Grantmaking

Multi-Year General Operating Support

Each spring and fall, we offer two-year general operating support grants between $20,000 – $100,000 a year. These grants will be awarded to non-profits working in the specific areas of:

• Early childhood development – We support organizations focused on children from 0-5 through evidence-based home visitation, quality childcare, parenting education, prenatal support, social and emotional education, single parents of young children, and other similar services.
• The prevention and mitigation of certain adverse childhood experiences (ACES) – We support organizations working to prevent and mitigate physical & sexual abuse, neglect, substance use disorders, incarceration, domestic violence, and homelessness.
• The creation of and support for positive childhood experiences (PCES) – We support organizations working to create positive childhood experiences through after-school programs, long-term summer camps, mentoring programs, caregiver-child experiences, and more.
• Mental and behavioral health services – We support organizations that provide counseling and therapy, suicide prevention, addiction support and treatment, and other mental health services.

Advocacy Grants

Each spring and fall, we offer two-year advocacy grants between $20,000 – $100,000 a year to support a better community through the advocacy of policies and systemic change in the areas of:

• Strong Families – Increasing and improving access to mental healthcare and positive childhood experiences (PCEs) with an emphasis on preventing and mitigating childhood trauma (e.g. reducing rates of incarceration, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, substance use disorders)
• Social Inclusion – Inclusion of marginalized groups (e.g Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, LGBTQ+, immigrants) to decrease disparities in access and health outcomes
• Civic Engagement – Working with Wyoming residents to strengthen their voice in state and local public policies to improve the communities where they work, live, and play.

Wyoming nonprofit organizations whose primary advocacy will benefit Natrona County residents in these areas are eligible for advocacy grants. Organizations can use this advocacy capacity tool to assess their readiness for advocacy activities. Nonprofits currently receiving multi-year general operating grants from NCHT are not eligible to receive advocacy grants.