This list, updated weekly, contains summaries of public and private-sector grant opportunities that may be of interest to grantees.
To view a list of Recurring Submissions, click here.
June 2009
Title: Neighborhood Builders Program
Funder: Bank of America
Deadline: June 30, 2009
Grant Award: $200,000 in general operating support — $100,000 annually for 2 years
Description: The Neighborhood Builders Program is a part of Bank of America's Neighborhood Excellence Initiative which recognizes, nurtures, and rewards community-based organizations, local heroes and student leaders working to improve their communities. They focus on areas such as: education, community development/neighborhood preservation, arts and culture, and health and human services.
For More Information: http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=fd_neighborbuilders
Title: Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) Program
Funder: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education
Description: The purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance to rural districts to assist them in meeting their state's definition of adequate yearly progress (AYP). Applicants do not compete but rather are entitled to funds if they meet basic eligibility requirements. Recipients may use program funds to conduct activities under the following ESEA programs: Title I, Part A (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged); Title II, Part A (Improving Teacher Quality State Grants, # 84.367); Title II, Part D (Educational Technology State Grants, # 84.318); Title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students); Title IV, Part A (Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities); Title IV, Part B (21st-Century Community Learning Centers, # 84.287); and Title V, Part A (State Grants for Innovative Programs).
Award: Varies
Eligibility: State Eligibility Spreadsheets for Fiscal Year 2009 - List of all LEAs that were eligible for the Small Rural School Achievement Program (SRSA) program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 by state.
Deadline: June 30, 2009
For more information: http://www.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/index.html
July 2009
Title: Effectiveness, Practice, and Implementation in CMHS's Children's Sites
Funder: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Description: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites research grant applications on services delivered to children, adolescents, and their families through the Center for Mental Health Services’ (CMHS) Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program initiative (hereafter referred to as the “Children’s Services Program”). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages studies of the effectiveness of interventions delivered at these sites, the nature and impact of routine prevention or clinical practice, and factors related to successful implementation of preventive or treatment interventions.
Award: Up to $450,000
Eligibility: For-profit/non-profit, public/private, domestic/foreign institutions are eligible to apply.
Expiration/Closing Date: July 6, 2009
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-091.html
Title: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships 2009-2010
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Deadline: July 7, 2009 (Stage 1 brief proposal); November 10, 2009 (Stage 2 invited proposal)
Grant Award: $200,000-$500,000
Description: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships (LFP) program forges relationships between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers to fund promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities. Projects must be new, innovative, collaborative and community-based. Significant program expansions—into new regions or to new populations—may also be considered. Please note that these funds may not be used to maintain existing projects. Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker committed to participating as one of the funding partners.
For More Information: http://www.rwjf.org/files/applications/cfp/cfp_LFP2010.pdf
Funder: American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
Description: The Child Welfare Foundation accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which meet one of the Foundation’s two basic purposes:
• To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and
• To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society.
Award: n/a
Eligibility: Grants are awarded only to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations.
Deadline: July 15, 2009
For more information: http://www.legion.org/cwf/grantseekers/overview
September 2009
Title: Peaceful Pathways: Reducing Exposure to Violence
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships
Description: Through this special solicitation from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation partners with diversity focused funders and other local grantmakers to fund projects to reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location.
Award: $50,000–$200,000
Eligibility: Projects must be new, community-based and culturally appropriate, reflecting how language skills, significant cultural differences, education, income and discrimination affect health outcomes. Community members should be engaged in planning and leadership. Applicants must be nominated by a diversity focused funder that is principally concerned with the population to be served. The additional funding partners may come from independent and private foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and other philanthropies. All the local funding partners must be willing to work with grantees to obtain sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period.
Deadline: September 1, 2009; January 5, 2010.
For more information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20781
Title: State Giving Program
Funder: Wal-Mart Foundation
Description: The Foundation funds organizations that address the unmet needs of people in our communities. The Foundation’s areas of focus include Education, Health & Wellness, Environmental Sustainability and Workforce Development / Economic Opportunity. The Wal-Mart Foundation has a particular interest in supporting the following populations: veterans and military families, traditionally underserved groups, individuals with disabilities and people impacted by natural disasters.
Award: At least $25,000
Eligibility: Organizations that are currently listed in the Internal Revenue Service's current 50 State Master File are eligible.
Deadline: September 18, 2009
For more information: http://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/8168.aspx?p=8979
October 2009
Title: Verizon Foundation Grants
Funder: Verizon Foundation
Description: The Verizon Foundation has created a grant program to help schools and community agencies increase their literacy and education success, as well as achieve and sustain health and safety, specifically by teaching students how to avoid becoming abusers or victims of domestic violence.
