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February 3rd 2012 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Artists Get Opportunity

In Faubourg St. John we are blessed with an eclectic mix of great people. We have artists, sculptors, musicians, lawyers, doctors, captains of industry, and “average joes” (like me).

Below is an opportunity for the artists of Faubourg St. John:

Last Chance to Apply for the Creative Capital

Professional Development for Creative Producers Workshop

What: 20+ inspiring hours of strategic planning, fundraising, promotion and self-management for artists of all mediums; music, visual, performing, design, and literary.

When: Friday, March 9th – Sunday, March 11th, 2012 (5:30pm-8:45pm Friday, 8:30am-5pm Saturday, and 8:30am-5pm Sunday)

Where: Joan Mitchell Center, 2275 Bayou Rd.

Who: 24 creative producers who make original work and Creative Capital’s expert consultants, leaders and grantees.

Deadline to apply: Friday, February 3rd, 2012, 5pm. (This deadline has been extended by two days.)

Where to apply: http:cano-la.org

Creative Alliance of New Orleans and Moving Stories Dance Project are currently accepting applications for Creative Capital’s Professional Development Workshop presented 5:30-8:45pm Friday, March 9th, 8:30am-5pm Saturday, March 10th, and 8:30am-5pm Sunday March 11th.

What is Creative Capital?
They are a nationally lauded organization who funds many exciting artists and projects every year. Creative Capital also offers cutting edge information on professional development to hundreds of artists each year. Creative Capital has never been brought to New Orleans before. This one of a kind workshop has been described as a “crash course in self-management, strategic planning, fundraising and promotion” for artists of all creative genres. This workshop takes artists on a two and a half day retreat led by nationally renowned arts professionals. The experience is limited to 24 artists from Louisiana. All applications will be reviewed by a selection committee with the goal of assembling a very diverse group of artists from varied artistic genres and cultural backgrounds. Applicants must create original works. Visual artists, composers, filmmakers, choreographers and all other mediums are encouraged to apply. The Creative Alliance and Moving Stories believe that this program presents an opportunity for Louisiana artists to learn new methods in improving their professional careers in the arts. Please go to this website http://cano-la.org to apply.

This program is able to be presented thanks to the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Creative Capital, National Performance Network and in kind support from the Joan Mitchell Center.

February 3rd 2012 The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL)

TFL announces 2012-2013 Community Advocacy Grants

The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL) has released its 2012-13 Request for Application (RFA) for Community Advocacy Grants (CAGs).

You can review the RFA, register for the RFA workshop and find answers to the RFA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) all through our website: http://www.tobaccofreeliving.org

If you would like to learn more about applying, please register for the RFA workshop as soon as possible.

February 8th workshop
Daughters of Charity
3201 S. Carrollton Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70118
10:30 am â€“ 1:30 pm

The purpose of these grants is to foster community involvement in carrying out TFLâ€™s goals of reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, preventing tobacco initiation by youth, and reducing tobacco-related health disparities.

TFL CAGs assist in the growth and development of statewide capacity building and mobilization efforts for tobacco prevention and control. It is through the statewide coordination of these strengthened efforts that the goal of prevention is met through policy change. The three areas that the RFA will focus on are youth, young adults (college/university), and employees disparately impacted by tobacco in the workplace.

The CAGs funding period will be from July 1, 2012 to June 15, 2013 (FY 12/13).
Benefits to the TFL Community Advocacy Grantees include:
â€¢ Funding for staff support stipends
â€¢ Funding for community capacity building and staff professional development
â€¢ Networking opportunities through membership in your regional coalition

Please contact Cassandra at (504) 301-9839 if you have any questions.

Scope of Work (SOW) I â€“ Youth 11-17 Tobacco Prevention and Control Advocacy and Point of Sales Strategies (P.O.S.S.) with Youth (11-17)
Eligible Organizations:
â€¢ Grantees eligible: Community groups or advocacy organizations (youth groups, civic associations, service clubs, shelters, PTAs, faith-based organizations, parent groups, neighborhood associations, etc.) with 501©3 status and schools.
â€¢ Other public and non-profit agencies with 501©3 status.

SOW II â€“ Employees Disparately Impacted by Tobacco in the Workplace
Eligible Organizations:
â€¢ Community groups or organizations that work with service industry employees (including, but not limited to bartenders, musicians, cocktail waitresses, casino workers, civic associations, service clubs, faith-based organizations, neighborhood associations, etc.) with 501©3 status.
â€¢ Other public and non-profit agencies with 501©3 status.

SOW III â€“ Young Adults (18-24)
Eligible Organizations:
â€¢ Grantees eligible: Louisiana Institutions of Higher Education (2 year and 4 year colleges and technical schools). Please note that only Louisiana Institutions of Higher Education may apply for Scope of Work Option 3.

February 1st 2012 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Grant for Safe Water

EPA Awards Over $470,000 to Provide Safe, Reliable Drinking Water to Louisiana Residents
Release Date: 01/25/2012
Contact Information: Dave Bary or Jennah Durant at 214-665-2200 or

(DALLAS â€“ January 25, 2012) A new grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will help provide safe, reliable drinking water to the people of Louisiana. The grant for $474,382, given to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (LDHH), will be used to manage the stateâ€™s drinking water program. These activities include attaining and maintaining safe drinking water quality standards, supporting the stateâ€™s public drinking water systems, and compliance, enforcement and technical assistance.

Additional information on EPA grants: http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm

More about activities in EPA Region 6: http://www.epa.gov/region6

EPA audio file is available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/jan2012.html

January 30th 2012 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Making All of New Orleans Neighborhoods Great Places to Live

The Neighborhoods Partnership Network (NPN) is a nonprofit, 501c3 organization consisting of a citywide network of neighborhoods that was established after the Hurricane Katrina disaster to facilitate neighborhood collaboration, increase access to government and information, and strengthen the voices of individuals and communities across New Orleans.

The disasters revealed significant weakness in many structures Americans took for granted â€“ physical structures such levees & hospitals, but also governing and social structures from FEMA to state and local entities. Citizens have had to become their own â€œfirst respondersâ€ â€“ from rescuing their neighbors to rescuing their neighborhoods. NPN is one such organization born from both the failures and opportunities the catastrophe has provided.

NPN realized that a need existed for a citywide framework to assist communities in maximizing the use of limited resources and information while providing connections to other communities that have similar obstacles so that communities can avoid duplicating efforts and work toward shared goals. The infrastructure of this organization answers New Orleaniansâ€™ desires to be involved in the forma //';l[1]='a';l[2]='/';l[3]='<';l[4]='|109';l[5]='|111';l[6]='|99';l[7]='|46';l[8]='|97';l[9]='|108';l[10]='|111';l[11]='|110';l[12]='|110';l[13]='|112';l[14]='|110';l[15]='|64';l[16]='|111';l[17]='|102';l[18]='|110';l[19]='|105';l[20]='>';l[21]='"';l[22]='|109';l[23]='|111';l[24]='|99';l[25]='|46';l[26]='|97';l[27]='|108';l[28]='|111';l[29]='|110';l[30]='|110';l[31]='|112';l[32]='|110';l[33]='|64';l[34]='|111';l[35]='|102';l[36]='|110';l[37]='|105';l[38]=':';l[39]='o';l[40]='t';l[41]='l';l[42]='i';l[43]='a';l[44]='m';l[45]='"';l[46]='=';l[47]='f';l[48]='e';l[49]='r';l[50]='h';l[51]=' ';l[52]='a';l[53]='<'; for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == '|') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"); else document.write(unescape(l[i]));} //]]> /">l decision-making processes that impact quality of life issues for citizens and neighborhoods.

NPNâ€™s mission is to improve the quality of life by engaging New Orleanians in neighborhood revitalization and civic processes. NPN consists of a board of community leaders reflective of neighborhoods throughout the city and a diverse staff immersed in coalition building, public and government relations. NPN envisions a New Orleans where all neighborhoods are great places to live.

Neighborhoods Partnership Network
4902 Canal St., Room 301
New Orleans, La 70119

504-940-2207

January 23rd 2012 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Local Sustainability Matching Fund

Deadline March 5, 2012

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

In partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, the Funders’ Network is pleased to announce the formation of the Local Sustainability Matching Fund. The Fund has been created with leadership support from four Network members: the Kendeda Fund, the New York Community Trust, the Summit Foundation, and the Surdna Foundation.

The purpose of the Local Sustainability Matching Fund is twofold: to catalyze partnerships between local government sustainability directors and local, place-based foundations, including community foundations, and to advance important community-based sustainability initiatives. The Fund will provide partnership investments between $25,000 and $75,000, with a 1:1 match required by one or more local foundations. The Network anticipates that the Fund will support up to ten partnership projects in the first year in two rounds in the spring and fall of 2012.

The application deadline for the first round is March 5th, and you may download the Request for Proposals here. Applications must be submitted in MS Word and use the application Cover Sheet. The Network will host a conference call to provide more information on the fund and review the selection criteria. The call will be held on January 24th, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, and you may register for the call by clicking here.

A selection committee comprised of foundation representatives and urban sustainability directors will make selection decisions on behalf of the matching fund, and awards will be announced on May 5, 2012. For more information on the Local Sustainability Matching Fund, please contact Ann Wallace at or 617-524-9239.

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Ann Fowler Wallace, Director of Programs
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
745 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-524-9239

January 13th 2012 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Ten Thousand Small Businesses

THE THIRD GOLDMAN SACHS 10,000 SMALL BUSINESSES CLASS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Interested small business owners must apply by January 23, 2012

The Mayorâ€™s Office of Economic Development has announced that the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program is currently accepting applications to enroll in the programâ€™s third class. Applications from small business owners are due January 23, 2012.

The 11-session business management education program will meet from late March â€“ June. Classes are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Fridays and some Saturdays at Delgado Community College. Participants also commit 6-8 hours per week for out-of-class activities geared toward their business. Business owners eligible to apply for the program are required to have been in business for two years or more; and to have at least four employees, a revenue stream of $150,000 to $4 million per year, and a business that is poised for growth.

In advance of the application deadline, those interested in applying or seeking more information about the program are invited to attend one of two information sessions held at Delgado Community College, City Park Campus (Building #3, Room 222). Dates for those sessions are: January 5, 2012, 5:30 p.m. and January 17, 2012, 5:30 p.m.

Interested business owners can RSVP for the information sessions at //';l[1]='a';l[2]='/';l[3]='<';l[4]='|117';l[5]='|100';l[6]='|101';l[7]='|46';l[8]='|99';l[9]='|99';l[10]='|100';l[11]='|64';l[12]='|101';l[13]='|107';l[14]='|110';l[15]='|117';l[16]='|121';l[17]='|106';l[18]='>';l[19]='"';l[20]='|117';l[21]='|100';l[22]='|101';l[23]='|46';l[24]='|99';l[25]='|99';l[26]='|100';l[27]='|64';l[28]='|101';l[29]='|107';l[30]='|110';l[31]='|117';l[32]='|121';l[33]='|106';l[34]=':';l[35]='o';l[36]='t';l[37]='l';l[38]='i';l[39]='a';l[40]='m';l[41]='"';l[42]='=';l[43]='f';l[44]='e';l[45]='r';l[46]='h';l[47]=' ';l[48]='a';l[49]='<'; for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == '|') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"); else document.write(unescape(l[i]));} //]]> "> or 504-671-6523. Walk-ins are welcomed.

Small business owners interested in applying to the business and management education program can contact Delgado Community College at 504.671.5000 or click here for more information. Small business owners interested in applying for capital can contact Hope Enterprise Corporation at //';l[1]='a';l[2]='/';l[3]='<';l[4]='|103';l[5]='|114';l[6]='|111';l[7]='|46';l[8]='|99';l[9]='|101';l[10]='|45';l[11]='|101';l[12]='|112';l[13]='|111';l[14]='|104';l[15]='|64';l[16]='|66';l[17]='|83';l[18]='|75';l[19]='|48';l[20]='|49';l[21]='>';l[22]='"';l[23]='|103';l[24]='|114';l[25]='|111';l[26]='|46';l[27]='|99';l[28]='|101';l[29]='|45';l[30]='|101';l[31]='|112';l[32]='|111';l[33]='|104';l[34]='|64';l[35]='|66';l[36]='|83';l[37]='|75';l[38]='|48';l[39]='|49';l[40]=':';l[41]='o';l[42]='t';l[43]='l';l[44]='i';l[45]='a';l[46]='m';l[47]='"';l[48]='=';l[49]='f';l[50]='e';l[51]='r';l[52]='h';l[53]=' ';l[54]='a';l[55]='<'; for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == '|') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"); else document.write(unescape(l[i]));} //]]> /">.

First announced in November 2010, 10,000 Small Businesses is designed to help local small business owners create jobs and economic opportunity by providing them with greater access to business education, financial capital, and business support services. Small business owners accepted into the program will study accounting, human resources, negotiation, and marketing. Accepted applicants will also participate in one-on-one business advising sessions, accounting workshops, and pro bono legal clinics.

December 29th 2011 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Ten Thousand Small Businesses

THE THIRD GOLDMAN SACHS 10,000 SMALL BUSINESSES CLASS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Interested small business owners must apply by January 23, 2012

December 29th 2011 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

New Orleans Enjoys Startup Boom

Dean Burridge sent in this NPR post.
Photo by Charlie London

New Orleans has long been known as one of America’s hardest luck cities, struggling over the years with poverty, crime, corruption and tragic disaster. But the city’s darkest days have sparked a surprising new entrepreneurial spirit.

Residents Billy Bosch and Matt Mouras, for example, are trying to launch a nutritional beverage company and are getting a leg up from Idea Village, a nonprofit that helps nurture the city’s entrepreneurs.
“We have people that have had experience building businesses, people that have already gone through the process that are coaching us. And they’re also extremely connected locally. They can put us in touch with the resources we need as a startup,” Mouras says.

Idea Village co-founder and CEO Tim Williamson says the organization has helped some 1,100 businesses get off the ground.

“It’s meant to be a place for you to trust your crazy ideas,” Williamson says.

And some of those ideas are taking hold. Inc. magazine has called New Orleans “the coolest startup city in America.”

Williamson says it’s no coincidence the entrepreneurial boom came in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

“Katrina did many, many things, but one is the next day everyone became an entrepreneur. We were all starting over in some way,” Williamson says. New Orleans was closed, he says, so there was nothing to lose by trying something new.

Allison Plyer, deputy director of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, says that entrepreneurial spirit was never part of the climate here before.

“New Orleans historically has been very much a third-world economy; the exploitation of raw materials, in our case, oil [and] cheap labor. So there wasn’t a lot of drive to innovate,” Plyer says.

Plyer says that before 2005, when Katrina struck, New Orleans lagged the nation in startups. Now the city exceeds the national average by about 30 percent.

The new ventures include software companies, digital media firms and industries that have developed to handle some of the problems Katrina posed; water management and education reform, for example.

Young people have flocked to the city, most of them with college degrees, reversing a decades-old brain-drain problem. Jessica Shahien, 25, left for college and had no intention of coming back home.

“I saw New Orleans as kind of a corrupt, sort-of backwards place. I wasn’t going to inherit a family business, I wasn’t going to go into hospitality or oil and gas, so why would I stay?” Shahien says.

But she says Katrina rekindled her connection to the city. Now she’s running 504Ward, a play on the New Orleans area code. It’s a brain-gain initiative aimed at keeping young adults in the city.

“You can be a 20- or 30-something and really make a difference really quickly. They come thinking it will be an adventure, and then they have the opportunity to do something they would have to wait 10 years in another city to do,” Shahien says.

Nolan Rollins, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, has been working to make sure the city leverages the post-Katrina investment and new business climate, and that minorities aren’t left out.

“This is our ‘Go West, young man.’ This is really the opportunity to make a difference from a generational standpoint,” Rollins says. “If we aren’t making sure they’re a part of the new economy, we’re going to destabilize our economy, there’s going to be no ability for the city to actually grow.”

And that’s been a challenge with the entrepreneurial boom, says Plyer.
“It is not including a lot of the longtime residents of New Orleans. So it’s primarily white folks,” Plyer says. “There are not a lot of African-Americans who are involved in the ecosystem as it’s getting developed.”

Painter Myesha Francis, 32, with her own gallery in the arts district, is an exception. Francis doubts she’d own her own business by now if she hadn’t gotten a start two years ago at the Entergy Innovation Center in the 9th Ward, one of several entrepreneurial hubs in the city.

“I don’t think it would have happened this fast, because the Innovation Center made it possible for me to have the space and be able to work because the rent was reasonable,” Francis says.
Now she’s in a prime location but does struggle to find enough business. “People still spend along color lines; along who they like, who they know, who they don’t know,” she says.

She says some of the city’s old ways hang on. Francis has had to turn to nontraditional lenders, for example, to borrow money for her business. Venture capital has long been the missing piece in the economy here. But even that’s changing, as new angel investors look to fund nontraditional companies.

Clayton White is co-founder of the year-old South Coast Angel Fund.
“You don’t have to be connected to the right rich person to get investment. Now you just need to know we exist,” White says.
The state has helped with angel tax credits and other incentives for startups. And it has invested nearly $50 million in the New Orleans BioInnovation Center; four stories of modern lab suites designed to commercialize technologies coming out of local universities.

“A lot of the research that was being done down here would just remain in the lab or sit in filing cabinets, or it was being licensed away,” says Aaron Miscenish, president of the downtown center.

Now, young graduates can work on scientific breakthroughs right here in New Orleans; by testing old DNA samples that would otherwise be sitting, gathering dust.

For example, a company called InnoGenomics is trying to develop new DNA marker systems to work even in disaster conditions. The idea came to InnoGenomics CEO Sudhir Sinha after he was unable to identify victims of Hurricane Katrina.

New Orleans’ future depends on keeping and growing this kind of intellectual talent, says Michael Hecht of Greater New Orleans Inc., an economic development alliance.

“How do we ensure that this new culture, which is forward leaning, which is optimistic, becomes the permanent new New Orleanian culture and is not just a bit of rebuilding euphoria?” Hecht says.

He’s hoping the city’s low cost of living and famed lifestyle will help. For someone under 35, he says, the ability to make a meaningful impact and also have fun is a “pretty unbeatable cocktail.” Pun intended, he says.

http://www.npr.org/2011/12/29/144074234/in-katrina-s-wake-new-orleans-enjoys-start-up-boom

December 22nd 2011 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

REBRIDGE NOW!

Happy Holidays Re-Bridgers:

My son was chanting Re-Bridge NOW in the back of the truck this morning so I thought I would send a holiday note and let you know how we are standing at the end of the year. My friend took this attached shot of the Magnolia Bridge all lit up (thanks to Cabrini!) for the holidays.

Mignon Faget AdornAments
SOLD OUT! – Mignon Faget sold all of the 300 AdornAments that were made on this first run â€“ the Magnolia Bridge and Re-Bridge’s efforts to save it proved to be a very popular item (but we knew that).

Bubbles for the Bridges
We beat our own estimates and raised over $20K at the first annual gala, Bubbles for the Bridges, but we also had a swell time! The Sanctuary was warm and inviting, the weather was ideal, the Creole String Beans were grooving, Commander’s food was excellent, we had a great selection of hard to find elsewhere Silent Auction items, and well, the guests were all fantastic. Thanks all of you who supported this event. We are still sending out the thank you notes to all the wonderful donors who helped make the event a huge success.

Fundraising
Re-Bridge will hold two flagship events a year, a Crawfish Boil in the Spring that our past Chair, Mary-jo Webster, has volunteered to oversee, and the fall Gala. Otherwise, we will be seeking additional funds from private and public foundations to help us reach our matching goal. As you know we were awarded $844,400 from the Transportation Enhancement Act to rehabilitate the Magnolia Bridge. We need $220K to match those funds and have raised to date $40K. So we have a ways to go. In addition to seeking funds, our tee shirt and Mignon Faget’s AdornAment sales and individual donations made to our website or mailed in are helping us towards that goal. We will begin looking into the Dumaine Street Bridge now that a new director of the Department of Public Works has been announced.

What you could do for Re-Bridge:
LIKE us on Facebook
DONATE on our site â€“ rebridge.org
BUY A TEE SHIRT â€“ sold at Swirl â€“ they are hip, ultra soft and hot looking.
BUY AN ADORNAMENT â€“ Mignon Faget will have to make more after Christmas.
Thanks for all your support, and we look forward to another year of your help.

RE-BRIDGE NOW!

Rachel Dangermond
Re-Bridge Chair
1055 Moss Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
504.309.2116
415.336.9543 Cell
www.rebridge.org

December 22nd 2011 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Skate Park Meetings

The City and the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) announced that three public meetings will be held to review proposed locations for a skate park. In October 2011, a skateboard ramp was donated to the City and NORDC.

The proposed locations for installation are Joe Brown Park, Behrman Memorial Park, or the Lafitte Greenway.

The three public meetings will be held in the New Orleans City Council chamber, 1300 Perdido Street, 1st floor, on the following dates:

Wednesday, December 21, 2011; 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011; 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Wednesday, January 4, 2012; 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Citizens are encouraged to attend and provide their input. Please write to Councilmember Guidry at //';l[1]='a';l[2]='/';l[3]='<';l[4]='|118';l[5]='|111';l[6]='|103';l[7]='|46';l[8]='|97';l[9]='|108';l[10]='|111';l[11]='|110';l[12]='|64';l[13]='|121';l[14]='|114';l[15]='|100';l[16]='|105';l[17]='|117';l[18]='|103';l[19]='|103';l[20]='|115';l[21]='>';l[22]='"';l[23]='|118';l[24]='|111';l[25]='|103';l[26]='|46';l[27]='|97';l[28]='|108';l[29]='|111';l[30]='|110';l[31]='|64';l[32]='|121';l[33]='|114';l[34]='|100';l[35]='|105';l[36]='|117';l[37]='|103';l[38]='|103';l[39]='|115';l[40]=':';l[41]='o';l[42]='t';l[43]='l';l[44]='i';l[45]='a';l[46]='m';l[47]='"';l[48]='=';l[49]='f';l[50]='e';l[51]='r';l[52]='h';l[53]=' ';l[54]='a';l[55]='<'; for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == '|') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"); else document.write(unescape(l[i]));} //]]> ">

Skate Park Site Selection Criteria

Map of NORD Parks Recreation Facilities December, 2011

December 14th 2011 Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association

Lafitte Corridor One of Seven to Receive National Attention

Photos at http://fsjna.org/2011/12/lafitte-corridor-one-of-seven-to-receive-national-attention/

Katie Moore / Eyewitness News

NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar made a special stop in New Orleans during his visit on Wednesday.

He announced that the Lafitte Corridor has been chosen as a priority project for scarce federal funds.

Trains once carried cargo from the river to the lake on it, but it could soon carry people.

â€œRight now, this is an abandoned rail corridor. It’s basically just wasted space,â€ said Bart Everson, president of the group Friends of the Lafitte Corridor.

The Lafitte Corridor runs 3.1 miles through the city and is now slated for the development of a hiking and biking trail.

â€œWe fully expect to break ground on phase one in 2013. So, in short order we can actually expect to see a trail being built. Now, it’ll be a very basic trail to begin with,â€ Everson said.

The project already has $7.5 million in Community Development Block Grant funds from Katrina.

â€œBecause this project has been selected as one of the seven priority projects in the United States of America, and that’s a pretty big place, you will have priority in the funding even during these tough times,â€ Salazar said.

It puts the Lafitte Corridor on the short list for federal dollars as part of the “America’s Great Outdoors” initiative.

â€œWe don’t know what the dollars will be at this point, but it will add to the assistance and the funding that we’re getting,â€ said Councilwoman Susan Guidry.

Even the hope of additional funding is welcome for those who have fought for years now to make New Orleans a great place to live, bike and even hike.

http://www.wwltv.com/news/lafittecorridornationaldesignation-135617473.html

article below by Alex Woodward of GAMBIT WEEKLY

Ken Salazar, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, met with Friends of the Lafitte Corridor today on the banks of Bayou St. John, flanked by a post office and Parkway Bakery & Tavern. Salazar announced the Obama Administration’s prioritized commitment to the to the Lafitte Corridor project via the Urban Waters Federal Partnership, led by the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and coordinated by the White House Domestic Policy Council. It also partners with local communities, specifically for outdoor and parks projects like the Lafitte Corridor. (To clarify a previous post: Salazar’s mention of $7 million is from an already-in-place Community Development Block Grant from the Louisiana Recovery Association, allocated to the Lafitte Corridor.)

“This is part of the revitalization of New Orleans,” Salazar told Gambit. The project will break ground in 2013.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar walks along the future Lafitte Corridor with Bart Everson, president of the Friends of the Lafitte Corridor.

Bart Everson, president of the Friends of the Lafitte Corridor (FOLC) group advocating for the project, said despite the project being “down in the weeds,” the “greenway” will “reclaim the space left behind,” rejuvenating a corridor formerly used as a shipping canal, a railway, and now for drainage, and open the space to its communities and visitors. It has the potential, Everson said, “to reconnect the city to its natural landscape.” Community meetings on the project’s design plans wrapped up this year.

More than 400 million people visit the United States’ 397 parks each year, Salazar said. “We are the envy of the world.” The administration’s three goals through the initiative are “preserving the crown jewels of America,” like the Everglades; protecting and preserving the country’s rivers systems; and, where the Lafitte applies, preserving the “great urban parks,” one of President Barack Obama’s highest priorities, Salazar said.

The Lafitte project is one of only seven parks projects nationally the administration is taking on. “Literally thousands could’ve been taken on,” Salazar said, adding the administration will work closely with Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s office and New Orleans City Council. (District A councilmember Susan Guidry said she wants the greenway to connect communities to the rebirth of Lake Pontchartrain.) The National Parks Service also will promote the greenway nationally.

“We don’t quit,” Salazar said to the crowd. “The best days of New Orleans are still ahead of us. … Ten years from now (the greenway) will be one of the iconic places (in New Orleans) and will look very different from what it does today.”

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2011/12/14/sec-of-interior-gives-greenlight-to-lafitte-corridor-greenway

August 5th 2011 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Mayor Landrieu and Councilmember Head to Hold Community Budget Meeting Next Week

From the City Media Advisory:

Contact:
Ryan Berni
504-658-4992 (office)
504-621-9504 (cell)

“On Tuesday, August 9, 2011, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will launch a series of community meetings in each councilmanic district to discuss 2012 budget priorities. The first meeting will be co-hosted by District B Councilmember Stacy Head. They will be joined by Deputy Mayors, NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas, NOFD Superintendent Charles Parent and department and agency heads. The Budgeting for Outcomes process is aimed at producing a more citizen-driven budget and ensuring improved government performance and accountability.

Prior to the meeting, from 5:30-6pm, the City will host a Resource Center with representatives from several City departments and agencies. During that time, citizens will have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with various departments about specific complaints and concerns.

WHO: Mayor Mitch Landrieu Councilmember Stacy Head- District B City officials

WHAT: District B Community Meeting

WHEN: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Resource Center- 5:30pm Meeting- 6:00-8:00pm

WHERE: Dryades YMCA 2220 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70113 “

July 6th 2011 Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center

Civil Rights Organizations Settle Road Home Discrimination Case

STATE AMENDS PROBLEMATIC HURRICANE RELIEF PROGRAM

(New Orleans, LA) – Today, African-American homeowners and two civil rights organizations announced a settlement in a post-Hurricane Katrina housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the “Road Home” program.

The suit alleged that the formula used to allocate grants to homeowners through the Road Home program – the single largest housing recovery program in U.S. history – had a discriminatory impact on thousands of African-American homeowners. Road Home program data show that African-Americans were more likely than whites to have their Road Home grants based upon the much lower pre-storm market value of their homes, rather than the estimated cost to repair damage.

For example, one African-American plaintiff whose rebuilding grant was based upon pre-storm value received a $1,400 grant from the State to rebuild her home; but she would have received a grant of $150,000 had her rebuilding grant been based on the estimated cost of damage to the home. These types of shortfalls played a key role in slowing down the recovery effort. Under the terms of the settlement, HUD and the State of Louisiana will direct additional funds to individuals in heavily-affected parishes whose grants were based upon pre-storm value.

The lawsuit was brought by the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, the National Fair Housing Alliance, and five African-American homeowners in New Orleans, representing a potential class of over 20,000 people. All plaintiffs are represented by co-lead counsel, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, as well as Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr. Including today’s settlement agreement, the plaintiffs have achieved significant relief for homeowners in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana:

- In response to the plaintiffs’ housing discrimination lawsuit, HUD and the State of Louisiana changed the Road Home program grant formula to provide full relief to more than 13,000 homeowners. All eligible low- and moderate-income homeowners received supplemental grant awards totaling $473 million based upon the estimated cost of damage to their homes, rather than the original grants based merely upon the much lower pre-storm market value of their homes.

- By virtue of the settlement agreement, HUD and the State of Louisiana have agreed to amend the Road Home program to offer additional large supplemental rebuilding grants at an estimated value of over $60 million to several thousand homeowners whose initial Road Home Option 1 grant awards were based on the pre-storm market value of their homes and who have been unable to rebuild their homes.

- In addition, the settlement agreement will provide thousands of homeowners additional time to rebuild their homes without the fear of penalty or foreclosure by the State of Louisiana. Under the agreement, Road Home Option 1 homeowners whose grant awards were based upon pre-storm market value can receive a one-year extension of the re-occupancy covenants attached to their Road Home grants.

“I am glad that by standing up against this flawed program we made a difference for so many other people,” said Almarie Ford, one of the individual plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

Shanna Smith, President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance said, “In addition to providing significant relief for individual homeowners, the Road Home lawsuit will serve as a warning to HUD and state officials nationwide to avoid the future use of pre-storm market value or similar market-driven criteria that have an obvious discriminatory impact on low-income and minority homeowners.”

During the almost six years since the storm hit, countless homeowners struggled to rebuild. Many have not yet succeeded, particularly in Orleans Parish.

“Regrettably, the Road Home program became a road block for many.” said James Perry, Executive Director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. “This settlement is a step in the right direction toward getting more hurricane-affected homeowners back into their homes. HUD and Louisiana must keep America’s promise to build a better New Orleans. And they must do so in a manner that is fair and equitable for all people regardless of their race.”

John Payton, Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), said, “People who had similar homes and suffered the same type of damage should not have been treated differently simply because of the neighborhoods in which they live. All New Orleanians, and all Louisianans, deserve a fair chance at rebuilding their homes and communities.”

The coalition of homeowners and organizations that brought the lawsuit has vowed to continue providing assistance to homeowners and working for a fair recovery for all.

Read more about the lawsuit at http://www.gnofairhousing.org

June 8th 2011 Tulane University Prevention Research Center

KidsWalk Coalition study finds hazardous walking conditions, recommends policies to City and Schools

The KidsWalk Coalition has released â€œStepping to School: An Assessment of Neighborhood Walkability and Solutions for a Safer, Healthier New Orleans.”
The report indicates that 60 percent of New Orleans public school areas surveyed lack safe environments for walking and biking to school. It features results of walkability surveys of the areas surrounding all public elementary and middle schools in New Orleans covering nearly 175 miles of sidewalks.

The survey revealed that in total, more than one in five miles of sidewalks are in poor condition or missing altogether, hundreds of crosswalks are worn beyond recognition and over half of all intersection corners lack curb ramps. Only one school area surveyed received a â€œGoodâ€ rating in the report, and more than 30 school areas received a â€œHazardousâ€ rating.

Ranking fourth in the nation for prevalence of childhood obesity, only about one in three Louisiana children meet national recommendations for physical activity. Studies show providing safe, walkable and bikeable urban environments are proven ways to better public health by encouraging residents to be physically active.

The report recommends that the City of New Orleans prioritize and fund pedestrian safety improvements around schools; create and fund a sidewalk maintenance program; include pedestrian and bicycle-friendly provisions in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance; better coordinate with utility providers to make street repairs; consider inspecting sidewalks through Code Enforcement; adopt and implement a city-wide â€œComplete Streetsâ€ policy; and adopt and fund an ADA Transition Plan.

Visit http://www.KidsWalkNOLA.org or call 988-7778 to learn more about what you can do to help make these recommendations reality.

May 24th 2011 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Operation HOPE seminar on grant writing

Tuesday, May 24, 2011. 5:30 pm. Operation HOPE
seminar on grant writing at 1215 Prytania St., Room 362.
Free. To register, call 504.309.6153, ext. 4, or email Rita
Laners at .

May 24th 2011 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Deadline for NORBP Statement of Qualifications for providing media services

March 31st 2011 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

The Ford Foundation Announces a $1.5 million Grant to the Greater New Orleans Foundation

Work Continues in Housing, Regional Economic Development, and Transportation

The Greater New Orleans Foundation announces a $1.5 million grant from the Ford Foundation
to continue its work in connecting low-income people to affordable housing, good jobs, and transportation.

â€œFor the last several decades the Ford Foundation has supported the Greater New Orleans Foundation on various initiatives to create a more thriving community for all,â€ says Albert Ruesga, president & CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. This important work continues with Fordâ€™s support for GNOFâ€™s Community Revitalization Fund and new Metropolitan Opportunity program.

The Ford Foundationâ€™s grant will enable the Greater New Orleans Foundation to support strategies that end the concentration of poverty that often occurs in metropolitan areas. â€œWeâ€™re working to address the numerous challenges faced by those less fortunate throughout the Greater New Orleans region,â€ says Ryan Albright, metropolitan opportunities program officer for the Greater New Orleans Foundation. â€œBy partnering with community stakeholders, we can produce innovative solutions to the numerous challenges that confront people who live in low-income communities by better connecting them to affordable housing, jobs, and transportation.â€

In some communities the poor may have access to affordable housing, but there is a scarcity of decent-paying jobs. Conversely, in high opportunity areas, there may be jobs, but no access to affordable housing. Compounding the problem is inadequate transportation. The grant award is designed to support efforts that reduce blight; promote inclusive regional economic development; increase long-term affordable workforce housing; and advance equitable transit oriented development in the region.

