ANIMALS
You may want to check out < http://www.animalgrantmakers.org/ >
The Edith J. Goode Residuary Trust supports the development of organizational capacity for organizations incorporated for the prevention of cruelty to animals. In particular, the trust supports shelter management and other training costs for shelter personnel. The trust also gives special grants to explore innovative shelter ideas and programs, including evaluation of outcomes. Grants are not provided for lobbying, erecting permanent structures, or paying salaries. The maximum grant is about $5,000.
http://www.goodetrust.net/
http://www.greatergood.com/ - The GreaterGood Network of websites offer the public a unique opportunity to support causes they care about at no cost to them. Each person’s daily click on the Click To Give™ sites displays sponsor advertising. One hundred percent (100%) of sponsor advertising is paid as a royalty to charity through the non-profit, tax-exempt GreaterGood.org.
Supporters can also contribute directly to charity by purchasing Gifts that Give More™, where one hundred percent (100%) of their donation is given to charity, or by purchasing one of the 4500+ products that we carry, including jewelry, apparel, and gifts. There is a charity royalty of from 5-30% paid on every item purchased from any of the GreaterGood Network’s online stores.
Scroll down the page & you’ll see “HELPING ANIMALS/ANIMAL RESCUE SITE,” which affords you the opportunity to CLICK IT DAILY, for which you’ll receive a “Thank You — your click has been counted! Today, you have given the value of .6 bowls of food to rescued animals.”
And you can spend another moment clicking on the Breast Cancer site to receive the message: “Thank You — your click has been counted! Today, you are helping another woman in need get a free mammogram.”
ARTS/HUMANITIES
NEH Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges grants are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at community colleges or community college systems. These projects must be planned and implemented in collaboration with another institution with appropriate resources, such as a college or university, museum, research library, or professional association. Grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future.
NEH Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges grants
*create opportunities for community college faculty members to study together while improving their capacity to teach the humanities; *enhance or develop areas of need in an institution’s humanities programs; and *give community college faculty access to humanities resources through partnerships with other institutions with appropriate resources.
NEH expects to award seven to nine grants of up to $120,000 each in outright funds.
Any U.S. nonprofit organization with tax-exempt status is eligible, as are state and local governmental agencies and federally recognized Indian tribal governments. Individuals are not eligible to apply.
The planning and implementation of a project must involve a partnership between a community college or community college system and another institution with appropriate resources, such as a college or university, museum, research library, or professional association. The applicant of record may be either the participating community college or community college system or the collaborating institution.
Deadline: August 27, 2013.
http://www.neh.gov/files/grants/bridgingcultures-communitycolleges-aug-27-2013.pdf
Learning & Leadership Grants – The NEA Foundation
These grants support public school teachers, public education support professionals, and/or faculty and staff in public institutions of higher education for one of the following two purposes: 1) Grants to individuals fund participation in high-quality professional development experiences, such as summer institutes or action research. 2) Grants to groups fund collegial study, including study groups, action research, lesson study, or mentoring experiences for faculty or staff new to an assignment.
Applicants must be practicing U.S. public school teachers in grades K-12, public school education support professionals, or faculty and staff at public higher education institutions. Preference will be given to members of the National Education Association. The NEA Foundation encourages grant applications from teachers with less than seven years of experience in the profession, and education support professionals.
Average Amount: $2,000.00 – $5,000.00
Deadline: June 1, 2013. http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/Learning&Leadership_Guidelines.htm
POV, public television’s premier showcase for independent, nonfiction film seeks programs from all perspectives to showcase in its annual PBS series. All subjects, aesthetic approaches and lengths are welcomed.
Eligibility: http://cfe.pov.org/index.php
All submissions must arrive by 6 pm, Friday, June 28, 2013.
http://cfe.pov.org/index.php
The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians seeks nominations for the Best of the South: Preserving Southern Architecture Award.
