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Grants Listing
General grant resources are listed here, followed by grant opportunities by
category. Please send new grant
information by e-mail.
Categories
Citizenship
Community and economic development
Education
Environment
Health
Media/telecommunications
Sciences/social sciences
Social issues
Special populations
Technology
Additional links to grant opportunities can be found
on the Digital
Divide News page.
Citizenship
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CIRCLE
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CIRCLE (Center for Information and Research
on Civic Learning and Engagement) supports research
on the civic engagement of young Americans. CIRCLE
funds research, not practice. However, all CIRCLE-funded
research should have implications for specified
categories of practitioners such as legislators,
candidates, teachers, educational administrators,
youth-serving organizations, journalists, professional
associations, or nonprofits that work to encourage
youth voting and political participation. Not accepting grant requests at this time. Previous requests for proposals (RFPs) are listed on the CIRCLE website.
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Dirksen
Congressional Center
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Special Project Grants
The Center serves two primary audiences: scholars who conduct research about
Congress and teachers who teach social studies, history, political science,
and other subjects which relate to Congress. Accordingly, the Michel Special
Projects grants are intended to fund work that advances the public understanding
of the federal legislature through research and teaching.
There is no deadline. Complete information about eligibility and application
procedures can be found at Dirksen
Congressional Center Civic Education Grants.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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As part of its We the People
initiative, NEH invites proposals for challenge grants designed to help
institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support
for humanities activities that explore significant themes and events in
American history, thereby advancing knowledge of how the founding principles
of the United States have shaped American history and culture for more than 200 years. The Endowment particularly welcomes proposals for
programming at America's historic places (historic sites, neighborhoods,
communities, or larger geographical regions) as well as applications that
address this theme through the use of digital technologies.
For more information, visit
We the People. The annual deadline is in February.
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NetAid (Mercy Corps) Global Action Awards
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The awards honor high school students in the United States who have organized
and led a project that has impacted people in poor countries or raised awareness
about global poverty in their own communities, in areas such as preventing disease,
alleviating hunger, protecting the environment, promoting human rights, and
improving access to clean drinking water, health care, or education.
Projects may involve organizing advocacy campaigns, raising funds, volunteering,
or using media and technology to involve others in the fight against global poverty.
Honorees receive $5,000 each for college or a charitable cause of their choice.
For guidelines and application materials, visit NetAid.
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Open
Society Institute: U.S. Justice Fund
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The Justice Fund's primary focus areas and grants are: After Prison Initiative, Baltimore Justice Programs, Drug Policy Reform, Gideon Project (criminal justice individual rights), Judicial Independence Program, Soro Justice Fellowships, and Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives. Letters of inquiry are accepted at any
time. For details about specific programs, visit the U.S. Justice Fund grant page.
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Community and Economic Development
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Air
Products
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The
Air Products Corporate Contributions Program
funding areas of interest include: higher education
and pre-college education; the environment and safety; community and economic development; arts and culture;
and fitness, health, and welfare. Requests for funding are
accepted at any time. For more information, visit
Air
Products Grant Application Process.
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Allstate Foundation
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The Allstate Foundation accepts proposals year-round
for its Safe & Vital Communities program. The
program works to foster a feeling of belonging,
commitment, and safety in our country's communities
through creating economically healthy and crime-free
living environments. Proposals should focus on: tolerance, inclusion and diversity, school anti-violence,
and/or revitalization of communities. Nonprofit
organizations that serve multiple regions of the
United States, the city of Chicago, or have a proposal
with national scope should submit their proposals
directly to the Allstate Foundation's home office.
Nonprofit organizations that serve particular cities,
states, or regions should submit their requests
directly to the appropriate Field Office listed
under "Local Contacts." Deadlines vary. For more information,
call (847) 402-5502 or visit the Allstate
Foundation.
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Citigroup Foundation
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Citigroup
Foundation provides grants for financial education
programs and supports organizations that deliver
economic and financial education to young people
to help them learn how to create wealth in their
community and make informed financial choices. Grants
are for teacher training and innovative teaching
strategies that increase student achievement, to
reinforce community-led efforts to revitalize low-income
neighborhoods, and to support community-based health
and human services programs and disaster relief
efforts. There is no deadline. For detailed information, visit the
Citigroup
Foundation Grant Guidelines.