Award: $2,500 to $4,500,000
Eligibility: Proposals will be considered from eligible tax-exempt organizations in certain 501(c)(3) subsections as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Proposals will also be considered from elementary and secondary schools* (public and private) that are registered with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Proposals may also be considered from eligible tax-exempt organizations in the subsection 170(B)(1)(a)(i) - Church, provided that the proposal will benefit a large portion of a community without regard to religious affiliation and does not duplicate the work of other agencies in the community.
Deadline: October 31 , 2009
For more information: http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml
November 2009
Title: Corinne G. Levin Educational Fund Grants
Funder: William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
Grant Award: $500-$1000
Description: The Fund aims to strengthen mutual trust and respect between parents and educators by supporting opportunities to work together. The Levin Fund believes that successful interactions will deepen relationships, cultivate new ideas and encourage parents and teachers to build on positive experiences that benefit young children. The Levin Fund welcomes proposals from diverse community and school groups serving children at several levels: day care, pre-school, and kindergarten through grade eight. The Levin Fund Advisory Committee, comprised of family and friends, reviews the submitted proposals. Preference is given to small projects that:
promote partnerships; build the capacity of parents and teachers regarding educational innovation; provide opportunities for the self-directed continuing education of educators; provide in-school educational resources for parents; support study/discussion groups to create common understanding of educational concerns; provide workshops that build concepts/skills to improve education for young children.
Deadline: November 1
For More Information: http://www.wcgmf.org/simple.php?name=grants_other
Recurring Submissions
Title: The Children and Youths Grant (Pennsylvania and New Jersey)
Funder: The William Penn Foundation
Description: To support those who promote full development in children and youth so they may become capable adults and contribute to their communities. Proposals may include: high-quality child care and early education, strong families and safe homes, strengthening public education, and youth development.
Award: TBD
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations in Philadelphia and in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties. In some instances, government agencies may be eligible if no nonprofit organization can conduct the equivalent activity.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: WPF 2 Logan Square, 11th Floor, 100 North 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103; (215) 988-1830; fax (215) 988-1823 moreinfo@williampennfoundation.org; http://www.williampennfoundation.org
Title: The Children and Youths Grant
Funder: The UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation
Description: Parents and guardians may receive grants to help them pay for the health care of children who are only partially covered by insurance. These services should aim to improve a child’s quality of life through dental treatments, hearing aids, eyeglasses, and physical and speech therapy.
Award: Grants are no more than $5,000 each.
Eligibility: Parents and guardians of children aged 16 years or younger. Applicants must live in the United States and have commercial health insurance coverage. Funds will not support families with a gross income per individual exceeding $20,000. Grants will not cover past medical costs.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: UHCF P.O. Box 41, MN012-S286, Minneapolis, Minn. 55440; (800) 328-5979, ext. 24459 http://www.uhccf.org/apply.html
Title: Grants from the Teammates for Kids Foundation
Funder: Teammates for Kids Foundation
Description: The Teammates for Kids Foundation accepts proposals for grants from nonprofit organizations that specialize in working with children. Grants from the Foundation support the on-going work of operating organizations that help needy children in the areas of health, education and inner-city services.
Award: $10,000–$50,000
Eligibility: The organization must be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service.
For more information: http://www.teammatesforkids.com/grantQualify07.html
Title: Washington Mutual Corporate Giving
Funder: Washington Mutual, Inc.
Description: Washington Mutual makes grants to education programs that benefit K–12 public schools where a majority of students receive free and reduced-price lunches. Grants are focused on the areas of professional development for teachers and principals and school improvement strategies that improve student achievement and help parents take advantage of resources available in the school system for their child.
Award: Varies
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.wamu.com/about/community/grantsguidelines/k12publiceducation.asp
Title: Community Grant Program
Funder: Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation
Description: Created to support frontline educators who often do not have a voice in funding decisions, the program will subsidize small, concrete projects to improve inner-city education in Boston, Hartford, Providence, Washington D.C., or New York City. The proposed use of the grant must be to fund a specific, one-time future education-related need or idea that promises to improve inner-city education within one year of the grant award.
Award: The foundation will generally consider grant applications monthly and award grants in an amount totaling not more than $2,000 in any one month.
Eligibility: The applicant must be a "frontline educational worker" who is involved in education or a related field in one of the communities eligible for grants. The proposed recipient must be a non-profit or tax-exempt organization (e.g., a public school) that is willing to accept the grant and use it in the required manner.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.brownrudnickcenter.com/foundation/communitygrant.asp
Title: Youth and Education Grants
Funder: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Description: The goal of youth and education programming is to support healthy infant, child, and youth development by mobilizing, strengthening, and aligning systems that affect children's learning.
Award: Not specified.
