Women's Sports Foundation Accepting Applications for Rusty Kanokogi Fund for the Advancement of U.S. Judo

The goal of the fund is to relieve aspiring elite-level female athletes of the financial burden associated with competing at higher levels and to permit them to concentrate on their training.
An individual may be awarded only one grant per calendar year. Individual applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal residents and be eligible to compete for a U.S. national team. Deadline: September 30, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Chicago Community Trust Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Competitive Grants Program

The application process for organizations seeking Trust funding is handled online and begins with an organizational profile and a Letter of Inquiry (LOI). Organizations that submit an LOI will be notified when it is received. From these LOIs, some organizations will be asked to submit full proposals. Deadline: July 15, 2009(Letter of Interest). For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Terra Foundation for American Art Offers Exhibition Program Grants

The Terra Foundation supports exhibitions that increase the understanding and enjoyment of American art, and has a particular interest in exhibitions with venues that are outside the United States or in its hometown of Chicago. The foundation also makes grants to support exhibition projects (including related publications) that encompass multi-national collaboration or interpret American art within a global context. In addition, the foundation funds scholarly, small-scale exhibitions that include loans from the Terra Foundation’s collection. Deadline: September 14, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Nancy R. Gelman Foundation Announces 2009 Seed Grant Competition to Improve Care for Breast Cancer Patients

The Nancy R. Gelman Foundation (NRGF) announces its 2009 Seed Grant Program. We are extremely pleased to fund projects aimed at improving outcomes for women with breast cancer by promoting global improvement in services provided to women with or at risk of breast cancer. All applications must be submitted electronically only, to be received at grants@nrgf.org - do not mail an application. Seed grant amounts will not exceed $1,500 to any one recipient. Please see the Application Instructions for submission details and additional information which is not listed on this web page. Deadline: August 5, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Morris Animal Foundation Accepting Applications for Pilot Study Grants

Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) now accepts proposals for pilot studies on a monthly basis. Reviews will be conducted 3-4 times annually. The goal of this program is to provide timely funding for innovative ideas to speed up discovery and advance the Foundation’s mission. Preliminary data are not required to successfully compete for an MAF pilot-study grant. Budget cannot exceed $10,800 ($10,000 plus 8 percent for indirect costs). Deadline: August 31, 20009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Animal Welfare Institute Announces 2009 Animal Welfare Approved Grant Program

The Animal Welfare Approved program is making available grants of up to $5,000 for the sole purpose of improving animal welfare for Animal Welfare Approved farms or farms that have completed an application to join the program. Each farm may submit a proposal for one project requesting a maximum grant of $5,000.
Grants will be awarded based upon each project’s potential to deliver the greatest benefit to farm animals. This determination will be made by the Animal Welfare Approved grant review panel. Deadline: October 1, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Accepting Applications for Fund for Creative Communities and Community Arts Fund

The Fund for Creative Communities (The Fund) is part of the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) statewide Decentralization program (DEC), which was established in 1977 by the New York State Legislature as a statewide, community arts regrant program. LMCC administers The Fund for the borough of Manhattan.

The Fund supports small and midsized non-profit organizations that provide high-quality local arts programs. The Fund also seeks to increase access to arts and cultural activities in neighborhoods throughout Manhattan and to encourage new arts activities in communities where the need exists. Grants ranging from $750 to $5,000 are awarded to non-profit organizations and to artists applying through a fiscal sponsor for arts projects with a public component that will benefit Manhattan communities. Deadline: September 22, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view toher available grants please click here.

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Gannett Foundation Accepting Applications for Community Action Grants

Gannett Foundation helps to improve lives in the many communities served by Gannett Co., Inc. and beyond. Since its inception, Gannett Foundation has given more than $150 million to thousands of charitable projects all across the United States and the United Kingdom.

Community Action Grants – In this program, we make grants to eligible organizations in the communities in which Gannett does business. We value projects that take a creative approach to fundamental issues such as education and neighborhood improvement, economic development, youth development, community problem-solving, assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation and cultural enrichment. Our average grant amount is in the $1,000 to $5,000 range. Deadline: August 17, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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American Medical Association Foundation Fund for Better Health Offers Grants to Encourage Healthy Lifestyles

The philosophy of the AMA Foundation Fund for Better Health begins with the idea that local communities and organizations have great knowledge and insight into their community's health care issues. Based on this thought, the AMA Foundation, with support from the AMA Alliance, created the Fund for Better Health. Through this program, the AMA Foundation provides seed grants for grassroots, public health projects that target the issue of healthy lifestyles. Over the years, the fund has provided over 200 grants totaling nearly $300,000 to projects throughout the United States. Deadline: July 15, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Starbucks Foundation

The Starbucks Foundation supports communities where Starbucks does business. The Foundation’s initial focus was on funding literacy programs in the U.S. and Canada. It has since grown to include supporting education and youth leadership in communities where Starbucks has stores, and social investments in countries where Starbucks buys coffee, tea and cocoa. To date, the Foundation has provided more than $22 million in grants to benefit communities around the world. To visit the Starbucks Foundation please click here.

Teaching with Primary Sources

The mission of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program is to build a consortium that fosters collaborations between the Library and the educational community to increase instructional use of Library of Congress digitized primary sources within K-12 classrooms. The program contributes to the quality of education by deepening content understanding and improving student literacy in our nation’s schools.

The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Eastern Region, coordinated by Waynesburg University, is charged with facilitating the growth of the TPS network through the systematic integration of TPS methods and materials throughout the educational community within the eastern region of the United States.

Proposals from $5,000 to $15,000 will be considered and are accepted on a rolling basis. Preference will be given to proposals that have the most potential for being integrated into K-12 classrooms for the long-term.