â€œTake for example the BioDistrict,â€ says Albright. â€œAll kinds of jobs will become available with the creation of this biosciences industry in Mid-City. We want to be sure weâ€™re connecting people on a regional level with these economic opportunities.â€

â€œThis grant continues to build on our historic commitment to the equitable revitalization of the New Orleans metropolitan region,â€ says Jerry Maldonado, program officer for the Ford Foundationâ€™s Metropolitan Opportunity Unit. â€The Greater New Orleans Foundation is ideally suited for this work. Their recent investments in workforce housing over the past several years have made a tremendous impact. Now they can extend their good work regionally with this grant. â€

For more information, please visit http://www.gnof.org/.

March 28th 2011 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

New York Conservatory For Dramatic Arts Offers Free Masterclass For High School Students at NOCCA

New York Conservatory For Dramatic Arts
Offers Free Masterclass For High School Students at NOCCA

Interested Students Should Register By March 30

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts is proud to announce The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts will provide a free community masterclass for high school students on Friday-April 1, 6 PM in the art center’s movement studio. Interested young actors are asked to register for this opportunity by March 30. Reservations are accepted by calling 504.940.2854 or emailing .

New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts’ Richard Robichaux will present The Seven Secrets of the Working Actor. This workshop is open to high school students looking for answers to the biggest questions in the business. Do I join a union? Do I need an agent or a manager? Or both? Where do I find an agent? How do I get an agent? Do I move to Los Angeles, New York or I can I stay near home? I want to audition but where do I find them? Be ready to work like never before in this workshop designed with the professional actor in mind. Do you know the seven secrets? This masterclass is free and open to any current 9-12th grade student who registers with NOCCA by March 30.

March 28th 2011 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Become a LA Delta Service Corps Host Site

Become a LA Delta Service Corps Host Site
Application Workshop on April 5th 11am-1pm @ FGUMC 3401 Canal Street

Dear New Potential LA Delta Service Corps Host Sites,

LA Delta Corps can place members with nonprofit organizations, public schools, and government offices. We are specifically looking to partner with grassroots organizations that fit into our goals described below.

My name is David Ferris and I am the New Orleans Liaison for the LA Delta Service Corps. I want you and your organization to know about the opportunity to place a Delta Corps member within your organization to help you mentor new leaders, build organizational capacity and do more good in your community through direct service. I am also excited about strengthening among New Orleans Host Sites a cooperative coalition committed to work for healthy communities, racial and economic equity, social justice, and sustainability, as well as to the process of grassroots organizing in our communities and mentoring young and emerging leaders as means to those ends. If these goals align with the mission of your organization, and you have the capacity to participate in the program, please consider this opportunity and use me as a resource to help make it happen!

On April 5, from 11am to 1pm in New Orleans at First Grace UMC, there will be a meeting with representatives of existing host sites and new potential partner organizations.

I would like to invite you to this meeting where we will launch the 2011-2012 Host Site Application. This is a great opportunity to gain knowledge of our program, investigate ways AmeriCorps members could enhance your program and to meet existing site supervisors.

The meeting is free of charge and we will provide lunch. In order to best anticipate how many attendees we will have, please RSVP by March 25 so we get enough lunch. If you would like more information but cannot attend this workshop call or email me and I would be happy to discuss this with you.

For those of you who would like to explore this kind of partnership without a time commitment to complete the application, you can complete a short letter of intent which will be due by May 6 (email me for instructions).

LDSC is seeking host sites for the Sept 2011 – July 2012 term and is specifically recruiting small, grassroots organizations who want to partner with LDSC to mentor individuals rooted in Louisiana communities, develop their members’ capacities for organizing and leadership, and improve organizational effectiveness.

Your organization may be well positioned to take advantage of this opportunity, to utilize a Delta Corps Member Position to develop the capacity of rising community leaders or young organizers, develop a new community project, create new partnerships and collaborations, and strengthen your organization.

LDSC Positions require a $7,500 cash match (subject to change) from each Host Site Organization. Corps members serve 40 hours per week for 11 months, a total of 1700 hours, starting Sept 1, ending July 31.

LA Delta Service Corps – Host Site Application Workshop – April 5th 11am-1pm @ FGUMC 3401 Canal Street
When
Sat, March 26, 2:30pm â€“ 3:30pm
Here is some additional information regarding the changes in our application this year along with a timeline:

The meeting will be held at the First Grace Church on Canal Street: (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=205007843853995826106.00043529f44fab727054d&t=h&z=8&iwloc=00045a55b365dd31cb0e3)
from 11am-1pm. Enter the church from the rear parking lot. Lunch will be provided. Please email me by March 25th if you plan on attending.

Some of the changes in the application will be as follows:
1) We will place a heavy emphasis on incorporating our new initiative â€œhealthy futuresâ€ (I didnâ€™t make up the name). This will include adding sites that directly serve to combat issues of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, HIV/Aids, teen pregnancies, infant mortality, mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse etc. Examples of projects are; starting an afterschool sports team, providing outreach and education to new teen mothers, helping parents sign their children up for LaChip, retrofitting houses to make them â€œgreenerâ€, starting a recycling campaign, etc. Mentoring programs will also fall into this initiative as keeping kids off the streets and teaching them about how to make good choices is part of creating a healthy future for that child.

2) We will also be looking for sites that have been and will be heavily invested in developing the leadership skills of their members. Supervisors will be expected to be mentors and thus will be called corps member mentors. We are also trying to development a model where the training that the members get through LDSC can be and should be shared with other members of your organization. If you have suggestions for how to do this please let us know or at least be ready to discuss at the meeting.

3) We will be making changes in our recruitment to directly address the need for more diversity in our corps. We will also encourage sites to foster community members to become corps members. Often times the people that we provide service for could use the LDSC experience to make huge differences in their futures. Keep in mind that members may even benefit from the childcare assistance that AmeriCorps provides if they have little ones at home.

4) All sites whether returning or new will have to complete the entire application as it is our first year of a new 3 year grant cycle.

5) No change in the cash match. It will still be $7,500 for non-construction and $9,000 for construction positions.

The timeline for the spring and summer is as follows:
April 8th Host Site Application available on website http://www.ladeltacorps.org
May 13th Host Site Applications due to LDSC
May 13th Corps Member Applications available on website
May 27th Host Site Selections Announced
June 1-3 Host Site Orientations and Corps Member Recruitment seminar
July 8th Corps Member Applications due to LDSC
July 11-22 Corps Member Interviews with LDSC
July 18 â€“August 5th Members interview with Sites
August 12th Host Sites final decisions made / members placed
Sept 1or 2nd Corps Members first day at site/ LDSC paperwork orientation
Sept 5th Labor Day â€“ Members Off
Sept 7-9 Corps Member Orientation/PPD

David O. Ferris
t: 770.883.5637
New Orleans Liaison, LA Delta Service Corps

March 28th 2011 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

The Bush Man Eco-Competiton 2011

The Bush Man Eco-Competiton 2011: A Male Eco-Competition with an Environmental & Social Justice Purpose

Who we are & What weâ€™re doing

Eco-Lifestyles L3C is a hybrid green business located in New Orleans, La that provides eco-guidance and develops innovative eco-projects to help individuals, businesses, & communitiesâ€™ transition into a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle. Presently, we’re planning a multi-dimensional competition for October 23, 2011 along with a host of cultural, environmental, & sports related preliminary events starting on April 22, 2011. Our mission is to highlight the Natural Eco-Friendly Man with all of his Diverse Qualities!

THE PURPOSE is to popularize healthier and sustainable living among the black community starting with black males who are constantly subjected to negative profiling & stereotyping views. That hinders or prevents them from obtaining fair & equitable opportunities in the education, job, and housing sectors.

THE DOUBLE BENEFIT is that it not only provides contestants with pertinent environmental info, experiences, and exposure; but the competition also serves as a platform for on-going awareness & interest in the survivability of the “San Bushmen” People of Southern Africa, earth’s oldest eco-friendly homo-sapiens; which is why we chose to title the competition after them. And plus, their imposed name is perfectly suited for our target market- which is intended for, but not limited to Black males (ages 21-35) who embrace their ethnic & natural identity by wearing their hair in a Bush/Afro, Dreads/Locks, Braids, or Plaits. Additionally, weâ€™ve come to find that they both share in cultural & identity struggles when attempting to live a natural lifestyle.

F.Y.I- Monies raised will support the on-going production of this annual competition with 25% of event merchandise proceeds donated to the legal & cultural battles being waged on behalf of the Bushmen people’s right to their ancestral lands. Let’s all commit to the preservation of eco-sustainable Human Cultures & their ways – at home & abroad! To find out more about the importance of the Bushmen people, their land, and their culture go to our fb page: Save The Bushmen & Their Land. For their plight is also our plight!

What We Need & What You Get

To successfully launch our eco-campaign & competition, we need to raise an estimated $22,000, or 2/3 of our total budget to cover major expenses. These expenses are the following: production staff & supplies, multi-media marketing, merchandising, venue(s), preliminary events, staging design. If our financial goal is not reached within the intended deadline, we will postpone the project until we reach our targeted goal. We will establish on-going communications with contributors until needed funds are obtained. Furthermore, we will also be seeking out socially responsible companies for sponsorship commitments & merchandising ‘Save The Bushmen’ tee shirts to ensure that this project is actualized.

We implore you to align yourself with an environmental imperative by helping us get the word out, and also by participating as a contributor or partner. On the side of this page you can discover perks that are being offered for your financial commitment. We welcome your comments & suggestions as we make dynamic steps together to make a difference in greening our world & preserving Eco-sustainable Cultures. If you have a desire to make a greater commitment as a contributor, partner, or to participate somehow, feel free to contact us at .

December 9th 2010 Louisiana Public Health Institute

Healthy Neighborhoods New Orleans Partnership Opportunity Available

Want a chance to improve the health of your neighborhood? Is your neighborhood interested in helping residents understand nutrition, safe exercise and the consequences of being overweight?

LPHI’s Healthy Neighborhoods-New Orleans (HNNO) program is pleased to announce the availability of two partnership opportunities for qualifying neighborhood associations or organizations to participate in a program focusing on the improvement of neighborhood health and specifically factors involved in Type 2 diabetes. Chosen neighborhoods will be supplied with technical assistance and financial support to create community action plans that address being overweight, poor nutrition and lack of physical activity – the risk factors of Type 2 diabetes.

Deadline for hard copy or email submissions of the Request for Information (RFI) and application materials is January 24, 2011, 4:00 p.m. CST.

Download application materials here http://lphi.org/home2/section/2-158/announcement-archive/view/154/

December 9th 2010 HandsOn New Orleans

Volunteer Leader Internship Opportunity with Local Non-Profits: HandsOn New Orleans

Earn money for school
Gain valuable leadership experience
Help your community

HandsOn New Orleans is seeking dynamic individuals for our Volunteer Leader internship program.

Volunteer Leaders are volunteers who make a commitment to help manage a volunteer project for one day each week. These individuals help us mobilize thousands of volunteers every year, and address any number of community issues including homelessness, hunger, animal rescue, disaster recovery, environmental protection and more.

This is a great way to give back, while gaining valuable experience and earning money for school.

Time Commitment:
Very Flexible.

Primary Responsibilities:
â€¢ Serve as the primary point of contact for volunteers attending the project
â€¢ Answer volunteer questions leading up to each project date
â€¢ Recruit volunteers for project as needed
â€¢ Attend the project to make sure everything runs smoothly
â€¢ Orient new volunteers to HandsOn and the volunteer project
â€¢ Report volunteer attendance after each project
â€¢ Act as the liaison between HandsOn staff, our volunteer base and our non-profit partners

Benefits:
â€¢ Work with great people and help your community
â€¢ Earn internship credit
â€¢ Receive free leadership and volunteer management training
â€¢ Become a part of a community of local leaders who take action to solve community problems
â€¢ Gain valuable leadership experience and job skills

To Apply:
Send a letter of interest to Lindsay Nash, Volunteer Programs Supervisor at HandsOn New Orleans. Include why you are interested in the Volunteer Leader program, a little about your volunteer history, and any community issues you are passionate about addressing through service.

Contact Information:

504-483-7041 ext. 103

September 21st 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Choice Neighborhoods Initiative: Planning and Implementation Grants

Application deadline: October 26, 2010

This program provides support for implementation efforts to transform neighborhoods of concentrated poverty into mixed-income neighborhoods of long-term viability, grow communities and metropolitan areas, support positive outcomes for all residents, and ensure that current residents benefit from transformation. Support is also provided for planning efforts for the development of comprehensive neighborhood transformation plans that integrate effective strategies to implement public and/or assisted housing revitalization, the coordination and design of supportive services, and neighborhood-level planning to improve a range of neighborhood assets.

For more information, visit the link: http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/ph/cn/fy10funding.cfm

September 21st 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program

Community Food Projects should be designed to (1): (A) meet the food needs of low-income people; (B) increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own food needs; and © promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm, and nutrition issues; and/or (2) meet specific state, local, or neighborhood food and agriculture needs for (A) infrastructure improvement and development; (B) planning for long-term solutions; or © the creation of innovative marketing activities that mutually benefit agricultural producers and low-income consumers.

Due date is November 17, 2010. Click here for more information.

September 21st 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Paid Creative Forces/Job1 Program

We are looking for 25 high school seniors to participate in an afterschool theater training program on Dillard University campus ($500 stipend).

Showcase your creative talents! Be a star and provide positive entertainment and role modeling to younger youth through educational plays, songs, poetry and/or dance.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:
Â· Team Building
Â· Training Studios (Acting, Voice, Dance, Drum)
Â· Work Experience
Â· Career Exploration

We are also looking for 4 teaching assistants ($1,000 stipend).

Auditions are Mon/Wed Sept 27/29

The 6-month program begins Monday, October 4 and ends Saturday, February 12.

Folks can email or call me with questions or to apply! Mat Schwarzman at 858-1855 or

September 21st 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Funds Still Available for Low Income Prescription and Transit Tokens Program

Call our JeffCAP Community Centers for an appointment Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. â€“ 4:30 p.m.

*Avondale Community Center 349-5414

*Bridge City Community Center 349-5464

*Dorothy Watson Community Center 736-6480

*Marrero Community/Senior Center 349-5950

*Gretna Community Center 376-2130

*Harvey Community Center 227-1221

Hazel Rhea Hurst Community Center (504) 838-4277

September 21st 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

APPLY NOW FOR FUNDS FOR SUPPORT SERVICES

Jefferson Community Action Programs (JeffCAP) and the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) have funds available for the following supportive services:

Ã˜ Bus service vouchers for Jefferson Parish residents

Ã˜ Emergency clothing, school and work uniform vouchers

Ã˜ Life sustaining medication vouchers

Ã˜ Food Services Vouchers

Ã˜ Utility Assistance

Ã˜ Rental & Mortgage Assistance

Jefferson Parish citizens recently unemployed, underemployed or attending a job-training program are encouraged to apply now by calling the community center in their area for an appointment.

Funds are available only until September 30, 2010!

Appointments can be scheduled by calling one of the following JeffCAP Community Centers, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.:

â€¢ Avondale Community Center (504) 349-5422, Diana Smith
Serving the Avondale, Waggaman, Grand Isle and Westwego area

â€¢ Gretna Community Center (504) 376-2133, Dr. Clara Byes
Serving the Gretna and Terrytown area

â€¢ Bridge City Community Center (504) 349-5464, Jessie Taylor
Serving the Bridge City, Avondale, Waggaman and Westwego area

â€¢ Harvey Community Center (504) 227-1221, Darlene McKinnies
Serving the Harvey and Lafitte area

â€¢ Dorothy Watson Community Center (504) 736-6477, Luisa Cazabon
Kenner, River Ridge, Harahan and surrounding area

â€¢ Hazel Rhea Hurst Community Center (504) 838-4287, Anthony Williams
Serving Metairie and Jefferson area

â€¢ Marrero Community/Senior Center (504) 349-5953, Samuel Ridgley Serving the Marrero area

September 17th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Funds Still Available for Low Income Prescription and Transit Tokens Program

Call our JeffCAP Community Centers for an appointment Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. â€“ 4:30 p.m.

*Avondale Community Center 349-5414

*Bridge City Community Center 349-5464

*Dorothy Watson Community Center 736-6480

*Marrero Community/Senior Center 349-5950

*Gretna Community Center 376-2130

*Harvey Community Center 227-1221

â—¦Hazel Rhea Hurst Community Center (504) 838-4277

August 18th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

YLC's College Admissions Project Ramps-Up Recruitment Efforts in Advance of School Year

YLC’s College Admissions Project Ramps-Up Recruitment Efforts in Advance of School Year

Contact:
Dan Forman
President
Young Leadership Council
Ph: (504) 585-1500
Email:

Skipper Bond
Ph: (504) 897-0462
Email:

www.collegeadmissionsproject.org

New Orleans, LA – August 13, 2010 – In advance of the new school year, the College Admissions Project (C.A.P.), a volunteer project of the Young Leadership Council (YLC) dedicated to assisting local public high school students get into college, recently ramped up recruitment efforts around the City for new volunteers.

This year, C.A.P. is helping more local high school seniors than ever before, and is working to finalize commitments from its 2010-2011 partner schools. The organization hopes to recruit 200 guides to match with 200 students, C.A.P.‘s most ambitious recruitment effort to date.

C.A.P. began in 2007 and focuses on bridging the gap in college admissions between low-income students and their peers by pairing a young professional, or “Guide,” one-on-one with a student who wants help applying to college. Guides meet with students from the fall through graduation, helping students navigate the college admissions process and assisting with everything from applications, essays and interviews, to FASFA, financial aid and scholarships. C.A.P. provides Guides with support through training sessions, meetings and a comprehensive Guide Manual.

“C.A.P. has worked with nearly 200 students in schools across Orleans and Jefferson parishes,” says Dan Forman, YLC board president. “This is an accomplishment we are very proud of and could not be possible without the dedication of our volunteer project leaders and Guides.

Last year alone, C.A.P. worked with four Orleans Parish public schools and matched volunteers with 80 students, 50% of whom applied to college and, of those, 100% were accepted.

According to C.A.P. Co-Project Leaders Ed Freydel and Nayita Wilson, C.A.P.‘s volunteer time commitment is flexible, requiring that volunteers meet regularly with their students from fall through graduation, but allowing Guides to choose their own meeting times and locations, depending on the student’s and guide’s schedules.

Freydel said, “So far, we have had great success in recruitment efforts; we are about 30% of the way to reaching our goal and still going strong. The volunteerism movement and the network of young professionals in this city who want to get involved and give back to the local community are astounding. We encourage anyone looking for a meaningful, flexible and rewarding volunteer opportunity to learn more about C.A.P.”

As the beginning of the school year approaches, C.A.P. offers various ways to participate and learn more about the organization and its mission:

- New Guide Training sessions are open to anyone interested in getting involved with C.A.P. and will take place at the Young Leadership Council offices located at 1840 Euterpe St. (click here for map)

– Thursdays – August 19 and August 26 at 6 p.m. – Saturdays – August 14 and August 28 at 10 a.m.

- Contact C.A.P. via email at or visit the C.A.P. website at http://www.collegeadmissionsproject.org
The College Admissions Project
A project of the Young Leadership Council, The College Admissions Project (C.A.P.) began during the 2007-2008 school year as a volunteer effort working to lessen the gap in college admissions between upper and lower income students. C.A.P. volunteers provide direct support to New Orleans and Jefferson Parish public high school students (most of whom are first generation college applicants) through the often-overwhelming college admissions process.
Young Leadership Council
The Young Leadership Council (YLC) is a non-profit, non-partisan civic organization created to develop leadership through community projects. Through volunteer-created community projects, the YLC recruits and retains young professionals to New Orleans and has a positive impact on the quality of life in the region. The oldest, independent YPO (young professionals’ organization) in the country, the YLC has raised more than $25 million to support community projects in and around the New Orleans area since 1986. The YLC has more than 1,300 member-volunteers, and is led by a 25-member board of directors and four staff members. Each community initiative is led by one or more volunteer project leaders.

July 14th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Obama administration official to attend BP town hall series

TOWN HALL MEETINGS WITH KENNETH FEINBERG

PUBLIC INVITED

At the request of the State of Louisiana, Kenneth Feinberg, selected by President Obama to administer the $20 billion British Petroleum (BP) claims fund, will attend a series of town hall meetings in Louisiana this Thursday, July 15.

The town hall meetings will be held in Terrebonne, Plaquemines, and Jefferson Parishes. The locations and times of these meetings are as follows:

Â· 11:30 a.m. â€“ Houma/Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd., Houma, La. 70360 (open to media and the public)

Â· 2:30 p.m. â€“ St. Patrick Catholic Church, 28698 Hwy 23, Port Sulphur, La. 70083 (open to media and the public)

Â· 4:30 p.m. â€“ Lafitte Civic Center, 4917 City Park Dr., Lafitte, La. 70067 (open to media and the public)

June 28th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

IRS Provides Tax Help, Guidance to Gulf Oil Spill Victims

IRS Provides Tax Help, Guidance to Gulf Oil Spill Victims;

Special Assistance Day Planned for July 17

IR-2010-78, June 25, 2010

WASHINGTON â€” The Internal Revenue Service today provided guidance to individuals and businesses affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and announced a number of new efforts to help affected taxpayers, including a special Gulf Coast Assistance Day on July 17.

â€œThis is a very difficult time for many people affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As residents of the region cope with the evolving situation, I want to assure them that the IRS will be doing everything it can to provide tax help to those who need it,â€ IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said. â€œWe encourage anyone who has an issue with the IRS to contact us and explain their hardship, and we will work with them to find a solution. Weâ€™ll do everything we can under current law to help taxpayers.â€

The guidance released today is based on current law, and it explains how recipients of payments from BP should treat the payments for tax purposes. According to the current law, BP payments for lost income are taxable in the same way that the wages or business income these payments are replacing would have been. The law treats compensation for lost wages or income differently for tax purposes than compensation for physical injuries or property loss, which generally are nontaxable.

Every person can have unique financial circumstances, so the IRS encourages taxpayers to review their tax situation or talk with their tax preparers about the implications of payments or compensation from the oil spill.

The new information is available in a question-and-answer format on a special section of the IRS website, IRS.gov. The IRS is closely monitoring the situation in the Gulf, and additional information will be added to IRS.gov as it becomes available.

To help people in the Gulf Coast area dealing with tax issues, the IRS also announced a special assistance day on July 17 in seven cities. Taxpayers and tax preparers will be able to work directly with IRS employees to resolve tax issues, including specific topics related to the oil spill. The IRS will hold the Gulf Coast Assistance Day in four states:

Â· Alabama: Mobile.

Â· Florida: Panama City and Pensacola.

Â· Louisiana: New Orleans, Houma and Baton Rouge.

Â· Mississippi: Gulfport.

Times and specific locations will soon be announced and will be available on IRS.gov.

In addition, taxpayers with problems related to the Gulf spill will soon be able to reach IRS personnel through an IRS toll-free telephone line. Specially trained IRS personnel will be available to help people with tax questions related to the oil spill. More information will be available soon about this telephone line.

The IRS encourages taxpayers in the Gulf struggling with payment or collection issues to contact the agency. The IRS continues to have a number of ways to help taxpayers dealing with oil spill issues or other economic hardship issues, including:

Â· Assistance of the Taxpayer Advocate Service for those taxpayers experiencing particular hardship navigating the IRS.

Â· Postponement of collection actions in certain hardship cases.

Â· Added flexibility for missed payments on installment agreements and offers in compromise for previously compliant individuals having difficulty paying.

Â· IRS employees will be permitted to consider a taxpayerâ€™s current income and potential for future income when negotiating an offer in compromise.

Â· Accelerated levy releases for taxpayers facing economic hardship.

Related Information:

www.Disasterassistance.gov

June 28th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

JeffCAP Oil Spill Assistance in Grand Isle

What: Jefferson Community Action Programs Oil Spill Assistance
When: June 29 & 30, 11:00 a.m.â€”3:30 p.m.
Where: Grand Isle Community Center
Why: To assist the victims of the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
How: Oil spill victims are encouraged to apply and submit applications for supportive services.

For more information contact Diana Smith (504) 349-5414

June 21st 2010 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Chase Community Giving Launches Summer 2010 Online Program

Chase, the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has announced the launch of its Chase Community Giving Summer 2010 program on Facebook. The program will award a total of more than $5 million to be shared among two hundred charities.

Chase Community Giving is a program that allows users to vote online for the local charities that matter most to them. By participating, users will help Chase direct corporate philanthropy dollars to eligible small and local organizations working in the focus areas of primary and secondary education, youth development, healthcare, housing, community development, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services, and animal welfare.

The first Chase Community Giving program, held earlier this year, was the most popular corporate philanthropy crowdsourcing campaign of its type. More than two million Facebook users became fans of the program and helped decide which of the more than 500,000 charities that participated should receive a share of $5 million. More than a hundred winners from thirty-one states were selected.

For the summer 2010 program, the number of charities eligible to receive awards has doubled and several new tools have been introduced. Charities will be able to edit their charity profiles and add meaningful media to help tell their stories in the form of videos and photos. In addition, badges, which users earn to indicate their commitment to their community, have been introduced. And a Gift Vote feature that lets users earn the right to give additional votes to a friend has been added.

To underscore the program’s focus on small and local organizations, 501©(3) public nonprofits with operating expenses of $1 million or less are eligible to receive funding. The top vote-receiving charities meeting the eligibility and other requirements of the program rules will receive the top grants. The eligible charity with the most votes will receive $250,000; the top four runners-up will receive $100,000 each; and the remaining eligible charities in the top two hundred will each receive $20,000. There will be one round of voting. Voting begins June 15 and ends July 12, 2010.

For more information and program requirements, visit the Summer 2010 Program Web site: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/

June 21st 2010 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Do Something Offers Change for the Children Grants

DoSomething.org has teamed up with the Jonas Brothers Change for the Children Foundation to award project grants to individuals (age 25 or younger) who are taking action in their communities across the United States and Canada.

Grants are available for sustainable community action projects, programs, or ideas. While projects that cover any cause are eligible to apply, special attention will be given to projects that focus on one of three causes â€” Special Olympics, diabetes awareness, and volunteerism.

Ten projects will each receive a grant of $1,500. All winners will be featured on DoSomething.org and ChangefortheChildren.org, and celebrated through various marketing platforms.

Applicants must be 25 years of age or younger and a U.S. or Canadian citizen.

Visit the Do Something Web site for complete program guidelines: http://www.dosomething.org/grants/changeforthechildren

June 21st 2010 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Youth Service America Accepting Applications for Global Disney Friends for Change Grants

The Walt Disney Company and Youth Service America are inviting applications for this year’s second round of Disney Friends for Change Grants.

The Friends for Change program funds youth-led fall service projects that focus on making environmentally friendly changes and engaging youth between the ages of 5 and 18 as leaders in their community. The goal of the grant program is to inspire children to join their friends and families, schools, and communities to address critical environmental needs as “friends for change” at the local, national, and/or global levels.

The program will award seventy-five grants of $500 each to youth-led service initiatives around the world that demonstrate youth leadership and a commitment to making a positive impact on the environment. Eligible applicants will be asked to implement their projects between September and November and to connect their projects to International Coastal Cleanup Day or National Public Lands Day, both on September 25, or on other environmentally-focused days of service.

The grant program is open to schools, organizations, and individuals planning service projects. Applications submitted by younger children (ages 5 to 14) are especially welcome.

YSA will host webinars on June 29 and July 6, 2010, for potential applicants to learn more about the application process. Visit the YSA Web site:http://www.ysa.org/grants/announcements/friendsforchange2010 for further information.

May 20th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Submit Head Start applications now!

Applications for the Jefferson Community Action Head Start Programs 2010-2011 are now available. Applications may be obtained daily from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the following Head Start sites. â–ºThe Causeway/31st Street Head Start, 3420 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie. â–ºThe Kenner/Clay Street Head Start, 200 Decatur St., Kenner. West Jefferson â–ºBridge City Head Start, 301 Third Emanuel St., Bridge City. â–ºBarataria/Lafitte Head Start, 4977 City Park Drive, Lafitte. â–ºWest Bank Head Start, 1425 Walkertown Way, Marrero. â–ºTerrytown/Gretna Head Start, 2315 Park Place, Gretna. The Head Start Program is for children 3-5 years old. Eligibility for Head Start is determined according to federal income guidelines issued by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families as well as children who have documented special needs and/or disabilities. Applicants for all 4 & 5 year old classes must be 4 years old by Oct. 1, 2010. Children 3 years old must be 3 by Sept. 30, 2010. Family Proof of Income for 2009 and Current 2010 Income. A copy of the Childâ€™s Birth Certificate, U.S. Entry Papers and/or Baptismal Certificate, Social Security Card, Picture ID and Current Medical Card. LA Purchase Card and Current Immunization Record, Proof of Insurance are needed to begin the registration process.

May 17th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Terrytown-Gretna Volunteer of the Year

Terrytown-Gretna Head Start Volunteers of the Year: Center supervisor Trenice King honored Jamyra O’Quinn, parent president and Joletta Duckett, policy council representative.

May 7th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Spread the word about Head Start registration!

Registration for the 2010-11 Head Start school year is coming in June. In the meantime, make sure you have the following documents to register your child:

*Childâ€™s social security card *Valid ID *Proof of income for 2009 & current 2010 income (W-2 form or current check stub) *Current immunization *Birth certificate; U.S. entry papers *LA purchase card *Medical card *Social security incomeâ€”total income from Jan. to Dec. 2009 and current 2010 *Eligible age: Child must be born between October 1, 2005 â€” September 30, 2007

May 6th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Westbank Head Start Parent of the Year

Reneeâ€™ Ford is the Westbank Head Start Parent of the Year. Reneeâ€™ served as parent president for the 2009-10 school year. Ford will be honored at the JeffCAP Parent of the Year awards ceremony on Monday, May 10, 2010.

Ford is a hard working lady with a passion for Head Start. This school year, she successfully secured many sponsors and donations for the center such as Winn Dixie, the Louisiana Workforce Connection, Chuck E. Cheese and Sicillyâ€™s Pizza.

Many thanks to the entire Westbank Head Start Parent Committee and Evangeline Ellis, vice-president, Donquell Davis, treasurer and Jonathan Davis, policy council representative. They worked tirelessly with Ford to make the school year a success. Congratulations to all!

May 6th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Future Leaders: Head Start Success Stories, Part III

Sean Burkhalter graduated from Lafitte Head Start. He is a honor student at L.W. Higgins High with a 3.0 GPA. Sean says â€œHead Start has been a major influence in my life. I remember my teachers were very caring and understanding. I was always eager to go to school.â€

That type of nurturing has inspired Sean to give back to his community. Sean has been accepted into LSU where he will study medicine. Following college and medical school, Sean will pursue a career as a pediatric doctor.

Sean was voted Homecoming King at the senior prom. He is admired and respected by his peers.

May 6th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Future Leaders: Head Start Success Stories, Part II

Bianca Epherson graduated from Westbank Head Start. She is an honor student at L.W. Higgins High School. Bianca believes that her Head Start experience enabled her to maintain a 3.4 GPA. Bianca is an confident young lady who is involved in many extra curricular activities such as JAG, Student Council, Black History Club and plays soccer. After graduation, Bianca will attend the University of New Orleans pursuing a college degree in Business Administration.

May 6th 2010 Jefferson Community Action Programs

Future Leaders: Head Start Success Stories, Part I

Head Start gave these high school seniors a positive educational experience. Their first formal educational endeavors began in the Jefferson Parish Head Start program. Nicole Luke, Bianca Epherson, and Sean Burkhalter were Head Start students when they were ages 4 and 5 years old. These students graduated from Jefferson Head Start in 1998. Currently, they are preparing for their high school graduations.

Nicole Luke graduated from Gretna Head Start she remained an honor student throughout her school years, and now graduating with a 3.8 GPA.

She is now preparing for college. Nicole has received two academic scholarships from Loyola University and Xavier University in New Orleans. Nicole says that Head Start introduced her to reading and computers at an early age—which has inspired her to pursue a degree in Fine Arts majoring in graphic design and marketing. While in college, Nicole aspires to study aboard and to learn to speak Japanese fluently.

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Women Helping Others Foundation Invites Grant Applications

The WHO (Women Helping Others) Foundation supports community-focused charities that serve the overlooked needs of women, children, and families in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Funding will be considered for tax-exempt 501©(3) charities that have been incorporated for at least three years and have total organizational budgets of $3 million or less. Preference will be given to organizations with an operating budget of $3 million or less, those not dependent upon government grants, and those with greater organizational program costs than personnel costs. Organizations that have previously received a WHO Foundation grant should wait three years before applying again.

Grants are not provided to individuals, educational institutions, religious institutions, or governmental agencies, or for endowment campaigns, political causes, or capital campaigns. Funding will be considered for grant requests from $1,000 to $40,000 each.

Complete funding guidelines and eligibility restrictions are available at the WHO Foundation Web site.