This annual award honors a project that preserves or restores an historic building, or complex of buildings, in an outstanding manner and that demonstrates excellence in research, technique, and documentation. Projects in the twelve-state (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) region of SESAH that were completed in 2011 or 2012 are eligible.
Deadline: July 1, 2013. http://www.sesah.org/sesah/Awards.html
CHILDREN/YOUTH
Best Buy Children’s Foundation Seeks Applications for Youth Technology Grants
The Best Buy Children’s Foundation is accepting applications from local and regional nonprofit organizations working to provide teens with places and opportunities to develop twenty-first century technology skills with the potential to inspire their future education and career choices.
Community grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded for program activities such as computer programming, digital imaging (photography, graphic design, videography), music production, robotics, and gaming and mobile app development. Grants are intended to support local efforts and are reviewed for consideration by Best Buy teams across the United States. The average grant amount is $5,000.
To be eligible, organizations must be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, organizations must provide direct services that build technology skills in teens between the ages of 13 and 18, and be located within fifty miles of a Best Buy store, Best Buy Mobile location, Best Buy Distribution Center, Best Buy Service Center, or Best Buy corporate campus.
Before submitting a full application, qualified applicants must complete an eligibility quiz by July 1, 2013.
http://pr.bby.com/community-grants/
Funds for Children’s Book Acquisitions – The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation is dedicated to advancing literacy and fostering a love of reading among underserved and at-risk children and youth.
The Foundation provides grants to school libraries, non-traditional libraries, and bookmobile programs throughout the country for the purchase of books published for young people preschool through grade 8.
The focus of the grant program is on libraries that serve economically or socially at-risk children, have limited book budgets, and demonstrate real need.
Grants for 2013 will range from $500 to $3,000.
Deadline: June 15, 2013.
http://www.loislenskicovey.org/6.html
Administration on Children, Youth and Families – Street Outreach Program
Every day, in communities across the country, young people run from or are asked to leave homes characterized by abuse, neglect, or parental drug and alcohol abuse. Once on the streets, these young people often lose touch with the caring adults in their extended families, schools, and communities that can help and protect them. As a result, they frequently fall victim to exploitation and abuse. Young people disproportionately suffer from serious health, behavioral, and emotional problems. Often, they are unable to find or keep the safe, stable housing that is so crucial to a successful transition to adulthood.
Since 1996, projects funded by the SOP have provided services to youth living on the streets and in unstable situations by reaching out to them. These projects aim to increase young people’s safety, well-being, and self-sufficiency, and to help them build permanent connections with caring adults, with the goal of getting them off the streets.
HHS-2013-ACF-ACYF-YO-0574
Public and nonprofit private agencies are eligible for awards under this funding opportunity, in accordance with section 351 of the RHY Act. (Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5714-41).
Grantees must provide at least 10 percent of the total approved cost of the project.
Deadline: June 28, 2013.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2013-ACF-ACYF-YO-0574/html
AMERICAN LEGION CHILD WELFARE FOUNDATION, INC.
We accept proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which meet one of the Foundation’s two basic purposes:
•To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and
•To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society.
Grants must have the potential of helping American children in a large geographic area (more than one state). http://www.cwf-inc.org/grantseekers/overview
Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grants
State Farm and Young Service America (YSA)
Each grant engages participating teachers and students in a service and learning program that promotes academic achievement, 21st-century student outcomes, and stronger communities. The State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grant requires a 14+ week Semester of Service starting in Fall 2013 and ending on Global Youth Service Day (April 11-13, 2014).
Average Amount: $1,500.00
Deadline: June 23, 2013. http://www.ysa.org/goodneighbor
Amway’s Who Cares Challenge: Youth Leadership Contest
Amway will honor 10 youth changemakers in the United States and Canada. The contest is open to youth ages 13 – 22. Applicants will be narrowed down through public voting to a group of 100 entries. Charity partner Free The Children will then select 10 winners to receive $10,000 each to give to the nonprofit organization of their choice. Five grand prize winners from among those 10 will also receive a trip for themselves and a companion to Free The Children’s next We Day youth empowerment event in Minnesota on October 8, 2013.
