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March 22nd 2010
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
March 22nd 2010
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
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.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2010
March 21st 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2010
March 20th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 30, 2010
March 20th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: May 1, 2010
March 19th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2010
March 19th 2010
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 — 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.
Application Deadline: April 30, 2010
March 18th 2010
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
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.
Application Deadline: April 9, 2010
March 17th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2010
March 16th 2010
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 16th 2010
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
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 — and whose main subject is the arts, culture, or entertainment — 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
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
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
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
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 — 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.
Application Deadline: June 1, 2010
March 12th 2010
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 — including Audubon chapters, programs, centers, sanctuaries, and independent Audubon groups — 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.
Application Deadline: May 7, 2010
March 12th 2010
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
Application Deadline: April 15, 2010
March 11th 2010
City Council Holds Community Meetings to Engage Citizens and Encourage Public Input on Master Plan
In the next few weeks, the City Council, in coordination with the City Planning Commission, will hold public meetings in each Council District in an effort to inform and engage the public on the Master Plan.
The public meetings will be held throughout New Orleans in each Council District:
District A
Tuesday, March 30th, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
City Park – Timken Center (old casino building) on Dreyfous Dr.
Parkview Terrace 2nd floor
District B
Wednesday, March 24th, 6 p.m.
Dining Hall of the Academy of the Sacred Heart
4301 St. Charles Ave.
District C
Thursday, March 18th, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Alice Harte Elementary Charter School
5300 Berkley Dr.
District D
Tuesday, March 23rd, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Gentilly Presbyterian Church
3708 Gentilly Blvd.
District E
Eastern New Orleans
Monday, March 22nd, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Household of Faith Church
9300 I- 10 Service Rd.
Lower Ninth Ward
Monday, March 29th, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
New Israel Baptist Church
6322 St. Claude Ave.
FIND YOUR DISTRICT: http://www.nolacitycouncil.com/maps/maps.asp
City-Works communicates to a broad audience the importance of design and planning in creating a vital and vibrant urban environment. We have worked city-wide with neighborhood organizations, developers, and city officials, along with architects and planners, to help forge lines of communication, talk about the importance of good design and planning, and do the work necessary to successfully and sustainably restore and rejuvenate the city we love.
New Orleans Institute: Fostering Resilience · Innovation · the Local · in the prophetic city
March 11th 2010
Reporting City Issues and Problems
The 311 phone reporting system that handled city issues and problems has been dissolved.
Effective immediately, please call 658-2299 and follow the prompts:
Press #1 for Public Works (potholes, clogged drains, missing street signs and traffic signal outages)
Press #2 for Housing / Code Enforcement (status of a hearing, report a blighted structure)
Press #3 for Environmental Health (vacant lot with high grass)
Press #4 for Department of Revenue (property tax, sales tax, occupational license, sanitation fee removal)
Press #5 for Parks & Parkways (City tree trim request or downed trees)
Press #6 for Emergency Preparedness (house elevation, hazardous mitigation, city assisted evacuation plan, Dept of Homeland Security)
Press #0 for all other Department / Agencies
To report streetlight outages, call 658.2299 and follow the prompts for streetlights. You will be directly connected with Robinson Industries, the City’s contracted streetlight repair vendor.
March 11th 2010
Police Chief Survey and Meeting Tomorrow
Hello Everyone,
Please note the announcement and information regarding the NOPD Task Force work. Please be sure to attend.
NOPD Police Chief Survey:
The NOPD Police Chief Survey was launched on Friday (March 5th). It is available online at http://www.transitionneworleans.com and in hard copy form at the Urban League.
Please feel free to send the survey to your stakeholder groups. The deadline to complete the survey is Friday, March 12th at noon. Hard copies should be returned to the Urban League at 2322 Canal Street.
Community Meeting:
The NOPD Task Force’s Community Meeting will take place on Thursday, March 11th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Superdome (Entrance at Gate F) in the South West Club Claiborne Room. Parking is free and available to the public in Garage 5. Bill Rouselle of Bright Moments will facilitate the session and surveys will be available for the participants to complete.
