Free Computer Grants...
Foundation computer awards program
The Beaumont Foundation will be giving out almost $400 million in computer
equipment starting in 2003. The grant applications for schools and community
organizations will be available on our website beginning January 6, 2003, at <A HREF="http://www.bmtfoundation.com/grants/">
www.bmtfoundation.com/grants/</A>. The guidelines explain how we'll be giving out
$20 million each in computer equipment to community organizations and to
schools in about half the country. Information on individual grants is also
online but persons interested in those grants should apply by calling
1-866-505-COMP(2667). Please note that persons with disabilities and those
who are homebound because of disability or illness are especially encouraged
to apply for these individual grants. Questions about the school and
community grants can also be answered on that line. Our focus is on
delivering equipment where it will directly benefit underserved citizens. So
we do not provide computers for staff. Since we only give hardware, we make
grants to established programs that have the funding, infrastructure and
staffing to maintain their programs. Part of my job is to encourage truly
innovative and excellent programs for persons with disabilities. If you know
of such a program that could use $20-200k of brand new, state-of-the-art
hardware to help underserved communities, please drop me a line or give me a
call. I am on the team working on California, Washington, Montana, Wyoming,
Hawaii, and Alaska, but I will also be advising on grants for disability
organizations and schools that serve students with disabilities. I look
forward to receiving many, many grant applications from the disability
community. Nora Jean Hernandez, Program Officer
The Beaumont Foundation of America
<A HREF="http://www.bmtfoundation.com/">
http://www.bmtfoundation.com/</A >
<A HREF="mailto:nhernandez@bmtfoundation.com">nhernandez@bmtfoundation.com& lt;/A>