Deadline: June 5. http://bit.ly/14zbzSX
CONSERVATION/ENVIRONMENT
Support for Land Conservation Projects – National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Acres for America
Acres for America, a partnership between Walmart Stores, Inc. and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, was established to provide funding for projects that conserve important habitat for fish, wildlife, and plants through acquisition of interest in real property.
The goal of the Acres for America program is to offset the footprint of Walmart’s domestic facilities on at least an acre by acre basis through these acquisitions.
All grant awards require a minimum 1:1 match of cash or contributed goods and services.
Preference will be given to acquisitions that are part of published conservation plans (North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Partners in Flight, etc.), State Wildlife Action Plans, or Endangered Species Act Recovery Plans.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation regional director in their area to discuss project ideas prior to applying.
Pre-proposals are due June 3, 2013; invited full proposals must be submitted by August 1, 2013.
http://www.nfwf.org/Pages/acresforamerica/home.aspx
The Captain Planet Foundation primarily makes grants to U.S.-based schools and organizations with an annual operating budget of less than $3 million.
Grants are made for activities that conform to the mission of the Captain Planet Foundation which is to: promote and support high-quality educational programs that enable children and youth to understand and appreciate our world through learning experiences that engage them in active, hands-on projects to improve the environment in their schools and communities.
Deadlines:
•September 30th- typically for spring and summer projects
•February 28th- typically for fall and winter projects
http://captainplanetfoundation.org/apply-for-grants/
EDUCATION
Office of Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education.
The Investing in Innovation Fund (i3), established under section 14007 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides funding to support (1) local educational agencies (LEAs), and (2) nonprofit organizations in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools.
The i3 program is designed to generate and validate solutions to persistent educational challenges and to support the expansion of effective solutions across the country to serve substantially larger numbers of students. The central design element of the i3 program is its multi-tier structure that links the amount of funding that an applicant may receive to the quality of the evidence supporting the efficacy of the proposed project. Applicants proposing practices
supported by limited evidence can receive relatively small grants that support the development and initial evaluation of promising practices and help to identify new solutions to pressing challenges; applicants proposing practices supported by evidence from rigorous evaluations, such as large randomized controlled trials, can receive sizable grants to support expansion across the Nation. This structure provides incentives for applicants to build evidence of effectiveness of their proposed projects and to address the barriers to serving more students across schools, districts, and States so that applicants can compete for more sizeable grants.
CFDA Number: 84.411A (Scale-up grants).
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: May 23, 2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 2, 2013.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-05-03/html/2013-10464.htm
The International Reading Association is accepting applications for the 2014 Regie Routman Teacher Recognition grant. A grant of $2,500 will be awarded to an outstanding K-6 classroom teacher who is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of reading and writing across the curriculum in real-world contexts.
To be eligible, teachers must work in a school where at least 60 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch and belong to the International Reading Association.
Deadline: November 15, 2013.
http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants/teachers_routman.aspx
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) invites middle level and high schools, including K-8 and K-12 schools, that serve economically disadvantaged students to apply for this award. Schools must have 40% or more students eligible for free and reduced-price meals.
The goal of the project is to identify, recognize, and showcase middle level and high schools that serve large numbers of students living in poverty and are high achieving or dramatically improving student achievement.
Ten schools will be nationally recognized as MetLife Foundation-NASSP Breakthrough Schools. Each school will receive a $5,000 grant and be featured in the association’s monthly magazine Principal Leadership. Principals of Breakthrough Schools will participate in dissemination activities at the NASSP Annual Conference and other venues throughout the year.