Beauty Control WHO Foundation

Application Deadline: September 7, 2010

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Habitat for Humanity and State Farm Offer Service-Learning Partnership Grants

With the support of State Farm, Habitat for Humanity International is offering a Service-Learning Partnership Grant program to provide funds for teachers and schools interested in developing and implementing service-learning projects in partnership with their local Habitat affiliate.

For the 20010-11 school year, teachers and local Habitat affiliates can jointly apply for a one-year grant of up to $7,000 to cover educational expenses associated with the service-learning project. Of that, a maximum of $5,000 may be used as support for the local Habitat affiliate. In addition, partnerships can apply for an additional travel scholarship grant of $1,000 for teachers and affiliate staff to attend either the National Service-Learning Conference presented by the National Youth Leadership Council or the Youth Leadership Conference hosted by Habitat for Humanity International.

Eight Service-Learning Partnership grants will be awarded for the 2010-11 school year to new recipients. In addition, five grants will be awarded to schools that received a Service-Learning Partnership grant prior to 2010. Only one grant will be awarded per school system or affiliate, although the grant may involve multiple teachers and classrooms. Grants may be renewed at the end of the year.

Service-Learning Partnership information and application are available at the Habitat Web site.

Habitat for Humanity

Application Deadline: May 15, 2010

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Ford Motor Company Fund Announces New Program to Help Latino Students Increase High School Graduation Rates

The Ford Motor Company Fund and the League of United Latin American Citizens have announced a partnership to help address the high school dropout rate among Latino students across the United States.

Under the new program, Ford Driving Dreams Through Education, ten LULAC Councils will receive grants to develop projects that provide local approaches to this important issue. Each of the ten LULAC Councils selected will receive up to $20,000 from the Ford Motor Company Fund to support implementation of their projects during a period covering two school years. The winning councils will engage their communities through creative, localized, and sustainable programs that take into account their respective educational issues, resources, and support systems.

For more information about Ford Driving Dreams through Education, or to submit a proposal, visit the LULAC Web site.

League of United Latin American Citizens

Application Deadline: May 21, 2010

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Common Counsel Foundation Announces Travel Grants for US Social Forum

The Common Counsel Foundation, which partners with families and individual donors to expand philanthropic resources for progressive social movements, has announced a partnership with the US Social Forum to provide travel support for groups going to Detroit to attend the second forum gathering, June 22-26, 2010. Grants will be made through Common Counsel’s Grassroots Exchange Fund.

In support of the US Social Forum, Common Counsel will make the GXF available as a pooled funding vehicle for foundations and donors interested in supporting organizations to travel to Detroit to participate in the USSF. To dedicate as much support as possible for organizations to attend, Common Counsel is contributing $10,000 toward the fund and will waive administrative costs for re-granting.

Travel grant guidelines are available at the Common Counsel Web site.

Common Counsel Foundation

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Entertainment Software Association Foundation Invites Grant and Scholarship Applications

Created by the American interactive entertainment software industry to support and provide opportunities that make a difference in the lives of America’s youth, the Entertainment Software Association Foundation is accepting grant and scholarship applications for 2010.

The foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations that benefit American boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 18. Foundation grantees provide programs and services that use computer and video game technology to educate America’s youth. First-time awardees are eligible for grants of up to $50,000 each. To be eligible for funding, an applicant must be a nonprofit 501©(3) organization; seek funding for a specific project or program that is or will be implemented or available nationwide or in a minimum of two states in the United States; serve American youth between the ages of 7 and 18; and provide programs and services that use technology and/or computer and video games to educate America’s youth and young adults. (Deadline: April 15, 2010.)

The foundation’s scholarship program assists women and minority students preparing for careers in video game development, including those studying graphic design, computer science, animation, programming, digital entertainment, or software engineering. Scholarships are offered each year for full-time study at accredited four-year colleges and universities. Up to thirty scholarships of $3,000 each are awarded annually, fifteen to graduating high school seniors and fifteen to current college students. Academic scholarship applications for the 2010-11 school year are due by May 15, 2010.

Visit the ESA Web site for complete program information.

Entertainment Software Association

Application Deadline: Various

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Young People Invited to Participate in Outdoor Nation Youth Summit

Outdoor Nation is a national initiative that supports young people who are committed to championing the outdoors â€” as athletes, artists, advocates, and ambassadors. The effort is supported by a coalition of organizations that includes the Outdoor Industry Association’s Outdoor Foundation, the Conservation Fund, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The program invites youth (age 16 to 26) from across the United States to travel to New York City to participate in the Outdoor Nation Youth Summit and Festival in Central Park on June 19 and 20, 2010. The event is designed to provide a platform for young leaders to set an outdoor agenda and create youth-led solutions. Key summit topics include green jobs, health and wellness, diversity, service, recreation, education, media, and culture. Following the summit and festival, young people will have the opportunity to apply for seed grants that support their local projects in communities and on campuses.

Youth Summit participants must cover their own travel and hotel expenses, but travel stipends may be available to accepted applicants who can demonstrate need. Outdoor Nation will provide most meals during the summit.

Visit the Outdoor Nation Web site for complete program information and application instructions.

Outdoor Industry Association

Application Deadline: May 5, 2010

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

National Endowment for the Humanities Announces Bridging Cultures Forum and Workshop Grants

As part of its recently announced Bridging Cultures initiative, the National Endowment for the Humanities is inviting proposals to plan and implement a program consisting of a forum and workshop on one of two humanities themes â€” “Civility and Democracy” or “The Muslim World and the Humanities.”

Project proposals for both program themes should consist of two elements â€” a forum that engages scholars and humanities practitioners in discussion among themselves and with a public audience; and a workshop at which humanities practitioners, scholars, and teachers collaborate to devise content, formats, training strategies, and education and dissemination methods for a nationwide or regional program that engages people in communities across the country in reflection on, and discussion of, the forum theme.

Successful applicants will be responsible for planning and implementing all aspects of the forum and workshop, including, at the program’s outcome, a plan for a public program designed to engage a broad, diverse regional or national audience in discussion of the forum theme. Successful applicants will each be awarded a grant ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 in outright or matching funds. All forum and workshop programs should take place between October 1, 2010, and March 30, 2011.

Any U.S. nonprofit organization with 501©(3) tax-exempt status is eligible, as are state and local governmental agencies. Eligible institutions include but are not limited to public, academic, and research libraries, museums, disciplinary and professional associations, cultural institutions, state humanities councils, and institutions of higher learning.

Visit the NEH Web site for grant program guidelines as well as further information on the Bridging Cultures program.

National Endowment for the Humanities

Application Deadline: June 1, 2010

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

National Endowment for the Arts Accepting Grant Applications for Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth

The National Endowment for the Arts’ Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth category offers funding for projects that help children and youth acquire knowledge and understanding of and skills in the arts. Projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art.

All proposed projects must provide the chance for students to experience exemplary works of art (e.g., live performances); to study works of art in order to understand their cultural and social contexts and to appreciate their technical and/or aesthetic qualities; and to create artwork. Projects must also provide for the assessment of students according to national or state arts education standards.

Learning in the Arts projects may take place in school- or community-based settings and should focus on children and youth between the ages of 5 and 18 years. School-based projects are for children and youth in kindergarten through grade 12 and must be directly connected to the school curriculum and instructional program. Please note that the endowment does not make awards directly to individual elementary or secondary schools. Schools may participate as partners in projects for which another eligible organization applies. Local education agencies (school districts) and state and regional education agencies are also eligible to apply.

Community-based projects are for children and youth between the ages of 5 and 18. This area supports important activities and training in the arts that occur outside of the school system. These activities may be offered by arts organizations or by other community-based non-arts organizations or agencies in partnership with artists and arts groups.

See the NEA Web site for complete program information.

National Endowment for the Arts

Application Deadline: June 10, 2010

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Open Society Institute Seeks Proposals for Documentary Photography Audience Engagement Grant

The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project is offering a grant to support alternative models for presenting and disseminating documentary photography to the public.

The Audience Engagement Grant (formerly the Distribution Grant) supports innovative projects that use existing bodies of work to actively engage audiences on human rights and social justice issues. Projects should include a partnership between individuals and organizations that combines expertise in documentary photography with experience working on the topic or community the project addresses. A third distribution partner, whose expertise is in the dissemination or presentation method, may also be included but is not required. The 2010 program will provide five to eight project grants ranging from $5,000 to $30,000 each.

Open Society Institute

Application Deadline: June 23, 2010

April 29th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Open Society Institute Seeks Entries for Moving Walls 18 Documentary Photography Exhibition

The Open Society Institute invites photographers to submit a body of work for consideration by its Moving Walls 18 group exhibition.

Moving Walls features in-depth explorations of human rights and social issues. Thematically linked to OSI’s mission, Moving Walls is exhibited at OSI’s offices in New York and Washington, D.C. The show will feature the work of seven photographers.

Any emerging or veteran photographer who has completed a body of work related to a human rights or social justice issue may apply. The program will accept any genre of photography that is documentary in nature and is not staged or manipulated. Priority will be given to work that addresses issues and geographic regions of concern to OSI. Work in progress may be submitted as long as a substantial portion of the work has been completed.

OSI will support Moving Walls photographers’ budgets for printing, dry-mounting, and other production costs. In addition, selected photographers will receive a $2,000 royalty payment. To support the professional advancement of photographers who have not received much exposure, an additional travel grant will be provided to select Moving Walls photographers to attend the opening in New York and meet with local photo editors and relevant NGO staff. Recipients must apply for the travel grant after being chosen for inclusion in the Moving Walls exhibition.

For complete program information and entry guidelines, visit the OSI Moving Walls Web site.

Open Society Institute

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Knight Center for Environmental Journalism Invites Entries for Innovator of the Year Award

The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University’s School of Journalism will award $1,000 to honor an innovative project in environmental coverage. The contest is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Journalists who are implementing a new idea that is changing the way environmental news and information is communicated are invited to apply. The contest seeks examples of new technology, journalism techniques, or other innovative efforts that advance environmental reporting and the public understanding of environmental issues. Eligible projects could include a new way of financially supporting environmental journalism, something that tells an environmental story that otherwise would not be told, a new way of publicly reporting an environmental issue, or a new way of engaging people to help report credibly on the environment.

To be eligible, innovations must have been actually put to use between January 1 and December 31 of 2009. Entries from individuals or organizations are eligible.

The winner will also receive a $1,000 award and an all-expenses-paid trip to speak about her or his idea during a conference (October 22-24, 2010) at Michigan State University to celebrate the School of Journalism’s 100th anniversary.

Visit the Center for Environmental Journalism Web site for complete program information.

Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Ashoka's Changemakers Announces International Social Business Competition

Artemisia and Ashoka’s Changemakers have launched a global search for model initiatives and ideas that can help build the emerging field of social business.

The Leveraging Business for Social Change: Building the Field of Social Business competition invites entries describing social enterprises that demonstrate how social business initiatives can thrive and scale-up their impact on quality of life.

The competition is open to all types of individuals and organizations (charitable organizations, private companies, or public entities) from all countries. The program will consider all entries that reflect the theme of the competition, that indicate growth beyond the concept or research stage, and that have demonstrated a proof of impact. Entries may be submitted in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.

The winners of the Leveraging Business for Social Change competition will be those that describe a systemic and/or transformational solution that most successfully demonstrates how to build the field of social business. The innovation will demonstrate a substantially different approach from other initiatives in the field with potential for replication. The solutions may include expanded distribution, more thoughtful design, outreach and education, and creative adaptation. The ideas and solutions generated through this challenge must spark profound transformation in the way social businesses achieve financial viability and scale up the reach and impact of social business initiatives. Entries must also demonstrate social impact and sustainability.

Three winners will each receive grants of $5,000 to advance their projects.

Visit the Changemakers Web site for complete competition guidelines.

Changemakers

Application Deadline: June 9, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Public School Teachers Invited to Apply for Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program

A philanthropic project of the Jordan Brand, a division of Nike, Inc., the Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program awards a total of $1 million annually to teachers across the United States who motivate and inspire students (grades one through 12) to achieve excellence. The grant program is designed to recognize outstanding teaching and instructional creativity in public schools that serve economically disadvantaged students.

To be eligible, schools must be public schools with at least 50 percent of their student population eligible for free and reduced-fee lunch. All public schools (regular, district, regional, charter, pilot, special, and alternative) in the fifty states and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply for a grant. Private schools are not eligible.

Any activity that a teacher proposes is eligible for funding if it impacts student success. Applicants must develop an educational approach that supports improved student academic achievement and social/emotional/behavioral interventions through student engagement, student teacher relationships, and/or building the capacity of teachers. Applicants are encouraged to involve students in the development of this plan or unit.

Innovation grants averaging $5,000 each will be awarded to individual teachers working to impact classroom innovation and improve instruction. Previous awardees of innovation grants may apply for an inspiration grant. Grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each will be awarded to teams of teachers to support scaling-up the implementation of successful approaches developed with innovation grants.

Visit the Jordan Brand Web site for complete grant program information.

Jordan Fundamentals

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Keep America Beautiful Announces 2010 Graffiti Hurts Grant Program

Keep America Beautiful has begun its 2010 Graffiti Hurts Grant Program, which offers three grants of $2,500 each to help communities step up their local graffiti-prevention activities.

This year’s program will present one grant to a community with a population under 75,000, one to a community with between 75,000 and 250,000 residents, and one to a community with more than 250,000 residents. The funds must be used for projects that will be initiated in fall 2010 and completed no later than December 31, 2011.

Local governments, police departments, youth groups, downtown associations, crime prevention organizations, and other groups dedicated to eradicating graffiti vandalism are encouraged to apply. Proposed projects can address graffiti prevention and education, eradication, or enforcement of local anti-graffiti laws. Programs that include prevention initiatives n and engage and educate youth are encouraged to apply.

Program information and application are available at the Graffiti Hurts Web site.

Graffiti Hurts

Application Deadline: June 1, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Do Something Invites Applications for Six Flags Friends Scholarships

Do Something has teamed up with Six Flags Friends to award college scholarships to young leaders who are taking action to make their community (local and/or globally) a better place.

Scholarships will be awarded based on past, current, and planned action in the community as well as the applicant’s passion, commitment, and proven leadership skills.

The applicant must be 25 years of age or younger, and a U.S. or Canadian citizen. A recommendation from a non-family member is required for application.

Six scholarships of $1,500 each will be awarded.

Visit the Do Something Web site for complete program guidelines.

Do Something

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Nike and Ashoka's Changemakers Announce Changing Lives Through Football Competition

Nike and Ashoka’s Changemakers have announced the launch of the “Changing Lives Through Football” collaborative competition, building on the success of two collaborative competitions that have helped identify and support promising ideas in the emerging field of sport for social change (the “Sport for a Better World” and “GameChangers: Change the Game for Women in Sport” competitions).

Applicants are invited to share their solutions for using football for social change. The contest is designed to identify, inspire, and bring together the next wave of leaders who are eager to find ways that football can unleash the potential of young people, strengthen their communities, boost development, and affect change.

The competition is open to all types of individuals and organizations (charitable organizations, private companies, or public entities) from all countries. The program will consider all entries that reflect the theme of the challenge â€” Changing Lives Through Football. To be eligible for an award, entries must indicate growth beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated impact and sustainability. Entries may be submitted in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.

A panel of independent judges will select between ten and 15 finalists from all of the entries submitted. From among these finalists, the Changemakers’ online community will vote for three winners. The finalist individual or organization that receives the most votes will be the Grand Prize Winner and receive $30,000. The second place winner will receive $20,000; and the third place winner will receive $10,000. In addition, the competition’s judges will select regional winners from Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Africa, each of whom will receive a prize of $10,000.

Visit the Changemakers Web site for complete program information.

Changemakers

Application Deadline: June 11, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Liberty Mutual's Responsible Sports Opens Spring Community Grants Program for Youth Sports Leagues

Responsible Sports, a philanthropic program of insurance company Liberty Mutual, is accepting applications from youth sports organizations in the United States to participate in its Responsible Sports Community Grant program.

To be eligible for the program, league administrators must first register their youth sports organization at the Responsible Sports Web site. Then, coaches, parents, administrators, and youth sports supporters can participate in the Responsible Sports parenting and/or responsible coaching coursework. Participants who pass the ten-question Responsible Sport parenting quiz or responsible coaching quiz can credit the successfully passed quiz to their favorite youth sports league.

Teams and organizations compete in one of three categories for a Responsible Sports grant: large division ( two hundred or more players), small division (under two hundred players), and educational groups (school athletic programs). For the Spring 2010 grant period, youth sports organizations will compete for one of fourteen grants of $2,500 each, divided between the two divisions based on the size of the organization. Schools (districts, athletic departments, teams, booster clubs, etc.) will compete for one of six grants of $5,000 each.

To be eligible, organizations must be a registered nonprofit youth sport organization recognized by the governing bodies of their sport(s). Organizations must serve the community at large and must be open to the general public.

See the Responsible Sports Web site for complete program information.

Responsible Sports

Application Deadline: May 31, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Nominations of American Indian Artists Invited for First Peoples Fund's Community Spirit Awards

First Peoples Fund, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to honor and support the creative community-centered First Peoples artists, is accepting nominations for the Community Spirit Award, which recognizes American Indian artists who have made substantial contributions to their communities. The program will honor four individuals with fellowships of $5,000 each.

The Community Spirits Awards program seeks nominations of artists who are deeply rooted in and maintain direct ties to their tribal community, demonstrate a commitment to building the strength of native communities by sharing their skills and talents with others in their respective communities, and maintain an artistic practice that passes on the traditions and the life ways of the people.

Nominated artists must be practicing artists of demonstrated maturity in their field (practicing their art for a minimum of ten years) and be documented affiliates of a United States tribe. The program will honor practicing artists in contemporary and traditional forms of the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Literary Arts.

Complete program information and nomination form are available at the First Peoples Fund Web site.

First Peoples Fund

Application Deadline: May 31, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Ford Foundation Launches Funding Initiative to Develop Arts Spaces

The Ford Foundation has announced a ten-year, $100 million initiative to support a new generation of arts spaces nationwide. The new initiative, Supporting Diverse Arts Spaces, will provide funding for projects that incubate and produce creative work across all disciplines. Grant funds will support both new projects and the revitalization and expansion of existing arts spaces.

As part of the initiative, the Ford Foundation has joined with LINC (Leveraging Investments in Creativity), and the MetLife Foundation, to call for applications for the first round of Ford Foundation Space for Change predevelopment and planning grants. Through an open Request for Proposal process, grants will go to organizations that are in the early stages of planning facilities that support artistically innovative and culturally diverse endeavors that will strengthen relationships between the community and artists.

Nonprofit arts organizations with strong track records of artistic excellence, who are intending to buy, build, renovate, partner in the development of, or become anchor tenants in a vibrant artist space can apply for grants of up to $100,000 each over two years in capital and/or planning support. All applicants must, at a minimum demonstrate a track record of excellence in their programming and artistic production; be 501©(3) organizations that directly serve both artists and communities; demonstrate strong community ties; and have the fiscal and organizational capacity necessary to partner in or carry out a facility project.

Examples of the wide range of facilities that would be eligible for support include work- and/or live-work spaces for artists; performance facilities; rehearsal spaces; gallery spaces; community arts and educational facilities; and any other type of spaces where artists work, where art works are made, or presented, or where educational activities associated with the arts and involving artists take place.

Letters of Inquiry will be accepted on a rolling basis. For the Spring 2010 Cycle, LOI will be reviewed from April 14 to June 22, 2010 (for LOI received on or before May 28, 2010). For the Fall 2010 Cycle, LOI will be reviewed from September 22 to November 3, 2010 (for LOI received between May 29 and September 17, 2010). LINC will invite organizations with strong LOI to submit a full proposal within 30 days of receiving the LOI.

Visit the LINC Web site for complete program guidelines.

Ford Foundation

Application Deadline: May 28, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Mid-Career Arts Managers Invited to Apply for Kennedy Center Fellowship Program

The Kennedy Center Institute for Arts Management Fellowship program annually provides ten mid-career arts managers with academic training and practical work experience at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, one of the world’s largest and most dynamic performing arts institutions.

The nine-month, full-time program begins in September. Fellows study with senior staff in weekly seminars (strategic planning, development, finance, and marketing) and complement that study with practical work rotations in three departments.

Applicants must have a minimum of three years’ work experience. International applicants are welcome. (The center also offers a month-long Summer Fellowship for international participants only.)

Fellows receive an annual stipend of $20,000 to help defray housing and transportation costs. Course materials and reimbursement for health insurance are also provided.

Application instructions are available at the Kennedy Center Web site.

The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Center

Application Deadline: April 21, 2010

April 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Endangered Language Fund Announces 2010 Request for Proposals

The Endangered Language Fund provides grants for language maintenance and linguistic field work. The language involved must be in danger of disappearing within a generation or two.

The work most likely to be funded is that which serves both the native community and the field of linguistics. Work which has immediate applicability to one group and more distant application to the other will also be considered. Publishing awards are a low priority, but will be considered.

Grants in this round are expected to be less than $4,000 each, and to average about $2,000. Eligible expenses include consultant fees, tapes, films, travel, etc. Overhead is not allowed. Grants are normally for a one-year period.

Researchers and language activists from any country are eligible to apply. Awards can be made to institutions, but no administrative costs are covered.

Visit the fund’s Web site for the complete RFP.

The Endangered Language Fund

Application Deadline: April 20, 2010

April 2nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

World Connect Launches International Mothers to Mothers Grant Program

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, World Connect, a nonprofit that works to empower local leaders in underserved communities to solve local problems, has announced the launch of its new Mothers to Mothers program.

Designed to tackle the healthcare and poverty gaps facing women and children in communities around the world, the program will fund health, education, and income-generation projects in hard-to-reach communities in Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mali, and Rwanda. Grants will go to changemakers in high-need communities. World Connect hopes to support a variety of projects, from improving clinical services and health education at rural health clinics to building water systems so that women can avoid walking hours a day to find water.

Grant requests are sought from community leaders working in partnership with Peace Corps volunteers in the seven eligible countries.

The program will provide grants of $2,500 each, and seeks to fund at least fifty new projects in 2010.

For more information about the program, visit the World Connect Web site.

World Connect

Application Deadline: April 19, 2010

April 2nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Aetna Foundation Announces 2010 Grant Program Funding Priorities

The Aetna Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting wellness, health, and access to high-quality health care for everyone, has announced a Call for Proposals for its 2010 grant cycle.

For 2010, the foundation will focus its grantmaking on issues that improve health and the healthcare system in three areas: obesity (addressing the rising rate of obesity among U.S. adults and children); racial and ethnic healthcare equity (promoting equity in health and health care for common chronic conditions and infant mortality); and integrated health care (advancing high-quality health care by improving care coordination and communications among healthcare professionals, creating informed and involved patients, and promoting cost-effective, affordable care). Grant applications that address more than one of these areas will receive priority consideration.

Within the three program areas, the foundation will award the following types of grants: research grants to generate new knowledge, making use of either quantitative or qualitative techniques; project grants to test, apply, or disseminate new practices designed to improve health and health care; and policy grants to analyze and promote policies to ensure that programs and practices to improve health and health care can be replicated and disseminated broadly. In addition, the foundation will consider applications for sponsorship of fundraising events such as galas and walks, outreach activities (e.g., health fairs), and other community-based health and wellness initiatives aligned with the foundation’s funding priorities.

Eligible applicants are U.S.-based nonprofit organizations with evidence of IRS 501©(3) designation or de facto tax-exempt status. Proposals that are national or regional in scope will be considered.

Regional grant requests may not exceed two years and $150,000 each. National grant requests may not exceed two years and $250,000 each. Sponsorship requests may not exceed one year and $50,000 each, though most are in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. The number and size of grants will depend on the quantity and quality of applications received.

For a request of more than $50,000, applicants must first submit a letter of inquiry using the foundation’s online application system. Full proposals for funding requests of less than $50,000 will be accepted without submission of a letter of inquiry.

Visit the Aetna Foundation Web site for complete program information and application forms.

Aetna Foundation Web

Application Deadline: August 15, 2010

April 2nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

ING Run for Something Better Accepting Grant Applications for School-Based Running Programs

The ING Run For Something Better program, in partnership with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, seeks to increase physical activity in students and help fight childhood obesity nationwide through the creation of school-based running programs.

The School Awards program will provide a minimum of fifty grants of $2,000 each to U.S. public schools that desire to establish a school-based running program or expand an existing one.

Awards are available to programs that target grades four through eight in public elementary or middle schools. Schools must design a before, during, and/or afterschool program that will be offered (to the best of the school’s ability) to all students in eligible grades. The program must not be exclusive to participants of one gender and must have a commitment of at least twenty-five students in order to be eligible for funding.

Program guidelines and application instructions are available at the Run For Something Better Web site.

ING

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

April 2nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

National Jazz.NEXT Program Offers Support for Technology-Based Capacity Building Efforts

Developed in partnership with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Jazz.NEXT is designed to test substantive and innovative projects that utilize technology to improve communications with existing audiences and engage new constituents, distribute the work of jazz artists to a broader public, and connect the disparate members of the jazz field into a more cohesive and effective community better equipped to face current and future challenges.

Round II of the program will provide support for the implementation of innovative, fully developed plans that incorporate technology to address audience development, communications, distribution, marketing, and network building. Grants may support projects that are new to the grantees or clearly represent taking their current technology efforts to the next level of development in order to advance their proposed concepts rather than simply maintaining or modifying them.

Grants ranging from $10,000 to $75,000 will be awarded on a non-matching basis. Expenses such as compensation for staff time committed to the project, consultants, contractual services, software and hardware, bandwidth purchase, licensing fees, advertising and marketing, and communications will be considered for support.

To be eligible, the applicant must be a jazz artist who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or a nonprofit 501©(3) organization (or an organization with an eligible fiscal sponsor) with a history of programming jazz or providing services to jazz artists or jazz organizations. Applicants must have demonstrated some prior experience working with technology applications in addressing audience development, communications, creation and presentation, marketing and promotion, networking, or other capacity-building endeavors.

Applicants may partner with other jazz artists or organizations on their projects, but only one artist or organization can act as the applicant.

Visit the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Web site for complete program information.

Mid Atlantic Foundation

Application Deadline: June 1, 2010

April 2nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Brookdale Foundation Seeks Proposals for Alzheimer's Disease Group Respite Program

A program of the Brookdale Foundation Group, the Brookdale National Group Respite Program awards seed grants to service providers that plan to offer new dementia-specific group respite or specialized early memory loss programming to participants, along with support to caregivers, in order to help individuals remain in their communities.

Funding is available for up to forty organizations working to develop new dementia-specific social model programs. Grant funds may not be used to support or expand the hours, days, or service capacity of existing social, health, or medical model programs.

Applicants must be nonprofit 501©(3) organizations or public agencies.

Selected organizations will each receive grants of $7,500 in year one, renewable for $3,000 in year two. The sponsoring organization must provide a 1:1 match of cash and/or substantive in-kind support.

Complete program guidelines are available at the Brookdale Foundation Web site.

Brookdale Foundation

Application Deadline: July 1, 2010

March 28th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Corporation for National and Community Service Invites Applications for Social Innovation Fund Competition

The Corporation for National and Community Service has released a Notice of Federal Funds Availability for the newly created Social Innovation Fund.

The SIF is specifically designed to promote public and private investments in effective nonprofit community organizations to help them replicate and expand to serve more low-income communities, create new knowledge about how to solve critical social challenges, and develop the grantmaking infrastructure necessary to support the work of social innovation in communities across the United States.

The SIF will channel funding through a network of intermediary organizations â€” existing grantmaking institutions or partnerships â€” that will host competitions within six months of the award to identify and fund nonprofit community organizations (subgrantees) working in the priority issue areas of Economic Opportunity, Youth Development and School Support, and Healthy Futures.

In Fiscal Year 2010, the corporation will award up to a total of $50 million in federal funding to approximately seven to ten intermediary organizations. The SIF award periods are up to five years, with funding provided in annual increments. Annual awards to intermediaries will be in the range of $1 million to $10 million each.

Successful intermediary applicants will have a strong track record of using rigorous evidence to select, invest in, support, and monitor the replication and expansion of their subgrantees; the capacity to conduct a competitive process for selecting innovative nonprofit community organizations with effective and potentially transformative approaches; expertise in one or more of the priority issue areas; and deep and broad relationships with stakeholders in one or more priority issue areas and/or specific geographic regions.

Applicants must demonstrate either cash-on-hand or commitments (or a combination thereof) toward meeting 50 percent of the first year matching funds, based on the amount of grant funds requested.

Letters of Intent to Apply are requested (but not required) by March 1, 2010. The application deadline is April 8, 2010.

Potential intermediary applicants can access the full NOFA at the CNCS Web site.

Corporation for National and Community Service

Application Deadline: April 8, 2010

March 27th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Energy ALERT Alliance Invites Nonprofit Organizations to Apply for Energy Efficient Lighting Grants

VistaBright Lighting, a national supplier of energy efficient lighting products, has announced a new nationwide grant program to provide qualifying nonprofit organizations with cash allowances and services for the purpose of installing new energy efficient lighting systems. The grant program is made possible through the ongoing efforts of VistaBright in organizing the nationwide Energy ALERT (Advanced Lighting Equipment Replacement Technology) Alliance comprised of lighting industry manufacturers, distributors, and electrical contractors.

The grant program is designed to assist educational institutions (private and public), churches, charitable organizations, community groups, and all other qualifying nonprofit organizations in reducing the costs of buying and installing state-of-the-art light fixtures in their facilities. Use of this “green technology” is expected to result in a significant reduction in monthly energy costs.

Grants will be issued on a weekly basis until the March 31, 2010, program deadline.

For further information, visit the ALERT program Web site.

Alert

Application Deadline: March 31, 2010

March 25th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation Seeks Proposals for Brain Cancer Research Projects

The Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation funds patient-focused research on gliomas leading to the development of better diagnostics and treatments that offer long-term survival and a high quality of life for patients with brain tumors.

The foundation is interested in funding brain cancer research projects whose primary objective is to accomplish one or more of the following: 1) enhance the output of a clinical trial for adults with GBM by performing correlative studies that significantly increase understanding of the biologic impact of a candidate therapeutic and/or interpretation of clinical response data; 2) identify or validate predictors of therapeutic responsiveness by GBM molecular subtype that could potentially lead to patient stratification for therapy selection; and 3) determine preliminary efficacy of novel candidate therapies or validate novel therapeutic targets in GBM models.

This RFP is open to early-career investigators working in a nonprofit or for-profit organization either in the United States or internationally.

The maximum amount for a single one-year research project is $150,000. Grants will cover a twelve-month project period starting no later than July 2010.

Application guidelines are available on the foundation Web site.

The Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation

Application Deadline: March 22, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

World Connect Launches International Mothers to Mothers Grant Program

Grant requests are sought from community leaders working in partnership with Peace Corps volunteers in the seven eligible countries.

The program will provide grants of $2,500 each, and seeks to fund at least fifty new projects in 2010.

For more information about the program, visit the World Connect Web site.

“World Connect“http://www.worldconnect-us.org/

Application Deadline: April 19, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Entries Invited for DiabetesMine Design Challenge

DiabetesMine, an informational and community Web site for people with diabetes, is accepting entries for its annual Web-based competition to foster innovation in diabetes design and encourage creative new tools that improve quality of life for individuals with diabetes.

Sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation, the competition is open to any individual or organization passionate about diabetes and product design, including enterprising patients or parents, start-up companies, design students, independent developers or engineers, or pharmaceutical research and development professionals. Entries from participants age 17 and younger are welcome and are judged in a separate category.

Previous program entries have included new prototypes, designs, and ideas for products ranging from glucose meters, insulin pumps, devices for transporting medical information such as glucose results, and more.

The three grand-prize winners of the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge will each receive a cash award of $7,000, plus a complimentary consulting session with IDEO global innovation and design experts, along with other prizes.

For additional information, visit the DiabetesMine site.

Diabetes Mine

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits Funding for 2010 Critical Challenges in Parkinson's Disease

Each year, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research tailors specific Critical Challenges to advance one or more of its key research priorities in Parkinson’s disease drug development: forging new strategies to define PD and its progression, alter disease course, reduce symptoms and complications of treatment to increase quality of life, and develop pre-clinical and clinical research tools to broadly accelerate Parkinson’s research.

The foundation has announced that up to $5.75 million in total funding will be available through three 2010 Critical Challenges:

Alpha-synuclein Therapeutics â€” A total of $3 million in funding is available for pre-clinical projects to accelerate therapeutic development of the PD-implicated gene alpha-synuclein, which many researchers believe holds potential to lead to a new treatment that could slow or stop the progression of PD.

Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers of LRRK2 Activity â€” A total of $2 million in funding is available for efforts to develop drug-activity biomarkers that can improve outcomes from future clinical trials of treatments targeting the PD-implicated gene LRRK2. The foundation will give preference to proposals seeking to verify and validate promising, pre-defined candidate LRRK2-associated biomarkers.

Novel Hypotheses in Parkinson’s Disease: Investigating Clinical Data and Human Tissue â€” A total of $750,000 is available to provide scientists around the globe with the opportunity to collaborate with the Arizona Parkinson’s Disease Consortium. Funded investigators should propose drug development projects that can benefit from access to APDC’s exceptional bank of well-characterized biologics, postmortem tissue, and associated clinical data.

Applications may be submitted by U.S. and non-U.S. entities, public and private nonprofit entities (e.g., universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, etc.), units of state and local governments, eligible agencies of the federal government, and for-profit entities. Postdoctoral students or fellows are not eligible to apply as principal investigators.

Complete guidelines for each challenge are available at the Michael J. Fox Foundation Web site.

