So many businesses and nonprofits have suffered through the pandemic. GrantWatch.com is a website that helps to connect organizations and businesses with grants and funding opportunities. A Bronx nonprofit called Summer On The Hill received a grant that helped to purchase ipads for their students.
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Can employers mandate employees get vaccinated before returning to work?
CBS12 News spoke with Labor and Employment lawyer, Michael Elkins, from MLE Law. Elkins says as a general rule employers under certain circumstances can in fact require employees to get vaccinated so long as they ensure vaccination is based on legitimate job requirements
Libby Hikind, from Boynton Beach, is the founder and CEO of GrantWatch.com and is struggling with the idea of moving her employees back into the office,
At the start of the pandemic, the CEO decided to close the business and send staff home to work remotely, but with the vaccine making its way into people's arms she wonders if it is ready to start moving back to the office.
Hikind says she will follow CDC guidelines when and if her employees are asked to come back to the office space, but does not feel comfortable requiring her employees to get vaccinated especially when there is still so little information out about the potential long-term side effects from the Covid-19 vaccine.
How Manufacturers Can Benefit from (And Receive) Grant Money
Many people believe grants are for nonprofits only, but they are also available to for-profit companies offered by US county, state & federal agencies, corporations, foundations, philanthropic groups, and international entities.
Don’t miss The eeDesignit Podcast chat with
Libby Hikind, Founder & CEO of GrantWatch.com, the largest online grants database with over 25,000 grants in 60 categories, on March 17, 2021, as we dive in to exactly how you should go about getting a grant. Hikind is a leading expert in grants with over 20 years in the industry. She previously served in Washington, D.C. and twice remotely as a federal grants peer reviewer. Don’t miss this episode on YouTube or catch it wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Crucial Grants for Nonprofit Organizations
WPTV News: Keeping certain programs going during the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial for a non-profit organization, especially when the need is greater.
The colors of the LGBTQ flag waved vibrantly outside the Compass Community Center in Lake Worth on Friday. The center's doors are still open for everyone, but a lot has changed during the pandemic.
"We’re paying for things like a Zoom subscription. All of our therapy sessions are now happening virtually that way," said Claudia Harrison, the chief communications officer at the Compass Community Center.
The center offers a variety of activities and programs for LGBTQ youth, and for the past two years, grants have kept one vital program going. "We found them through GrantWatch back in 2019, and the funding we receive from them is a crucial part of our youth mental wellness program that allows us to offer mental health therapy to youth clients free of cost to them," Harrison said.
On GrantWatch's website, there are grants for businesses, non-profits, and individuals. This year, the website is seeing a 44% increase in available grants compared to the same time last year.
"I think the needs is greater and the people that give grants are realizing that the need is greater," said Libby Hikind, the founder and CEO of GrantWatch. "We see that the foundations that were only funding non-profits are now funding businesses and individuals." Hikind said the pandemic has caused more grants to become available for tourism, clinical research, and mental health.
Compass just applied for a $25,000 grant to continue funding its youth mental wellness services. "Without grants, we wouldn’t be able to do a lot of what we do here," Harrison said.
CBS 12 NEWS: Florida is fiercely fighting back against any chance of the federal government imposing travel restrictions. That comes after the uproar from Florida Republicans, reacting to reporting from the Miami Herald that said the White House was considering travel restrictions on numerous states in order to clamp down on the spread of the U.K. variant of COVID-19, a hyper-infectious strain of the virus officially known as B117 that's spreading through Florida faster than any other state. The u.k. strain is in 34 states, including Florida which has seen a nearly 50% increase on Sunday alone.
Meanwhile, Florida's wide open, tourist-driven economy is improving, but still sputtering. Unemployment is up dramatically, and Libby Hikind, CEO of GrantWatch.com, says many businesses aren't out of the woods yet and can't afford another hit. "They want to keep their employees paid, and they want to keep their doors open. And every time they think it's going to end, it doesn't."
How to Benefit from a Grant
CW The Jam talks with Libby Hikind, CEO of GrantWatch.com, about using grants to turn dreams into careers. Learn how you can turn your passion projects into businesses, and where you can turn to find seed money
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GrantWatch is a One-Stop Shop for Grants. Students, businesses, nonprofits, and more. The good news is help is available! KTNV 13 Action News Anchor, Tricia Kean, has details on the free money available to those in need.
Thousands of grants are now available.
3NewsNow reporter, Danielle Davis, joins us with more on what you need to do to apply for this money.
GrantWatch has grants from 59 different industries... everything from arts and education to mental health and even disaster relief.
Remembering 9/11.
GrantWatch CEO, Libby Hikind, was living in New York and running for city council when the attacks happened. As she reflects, 19 years later, Libby, says it was the worst and best time for Americans.
Grants for Businesses & Nonprofits
Live on WPTV NewsChannel 5: Grants for Businesses & Nonprofits
Reporter, Michelle Quesada, takes a look at a website that helps businesses, both for-profit and nonprofit, bounce back from uncertain times.
