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February 2012
Grants for Sports Programs: LA84 (Southern California)
February 24, 2012
The LA84 Foundation's mission is to serve youth through sport and to increase knowledge of sport and its impact on people's lives. The grant program funds are primarily intended for the development of youth sports below the elite level and groups and communities underserved by traditional sports programs, including girls, ethnic minorities and the physically challenged.
Award amounts may vary. Nonprofit, tax exempt organizations that serve Southern California with sports programs for youth ages 6-17 are eligible to apply.
Eli Segal Fellowship
February 27, 2012
CNCS is seeking applications from former AmeriCorps members who are interested in serving as the 2012-2013 Eli Segal Fellow. The duties of the selected fellow will include working with the Director of AmeriCorps, program offices and closely with the CEO's office on projects that advance the national service field. The fellowship will last for a term of not more than 13 months beginning in July 2012 and includes a $27,000 salary, plus benefits.
Pulse of the Planet: Kids' Science Challenge
February 28, 2012
The Kids Science Challenge is a FREE nationwide competition for 3rd to 6th graders to submit experiments and problems for scientists and engineers to solve. Play science games, watch videos, and enter to win awesome prizes and trips.
Disney Friends for Change Grant
February 29, 2012
Disney Friends for Change Grants offer young change-makers an opportunity to receive a $1,000 grant to help making a lasting, positive change in the world. Youth ages 5-18 located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply for a $1,000 grant.
March 2012
Do Something Awards
March 1, 2012
Since 1996, DoSomething.org has honored the nation's bset young world-changers, 25 and under. Do Something Award nominees and winners represent the pivotal "doers" in the field, cause or issue. In 2012 (up to) five finalists will appear on the Do Something Awards on Vh1 and be rewarded with a community grant, media coverage, and continued support from DoSomething.org. The grand prize winner will receive $100,000 during the broadcast.
National Park Trust National Kids to Parks Day Classroom Contest
March 1, 2012
This new national contest is open to schools across the country and in the U.S. territories. The theme of this year's contest is "Explore outdoors, the parks are yours!" Students can submit proposals that exemplify this theme for a KTP event at a park in their community. NPT will award scholarships in the amount of $250, $500, or $1,000 to winning entries.
Caring Institute: 2012 Caring Awards
March 1, 2012
The Caring Institute is now accepting nominations for its annual Caring Awards. Nominees should exemplify caring and serve as worthy role models for others. All winners are honored at a special ceremony, and young adult winners receive funds for college.
Responsive Grants Program (Northern California)
March 5, 2012
The Sierra Health Foundation invites applications for the Responsive Grant Program. This program focuses on improving health and the quality of life for Northern Californians. Projects include increasing physical activity among youth and education.
Katie's Krops Opal Apple Grants
March 5, 2012
Joining forces Opal Apple and Katie's Krops are thrilled to be able to offer grants to kids ages 9 to 16 to start vegetable gardens where the bounty is donated to individuals in need. Katie's Krop Grantees will be awarded materials necessary to create a garden (up to $400), support from Katie's Krops, and a digital camera document your garden and the harvest.
Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
March 8, 2012
This competitive grants program is intended to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Programs aim to attract outstanding students and produce graduates capable of enhancing the Nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional work force.
Coalitions of Community Groups and Police Recognized
March 11, 2012
The Community-Police Partnership Awards, sponsored by the MetLife Foundation and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), recognize innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization. Five Neighborhood Revitalization Awards, ranging from $20,000 to $30,000, will celebrate exemplary collaboration between community groups and police that yield crime reducation as well as economic development outcomes such as real estate development, business attraction, and job growth.
Ezra Jack Keats Mini-grants
March 15, 2012
Come up with a creative program that can be enacted by students with their teacher or librarian. Programs funded in the past have included: an ongoing pen pal project bringing together disparate communities, a multicultural portrait project, an art project culminating in an art show, a mural, or a quilt, bookmaking, creating and performing a puppet show, an intergenerational journal or activity. Regard these programs as examples of the direction your project might take.
National Association of Biology Teachers/ Vernier Software & Technology: Ecology/Environmental Science Teaching Award
March 15, 2012
The Ecology/Environmental Teaching Award will be given to a secondary school teacher who has successfully developed and demonstrated an innovative approach in the teaching of ecology/environmental science and has carried his/her commitment to the environment into the community.
NABT: BioClub Student Award
March 15, 2012
The National Association of Biology Teachers BioClub Student Award recognizes outstanding student members of a NABT BioClub. The award is a great way to recognize that exceptional student who inspires you to be an even better biology teacher.
Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program for Public Libraries and Public Schools
March 15, 2012
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation created a funding initiative called Minigrants, through which awards of $500 are given to public schools and public libraries for projects that poster creative expression, working together and interaction with a diverse community. They also represent an opportunity for educators, whose efforts are often inadequately funded or recognized, to create special activities outside the standard curriculm and maek time to encourage their students.
Pathways Within Roads to Reading
March 30, 2012
The Pathways Within Roads to Reading Initiative donates books to literacy programs in small and rural low-income communities. The population where the organization is located must be under 50,000. All programs must have a strong focus on remedial reading programming or tutoring component as part of the program.
National Wildlife Federation Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship
March 30, 2012
The family of Craig Tufts, Family Summits, Inc. and National Wildlife Federation announce the 3rd Annual Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Award, which is given to a young person between the ages of 8 and 18 to attend a week-long, summer outdoor educational adventure camp with a parent or guardian.
Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation Mini Grants (Michigan)
March 31, 2012
The Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation provides grants to non-profit organizations in Michigan that help residents eat better, move more, avoid unhealthy substances and connect with others in healthy ways.
April 2012
The Active Schools Acceleration Project
April 2, 2012
The Active School Acceleration Project is a nationwide competition created to identify successful programs and technologies that promote school-based physical activity. Multiple prizes for innovative physical activity programs ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 will be awarded to select applicants.
McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation: Academic Enrichment Grants
April 15, 2012
The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation offers Academic Enrichment Grants designed to develop in-class and extra-curricular programs that improve student learning The Foundation considers proposals that foster understanding, deepen students' knowledge, and provide opportunities to expand awareness of the world around them.
Language Preservation Projects
April 20, 2012
The Endangered Language Fund provides grants for language maintenance and linguistic field work. The work most likely to be funded is that which serves both the native community and the field of linguistics. Work which has immediate applicability to one group and more distant application to the other will also be considered. The language involved must be in danger of disappearing within a generation or two.
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
April 30, 2012
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes honors outstanding young leaders who have focused on helping their communities and fellow beings and/or protecting the health and sustainability of the environment. Eligibility: youth 8-18.
ING Unsung Heroes 2012 Awards
April 30, 2012
The ING Unsung Heroes program annually provides grants to K-12 educators utilizing new teaching methods and techniques that improve learning. Each year, educators submit applications for an ING Unsung Heroes grant by describing projects they have initiated or would like to pursue.
May 2012
WellPoint Foundation
May 11, 2012
The WellPoint Foundation invests in domestic initiatives that help improve the lives of people and the health of local communities. The Foundation promotes healthy behaviors, health-risk prevention, and healthy environments. Focus areas include childhood obesity prevention.
January 2013
School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies, Obesogenic Behaviors and Weight Outcomes
January 7, 2013
This is a funding opportunity for researchers evaluating how policies can influence school physical activity, nturition environments, youth behavior and weight outcomes. The program is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.
Rolling
3M Foundation
3M’s Community Giving consists of gifts by 3M and the 3M Foundation, donated product and volunteerism by employees and retirees. Most giving is initiated through a Request for Proposal process that allows us to focus our giving and maximize results. Giving areas include: K-12 Education, High Education, Health and Human Services, Arts and Culture, and Environment.
4Imprint – One By One
Each business day we give a worthy organization $500 in promotional products to spread the word, recruit volunteers, thank donors, offer comfort to someone in need or in some other way turns one thing into something much more. If you are employed by, or serve on the Board of Directors of a 501(c)3 charity, religious organization or accredited school, and are working hard to make a difference in your community, we want to help.
Adopt-A-Classroom Educational Grants
Teachers who register at the Adopt-a-Classroom Website can be adopted by an individual, a business, or a foundation. Once adopted, teachers will receive up to $500 worth of credit to purchase items that enrich the learning environment, including classroom technology.
Albertson’s Community Partner’s Grants
Albertson’s is committed to being a good neighbor. They aim to improve communities by giving back to the neighborhoods where they live and work. Their donations provide funding in the following areas: Hunger Relief Youth & Education Health & Nutrition Environmental Stewardship. Albertson’s primarily funds communities where they have store locations.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation believes that a carefully reasoned and systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society, when applied inventively and wisely, can lead to a better world for all. The Foundation makes grants to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economic performance; and to improve the quality of American life. Though founded in 1934 by Alfred P. Sloan Jr., then-President and CEO of General Motors, the Foundation is an independent entity and has no formal relationship with the General Motors Corporation.
