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Welcome > What We Fund > Organizational Capacity-Building > Organizational Scholarships

Organizational Scholarships

Recognizing the benefits of using existing community programming aimed at building organizational infrastructure, the Tower Foundation partners with local providers to offer organizational scholarships for selected programs at the Canisius College Center for Professional Development, the University at Buffalo Institute for Nonprofit Agencies, the Boston University Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership, the Merrimack College's Non-Profit Certificate Program, and the Martha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative.

Funding is limited to organizations located within the Foundation's geographic areas whose service recipients are children, adolescents, and young adults to age 26 affected by mental illness developmental disabilities, and/or substance abuse.

For more information about scholarship opportunities, contact:

Boston University
Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership
(617) 899-6550
http://smg.bu.edu/exec/elc/inml/index.shtml

Canisius College
Center for Professional Development
(716) 888-8490
www.canisius.edu/cpd/tower_scholarship.asp

Martha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative
(508) 645-3690
Merrimack College
Non-Profit Certificate Program
Jane T. Larkin, Ph.D.
Dean, School for Advanced Studies
(978) 837-5327
jane.larkin@merrimack.edu

University at Buffalo — Institute for Nonprofit Agencies
School of Social Work Office of Continuing Education
(716) 829-3939 ext. 162
www.socialwork.buffalo.edu/research/INA/current.asp

In addition, the Foundation provides support for community workshops and seminars that focus on organizational capacity-building that are hosted by the following organizations:

Association of Fundraising Professionals
Martha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative
The Cape Cod Foundation
The Essex County Community Foundation