Deadline: June 30, 2013. http://www.nassp.org/AwardsandRecognition/MetLifeFoundationNASSPBreakthroughSchools.aspx
School Leadership Program – US Dept. of Education – Office of Innovation and Improvement
The School Leadership Program (SLP) assists high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) in recruiting, training, and supporting principals (including assistant principals) by providing–
*Financial incentives to aspiring new principals (teachers or individuals from other fields who want to become principals); *Stipends to principals who mentor new principals; *Professional development programs that focus on instructional leadership and management; and *Other incentives that are appropriate and effective in retaining new principals.
The goal of the SLP is to increase student achievement by investing in innovative projects that prepare aspiring principals and provide professional development to current principals (including current assistant principals) to foster mastery of core leadership skills. To this end, the Department encourages applicants under this competition to propose projects that will implement pre- and in-service programs that produce the most highly qualified school leaders.
CFDA Number: 84.363A.
14-17 awards anticipated….$750,000 – $1,000,000.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: June 7, 2013.
Application deadline: July 8, 2013.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-05-08/html/2013-10980.htm
PTO Today, Inc. invites members of the PTO, PTA, HSA, PTC, and other groups to enter their Parent Group of the Year Contest. Entrants may choose from 8 categories, including Outstanding Family Event, Outstanding Community Service Project, and Outstanding New Group. Applicants may use this as an opportunity to showcase their hard work while giving their schools the chance to win money.
The grand prize winner of the National Parent Group of the Year will receive $3,000 and 100,000 Labels For Education points. Category winners will each receive $500 and 10,000 Labels For Education points.
Deadline: June 3, 2013. http://www.ptotoday.com/pgy/
The National Weather Association (NWA) is sponsoring the Sol Hirsch Education Fund, which offers $750 to K-12 teachers who wish to improve the education of their students in meteorology. Selected teachers may use the funds to take an accredited course in atmospheric sciences, attend a relevant workshop or conference, or purchase scientific materials or equipment for the classroom.
Deadline: June 1, 2013. http://www.nwas.org/grants/solhirsch.php?
United Way of South Mississippi is now accepting applications from nonprofits to fund education specific programs in Harrison, Hancock and Pearl River Counties. Interested parties may download the Letter of Intent (LOI) request and application guidelines from the website www.unitedwaysm.org. LOIs must be returned to Aletha Burge no later than 12pm on May 15th. Any not-for-profit organization that meets the qualifications outlined in the application guidance document (available online) is encouraged to submit an LOI.
This funding initiative will support programs that invest in early childhood (ages 0 – 8) educational opportunities. United Way of South Mississippi’s Board of Directors has chosen to invigorate its concentration on education programs, in addition to remaining steadfast in its support of local income and health initiatives. UWSM will continue to fund current grants of income and health programs, but will not review new applications for these areas until the 2014 and 2015 grant cycles.
The grant cycle is a two-step process. Once LOIs are received, they will be reviewed by a committee of volunteers who will select the best proposals and request a full grant application.
Please note that an invitation to submit a proposal does not guarantee funding.
For additional information and to review the complete grant application guidelines and timeline, please visit www.unitedwaysm.org. You may also contact Aletha Burge at Aburge@unitedwaysm.org.
GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN
Students design home that makes power, water, food
by MBJ Staff – Published: May 3,2013
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University architecture students designed a sustainable home that can provide its own electricity, water supply and food for a family of four.
In the final project of a sustainable design class, the students turned theoretical principles into a practical home and landscape. They designed all aspects of a self-supporting, modern homestead, including features like solar energy use, rainwater harvesting, wastewater management, and gardens, trees and shrubs to provide a year-round food supply.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/03/students-design-home-that-makes-power-water-food/?utm_source=WhatCounts+Publicaster+Edition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MBJ+E-Bulletin+%e2%80%94+Study%3a+State+sees+manufacturing+growth%2c+but%e2%80%a6&utm_content=Students+design+home+that+makes+power%2c+water%2c+food
HEALTH/MENTAL HEALTH
Grants Promote Oral Health Programs for Babies and Toddlers
ADA Foundation: Samuel D. Harris Fund for Children’s Dental Health
The American Dental Association (ADA) Foundation provides grants for sustainable programs in dental research, education, access to care, and also provides assistance for dentists and their families in need.