COVID-19 hasn't stopped the T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society from providing health care to underserved communities, but it has stopped the flow of funding.
"We were concerned that we might have to close our doors after 70 years in the community" executive director Laurel Dalton says grants and loans have been more accessible to for-profit businesses, but nonprofits are hurting too.
Many nonprofits are looking for more grants that can help in these uncertain times. GrantWatch.com lists more than 4,000 grants for nonprofits, grants for small businesses, and grants for individuals.
"You can see a grant for $500, or you can see a grant for $2 million - we put them up and we hold nothing back" GrantWatch founder, Libby Hikind, says there are grants open to nonprofits, and grants tailored to specific businesses owned by women, minorities, those impacted by covid-19.
Grant Website Helps Struggling Nonprofits
Live on WPTV NewsChannel5: Grant Website Helps Struggling Nonprofits
GrantWatch lists more than 4,000 grants for non-profits, small businesses, and individuals.
Contact GrantWatch: (561) 249-4129 9am-6pm EST Monday to Friday, email support@grantwatch.com or visit www.grantwatch.com
Grants for Nonprofits - GrantWatch
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Helping Businesses Recover From The Pandemic
Live on Today at 5 News: Helping Businesses Recover From The Pandemic
Helping local businesses recover from the pandemic, and that includes nonprofits struggling to carry out their mission in our communities.
COVID-19 hasn't stopped the T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society from providing healthcare to underserved areas. But money is tight, and the organization is one of many nonprofits searching for grants.
That's where GrantWatch.com comes in. The site is set up to provide a lifeline to nonprofits, small businesses, and individuals.
Nonprofits In Need of Grants
Live on FOX29 Morning News: Nonprofits In Need of Grants
COVID-19 hasn't stopped medical professionals with the T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society from providing health care to underserved communities, but money to do this is tight.
Like many nonprofits - they're in need of grants. That's where GrantWatch.com comes in. Grants are not just for nonprofits but small businesses, and individuals too.
GrantWatch has over 4,000 grants available on its website.
Contact GrantWatch: (561) 249-4129 9am-6pm EST Monday to Friday, email support@grantwatch.com or visit www.grantwatch.com
Grant Website Helps Struggling Businesses and Nonprofits.
It's a time for healing and recovery for businesses from the pandemic. WPTV talks to the founder and CEO of GrantWatch.com, Libby Hikind, about what funding is out there for struggling businesses and nonprofit organizations.
How To Get Money for Small Businesses and Nonprofits
Live on CBS 12 News, GrantWatch CEO Libby Hikind gave some top tips for Nonprofit and Business Advice.
Small businesses and non profits are struggling to keep the doors open. But there is funding out there, you just need to know where to look for it.
If you're a grant seeker remember to:
• Check the eligibility before applying
• Make sure you have your documents in order
• Follow directions and provide only the information they ask for
• Most importantly - hire a grant writer if you are not sure how to complete your application
Find grants and funding available at www.grantwatch.com
Hire a grant writer at www.grantwriterteam.com
Grant Finder for Local Businesses
Live on CBS 12 News, GrantWatch CEO Libby Hikind advises people to apply for grants using a website which has dozens of opportunities for people affected by the coronavirus.
"Our grants are for non-profits, small businesses, and individuals," said GrantWatch CEO Libby Hikind.
GrantWatch is a search website that helps people find grants they qualify for to get monetary help.
"They're available to everyone. Anybody who has a laptop or an iPhone or some access to the internet. We have a search bar, we have many options for how you can search for the grant," said Hikind.
There are many grants on the website right now to help many hurting due to COVID-19.
"Emergency funding, grants for all kinds of musicians, for research and development, healthcare needs,"said Hikind.
You can see what grants you qualify for at www.grantwatch.com
Grantwatch.com Announces New Category, SOCIAL JUSTICE
Social Justice Grants are now easier to identify and apply
GrantWatch.com Announces New Category, SOCIAL JUSTICE
Social Justice Grants are now easier to identify and apply
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- For most nonprofit organizations, grants are the single most important financial resource. Getting a grant could make or break the success of many of these community serving organizations.
With social justice issues exploding in America, GrantWatch.com felt it was the right time to address this topic and create a path for nonprofit business and individuals working towards social justice.
The new social justice category includes grants specifically for: nonprofits, small businesses, municipalities, tribal organizations and community-based and faith-based organizations who focus on social justice, racial equality, economic justice, human rights and social change.
These currently available grants in the social justice category are for providing services for individuals, nonprofits, businesses, communities of color and other populations, cultures and religions that have been affected by racial injustice, prejudice and discrimination based upon their age, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, and sexual orientation.
"Our goal has always been to help nonprofit organizations secure grants but now, with this new category, we are making it easier to identify grantors with open funding applications for social justice causes," Founder and CEO Libby Hikind said. "Right now, we have 188 grants in the category and that number keeps growing," Hikind added.