Media:
Co-chairs Nolan Rollins and Norman Francis were on WBOK last Wednesday to talk about the NOPD Task Force and the importance of community input. WBOK will broadcast the community meeting live, and other radio stations are being given the same opportunity. Transition New Orleans announced the survey and the meeting in a press release at this link: http://www.transitionneworleans.com/blog/main/2010/03/05/landrieu-nopd-task-force-seek-citizen-input-at-community-meeting-and-via-public
The following articles have been published about the community meeting and the survey:
WWL/Gambit: http://www.wwltv.com/news/No-easy-fix-for-Mitch-Landrieu-at-NOPD-87108077.html
Thanks,
Patricia Jones
Executive Director
Lower 9th Ward NENA
Office (504)373-6483 ext 110
Facsimile (866)450-6681
http://www.9thwardnena.org
Mail to: PO Box 771039, NOLA 70177-1039
Office Location: 1120 Lamanche St, NOLA 70117
March 11th 2010
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 9th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: May 14, 2010
March 8th 2010
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.
• The DEADLINE to submit the ONLINE application through the Online Granting System is MIDNIGHT, APRIL 21, 2010.
• 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.
March 3rd 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 14, 2010
March 2nd 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2010
March 1st 2010
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
February 28th 2010
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 — and whose main subject is the arts, culture, or entertainment — 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 Communication and Journalism
Application Deadline: March 11, 2010
February 27th 2010
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
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.
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
February 26th 2010
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) — 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) — 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) — Design a low-cost, rainwater harvesting storage tank. The award amount is $20,000. (Deadline: March 11, 2010.)
Small-Scale River Turbines (Peruvian Jungle) — 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.
Application Deadline: February 9, 2010
February 26th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: March 22, 2010
February 25th 2010
Home Depot Foundation Accepting Letters of Interest for Sustainable Community Development Awards
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.
Application Deadline: March 31, 2010 (Letter of Interest)
February 25th 2010
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
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
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 — 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.
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 — 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.
Application Deadline: March 8, 2010
February 23rd 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2010
February 23rd 2010
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.
Application Deadline: June 1, 2010
February 22nd 2010
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 — $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.
Application Deadline: March 31, 2010
February 21st 2010
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.
Application Deadline: March 15, 2010
February 20th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 2, 2010
February 19th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 6, 2010 (Letters of Inquiry)
February 19th 2010
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
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.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2010
February 18th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: February 26, 2010
February 17th 2010
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Invites Applications for New Scientific Council of Advisors
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.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
February 16th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: February 26, 2010
February 15th 2010
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 — 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
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.
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
February 12th 2010
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
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
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.
Application Deadline: April 30, 2010
February 11th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: February 12, 2010
February 10th 2010
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
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
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.
Application Deadline: March 8, 2010
February 9th 2010
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
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 — individual youth leaders between the ages of 13 and 17 working with youth-led nonprofit organizations; Adult Leader/Organization — individual leaders age 18 and over working with nonprofit organizations; and School Organization — 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.
Application Deadline: April 18, 2010
February 8th 2010
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
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
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.
Application Deadline: March 22, 2010
February 5th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
February 4th 2010
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. What’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 Hero’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
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
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.
Application Deadline: April 30, 2010
February 2nd 2010
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
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. Doré
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
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
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 — auction theory and algorithmic game theory relevant to online advertising auctions; Cloud Computing — storage, databases, and optimization for computing in a massively distributed environment; Social Computing — models, algorithms, and systems around social networks, social media, social search, and collaborative environments; Data Mining and Machine Learning — learning algorithms, feature generation, and evaluation methods to produce effective online and offline models of behavioral signals; Systems — Hardware, operating system, runtime, and language support for fast, scalable, efficient data centers; and Information Retrieval — search algorithms, information extraction, question answering, cross-lingual retrieval, and multimedia retrieval.
