Applications are now available for the 2009 Change Makers Partnership Grants, which seek new concepts for programs and initiatives that are innovative, collaborative, proactive, rooted in data and focused on results for children, youth and their families.

Submitted concepts must advance at least one of the Greater Louisville Project’s Deep Drivers of Change, specifically: (1) improve educational attain­ment at all levels for individuals and families; and (2) strengthen, connect and revitalize neighborhoods in the Louisville Metro urban core.

Grants will only be awarded to projects that take place in the following neighborhoods: California, Phoenix Hill, Shelby Park and Smoketown.

Completed applications and all required supporting materials must be received via e-mail no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Alex Spoelker, Director of Community Philanthropy, at alexs@cflouisville.org or (502) 585-4649.

For the requirements and instructions to submit a grant proposal to the 2009 Change Makers Partnership, click on the PDF below.