Libby continued, "We are ready, willing and able to accept many more social justice and other grant listings on GrantWatch.com.
Working together with both the funding source (government, foundations, corporations and philanthropists) and the community grant seeking organizations in need of funding to provide services to bring about social justice, we can change the world!"
ABOUT GRANTWATCH GrantWatch was first established in 2010 to level the playing field for the grant seeking community. Their mission is to provide a grant search engine with added value, with the same price point for large and small nonprofits and businesses.
ABOUT LIBBY HIKIND Libby Hikind, began her grant writing career while working as a teacher in the New York City Department of Education. She wrote many grants for her classroom before raising $11 million for a Brooklyn school district. Throughout her professional career she established her own grant writing agency in Staten Island with a fax newsletter for her clients of available grants. After retiring from teaching, Libby moved to Florida where she embraced the new technology and started GrantWatch. Today more than 120,000 people visit GrantWatch.com online, monthly.
For questions or support, please contact GrantWatch at 561-249-4129 or email support@grantwatch.com.
GrantWatch Announces New COVID-19 Coronavirus Grants Category
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, GrantWatch announced the immediate availability of a new Coronavirus grants category on GrantWatch.com, enabling nonprofits, small businesses and individuals to easily locate and access grants and loans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We have added an additional grants category Coronavirus COVID-19 to our already robust grant search engine. Everyone is working at GrantWatch (from home) to aggregate the grants available on the federal, state, and local level from government, foundations and corporations. At GrantWatch it is "all hands-on-deck" to locate available funding for the effected communities throughout every state and territory in the United States, Canada, Israel and Internationally," said Libby Hikind, CEO of GrantWatch.
Positive Community Impact
Many nonprofits, small businesses and individuals have already started applying to COVID-19 grants which they have found in the Coronavirus grants category on GrantWatch.com.
GrantWatch.com, the most up-to-date grants search engine, is committed to making funding accessible to nonprofits of every size and target audience.
Grants are added to the category on GrantWatch.com daily, by grant researchers, writers and publishers and are also update-driven by government and corporations on the website's List a Grant page.
The site categorizes grants into geographic locations and more than 50 subject categories, for easy searching. GrantWatch.com is unlike any other grant site on the Web:
Grant detail pages include information of "presentation quality" for a board meeting.
New grants are added and updated daily, and past due grants are archived daily.
Exceptional customer service – phone, chat and email with support staff available.
Varying needs of individual and multiple users are met through research staff.
Funding opportunities include foundation, corporation, federal, state and local grants & awards
Founded in 2010, GrantWatch is the worldwide leader in the grants funding industry. The company offers a wide range of products
and services designed to assist nonprofits in their fundraising needs:
GrantWatch.com is a current up-to-date grants search engine for nonprofits, categorized geographically, by grant interest and keywords.
GrantWriterTeam.com is where grant seekers are matched with grant writers to help organizations write grants, research funding opportunities, develop curriculum and design crowdfunding campaigns.
GWI.educaton is where aspiring grant writers can learn grant writing and the grant application process. The curriculum is in development. Complete the form to get on our list.
YouHelp.com is a free crowdfunding platform where nonprofits and individuals alike can reach out to their community to solicit funds to for their cause.
For more information:
561 249-4129
Support@GrantWatch.com https://www.GrantWatch.com
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Empower Your Business: Business Fair & Workshop
March 8th 2018
YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade / Flowers Consulting
OJC NYC Conference & Expo: Women In The Workforce
September 15th 2017
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Human Services Conference: Identifying and Winning Grants to Fund Essential Services
May 4th 2016
Maryland Community Actions Partnership (MCAP)
To speak with Libby or set up and interview – Please contact Marie Sky at Hey, Sandy! PR marieskyheysandypr@gmail.com or 954-554-7084
ABOUT LIBBY HIKIND
Libby Hikind, began her grant writing career while working as a teacher in the New York City Department of Education. She wrote many grants for her classroom before raising $11 million for a Brooklyn school district. Throughout her professional career she established her own grant writing agency in Staten Island with a fax newsletter for her clients of available grants. After retiring from teaching, Libby embraced the new technology and started GrantWatch. She then moved GrantWatch and her grant writing agency to Florida to enjoy her parents later years, and the rest is history. Today more than 120,000 people visit GrantWatch.com online, monthly.
ABOUT GRANTWATCH
GrantWatch was first established in 2010 to level the playing field for the grant seeking community. Their mission is to provide a grant search engine with added value, with the same price point for large and small nonprofits and businesses.
Libby Hikind, began her grant writing career while working as a teacher in the New York City Department of Education. She wrote many grants for her classroom before raising $11 million for a Brooklyn school district. Throughout her professional career she established her own grant writing agency in Staten Island with a fax newsletter for her clients of available grants. After retiring from teaching, Libby embraced the new technology and started GrantWatch. She then moved GrantWatch and her grant writing agency to Florida to enjoy her parents later years, and the rest is history. Today more than 120,000 people visit GrantWatch.com online, monthly.