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2009 Rural Technology Grants - Wisconsin

Technology Grants for Rural Schools program was created to help meet the growing need for innovative technology in the classroom. The grants are funded by a donation from Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (RTFC) and strive to help public schools in rural areas served by OPASTCO members bring modern computers to every classroom, connect schools to the information superhighway and make sure that effective and engaging software and online resources are an integral part of the school curriculum. Deadline: September 14, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here..

Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program For Public Schools and Public Libraries

We accept applications from public schools and libraries anywhere in the United States and its protectorates. Minigrant Award = $500.

Decisions will be announced by December of each year. You will receive notification by mail whether or not you have been awarded a grant. Deadline: September 15, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Lowe's Toolbox for Education

The Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation is dedicated to improving the communities we serve through support of public education, community improvement projects and home safety initiatives.

Primary philanthropic focus areas are:
1. Community improvement projects
2. Public Education, priority is given to K-12 public schools

The new 2010 applications should be available in mid-July 2009. Please make sure that you check their web site around that date.

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Tom's of Maine, "50 States for Good" Initiative Offers Program Funding for Nonprofits

We are looking for applications for community involvement projects from nonprofit organizations. A review panel will narrow down our applications to 50 finalists. Then we’ll post them on our site so you can help us by voting for which 5 projects should be awarded funding.

With a total community action fund of $100,000, Tom's of Maine's "50 States for Good" initiative is celebrating and rewarding nonprofits from across the country whose efforts are focused on lasting, positive change in the community. Finalists will be selected by a judging panel based on immediate achievability, positive impact in the community, and engagement and mobilization among members of the community. After finalists are selected, online voting by the public will determine which five organizations will receive $20,000 each. Deadline: August 30, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation Accepting Applications From First-Time Applicants

The foundation supports programs that provide youth (birth to 25 years of age) with new opportunities for health, personal growth, and success in the United States. Applications will be accepted from nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations based in the greater metropolitan areas of Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Madison, Milwaukee, New York City, Philadelphia (new this year), San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Deadline: July 31, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Jewel-Osco Announces 2009 Hunger Relief Grant Program in Illinois and Indiana

At Jewel-Osco, we are focused on providing our customers with a Premium Fresh & Healthy experience every time they enter our stores, so we have focused our support on not-for-profit (501c3) organizations that help create healthy, thriving communities. Jewel-Osco gives grants to organizations that meet the following focus areas: Hunger Relief, Nutritional Education, Environmental Stewardship. Deadline: August 14, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund Accepting Applications for Advocacy in Action Grants

The NBCC Fund, the coalition's research and education arm, will award up to twenty grants of $5,000 through under its Advocacy in Action program to nonprofits working on breast cancer public policy and advocacy in local communities. Applicants should specifically describe how they will use the funds to support the mission of ending breast cancer through research, access, and influence. Recipient organizations will be expected to further public policy and legislative priorities of NBCC, as well as advance their own grassroots advocacy. Deadline: July 10, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Accepting Applications for Breast Health Grants

The Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is offering grants of up to $40,000 for EDUCATION/SUPPORT projects that provide breast cancer education and/or support services that target the medically uninsured and underserved populations. All education programs should be culturally appropriate for targeted populations and must link education program participants to breast cancer screening programs. Deadline: July 7, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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Ameriprise Financial Accepting Grant Applications for Community Giving Program

Ameriprise Financial provides support to a diverse group of nonprofit organizations whose missions align with our philanthropic priorities. By targeting our giving in this way, we are able to make the most of the resources we have, and in turn, have a greater impact on our communities. We prefer to direct our funding resources to specific projects that can demonstrate innovative approaches with measurable results or capacity building rather than general operating support. Areas of funding interest include Meeting Basic Needs, Supporting Community Vitality, Volunteer Driven Causes. Deadline: September 1, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

KIDS Consortium Offers Green Mini-Grants for New England K-12 Schools

Who May Apply: (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI and VT)We will accept proposals from K-12 educators, students, and community organizations working with youth to plan and implement a “green school” service-learning project. Applicants who have been trained, or are willing to be trained, in the KIDS model of service-learning will be considered top priority for grant funding.

Projects must solve a problem or address a local need related to making schools and neighborhoods healthier and more environmentally sustainable (e.g. reduce non-renewable energy consumption within schools and other community buildings; use fewer consumable products to both save energy and costs; promote outdoor green spaces and trails; use more locally grown food to reduce transportation costs and energy consumption and improve nutrition; improve air quality in and near schools, etc.) Deadline: August 31, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

ASCAP Foundation Grants

The ASCAP Foundation, established in 1975, is a publicly supported charitable organization which is tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is dedicated to supporting American music creators and encouraging their development through music education and talent development programs. The ASCAP Foundation considers proposals from other 501(c)(3) organizations engaging in music education and talent development programs that are consistent with the mission and objectives of The ASCAP Foundation and which support music education programs for aspiring songwriters and composers. Our average grant is approximately $2,500. Deadline: August 1, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

Student Achievement Grants

The NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students’ habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection. Amount: The grant amount is $5,000. Deadline: October 15, 2009. For more information and details please visit this section. To view other available grants please click here.

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No School Left Behind Software Grant Program

The Program grants all qualified Applicants who submit a completed Grant Application before the deadline for each year of the Program, a perpetual license of VIP Tone's School MATRIX software product. Each annual phase will award a specific version, or bundle, of the School MATRIX product, to be specified before the grant application process starts.

The Grant Application must be completely filled out and submitted to VIP Tone by no later than the published deadline for submission. Each applicant will receive a formal letter from VIP Tone within 10 working days of submission of their Grant Application Form with the approval status of their application.

Value: The List-Price of the Perpetual Software License for School MATRIX 2.0 is $18,000.

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