Calling all Voter Education projects: Lotte E. Scharfman Memorial Fund Grant Program deadline October 14

Did you know that the Lotte E. Scharfman Memorial Fund Grant Program can help your League cover costs for voter education programs? A Scharfman grant can help with events around elections, candidate forums, voter guides, issues meetings, voting signs, and meet-and-greets with legislators. Grants can be written for non-election projects, too.

Successful Scharfman grants have funded art exhibits, Know Your Town booklets, Town Meeting informational handbooks, and tech infrastructure like Zoom for voter service programs in our post-pandemic world. Think creatively—if it is a voter service project, it probably meets the guidelines. Need some ideas? Go to the LWVMA for a list of previous grants. The grant forms are easy to complete. An individual League can request up to $400. Two or more Leagues working together on the same project, can request up to $800 in Scharfman Grant funds. The next grant cycle deadline is October 14. Remember to fill out the Final Report, if you have not done so your League will not be eligible for a new grant. The form can be found: here. Find the guidelines here and the grant application here.