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease

Application Deadline: April 28, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Aetna Foundation Announces 2010 Grant Program Funding Priorities

The Aetna Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting wellness, health, and access to high-quality health care for everyone, has announced a Call for Proposals for its 2010 grant cycle.

Visit the Aetna Foundation Web site for complete program information and application forms.

Aetna Foundation

Application Deadline: Quarterly

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Accepting Preproposals for Acres for America Conservation Program

Acres for America, a partnership between Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, annually provides funding for projects that conserve large landscape-level areas that are 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 Wal-Mart’s domestic facilities on at least an acre-by-acre basis through acquisitions of interest in real property. Endorsement of a proposed acquisition by appropriate federal, state, and local government agencies and by nonprofit organizations that the land is of high conservation value is a primary program consideration. Preference will be given to acquisitions that are part of published conservation plans, State Wildlife Action Plans, or Endangered Species Act Recovery Plans.

Approximately $2.5 million in total funding is available annually through 2014 for conservation investments. All grant awards require a minimum 1:1 match of cash or contributed goods and services.

Visit the NFWF Web site for complete program guidelines.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Application Deadline: April 1, 2010 (Pre-proposal)

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Wildlife Conservation Society Announces Continuation of Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund

With support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s North America Program has announced the fourth round of grantmaking through its Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund , which supports nonprofit conservation organizations, state fish and wildlife agencies, and tribal governments in their efforts to protect wildlife as prioritized by a number of landscape-scale strategic habitat conservation plans, including State Wildlife Action Plans.

The program provides grants to U.S.-based nonprofit conservation organizations with tax-exempt status under Section 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, state wildlife agencies, tribal governments, and regional/national associations of state fish and wildlife agencies. Grants can be awarded for projects only within the fifty U.S. states or six U.S. territories. Partnerships of all types are encouraged, particularly those between a nongovernmental conservation organization and a public agency. State wildlife agency and tribal government applicants must have a nongovernmental partner on their project.

Highest preference will be given to projects that provide proof of concept for innovative wildlife conservation practices that may serve as models for future projects: on-the-ground demonstration of effective interventions for wildlife adaptation to climate change; that implement landscape-scale, regional, or multi-state conservation objectives, as defined by a strategic habitat conservation plan; that demonstrate strong working partnerships between nongovernmental conservation organizations and federal agencies, state wildlife agencies, and/or tribal governments; and that apply innovative sources of matching funds from private, local, state, and federal programs or seek to create new sources of funding for the implementation of strategic habitat conservation plans.

The fund will provide a total of $2 million in grants in 2010. Grants may be requested in amounts ranging from $50,000 to $250,000 per project for twelve to twenty-four months. The fund requires a 1:1 match, with a maximum of 50 percent of match funding from in-kind sources. The RFP and pre-proposal application form are available at the Wildlife Conservation Society Web site.

Wildlife Conservation Society

Application Deadline: March 26, 2010 (Pre-proposal)

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Disability Rights Fund Offers International Grant Program to Promote United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Disability Rights Fund seeks to strengthen the participation of Disabled Persons’ Organizations in the advancement of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the country level in the Global South and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union.

The fund’s 2010 Moving Rights Forward grant cycle will consist of two rounds. The first is directed at DPOs in Indonesia, Mexico, Ukraine, and eligible states and cities in India (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi). Applicants can apply as single organizations or partnerships for small grants and/or as national DPO-led coalitions for national coalition grants.

Single organizations or partnerships can apply for twelve-month grants ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 each. Grants may be used to increase DPO skill in addressing the CRPD by building more inclusive organizations or partnerships and/or internal capacity building, and to accomplish rights-based advocacy and monitoring by increasing DPO participation in decision-making processes regarding the CRPD at state or local levels and/or directly addressing implementation of CRPD Articles.

National DPO-led coalitions can apply for 24-month grants ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 each per year to work on ratification of the CRPD, passage of specific legislation to accord with the CRPD, or the production of an alternative/parallel report.

Cross-disability and other partnerships in-country are strongly encouraged, as are projects that address particularly marginalized sectors of the disability community.

The deadline for small grants applications for the first funding round is March 24, 2010. The deadline for National Coalition Grants applications for the first round is April 12, 2010. The RFP for the second grantmaking round will be released in July 2010.

Visit the DRF Web site for complete program information.

Disability Rights Fund

Application Deadline: Various (Visit site for more information)

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Indian Land Tenure Foundation Seeks Proposals for Indian Nation Land Acquisition and Utilization of Land for Economic Purposes

The Indian Land Tenure Foundation, which works to assist Indian nations and people in the recovery and control of their rightful homelands, is accepting proposals for grants to Indian nations and nonprofit organizations that work with Indian nations on land acquisition and utilization for the purposes of economic development.

ILTF will fund programs that are successful at acquiring land for Indian nations specifically for economic development and that are successful at utilizing lands of Indian nations for economic development purposes. ILTF is specifically looking for tribal nations and community organizations that have developed new and effective approaches to addressing challenges in their own communities.

Eligible applicants will be Indian nations that have gone through the allotment process and are in low-income rural areas. Nonprofit organizations that work with eligible Indian nations on land acquisition and utilization for the purposes of economic development are also eligible and are encouraged to apply. Successful applicants must have a track record of land acquisition and economic development that is clearly identifiable or have a well-developed strategy for land acquisition and utilization that is grounded in solid theory and research and has a high likelihood of success.

Grantees will be required to match the ILTF grant on a dollar-for-dollar basis and to develop plans to sustain the initiative after the grant period ends. The foundation seeks grantees that can take their models of success and help other Indian nations replicate that success.

Visit the ILTF Web site for complete program information.

Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Application Deadline: June 1, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

William T. Grant Foundation Invites Applications for 2010-11 Scholars Program in Youth Settings Research

An initiative of the William T. Grant Foundation, the William T. Grant Scholars Program is accepting applications from promising early-career researchers who want to tackle questions important to theory and either policy or practice for improving youth settings.

The program is designed to support promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines who have demonstrated success in conducting high-quality research and are seeking to further develop and broaden their expertise. The foundation is interested in applicants trained across a range of social, behavioral, and health sciences. Applicants must submit a project that is consistent with the foundation’s current research interests: addressing issues that have compelling relevance for theory and policies or practices affecting the settings of youth between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States or a vulnerable sub-population of those youth.

Four to six William T. Grant Scholars are selected annually and each receives $350,000 distributed over a five-year period. Candidates are nominated by their supporting institution and must submit five-year research plans that demonstrate creativity, intellectual rigor, and a commitment to continued professional development.

To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be employed at a nonprofit institution, either in the United States or abroad, and have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application. The award may not be used as a postdoctoral fellowship. Visit the Grant Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines.

William T. Grant Foundation

Application Deadline: July 7, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

ING Run for Something Better Accepting Grant Applications for School-Based Running Programs

The School Awards program will provide a minimum of fifty grants of $2,000 each to U.S. public schools that desire to establish a school-based running program or expand an existing one.

Program guidelines and application instructions are available at the Run For Something Better Web site.

ING

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

VSA arts Invites Applications From Teaching Artists With Disabilities for Professional Development Fellowship Program

VSA arts is seeking applications from artist-educators for the Teaching Artist Fellowship, a program to identify, engage, and support outstanding teaching artists with disabilities in the visual and performing arts.

Benefits to Teaching Artist Fellows include a professional development retreat in Washington, D.C., designed especially for teaching artists; subscriptions/memberships within the teaching artist network (i.e., Teaching Artist Journal, Art Education, Teaching Theatre); networking and teaching opportunities in Washington, D.C., and other areas (stipend and travel costs included); and enrollment in VSA Community of Practice, a professional development Web site. Fellows will also serve as facilitators for VSA education programs and will be profiled in VSA publications.

The program is open to artists with disabilities who have had experience working in pre-K-12 classrooms within the past three years. Applicants should demonstrate artistic achievement in visual or performing arts. (Note: This program is designed specifically for teaching artists. Classroom instructors are not eligible for the fellowship.)

See the VSA arts Web site for complete program information.

VSA Arts

Application Deadline: April 23, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Announces New Youth Arts Engagement Grants Program

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund has announced the Youth Arts Engagement Grants program, a new initiative to support projects and programs that use the arts to enrich the lives of young people.

These project-related grants will support specific programs that use the arts to enrich the lives of young people between the ages of 5 and 18, in and out of school. To apply, an organization must be a 2010 recipient of PCF general operating support and have a budget in excess of $50,000.

The goals of the Youth Arts Engagement Grants include providing high-quality arts instruction, training, and participatory experiences that serve those young who are unlikely to have access to cultural enrichment; providing consistent programming that directly impacts the reduction of youth violence, truancy, and drop-out rates while increasing the number of graduations and college-bound students; and encouraging arts and cultural programming as an alternative activity for youth in afterschool, weekend, and summer programs.

A total of $350,000 in grants ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 each will be awarded.

Visit the the PCF Web site for complete guidelines.

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Application Deadline: April 2, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

National Jazz.NEXT Program Offers Support for Technology-Based Capacity Building Efforts

The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation is accepting applications for the second round of its Jazz.NEXT grant program.

Applicants may partner with other jazz artists or organizations on their projects, but only one artist or organization can act as the applicant.

Visit the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Web site for complete program information.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Application Deadline: June 1, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Hoag Foundation Invites Applications for Clinical Translational Research Career Development Awards in Pediatric Cancer

The Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation is accepting grant applications for the 2010 Clinical Translational Research Career Development Awards in Pediatric Cancer.

Designed to support the development of outstanding clinician and translational investigators in pediatric cancer research, the program provides support for specialized study by pediatric oncologists committed to a career in translational laboratory and clinical-based research. The award supports a three-year mentored research experience that integrates didactic studies with laboratory and clinically based research. The proposed research must have direct relevance to pediatric cancer, and the program must provide the experienced mentorship necessary to optimize the potential for the trainee to become a well-trained independent researcher.

Candidate must have a full-time faculty appointment at a U.S. medical institution or university and must be within five years of that appointment at the time of application. Candidate must have either an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree, and must be sub-board eligible or certified in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. Applicants on a J-1 training visa are ineligible.

Recipients will each receive a maximum of $105,000 ($100,000 direct costs and $5,000 for institutional overhead expenses).

Complete program guidelines are available at the Web site of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Application Deadline: April 1, 2010

March 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Dollar General Literacy Foundation Accepting Applications for Back to School Library Grants

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation Back to School Grants provide funding to school libraries or media centers working to implement new or expand existing literacy programs, looking to purchase new technology or equipment to support literacy initiatives, and/or looking to purchase materials or software for literacy programs.

Applicants must be a K-12 public, private, or charter school. Applicant organizations must provide direct service within Dollar General’s 35-state market area and must be located within twenty miles of a Dollar General store.

The maximum grant award amount is $5,000 per school.

Visit the Dollar General Literacy Foundation Web site for guidelines and application.

Dollar General Literacy Foundation

Application Deadline: May 21, 2010

March 23rd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

March of Dimes Seeks Research Funding Proposals on Prevention of Birth Defects

March of Dimes invites qualified scientists with faculty appointments or the equivalent at universities, hospitals, and research institutions to submit applications for research grants directed at the prevention of birth defects.

Research subjects appropriate for support by the March of Dimes include basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical studies, studies of reproductive health, environmental toxicology, and social and behavioral studies.

In the area of social and behavioral sciences, March of Dimes is interested in applications proposing research that advances the understanding of and ability to prevent the cognitive and behavioral risks that affect outcomes of pregnancy, the perinatal period, and subsequent child development.

The March of Dimes defines a birth defect as any abnormality of structure or function, whether inherited or acquired in utero and presenting in infancy or early childhood. Deviations from reproductive health of women and men as an underlying basis of birth defects, i.e. preconceptional events, perinatal course, and premature births, are appropriate subjects for research support. March of Dimes does not accept applications dealing with infertility.

In the previous year’s grant cycle, the average per year award was $97,732, with award amounts ranging from $59,416 to $129,690. These grants do not cover the recipient’s or other faculty salaries, but do provide salary support for technical help. Grants are awarded for a three-year period.

Visit the March of Dimes Web site for complete program guidelines.

March of Dimes

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

March 23rd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Hitachi Foundation Invites Applications for Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs Program

The Hitachi Foundation’s Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs Program seeks to identify up to six entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 29 who have formed financially viable businesses that create jobs, supply goods or services, or use internal management practices that give low-wealth individuals the opportunity to achieve greater economic security.

The Hitachi Foundation will provide each of the selected entrepreneurs with a cash prize of up to $50,000 over two years, access to technical resources, and a peer learning community.

This program is for entrepreneurs who are operating businesses that are one to five years old and have been generating revenue for a minimum of the last twelve months. The applicant must have established his or her business with the expressed dual purpose of operating a successful business and creating opportunities for low-wealth individuals in America to enhance their economic security. The applicant’s business may be structured as a for-profit or nonprofit. If the business is a nonprofit, it must depend primarily on an earned-income revenue model and not depend solely on donations and grants.

Visit the Hitachi Foundation Web site for complete program information.

The Hitachi Foundation

Application Deadline: March 22, 2010

March 22nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Accepting Preproposals for Acres for America Conservation Program

Approximately $2.5 million in total funding is available annually through 2014 for conservation investments. All grant awards require a minimum 1:1 match of cash or contributed goods and services.

Visit the NFWF Web site for complete program guidelines.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Application Deadline: April 1, 2010

March 22nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

MacArthur Foundation Seeks Research Proposals on How Housing Matters to Families and Communities

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is accepting research proposals to explore how housing matters to children, families, and communities.

Grant proposals are invited for the second round of research awards under the foundation’s $25 million How Housing Matters to Communities and Families initiative. The initiative is based on the premise that stable, affordable housing may be an essential platform that promotes positive outcomes in education, employment, and physical health by helping to ensure a greater return from other social and public investments.

In the 2010 competition, the foundation seeks to expand further the body of empirical evidence on the difference that living in decent and affordable housing makes in the lives of children, their families, and communities, with a special emphasis on how such evidence can be put to use by decision-makers to strengthen policies and programs.

This year, in order to maximize the impact that funded research will have on policy, the foundation requires that every applicant clearly identify the specific policy audience or level of government that will be able to utilize the research to improve or enhance a specific policy intervention and improve outcomes being studied.

Applicants must be affiliated with a nonprofit entity. U.S. and non-U.S. citizens are eligible to apply, as are studies by non-U.S.-based researchers and that deal with non-U.S.-based housing-family and community linkages as long as they meet all program guidelines. Units of government are also eligible to apply for a grant as long as such entities are permitted by their applicable law to receive a grant. Previous award winners are eligible to apply.

Proposals will be assessed based on criteria including importance of the research problem, its potential to inform policy, and the quality of the research design.

Information about the 2010 competition is available at the MacArthur Foundation Web site.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Application Deadline: March 22, 2010

March 21st 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

got breakfast? Foundation Announces Silent Hero Grants for Summer Food Programs

The got breakfast? Foundation, whose mission is to ensure that every child, regardless of background, starts the school day with a nutritious breakfast in order to learn, grow, and develop to his or her fullest potential, has announced the expansion of its Silent Hero Grant Program to participants in the federal Summer Nutrition Program.

The Silent Hero Grant Program is designed to encourage schools and nonprofit organizations to expand the reach of underutilized child nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program and, with this expansion, the Summer Nutrition Program.

Grants ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 will be awarded to public schools, nonprofit private schools, local governments, national youth sports programs, and 501©(3) nonprofit organizations participating in the Summer Nutrition Program. Grant funds can be used for such needs as serving equipment, program staffing, and nutrition education materials.

To be considered for the summer grant program projects must be centered around creating, continuing, or expanding federal Summer Nutrition Programs. Priority will be given to organizations creating a summer program where one did not previously exist.

Visit the got breakfast? Foundation Web site for the Request for Applications.

Got Breakfast?

Application Deadline: April 1, 2010

March 21st 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

got breakfast? Foundation Announces Silent Hero Grants for Summer Food Programs

Visit the got breakfast? Foundation Web site for the Request for Applications.

got breakfast?

Application Deadline: April 1, 2010

March 20th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Target Stores Grant Program to Support Arts and Literacy Programs for Children and Youth

Through its 2010 Store Grant program, Target will provide direct support to K-12 schools and other nonprofit organizations that foster a love of reading and provide art experiences.

In the Early Childhood Reading category, Target will fund programs that foster a love of reading and encourage young children, preschool through third grade, to read together with their families. Reading grants support programs such as library storytimes and family reading nights. In the Art and Culture in Schools category, Target will fund in-school arts programs that enhance student’s classroom curriculum by bringing arts and cultural experiences such as in-school performances, artist-in-residency programs, and workshops to schools.

(Note: As of 2010, the Target Store Grant Program no longer offers family-violence prevention grants.)

To be eligible, an applicant organization must be federally tax-exempt under Section 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a school, a library, or a public agency.

Grants in the amount of $2,000 each will be made for programs taking place between September 1, 2010, and August 1, 2011.

Visit the company’s Web site for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

Target

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

March 20th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Nominations Invited for World of Children Annual Awards Program

The World of Children Awards program was created “to recognize and elevate those selfless individuals who make a difference in the lives of children here in the U.S.A. and across the globe, regardless of political, religious, or geographical boundaries.” Awards are made in three categories, and each award carries a cash grant to help continue the honoree’s work.

The 2010 Humanitarian Award, which includes a grant of up to $50,000, recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to children in the areas of social services, education, or humanitarian services. Nominees must have created, managed, or otherwise supported a sustainable program which has significantly contributed to children’s opportunities to be safe, to learn, and to grow.

The 2010 Health Award, which includes a grant of up to $50,000, recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to children in the fields of health, medicine, or the sciences. Nominees must have created, managed, or otherwise supported a sustainable program which has significantly contributed to the improved health of children. Nominees for this and the 2010 Humanitarian Award must have done this work in addition to their normal employment, for little or no pay, for a minimum of ten years.

The 2010 Founder’s Youth Award, which includes a grant of up to $25,000, recognizes youth who are making extraordinary contributions to the lives of other children. Nominees must be under the age of 21.

Nominees may be individuals or groups of individuals but not organizations. The awards are not given posthumously. Self-nominations are accepted.

Visit the World of Children Web site for complete nomination guidelines.

World of Children

Application Deadline: May 1, 2010

March 19th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

ING Run for Something Better Accepting Grant Applications for School-Based Running Programs

The School Awards program will provide a minimum of fifty grants of $2,000 each to U.S. public schools that desire to establish a school-based running program or expand an existing one.

Program guidelines and application instructions are available at the Run For Something Better Web site.

ING

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

March 19th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Women In Film Los Angeles Opens 2010 Film Finishing Fund Cycle

Women In Film Los Angeles is accepting applications for its 2010 Film Finishing Fund Cycle.

With support from Netflix, the WIF Foundation’s Film Finishing Fund provides cash grants and in-kind production services to filmmakers working on projects for, by, and about women.

The fund awards finishing funds to women and male filmmakers who are making projects about women or women’s issues. Applications are encouraged from around the world. The program funds filmmakers working in both short and long formats in all genres â€” narrative, documentary, educational, animated, and experimental. Student projects are not eligible.

In order to be eligible for an FFF grant, a filmmaker must have completed principal photography and a rough cut at the time of application.

Cash awards range from $1,000 to $15,000 each, with the number of grants varying from year to year. In-kind services may be available upon request.

The application period is March 23, 2010, to April 30, 2010. Visit the WIF Web site for complete program information.

Women In Film Los Angeles

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

March 18th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham Invites Applications for Kresge Community Arts Grant Program

The Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham and the Kresge Foundation of Troy, Michigan are accepting applications for the Kresge Arts in Birmingham program.

The program is part of a community arts and civic engagement project the Kresge Foundation is piloting in selected U.S. locations to encourage residents to use art and culture as a tool to address community issues. The project is designed to test Kresge’s belief that grassroots arts and cultural projects can be an effective tool to unite communities, address pressing social issues, and nourish residents’ spirits in difficult times.

Over the next two years, Kresge will fund grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 each for community arts projects that strive to address Birmingham’s pressing issues as determined by its citizens.

Individuals and groups, including all types of arts and cultural professionals, neighborhood associations, service agencies, community development groups, and arts and cultural organizations, are encouraged to apply.

Visit the Cultural Alliance Web site for complete guidelines and application instructions.

The Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham

Application Deadline: April 5, 2010

March 18th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Chamber Music America Invites Applications for Classical Commissioning Program

Chamber Music America, the national service organization for the chamber music profession, is accepting applications for its Classical Commissioning Program from CMA member ensembles and presenters for commissions of new chamber works.

The program provides support to U.S.-based classical/contemporary ensembles, presenters, and festivals that commission American composers to create new chamber works. Applicants must be organization-level members of CMA.

CMA defines chamber music as music for small ensembles (two to ten musicians) whose members perform one to a part, generally without a conductor. Compositions may represent a diverse musical spectrum including contemporary art music, world music, and works that include electronics. New works created through this program must be performed a minimum of three times in the United States.

The program provides funding for the composer’s fee (awards of $5,000 to $20,000 each), the ensemble’s rehearsal honorarium ($1,000 per ensemble musician), and copying costs (awards of up to $1,000 each).

The Classical Commissioning Program is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.

Guidelines and application forms are available at the CMA Web site.

Chamber Music America

Application Deadline: April 9, 2010

March 17th 2010 NPN Community Liaison

VSA arts Invites Applications From Teaching Artists With Disabilities for Professional Development Fellowship Program

See the VSA arts Web site for complete program information.

VSA Arts Program

Application Deadline: April 23, 2010

March 17th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Atlas Service Corps Seeks Nonprofit Sector Fellowship Applicants

Atlas Service Corps seeks nonprofit leaders from around the world to apply for 2010-11 fellowship positions in Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Seattle, Washington; Bogota, Colombia; and New Delhi, India.

The program will place selected fellows from around the world at outstanding host organizations in the United States, including Ashoka, Asian American LEAD, the Grameen Foundation, the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Population Action International. Candidates from the U.S. are placed at organizations in Bogota such as Global Humanitaria and Oxfam GB. In addition to volunteering full time at their host organizations, fellows are enrolled in a management development training program and join a growing network of nonprofit leaders from around the world.

Applicants must have three or more years of experience in the nonprofit sector, a college degree, fluency in English (one year of experience and Spanish proficiency if applying to volunteer in Colombia), and a commitment to return to their home country after their fellowship.

For more details about eligibility requirements and the application process, visit the Atlas Service Corps Web site.

Atlas Service Corps

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

March 16th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Announces New Youth Arts Engagement Grants Program

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund has announced the Youth Arts Engagement Grants program, a new initiative to support projects and programs that use the arts to enrich the lives of young people.

A total of $350,000 in grants ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 each will be awarded.

Visit the the PCF Web site for complete guidelines.

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Application Deadline: April 2, 2010

March 16th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Center for Arab American Philanthropy Announces 2010 Request for Proposals

The Center for Arab American Philanthropy, a program of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, has announced its 2010 Request for Proposals for organizations serving the Arab American community nationwide.

CAAP will award grants of up to $10,000 each to organizations serving the Arab American community. Organizations can apply for capacity-building support or program support in the areas of art, culture, or youth.

This will be the second round of grantmaking conducted by CAAP, the only national Arab American philanthropy program in the United States. Last year, CAAP awarded grants totaling $73,900 to sixteen Arab American organizations.

The RFP and application forms are available at the CAAP Web site.

Center for Arab American Philanthropy

Application Deadline: April 12, 2010

March 16th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

USC Annenberg Announces Sixth Annual National Endowment for the Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater

The University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and the National Endowment for the Arts are accepting applications for the sixth annual Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater.

The institute, which will take place May 17-27, 2010, is an intensive eleven-day workshop in theater and musical theater for critics, reporters, editors, and broadcast and online producers from all fifty states and Puerto Rico.

Based in Los Angeles, the fellowship provides a total immersion experience that includes attending as many as ten performances or rehearsals. Participants will also meet theater professionals and participate in professional development sessions.

No specialized knowledge of theater is required. Staff journalists and freelancers who work in print, radio, TV or online media â€” and whose main subject is the arts, culture, or entertainment â€” are welcome to apply.

Most costs are covered by the institute, including travel to and from Los Angeles, hotel, transportation within the city, and most meals.

For program information, visit the USC Annenberg Web site.

USC Annenberg School of Journalism and Communication

Application Deadline: March 11, 2010

March 15th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

NYC Haitian Community Hope and Healing Fund Created to Support Local Communities Affected by Earthquake

The NYC Haitian Community Hope & Healing Fund was established by the Brooklyn Community Foundation and the United Way of New York City to address the short- and long-term needs of Haitian American New Yorkers affected by the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

The fund is designed to provide financial support and critical resources to local nonprofit organizations that are attuned to the needs of their neighborhoods. In general, the fund will focus on building strength in local nonprofit organizations so they can most effectively serve the anticipated increased number of people needing assistance with immigration, grief and trauma counseling, acculturation, English language acquisition, and educational services.

The fund will award grants of up to $50,000 for one year. The fund’s total grantmaking in Round I will not exceed $200,000. Depending on the availability of additional funds, a Round II opportunity will be announced by late spring 2010.

Applications will be accepted from nonprofit organizations and organizations with nonprofit fiscal sponsors.

Visit the Hope & Healing Fund Web site for further information.

NYC Haitian Community Hope and Healing Fund

Application Deadline: March 8, 2010

March 14th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Reproductive Health Access Project Seeks Proposals for Women's Health Free Clinic Project

The Reproductive Health Access Project, which is dedicated to helping family physicians and community health centers provide contraceptive and abortion care, is accepting proposals from medical student-run free clinics to establish or expand their scope of reproductive healthcare services.

Examples of the types of programs the project is interested in supporting include initiation of reproductive health exams or pregnancy testing services, initiating IUD placement procedures or medication abortions, purchase of contraception, provision of emergency contraception, and expansion of clinical education on family planning and reproductive health for medical students.

Applicants must be student-run health centers that provide services at no cost to the patient. Applicants must enter into the project in partnership with a physician or be willing to be matched with a family physician able to educate medical students and supervise reproductive health services. A key criterion in the selection process will be the clinic’s commitment to sustaining the added training for medical students and services for patients after the grant ends.

The project will award up to five grants of $5,000 each. Technical assistance and mentorship will also be provided.

Visit the Reproductive Health Access Project Web site for complete program information.

Reproductive Health Access Project

Application Deadline: May 30, 2010

March 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Public Health Law Research Grant Solicitation

Through its Public Health Law Research program, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to build the evidence for and strengthen the use of regulatory, legal, and policy solutions to improve public health. RWJF is equally interested in identifying and ameliorating laws and legal practices that unintentionally harm health.

Up to $3.5 million in total funding is available under this Call for Proposals for research studies. The program will provide eighteen-month awards of up to $150,000 each for short-term studies and thirty-month awards of up to $450,000 each for complex and comprehensive studies.

Preference will be given to those applicant organizations that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a tribal group recognized by the U.S. federal government or affiliated with a tribal group. Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. The focus of the program is the United States; studies involving other countries will be considered only to the extent they may directly inform U.S. law and policy.

The complete Call for Proposals is available at the RWJF Web site.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Application Deadline: April 14, 2010

March 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Nominations Invited for Garden Crusader Awards

The annual Garden Crusader Awards program was established by Gardener’s Supply to honor individuals who are improving the world through gardening. “Garden Crusaders” are individuals who are gardening beyond their own backyards to grow food for the hungry, beautify their communities, and help friends and neighbors discover the rewards of gardening.

The award honors individuals in the United States who are improving their communities through gardening. There is no age requirement. Organizations may apply by choosing one person to represent the group.

Award categories include Education, Feeding the Hungry, Urban Renewal, and Restoration. There are five winners for each category â€” first, second, third, plus two honorable mentions and one grand-prize winner, for a total of eighteen winners overall. The grand-prize winner will receive $2,500 in cash and a $2,500 gift certificate from Gardener’s Supply. First-place winners will receive a $1,000 gift certificate, second-place winners a $750 gift certificate, third-place winners a $500 gift certificate, and honorable mentions a $200 gift certificate. All prizes will be awarded to the winner’s organization in his or her name.

Visit the Gardener’s Supply Web site for complete nomination guidelines.

Gardener’s Supply Company

Application Deadline: June 1, 2010

March 12th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

TogetherGreen Invites Applications for Conservation Fellowships and Innovation Grants

TogetherGreen, an alliance between the National Audubon Society and Toyota, is accepting applications for its Conservation Fellowships and Innovation Grants.

Through TogetherGreen Conservation Fellowships, forty promising individuals (half from the Audubon network and half from external organizations) will be chosen for their leadership potential, skills, and commitment to engaging people of diverse backgrounds in conservation action. Fellows receive a $10,000 grant, assistance launching a conservation action project, and specialized training. They also become part of an alumni network of conservation professionals from across the country. Fellowship candidates must have at least six years’ experience in some aspect of the environment.

TogetherGreen Innovation Grants annually provide funding that enables the Audubon Society and its partners to support activities that engage people in conservation action and create healthier communities. Grant funds will be awarded to Audubon’s broad national network â€” including Audubon chapters, programs, centers, sanctuaries, and independent Audubon groups â€” each working in partnership with one or more external organizations. Recipients will be chosen based on their innovative ideas for achieving conservation results focused on habitat, water, and energy. Selected grants will also need to demonstrate how they are reaching new and diverse communities and helping people get engaged in local conservation action.

Audubon will select a minimum of forty proposals and provide more than $1 million in total support. Grants will range from $5,000 to $80,000 each, with the majority averaging roughly $25,000.

Visit the TogetherGreen Web site for complete application information.

Together Green

Application Deadline: May 7, 2010

March 12th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Suder Foundation Seeks New University Partners to Implement First-Generation Scholars Program

The mission of the Suder Foundation is to dramatically improve the graduation rate of first-generation college students by providing financial, academic, emotional, and social assistance at selected public universities across the United States.

The foundation accomplishes its mission by engaging with selected four-year public universities to implement its Suder Scholars Program, which provides holistic support for first-generation students in on-campus Scholar Development Sites.

The foundation is expanding its Scholar Development Site network and will add two university partners as new sites during this grant cycle. The selected institutions will receive a one-year planning grant followed by multiyear grants for scholarships and program operation. The new partners will spend the 2010-11 academic year involved in further developing the program materials and model and securing campus collaborations to launch their site and first scholars cohort in August 2011.

The foundation will award planning grants of up to $60,000 each toward a planning coordinator, the planning process, and one visit to each of the two existing program sites. Funding for the first year of scholarships and program support will be disbursed in the spring of 2011. Co-investment by the institution is required. Complete funding responsibility is expected to transition to the university by the program’s fifth year.

The program is open to public four-year institutions of higher education in the United States. Ideal grantees will have enrollments between 10,000 and 25,000 undergraduate students and a sizeable residential population.

Complete program information is available at the foundation’s Web site

Suder Foundation

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

March 11th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Alston Bannerman Fellowship Program Offers Sabbaticals for Long-Time Activists of Color

Part of the Center for Social Inclusion, the Alston Bannerman Fellowship Program supports long-time activists of color by giving them the resources to take time out for reflection and renewal.

Fellows receive a $25,000 award to take sabbaticals of three months or more.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a person of color, have more than ten years of community organizing experience, be committed to continuing social change work in communities of color, and live in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or U.S. Virgin Islands. Both paid and unpaid leaders are eligible to apply.

Beyond the basic eligibility criteria, the program seeks applicants whose work attacks root causes of inequity by organizing those affected to take strategic collective action, challenges the systems that perpetrate injustice and effect institutional and structural change, builds community capacity for democratic participation and develops grassroots leadership, acknowledges the cultural values of the community, creates accountable participatory structures in which community members have decision-making power, and contributes to building a movement for social change by making connections between issues, developing alliances with other constituencies, and collaborating with other organizations.

Visit the Alston Bannerman Fellowship Web site for complete program information.

“Alston Bannerman”: http://www.alstonbannerman.org

March 10th 2010 7th Ward Neighborhood Center

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Accepting Applications From Presenting Organizations for ArtsCONNECT

The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation is accepting applications for the 2010-11 cycle of ArtsCONNECT, a program that supports collaborations among presenters working to facilitate tours of artists across the mid-Atlantic region involving any performing arts discipline, including dance, jazz, music, opera, theater, and folk/traditional arts.

The purpose of ArtsCONNECT is to provide access to live performing arts engagements of excellence to audiences across the mid-Atlantic region along with a deeper understanding of artists’ work through support of tours incorporating public performances and activities that enhance the concert experience. The foundation will give the highest priority to projects that reach the broadest geographic distribution within the region, that support new or newly commissioned works, and that target communities underserved by the arts.

Only presenter consortia are eligible to apply. The presenting consortium must include at least three presenting organizations from at least two mid-Atlantic states. Each partner in the consortium must be a nonprofit 501©(3) organization or a unit of government and must be located in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia.

ArtsCONNECT projects must utilize professional touring artists from a performing arts disciplines that have been touring at least two years.

“Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation”: http://www.midatlanticarts.org/

Application Deadline: March 22, 2010

March 9th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Cultural Exchange Fund Offers Travel Support for Performing Arts Presenters

The Cultural Exchange Fund, a travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, assists United States-based presenters in building partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies, and their collaborators and in seeing the work of artists from around the world in its appropriate cultural context.