The Foundation’s Samuel D. Harris Fund for Children’s Dental Health provides grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofit organizations whose oral health promotion initiatives are designed to improve and maintain children’s oral health through primary prevention and education.
For 2013, grant funding will be considered for community-based nonprofit organizations that offer parent/caregiver education programs to prevent early childhood caries in babies and toddlers by circumventing primary oral bacterial infection before it can take hold in the baby’s mouth.
Approximately 17 grants will be provided.
Deadline: June 10, 2013. http://www.ada.org/applyforassistance.aspx#samuel-harris
LAGNIAPPE
ONE (of many) LESSON(s) I LEARNED FROM THE GRANT FUNDER’S PANEL AT THE POSITIONED FOR PROGRESS CONFERENCE: Look at the website of the potential funder. Look at previously funded programs. Feel free to contact grantees.
The 2013 Positioned for Progress Conference was excellent. Consider setting aside funds to attend this conference in 2014.
Good tips on successful grant applications: < http://www.legion.org/documents/pdf/grants.pdf >
MISCELLANEOUS
More than a decade ago Sappi Fine Paper North America— the maker of McCoy, Opus, Somerset and Flo — established the Ideas that Matter grant program to recognize and support designers who use their skills and expertise to solvecommunications problems for a wide range of charitable activities. Even today, Ideas that Matter remains the only grant program of its kind in the industry. Since 1999, Ideas that Matter has funded over 500 nonprofit projects, contributing $12 million worldwide to causes that enhance our lives, our communities and our planet. Sappi believes that the creative ideas of designers can have an impact beyond the aesthetic and that those ideas can be a powerful force for social good. Working together with our customers, we aim to make a difference.
Ideas that Matter is open to individual designers, design firms, agencies, in-house corporate design departments, design instructors, individual design students and design student groups.
What kinds of projects may be submitted: All communication projects that support the needs of the nonprofit and meet the conditions and requirements of the Ideas that Matter program will be considered. At least a portion of the project must be printed. Additional elements may include a variety of communication mediums such as outdoor signage, t-shirts, banner advertising, print advertising, websites, html campaigns, or other media.
What budget items may be submitted: Grant awards range from $5,000 to $50,000 per project. Budget items may include implementation and out-of-pocket costs, including photography, illustration, paper, printing, mailing and related expenses. Budget items may not include travel, hardware or overhead elements, such as computers or rent. Deadline: July 19, 2013. http://www.na.sappi.com/ideasthatmatterNA/learn.html
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR – Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications for Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program
Approximately $474 million in grant funds to be awarded under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant program. This solicitation announces a third round of funding under the TAACCCT grant program. The TAACCCT grant program provides eligible institutions of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), with funds to expand and improve their ability to deliver education and career training programs that can be completed in two years or less, and are suited for workers who are eligible for training under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers Program (“TAA-eligible workers”) of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. 2271-2323, as well as other adults. Eligible institutions may be located in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or the U.S. territories; however, the competitiveness of institutions in the U.S. territories for this Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) may be impacted by their limited opportunity to serve TAA–eligible workers. The primary intent of the TAACCCT program is to meet the educational or career training needs of workers who have lost their jobs or are threatened with job loss as a result of foreign trade by funding the expansion and improvement of education and career training programs that are suited for these individuals; however, the Department expects that a wide range of individuals will benefit from the TAACCCT program once education and training programs are developed and implemented.
Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/DFA PY-12-10
CFDA Number: 17.282
The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement for: Single Institution Applicants is June 18, 2013. Consortium Applicants is July 3, 2013.
http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/taaccct_sga_dfa_py_12_10.pdf
National Alliance for Grieving Children Invites Applications for Child Bereavement Programs
The National Alliance for Grieving Children, in partnership with the New York Life Foundation, is accepting applications from local child bereavement organizations for programs that bring grief support services to youth from ethnically diverse or low-income communities not served by existing bereavement programs.