American Express Foundation Educational Grants
Giving on a national and international basis, including in Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America, with emphasis on Phoenix, AZ, South FL, New York, NY, Greensboro, NC, and Salt Lake City, UT to support organizations involved with arts and culture, disaster relief, human services, community development, and civic affairs. No grants to individuals (except for employee-related scholarships), or for fund raising, goodwill advertising, souvenir journals, or dinner programs, travel, books, magazines, or articles in professional journals, endowments or capital campaigns, traveling exhibitions, or sports sponsorships and no support for discriminatory organizations, religious organizations not of direct benefit to the entire community, or political organizations.
Bank of America Foundation Educational Grants
Working in partnership with community leaders, Bank of America's local market leadership directs the majority of our giving through local grants that address pressing social, economic, and cultural needs of communities across our global footprint. In addition, B of A partners with national organizations such as the United Way of America and Habitat for Humanity International to direct resources to local communities. Through their signature philanthropic program, the Neighborhood Excellence Initiative®, B of A enhances nonprofits' ability to serve more individuals and families in need and develop nonprofit visionaries, local heroes, and students as the community leaders of today and tomorrow.
Bank of the West Foundation Grants
The mission of Bank of the West's Charitable Investments Program is to help meet the needs of communities by supporting nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving quality of life, particularly for low- and moderate-income individuals and communities. Bank of the West will consider requests for charitable investments from nonprofit organizations that qualify under the following charitable giving categories: Community and Economic Development, Education and Job Training, Health and Human Care, & Civic and Cultural.
Barnes and Noble Grants
Barnes and Noble booksellers is considering requests for grants from nonprofit organizations that focus on art, literacy, or education (K-12). Applicants must have a plan for promoting the grants program with Barnes and Noble and must be willing to work with the local stores on in-store programming.
Baseball Tomorrow Fund Grant
The mission of BTF is to promote and enhance the growth of youth participation in baseball and softball throughout the world by funding programs, fields, coaches' training, and the purchase of uniforms and equipment to encourage and maintain youth participation in the game. Grants are designed to be sufficiently flexible to enable applicants to address needs unique to their communities. The funds are intended to finance a new program, expand or improve an existing program, undertake a new collaborative effort, or obtain facilities or equipment.
Bayer USA Foundation – Community Health and Development Grants
The Bayer USA Foundation supports programs that enhance the quality of life, provide unique and enriching opportunities that connect diverse groups, and ensure preparedness for tomorrow's leaders. The Foundation welcomes proposals from organizations focused on health and human services, education and workforce development, environment and sustainability, and/or arts and culture. Participants may submit proposals all year, but applications are typically reviewed in January and September.
Be Heard
The Be Heard School Grant recognizes the importance of hearing and being heard in the classroom. Voice amplification is an effective, affordable, and measurable tool for improving teaching and learning for all students in all subjects. Research has also shown that classroom voice amplification can dramatically reduce special education referrals (up to 40%).
Ben & Jerry's Foundation - The National Grassroots Grant Campaign
The Ben & Jerry's Foundation offers competitive grants to not-for-profit, grassroots community organizations throughout the United States and in Vermont, working to bring about progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems. The Employee Advisory Committee meets nine times a year to review proposals. There is no deadline for applying.
Best Buy Teach 15 Award
The Teach@15 Award program helps schools serving any grades 7-12 meet their technology needs. Teens (age 13-18) who are registered members on at15.com ("Members") can nominate their schools (depending on eligibility) to win a Teach@15 Award. Teen members can vote once a day for 15 days for one nomination. Every 15 days, Best Buy will award 3 schools with Best Buy Gift Cards based on member votes. The school with the most votes will win $1,500, second most votes wins $1,000 and third most votes wins $500.
Beyond Words: the Dollar General School Library Relief Fund
Deadline: Submit report within one year of disaster
Dollar General, in collaboration with the American Library Association (ALA), the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the National Education Association (NEA), is sponsoring a school library disaster relief fund for public school libraries in the states served by Dollar General. The fund will provide grants to public schools whose school library program has been affected by a disaster. Grants are to replace or supplement books, media and/or library equipment in the school library setting.
BNSF Foundation Educational Grants
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation provides support to educational institutions and health and human services which have 501(c)(3) tax exemption status.
Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation: Grants to Help Inner-City Educators
The purposes of the Community Grant Program are to simultaneously (1) encourage those involved broadly with the Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest to actively think about the educational needs in the communities of Boston, Hartford, New York City, Providence and Washington, D.C.; (2) recognize, encourage and collaborate with the front-line workers within the educational system who often do not have a voice in funding decisions; and (3) provide funding to assist with small, concrete projects or needs which will make an improvement in inner city education in Boston, Hartford, New York City, Providence and Washington, D.C. within a year of the grant award. (Grant requests to fund an organization that is outside the city limits of one of the eligible cities will not be considered.) The Foundation shall generally consider grant applications monthly and award grants in an amount totaling not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) in any one month.
Build-A-Bear Hugs Foundation
The mission of the Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation is to make life more bearable for children, families and pets in need of the kindness of others. Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation will make grants to qualified non-profit organizations (either 501(c)(3) organizations or registered Canadian charities) that support the health and wellness of children and families, the care and welfare of animals and the promotion of literacy and education for all.
Campbell's Labels for Education
For more than 38 years, Labels for Education has been awarding free educational equipment to schools in exchange for proofs of purchase from the Campbell family of brands. It’s a fun, easy program where students, families and members of the community work together for a common goal. Today, over 60,000 schools and organizations are registered with Labels for Education, benefiting more than 42 million students. Over the years, they have been able to provide more than $114 million in merchandise to America's schools.
Charles Lafitte Foundation
The mission of the Charles Lafitte Foundation (CLF) is to provide for and support inventive and effective ways of helping people help themselves and others around them to lead healthy, satisfying and enriched lives. To fulfill this mission, the Foundation acts as grantmaker, innovator and volunteer for four main programs: Education, Children's Advocacy, Medical Research & Issues, and The Arts.
The Charlotte Martin Foundation Youth Grants
The Charlotte Martin Foundation is a private, independent foundation dedicated to enriching the lives of youth in the areas of athletics, culture, and education and also to preserving and protecting wildlife and habitat. Athletics include a wide range of individual and team sports, with an emphasis on the value of sports for lifelong participation. Funds support sports programs, facilities, equipment and after school programs, with a focus on ages 8-15. The Foundation accepts applications, reviews proposals and makes funding decisions on an ongoing basis.
Children & Youth Grants
The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust funds 501(c)(3) organizations that provide services to disadvantaged children and youth.
Cisco Systems Foundation Educational Grants
Giving in the U.S., with emphasis on San Jose, CA to support programs designed to improve access to basic human needs, education, and economic opportunity. Special emphasis is directed toward programs designed to address underserved communities; and provide solutions that utilizes the power of the internet and communications technology.
Citi Foundation Grants
The Citi Foundation is committed to the economic empowerment and financial inclusion of individuals, families, and communities in the areas where we work so that they can improve their standard of living. The Citi Foundation provides grant support for programs that are aligned with our priority focus areas, promote collaboration and effective use of philanthropic resources, engage our employees, and demonstrate impact and positive outcomes. We are particularly interested in supporting program innovations in the following priority focus areas: Microfinance, Enterprise Development, U.S. College Success, Youth Education and Livelihood, Financial Capability and Asset Building, and Neighborhood Revitalization.
Classics for Kids Foundation
School music programs and especially strings programs have been a primary target for budget cuts across the country. Classics for Kids Foundation was founded in 1997 in response to those funding concerns. CFKF strengthens music programs through matching grants and mentoring. Ultimately, CFKF strives to give every child access to a stringed instrument.
ClassWish Grants
ClassWish is a nonprofit organization that empowers parents, teachers and after-school educators to make positive change in kids’ lives by getting help to provide them with the classroom supplies they need. Parents, teachers or after-school program providers create an online wish list of classroom supplies they need to support kids’ learning activities. Supporters make tax deductible contributions, and ClassWish purchases the supplies and sends them to the school.
Community Support Grants
The Coca-Cola Foundation provides grants to a wide variety of 501(c)(3) organizations that focus on children, education, and/or health.
Costco Wholesale Grants
Costco Wholesale offers funding for 501(c)(3) organizations that focus on children, education, and/or health.
DigiGirlz High Tech Camp
Microsoft DigiGirlz High Tech Camp for girls works to dispel stereotypes of the high-tech industry. During the camp session, girls listen to executive speakers, participate in technology tours and demonstrations, network, and learn through hands-on experience in workshops. This year camps will take place at various dates throughout the summer in Stonybrook, NY; Charlotte, NC; Fargo, ND; Redmond, WA; Las Colinas, TX; and St. Louis, MO. Maximum award: free attendance to camp. Eligibility: girls grades 9-11 in the 2010-2011 school year and at least age 13 at time of application, with the exception of the Fargo, ND and Las Colinas, TX locations, where eligibility is restricted to grades 7-10 and 8-11, respectively.
