500 range that will ease the transition into their new lives. Potential impact of the project on immigrants’ basic needs.

An advisory board will review the applications and award grants based on the applicant’s need and the appropriateness of the request. The board will meet several times a year, as applications are received, and will try to respond within eight weeks.

NEW WORLD FUND SCHOLARSHIP The New World Fund also offers a scholarship for new immigrants who have been in the United States for five years or less and are studying toward a degree at Berkshire Community College. Learn more about eligibility and apply . Contact grants@berkshiretaconic.

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