Through the Grief Reach program, NAGC will award five grants each of $10,000, $15,000,$25,000, and $100,000 ($50,000 a year for two years) to organizations working to deliver programs that have a direct impact on children. Fifty percent of the children served must be from low-income families and/or minority communities.
To be eligible, organizations must be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
NAGC will be holding an informational webinar on May 15, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. EST.
Deadline: July 8, 2013.
http://www.childrengrieve.org/2013-grief-reach-request-proposals
Help Build The Bravest Map Ever
The Born This Way Foundation needs help to create a huge map highlighting places that inspire and encourage kindness and bravery in your community. Is it your local library and the programming that they sponsor? Is it your local park of the community center down the street where you spend time with your friends? They want to make sure that every community has a place we can point to as an example of kindness and bravery and they’re depending on you to help build the map! To see the current entries and to nominate your own, visit: www.bornthiswayfoundation.org/map
DoSomething.org Peanut Butter & Jam Slam
DoSomething.org challenges teens to a simple task: Hold a food drive to donate peanut butter and jelly —- two of most requested items at food banks. By donating 10 jars minimum, participants will be entered to win some awesome scholarships from DoSomething (and even better prizes if you collect 5,000 jars!). This is a fun and easy way for teens to make a difference. The Peanut Butter and Jam Slam ends May 21, so get collecting! http://dsorg.us/YxuzgP
Annie’s Grants for Gardens
Annie’s offers grants to school gardens that connect children directly to real food. These funds can be used to buy gardening tools, seeds or other needed supplies. Get $500 to start a brand-new school garden program. Use these funds for anything from classroom seeds in a cup to garden beds. There’s no need to have an existing garden! Or, apply for $1,500 to deepen your school garden program. You must have an existing school garden to choose this entry type.
Deadline: May 31, 2013. http://bit.ly/YIGM4i
The Surdna Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry from nonprofit organizations for programs that connect and improve the infrastructure systems of urban places and surrounding areas in ways that maximize positive impacts and minimize negative environmental, economic, and social consequences.
Through the Sustainable Environments program, the foundation supports four main categories of work: sustainable transportation networks and equitable development patterns, energy efficiency in the built environment, urban water management, and regional food supply. Requested grant amounts should relate directly to the size of the organization’s budget and the amount needed to successfully complete the project.
To be eligible, organizations must be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, organizations should promote meaningful collaborations and an integrated approach to infrastructure solutions; focus on infrastructure decisions that better meet the needs of historically underserved communities, including low-income communities and people of color; promote long-term solutions and leverage strategic infrastructure investments; and/or highlight, especially through communications, the multiple benefits of next generation infrastructure.
Upon review, selected organizations will be invited to submit full proposals.
Deadline: Rolling.
http://www.surdna.org/what-we-fund/sustainable-environments.html
The Knight Foundation is accepting applications for the Knight Community Information Challenge, an initiative to help community and place-based foundations have an impact on issues they care about by funding news and information projects. The initiative also aims to encourage local foundations to step in and take a leadership role in ensuring that residents are informed about and engaged in issues important to them.
In 2013, the challenge will provide up to $50,000 in seed funding to test new ideas. While the challenge is an open call for all kinds of projects, priority will be given to open government efforts.
In addition to providing matching funds, the initiative provides foundations with information on the latest media trends via the Media Learning Seminar, a gathering of foundation, media, and tech leaders devoted to exploring ways to meet communities’ information needs; provides access to circuit riders; able to provide technical support at any stage of a project; and ongoing training through the Knight Digital Media Center.
The challenge is open to all community foundations in North America, as well as geographically oriented foundations that have a place-based focus similar to a community foundation. Innovators who are looking to test a news and information project in a local community are encouraged to participate, but they must partner with a community or place-based foundation that will apply on the project’s behalf.