Eligibility: To be eligible for a grant, the organization or institution, as well as the purpose of the proposed project, must qualify under regulations of the United States Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) organization.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=54&CID=3&NID=17&LanguageID=0
Title: Annenberg Foundation Grants
Funder: Annenberg Foundation
Description: The Annenberg Foundation exists to advance public well-being through improved communication. As a principal means of achieving this goal, the Foundation encourages the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge. The Annenberg Foundation provides support for projects within its grant-making interest areas of education and youth, arts and culture, civic and community, and health.
Award: N/A
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/grants/
Title: RGK Foundation Grants
Funder: RGK Foundation
Description: RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of Education, Community, and Medicine/Health. The Foundation's primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.
Award: $25,000
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.rgkfoundation.org/guidelines.php#programs
Funder: The Wallace Foundation
Description: Our mission is to support and share effective ideas and practices that enable institutions to expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all people. To achieve this, we are focusing exclusively on three major areas:
- Strengthening educational leadership in ways that significantly improve student achievement.
- Helping selected cities make high-quality out-of-school learning opportunities available to many more children.
- Making the arts a part of many more people’s lives by working with arts organizations, schools and other providers of arts education and experience to build both present and future arts audiences.
Award: N/A
Eligibility: We identify and evaluate prospective grantees through the issuance of Requests for Proposals or other careful screening processes, and unsolicited proposals are rarely funded. Organizations wishing to send a one- to two-page letter of inquiry (please do not send videotapes or e-mail inquiries) describing the project, your organization, the estimated total for the project and the portion requiring funding, should write to:
The Wallace Foundation
General Management
5 Penn Plaza, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Deadline: N/A
For more information: http://www.wallacefoundation.org/WF/GrantsPrograms/
GrantApproach/FundingGuidelines.htm
Title: Rosie's For All Kids Foundation Grants
Funder: Rosie's For All Kids Foundation
Description: The grant programs are currently organized into two main areas:
Early Childhood Care And Education
Direct service grants focusing on tuition subsidies, small renovation projects, supplies and equipment upgrades, playground construction and staff development opportunities.
Cutie Patootie™ Centers
Capacity building grants providing capital support for new building and renovation projects to expand access to high quality care and education centers in low-income, major urban communities. Please note that the Foundation accepts Cutie Patootie™ Center proposals by invitation only.
Award: $15,000 and $40,000
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations providing low-income children with early childhood care and education services located in major urban centers within the domestic U.S. Awarded grants are issued only to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping low-income children and their families through quality childcare and early childhood education curriculum.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.forallkids.org/site.php
Title: Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants Program
Funder: Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Description: The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation believes that all children are capable of learning and achieving at high levels and deserve a quality public education. The Foundation seeks to help traditionally underserved children in large urban centers evolve into active, contributing members of society by helping them prepare for college and the workforce. In the U.S., MSDF funds system-level initiatives to raise performance expectations; enable and support teachers, principals, and district employees; and engage all stakeholders in a united effort to drive student achievement gains in public schools.
Award: $500-several million
Eligibility: Applicants must be applying on behalf of a charitable or tax-exempt organization. MSDF seeks to fund projects that directly serve or impact children in five essential focus areas: education, health, safety, youth development and early childhood care.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.msdf.org/priorities/default.aspx
Title: Striving Readers Program
Funder: U.S Dept. of Education
Description: The purpose of the Striving Readers program is to raise the reading achievement levels of middle and high school-aged students in Title I-eligible schools with significant numbers of students reading below grade level. The program supports new comprehensive reading initiatives or expansion of existing initiatives that improve the quality of literacy instruction across the curriculum, provide intensive literacy interventions to struggling adolescent readers, and help to build a strong, scientific research base for identifying and replicating strategies that improve adolescent literacy skills.
Award: varies
Eligibility: Eligible applicants for Striving Readers include LEAs that have schools that are eligible to receive funds under Part A of Title I of the ESEA, pursuant to section 1113 of the ESEA, and serve students in one or more grades in grades 6 through 12.
Deadline: N/A
For more information: http://www.ed.gov/programs/strivingreaders/index.html
Title: Allstate Foundation Grants
Funder: Allstate Foundation
Description: The Allstate Foundation supports national and local programs in three focus areas, one of which is the Safe and Vital Communities program that addresses catastrophe response, youth anti-violence, neighborhood revitalization, or teen safe driving.