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Community Capacity Development Office
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The Office of Justice Programs' Community Capacity Development Office has released its FY 2007 Weed and Seed Communities Competitive Program Guide
and Application Kit
to further the department's mission to prevent, control, and reduce
violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity. Designed for
neighborhoods with persistent high levels of serious violent crime and
corresponding social problems, the Weed and Seed initiative is a
community-based, comprehensive multi-agency approach to law
enforcement, crime prevention, and neighborhood restoration. Weed and
Seed communities must be developed in partnership with many local
organizations to reduce crime and improve the quality of life in a
community primarily through the redeployment of existing public and
private resources into the community. Deadlines vary.
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Hitachi Foundation
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A program of the Hitachi Foundation, the Yoshiyama
Award annually honors up to 12 high school seniors
from around the country for their community-service
activities. The award is accompanied by a gift of
$5,000, dispensed over two years. Recipients may
use the award at their discretion. The award is
not a scholarship. Recipients are invited to participate
in a special award ceremony in Washington, D.C.,
and a retreat with other awardees—activities
designed to allow recipients to exchange ideas and
strategies, develop a network, and increase their
leadership skills and knowledge of effective social
change. The 2008 nomination process opens in December 2007.
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Janus Foundation
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The
Janus Foundation looks to develop partnerships with
nonprofit organizations that are innovative, visionary,
and forward thinking in their approach in communities
throughout the country. The Foundation focuses on
two giving areas nationally: at-risk youth through
education, and community service and volunteerism.
The Foundation also supports cultural institutions
in the Denver metro area. The annual deadline is August 31. For more information, go to the Janus
Foundation.
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Laura Jane Musser Fund
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The
Laura Jane Musser Fund provides support to nonprofit
organizations throughout the United States in the
program areas of intercultural harmony and environment.
Within intercultural harmony, preference is given
to programs that offer members of various cultures
opportunities to work together on projects with
common goals. The environment/community Initiative
assists local governments or other public or nonprofit
organizations in rural areas and non-urban communities
in undertaking consensus-based processes in two
areas: environmental stewardship and environmental dispute resolution. Deadlines vary by subject area. For further information, visit
the Laura
Jane Musser Fund.
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State Farm Youth Advisory Board
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The State Farm Youth Advisory Board plans to fund $5 million in
service-learning projects, with grants of $25,000 to $100,000 each. The request for proposals focuses on four project areas: disaster preparedness, driver safety, financial education, and access to higher education. Eligible organizations/institutions must be located in the
United States or Canada. Applicants should be either an educator who
currently teaches in a public K-12, charter, or higher education
institution, or a school-based service-learning coordinator whose
primary role is to coordinate service-learning projects in a public,
charter, or higher education institution. Nonprofit organizations are
also eligible if they are able to demonstrate how they plan to actively
interact with students in public K-12 schools. The RFPs can be viewed
at the State Farm Youth Advisory Board website. Questions? E-mail: joel.rogers.PDQS@statefarm.com.
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UPS Foundation
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The UPS Foundation supports nonprofit organizations whose programs target increasing literacy, eliminating hunger, and promoting volunteerism. However, they no longer respond to unsolicited proposals. Visit UPS Foundation Grant Guidelines for more information.
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Walgreen
Company Contribution Program
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The
Walgreen Company awards grants in the following program areas: non-hospital based health agencies; tutorial programs in inner city neighborhoods; and community and social service agencies
that serve areas where Walgreens has a significant presence. For more information, visit Walgreens Contribution Guidelines.
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Wells
Fargo Grants
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Wells Fargo makes grants directed to three primary
areas: community development, education, and human services. They accept grant proposals throughout the year.
For more information, as well as grant guidelines, visit Wells
Fargo Corporate Giving.
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Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation
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The
Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation supports programs
of national and international significance that
promote the welfare of human and natural resources. Review the guidelines for General
Program, Children's Initiative,
or Sustainable Forest and Communities
Initiative here: Weyerhaeuser
Family Foundation.
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Education
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AT&T Foundation
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The AT&T Foundation provides grants to organizations and programs that
address quality-of-life issues, with an emphasis on improving education,
advancing community development, addressing vital community needs and
enhancing unique cultural assets. Implicit within the foundation focus
are efforts that advance opportunities for diverse populations. There are
no application deadlines. For more information,
visit AT&T
Grant Making Guidelines.