Deadline: June 1, 2013. http://www.knightfoundation.org/kcic/
Exemplary Senior Housing Projects Recognized – The purpose of the MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing, administered by Enterprise Community Partners, is to recognize nonprofit organizations and Tribes/Tribally Designated Housing Entities that show exemplary leadership, innovation, and quality service delivery in green, health and service-enriched senior housing.
Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria: green, sustainable, age-friendly features; commitment about aging and connecting health to housing; and quality of partnerships with service partners and connections to opportunities in healthcare reform.
Four grants of $50,000 will be awarded.
Eligible properties must have a minimum of 25 units and have been in operation at least two years.
Deadline: May 31, 2013.
http://www.enterprisecommunity.com/solutions-and-innovation/senior-housing/metlife-foundation-awards
Cracker Barrel Foundation seeks to strengthen and preserve community by supporting programs in the areas of education, human services, cultural affairs and the environment. Special consideration is given to programs that address children, youth and family issues, and emphasize traditional values such as hard work, education and self-reliance.
Eligibility: Interested applicants must have a Cracker Barrel location in their community.
Proposals are accepted and reviewed throughout the year.
http://crackerbarrel.com/about-us/cracker-barrel-foundation/how-to-apply-for-funding/
Program Supports Savings Accounts for Refugees – Department of Health and Human Services
The Projects to Establish Individual Development Account Programs for Refugees program supports efforts to establish and manage individual savings accounts for low-income refugee participants.
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2013-ACF-ORR-ZI-0572
CFDA No.: 93.576 – Refugee and Entrant Assistance_Discretionary Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Deadline: June 17, 2013.
Funding Available to Offer Juvenile Offenders a Second Chance – Department of Justice
The Second Chance Act Juvenile Reentry Program provides support to ensure that the transition of incarcerated youth back into the community is successful and promotes public safety.
Funding Opportunity Number: OJJDP-2013-3619
CFDA No.: CFDA Number(s): 16.812 – Second Chance Act Prisoner Reentry Initiative
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes
Deadline: June 17, 2013.
Program Addresses Youth Violence – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Youth Violence Training and Technical Assistance program offers support to develop and provide training and technical assistance to local health departments and their partners in high-risk communities to address high rates of youth violence.
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,750,000
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CE13-1305
CFDA No.: CFDA Number(s): 93.136 – Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: Due May 24, 2013.
Application Deadline Date: Due June 24, 2013
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RESOURCES AND TRAINING
Feel free to send me info on conferences/workshops/training that you would like to include in this section. If you send it to me but it’s not in this email it’s because I missed it; suggest you put in the subject line “please include in weekly email”.
The Mississippi Center for Nonprofits is the state’s only nonprofit resource center. Our mission is to strengthen the capacity of nonprofits to serve the people and communities of Mississippi. For the thousands of nonprofit organizations across the state, the Center is the primary source of management training, technical information, advice, answers, coaching and connection to vital resources. Visit www.msnonprofits.org. You can also visit http://msnonprofits.org/training-and-consulting/view-calendar for a calendar of trainings provided by the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits.
Upcoming GrantStation Webinars
Unless otherwise noted, all webinars are led by Cynthia M. Adams, CEO of GrantStation, are 90 minutes in duration, and are scheduled to begin at 2 PM Eastern Time. The registration fee for webinars is $89 per person, $150 per site. https://www.grantstation.com/Programs/WebinarOrder/Webinars.aspx
Using Outcome Data to Tell Your Story: Every nonprofit organization has a story to tell, but many remain as a “best kept secret” year after year. Stories developed around well-documented outcome data are vital to building your organization’s relationship with the community. So how do you enhance your organization’s compelling stories with solid outcome data in order to advance your mission? During this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will discuss methods to collect the data you need, how to use data-driven stories to communicate your message, and ways to tailor your story to constituencies both inside and outside of your organization. This webinar will be held Thursday, May 16, 2013.