Digital Wish
Digital Wish Grants Digital Wish offers 43 different grants for digital camera hardware and software for your classroom. To apply, register your classroom at Digital Wish. You will be automatically entered to win a myriad of different technology grants, plus your class story will be publicly posted so that potential donors can make a contribution to your classroom. Then, Login and enter a lesson plan. Every lesson plan you enter will be automatically added to your class profile. All teachers who submit a lesson plan on Digital Wish will be automatically entered to win a Mobile Digital Camera Lab plus as many as 43 technology grants. Grants will be awarded on the 28th of every calendar month.
Dryer’s Grand Ice Cream Educational Grants
The Foundation makes small grants ($1,000 or less) and donates ice cream products and gift certificates/auction items to bona fide nonprofit organizations for events. These proposals are reviewed on a monthly basis. Giving primarily in the East Bay, Oakland, and Pleasanton CA, area to support programs designed to promote family, school, and community environments that build skills and foster talents in young people. Special emphasis is directed toward programs designed to affect a significant number of young people; foster the concept that it is better to teach young people how to learn than to simply give them answers to their problems; and programs that are unique and creative.
Do Something Seed Grant
Are you working to start a community action project or program? Do you need money to put your ideas into action? If you answered, "YES!", you are eligible to apply for a Do Something Seed Grant. We give out a $500 Do Something Seed Grant every week to help young people just like YOU!
These grants can be used towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started, or to jump-start your program and realize your ideas for the first time. These grants can also be used towards projects that are already developed and sustainable, towards the next steps of your project and organization to help you as you look to expand your project and grow your impact.
Earthwatch: Education Fellowships
As an educator fellow, you'll spend 1-2 weeks on an Earthwatch expedition alongside other teachers led by prominent field researchers. You will develop your skills and understanding around environmental concerns so that you are better able to pass on that knowledge to your students. The goal of this fellowship is to prepare you to return to your and community with greater understanding and appreciation of the natural world.
The Eisner Foundation
The Eisner Foundation believes in identifying and partnering with high-quality non-profit organizations. As a result, we think that we are investing in those organizations, and it is therefore not always necessary to insist our funding only be utilized for special programs and new initiatives, as many foundations mandate. Individual charities worthy of our support are to be trusted and encouraged to allocate their funding in the most effective and results-producing way possible. Therefore, we are primarily a funder that provides general operating support to our partners, but we will consider proposals for funding capital campaigns, capacity building, and programs—new, expanding, or existing.
Everyday Heroes Award
Youth Service America (YSA) features an Everyday Young Hero each week in the National Service Briefing. Each Everyday Young Hero selected receives certificate and award letter, is featured in National Service Briefing, is featured on YSA’s websites, receives customized press release for local media, and is eligible for recognition as a YSA Service Star. Nominations are accepted on an ongoing basis.
The Farrell Family Foundation
While giving can be easy, responsible giving is more challenging. The Farrell Family Foundation (FFF) is determined to make each gift with a sense of purpose and with the clear expectation of measurable outcomes. The preferred method of making major gifts is through "matching funds," as it encourages the receiving non-profit organization to work harder to solicit other gifts, while inspiring greater confidence in other donors. Funding focuses on: education with an emphasis on technology, healthy and human welfare, and the arts.
The Fender Music Foundation Grants
The Fender Music Foundation accepts information from grant candidates through its Grant Candidate Form. Qualifying applicants are established, ongoing and sustainable music programs in the United States, which provide music instruction for people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music. The intent of the program must be music instruction, not music appreciation or entertainment, and the participants/students cannot be professional or career musicians. Almost all of the selected programs, to which we award grants, fall into the following categories: In-school music classes, in which the students make music; After-school music programs that are not run by the school; Music therapy programs, in which the participants make the music
Finish Line Youth Foundation
The Finish Line Youth Foundation provides funding to organizations that youth athletic programs and sports-based camps, especially those serving disadvantaged and special needs children.
Fruit Tree 101
As featured on The Today Show, “Fruit Tree 101” is a program that brings fruit tree orchards to schoolyards so students can improve the quality of the air and water while creating a source of tasty snacks for decades to come. Not only do our schoolyard fruit orchards help the environment, but they give your teacher an excuse to hold class outside when it’s time for science lessons!