Application Deadline: February 15, 2010
January 26th 2010
American Psychological Foundation Accepting Applications for Visionary and Weiss Grants
The American Psychological Foundation is a nonprofit philanthropic organization that provides scholarships, grants, and awards to advance the science and practice of psychology for the understanding of behavior and the benefit of human welfare.
The APF’s Visionary and Weiss grant programs seek to seed innovation through the support of research, education, and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems in the following priority areas: understanding and fostering the connection between mental and physical health to ensure well-being; reducing stigma and prejudice to promote unity and harmony; understanding and preventing violence to create a safer, more humane world; and supporting programs that address the long-term psychological needs of individuals and communities in the aftermath of disaster.
One-year grants are available in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $20,000. In addition, a $10,000 Raymond A. and Rosalee G. Weiss Innovative Research and Programs Grant is available for any program that falls within APF’s priority areas.
American Psychological Foundation
Application Deadline: March 15, 2010
January 26th 2010
MAC AIDS Fund Announces 2010 U.S. Community Grants Program
The M·A·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 — 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 M·A·C AIDS Fund Web site after March 16, 2010, and will be due on June 15, 2010.
Application Deadline: March 16 & June 15, 2010
January 26th 2010
Jenzabar Foundation Announces Call for Nominations for Annual Student Leadership Awards
The Jenzabar Foundation has opened the nomination process for its third annual Student Leadership Awards. The awards will honor ten student-led campus groups or activities that have made a significant impact serving others through service and philanthropic activities beyond their own higher education institutions. This year, the Jenzabar Foundation Student Leadership Awards will include a new Social Entrepreneur of the Year category, which will recognize one outstanding leader or organization committed to tackling social issues and promoting social entrepreneurship.
The Jenzabar Foundation is accepting submissions from institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, religious organizations, and self-nominations from students for their community service or humanitarian efforts during the current or previous academic year. A $5,000 grant is included with the recognition to support the student or group’s future humanitarian endeavors.
The first step in the submission process is joining the Jenzabar Foundation Community Network and using the referral code: SLA2010. Once registered, applicants will be advised of the submission procedure.
Application Deadline: March 31, 2010
January 26th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: March 16, 2010
January 26th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: March 16, 2010
January 26th 2010
Jenzabar Foundation Announces Call for Nominations for Annual Student Leadership Awards
The Jenzabar Foundation has opened the nomination process for its third annual Student Leadership Awards. The awards will honor ten student-led campus groups or activities that have made a significant impact serving others through service and philanthropic activities beyond their own higher education institutions. This year, the Jenzabar Foundation Student Leadership Awards will include a new Social Entrepreneur of the Year category, which will recognize one outstanding leader or organization committed to tackling social issues and promoting social entrepreneurship.
The Jenzabar Foundation is accepting submissions from institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, religious organizations, and self-nominations from students for their community service or humanitarian efforts during the current or previous academic year. A $5,000 grant is included with the recognition to support the student or group’s future humanitarian endeavors.
The first step in the submission process is joining the Jenzabar Foundation Community Network and using the referral code: SLA2010. Once registered, applicants will be advised of the submission procedure.
Application Deadline: March 31, 2010
January 26th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: February 12, 2010
January 26th 2010
Motorola Foundation Commits $7.5 Million for U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Programs
The Motorola Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola, Inc., has announced that it will increase its 2010 giving to U.S. science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs to a total of $7.5 million through its signature Innovation Generation grants program.
The Innovation Generation grants program features three funding areas. Innovation Generation Grants will support targeted STEM education programs for U.S. pre-school through 12th grade students and teachers, with grants ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 each (Deadline: March 1, 2010.)
Innovation Generation Collaborative Grants will support medium- to large-scale STEM education collaborations between two or more nonprofit organizations, schools, and/or school districts, with joint requests ranging from $150,000 to $500,000 each. (Deadline: April 1, 2010.)
Innovation Generation University Grants will support hands-on competitions, seminars, and design competitions for undergraduate- and graduate-level students at select universities, with maximum grants of $50,000 each. (Deadline: March 1, 2010 for invited applicants only.)