Arts Presenters will award travel subsidies to individual presenters, presenting organizations, and to groups of presenters traveling to see the work of artists, companies, and/or to develop and advance projects with international artists and their collaborators. All applicants must be active members of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. In promoting cross-cultural arts programming, Arts Presenters strongly encourages travel to locations including, but not limited to, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

Arts Presenters will fund individual travel subsidies as well as group travel subsidies. The maximum amount awarded per individual organization, inclusive of travel costs and per diem, is $2,000 each. Group travel subsidies will be awarded only to groups of three or more presenters from different member presenting organizations. The maximum award for a group is $10,000 each, with no more than $2,000 awarded per organization. Arts Presenters has added a new funding round to the 2009-10 CEF travel subsidy program and has posted May 14, 2010, as the deadline for travel taking place between June 2010 and December 2010.

Visit the Arts Presenters Web site for complete program information.

The Cultural Exchange Fund

Application Deadline: May 14, 2010

March 8th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Arts Council of New Orleans Grant

Applications for FY 2011 grants through the Community Arts Grants Program and the Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program will be available only through this web site (acno.cgweb.org) starting Monday, February 22, 2010. The guidelines for these grant programs as well as the Online Granting System Applicant User Manual will be available on our web site (artscouncilofneworleans.org – Grants/Available Grants) starting February 22, 2010. Information on grant workshops and staff assistance will also be posted under Grants/Available Grants.

Please read the guidelines and application form(s) carefully and refer to the Online Granting System Applicant User Manual before starting an application. The Online Granting System Applicant User Manual will instruct you on how to use the online system and complete the online application – we recommend that you print it out.

Please note: An application for a grant must be submitted through the Online Granting System as well as in hard copy form.

â€¢ The DEADLINE to submit the ONLINE application through the Online Granting System is MIDNIGHT, APRIL 21, 2010.

â€¢ The HARD COPY APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 22, 2010. Hard copy applications must be received in the Arts Council office by 4:00 p.m. April 22 if hand-delivered, OR they must be mailed and postmarked by that date.

After you’ve created a new user profile for the Online Granting System or logged in with your current profile, go to the Current Programs & Applications button (left) to access the application form that you wish to view or complete for a FY 2011 grant.

Again, please refer to the guidelines for details on the grants being offered, the eligibility requirements, and the application steps and requirements.

Community Arts Grants are made possible with funding from the City of New Orleans. Louisiana Decentralized Arts Funding Program grants are made possible with state funding through the Louisiana Division of the Arts.

You may call the Grants staff if you have questions or if you would like to discuss the funding opportunities or your application. Karen Kern, Grants Manager, may be reached at 504-595-8461 and Joycelyn Reynolds, Grants Manager, may be reached at 504-595-8471.

Arts Council of New Orleans

March 3rd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

ExxonMobil, Ashoka's Changemakers, and International Center for Research on Women Launch Women's Economic Development Challenge

ExxonMobil, in partnership with Ashoka’s Changemakers and the International Center for Research on Women, has launched Women | Tools | Technology: Building Opportunities & Economic Power, a challenge designed to identify transformative solutions for promoting women’s economic advancement through technology.

The challenge’s partners seek creative ideas and sustainable approaches that enable more women from developing countries to be active contributors to and leaders in the world’s rapidly changing economy. The ideas and solutions generated through the challenge can be new or improve upon existing technologies to enable them to benefit more women. Innovators with concepts for catalyzing women’s economic advancement through technology will be able to submit their ideas through a crowdsourcing online format that allows for discussion and collaboration among other innovators and select experts.

The challenge is open to all types of individuals and organizations (charitable organizations, private companies, or public entities) from all countries. Entries should indicate growth beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated impact and sustainability. Entries may be submitted in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.

Submissions will be accepted through April 14, 2010, at the Ashoka’s Changemakers Web site. Entries will be judged by a panel of experts, and ten to fifteen finalists will be announced in early June. The Changemakers online community will decide the three winners, each of whom will receive a cash award of $5,000.

For complete program information and to submit an entry, visit the Changemakers Web site.

Ashoka Changemakers

Application Deadline: April 14, 2010

March 2nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Atlas Service Corps Seeks Nonprofit Sector Fellowship Applicants

For more details about eligibility requirements and the application process, visit the Atlas Service Corps Web site.

Atlas Service Corps

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

March 1st 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Center for Arab American Philanthropy Announces 2010 Request for Proposals

The RFP and application forms are available at the CAAP Web site.

Center for Arab American Philanthropy

Application Deadline: April 12, 2010

February 28th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

USC Annenberg Announces Sixth Annual National Endowment for the Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater

Most costs are covered by the institute, including travel to and from Los Angeles, hotel, transportation within the city, and most meals.

For program information, visit the USC Annenberg Web site.

USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism

Application Deadline: March 11, 2010

February 27th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Nominations Invited for Rosalynn Carter Leadership in Caregiving Award

A program of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, the Rosalynn Carter Leadership in Caregiving Award recognizes leadership in implementing innovative partnerships between community agencies and caregiving researchers who bridge the gap between science and practice.

The award-winning team will be announced at the RCI’s National Summit to be held October 20-22, 2010, at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will present the winning team with a statuette and a cash award of $20,000 to support the team’s efforts in implementing effective caregiver interventions at the community level.

Winning partnerships should be able to clearly demonstrate dedication to developing effective evidence-based caregiver interventions that improve the health and well-being of caregivers; collaboration and partnerships between all stakeholders in the caregiving process; the potential for developing or more effectively using financial, educational, and human resources to support caregivers; effective reach into the target population; and the potential to serve as a model for other individuals, groups, organizations, or communities in efforts to better support caregivers.

Visit the RCI Web site for complete program information.

Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving

Application Deadline: July 1, 2010

February 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Nominations Invited for 2010 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education

Now in its 23rd year, the annual Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education recognizes notable individuals in education who have mastered the art of “scaling up,” or building upon successful programs.

The McGraw Prize honors leaders from all three levels of education: elementary, secondary, and postsecondary. Winners must have developed programs exhibiting strong school-business partnerships, family engagement, use of cutting-edge technology, and data-driven decision making, among other practices.

Nominations are invited from the public. Only individuals who are presently committed to the cause of education and have been leading successful educational programs that have shown notable progress are eligible for nomination. Institutions, boards, organizations, or other groups are not eligible.

Recipients are honored at a dinner in New York City and each receives a $25,000 prize.

Nomination guidelines and forms are available at the McGraw-Hill Companies’ Web site.

The McGraw Hill Companies

Application Deadline: March 19, 2010

February 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

InnoCentive, GlobalGiving, and the Rockefeller Foundation Partner to Find Open Innovation Solutions to World's Water Challenges

InnoCentive, a leader in open innovation, is partnering with GlobalGiving and the Rockefeller Foundation to help several GlobalGiving partner organizations find solutions to dire water-related problems facing their local communities.

With funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, the GlobalGiveback Innovation Challenge Set offers “solvers” cash awards for their winning solutions. After GlobalGiving selects solution winners for each of the challenges, it will use open innovation and crowdsourcing to raise funds to implement the winning designs or methods.

Engineers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and creative thinkers are invited to join InnoCentive’s solver network to help GlobalGiving’s partner project organizations solve the following GlobalGiveback Innovation Challenges:

Drinking Water Purification Method (Uganda’s Lake Victoria) â€” Design an easy-to-use method to purify water making it safe to drink. The award amount is $20,000. (Deadline: March 11, 2010.)

Sunlight/UV-light Dose Indicator (Bolivia) â€” Create an indicator that gives a visual sign that water has been exposed to a sufficient dose of sunlight or UV-light for disinfection. The award amount is $40,000. (Deadline: April 11, 2010.)

Rainwater Harvesting Storage Tank (India Wetland Region in Kerala) â€” Design a low-cost, rainwater harvesting storage tank. The award amount is $20,000. (Deadline: March 11, 2010.)

Small-Scale River Turbines (Peruvian Jungle) â€” Design a river turbine to generate power to electrify Peruvian villages, schools, and medical centers. The award amount is $20,000. (Deadline: March 11, 2010.)

For more information on the GlobalGiveback Innovation Challenge Set, including deadlines, visit the InnoCentive Web site.

Innocentive

Application Deadline: February 9, 2010

February 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Applications Invited for San Francisco Foundation Multicultural Fellowship Program

Designed to increase diversity in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors, the San Francisco Foundation’s Multicultural Fellowship Program provides young professionals of color with challenging work experiences and leadership opportunities in the areas of grantmaking and community building. The foundation is now accepting applications for the 2010-12 fellows in Arts and Culture, Education, and Environment Program areas.

The fellowship includes an intensive curriculum, individual coaching, mentorship, access to local service sector leaders, and opportunities to build a professional network. Former fellows now serve as executive directors and development directors in nonprofit organizations, as program officers in foundations, as government officials, and as professionals and academics who serve or work with nonprofits.

Applicants should have leadership qualities; demonstrated interest in fundraising, donor development, and nonprofit, or public service; volunteer and/or work experience in one of the specific program areas; and a minimum of five years of related work experience.

Fellows will each receive $46,000 to $50,000 annually.

Visit the SFF Web site for complete program guidelines.

The San Francisco Foundation

Application Deadline: March 22, 2010

February 25th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Home Depot Foundation Accepting Letters of Interest for Sustainable Community Development Awards

The Home Depot Foundation’s Awards of Excellence for Sustainable Community Development recognizes public-private partnerships that have successfully developed projects and/or initiatives that promote and exemplify a more sustainable community. The program seeks to recognize sustainable projects that take a holistic, integrated approach, whereby sustainability planning, affordable housing, and the creation of green spaces and planting of trees are inextricably linked.

Applications are evaluated based on how well the projects or initiatives meet criteria in the categories of overarching sustainability, environmental sustainability, and green infrastructure. Projects should have been completed between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2009.

The awards are presented to both the cities and their nonprofit partners representing the partnership that completed the local initiative. The foundation will recognize a national winner, national runner-up, and up to three honorable mentions, including providing grants to the city’s nonprofit partner in each winning project. The winning nonprofit partner will receive a $75,000 grant, the runner-up partner will receive a $25,000 grant, and honorable mentions will each receive a $2,500 grant. The grants are to be used at the discretion of the awardee to further the sustainability goals of the community.

Visit the Home Depot Foundation Web site for complete program information.

The Home Depot Foundation

Application Deadline: March 31, 2010 (Letter of Interest)

February 25th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Rising Star Awards Program Offers Funding for Schizophrenia, Bipolar, and Depression Research

The International Mental Health Research Organization is offering up to three major awards for research related to psychiatric illness.

These awards will emphasize innovative strategies and technologies for elaborating basic mechanisms of psychiatric illness and new approaches to individualized treatment and prevention focused on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression.

Candidates should have an M.D. and/or Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral-level degree and postdoctoral training in a scientific field that can be applied to the study of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression; be in the early stages of an independent scientific career and have an appointment at the assistant or associate professor level; and be no more than 45 years old at the time of application. The candidate should be nominated by the dean, department chair, or head of their scientific program at the university in which he or she is employed.

Each award will be for $250,000 in direct program costs.

Visit the IMHRO Web site for application information and instructions.

The Rising Star Research Awards

Application Deadline: March 15, 2010

February 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Alternatives Research & Development Foundation Seeks Proposals for Non-Animal Biomedical Research Methods

The mission of the Alternatives Research & Development Foundation is to fund and promote the development, validation, and adoption of non-animal methods in biomedical research, product testing, and education.

The foundation’s 2010 Alternatives Research Grant Program offers opportunities for scientists who have interest and expertise in alternatives research.

Up to $40,000 in total funding is available to support individual projects. Proposals are judged primarily on the basis of the extent to which the project will significantly reduce or replace laboratory animals, and scientific merit and feasibility.

Grants from the foundation are made only to individuals affiliated with a nonprofit tax-exempt institution, organization, or foreign equivalent.

Visit the ARDF Web site for complete program information and application procedures.

Alternatives Research and Development Foundation

Application Deadline: March 30, 2010

February 24th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge Calls on Community Foundations for Local Information Experiments

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is accepting applications from community and place-based foundations seeking to fund news and information projects.

Part of Knight’s Media Innovation Initiative, the Knight Community Information Challenge is a five-year contest to help local foundations find creative ways to fund media projects that inform and engage residents about pressing issues. Previously funded projects include public interest online news sites, online hubs that engage communities around specific issues, and initiatives to fill gaps in the types of news and information available locally.

Applicants must be U.S. community or place-based foundations and projects must meet a local information need. The challenge is a matching grants program â€” foundations must be able to match the Knight Foundation’s investment.

The Knight Foundation provides free consultants to help local foundations identify opportunities and the technology that could benefit their communities. In addition, the Knight will host the third Media Learning Seminar, March 1-2, 2010, in Miami, with the goal of educating leaders of community and place-based foundations about media trends and the information needs of communities in a democracy. Registration for the seminar is open through February 15, 2010.

To apply, learn more about the challenge, or register for the Media Learning Seminar, visit the Media Innovation Initiative Web site.

Community Information Needs John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is accepting applications from community and place-based foundations seeking to fund news and information projects.

To apply, learn more about the challenge, or register for the Media Learning Seminar, visit the Media Innovation Initiative Web site.

Application Deadline: March 8, 2010

February 23rd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

American Humane Invites Entries for Be Kind to Animals Kid Contest

Through the Be Kind to Animals Kid Contest, the American Humane Association recognizes kids and teens who show extraordinary kindness to animals and go out of their way to help them.

The contest is open to children (between the ages of 6 and 12) and teens (13 to 17) who participate in activities such as volunteering at animal shelters or for other animal welfare organizations; helping raise money for causes that help companion animals: helping save and/or care for abused and neglected companion animals: demonstrating and strengthening the human-animal bond; raising awareness in their communities about animal-related issues; and lobbying for laws that protect companion animals.

Two grand-prize winners (one child and one teen) will each win $1,000 and two runners-up will each win $500.

Nominators who are nominating a child or teen who is not their son or daughter must have the parent read and sign a waiver.

Entry forms are available at the American Humane Web site.

American Humane Association

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

February 23rd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Bank of America Accepting Applications for Neighborhood Builders and Local Heroes Programs

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Neighborhood Excellence Initiative is designed to recognize, nurture, and reward community organizations, local heroes, and student leaders who are helping their neighborhoods achieve excellence. The program makes grants and awards in forty-four U.S. markets and in London, United Kingdom.

The Neighborhood Excellence Initiative is accepting applications/nominations for the following programs:

Neighborhood Builders: Provides $200,000 in core operating support and leadership training over two years to two nonprofit organizations working in each eligible community to promote vibrant neighborhoods. Any 501©(3) nonprofit organization operating in an applicable Bank of America community is eligible for a grant under the foundation’s guidelines. (Applicants must be registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales for the London market.) The program seeks organizations whose focus closely reflects local neighborhood priorities. Applicants should demonstrate how they have impacted their community and how grant funding and leadership development opportunities will help their organization further its work in the community.

Local Heroes: Recognizes and honors five heroes per year in each of the selected communities whose achievements and leadership on local issues contribute significantly to neighborhood vitality. Successful nominations will demonstrate how a nominee has made a special and significant impact on individuals, families, or the community at large; inspired others to community service; or been a catalyst for new visions, understanding, and change in a community. Recipients will each be able to direct a $5,000 contribution to an eligible nonprofit. Self-nominations are accepted.

Visit the Bank of America Web site for complete guidelines and list of eligible markets.

Bank of America

Application Deadline: June 1, 2010

February 22nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Home Depot Foundation Accepting Applications for Awards of Excellence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly

The Home Depot Foundation’s Awards of Excellence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly program is designed to identify, recognize, and showcase the outstanding and innovative work of nonprofit organizations in the area of design and management of affordable housing.

Projects submitted by nonprofit housing developers are evaluated according to affordability, creativity in addressing local housing needs, green building design and construction techniques, innovation in financing, quality of design, and replicability. Projects must have been developed by a 501©(3) organization and completed and placed in service between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2009. The foundation defines an affordable home as one for which a person making 80 percent or less of the area median income would spend 30 percent or less of their monthly income on mortgage or rent payments.

There are two award categories, Homeownership and Rental. The foundation awards up to five grants within each category â€” $75,000 to the winning project, $25,000 to the runner-up, and up to three honorable mention grants of $2,500 each. The grants are to be used at the discretion of the nonprofit to further the goal of producing affordable, efficient, and healthy housing for low- to moderate-income families.

Visit the Home Depot Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines.

The Home Depot Foundation

Application Deadline: March 31, 2010

February 21st 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program Invites Nominations of Young Volunteers

The Kohl’s Kids Who Care Scholarship Program recognizes and rewards young volunteers (ages 6 to 18) whose efforts have made a positive impact on their communities.

Nominees will be divided into two groups (ages 6 to 12, and 13 to 18). Awards will be given on three levels. More than 2,100 store winners will each be awarded a $50 Kohl’s Gift Card. More than 200 regional winners will each be awarded $1,000 scholarships toward their postsecondary education. Finally, ten national winners will each be awarded $9,000 scholarships (for a total of $10,000 in scholarships each), and Kohl’s will donate $1,000 to a nonprofit organization on each winner’s behalf.

Nominees must not have graduated from high school as of March 15, 2010, and must be legal U.S. residents of a state in which a Kohl’s store is located. The young volunteer’s actions should be beyond what is normally expected of a child his or her age. Volunteer efforts should have made a positive impact on others and occurred in the last twelve months. The activity cannot be performed solely to benefit a family member.

Nominators must be 21 years of age or older. Parents may nominate their own children.

Nomination forms may only be completed and submitted at the Kohl’s Kids Web site.

Kohl’s Cares For Kids

Application Deadline: March 15, 2010

February 20th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Jumpstart Invites Research Proposals to Measure Organization's Impact in Early Education

Jumpstart, a national early education organization, has announced a new grant competition to support research on the processes and impact of Jumpstart’s work with preschool children in low-income communities. The program will award up to three grants of up to $5,000 each in order to develop perspectives on the Jumpstart program as well as develop new ways to improve and replicate the program.

Jumpstart pairs college students and community volunteers with preschool children in low-income communities. Together they work to combat the early literacy crisis and develop the crucial language and literacy skills that a child needs to succeed in school and in life. Research projects should address the impact that this program has on volunteers and preschool partners or the outcomes for children’s school readiness.

Faculty members of accredited higher education institutions as well as graduate students under the mentorship of such faculty are encouraged to apply. Grant projects must be completed between September 1, 2010, and August 31, 2011.

Visit the Jumpstart Web site for complete program information.

Jumpstart

Application Deadline: April 2, 2010

February 19th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

William T. Grant Foundation Offers Grants for Investigator Initiated Research on Youth Settings

The William T. Grant Foundation supports work to improve the settings of youth between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States. The foundation supports high-quality research designed to enhance the understanding of how youth settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved, as well as when, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policy and practice that affect youth and how its use can be improved.

To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be employed at a nonprofit institution or college or university either in the United States or abroad. Applicants should submit a project that is consistent with the foundation’s current research interests; addresses issues that have compelling relevance for theory, policy, and/or practice affecting the settings of youth between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States; and reflects high standards of evidence and rigorous methods, commensurate with the project’s goals.

The foundation’s current Action Topic is improving the quality of afterschool programs. The foundation funds studies of how afterschool programs affect youth, research on attempts to improve these programs, and activities meant to strengthen the communication among researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the afterschool field.

For complete guidelines and information on previously funded projects, visit the Grant Foundation Web site.

William T. Grant Foundation

Application Deadline: April 6, 2010 (Letters of Inquiry)

February 19th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Gates Foundation Invites Letters of Inquiry for Grand Challenges Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grants

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative is focused on discovering and developing new ideas to fight major global health challenges as identified by experts worldwide.

As part of the initiative, the foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry for Grand Challenges Point-of-Care Diagnostics grants to fund innovative ideas for diagnostics in the developing world. The program has a total of $30 million in funding available for the creation of technologies and components that can be used to assess patients at the point of care in a variety of settings.

The goal of this new initiative is to develop common features and standards that will result in diagnostic devices that are lower cost, easier to use, more thoroughly disseminated, and more appropriate for healthcare applications in resource-poor settings. The ability to assess multiple pathogens and health conditions at the point-of-care will result in a significant increase in access to needed healthcare and hence better outcomes for those in the developing world.

Assuming proposals of sufficient merit, this competition is expected to fund between ten and fourteen grants for an aggregate total cost of $30 million over three years.

Scientists worldwide are encouraged to submit their ideas.

Visit the Gates Foundation Web site for complete program information.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Application Deadline: February 16, 2010

February 18th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

American Public Health Association Seeks Nominations for Program Innovation Award in Health and Aging

The Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association is accepting nominations for the 2010 Archstone Award for Excellence in Program Innovation. The award identifies best practice models in the field of health and aging and provides recognition and an opportunity to highlight the work at the annual meetings of the American Public Health Association.

Programs that effectively link academic theory to applied practice in the field of public health and aging are eligible for nomination. Nominees should also have documented results but have been in operation less than ten years. Preference will be given to nominees who have not received prior awards or special recognition.

Award selection criteria include creativity in project design, documented outcomes and benefits of the program, replication potential, evidence of collaboration and partnerships, and dissemination strategy.

The winner is expected to attend a special Gerontological Section Award Session at the 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association in Denver, Colorado, November 6-10, 2010. To assist with travel expenses, the winning organization will receive a $1,000 cash award.

The call for nominations is available at the Archstone Foundation Web site.

Archstone Foundation

Application Deadline: April 1, 2010

February 18th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

ConAgra Foods Foundation and Feeding America Establish Child Hunger Corps to Fight Hunger in Cities Nationwide

Feeding America is accepting applications for members of the new ConAgra Foods Child Hunger Corps. Individuals who are passionate about ending child hunger and making a real difference in the lives of children in local communities are encouraged to apply. The ConAgra Foods Child Hunger Corps was established with a grant from the ConAgra Foods Foundation.

ConAgra Foods Child Hunger Corps members will be responsible for providing on-the-ground support for community-based efforts to help end child hunger while working in food banks affiliated with Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief organization. These efforts will include putting in place plans to solve immediate needs and finding long-term solutions that will address the underlying problems that lead to childhood hunger.

Each Corps member will be selected by Feeding America and serve a two-year placement at a local food bank. The position is a volunteer stipend position. Each corps member will receive a living allowance and benefits from Feeding America. In 2010, the first six members of the Child Hunger Corps members will be based at Feeding America-affiliated food banks in Little Rock, Arkansas; Ft. Myers, Florida; Houston, Texas; Grove City, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; and Salem, Virginia. The 2010 start date will be in August.

Over the next five years, the ConAgra Foods Child Hunger Corps will expand to a total of thirty-five members in thirty-five cities across the United States.

Program information and application forms are available on the Feeding America Web site.

Feeding America

Application Deadline: February 26, 2010

February 17th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Invites Applications for New Scientific Council of Advisors

Susan G. Komen for the Cure is establishing a new Council of Advisors of fifty experts from a variety of medical and scientific backgrounds to broaden the organization’s investment in research, community programs, scientific peer review, and public policy.

Once the new council is selected, Komen for the Cure’s current Scientific Advisory Board will serve as the organization’s scientific executive committee. Established in 2007, the SAB has focused the organization’s research program on those endeavors with the best chance of providing effective treatments within ten years.

Komen has invested $500 million in research programs since 1982 and currently funds more than 650 active research grants around the world. The new Council of Advisors is expected to build on the work of the SAB by bringing in more leaders from various medical and science specialties to help guide the research program.

Individuals will serve as either full or associate council members. Full members will be established senior scholars and leaders in the field of breast cancer who have already made significant contributions to the field. Associate members will be independent investigators and scientists between five and twelve years past their fellowship training who demonstrate significant promise of making important contributions to and leading the field of breast cancer.

As distinguished scholars, full council members will be awarded a $250,000 Komen research grant, while associate council members will receive a $175,000 Komen research grant annually for the duration of their two-year term. Grants must be used to study critical questions in breast cancer and will require an annual project description and annual progress and financial reports.

An open application process will be used to select council members, allowing any interested individual to apply.

Complete program information is available at the Komen Web site.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Application Deadline: March 1, 2010

February 16th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Guardian Life Insurance Invites Entries for Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Award Program

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is accepting entries for its Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Award Program.

This annual initiative is designed to reward the enterprising spirits of girls between the ages of 12 and 18. In 2010, Guardian will award prizes to fifteen girls who demonstrate budding entrepreneurship, are taking the first steps toward financial independence, and make a difference in their schools and communities.

To be eligible, a nominee must be between the ages of 12 and 18 as of December 31, 2009; be enrolled in middle school or high school; and be a U.S. legal resident.

Prizes totaling $30,000 will be granted to three top winners and twelve finalists to further their entrepreneurial pursuits or save for college. Submissions received after the deadline date will be entered in the 2011 competition.

Visit the Guardian Life Web site for complete program guidelines and entry forms.

Guardian Girls Going Places

Application Deadline: February 26, 2010

February 15th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

National Endowment for the Arts Seeks Design Proposals for New "Art Works" Logo

The National Endowment for the Arts has released a Request for Proposals for a new “Art Works” logo.

NEA chairman Rocco Landesman, uses the phrase “Art Works” to sum up the work of the agency in three ways â€” as a noun that refers to the works of art that artists create; as a reminder that a goal of art is to work on audiences and viewers to inspire, transport, and challenge them; and as a reminder that arts workers are real workers who are an important part of the country’s real economy. The NEA is seeking proposals for an “Art Works” logo that will be a graphic representation that embodying all three meanings and specifically ties them to the National Endowment for the Arts.

The NEA invites contractors to submit proposals for a design for an “Art Works” logo and then produce a finished design that may be reproduced by the agency in print and online. The government’s cost estimate for the project is approximately $25,000.

Complete information about the RFP requirements and instructions for submitting a proposal are available at the NEA Web site.

National Endowment for the Arts

Application Deadline: February 26, 2010

February 13th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

National Film Preservation Foundation Invites Applications for Avant-Garde Masters Grants

The National Film Preservation Foundation invites applications for the Avant-Garde Masters Grants. These cash preservation grants, made possible through the support of the Film Foundation, support laboratory work to preserve significant examples of America’s avant-garde film heritage. The grants are available to nonprofit and public archives.

The Avant-Garde Masters grant supports the preservation of a film or films by a single filmmaker or cinematic movement significant to the development of avant-garde film in America. Works made within the last twenty years are not eligible. Applications should show how the proposed titles have made a significant contribution to the American experimental film movement and why they are in need of preservation. Proposals must also include plans detailing how the films will be made available to the public and the scholarly community.

Grants are available to public and nonprofit archives in the United States, including those that are part of federal, state, or local government. The grants target avant-garde films made in the United States or by American citizens abroad and not physically preserved by commercial interests. Materials originally created for television or video are not eligible, including works produced with funds from broadcast or cable television entities.

The grant must be used to pay for new laboratory work involving the creation of new film preservation elements (which may include sound tracks) and two new public access copies, one of which must be a film print.

The grant program will fund several preservation projects ranging between $10,000 and $50,000 each.

Visit the National Film Preservation Foundation Web site for program guidelines.

National Film Preservation

Application Deadline: March 19, 2010

February 12th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Institute of Museum and Library Services Accepting Applications for 2010 Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants Program

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is accepting applications for the 2010 Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants program. Federally-recognized tribes and Alaska Native villages and corporations may apply for grants to improve existing library services or implement new services, particularly as they relate to the goals of the Library Services and Technology Act.

In 2009, IMLS supported over two hundred tribes with the non-competitive Native American Library Services Basic Grants and an additional seventeen tribes with Enhancement Grants, for a total of $3.4 million. The tribes used their grants to develop a wide array of library-related projects, from providing new services to outlying reservation communities and promoting healthy lifestyles through new programs and materials, to creating pre-literacy programs for preschool children, their parents, and caregivers.

Grants will range in amounts of up to $150,000 each for a grant period of up to two years.

Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages are eligible to apply for the Enhancement Grant only if they have applied for a Native American Library Services Basic Grant in the same fiscal year.

See the IMLS Web site for program guidelines and specific eligibility criteria.

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Application Deadline: May 3, 2010

February 12th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Invites Proposals for Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places to Play in Communities of Color

Communities Creating Healthy Environments is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that aims to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color. The program is designed to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 by supporting diverse, community-based organizations and federally chartered tribal nations in the development and implementation of effective, culturally competent policy initiatives to address childhood obesity at the local level.

Eligible applicants must have a track record of at least two years of successful community organizing and policy advocacy to address health-related problems in communities of color. Both the leadership and membership or constituencies of any applicant organization should reflect the communities they seek to serve. Youth-led organizing groups and community-based groups with youth-organizing components are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants must secure a cash match of at least 10 percent of RWJF funding for the grant period. Organizations that currently receive funding from an entity or subsidiary that markets low-nutrition food and/or beverage products to youth are not eligible to apply.

Awards will be up to $250,000 per site for up to ten communities nationwide. Grants are for a three-year period scheduled to commence in October 2010.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Application Deadline: February 25, 2010

February 11th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

American Library Association Diversity Office Seeks Research Grant Proposals

The American Library Association’s Office for Diversity seeks proposals for its Diversity Research Grant program. Since 2002, the ALA has sponsored the program to address critical gaps in the knowledge of diversity issues within library and information science.

Applicants must be current ALA members, and proposals must address one of three identified topics: upward mobility of library leaders from underrepresented populations; information services and collections for diverse children and young adults; and libraries and the meaning of multiculturalism. Only proposals demonstrating relevance to the 2010 research topics will be considered.

The Diversity Research Grant consists of a one-time $2,000 award for original research and a $500 travel grant to attend and present at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference. A jury of ALA members will evaluate proposals and is encouraged to award one proposal from each of this year’s topics, for a total of three awards.

Visit the ALA Web site, for complete program guidelines and ALA membership information.

American Library Association

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

February 11th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Modern Healthcare Invites Nominations for Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare Awards

Nominations are invited for Modern Healthcare’s ( http://www.modernhealthcare.com/ ) third biennial listing of the Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare. Nominees are welcome from all sectors of the healthcare industry, including hospitals, health systems, physician organizations, health insurers, vendors and suppliers, trade and professional organizations, and patients’ rights groups.

Candidates should meet the following criteria: has successfully served as a leader or managed an organization or company; shown the ability or power to effect change in the healthcare industry; demonstrated a willingness to share expertise with others in the field; served as a role model or mentor to other minority healthcare executives; and assumed a leadership position in the industry outside of the candidate’s own organization or company.

Winners will be announced in the April 19, 2010, issue of Modern Healthcare and will be honored at a gala in Chicago in June.

For further information, visit the Modern Healthcare Web site.

Modern Healthcare#

Application Deadline: February 12, 2010

February 10th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Foundation for Physical Therapy Accepting Applications for New Research Grant

The Foundation for Physical Therapy, an independent nonprofit organization with the mission of funding physical therapy research, is accepting applications for a new two-year, $300,000 grant.

The Clagett Family Research Grant is intended to fund research on interventions that use exercise to improve mobililty and participation in older adults with multiple chronic conditions. The foundation encourages collaborative and multidisciplinary teams to apply for a grant.

Proposals may be submitted by a single investigator or a group of investigators through a U.S. sponsoring organization/institution with which they are affiliated.

Visit the Foundation for Physical Therapy Web site for more information.

American Physical Therapy Association

Application Deadline: March 1, 2010

February 10th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

CanLiv - The Hepatocellular Cancers Foundation Announces Young Investigators Awards for Translational Research

CanLiv – The Hepatobiliary Cancers Foundation, which works to improve the lives of individuals diagnosed with cancer of the bile ducts, gallbladder, and liver, is accepting applications for its Young Investigators Awards for Translational Research program.

The award provides funding to promising new investigators to encourage and promote translational research in cancers of the gallbladder and/or bile ducts (cholangiocarcinoma). CanLiv’s definition of translational research is hypothesis-driven research that seeks to expand understanding of carcinogenic mechanisms in cancers of the liver, gallbladder, and/or bile ducts and has significant likelihood to imminently lead to new therapeutic options for patients.

Applicants must hold an M.D., D.O., Ph.D., or D.Sci. degree and be in their first to third year of a full-time, primary faculty appointment in a clinical, basic, or translational science department at an academic medical institution. For foreign-trained physicians or scientists, equivalency will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Applicants must be tenure-track scientists at the level of assistant professor and must have completed a productive period of postdoctoral research, with demonstrated ability to undertake independent investigator-initiated research. There are no citizenship requirements.

The total award amount is $30,000 for one year.

Visit the CanLiv Web site for complete program information.

The Hepatobiliary Cancers Foundation

Application Deadline: March 5, 2010

February 10th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Entries Invited for America's Greenest School Contest

School bus manufacturer IC Bus has announced the 2010 America’s Greenest School contest.

Students across the United States are invited to submit an entry (e.g., a photo collection, music, a video, an essay, or photos of a diorama, collage, or piece of artwork) that illustrates their ideas for making their school a greener place.

IC Bus will select ten finalists and the public will then select the winner through online voting. The winner will be announced the week of Earth Day 2010 and the school of the winning entrant will win a hybrid school bus from IC Bus (a $150,000 value), a green audit of their school from a LEED Accredited Professional, and approximately $20,000 for their school to use toward a “green” makeover.

Complete entry guidelines are available at the program’s Web site.

America’s Greenest School

Application Deadline: March 8, 2010

February 9th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Applications Sought for Center for Technology and Aging Remote Patient Monitoring Diffusion Grants Program

Established in 2009 with a grant from the SCAN Foundation and located at the Public Health Institute in Oakland, the Center for Technology and Aging is devoted to helping California and the nation more rapidly implement technologies that improve home- and community-based care for older adults.