Award: Varies
Eligibility: The Allstate Foundation makes grants to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.allstate.com/foundation/funding-guidelines.aspx
Title: GTECH After School Advantage
Funder: GTECH
Description: The GTECH After School Advantage Program is a national community investment program, which provides non-profit community agencies with state-of-the-art computer labs. These Computer Centers are designed to provide inner-city children (ages 5–15) with a meaningful, yet fun, learning experience during the critical after-school hours in a safe environment. This initiative is meant to provide an otherwise unavailable educational experience and bridge the digital divide among at-risk children. By applying our knowledge and expertise to this type of program GTECH hopes to increase children's interest in careers in computers and provide them with the necessary tools to help them become more competitive in school and in today's job market.
Eligibility: The potential recipients must be a nonprofit 501(C)(3) community agency, be located in a jurisdiction in which GTECH does business, have an existing after-school program in need of a computer lab, serve disadvantaged youth aged five to 15, of diverse backgrounds, and have staffing and monetary support systems in place to sustain the lab.
Award: $15,000
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.gtech.com/about_gtech/proposal_guidelines.asp
Title: Ford Motor Company Fund Grants
Funder: Ford Motor Company Fund
Description: Ford Fund supports not-for-profit organizations in three major areas: Innovation and Education, Community Development and American Legacy, and Auto-Related Safety Education. Through our active involvement, we seek to build partnerships with organizations that have a well-defined sense of purpose, a demonstrated commitment to maximizing available resources, and a reputation for meeting objectives and delivering quality programs and services. We place priority on the support and development of organizations that promote diversity and inclusion.
Award: varies
Eligibility: Organizations with 501(c)(3) status
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.ford.com/en/goodWorks/fundingAndGrants/
fordMotorCompanyFund/default.htm
Title: UPS Foundation Education Grants
Funder: UPS Foundation
Description: Educational programs including academic research, programs that raise the level of educational instruction, family learning opportunities, and school involvement projects.
Award: varies
Eligibility: The UPS Foundation will consider high impact philanthropic programs and projects from organizations recognized as tax-exempt under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.community.ups.com/philanthropy/grant.html
Title: 3M Community Giving
Funder: 3M Foundation
Description: The Community Giving program aims to positively impact 3M communities by investing in initiatives that serve youth and families. Priorities program areas: K-12 education; higher education; health and human services; arts and culture; and environment.
Award: No less than $1,000 ($20 million available annually)
Eligibility: Non-profit organizations located in 3M communities.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/
CommunityAffairs/CommunityGiving/US/Apply/
Title: Youth Service Grants
Funder: William T. Grant Foundation
Description: The goal of the William T. Grant Foundation's Youth Service Grants initiative is to support local programs that actively engage young people and enable them to reach their full potential.
Award: $5,000 - $25,000
Eligibility: Programs in the Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url_nocat3042/
info-url_nocat_list.htm?attrib_id=4399
Title: Kroger Foundation Corporate Giving
Funder: The Kroger Co. Foundation
Description: Grants are made to support education and youth, feed the hungry, and assist local arts and civic organizations.
Award: Not specified
Eligibility: Only proposals from 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations are considered for Foundation assistance.
Deadline: Rolling
For more information: http://www.thekrogerco.com/corpnews/corpnewsinfo_charitablegiving.htm
Title: Expanding Access to Healthcare: The Catalyst Fund
Funder: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Description: The Catalyst Fund enables community-based organizations to improve their ability to serve their constituents by remaining viable. The funds are reserved for community-based organizations that serve the health care needs of low-income and uninsured residents.
Award: Up to $2,500
Eligibility: Community-based organizations.
Deadline: Organizations are able to apply for a Catalyst Fund grant at any time during the year. Applications are reviewed once a month and organizations are notified within several weeks.
For more information: http://www.bcbsmafoundation.org/foundationroot/en_US/grants/focusArea.jsp
Title: Hasbro Children's Foundation Grants Program
Funder: Hasbro Children's Foundation
Description: The Hasbro Children's Foundation strives to fund programs that improve the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of children from birth through age 12. Priorities include creating safe and caring environments for children, services that help young children join their peers in learning and achieving, and programs that allow the most vulnerable children to experience joyful moments in their everyday lives.
Award: Grants for local programs range from $500 to $35,000; others may get awards of $35,000 or more.
Eligibility: Innovative, nonprofit programs that have strong local or national impact and can be replicated nationally will be considered for funding.
Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: http://www.hasbro.org/default.cfm?page=grantmaking
Title: Office of Victims of Crime National Conference Support Program Guidelines
Funder: Office of Victims of Crime
Description: Eligible organizations can receive support for conference logistics, needs related to conference speakers/trainers, meeting space, and materials. Funded areas include community violence, capacity building, program evaluation, and models for collaboration.
Award: Not specified
Eligibility: Eligible organizations must have a nationwide membership and/or provide services to crime victims/survivors nationwide. See additional details on website below.
Deadline: Must apply at least 6 months prior to the scheduled event.
For more information: http://www.ovc.gov/assist/ncsp.html