Funding priority will be placed on programs that engage students and teachers in innovative hands-on activities, teach STEM as well as develop innovative thinking and creative problem-solving skills, focus on girls and minorities that are currently underrepresented in the STEM disciplines, and take place in communities with Motorola employees.
At least 25 percent of total grant dollars will support new programming that has been operating for less than two years and is not simply an expansion of an existing program. At least 15 percent of total grant dollars will support environment-focused programming.
Application Deadline: Various
January 26th 2010
MetLife Foundation Invites Applications for Community-Police Partnership Awards Program
MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation 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.
Cash grants will be awarded in two categories. Neighborhood Revitalization Awards (six awards of $15,000 to $25,000 each) will honor 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) will honor community and police partners who have achieved significant accomplishments in one of the following areas: applied technology; aesthetics and greenspace improvement; diversity inclusion and integration; drug market disruption; gang prevention and youth safety; and seniors and safety.
Eligible applicants are community organizations, community development corporations, police/sheriff’s departments, community partnerships, Weed & Seed programs, and collaboratives comprising more than one of these elements. Public agencies (including police departments and public schools) must apply in conjunction with at least one nonprofit 501©(3) organization that was a leading partner in the collaboration and will serve as a fiscal agent for award funds. Applicants must be U.S.-based.
Awardees will receive monetary grants ranging from $15,000 to $25,000 each. Case studies about award-winning partnerships will be disseminated throughout the community development and law enforcement industries.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Application Deadline: February 26, 2010
January 26th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2010
January 26th 2010
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.)
Application Deadline: Various
January 26th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2010.
January 21st 2010
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
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Announces Digital Media and Learning Competition
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced the Digital Media and Learning Competition, a $2 million open competition for ideas with the potential to transform learning using digital media.
The competition seeks designers, inventors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and others to build digital media experiences — the learning labs of the 21st century — that help young people interact, share, build, and explore in new and innovative ways. Supported by a grant to the University of California at Irvine, the competition was planned and announced in partnership with National Lab Day, a movement to revitalize science, technology, engineering, and math in schools that was highlighted at a recent White House event.
The competition is designed to promote “participatory learning,” the notion that young people often learn best through sharing and involvement. Participatory learning, as defined by the competition, is a form of learning connected to individual interests and passions, inherently social in nature, and occurring during hands-on, creative activities. Successful learning labs and games will exploit all of these elements.
Awards will be made in two categories: 21st Century Learning Lab Designers and Game Changers. The competition includes three rounds of submissions, with public comment at each stage. The public will also be invited to judge the final candidates, including the selection of People’s Choice awards in each category.
The 2010 Digital Media and Learning Competition includes three rounds of submission. The public will have the opportunity to review all submissions at each stage and is invited to provide comments intended to strengthen the application and/or to assist judges in their considerations or ask questions to help clarify the application. The competition will invite the public to judge the final list of candidates.
The application system opens on January 15, 2010. During this period, applicants are encouraged to seek partnerships with other applicants that may make either or both proposed projects stronger. Preliminary applications are due on January 22, 2010.
Visit the competition Web site for complete program guidelines.
Digital Media and Learning Competition
Application Deadline: January 22, 2010
January 20th 2010
Caring Institute Invites Nominations for Caring Awards
The Caring Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 1985 to honor and promote the values of caring, integrity, and public service, is accepting nominations for individuals from nine to 99 years old for the 2010 Caring Awards. Nominees should exemplify caring and serve as worthy role models for others.
Award criteria include length of service, scope and impact of work, challenges overcome, and imagination and innovation. Based on these criteria, a class of nominees is selected for the official ballot. Then the Board of Trustees and previous Caring Award winners cast their votes for those who are most outstanding. All winners are honored at a special ceremony, and young adult winners receive funds for college.
Visit the Caring Institute Web site for complete program guidelines.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
January 20th 2010
Nominations Invited for International Civil Courage Prize
The Train Foundation is accepting nominations for the International Civil Courage Prize of $50,000.