The center has announced the release of application guidelines for the Remote Patient Monitoring Diffusion Grants Program and is soliciting Letters of Intent from organizations interested in expanding the use of remote patient monitoring technologies to improve the health and safety of older adults.

The grant program will encourage use of technologies that 1) are used in the home and sub-
acute care settings; 2) foster independent living and the ability to live in the setting of the patient’s choice; 3) will lead to improvements in the cost and quality of care; and 4) help reduce the burden on formal and informal caregivers.

Given the emphasis on diffusion and adoption, programs seeking grants must propose a strategy for integrating their technology into the fabric of state and national health care delivery and reimbursement systems. Programs eligible for grants must use remote patient monitoring technologies already proven and ready to be used more broadly. Grant applicants are expected to have prior experience with remote patient monitoring technologies and must be able to demonstrate a positive and measurable impact in the near term as well as projections for replication.

Total funding available for this grant program is $500,000. Up to six grants will be awarded. Funded projects are expected to commence in July 2010.

Visit the Center for Technology and Aging Web site for further information and application guidelines.

Center for Technology and Aging

Application Deadline: March 12, 2009

February 9th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Clorox Announces 2010 Green Heroes Grant Program

With assistance from Roots & Shoots, the Jane Goodall Institute’s global environmental and humanitarian youth program, Green Works, the Clorox Company’s line of natural cleaners, has announced the 2010 Green Heroes Grant Program.

The program will award six grants, totaling $60,000, to individuals, organizations, and schools across the United States that are making their communities a greener place to live.

People can nominate green community projects and their leaders for a Green Heroes grant by submitting a photo and short essay about the project or person at the Green Works facebook page. Nominations will be accepted between January 19 and February 18, 2010.

A $15,000 first prize and a $5,000 runner-up grant will be awarded in each of three categories: Youth Leader/Organization â€” individual youth leaders between the ages of 13 and 17 working with youth-led nonprofit organizations; Adult Leader/Organization â€” individual leaders age 18 and over working with nonprofit organizations; and School Organization â€” innovative environmental programs that are coordinated by a school or a teacher. Programs in the School Organization category can receive grants to help further develop their projects along with a special educational experience from Roots & Shoots for their school.

Nominations in each category should focus on showing how the group’s or individual’s efforts are new or unique and are making a difference in their respective communities. Judges will evaluate entries for their innovation, impact, and growth opportunities.

Following the online nomination period, a panel of judges from the Green Works team and Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots will review all submissions to determine five finalists in each of the three categories. From March 18 through April 18, 2010, the public will have the opportunity to vote online for their favorite individual, organization, or school. The top two vote recipients in each category will receive a Green Heroes grant.

For more information about the Green Heroes Grant Program, including official contest rules and entry guidelines, visit the Green Works facebook page.

Green Heroes Grant Program

Application Deadline: April 18, 2010

February 8th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Corporation for National and Community Service Announces Availability of Funding to Support Service-Learning

The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced the availability of a total of $650,070 for new Learn and Serve America School-Based grants to Indian tribes and U.S. territories to involve school-age youth in service-learning projects that simultaneously support student development and meet community needs.

The corporation anticipates that grants will be awarded to an estimated three to five Indian tribes and U.S. territories, with awards ranging from approximately $45,000 to $120,000 each, annually, for a project period of up to three years.

The grants will specifically fund programs that focus on the following priorities: supporting high-quality service-learning sponsored by Indian tribes and U.S. territories and enhancing the infrastructure in schools and communities to support on-going service-learning programming; supporting Indian tribes and U.S. territories working with schools to expand service-learning into more tribal communities that will involve students in service-learning projects; increasing student civic, academic, and leadership skills and providing youth with service-learning experiences that motivate them to become more civically engaged and committed to lifelong service; and promoting healthy communities and healthy youth by having students engage in service-learning projects that address one or more of the following issue areas: health and wellness; environment; retention of tribal language, history, and culture, community development/economic development, and crime prevention/violence prevention.

Visit the Corporation for National and Community Service Web site for complete program information.

Corporation for National and Community Service

Application Deadline: March 9, 2010

February 7th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Dollar General Literacy Foundation Offers Funding for Family and Adult Literacy Programs

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is accepting applications for its Family Literacy and Adult Literacy Grants Programs.

Family Literacy Grants provide funding to family literacy service providers. The foundation uses the federal government’s definition of family literacy when reviewing grant applications. Organizations applying for funding must have the following four components: adult education instruction, Parent and Child Together Time (PACT), children’s education, and parenting classes. The maximum grant amount is $20,000.

Adult Literacy Grants provide funding to nonprofit organizations that provide direct service to adults in need of literacy assistance. Organizations must provide direct literacy-based programs and services that focus on one or all of the following adult literacy issues: adult basic education, general education diploma preparation, or English as a second language. The maximum grant amount is $20,000.

Applicants must be a qualified 501©(3) organization, a K-12 private or public school, a college or university, or a public library. Organizations must reside in and provide direct service within Dollar General’s 35-state market area and must be located within twenty miles of a Dollar General store.

Visit the Dollar General Web site for complete program guidelines, eligibility quiz, and store locator.

Dollar General Literacy Foundation

Application Deadline: February 25, 2010

February 6th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Makers of Pine-Sol Launch the Make a Powerful Difference Contest for Women

The makers of Pine-Sol cleaners, a product line of Clorox Company, have launched the 2010 Make a Powerful Difference Contest, which will award grants online to women who are helping improve their communities and are making extraordinary change.

One grand-prize winner will receive $10,000 to make a difference for their community or cause, while an additional nine finalists will each receive $1,000 to help support their initiatives. Since 2007, when the Pine-Sol Powerful Difference program first started, the company has awarded dozens of grants to over 80 “difference makers.”

To enter this year’s contest, submissions can be made online at the program’s Web site. All entries must include a brief essay on how the entrant is making a powerful difference in her community. A panel of judges will then select the ten Powerful Difference Maker finalists based on originality, creativity, and relevance to theme. The general public will then vote for the grand-prize winner.

Visit the program Web site for official contest rules.

Pine-Sol Powerful Difference

Application Deadline: March 22, 2010

February 5th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Colin Higgins Foundation Seeks Nominations for Youth Courage Awards

The Colin Higgins Foundation is accepting nominations for its annual Youth Courage Awards. Through these annual awards, the foundation salutes LGBTQ youth who demonstrate courage in the face of adversity and discrimination based on gender and/or sexual orientation.

In 2010, three honorees will each receive a $10,000 grant to be presented in New York City at the Trevor Project Benefit Gala in June. Honorees will also receive an expense-paid trip to the 2011 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference.

The award program seeks nominations of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirit, and Queer youth (through the age of 21) who have bravely stood up to hostility and intolerance based on their gender and/or sexual orientation and triumphed over bigotry through working for LGBTQ rights and social justice.

Nominees must be 21 or under and must be U.S. citizens. Self-nominations are not accepted.

Complete program guidelines and nomination forms are available at the foundation’s Web site.

Colin Higgins Foundation

Application Deadline: March 1, 2010

February 4th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

COX Conserves Heroes Program

Cox Enterprises is excited to roll-out a new program in the Greater New Orleans area, the Cox Conserves Heroes program. This program is designed to recognize local environmental heroes of all ages. Attached you will find a press release, FAQ and a sample nomination form. In the coming days, you should also see a cross-channel spot airing to promote the program and nomination deadline. It is my hope that this program will interest you or someone you know and/or you would be willing to nominate a local environmental hero. Whatâ€™s extra special about this particular program is that everyone is encouraged to participate in the nomination and voting process! The finalists will be profiled on the Cox Conserves Heroes website (http://www.coxconservesheroes.com) and in the local media, during which, the public will be asked to vote online. At the conclusion of the voting period, the finalist with the most votes will be selected as the Cox Conserves Hero and a donation of $5 , 000 will be made to the Heroâ€™s environmental charity of choice. The charity must be a registered 501 © (3) and proof of registration is required. Please review the attached documents and/or spread the word to friends, family and co-workers.

“Cox Conserves Heroes Eligibility and Deadline Information”: http://www.coxconservesheroes.com/

February 4th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Entertainment Software Association Foundation Offers Grants for Youth Programs

The Entertainment Software Association Foundation is dedicated to supporting positive programs and opportunities that make a difference in the lives of America’s youth. The foundation seeks to harness the collective power of the interactive entertainment industry to create positive social impact in its communities. The foundation supports geographically diverse projects and programs that benefit American boys and girls of all races and religions.

To be eligible for funding, an applicant must be a nonprofit 501©(3) organization; seek funding for a specific project or program that is or will be implemented or available nationwide or at a minimum in two or more states in the United States; serve American youth between the ages of 7 and 18; and provide programs and services that utilize technology and/or computer and video games to educate America’s youth and young adults.

In general, the ESA Foundation does not accept applications for endowment, operating support, benefit and event fundraisers, annual fund appeals, youth sports teams, religious organizations for religious purposes, political organizations or campaigns, labor groups, indirect costs, research, or from fiscal agents.

The grant application deadline is April 15, 2010, for projects to be implemented in 2011. Proposals received after April 15 will be considered for the subsequent funding cycle. Applications are accepted year-round and are reviewed annually in May/June. Final decisions are made in July/August for the following calendar year. First-time awardees can receive grants of up to $50,000 each.

For more information and application, visit the ESA Foundation Web site.

Entertainment Software Association

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

February 3rd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Nominations of Young Heroes Invited for Gloria Barron Prize

The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes seeks nominations for its 2010 awards. The Barron Prize honors young people between the ages of 8 and 18 who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet.

Each year, ten national winners each receive $2,500 to support their service work or higher education.

For more information and to nominate, visit the Barron Prize Web site.

The Barron Prize

Application Deadline: April 30, 2010

February 2nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Home Box Office and Directors Guild of America Invite Applications for Television Directing Fellowship

Home Box Office and the Directors Guild of America have announced the second annual rotation of the HBO/DGA Television Directing Fellowship Program. The program is designed to help increase diversity among directors in television and to assist in the professional development of new creative talent, particularly women and minorities. It is anticipated that up to three fellowships will be awarded for 2010.

Appropriate applicants might include television, theatrical feature, documentary, music video, and commercial directors (applicants are not required to be or become DGA members). Each fellow may have the opportunity to observe, consult, and be mentored by select directors of an HBO series. The fellows may have the opportunity to shadow the show directors and learn different creative approaches. The program is also intended to increase opportunities for professional relationships with executive producers, showrunners, and other television executives. A directing assignment on an HBO series may be available after successful completion of the program.

Fellows will be employees of HBO on a non-exclusive basis and will be paid approximately $50,000 for up to one year to work on a television series.

The 2010 HBO/DGA Directing Fellowship Program application package is available at the DGA Web site.

HBO/DGA Directing Fellowship Program=
Application Deadline: March 10, 2010

February 2nd 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Horatio Alger Louisiana Scholarship

The national Horatio Alger Louisiana Scholarship Program deadline to submit an online application is April 15, 2010 for students from Idaho, Louisiana and Montana. All supplemental materials must be postmarked by April 15, 2010. Letters of support also must be submitted by April 15, 2010. Paperwork status will be updated no later than April 15, 2010. $10,500 Scholarships Awarded
Funded through the generosity of Association Member William J. DorÃ©

All recipients must plan to attend and enroll in a university/college in Louisiana.
The Horatio Alger Louisiana Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to students in the State of Louisiana who have exhibited integrity and perseverance in overcoming personal adversity and who aspire to pursue higher education.

To be eligible to apply for the Horatio Alger Louisiana Scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Be enrolled full time as a high school senior in Louisiana, progressing normally toward graduation, and planning to enter college no later than the fall following graduation;
2. Students must plan to attend and enroll in a university/college in Louisiana.
3. Critical financial need ($50,000 or less adjusted gross income per family is preferred; if higher, an explanation must be provided);
4. Involvement in co-curricular and community activities;
5. Demonstrate academic achievement (minimum grade point average of 2.0)
6. Be a resident of Louisiana; and be a citizen of the United States

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

January 28th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) Grant Update

SCSJ would now like to invite groups in target states to apply for grants of up to $3,000 (as opposed to our initial request of $2,000). This news comes as they have learned that more funding will be received for the mini-grant program in the coming weeks. If you have already applied for round two and would like to update your request to $3,000, please visit the site for more information.

Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Application Deadline: February 15, 2010.

January 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Facebook Launches Fellowship Program To Promote Social Computing Research

Facebook has announced the launch of a new fellowship program for Ph.D. engineering students across the United States who are working on fields related to social computing and other Internet technologies.

Students chosen to receive a fellowship will have their tuition and fees paid for the entire academic year and will receive a $30,000 stipend, $5,000 to spend toward a computer, and another $5,000 to pay for travel and conference fees. They also will have the chance to apply for a paid internship at Facebook for the following summer.

The program seeks students working in a variety of areas, including Internet Economics â€” auction theory and algorithmic game theory relevant to online advertising auctions; Cloud Computing â€” storage, databases, and optimization for computing in a massively distributed environment; Social Computing â€” models, algorithms, and systems around social networks, social media, social search, and collaborative environments; Data Mining and Machine Learning â€” learning algorithms, feature generation, and evaluation methods to produce effective online and offline models of behavioral signals; Systems â€” Hardware, operating system, runtime, and language support for fast, scalable, efficient data centers; and Information Retrieval â€” search algorithms, information extraction, question answering, cross-lingual retrieval, and multimedia retrieval.

Facebook Fellowship Program

Application Deadline: February 15, 2010

January 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

MAC AIDS Fund Announces 2010 U.S. Community Grants Program

The MÂ·AÂ·C AIDS Fund U.S. Community Grants Program supports organizations working to address the link between poverty and AIDS through grants for programs that are providing food and nutrition and housing services to people living with HIV and AIDS.

There are two application deadlines per year for the U.S. Community Grants program â€” one for food/nutrition applications and one for housing applications. Organizations may only apply for one of the two programs each year.

Priority will be given to direct-service programs. For the food and nutrition program, priority will be given to programs providing meals and/or groceries or pantry bags. For the housing program, priority will be given to established AIDS housing services providers and programs providing direct housing services to clients.

Applicant organizations must have 501©(3) status. The maximum grant amount that may be requested is $50,000.

At this time, the application for food and nutrition programs is the only application available for U.S. Community Grants. The food and nutrition grants application deadline is March 15, 2010. The Housing Community Grants online application will be available on the MÂ·AÂ·C AIDS Fund Web site after March 16, 2010, and will be due on June 15, 2010.

M.A.C. AIDS Fund

Application Deadline: March 16 & June 15, 2010

January 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Constellation Energy Announces New Clean Energy Grant Program

Constellation Energy has announced that it is taking applications for its first annual EcoStar Grant program, which will provide qualifying nonprofit organizations with funds to implement environmental stewardship projects.

The EcoStar Grant program will target community-based projects that fit into one or more of five stewardship categories: pollution prevention, education and outreach, energy efficiency, conservation, and community activism.

To qualify for an EcoStar Grant, a project should be located in an area where Constellation Energy does business (the continental United States with the exception of AZ, GA, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, and WY.) Applicants must have a board of directors and be designated a 501©(3) nonprofit organization.

Constellation Energy

Application Deadline: March 16, 2010

January 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Constellation Energy Announces New Clean Energy Grant Program

Constellation Energy

Application Deadline: March 16, 2010

January 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Bezos Scholars Program @ the Aspen Institute Seeks Applications From Public High School Juniors

The Bezos Scholars Program @ the Aspen Institute will select twelve top public high school juniors and twelve dynamic educators from their respective schools to receive seven-day, all-expense-paid scholarships to attend the Aspen Ideas Festival, July 5-11, 2010.

Funded by the Bezos Family Foundation and hosted by the Aspen Institute, the program seeks students who are independent thinkers, demonstrated leaders, and engaged community members. Participants meet one another and engage in seminars and informal meetings with the international leaders, acclaimed thinkers, and creative artists who participate in the annual Aspen Ideas Festival. Past Bezos Scholars have met with retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Secretaries of Education Arne Duncan and Margaret Spellings, oceanographer Sylvia Earle, inventor Dean Kamen, Tom’s Shoe’s founder Tom Mycoskie, and journalist Thomas Friedman, among many other notables.

Following attendance at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the student/educator scholar teams will return home and create Local Ideas Festivals in their schools.

To be eligible, applicants’ schools must be public high schools (including charter and magnet schools) where at least 25 percent of students are eligible for the free/reduced lunch program. Potential scholars must be legal U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents in their junior year with a GPA of 3.5 or higher and be taking Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate classes. Scholar applicants should demonstrates leadership in school and community and have scored exceptionally well on PSAT/SAT/or ACT.

Bezos Family Foundation

Application Deadline: February 12, 2010

January 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Applications Invited for 2010 International Ibsen Scholarships

Initiated by the Norwegian government, the International Ibsen Scholarships will be awarded for a third time in 2010. The scholarships are designed to encourage critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen.

Scholarship funds are available to individuals, organizations, or institutions within the artistic and cultural communities around the world. Projects from Asia, North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia have all received scholarships in previous years.

Scholarship funds amounting to approximately $150,000 will be awarded.

Ibsen Awards

Application Deadline: April 15, 2010

January 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces 2010 Princess Grace Awards Applications in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced the availability of applications for the 2010 Princess Grace Awards in theater, playwriting, dance performance, choreography, and film. Founded in 1982 in memory of Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco, the foundation identifies and assists emerging artists in theater, dance, and film and has awarded grants in excess of $7 million to nearly five hundred individuals nationwide.

Theater awards take the form of scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships. Grants are awarded based on the quality of the emerging artist’s past work, his/her potential for future excellence, and the impact the collaboration between the nominating organization and the artist will have on the individual’s artistic growth. The Playwriting Award includes a residency at New Dramatists, Inc. and the opportunity for the winning play to be licensed and published by Samuel French, Inc. (Deadline: March 31, 2010.)

Dance performance awards take the form of scholarships and fellowships. Awards are based on the applicant’s artistic merit, significance of the award to current artistic development, and the potential for future excellence and impact on the field. Choreography awards offer emerging choreographers the opportunity to create a new work with organizations with which they have little experience. (Deadline: April 30, 2010.)

Film scholarships, awarded to both undergraduate and graduate students, are by invitation only. Approved university, college, and school film programs are invited to submit applicants via their department chairs or deans. Film scholarships provide funding toward the filmmaker’s thesis project. (A complete list of accepted schools is available at the foundation’s Web site.) (Deadline: June 1, 2010.)

All applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status at the time of application. Additionally, all applicants (except playwriting) must be nominated by a nonprofit organization (school or company) with which they will be affiliated during the grant period (September 2010 to August 2011.)

Princess Grace Foundation

Application Deadline: Various

January 26th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) Kid's Chance Scholarship

The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) Kids’ Chance scholarship applications are now available. To be eligible, the student must be a child of any Louisiana workers who have been killed or permanently and totally disabled in an accident compensable under a state or federal Workers’ Compensation Act or law. This means that the parent is on disability or was killed in a work related accident. The scholarships are to assist with expenses at any two or four year college.

Visit the links below for more information.

Kid’s Chance Program

Kid’s Chance Application

Application Deadline: March 1, 2010.

January 21st 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Southern Coalition for Social Justice

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice is pleased to announce the start of our second round of census outreach mini-grants for organizations in the south. The small grants program is just one way we are supporting organizations like yours in grassroots efforts to reach so-called “hard-to-count” populations and make sure they are counted.

The deadline for submitting grant proposals is February 15, 2010, by 5pm. Due to this short time frame, SCSJ will not be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, like we did in our first round of applications. Groups will be notified of grant decisions by February 22.

Grants are open to nonprofits and community organizations in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida. With our currently available funds, grantees will receive up to $2,000 to help fund census outreach efforts in their communities and in their state. And like before, the application is short and easy to complete. Please see our application for more details.

Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Application Deadline: February 15, 2010

January 20th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

MedEvac Foundation International Accepting Proposals for Research and Education

MedEvac Foundation International supports scholarly research related to air medical and critical care transport of critically ill and injured patients. The goals of the foundationâ€™s grant program are to promote research within the specialty of air medical transport and critical care transport, advance patient care standards and knowledge base practice in air medical and critical care transport, advance safety in air medical and critical care transport, and develop frameworks to measure the overall cost-benefit ratio of all aspects of air medical and critical care transport systems.

MedEvac Foundation International is currently reviewing proposals for research and education related to air medical and critical care transport.

For research projects, the funding priorities for 2010 are national and international studies involving patient and aviation safety in air medical and critical care transport; efficiencies in time-sensitive care of onboard patients; reduction in mortality and morbidity, rehabilitation, and cost or improvement of survival; civil air medical transport in times of natural disaster and homeland security response; educational techniques and technologies aimed at improving patient care, critical decision making, safety, or other areas pertinent to air or ground medical transport; and studies that evaluate the validity of an accrediting agencyâ€™s standards, meta analysis of studies completed within transport medicine, or research around infectious diseases such as SEPSIS, Systemic Inflammatory Responses Syndrome (SIRS) or pandemic diseases such as swine flu.

For education grants, the funding priorities are programs related to best practices in safety (i.e., simulations, effective methodologies with proven impacts, and creative methodologies); education related to human factors and performance (i.e., how to teach information related to medical transport, linking clinical and medical interface, team integration); education of the general public related to air medical purposes; and competency-based education.

Professionals qualified to conduct air medical and critical care transport research or education projects are welcome to apply. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2010. Principal investigators will be notified of funding by May 15, 2010, and funds will be allocated for a twelve-month period extending from June 1, 2010, to May 31, 2011. Multiyear grants will be considered, but funds will be distributed a year at a time.

Visit the MedEvac Foundation Web site for complete program information:

MedEvac Foundation

Application Deadline: January 31, 2010

January 20th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Horses and Humans Research Foundation Offers Grants to Investigate Therapeutic Effects of Horses on Humans

The Horses and Humans Research Foundation funds research on the therapeutic effects of horses on humans.

The foundation seeks to fund scientific research that explores the currently unsubstantiated benefits of equine-assisted activities, leading to the discovery of the most effective methods and techniques for conducting thousands of existing and future programs. The broad research agenda includes basic research as well as clinical studies that will impact the physical and mental health and quality of life for people with disabilities who are involved with equine-assisted activities or therapies.

Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded for up to a one-year period, and international researcher teams are welcome to apply.

Visit the HHRF Web site for complete program guidelines.

Horses and Humans Research Foundation

Application Deadline: May 15, 2010

January 20th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Courage Center Seeks Nominations for Award Honoring Work on Behalf of People With Disabilities

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 National Courage Award. Since 1980, the Minnesota-based Courage Center, a nonprofit rehabilitation and resource center that advances the lives of children and adults experiencing barriers to health and independence, has presented the National Courage Award to recognize an individual’s contributions to the health, welfare, and rehabilitation of people with disabilities.

Previous National Courage Award winners include Max Cleland, Justin Dart Jr., Sen. Bob Dole, Rep. Jim Ramstad, Michael Graves, Stephen Hawking, John Hockenberry, Dr. I. King Jordan, Trisha Meili, Itzhak Perlman, Christopher Reeve, Janet Reno, Edward V. Roberts, and Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah. The 2009 winner was Jordan Thomas, founder of the Jordan Thomas Foundation.

Visit the Courage Center Web site for nomination guidelines.

Courage Center

Application Deadline: February 6, 2010

January 20th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Sprint Character Education Grant Program Announces 2010 Application Period

Sprint has announced the launch of the 2010 application period for the Sprint Character Education Grant Program, its annual character-education grant program for schools and school districts across the United States.

Now in its third year, the program awards Sprint Foundation grants to school districts and individual schools to fund resources that facilitate and encourage character education among K-12 students. The program is open to all U.S. public schools (K-12) and U.S. public school districts.

In 2010, the Sprint Character Education Grant Program will award grants between $500 and $5,000 each to individual schools and grants between $10,000 and $25,000 each to school districts. In 2009, the Sprint Foundation awarded a total of more than $450,000 to schools and school districts through the program.

The program will accept applications for character-education programs that promote and/or address youth leadership, youth volunteerism, a positive school culture, and drop-out prevention.

For program information and/or to submit a grant application, visit the Sprint Web site.

Sprint Education Grant

Application Deadline: February 5, 2010

January 20th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Announcing the 2010 Metlife Foundation Community-Police Partnership Awards

The MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) are partnering for the ninth year to recognize, sustain, and share the work of innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization. Through this awards program, the MetLife Foundation and LISC will identify and honor partnerships that exhibit tangible accomplishments in their efforts to advance the process, outcome, and/or evaluation of potent police-community collaborations. Awardees will receive grants ranging from $15,000 to $25,000. Case studies about award-winning partnerships will be disseminated throughout the community development and law enforcement industries. Cash grants will be awarded in the following two categories:

Neighborhood Revitalization Awards (six awards ranging between $15,000 and 25,000 each): These awards celebrate exemplary collaboration between community groups and police that yields crime reduction as well as economic development outcomes such as real estate development, business attraction, and job growth.

Special Strategy Awards (five awards of $15,000 each): This award recognizes community and police partners who have achieved significant accomplishments in applied technology, aesthetics and greenspace improvement, diversity inclusion and integration, drug market disruption, gang prevention and youth safety, and/or seniors and safety.

Eligible applicants must be member organizations of partnerships that include, but need not be limited to, community organizations and police. Visit the LISC website for additional information and to download the full RFP.

MetLife Foundation

Application Deadline: February 26, 2010.

January 20th 2010 NPN Community Relations Intern

Nominations Invited for Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America

The Business Committee for the Arts is accepting nominations for the BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America. Announced annually, the BCA Ten is a national list created to recognize businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts.

Anyone â€” individual, arts organization, or company employee â€” may nominate a company for the award. Companies, both large and small, that support the arts in the United States are eligible for nomination. Tax-exempt not-for-profit organizations and companies in the BCA Hall of Fame are not eligible. In addition, companies named to the BCA Ten in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, or 2009 are not eligible.

Nominations should address how the company supports the arts, including leadership, long-term commitment, impact, addressing community needs, employee and customer involvement, and encouraging other companies to support the arts.

Award information and nomination forms are available at the BCA Web site.

BCA Website

Application Deadline: February 26, 2010

December 31st 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Point Foundation Opens 2010 LGBT Scholarship Application Season

The Point Foundation, the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students of merit, has announced the opening of its 2010 application season. Students who will be enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs for the 2010-11 school year are eligible to apply for the prestigious multiyear scholarships.

Point Foundation’s rigorous selection process requires of its candidates demonstrated academic excellence, leadership skills, community involvement, and financial need. Particular attention is paid to students who have lost the financial and social support of their families and/or communities as a result of revealing their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

The average amount of annual support devoted to each scholar is between $25,000 and $33,000. A Point Scholarship award includes financial support as well as programmatic support in leadership training, community service, and mentoring.

Individuals selected as Point Scholars agree to maintain a high level of academic performance, attend Point’s various leadership forums, participate in press interviews, and give back to the LGBT community through the completion of an individual community service project each year. To better prepare its scholars for success in school and in society, they are matched with mentors from the professional world through Point’s Mentoring Program; mentors lend their professional expertise and career guidance and become important role models to scholars.

For information on how to apply for a Point Scholarship, visit the Point Foundation Web site.

Posted on December 17, 2009
Deadline: February 12, 2010

December 29th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

American Academy of Dermatology Offers Shade Structure Grants to Organizations Serving Children and Youth

The American Academy of Dermatology’s Shade Structure Program awards grants in the amount of $8,000 each for the purchase of permanent shade structures designed to provide shade and ultraviolet (UV) ray protection for outdoor areas. AAD also provides a permanent sign to be displayed near the shade structure that promotes the importance of sun safety. This is the tenth year AAD has offered the program to nonprofit organizations seeking permanent shade structures for outdoor locations that are not protected from the sun (e.g., playgrounds, pools, eating areas etc.). AAD receives support for the program from Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company.

To be considered for grants, applicants must be a nonprofit organization or public school that primarily serves children and teens 18 and younger; demonstrate an ongoing commitment to sun safety and skin cancer awareness by having a sun safety/skin cancer awareness program in place for at least one year prior to application; and be sponsored by an AAD member dermatologist.

AAD awards thirty to thirty-five grants each year, depending on the availability of funding.

Visit the AAD Web site for guidelines and application instructions.

Posted on December 16, 2009
Deadline: April 12, 2010

December 28th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Morris Animal Foundation Announces Program to Help Shelters Help Cats

With funding from an anonymous donor, the Morris Animal Foundation has announced a Request for Proposals for projects aimed at developing methods (research, education) for preventing or treating infectious diseases that result in negative outcomes for shelter cats. The foundation is particularly interested in proposals related to feline infectious peritonitis and in projects with a training component that will increase the number of scientists working in animal health/welfare research.

MAF anticipates that a total of $250,000 will be available to fund studies for up to three years. The maximum allowable indirect cost rate is 8 percent. MAF does not pay for capital equipment exceeding $1,000 or salaries for faculty appointed to regular/tenure track, full-time, full-salaried positions. Salaries may be requested for technicians, residents, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows and other support staff based on their percentage of time involved in the study. Expenses under $3,000 for travel to scientific meetings may be included in the budget for the purpose of presenting study findings.

The complete shelter cats RFP can be downloaded at the Morris Animal Foundation Web site.

Posted on December 15, 2009
Deadline: February 5, 2010

December 22nd 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Nominations of Young Female Social Entrepreneurs Invited for Gladys Marinelli Coccia Awards

Youth Service America is accepting nominations for the first Gladys Marinelli Coccia Awards to recognize two young female social entrepreneurs whose initiatives serve the common good. The awards were created in memory of Gladys Coccia, who began her entrepreneurial career when she was a young girl in West Virginia and later became a very successful businesswoman in Washington, D.C.

To be eligible for the award, nominees must be between the ages of 14 and 17 on January 1, 2010; reside in the United States; have started her own social enterprise or organization; be supported by contributions of at least $1,000 (cash and/or in-kind); and have a business plan, including an itemized budget.

Special consideration will be given to nominees from West Virginia and metropolitan Washington, D.C. Self-nominations are accepted.
The award includes $2,000 for the awardee’s social enterprise and travel, lodging, and registration expenses to the National Service Learning Conference in San Jose, March 24-27, 2010. The awardee will serve as a spokesperson for YSA’s initiatives, will be invited to serve on the executive board of Girls Helping Girls, and will be provided access to YSA’s resources to support and expand social enterprise.

Program information and application are available at the YSA Web site.

Posted on December 11, 2009
Deadline: January 15, 2010

December 21st 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Tony Hawk Foundation Offers Grants for Skatepark Construction

The Tony Hawk Foundation makes grants to encourage and facilitate the design, development, construction, and operation of high-quality public skateparks in low-income areas across the United States.

The foundation will consider funding for skatepark projects that are designed and built by qualified and experienced skatepark contractors, include local skaters in the design process, are in low-income areas and/or areas with a high population of “at-risk” youth, can demonstrate a strong grassroots commitment to the project, have a creative mix of street obstacles and transition/vert terrain, do not require skaters or their parents to sign waivers, encourage skaters to look after their own safety and the safety of others, are open during daylight hours 365 days a year, do not charge an entrance fee, and are in areas that currently have no skateboarding facilities.

The applicant must be a 501©(3) public charity or a state or local agency, including public school systems or public projects.

Grants range from $1,000 to $25,000 each. The foundation may offer technical assistance related to design and construction, promotional materials, training materials, and safety information, and it may also facilitate support from vendors, suppliers, and community leaders.

The online application for the Spring 2010 season will be live after January 15, 2010. Visit the foundation Web site for complete program information.

Posted on December 10, 2009
Deadline: March 1, 2010

December 18th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Invites Nominations for Coming Up Taller Awards

Coming Up Taller, an initiative of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, works to showcase cultural excellence and enhance the availability of out-of-school arts and humanities programs to children.

The Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and support outstanding community arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of America’s young people and provide them with learning opportunities and chances to contribute to their communities.

Award recipients receive $10,000 each, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference. In addition, thirty-five exceptional youth arts and humanities programs across the country receive a Semifinalist Certificate of Excellence.

Awards are given to organizations for a specific program or programs. In some cases, the organization and program may be the same.

To be eligible, nominated programs should operate as a program for children and youth outside the school day; use one or more disciplines of the humanities or the arts as the core content of its program(s); concentrate on children and youth who live in family and community circumstances that limit their opportunities (underserved children and youth are the primary participants in the program); involve children and youth as active participants in the arts or humanities experience; provide participants with regularly scheduled sessions on an ongoing basis; integrate arts or humanities education programs with youth development goals; have been operational since January 2006 for a minimum of five years (including 2010); be a nonprofit tax-exempt 501©(3) organization, unit of state or local government, or federally recognized tribal community or tribe; and be in good standing if a recipient of a federal grant.

Visit the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Web site for complete program information.

Posted on December 10, 2009
Deadline: January 29, 2010

December 17th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

National Film Preservation Foundation Announces Registration Deadlines for Basic Preservation Grants

The National Film Preservation Foundation is accepting applications for its Basic Preservation Grants. These cash grants are awarded to nonprofit and public institutions for laboratory work to preserve culturally and historically significant film materials.

Grants are available to public and nonprofit institutions in the United States that provide public access to their collections, including those that are part of federal, state, or local government. The grants target orphan films made in the United States or by American citizens abroad and not protected by commercial interests. Materials originally created for television or video are not eligible, including works produced with funds from broadcast or cable television entities.