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The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
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The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy 2008 National Grant Competition seeks to develop or expand U.S.
projects that are designed to support the development of literacy
skills for adult primary caregivers and their children. For more information, contact Kiev Richardson at krichardson@cfncr.org or visit the Foundation's website.
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The Corporation for National and Community Service
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Approximately $40 million in
grant funds are available to support service-learning projects in a
variety of settings. The grant funds will be divided between
school-based, community-based, higher education, and tribal and U.S.
territory programs. This program is
particularly focused on ensuring that more youth in disadvantaged
circumstances are able to engage in service-learning and on expanding
the use of service-learning to more schools, colleges, and community
organizations. Information and application instructions are available here. Multiple end dates.
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Dollar
General Grant Programs
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The
Dollar General Grant Programs
support nonprofit organizations in the communities
in 27 states where company stores are located. The
Grant Programs support adult literacy, back-to-school, school library relief, family literacy, and youth
literacy.
The Back-to-School Grant Program awards grants to assist schools in implementing new
programs or purchasing new equipment, materials,
or software for their school library or literacy
program. Visit Dollar General for program details and application
guidelines.
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Federal
Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
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FREE makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal
government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are
included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly. For
more information, visit FREE.
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ING Unsung Heroes Awards Program
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Through the ING Unsung Heroes program, ING awards $240,000 in grants each year to K-12 educators to help fund innovative classroom projects. Visit the ING Unsung Heroes website to find out more about the program and download an application for this year's awards.
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John Glenn School of Public Affairs
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With
support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the John Glenn School of Public Affairs has
established the John Glenn Scholars in Service-Learning. Between
2004 and 2007, the school recognized scholars whose research efforts contribute to advancing the
understanding of or adoption of service-learning, with specific
emphasis on K–12 education. This project continues the leadership and visibility established by the
National Commission on Service-Learning and sustains the work of
Learning In Deed. It supports stabilization of research,
practice, policy, advocacy, and resource development for service-learning by
enhancing visibility and building leadership within each of those areas.
For information on the 2008 program, visit the John Glenn Scholars Service-Learning site.
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Libri Foundation
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The Libri Foundation is a nationwide nonprofit organization
that donates new, quality hardcover children's
books to small, rural public libraries in the United
States through its Books for Children program. The
Foundation works with Friends of the
Library and other local organizations to encourage community involvement and reward local support of libraries. The Friends and other local sponsors can contribute from $50
to $350, which the Foundation matches on a 2-to-1
ratio. Grants are awarded three times a year. Deadlines are January 15, April 15, and August 15.
For more information, visit the Libri
Foundation Grant Application Guidelines page.
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National Book Scholarship Fund
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ProLiteracy
Worldwide established the National
Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF). The NBSF provides books
for family literacy programs that work with parents and children to
help them improve their literacy skills. These materials, which are
from New Readers Press, the publishing division of ProLiteracy, are
also provided to English-as-a-second-language (ESL) and adult basic
education initiatives. NBSF also includes projects that involve women-focused literacy programming. Annual deadlines are in early December. For
more information, go to the National Book Scholarship Fund website.
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National Geographic Society Education Foundation
Teacher Grants
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The
National Geographic Society's Education Foundation
seeks to prepare children to embrace a diverse world,
succeed in a global economy, and steward the planet's
resources. Teacher grants are given directly to
educators to facilitate their work in the classroom,
school, district, and community. Grant applications
are accepted from any current K–12 teacher
or administrator in an accredited school. Desired projects advance federal geography education policy, improve public understanding of the importance and relevance of geographic
literacy, and support model programs in geography education. Projects that have outreach to urban areas
are particularly encouraged. Deadlines are in June. For further information,
visit the National
Geographic Society Education Foundation.
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Tolerance.org Teaching Grants
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Tolerance.org invites preK-12 classroom teachers to apply for grants of $500 to $2,500 to support projects designed to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools, and/or support educator professional development in these areas. There is no deadline for proposals. To learn more, visit Tolerance.org.
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VSA Arts Foundation and MetLife Foundation "Arts Connect All"
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VSA arts is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1974 to create
a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and
enjoy the arts. Arts Connect All grants encourage arts organizations to create
or enhance multi-session, inclusive education programs by strengthening
partnerships with local public schools. Deadlines are in early December.
Visit the VSA arts site for
more information. continue to page 2
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