The Civil Courage Prize honors civil courage — steadfast resistance to evil at great personal risk — rather than military valor. The acts that the prize recognizes should have taken place deliberately, over time. Past honorees include Aminatou Haidar of Western Sahara, Emadeddin Baghi of Iran, Min Ko Naing of Burma, and Anna Politkovskaya of Russia.
The recipient will be chosen by the foundation trustees on the basis of nominations solicited primarily from nonprofit, non-governmental organizations worldwide.
For additional information, or to download a nomination form, visit the Civil Courage Prize Web site.
Application Deadline: February 19, 2010
January 20th 2010
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 foundation’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 agency’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:
Application Deadline: January 31, 2010
January 20th 2010
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
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.
Application Deadline: February 6, 2010
January 20th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: February 5, 2010
January 20th 2010
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.
Application Deadline: February 26, 2010.
January 20th 2010
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 — individual, arts organization, or company employee — 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.
Application Deadline: February 26, 2010
October 24th 2009
Master Plan Q and A Video - hot off the press!
Master Plan Q & A at NPN from Neighborhoods Partnership Networ on Vimeo.
Neighborhoods Partnership network hosted a Q & A session between the City Planning Commission and New Orleans Residents who had questions or concerns regarding the Master Plan. This session was held over a 2-day period and was open to the public. This video represents only a small portion of the discussions. Please visit nolamasterplan.org for more information on the New Orleans Master Plan.
October 24th 2009
Master Plan Q and A Video - hot off the press!
Master Plan Q & A at NPN from Neighborhoods Partnership Networ on Vimeo.
Neighborhoods Partnership network hosted a Q & A session between the City Planning Commission and New Orleans Residents who had questions or concerns regarding the Master Plan. This session was held over a 2-day period and was open to the public. This video represents only a small portion of the discussions. Please visit nolamasterplan.org for more information on the New Orleans Master Plan.
October 12th 2009
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
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
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
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:
October 12th 2009
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:
October 12th 2009
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:
October 12th 2009
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:
October 12th 2009
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 7th 2009
Scalise: More than $4 Million in Katrina Recovery Funding for Southeast Louisiana
Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) is awarding $4,616,532 in Project Worksheet (PW) funding for East Jefferson General Hospital, the Jefferson Parish School System, and Jackson Barracks.
“We have been working hard to get FEMA to approve these projects and distribute the funds so our communities can recover,” Scalise said. “Our delegation will continue to stay focused on the many projects that remain stuck in bureaucratic red-tape.”
These funds will be used for costs incurred by the following organizations as a result of property damage during Hurricane Katrina. The breakdown of funding is below.
· East Jefferson General Hospital – $1,283,024 for the cost of interim housing sites used immediately in the aftermath of the storm.
· Jefferson Parish School System – $2,324,658 to restore Thomas Jefferson Public School.
· Jackson Barracks – $1,008,849 to repair building 38 on the Jackson Barracks Campus.
PW’s are used to document the scope and cost estimates for a project so FEMA has the necessary information to approve funding for the project. Each project is documented on a separate PW.
October 5th 2009
Gustav/Ike Public Meeting - Oct. 8th
Public Meeting Notice
Thursday, October 8, 2009
5:30-7:00 pm
City Council Chamber, City Hall
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
The City of New Orleans has received notice that Orleans Parish will receive $1,982,628.00 from the State’s $1,058,690,549.00 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to assist in recovery and rebuilding activities within the parish as a result of the impact of Hurricane Gustav and Ike.
This meeting is designed to obtain input from citizens on potential recovery projects.
The State Action Plan delineates housing, economic development, and infrastructure as the general categories eligible for funding. These will be described in more detail at the meeting. The CDBG funding is intended for certain uses, and each project must meet at least one CDBG national objective. The national objectives are: – Eliminating Slum and Blight – Benefit to Low and Moderate Income Persons, or – Urgent Need
Those who want a copy of the State framework that outlines the types of projects that are eligible for funding can download the plan from the City’s website at http://www.cityofno.com, or come to the Office of Community Development, 1340 Poydras Street, Room 917, New Orleans, LA 70112.
