GLCF’s 2024 NETSCOUT Grant Cycle Now OPEN

NETSCOUT will offer THREE grant opportunities (a $10,000 grant, a $3,500 grant, and a $1,500 grant to be awarded to pitch finalists*) through the Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) as part of the 2024 Heart of Giving Community Grant Program.

Recognizing the challenges of creating and maintaining clean, safe public spaces; reducing waste and encouraging recycling; building awareness and educating communities on the impact environmental issues; and addressing issues related to the long-term impact of climate change, habitat destruction, and other ecological challenges, this grant funding can be used to support programs or to cover a one-time capital expense to enhance a nonprofit organization’s ability to address environmental and sustainability issues, such as:
– Beautification of Greenspaces
– Educational Programs/Workshops
– Reducing Litter
– Recycling/Upcycling
– Urban Farming or No-Till Farming

NETSCOUT is also interested in creative, inclusive volunteer opportunities. By inclusive, NETSCOUT is looking for both physical or “outside” and “light”, non-physical or “inside” volunteer opportunities.

Examples of non-physical “inside” volunteer opportunities might include: sorting, packing, kitting (with materials provided by the nonprofit); event support; program support; skills-based projects with clear deliverables and timelines, such as developing or testing programs or workshops, or assisting with administrative projects.

Examples of physical or “outside” volunteering might include: hands-on projects and program support; clean-ups, garden or yard work; minor carpentry, repairs, painting.

ELIGIBILITY
Organizations that serve communities in GLCF’s catchment area: Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Lowell, Littleton, Pepperell, Shirley, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsboro, Westford, and Wilmington.
Selected nonprofit will be able to provide creative, inclusive volunteer opportunities for NETSCOUT employees.

OTHER
Other stipulations include:
– Religious organizations/programs and political organizations or individuals are not eligible
– Only one application per nonprofit permitted
– We will be unable to honor incomplete applications
– 501(c)(3) status required

Please note: Nonprofits who have received a prior $10,000 grant from the NETSCOUT Heart of Giving Community Grant program will not be considered.

Timeline: Grant cycle opens February 20

Deadline: The deadline to submit an application is March 20 at noon.
Note: This is the first phase of this process. Three nonprofit finalists will be invited to “pitch” their organization’s proposal on Wednesday, May 8 at NETSCOUT’s office in Westford, Mass.

To apply, visit: https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=glcfgrants
Process opens on February 20 at 9 a.m.

For more information about the grant process, contact Sharon, GLCF Grants Manager with any questions at sharon@glcfoundation.org.