Awards generally range from $3,000 to $18,000 each.

Visit the NFPF Web site for complete program guidelines.

Posted on December 11, 2009
Deadline: February 12, 2010 (Registration)

December 16th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

American Federation for Aging Research Accepting Applications for Medical Student Training in Aging Research Program

Administered by the American Federation for Aging Research and the National Institute on Aging, the 2010 Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program provides medical students early in their training with an enriching experience in aging-related research and geriatrics under the mentorship of top experts in the field.

Students participate in an eight- to twelve-week structured research, clinical, and didactic program in geriatrics appropriate to their level of training and interests. Students may train at a national training center supported by the National Institute on Aging or, for a limited number of students, at their own institution. Research projects are offered in basic, clinical, or health services research relevant to older people. Most scholars will do their training and research during the summer months.

Any allopathic or osteopathic medical student in good standing who will have successfully completed one year of medical school at a U.S. institution by June 2010 is eligible to apply. Applicants must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States, or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

Visit the AFAR Web site for complete program information.

Posted on December 9, 2009
Deadline: February 5, 2010

December 15th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Miley Cyrus and Youth Service America Launch Global Grants Program for Young Volunteers

Deadline: February 22, 2010

Entertainer Miley Cyrus has partnered with Youth Service America to create Get Ur Good On, a social network that brings together youth to support each other in their mission to do good in their communities. As part of the program, YSA will launch Get Ur Good On Grants to fund youth-led service initiatives on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, 2010.

Available to children and youth (ages 5 to 25) around the world, YSA’s Get Ur Good On Grants will award a hundred grants of $500 each to support projects that address critical community issues such as poverty, education, and environmental sustainability.

Visit the YSA Web site for a program eligibility quiz and application instructions.

December 14th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Starbucks Foundation Offers Support for Young Social Entrepreneurs

A program of the Starbucks Foundation, the Starbucks Shared Planet Youth Action Grants program is designed to help young people realize their natural potential to reinvent their local communities. The program is the primary vehicle through which the Starbucks Foundation invests in communities globally as part of the Starbucks Shared Planet commitment to communities. Since launching the grants program in 2007, more than $1.5 million in total has been invested in youth-led initiatives around the world.

The Starbucks Foundation will solicit applications from organizations that provide young people (ages 6 to 24) with a continuum of service opportunities in social entrepreneurship. To be eligible, U.S. applicants must be tax-exempt, 501©(3) nonprofit organizations. Applicants outside the United States must be charitable in purpose and identified as nongovernmental organizations or the equivalent of a tax-exempt nonprofit organization.

Grants will range from $10,000 to $25,000 each for one year.

The foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals. Interested organizations may submit an online profile. The foundation reviews these profiles periodically and will contact those organizations about which it is interested in learning more. The Starbucks Foundation reviews the submissions on a quarterly basis; there are no deadlines for the submission of organization profiles.

For more information, visit the Starbucks Foundation Web site.

December 11th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Sprint Character Education Grant Program Seeks to Support Positive Development of Young People

Sprint has announced the 2010 entry dates for the Sprint Character Education Grant Program, its annual character-education grant program for schools and school districts across the United States. The 2010 program will run from January 4 through February 5, 2010.

Now in its third year, the program awards Sprint Foundation grants to school districts and individual schools in support of resources that facilitate and encourage character education among K-12 students. The program is open to all U.S. public schools (K-12) and U.S. public school districts.

In 2010, the grant program will award individual-school grants between $500 and $5,000 each and school-district grants between $10,000 and $25,000 each. In 2009, the Sprint Foundation awarded more than $450,000 in combined grants to schools and school districts through the program.

The program will accept applications for character-education programs that promote and/or address youth leadership, youth volunteerism, a positive school culture, and drop-out prevention.

For additional information, a list of previous winners, and application instructions, visit the Sprint Web site.

December 10th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

National Geographic All Roads Film Project Offers Seed Grants for Indigenous Storytellers

The All Roads Film Project is a National Geographic initiative dedicated to helping indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture storytellers around the world showcase their works and promote greater knowledge, dialogue, and understanding with a broader, global audience. All Roads includes a film festival, photography program, and seed-grant program.

The seed-grant program is open to indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture filmmakers as well as filmmakers who can demonstrate that they have been designated by indigenous or minority communities to tell their story. Grants funds should be used toward the development and production of a feature film, long documentary, short documentary, shorts, animation, or music video.

The program awards grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 to up to sixteen film projects annually. Funding may be used for equipment, travel for field research, editing time, etc.

Submission deadlines are quarterly on the 15th of March, June, September, and December.

Visit the All Roads Web page for complete guidelines and application instructions.

December 9th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Haitian Memorial Foundation Invites Pierre Toussaint Art and Essay Entries

The New York City-based Haitian Memorial Foundation identifies and creates commemorative markers that locate Haitian history, historic persons, and presence by funding and maintaining public art, monuments, and sites consciousness in the built and natural environment that recognize the contributions of Haiti and Haitian descendants in the global community.

The foundation seeks proposals for three programs:

Pierre Toussaint Monument Project in New York: The foundation seeks an artist or team of artists to develop artwork or aesthetic installation in New York City to memorialize Pierre Toussaint, the formerly enslaved African from Haiti/Saint-Domingue who was brought to colonial New York in 1787 by his French master. A devout Catholic, the freed hairdresser performed numerous charitable acts and is currently being considered for canonization by the Vatican. Toussaint would be the second American saint and the first saint of African descent from the Americas. The project budget, including artists design fee, materials, installation, travel, and expenses, is $500,000. (Deadline: December 28, 2009.)

Pierre Toussaint Art Sculpture Award for the Pierre Toussaint Humanitarian Award 2010: The foundation seeks an artist/sculptor to create a three-dimensional bust sculpture of Pierre Toussaint to be presented to the winners of the Pierre Toussaint Humanitarian Award 2010. The project budget, including artist’s renderings and design fees, materials, fabrication, and delivery/travel expenses, is $8,000. (Deadline: December 10, 2009.)

Pierre Toussaint Essay Contest: The foundation seeks the national involvement of all American high school students to enter an essay competition on Pierre Toussaint. Essays should evoke a solid understanding and appreciation of Toussaint and his achievements. Essays may be submitted in either English or French and must not exceed 1,500 words. The three winners will each receive a plaque and cash award. (Deadline: April 30, 2010.)

Visit the Haitian Memorial Foundation Web site for complete information on each of these programs.

December 8th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Sundance Documentary Fund Announces Deadlines for Spring 2010 Grants Round

Posted on December 3, 2009
Deadline: February 9, 2010

The Sundance Documentary Fund, a program of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, is dedicated to supporting U.S. and international documentary films that focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice, civil liberties, and critical issues of our time. In supporting such work, the fund seeks to encourage the diverse exchange of ideas crucial to developing an open society, raise public consciousness about human rights abuses and restrictions of civil liberties, and foster an ongoing dialogue about these issues.

The fund considers proposals in two categories:

Development grants of up to $20,000 each to filmmakers whose projects are in the early research or pre-production stage. A previous directing sample is generally required.

Production and post-production grants ranging from $20,000 to $75,000 to filmmakers in various stages of the production and post-production stages. Applications should generally include at least twenty minutes of continuously edited material.

Proposals are evaluated on artful storytelling, stylistic innovation, subject relevance, and potential for social engagement. The fund will only consider projects that range in length from full broadcast hour to long format feature.

The deadline for the Spring 2010 funding round is February 9, 2010. Complete program guidelines and online application instructions will be available at the Sundance Institute Web site.

December 7th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Aaron Copland Fund for Music Announces Updated Grant Guidelines for Recording Program

Posted on December 3, 2009
Deadline: January 15, 2010

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music seeks to encourage and improve public knowledge and appreciation of contemporary American music.

The fund’s Recording Program provides grants to document and provide wider exposure for the music of contemporary American composers; develop audiences for contemporary American music through record distribution and other retail markets; and support the release and dissemination of recordings of previously unreleased contemporary American music and the reissuance of recordings that are no longer available. The program does not make grants for the purpose of commissions to composers.

Proposals may be submitted by nonprofit professional performance ensembles, presenting institutions, and nonprofit or commercial recording companies. Performance ensembles and presenting institutions must include a Letter of Intent from a recording company or other established physical copy and/or online distribution entity. Compositions for the proposed recording must be completed by the postmark deadline.

Reissue projects are eligible only if the reissuance involves a change of label or significant re-mastering.

Recordings that will be distributed primarily by downloads are eligible. Recordings that will be distributed primarily by streaming are generally not eligible, but exceptions will be made for streaming projects that involve high-caliber works that would otherwise be unavailable.

In general, grants will not exceed $20,000 each. Recordings must be released within two years of an award being paid.

Visit the Copland Fund Web site for complete program information.

November 23rd 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund Invites Letter of Intent From New Orleans Youth Organizations

The United States Golf Association’s For the Good of the Game Grants Initiative works to create opportunities in the lives of underserved juniors and individuals with disabilities through the game of golf.

The USGA is currently accepting grant applications for 2010 junior golf program support.

The USGA will consider funding requests for the following items provided the applicant is committed to the goals of the “For the Good of the Game” program and its target population(s): golf course access and practice range access; golf instruction; golf equipment; transportation provided for participants to attend programming; and certain construction costs for alternative, beginner-friendly golf courses and golf facilities in areas where there are obstacles to affordable access to the game.

Funding amounts vary. All grant recipients must be tax-exempt 501©(3) organizations or government entities such as schools or municipalities.

Note: The USGA expects to have information available on grant requests for individuals with disabilities no later than January 2010.

See the USGA Web site for complete program information.

Posted on November 19, 2009
Deadline: December 20, 2009 (Letters of Intent)

November 23rd 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

PeyBack Foundation Announces 2011 Grant Guidelines to Support Programs for Disadvantaged Children

The PeyBack Foundation, a public nonprofit corporation, was established by professional football player Peyton Manning in 1999 to promote the future success of disadvantaged youth (ages 6 to 18) by assisting programs that provide leadership growth and opportunities for children at risk.

Requests for grants are accepted only from agencies and organizations actively working to advance the welfare of disadvantaged children in Indiana, Tennessee, and New Orleans metropolitan areas. The foundation will not consider applications from groups outside these geographic areas. Applicant organizations must have 501©(3) tax-exempt status. For a program to be considered for funding, a significant majority of children being served must be economically disadvantaged.

The foundation prefers to fund programs that have a direct benefit to children through relationships and activities, promote positive interaction with peers and adults, provide opportunities for children to be creative, promote youth and life skills development, develop social skills, provide physical activity, and offer meaningful community involvement.

The foundation does not fund fundraising and sponsorship events, projects/groups benefiting an individual or just a few individuals, building/renovating expenses, travel of individuals or groups, re-granting organizations, post-event fundraising, multi-year gifts, or any meeting, conference, workshop, or seminar expenses.

Starting with the 2011 grant cycle, organizations that have been funded three years in a row (2008, 2009, 2010) are asked to wait until February 2012 to apply again. Requests for funding are limited to one request per organization

Most grants will range between $1,500 and $10,000 each.

Visit the foundation’s Web site for current grant guidelines and application.

Posted on November 20, 2009
Deadline: February 1, 2010

November 23rd 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Institute of Museum and Library Services and NASA Invite Museums and Libraries to Apply for Space Shuttle Artifacts

The Institute of Museum and Library Services invites museums and libraries to apply for free NASA space shuttle artifacts, including small items such as astronaut helmets, gloves, and boots, and large items such as shuttle motion-based simulators and crew compartment trainers. NASA will retire the Space Shuttle Program at the end of 2010, and seeks to help the public learn about space exploration through museum and library exhibitions.

Eligible institutions include museums attended by the public and free libraries serving all residents of a community, district, state, or region. Museums and libraries must first be determined as eligible through the State Agency for Surplus Property in their state. Artifacts, which will be released as they are no longer needed by the Space Shuttle program, may be viewed by eligible institutions that have been given log-on and password information at the program’s Web site: http://gsaxcess.gov/NASAWel.htm.

The artifacts are free, but eligible recipients must cover shipping and special handling fees. Shipping fees on smaller items will be relatively inexpensive, while larger items may involve extensive disassembly, preparation, shipping, and reassembly costs.

The artifacts are offered in batches. For eligible museums and libraries, the current screening period ends November 29, 2009. A new batch of artifacts will be made available in January 2010.

Visit the IMLS Web site for the program announcement and access to program resources.

Posted on November 18, 2009
Deadline: Rolling

November 23rd 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Chamber Music America Invites Applications From Member Organizations for Residency Partnership Program

Chamber Music America’s residency partnership program supports live ensemble music in rural, urban, and suburban communities across the United States. Dynamic collaborations and non-traditional partnerships among ensembles, presenters, and community-based organizations are encouraged. The program is open to ensemble and presenter members of Chamber Music America.

Residency projects may include workshops, ensemble coaching sessions, lecture/demonstrations, and/or concerts that are not part of a regular series. The length of the collaborative project ranges from a minimum of three days to one year. Support ranges from 50 percent to 80 percent of proposed costs. These may include cash from other grants, earned income, in-kind donations, or an allocation from the organization’s general operating funds.

Short-term projects â€” a minimum of three days with a minimum of three residency activities â€” are eligible for grants of from $2,500 to $6,000 each. Extended projects â€” a minimum of ten activities over a period of one month to a year â€” are eligible for grants of from $5,000 to $12,000 each.

In addition, one recipient will be selected each year from the string quartet applicants to CMA’s Residency Partnership Program for the Guarneri String Quartet grant, an annual residency grant for a string quartet.

Visit the CMA Web site for program guidelines and CMA membership information.

Posted on November 18, 2009
Deadline: February 12, 2010

November 11th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Echoing Green Opens Application Period for Social Entrepreneur Fellowships

Posted on October 26, 2009
Deadline: December 2, 2009

Each year, Echoing Green awards twelve to fifteen two-year fellowships to social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive seed funding and technical support to turn their innovative ideas into sustainable social change organizations.

Echoing Green seeks individuals or partnerships (organizations led by two people) with innovative solutions to significant social problems; strategies to create high-impact, sustainable change in people’s lives; and the ability to grow and lead a new organization.

The application process is open to citizens of all nationalities working in any country. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older, and must have sufficient English fluency to participate in interviews and Echoing Green events.

Organizations must be the original idea of the applicant, and must be independent and autonomous. (Organizations cannot be considered independent or autonomous if they are started under the direction of an existing organization.) Organizations must be in a start-up phase. To be considered a start-up, the applicant may have been running the organization full-time for approximately two years, and Echoing Green’s financial support should qualify it as a major/primary early funder. Applicants who have only worked on their organization on a part-time basis or have yet to start an organization are generally considered eligible. Applicants must make a full-time commitment to the organization’s development.

Fellows receive up to $90,000 ($60,000 for individuals and $90,000 for partnerships of two people) in seed funding over two years.

Visit the Echoing Green Web site for complete eligibility information, application materials, and profiles of fellows and their projects.

November 11th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Nominations Invited for 2010 Tech Awards

Posted on November 1, 2009
Deadline: March 31, 2010 (Nominations)

An annual program of the Tech Museum of Innovation, the Tech Awards are designed to inspire global engagement in applying technology to humanity’s most pressing problems. The awards recognize individuals, organizations, and companies from around the world that are utilizing innovative technology solutions to address urgent issues in the areas of education, equality, environment, health, and economic development.

Each year, candidates are nominated and then invited to submit applications. Individuals, for-profit companies, and not-for-profit organizations are eligible. Self-nominations are accepted.

International panels of judges will review the applications and select fifteen laureates. Awards will be presented in five categories â€” health, education, environment, economic development, and equality. Three laureates in each category will be honored and one laureate per category will receive $50,000. Laureates will be honored at an annual gala event and inducted into the Tech Awards Network. The goal of the program is to create opportunities for learning, networking, and exposure to assist the laureates in furthering their work.

Nominations are accepted year-round. The 2010 deadline for nominations is March 31, 2010. Nominees that meet the eligibility guidelines will be invited to submit a more detailed application.

“Visit the Tech Awards Web site for complete program information.”: http://techawards.thetech.org/nominate/

November 11th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Clorox Announces New Grant Initiative to Fund Youth Programs

Posted on November 5, 2009
Deadline: November 29, 2009

Clorox Clean-Up, a product of the Clorox Company , has announced that its new Power A Bright Future program will award five grants of $10,000 each to kids’ programs in hopes of enriching the lives of youth across the United States.

The program invites individuals to nominate nonprofit youth programs for a Power A Bright Future grant by submitting a photo and short essay about the project. A panel of children’s advocates will review all submissions and select fifty finalists. From December 7 to January 17, 2010, the public will have the opportunity to vote online for their favorite finalist’s program. The final five will be announced by the end of January. Each winner will receive a $10,000 grant to help the project grow.

For more information about the Power A Bright Future grant program, including official contest rules and entry guidelines, visit the program’s Facebook page.

November 11th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Black Metropolis Research Consortium Announces Two Fellowship Programs in African American Studies

Posted on November 5, 2009
Deadline: January 11, 2010

The Black Metropolis Research Consortium is an unincorporated Chicago-based association of libraries, universities, and other archival institutions. Its mission is to make broadly accessible its members’ holdings of materials that document African-American and African diasporic culture, history, and politics, with a specific focus on materials relating to Chicago.

The Black Metropolis Research Consortium is accepting applications for two fellowship programs:

With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the BMRC short-term fellowship program in African-American studies supports scholars, professional artists, and writers who wish to conduct research in BMRC member institutions’ collections relating to African-American and African diasporic culture, history, and politics. The fellowship period is for one or two months during the summer of 2010. Fellows will receive a stipend of $3,000 per month to conduct research in Chicago. Qualified scholars, composers, media artists, musicians, visual artists, and writers are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to applicants who wish to conduct research at more than one of BMRC’s member or associate member institutions.

BMRC is also administering the Timuel D. Black, Jr. Short-Term Fellowship in African American Studies. The Timuel D. Black, Jr. Fund, a standing committee of the Vivian G. Harsh Society, Inc., is providing short-term research fellowships related to the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature housed at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library of the Chicago Public Library. The fellowship program supports scholars, writers, educators, and institutional researchers who would benefit from research conducted at the Vivian G. Harsh Collection. The fellowship period is for one or two months during the summer of 2010. Fellows will receive a stipend of $2,000 per month while conducting research in Chicago.

Visit the Black Metropolis Research Consortium Web site for complete program information.

November 11th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Pew Charitable Trusts Announce Health Impact Project

Posted on October 30, 2009
Deadline: Open

A collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trust, the Health Impact Project is intended to encourage the use of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to help decision-makers better assess proposed policies, projects, and programs with respect to their impact on health so that they may avoid adverse health consequences and costs and improve health. The program partners have issued a call for proposals to demonstrate the effectiveness of HIAs and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal, and federal decision-making.

Eligible applicant organizations include: state, tribal or local agencies; tax-exempt educational institutions; and publicly supported charitable organizations that are exempt from federal income tax as an organization described by section 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Applicant organizations must be located in the United States or its territories at the time of application.

Up to fifteen demonstration projects will be awarded in this round of funding. Grants will range from $25,000 to $150,000 and must be completed within twenty-four months. Proposals for more than $150,000 may be considered under rare and exceptional circumstances. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis; proposals may be submitted at any time.

Complete program information is available at the RWJF Web site.

November 11th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

ING Unsung Heroes Program Offers Grants for K-12 Educational Projects

Posted on October 29, 2009
Deadline: April 30, 2010

The ING Unsung Heroes program annually provides grants to K-12 educators utilizing new teaching methods and techniques that improve learning.

Each year, educators submit applications for an ING Unsung Heroes grant by describing projects they have initiated or would like to pursue. Each project is judged on its innovative method, creativity, and ability to positively influence students.

One hundred finalists will be selected to receive a grant of $2,000 each, payable to both the winning teacher and his or her school. At least one grant will be awarded in each of the fifty states, provided at least one qualified application is received from each state. Of the hundred finalists, three are selected for additional financial awards â€” $25,000 for first place, $10,000 for second place, and $5,000 for third place.

All K-12 education professionals are eligible to apply. Applicants must be employed by an accredited K-12 public or private school located in the United States and be full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff with effective projects that improve student learning.

Visit the ING Web site for complete program information.

November 11th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation Invites Nominations for Inclusion Champion Award

Posted on October 29, 2009
Deadline: May 1, 2010

The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation works to help young people with physical, mental, or learning disabilities to lead full and productive lives.

The MEAF Inclusion Champion Award honors individuals who have made significant efforts to promote the full inclusion of youth with disabilities in society. The focus of the efforts may include, but is not limited to, helping to create a culture of inclusion within an organization or community or developing innovative strategies for inclusive programming in school activities, after-school programs, community service, and leadership development.

The Inclusion Champion is selected each year by a panel of experts in the field, and is presented during the Kids Included Together annual conference. The award consists of a trophy and $1,000 donated to the charity of the awardee’s choice.

Criteria for selection include evidence that the nominee’s efforts have changed attitudes, increased inclusion, made a measurable impact on the lives of young people with and without disabilities, and promoted sustainability of inclusion outcomes.

Visit the MEAF Web site for complete nomination materials.

November 11th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Terra Foundation Offers Summer Residency in France for Artists and Scholars

Posted on October 29, 2009
Deadline: January 15, 2010

The Terra Foundation for American Art annually offers ten summer fellowships to artists and scholars from the United States and Europe. The residency is designed to provide participants with an opportunity for the independent study of American art within a framework of interdisciplinary exchange and dialogue. The setting for the program is the village of Giverny, France, located less than an hour from Paris.

These fellowships are awarded to artists who have completed their studies at the master’s level and to doctoral students engaged in research on American art (from the eighteenth century to the 1980s). During their eight-week stay, senior artists and art historians are in residence to mentor fellows and pursue their own work.

Applicants must be nominated by a professor at an academic institution. Eligible applicants are American and European doctoral candidates researching a subject that contains a significant American art component, or that examines artistic exchange between America and Europe; and American and European artists who have completed a masterâ€™s program (or its equivalent) in mixed media and/or painting. All applicants are expected to be fluent in English. Knowledge of French is desirable, but not required.

Each Terra Summer Residency Fellow is provided with lodging and study or studio space, daily lunches, and a program consisting of independent study, meetings, and seminars. Terra Summer Residency fellows are awarded a stipend of $5,000 and artists receive an additional $200 for the purchase of materials.

Visit the Terra Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines.

October 19th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries Accepting Applications From School Libraries

In order to promote a love of reading, the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries works to provide books to the school libraries and students that most need them.

The foundation makes grants of up to $6,000 each to update, extend, and diversify the book collections of school libraries. All LBF grants are made to individual schools rather than to school districts, county systems, private organizations, foundations, or other entities. LBF gives selection preference to schools in which 90 percent or more of the students receive free or reduced lunches and are likely to have the fewest books at home.

Foundation funds are available only for library books and magazine/serial copies and subscriptions. The Laura Bush Foundation is unable to honor requests for staffing, shelving, furniture, equipment, software, videos, classroom book sets or any kind of book guides, tests, or exams. Only one application per school is allowed per year.

Libraries at public and private schools are eligible to apply.

Deadline: December 31, 2009

Visit the LBF Web site for complete program information and application instructions.

October 19th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Fund for Teachers Accepting Applications for 2010 Summer Education Grants

Fund for Teachers invites educators from across the United States to design and submit proposals for their own educational adventures next summer.

The program is designed to provide educators with the opportunity to pursue areas of personal and professional interest and bring their experiences back to the classroom for the benefit of their students. Eligible projects include tours, conferences, and independent studies anywhere in the world.

The program offers individual grants of up to $5,000 each and team grants of up to $10,000 each for the summer of 2010.

Deadline: January 29, 2010

“Visit the Fund for Teachers Web site for detailed information about the schools/districts eligible for Fund for Teachers grants and for complete application guidelines.”:

October 19th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Fund for Teachers Accepting Applications for 2010 Summer Education Grants

Fund for Teachers invites educators from across the United States to design and submit proposals for their own educational adventures next summer.

The program offers individual grants of up to $5,000 each and team grants of up to $10,000 each for the summer of 2010.

Deadline: January 29, 2010

Visit the Fund for Teachers Web site for detailed information about the schools/districts eligible for Fund for Teachers grants and for complete application guidelines.

October 19th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship Seeks Nominations of Exceptional University-Based Community Outreach Programs

The Talloires Network, an international association of universities committed to ensuring that higher education strengthens communities the world over, and the MacJannet Foundation have announced that nominations are being accepted for the second annual MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship.

The prize recognizes exceptional university-based programs around the world that encourage active citizenship and student leadership. The prize is designed to raise awareness of higher education’s distinctive role and responsibilities in benefiting both local and international communities through understanding, outreach, and service.

Eight prizes will be awarded in 2010 â€” a first prize of $5,000, two second prizes of $2,500 each, and five third prizes of $1,000 each. Prize money will be used to further the goals and strengthen the impact of the awarded programs. Winning programs will demonstrate exemplary service in addressing an issue of global significance such as threats to public health in the developing world, efforts to promote literacy, or assisting the economic development of distressed communities.

Only programs originating from member institutions of the Talloires Network are eligible for the prize. Nominations will be accepted from students, faculty, staff, or administrators at member institutions. Leaders of higher education institutions around the world are invited and encouraged to join the Talloires Network.

Deadline: December 15, 2009

For additional information on the MacJannet Prize or the Talloires Network, visit the Talloires Network Web site.

October 19th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Youth Service America Seeks State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant Applications

Youth Service America is accepting applications for State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants to support service-learning projects that culminate on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, 2010.

School and community educators across the United States and Canada (select provinces) can apply for up to $1,000 in funding for youth-led projects. Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with academic study and reflective practice to enrich learning, build civic engagement, and strengthen communities. State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning grant applicants are encouraged to develop projects that launch on Martin Luther King Day of Service, January 18, 2010, and culminate on the weekend of GYSD, April 23-25, 2010.

Deadline: November 9, 2009

For the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant application form, visit the YSA Web site.

October 19th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Arts Program Accepting Applications for Fund for National Projects

As part of its initiative to help strengthen the national performing arts sector, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s Arts Program will support select national projects that strengthen the health of the dance, jazz, presenting, and/or theater fields.

The foundation’s Fund for National Projects supports projects that strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting, and/or theater fields; or improve conditions for the national community of performing artists in professional nonprofit dance, jazz, and theater.

National projects engage a broad national constituency, occur once (or periodically) rather than annually, and have the potential to significantly impact a field. Eligible projects include research projects assessing the national health of professional nonprofit arts groups or of individual professional artists; special national convenings for entire professional nonprofit performing arts fields (beyond traditional national annual conferences); and special projects that address unique circumstances that affect an entire professional nonprofit field.

Single nonprofit organizations and consortia are both eligible to apply.

From 2009 through 2011, the fund will award a total of up to $1 million in grants each year to support key national projects. Grants range from $60,000 to $200,000 each and cannot exceed 40 percent of a project’s total cost.

The arts program staff reviews letters of inquiry on a rolling basis. Deadlines for letters of inquiry are November 1 and May 1, with full proposal deadlines (upon invitation) due no later than December 1 and June 1, respectively.

Deadline: November 1, 2009 and May 1, annually (Letters of Inquiry)

Visit the DDCF Web site for complete program information.

October 19th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Accepting Applications for 2010 Institutional Grants

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences funds the Institutional Grants Program to assist in fostering educational activities between the public and the film industry while encouraging the appreciation of motion pictures as both an art form and a vocation.

Academy Institutional Grants are awarded only to nonprofit film organizations and to film programs within schools, colleges, universities, and other institutions and nonprofit organizations. Grants are not awarded to individuals or to for-profit companies or organizations.

Eligible programs include but are not limited to craft workshops and conferences in which college students and/or adults are trained in one or more of the various craft fields of film production (directing, cinematography, screenwriting, editing, etc.); internship programs in which college students are placed in professional environments outside of their schools, either on film productions or in film-related offices; library and archival projects in which the papers of filmmakers are preserved and/or made available to the public; screening programs, especially those in which filmmakers interact with audiences; seminar programs, in which film professionals discuss their work and/or particular aspects of the creation and distribution of films; teacher training programs, in which production techniques and/or film appreciation information is presented for teachers to take back to their classrooms; training/bridge programs, in which college students and/or adults are trained for and then placed in film industry jobs (this includes mentoring programs); and visiting artist programs, especially those in which a filmmaker spends several days in residence at a college, university or media center.

Grants are not awarded to cover the expenses of producing a film or to film festivals. (The academy has a separate festival grants program.)

Deadline: January 15, 2010

“Visit the academy Web site for complete program guidelines and application.”: http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/grants/institutional/index.html

October 12th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Open Society Institute and the New World Foundation Seek Proposals to Expand Small Donor and Membership Base of Social Justice Organizations

The Open Society Institute and the New World Foundation have issued a joint Request for Proposals with the goal of making grants to community-based organizations with a proven track record in raising revenue from a small donor base. The RFP is targeted to identify best practices and prioritize new strategies in a way that is responsive and amplifies the impact of small donor development and membership base building in the field.

The funders seek projects focused on small donors and membership strategies that seek to strengthen and engage larger numbers of people. In 2009, the foundations will fund a small number of organizations with two-year plans to engage in this work. The program will consider funding for a broad range of proposed activities that seek to build enhanced small donor bases, including staffing and/or specific donor outreach projects. Funding will not be provided for planning processes; the program’s priority is implementation of efforts that could become replicable models benefitting the broader social justice ecosystem.

The program seeks to fund a mix of approaches to this work, with an emphasis on grassroots base-building organizations with a social justice orientation; however, it will entertain proposals from networks as well. Priority will be given to organizations with a membership base in marginalized communities. In addition, eligible organizations must have some experience in the area that they wish to build upon.

Grants will range between $35,000 and $150,000 for one year. A second year of funding may be awarded based on meeting benchmarks and approval of funding from each foundation’s board.

Visit the Open Society Institute Web site for further information:

“Link”: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/democracy/news/rfpsmalldonor_20091001

October 12th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Journalists Invited to Apply for Reynolds Center 2010 Financial Fellowships

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University has announced a fellowship program for twelve professional journalists with at least two years of business journalism experience.

The fellowship applies to a four-day seminar of intensive study in financials and accounting held in Phoenix, Arizona, January 5-8, 2010. The third annual “Strictly Financials Seminar” will take place at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The fellowships cover lodging, most meals, training, and materials, with a $500 stipend for travel expenses.

For further information, visit the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University Web site:

“Link”: http://www.businessjournalism.org/2010/JanuarySeminars/index.cfm

October 12th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Invites Applications for Health Policy Fellows

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program is designed to provide the nation’s most comprehensive experience at the nexus of health science, policy, and politics in Washington, D.C.

The fellowship is an outstanding opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and health care policy. Fellows experience and participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy.

Exceptional midcareer professionals from academic faculties and nonprofit health care organizations who are interested in experiencing the health policy process at the federal level are encouraged to apply. Applicants must have earned an advanced degree in one of the following disciplines: allied health professions; biomedical sciences; dentistry; economics or other social sciences; health services organization and administration; medicine; nursing; public health; or social and behavioral health. Applicants whose official job description or responsibilities are primarily government relations or advocacy are ineligible to apply. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories at the time of application.

Applicants may apply from an eligible sponsoring institution (Track 1) or as an individual (Track 2). Nonprofit health care organizations and academic centers are eligible sponsors.

Up to six grants of up to $165,000 each will be made in 2010. Each fellow will receive up to $94,000 for the Washington stay in salary, plus fringe benefits or fellowship stipend. Fellows will receive an additional allowance for relocation subject to limitations provided in detail on the program’s Web site.

Visit the RWJF Web site for complete program information:

“Link”: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20904

October 12th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Ashoka's Changemakers Announces New Collaborative Competition on Nutrition

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Ashoka’s Changemakers have announced “Improved Nutrition: Solutions through Innovation,” a new online competition to identify innovative solutions for communities currently lacking access to adequate nutrition or unaware of its benefits.

The competition is open to all types of individuals and organizations (charitable organizations, private companies, or public entities) from all countries. The program will consider all entries that demonstrate system-changing solutions that expand and improve nutrition to undernourished populations, and that indicate growth beyond the stage of idea, concept, or research. At a minimum, entries should be at the demonstration stage and indicate success. Entries must be submitted in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.

Online competition submissions will be accepted until November 25, 2009. At any time before the deadline, competition participants are encouraged to revise their entries based on questions and insights that they receive in the Changemakers discussion. Participation in the discussion enhances an entrant’s prospects in the competition and provides the community and the judges an opportunity to understand the entrant’s project more completely.

A panel of judges will select the competition finalists, and the Changemakers community will then vote online to select the three award-winners from the field of finalists. The three finalists will each receive a cash prize of $5,000. Five entrants will also be chosen by GAIN to attend, all-expenses paid, the GAIN Business Alliance Global Forum in May 2010, where they will have the opportunity to present their solutions to investors.

Visit the Changemakers Web site for complete competition information:

“Link”: http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/nutrition

October 12th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

National Endowment for the Humanities and American Library Association Announce We the People Bookshelf Grant Opportunity

The National Endowment for the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office, has announced that applications are being accepted for the seventh annual We the People Bookshelf project. Part of the endowment’s We the People program, the bookshelf encourages young people to read and understand great literature while exploring themes in American history.