City of New Orleans encourages the participation of minorities, the disabled, low income persons, the elderly, residents of public housing developments, community-based organizations, and all others. This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for additional accommodations or any assistance to participate may be directed to the Office of Public Advocacy at 504-658-4015 (voice), 504-658-4002 (facsimile), or the City’s TTY 504-586-4475.
If you have any further questions about this meeting please call Dubravka Gilic at (504)658-7019 or email her at . Citizens wishing to participate that are unable to attend the hearing may submit written correspondence via email or mail to the above listed address.
October 5th 2009
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.
October 5th 2009
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.
September 28th 2009
FEMA Public Notice: Posting Comments on Wheatley & Lafon school buildings
If you were unable to attend but wish to comment, you may do so before September 30, 2009 via either of the following methods:
1. Posting a comment on the CRT website: “Link”: http://www.crt.state.la.us/culturalassets/FEMA106/
2. Sending written comments to: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Louisiana Transitional Recovery Office, EHP Department, 1250 Poydras Box #43, New Orleans, LA 70113
You may also read the public notices for each demolition at the web address above.
September 22nd 2009
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
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.
September 21st 2009
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
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
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.
September 21st 2009
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.
September 21st 2009
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.
September 21st 2009
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.
September 11th 2009
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Please take a moment to participate in our short poll regarding possible Trumpet subscriptions:
“Link”: http://npntrumpet.blogspot.com/2009/09/survey-results-glowday.html
September 11th 2009
Master Plan Open House
Dear Citizen Planner:
You are receiving this e-mail because you participated in developing the 21st Century Plan for New Orleans.
On Saturday, September 19th at the Dryades YMCA 2228 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, between 9 AM and 2 PM, you will have an opportunity to learn more about the 21st Century Plan and provide additional input at an “Open House” sponsored by the City Planning Commission. The Commission will begin holding formal public hearings in mid- October.
The City’s Plan for the 21st Century will be posted by midnight the evening of Monday, September 14th and will be available at http://www.nolamasterplan.org. A video introduction to the plan and an overview of its major elements is available at: http://www.brightmomentsnola.com/CenturyPlanPlayer512.html.
Just click on the link to view the 20 minute video.
You can also access the “Guide to the Master Plan”, prepared by the Neighborhoods Partnership Network Network at http://www.nolamasterplan.org.
We encourage your participation in the September 19th Open House and your active involvement in the Public Hearings that will take place on October 13th and 16th before the City Planning Commission. The Planning Commission is scheduled to make a recommendation on the Plan at its October 27th meeting. The New Orleans City Council will then deliberate the Plan and conduct additional Public Hearings. A final decision on a Plan is expected early in 2010.
Please feel free to share this information with your colleagues, associates, family and friends. The Plan for the 21st Century is about our future and our collective will to make our City great.
And of course you are invited to bring any comments or questions to the Open House taking place Saturday, September 19th from 9 am to 2 pm at the Dryades YMCA, 2220 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
Please stay involved. Thanks.
Lester Johnson, Chair
City Planning Commission
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September 9th 2009
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
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
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
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
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
City Planning Commission Public Hearing - Tuesday, September 22, 2009
1:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
The City Planning Commission in accordance with provisions of article 16 of the comprehensive zoning ordinance number 4264 M.C.S., as amended, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, in the City Council Chamber (City Hall 1E07) on proposed amendments to the comprehensive zoning law of the city of New Orleans.
September 9th 2009
City Planning Commission Meeting - Tuesday, September 8, 2009
1:30 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
The City Planning Commission in accordance with provisions of article 16 of the comprehensive zoning ordinance number 4264 M.C.S., as amended, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, in the City Council Chamber (City Hall 1E07) on proposed amendments to the comprehensive zoning law of the city of New Orleans.
September 9th 2009
$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
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.
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.
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.
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