The Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia

P.O. Box 85541, Seattle, WA 98145. An affiliate of the War Resisters League and National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee
Tel: (206) 547-0952, Fax: (206) 547-2631. E-mail: nacc (at) drizzle (dot) com

The Facts:

• Grant requests up to $2,000 will be considered.
  
• Applications must be received by January 15, 2008.
  
• Grants will be awarded by March 1, 2008.
  
• Applications must be filled up using the provided form (available below and from the NACC office).
  

Basic Grant Information for 2008.
Grant Application for 2008.

The Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia is a Seattle-based organization which uses nonviolent action to create political and social change. NACC acts to interrupt and transform militarism and other forms of violence, and to build a society based upon community, economic justice, environmental awareness, personal empowerment, and feminist, queer-positive, and anti-racist principles.

NACC uses creative nonviolent direct action, war tax resistance, public education and coalition-building towards these ends, creating community and developing empowerment and conflict-resolution skills in the process.

Begun in 1979 as the Conscience and Military Tax Campaign, NACC was founded by war tax resisters intent on refusing to allow their tax dollars to be spent on warfare and killing. NACC still administers the CMTC Escrow Account, the largest fund of resisted tax dollars in the U.S. For several years we have annually granted a large percentage of our Escrow Account interest to local, national and international groups working for peace and justice.

NACC seeks grant applications from grassroots groups that organize around issues of peace, social justice, and community empowerment. This year's (non-exclusive) focus is "war resistance". NACC defines organizing as collective action to challenge the status quo, demand changes in policy and practice, and educate communities about root causes and just solutions. We support strategies that build community, encourage collaborations with other organizations and increase skills and/or access to resources. High priority is given to groups that are considered too "radical" to attract mainstream funding sources. We will accept applications from groups working on local, regional, national, and/or international issues. In this granting cycle, we are giving special but not exclusive consideration to applications addressing current U.S. war efforts.

Applicants are encouraged to download an application from our web site at http://seanacc.org/grants.htm. Applicants may also e-mail or call the office for a hard-copy of the application, or to ask questions regarding the process. 501(c)3 status or sponsorship is not a requirement for NACC grants. We try to make the application process as simple and painless as possible. While this does not mean that you can escape the hard work of planning out your organizing projects and grant requests, it does mean that we will try to minimize the hoops you need to jump through in order to receive a grant.

The maximum grant request that NACC will consider for this funding cycle is $2,000. NACC will not be accepting multi-year grants at this time, but past grant recipients may re-apply for new funding. In previous granting cycles, NACC has received between twelve and forty proposals and distributed at least $6,000 in grants.

The deadline for grant applications for the Winter 2008 funding cycle is January 15, 2008. Grants will be awarded March 1. Please note that all requests must use a NACC Grant Application form. Submissions that do not use our form will not be considered. If you choose to complete your application by hand, please make sure your handwriting is clear and easy to read. Applications must be submitted by mail or hand-delivered to our office. Neither Fax nor e-mail applications will be accepted.





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Grant Applications Sought

The Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia is seeking grant applications from grassroots groups for activist organizing and education on issues of peace, social justice and community empowerment. Interested groups may download an application form and guidelines from our web site, or contact our office.

• Funding limit is $2,000 per recipient group.
• Application deadline is January 15, 2008.
• Grants will be awarded March 1, 2008.