Fund for Teachers: Grants
The Fund for Teachers
The Fund for Teachers provides funds for direct grants to teachers to support summer learning opportunities of their own design. Maximum award: $5,000. Eligibility: teachers who work with students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12, with a minimum of three years teaching experience, full-time, spending at 50 percent of the time in the classroom at the time grants are approved and made.
General Mills Twin Cities Grant Program
These grants focus on the communities in the Twin Cities area and their surrounding areas (up to 50 miles from the General Mills facility in each community) in the areas of youth nutrition and fitness, social services, education, and arts and culture. In Minnesota, the General Mills Foundation supports K-12 education in the seven-county metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. These grants range from $2,500 to $10,000, and are reviewed on a quarterly basis.
Giving Back to Our Schools – Apperson Educational Products
Would you like to do something special for your school or classroom but do not have the funds to do it? Apperson is here to help! We created a program that lets teachers and faculty members nominate a school to win up to $1500! All you have to do is get as many votes as you can for your school!
Grantmakers in Health State Grant Writing Assistance Fund
Grantmakers in Health, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is making available grant writing support to help states implement the Affordable Care Act. The GIH State Grant Writing Assistance Fund will provide up to $30,000 to foundations that are interested in offering grant writing support to state and county government agencies. This RFP includes a revised matching rate of 2:1 (the fund will match two dollars for every dollar requested). Previous awardees are eligible to reapply. Please review the complete proposal request before submitting an application.
Grants for Gardens (Annie's Homegrown)
Annie's Homegrown offers up to $250 to community gardens, school gardens, and other educational programs that connect children directly to gardening. Funds may be used to buy gardening tools, seeds, or other needed supplies. Eligible applicants include K-12 schools and nonprofits.
GTECH After School Advantage Program
The GTECH After School Advantage Program is a national community investment program, which provides non-profit community agencies and public schools with state-of-the-art computer labs. These computer centers are designed to provide inner-city children aged five to 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.
Health and Wellness Grants
July 1, October 1, January 1, April 1
The Rite Aid Foundation is offering funding to programs that focus on health and wellness in the communities in which Rite Aid operates. The Foundation accepts proposals throughout the year and reviews them as soon as possible after July 1, October 1, January 1 and April 1.
Healthy Living School Grants
Cabot Creamery, a cooperative of dairy farmers throughout Vermont and New England, invites you to participate in their school grant program. They would like to see matching funds or in-kind contributions from another sponsor (such as parent groups or a community organization or cooperative) and to get a feel for what your program is all about before sending the check. If approved, the funds can be used for almost anything associated with your program, including: supplies for exhibits, healthy snacks, printed materials, or whatever your project needs. Here are some examples of the kinds of programs that would be eligible for these grants: Wellness Fairs, Workshops for Coaches/Students/Parents, Promoting Healthy Food Choices in Schools.
H.J. Heinz Foundation Grants
The Heinz Foundation provides funding to 501(c)(3) organizations that work in the areas of nutrition, children and families, healthy children and families, and/or quality of life.
The Helena Rubinstein Foundation
The Helena Rubinstein Foundation supports programs in education, community services, arts/arts in education, and health, with a special interest in programs that benefit women and children and assist disadvantaged communities. Grants are mainly allocated to organizations in New York City. Although general operating grants are made, the Foundation prefers to support specific programs in the following areas: Education, Community Services, Arts/Arts in Education, Health.
Henry E. Niles Foundation Grants
The Niles Foundation provides funding for 501(c)(3) organizations that work in the areas of education, public health, and economic self-sufficiency.
ILoveSchools.com
iLoveSchools.com is a free donor-matching service for education! School teachers build WishLists of equipment, materials and supplies; anything they need for their classroom. Donors locate teachers through our WishList search and offer their donations of new or used items or the cost of the teacher's WishList. Each year the average teacher spends over $659 from their own pocket to buy classroom materials for America's kids. To help alleviate this burden iLoveSchools.com acts as a matchmaking service between donor and teacher. These are not monetary grants, but donations of school supplies.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation partners with educational organizations and institutions that share our commitment to enabling exceptionally promising lower-income students to reach their full potential. Through strategically targeted grants, the Foundation works to expand educational opportunities for thousands of remarkable students whose families, schools, and communities need additional resources to help these students fulfill their promise.