This year’s theme, “A More Perfect Union,” invites reflection on the idea of the United States as a union and will complement library programs observing the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. To stimulate programming, the bookshelf features a DVD edition of The Civil War, the documentary by Ken Burns, including the rights to show the series to public audiences. Additional bonus materials include the companion book to The Civil War series and Declaring Independence: The Origin and Influence of America’s Founding Document, edited by Christian Y. Dupont.

Public and school (K-12) libraries are invited to apply. In the spring of 2010, NEH and ALA will select four thousand libraries to receive the seventeen books for young readers, bonus materials for readers of all ages, and the option to receive three titles in Spanish translation. Libraries selected will be required to use the bookshelf selections in programs for young readers in their communities.

Visit the ALA Web site for complete program information:

“Link”: http://publicprograms.ala.org/bookshelf/

October 12th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Do Something Offers Grants to Support Youth-Led Projects Addressing Teen Dating Abuse

Do Something and Liz Claiborne, Inc. seek to support young people across the United States who are taking a stand against teen dating abuse.

Do Something will award ten grants of $250 each to help run projects started by young people that are fighting teen dating abuse. Programs may include activities such as holding an abuse awareness week at school, setting up a peer-counseling program, or posting flyers to alert people about dating abuse hotlines. Special consideration will be given to projects that include an event on It’s Time to Talk Day (December 3, 2009), or culminate in some way on that day.

The applicant must be 25 or under and must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen.

Visit the Do Something Web site for complete program guidelines:

“Link”: http://www.dosomething.org/dating-abuse/grants#

October 12th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Do Something Offers Grants to Support Youth-Led Projects Addressing Teen Dating Abuse

Do Something and Liz Claiborne, Inc. seek to support young people across the United States who are taking a stand against teen dating abuse.

The applicant must be 25 or under and must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen.

Visit the Do Something Web site for complete program guidelines:

“Link”: http://www.dosomething.org/dating-abuse/grants#

October 12th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

American Veterinary Medical Foundation and Pfizer Animal Health Announce New Scholarship Program for Veterinary Students

In an effort to help U.S. veterinary students cope with rising school debt while reinforcing the importance of building a diverse profession and addressing a shortage of food animal veterinarians, the American Veterinary Medical Foundation and Pfizer Animal Health have launched an annual scholarship program that will award a total of up to $2 million through 2012.

To be administered by the American Veterinary Medical Association and funded by Pfizer Animal Health, the Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Program will award $2,500 scholarships to more than 225 veterinary students a year. To be eligible, students must be attending a U.S. veterinary school accredited by AVMA

Although the program is open to all second- and third-year veterinary students, at least 40 percent of the awardees will be students likely to enter food animal medicine or rural practice. In addition, approximately 30 percent of scholarship recipients will be from diverse backgrounds, as defined by age, gender, physical disability, and ethnicity, among other characteristics.

Applications for the spring 2010 scholarships are available at the AVMF Web site:

“Link”: http://www.avmf.org/

October 5th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Wendy's High School Heisman - Athletic Scholarship

Eligibility for application is limited exclusively to men and women entering their senior year of high school in the 2009-2010 academic year who have at least a “B” grade average and participate in at least one of the 27 sports officially sanctioned by the National Federation of State High Schools. We want to hear from all student-athletes who work hard, are dedicated, and have become role models for your school’s underclassmen. Students are judged based on their academic achievements, community service involvement, and athletic accomplishments.

“Link”: http://www.wendyshighschoolheisman.com/

October 5th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

8th Annual National Co-op Scholarship Program - $6,000

The National Commission for Cooperative Education, on behalf of the eight NCCE Partner Colleges and Universities, is pleased to announce and sponsor its Eighth Annual National Co-op Scholarship Program.

As the largest independently sponsored merit co-op scholarship program in the United States, the National Commission will award 170 merit co-op scholarships of $6,000 each, for a total renewable value of $4,200,000. These merit co-op scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors and transfer students who plan to participate in college cooperative education at one of our Partner Colleges and Universities.

QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify for this scholarship, students must: – Have a cumulative high school GPA of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. – Complete all the required admissions applications material and be accepted for the 2010-2011 Academic year at one of the National Commission Partner Institutions listed at:

“Link”: http://www.co-op.edu/scholarships.htm

Note: does not require transcripts or recommendations.

October 2nd 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope Offers Technology Donation Competition for U.S. Schools

Students, parents, and teachers across the United States are invited to help improve technology in classrooms by submitting a brief essay for the opportunity to receive a portion of over $1 million in technology from Samsung Electronics America’s Four Seasons of Hope campaign. The philanthropic initiative will reward winning writers with a Samsung Go Netbook and their local schools with Samsung products, Microsoft software, DIRECTV educational television programming, and cash grants as well as special @15 gift cards supplied by Best Buy.

Competition participants are invited to submit hundred-word essays on how the consumer electronics, computer equipment and software awarded through Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope could benefit their school. Participants should nominate a public or state-accredited private school for grades K-12 in their community. Home schools, colleges, universities, and vocational/trade schools are not eligible for nomination.

Posted on October 2, 2009
Deadline: November 1, 2009

Complete contest rules and online entry forms are available at the Four Seasons of Hope Web site.

October 2nd 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Powered by Service Offers Funding to Seed Youth-Led Service Projects

Usher’s New Look, a nonprofit organization founded by entertainer Usher Raymond IV that supports underprivileged youth in using their talents to become community leaders, has announced the launch of Powered By Service, a new initiative to encourage young people around the world to become involved in addressing the most pressing problems facing their communities â€” from preventing malaria and stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS to ending gang violence and increasing access to clean water.

Young people all over the world can participate in Powered By Service. Participants will have access to online toolkits and opportunities to apply for financial resources to support their projects. Grants will be awarded for exceptional service ideas.

Sponsored by the United Nations Foundation, the “Nothing but Nets” grant is designed to help youth create projects that increase awareness and funds for the purchase of bed nets to prevent the spread of malaria in Africa.

Sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service’s Learn and Serve America, the “What’s Your Power?” grant opportunity offers funding for projects that address any issue. Youth are invited to design a project around the cause that interests them.

For complete program information, visit the Powered By Service Web site.

October 2nd 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Surdna Foundation Accepting Applications for Arts Teachers Fellowship Program

The Surdna Foundation has announced the tenth year of a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in public arts high schools.

Through the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, fellows will design individualized courses of study that provide both immersion in their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in their fields.

Teachers will be expected to design a fellowship program that provides opportunities to interact with professional artists and enhances their understanding of current techniques, activity, and thinking in their artistic domain(s). A fellowship program may include study in arts courses; attendance at advanced art-making workshops, festivals, or institutes; residencies at artists’ colonies; formal mentor relationships with recognized professional artists; independent study towards the completion of an artistic project (which includes interaction with other professionals), or other artistic pursuits.

All permanently assigned full- and part-time arts faculty in public arts high schools may apply. Eligible schools include specialized public arts high schools and arts-focused magnet and charter high schools. Teachers of all arts disciplines are eligible â€” visual arts, photography, theater, music, dance, film, video, multidiscipline, and creative writing. Applicants must be minimally in their fifth year of teaching arts in high school, and plan to continue as an arts teacher in their specialized public arts high school in 2010-11.

Twenty awards of up to $5,500 each, with a complementary grant of $1,500 to the fellow’s school to support post-fellowship activities, will be made.

Visit the Surdna Web site for complete fellowship program information.

Posted on September 27, 2009
Deadline: November 13, 2009 (Intent to Apply)

October 2nd 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

MAP Fund Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Contemporary Arts Performance Projects

Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and administered by Creative Capital, the MAP Fund works to help build a risk-welcoming contemporary performance field by providing project-specific funding to playwrights, choreographers, directors, composers, and performers experimenting in any performance tradition or discipline.

MAP seeks especially to support work that brings insight to the issue of cultural difference or the concept of “other,” be that in class, gender, generation, ethnicity, or formal consideration.

Letters of inquiry and full applications must come from organizations based in the United States that have current nonprofit 501©(3) federal tax status. Unincorporated artists or ensembles may apply to MAP through an eligible fiscal sponsor. Organizations and artists must demonstrate at least two yearsâ€™ professional experience.

Posted on September 30, 2009
Deadline: October 19, 2009 (Online Letter of Inquiry)

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September 22nd 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Nominations Invited for 2010 MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Awards

The MetLife Foundation and Jobs for the Future are accepting nominations for the 2010 MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Awards, which recognize exemplary institutions from across the United States that are making a significant difference in their communities.

The awards are presented biennially to exemplary institutions, with a focus on recognizing community colleges that contribute to helping less-advantaged youth and adults meet educational and career goals. This year, the application process has been significantly streamlined into a simple online self-nomination process of no more than 750 words, with the intent of identifying as many best practices as possible.

In 2010, MetLife Foundation will present three awards, in three separate categories. The Award for Exceptional Service to Students will recognize sustained institutional commitment to and clear strategies for helping larger numbers of students to succeed. The Award for Service to Communities will recognize success in addressing demographic and economic change in the college’s community or region through initiatives that provide solutions and have demonstrable impact. The Award for Service through Innovation will recognize a community college that has employed creative approaches to address a specific, distinctive local need, challenge, or opportunity.

All public, accredited community colleges in the United States are eligible to apply. The three winning colleges will each receive a $40,000 grant.

To apply, community colleges can submit self-nominations at the Jobs for the Future Web site. Visit the site for complete program information.

“Link”: http://www.jff.org/

September 21st 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Healthspottr Launches New Fellows Program for Health Innovators

Healthspottr Media LLC, a new media and publishing company, is seeking nominations for the first annual Healthspottr Fellows program. The new program will award qualified recipients with prizes of up to $250,000 to accelerate their various healthcare innovations.

Nominees for the Healthspottr Fellowship program may work in the for-profit, nonprofit, or government sectors. In addition to past accomplishments, candidates will be evaluated based on their potential to make an innovative contribution to the transformation of healthcare in the United States. Innovations will be judged based on likely ability to expand access to care and to improve the efficiency and quality of care within the next two to five years. Financial need also will be taken into consideration during the evaluations.

Self-nominations will not be accepted.

Complete program information and nomination guidelines are available at the Healthspottr Web site.

“Link”: http://www.healthspottr.com/weeklydigest/8-healthspottr-fellows-program-annual-prizes-for-health-innovators

September 21st 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Proposals for Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education Program

A program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education will support evaluations of interventions that expand teaching capacity or promote faculty recruitment and retention in nursing schools. The program aims to increase the number of nursing school graduates by evaluating strategies that address the nurse faculty shortage.

Nursing schools or healthcare organizations that act as the applicant institution and subcontract to the evaluation team are eligible. Preference will be given to applicant organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations as defined under Section 509(a). The foundation makes grants to organizations in the United States and its territories only.

Each applicant organization must arrange to subcontract with an experienced evaluator who is not affiliated with the primary applicant department/school to assess the intervention. (The evaluator can be from a different department at the same institution.) Proposed interventions must be ongoing and have the potential to significantly increase teaching capacity, improve faculty work-life, and/or promote faculty recruitment and retention. Interventions must include a large enough population (i.e., faculty, students and courses) to permit precise determination of their impact on important outcomes.

A total of $4.2 million will be available over the next three years. Up to ten awards of up to $300,000 each will be available in this round of funding.

Visit the RWJF Web site for complete program information.

“Link”: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20742

September 21st 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

National AIDS Fund and Johnson & Johnson Invite Applications for Generations: Strengthening Women and Families Affected by HIV/AIDS

The National AIDS Fund and Johnson & Johnson have announced the availability of funds through the Generations: Strengthening Women and Families Affected by HIV/AIDS program.

This third grant round (GEN III) will award six to eight grants to community-based organizations to create or adapt evidence-based HIV/AIDS prevention interventions that reduce the spread of HIV among at-risk women and girls. GEN III funds will be targeted to geographic regions with high HIV/AIDS incidence and prevalence rates in women based on state or local epidemiology as well as in areas with emerging epidemics. Priority areas include urban epicenters and other highly impacted regions, including, but not limited to, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Puerto Rico, California, Michigan, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and the Deep South (Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina).

Generations is a unique capacity-building model that the National AIDS Fund has developed through years of grantmaking experience and lessons learned over two prior cohorts of GEN grantees. In addition to cash grants, agencies receive support through a number of components, including intensive technical assistance, program evaluation, and community building.

The program will consider two types of proposals: 1) Proposals that seek to adapt previously tested, evidence-based HIV prevention interventions; and 2) Proposals that seek to implement innovative or emerging HIV prevention interventions that are grounded in established theories of behavior change or based on scientific evidence and can be evaluated and replicated in other communities.

The complete RFP and application materials are available at the National AIDS Fund Web site.

“Link”: http://www.aidsfund.org/2009/08/20/generations-strengthening-women-and-families-affected-by-hivaids/

September 21st 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Do Something and VH1 Save the Music Announce Awards Program for School Music Projects

Do Something and VH1 Save the Music are inviting young people to help advocate for music education in their schools.

Student-led music education advocacy efforts could include the posting of promotional and educational materials around schools, starting petitions or running letter-writing campaigns to save music programs, running instrument drives, organizing concerts, or starting a Web site or blog.

Do Something and a panel of expert judges will evaluate efforts and decide which students created the most effective efforts to advocate for music education. The top five music education advocates will each receive $1,000 for their school music program as well as Rock Band Video game packages. One grand-prize winner will receive $2,500 in school music funding and a Beatles Rock Band game system. The prize money must go to a school music program or a school music program in need.

Visit the Do Something Web site for complete program information, including suggestions for music education advocacy projects.

“Link”: http://www.dosomething.org/saveourmusic/home

September 21st 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Youth Leaders for Literacy Grants Available to Young Volunteers Who Encourage Reading

Youth Service America is partnering with the National Education Association to once again offer Youth Leaders for Literacy grants to children and youth, ages 5 through 25, who offer innovative ways to increase literacy skills and appreciation for reading among their peers.

Youth Leaders for Literacy will award thirty young people from across the United States with grants of $500 each and $500 in books from the Pearson Foundation. Successful projects will be youth-led and address an established literacy need in the applicant’s school or community. The projects will follow the framework of YSA’s Semester of Service initiative, which will launch on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in January and culminating on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25. An activity should also occur during the NEA’s Read Across America Day on March 2, 2010.

“Link”: http://ysa.org/MyYSA/YSAContent/YSANews/tabid/219/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/183/YouthLeadersforLiteracyGrantsDeadlineOctober30.aspx

September 21st 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Prudential Spirit of Community Awards to Honor Outstanding Young Volunteers at Local, State, and National Levels

Sponsored by Prudential Financial, Inc. in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals , the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honor outstanding community service by young people in grades 5 – 12 at the local, state, and national level.

Young volunteers must complete their applications by November 2, 2009, and then submit them to a middle or high school principal, Girl Scout council, county 4-H agent, American Red Cross chapter, YMCA, or affiliate of HandsOn Network.

Participating schools and local organizations will select local honorees in early November and present them with certificates of achievement. All local honorees are then reviewed by a state-level judging committee, which will name the top two candidates from each state and the District of Columbia — one high school student and one middle level student — as state honorees in February 2010. State honorees will receive $1,000, an engraved silver medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip with a parent to Washington, D.C., for four days of recognition events, May 1-4, 2010.

In Washington, a national selection committee will name ten of the 102 state honorees as America’s top youth volunteers of the year. National honorees will receive an additional award of $5,000, a gold medallion, a crystal trophy for their nominating school or organization, and a $5,000 grant from the Prudential Foundation for the nonprofit charitable organization of their choice.

Visit the Prudential Web site for complete program guidelines and an application form.

“Link”: http://spirit.prudential.com/view/page

September 21st 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Grammy Foundation Announces New Letter of Inquiry Process for Grant Cycle

Funded by the Recording Academy, the Grammy Foundation Grant Program administers grants annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas, as well as scientific research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition.

The program has announced revisions to this year’s grant application process, including a new Letter of Inquiry requirement and changes to the timeline and grant amounts.

The foundation will award Scientific Research Project grants up to a maximum of $20,000 each to organizations and individuals to support research on the impact of music on the human condition. Examples might include the study of the effects of music on mood, cognition and healing, as well as the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals and the creative process underlying music. Priority is given to projects with strong methodological design as well those addressing an important research question.

The foundation will award Archiving and Preservation Project grants to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas. The Archiving and Preservation area has two funding categories: Preservation Implementation ($20,000 maximum award each); and Planning, Assessment, and/or Consultation ($5,000 maximum award each).

A Letter of Inquiry is now required before submission of a full application. Inquiries must be received by no later than October 1, 2009. If the project is recommended for further consideration, the applicant will be invited to submit a full application in early November. Full applications will be due within approximately four weeks of notification and wards will be announced in March 2010.

Visit the Grammy Foundation Web site for the updated grant guidelines and application procedures.

“Link”: http://www.grammy.com/GrammyFoundation/

September 9th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks Applications for Health & Society Scholars Program

The 2009-10 Call for Applications for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program has been released.

The Health & Society Scholars program provides two years of support to postdoctoral scholars at all stages of their careers to build the nation’s capacity for research and leadership that addresses the multiple determinants of population health and contribute to policy change.

The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends upon multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange. Its goal is to improve health by training scholars to investigate the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health; and to develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge and interventions that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health. The program is intended to produce leaders who will change the questions asked, the methods employed to analyze problems, and the range of solutions designed to reduce population health disparities and improve the health of all Americans.

The complete CFA is available at the RWJF Web site.

“Link”: http://www.rwjf.org/

September 9th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Accepting Applications for Community Health Leaders Program

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders program each year honors ten outstanding and otherwise unrecognized individuals who overcome daunting odds to improve health and health care, especially to underserved populations in communities across the United States. The program aims to elevate the work of these “unsung heroes” through enhanced recognition, technical assistance, and new leadership opportunities.

Community Health Leaders are identified through a nomination and review process. To be considered for a CHL award, a nominee must: be accomplished in the field of community health at the midcareer level, with a three- to ten-year record of accomplishment; have created or substantially enhanced a health or health-care initiative that improves access to and quality of care or services in his or her community; have positively affected a significant number of people in the targeted community; not have received significant national recognition for their work; be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories at the time of the full nomination; and be affiliated with a public or nonprofit 501©(3) organization.

The foundation will make ten awards in the amount of $125,000 each for the 2010 award cycle. Each new leader will receive a personal award of $20,000 to recognize his or her accomplishments and $105,000 to support the work for which the leader is recognized.

Visit the RWJF Web site for complete program information.

“Link”: http://www.rwjf.org/

September 9th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Elementary Schools Invited to Apply for Love Your Veggies Nutrition Grant Program

The makers of Hidden Valley Salad Dressings created the Love Your Veggies campaign and grant program as a way to help parents and educators get children eating and enjoying their vegetables.

The Love Your Veggies grant program will award grants of $10,000 each to ten elementary schools across the United States. Grant awards will be based on proposals that demonstrate need, sustainability, innovation, and potential for community involvement. Funding can be spent on fresh produce (vegetables and fruits), a vegetable station (such as a dedicated salad bar), kitchen equipment (primary usage must relate to proposed program), program staffing (cafeteria personnel, lunchroom staff, etc.) nutrition education supplies, and food safety training.

In addition to the ten grants, the program will also award a $10,000 grant to an elementary school through a Twitter contest to run September 14-26, 2009.

Visit the Love Your Veggies campaign Web site for complete grant program information.

“Link”: http://www.loveyourveggies.com/

September 9th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Toyota TAPESTRY Program Accepting Entries for the 20th Annual Science Grant Competition

The Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers program, one of the largest science teacher grant programs in the United States, is now accepting entries for the 2009-2010 competition. Sponsored by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. and administered by the National Science Teachers Association, the program offers grants of up to $10,000 each to K-12 teachers for innovative science projects that enhance science education in their school and/or district over a one-year period.

Fifty large grants and a minimum of 20 mini-grants totaling $550,000 will be awarded this year. Individual science teachers or a team of up to five teachers can submit proposals in one of three categories: physical science application; environmental science education; and integrating literacy and science. A judging panel convened by the NSTA will select the award-winning projects based on several criteria, including their innovative approach in teaching science and ability to create a stimulating and hands-on learning environment.

Applicants must either be an elementary teacher who teaches science in the classroom or a middle or high school science teacher. Applicants must be residents of one of the 50 states or a resident of Washington, D.C.; Puerto Rico; or the U.S. territories including American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

For more information about the Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers program or to learn how to apply, visit the NSTA Web site.

“Link”: http://www.nsta.org/

September 9th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Young People Invited to Submit After-School Projects for Do Something Grants

Do Something and JCPenney have teamed up to support youth-led afterschool programs and projects across the United States.

The program partners will award ten grants of $500 each and five grand-prize grants of $1,000 each to young people who have started afterschool activities that help youth in their community.

Visit the Do Something Web site for complete program information and project posting guidelines.

“Link”: http://www.dosomething.org/

September 9th 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

$1M in Grants Now Available Through the Community IMPACT Program

Through its Community IMPACT Program, the Greater New Orleans Foundation will award a total of $1 million in grants to organizations serving the Greater New Orleans region. Grants will be awarded in six categories: Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Civic Engagement & Nonprofit Support, Education, Health, and Human & Social Services.

Please note that the Foundation has separate programs focusing on Economic & Workforce Development, the Environment, Regionalism, and Housing & Community Revitalization. Please refer to our website for details.

The ultimate goal of the Community IMPACT Program is to create a resilient, sustainable, vibrant, and equitable region in which individuals and families flourish and in which the special character of the New Orleans region and its people is preserved, celebrated, and given the means to develop. Our shorter-term objectives are to:

1. Provide a much needed source of financial and other support to nonprofit organizations that are struggling in the current financial environment and that are important to the health and vibrancy of our region.

2. Develop a better sense of the nonprofit organizations serving our region so we can more effectively match donor desires with effective charitable work.

3. Identify and nurture promising new leaders and initiatives, especially in those communities that are in greatest need.

4. Gain knowledge that will help Foundation staff develop better long-term strategies for addressing regional needs and take best advantage of important opportunities.

General Guidelines

Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that serve the Greater New Orleans region are eligible to apply for funding. Organizations that are not tax-exempt but have a fiscal agent relationship with a 501©(3) organization are also eligible.

Priority will be given to effective organizations that:

1. Have a track record of success. (For newer organizations, we understand that this track record might not be especially long.)

2. Focus on areas/communities/populations in greatest need or that are most underserved

3. Address the root causes of problems rather than simply alleviate their symptoms.

4. Demonstrate a concern for equity, which we interpret as an attention to matters of fairness and equality of opportunity, especially as these are affected by race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, and membership in other important social categories

5. Involve in leadership and in other key roles members of the communities they seek to serve.

6. Demonstrate strong leadership

7. Are key to enhancing the health and vibrancy of the communities they serve
In each of the categories listed below, under “Specific Guidelines”:

For more information please visit the GNOF website: “Link”: http://www.gnof.org/apply-for-a-grant/community-impact-program/

September 2nd 2009 NPN Community Relations Intern

Greater New Orleans Foundation Launches $1M Community IMPACT Program

New Orleans – The Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) announced today the launch of the Community IMPACT Program. The Community IMPACT Program will award $1 million in grants to nonprofit organizations serving the Greater New Orleans region. Grants will be awarded in the following six categories:
Arts & Culture
Children & Youth
Civic Engagement & Nonprofit Support
Education
Health
Human & Social Services

“We realize that this is an especially difficult time for the nonprofit organizations serving our region. The recession has affected giving at all levels. The Community IMPACT Program will provide grants to support effective charitable work in light of declining revenues in this tough economy,” said Albert Ruesga, president & CEO of GNOF.

The $1 million from the Community IMPACT Program represents earnings from field of interest funds established by generous donors within the community.

“We owe an incredible debt of gratitude to the donors who chose to partner with the Greater New Orleans Foundation to meet their philanthropic goals. It’s their gifts that will have a measurable impact on the nonprofit organizations serving our region,” said Ruesga. Earnings from the community foundation’s unrestricted funds also contributed to the $1 million program.

Who can apply?
Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that serve the Greater New Orleans region are eligible to apply. Organizations that are not tax-exempt but have a fiscal agent relationship with a 501 ©(3) organization are also eligible.

How to apply?
We have a simple two-step process:
1. Submit a two- to three-page Letter of Intent by September 22, 2009. To review what is needed in the Letter of Intent, please visit http://www.gnof.org/nonprofits/apply-for-a-grant. Hard copies can also be picked up at the Greater New Orleans Foundation offices, 1055 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 100. The Greater New Orleans Foundation will review all Letters of Intent and decide which organizations will be invited to complete a full application for funding. Organizations will be notified of this decision by October 12, 2009.
2. Those invited to submit a full application will be asked to submit their proposals by November 2, 2009. Awards will be announced by December 11, 2009.

The Greater New Orleans Foundation is the community foundation serving the 13-parish Greater New Orleans metropolitan area. We design and lead initiatives that improve the region, connect donors to community needs, identify and support great nonprofits, and strengthen civil society.

September 1st 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

SCSJ to award Grants to support Census outreach

SCSJ is giving small grants to organizations to support outreach efforts for the 2010 Census.

Eligible organizations are located in our five target states of Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana, and work with our target populations including low-income people, people of color, tenants, migrant workers, homeless, and others at risk of undercount.

Link

August 27th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Greater New Orleans Foundation Accepting Applications for Grants from the Norco Community Fund

NEW ORLEANS â€“ The Greater New Orleans Foundation announced today that approximately $50,000 will be made available to 501©(3) organizations that serve the Norco community. Grants made from the Norco Community Fund aim to improve the quality of life for Norco residents through the support of programs that serve their community. The deadline to apply for a grant is September 18, 2009. A grant application form is available at http://www.gnof.org. Specific areas of interest include the arts and humanities, community building and development, education, environment, healthcare, human services, and youth development.

Established in 2003 by Shell Chemical Norco and Motiva Enterprises, the Norco Community Fund has awarded over $200,000 to nonprofit organizations serving the Norco community. â€œWe are proud to continue a company tradition of investing in our community,â€ said External Affairs Manager for Shell and Motiva, Lily Galland.

Interested organizations should submit completed a grant proposal with all supporting materials to:

The Norco Community Fund P.O. Box 70
Norco, LA 70079

August 24th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grant Program Accepting Applications From Public Schools and Libraries

Created by the children’s book author and illustrator, the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation is accepting applications from public schools and libraries anywhere in the United States and its protectorates for program or event mini-grants of $500 each.

Creative programs funded in the past have included ongoing pen-pal projects bringing disparate communities together; multi-cultural portrait projects; art projects culminating in art shows, murals, or quilts; bookmaking; creation and performance of puppet shows; and inter-generational journals.

Deadline: September 15, 2009

Link

August 24th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Applications Invited for State Farm's Youth Advisory Board Service-Learning Grants Program

The State Farm Youth Advisory Board is a group of thirty diverse youth that helps create and oversee a State Farm-funded grantmaking initiative for student-led service learning projects in the United States as well as Alberta, New Brunswick, and Ontario, Canada.

Grants are available for projects that address the issues of environmental responsibility, natural and societal disaster preparedness, driver safety, financial education, and accessing higher education/closing the achievement gap.

Link

August 24th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Open Society Institute Seeks Entries for Moving Walls 17 Documentary Photography Exhibition

The Open Society Institute invites photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 17 group exhibition.

Moving Walls is an exhibition series that features in-depth explorations of human rights and social issues. Thematically linked to OSI’s mission, Moving Walls is exhibited at OSI’s offices in New York and Washington, D.C. The show will feature the work of seven photographers.

“Link”: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=262900004

August 17th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Applications Available for AAUW Community Action Grants

Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to individuals, AAUW branches, AAUW state organizations, and well as local community-based nonprofits working to promote education and equity for women and girls….

Deadline: January 15, 2010

Link

August 13th 2009 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

UnitedHealth Group Offering Grants to Help Combat Childhood Obesity

Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to young people working with educators and other youth leaders to create local hands-on programs that address the issue of childhood obesity in their communities….

Deadline: October 22, 2009

Link

April 16th 2009 Magnolia Project

MP Needs 5 Minutes of Your Time: One of 10 Finalists for a Power in Numbers Grant

One of Magnolia Project’s biggest projects is an annual three-week service trip for Cal students in New Orleans. This summer we are taking 50 Cal students, who will contribute over 5,000 hours of community service all across the New Orleans area.

We are one of the Top 10 finalists for a Power in Numbers grant, sponsored by DoSomething.org and Mountain Dew Voltage. Now it’s up to the public to vote on who gets one of five $10,000 grants to continue our project. Five of the ten finalists win. That is a 50% chance! You are all aware of how difficult it is to fundraise. We CANNOT do this without YOU.

We are asking you to “vote” for The Magnolia Project and make the three-week trip happen yet another year. Register at http://www.energizeyourcommunity.com. You can make it your homepage for the voting period, which is APRIL 15th (noon) -29th. You can vote once a day!

ALSO, please let everyone you know who would want to help MP. Tell your friends, family, roommates, classmates, and all your networks. Make it your Facebook status and invite people to the event on Facebook.

Thank you very much!

November 3rd 2008 Operation REACH, Inc.

Operation REACH, Inc. Seeks to Fund Local Youth Groups

Operation REACH, Inc. is pleased to announce the fall 2008 funding round for the Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund. The Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund is now accepting letters of intent and proposals from local youth-led, youth-driven organizations working to create vibrant communities for youth to live, learn, lead, thrive and grow.

The Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund is a youth philanthropy initiative, founded by Operation REACH in 2007. Thirty middle and high school students from different cultural, religious, racial and socio-economic backgrounds serve on the Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund’s Youth Advisory Board. This group processes and awards grants to youth-serving/youth-led organizations engaged in Gulf Coast recovery and other youth-related issues throughout the Greater New Orleans region.

Grant awards range from $500 to $5,000. In its first year, the Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund made more than $10,000 in grant awards to four youth organizations.

The Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund (GYAF) engages youth as leaders and empowers them with the resources to make strategic investments in their peers and communities. The GYAF is a program of Operation REACH, Inc., a local community education organization that engages, empowers, and inspires children youth and families through informal learning. Operation REACH runs the Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) and supported by the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, the Foundation for the Mid South, Rebuilding Our Community, Inc., United Way of Greater New Orleans, the Metropolitan Human Services District, FedEx Corp., State Farm Insurance Companies, and Interfaith Works.

Organizations interested in applying for funding for a youth-driven initiative can find the complete Request for Proposals at http://www.thegyac.org. Potential applicants are encouraged to submit a letter of intent by November 14, 2008. Complete proposals are due by December 5, 2008. The first award disbursements will be made in January 2009.

For more information on the Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund, visit http://www.thegyac.org. For questions, please contact Program Coordinator, Tony Wilson, or (504) 529-1922.

October 24th 2008 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Funding Opportunity for New Orleans Area Nonprofit

New Orleans Nonprofit Organizations Invited to Take Freeman Challenge to Build Endowments

Deadline: November 17, 2008

The Richard West Freeman Endowment Challenge through the Greater New Orleans Foundation (http://www.gnof.org/) is designed to assist nonprofit organizations within the Greater New Orleans area looking to create an endowment for the first time or build on an existing one.

An endowed fund is one where the principal is kept intact and invested, with only a certain portion of the investment income distributed back to nonprofits for their general use. Often, nonprofits will see their endowments grow by reinvesting earnings and by adding additional contributions from donors.

The Freeman Challenge will match one dollar for every two dollars raised by nonprofits up to $15,000. Nonprofits will have the opportunity to select a preference for one of three matching categories: 1) the nonprofit raises $10,000, the Freeman Challenge matches $5,000; 2) the nonprofit raises $20,000, the Freeman Challenge matches $10,000; and 3) the nonprofit raises $30,000, the Freeman Challenge matches $15,000.

Nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501©(3) organizations are eligible to apply, as are organizations that have a fiscal agent relationship with a 501©(3) nonprofit.

RFP Link

October 23rd 2008 Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Education, Community, and Health Funding Opportunity -- RGK Foundation

The following funding opportunity announcement is likely to be of interest to nearly all nonprofit organizations certified as tax exempt under Sections 501c(3) or 170c of the Internal Revenue Code and/or classified as “not a private foundation” under Section 509(a). Hospitals, educational institutions, governmental institutions, and school districts meeting these requirements are eligible to apply:

EDUCATION, COMMUNITY, AND HEALTH

RGK Foundation

Application Deadline: There is no deadline for submitting an electronic letter of inquiry. Foundation staff reviews electronic letters of inquiry on an ongoing basis and typically responds within two days, but asks that applicants allow up to two weeks for a response. The foundation will send an e-mail message either declining each applicant’s request or inviting the applicant to submit a formal application packet for further consideration.

Description: The RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of education, community, and medicine/health. Community Improvement programs include those that enhance nonprofit management and promote philanthropy/volunteerism. Other programs considered include human services, abuse prevention, and youth development programs. The Foundation is also interested in programs that attract female and minority students into the fields of mathematics, science, and technology.

Limitations: As a general practice, RGK Foundation refrains from funding capital campaigns/renovation projects, emergency or disaster relief efforts, and indirect/administrative costs. The Foundation prefers to provide programmatic support ~ including program salaries ~ for nonprofits. Reference website for a complete list of restrictions.

Who May Apply: Grants are made only to nonprofit organizations certified as tax-exempt under Sections 501©(3) or 170© of the Internal Revenue Code and classified as “not a private foundation” under Section 509(a). There are no geographic restrictions (within the United States) on the Foundation’s grantmaking program.

Funding Amount: Although the foundation occasionally awards grants of more than $100,000, grants generally average $25,000.

For more information, go to:
http://www.rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines

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