Kenneth A. Lester Family Foundation
The Mission of the Kenneth A. Lester Family Foundation is to conserve and enhance our environment, create educational opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people, and support the health, cultural, and civic life of the residents of Orange and Marin County, California.
The LEGO Children's Fund Grants
January 15, April 15, July 15, October 15
The LEGO Children's Fund will provide quarterly grants for programs with a special interest paid to collaborative efforts and in providing matching funds to leverage new dollars into the receiving organization. Focus areas include: early childhood education and development; technology and communication projects; and sport or athletic programs that concentrate on under-served youth. Priority is given to programs in communities where Lego operates with a special focus given to organizations serving Connecticut and Western Massachusetts.
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
The Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund’s interests include programs making valuable contributions in a variety of fields: Children and Youth, Civic Affairs, Civil and Human Rights, Education, Environmental Affairs, Health, Jewish Affairs, Literacy, Organizational Development, Population, Social and Human Services, Sports and Recreation. In general, the Fund places highest priority on projects that have an impact on the San Francisco area.
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation welcomes opportunities to work in partnership with other foundations and support collaborations that are directly inspiring these children to hope and dream; enabling their potential to emerge and grow through quality education; encouraging positive behaviors and providing access to basic health care and services for life-long vitality; and fostering stable family environments in which they can thrive.
Microsoft: DigiGirlz High Tech Camp
Microsoft DigiGirlz High Tech Camp for girls works to dispel stereotypes of the high-tech industry. During the camp session, girls listen to executive speakers, participate in technology tours and demonstrations, network, and learn through hands-on experience in workshops. This years camps will take place at various dates throughout the summer in Stonybrook, NY; Charlotte, NC; Fargo, ND; Redmond, WA; Las Colinas, TX; and St. Louis, MO. Maximum Award: Free attendance to camp.
Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation Educational Grants
Grants given to support K-12 music education on a nationwide basis. Through the Melody Program, the Foundation will provide musical instruments and instrument repairs to existing K-12 school music programs that have no other source of financing to purchase additional musical instruments and materials. The Special Projects Program is designed to provide musical instruments and instrument repairs to community schools of the arts, after school programs, and youth orchestras.
New Preventive Benefits That May Help Medicare Beneficiaries Stay Healthy
It's 2012, and to help people fulfill their New Year's resolutions to lead healthier lives, the Consumer Center for Health Education and Advocacy; A Project of the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc., wants to remind Medicare beneficiaries of the new and existing preventive services that are available to them at no cost. Due to the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services added five new preventive benefits to its roster of free services for Medicare beneficiaries. The new preventive services include, annual depression screening, intensive obesity screening and behavioral counseling, annual cardiovascular screening, annual alcohol misuse screening, and std/sti screening.
Obesity Prevention Grant Program
February 15, May 15, August 15, November 15
Learning more about the underlying causes of obesity can inform and shape effective population-based health and wellness programs. The Aetna Foundation wants to understand the contributors to obesity, particularly among minority populations, and what supports and sustains better choices that can stave off overeating and reduce inactivity. Grant-making in this area focuses on initiatives that create a better understanding of the root causes of the obesity epidemic. Examples of grants we would support include projects and/or studies that identify causes of obesity and potential best practices for addressing obesity. Letters of Inquiry are accepted on a rolling basis. Applications are accepted in quarterly cycles.
The Office Depot Foundation
The Foundation’s funding focus includes: Making a difference in children’s lives (to support activities that serve, teach and inspire children, youth and families). Building Communities (to support civic organizations and activities that serve the needs of our community). Disaster relief (to support disaster relief efforts of recognized national, regional and local agencies, and to provide disaster relief to Office Depot associates who have experienced catastrophic loss.
Operation Green Plant
America the Beautiful Fund is offering grants of FREE SEEDS! to community groups striving to better our world through gardening. Grow fresh nutritious food for the hungry. Teach children about the wonders of nature in a habitat garden. Beautify parks, roadways and neighborhoods. Plant the Seeds that Grow Hope and promote healthy living, environmental stewardship and community pride! There are a thousand ways to improve your community’s quality of life through gardening!
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants are intended to fund one-time-only service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to carry out to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community. Projects must enclose a "pay it forward" focus -- that is, they must be based on the idea of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results increasing exponentially -- to be considered in the grant-making process.
Pepsi Refresh Grant
Pepsi Co is looking for people, businesses, and non-profits with ideas that will have a positive impact. Look around your community and think about how you want to change it. Categories are health, arts & culture, food & shelter, the planet, neighborhoods, and education. Applications are due the 1st and the 15th of every month in 2010
Project Learning Tree Greenworks! Pollinator Garden Grants
GreenWorks! grants engage PLT educators and their students with their local community in "learning-by-doing" environmental projects. Student leadership, service-learning, and community participation are the cornerstones to GreenWorks! projects. These grassroots action projects enable schools and youth organizations across the country to make a positive impact on their communities.
Qwest Foundation Grants
The Qwest Foundation is dedicated to enriching the lives of customers and the communities we serve. It's more than just caring; it's a commitment to making a difference. The Qwest Foundation awards grants that generate high impact and measurable results through community-based programs in the area of pre-K through 12 education. We encourage you to learn more about the Foundation and request funding for your program. School districts, 501(c) or state board of educations, must apply for these grants. Eligible states include: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.
RGK Foundation Awards
RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of education, community, and medicine/health. Within community, the foundation supports a broad range of human services, community improvement, abuse prevention, and youth development programs. Human service programs of particular interest to the foundation include children and family services, early childhood development, and parenting education. The foundation supports a variety of community improvement programs including those that enhance nonprofit management and promote philanthropy and volunteerism. Youth development programs supported by the foundation typically include after-school educational enrichment programs that supplement and enhance formal education systems to increase the chances for successful outcomes in school and life. The Foundation is also interested in programs that attract female and minority students into the fields of mathematics, science, and technology.
Salad Bars 2 Schools
Any K-12 school district participating in the National School Lunch Program is eligible to apply. Districts applying for more than one salad bar will fill out one application stating how many bars they need. Single -school districts or other independent schools will fill out a school application for a single salad bar. Schools currently awarded with Bronze status or above in the Healthier US School Challenge (HUSSC) automatically qualify for a salad bar donation, with the stipulation that the school or district desires and can support a salad bar every day in school lunch.
Sara Lee Foundation
The Sara Lee Foundation places funding priority on grants to nonprofits that create collaborative and innovative initiatives focused on fighting hunger. Food insecurity is a critical issue and significant consideration is given to programs that focus on food recovery, increased access to fresh produce and protein, meal programs when schools are not in session (as for many students, school lunch is their only meal of the day), and hunger awareness. Nutrition and nutrition education is also of significant interest, particularly in programs that distribute food provided by the government, so that information is available on how to prepare the food in healthy and nutritious ways.
Sight for Students
Sight for Students is a VSP charity that provides free vision exams and glasses to low-income, uninsured children. The program operates nationally through a network of community partners who identify children in need and VSP network doctors who provide the eyecare services.
Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Our Teacher Innovation Grants provide individual teachers with the extra resources needed to create new and exciting teaching methods and learning experiences for their students. Teachers can apply individually (up to $500) or collaboratively (up to $1,000) to purchase equipment, materials, or other needs that are not part of the regular school budget.
Target Store Grants
Target stores provide grants to K-12 schools and other nonprofit organizations to bring art and cultural experiences to schools, support educational field trips, and provide early childhood reading programs. It's part of our commitment to give 5% of our income to the communities we serve- more than $3 million each week.
VSP: Sight for Students
Sight for Students is a VSP charity that provides free vision exams and glasses to low-income, uninsured children. The program operates nationally through a network of community partners who identify children in need and VSP network doctors who provide the eye care services. There are five basic qualifications a child must meet in order to receive a Sight for Students gift certificate: family income is no more than 200 percent of federal poverty level; child is not enrolled in Medicaid or other vision insurance; child is 18 years old or younger and has not graduated from high school; child or parent is a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant with a social security number; and child has not used the Sight for Students program during the past 12 months.
WaysToHelp.org Grants
WaysToHelp.org invites teens in the United States to apply for grants to fund their community service ideas across any one of 16 issue areas. You can apply for a grant, by visiting www.waystohelp.org and for any issue area, selecting "See Ways To Help" followed by "Apply for a Grant". Applications are short - just 5,000 words or less - and should summarize: how the project will involve others, who it will help, what effect it's expected to have, when it will start and how the funds will be used. Grant requests are reviewed and responded to on a monthly basis.
W.K. Kellogg Healthy Kids Grant
The Kellogg Foundation offers funding to organizations that promote healthy lifestyles for children.
Walmart Store and Sam's Club Giving Program
Walmart and Sam's Club offers grants to government agencies, schools, and 501(c)(3) organizations that promote healthy lifestyles.
Wells Fargo Corporate Grants
Wells Fargo has grants available in Community Development, Education, and Human Services.
