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Acton Institute Samaritan Award |
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Acton Institute's Center for Effective Compassion offers a Samaritan Award, which is designed to recognize America's leading charities. One winner receives a cash award and runners-up receive consulting services packages. |
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Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award |
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Created in honor of Alec Dickson, this award recognizes leaders who have displayed courage, compassion, and creativity to overcome barriers and positively impact the lives of young people. |
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American Red Cross Woodrow Wilson Award for Exemplary Youth Volunteer Service |
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This award goes to a young person under 21 in recognition of his/her contributions to the American Red Cross and the community. Nominations are made by chapters. National Headquarters Awards/Recognition Committee, Red Cross National Office of Volunteers, 8111 Gate House Road, Falls Church, VA 22042. (703) 206-7410 |
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Americorps Education Awards |
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Upon successful completion of a term of service as an AmeriCorps member, students are eligible for an education award to help payment for authorized educational expenses or repay qualified student loans. |
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Angels in Action |
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The Angel Soft Angels in Action Awards program rewards children who perform exemplary acts of service to benefit a community, charity or cause.
Angel Soft rewards children between the ages 8 and 15 with a monetary award and a year's supply of Angel Soft bath tissue.
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ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award |
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The ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award recognizes education professionals, 40 years of age or younger who demonstrate exemplary commitment and exceptional contribution to the profession. The recipient is profiled in Educational Leadership, receives ten-thousand dollars, and is honored at the ASCD Annual Conference and Exhibit Show. |
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Brick Awards |
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Each year, Do Something honors outstanding leaders under the age of 18 who use their talents to take action that measurably strengthens their local communities in the areas of community building, health, and the environment. Age restrictions apply. |
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Campus Compact Awards Program |
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This site includes links to information about the Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning, the Swearer Student Humanitarian Award, links to other awards, grants, and fellowships. |
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Center for Effective Compassion Samaritan Awards |
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Part of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty, the Samaritan Awards identify up to 10 exceptional predominantly privately funded charities that help individuals break the cycle of dependency by providing help that is direct, personal, and accountable. Prize amount awards are up to 10,000 dollars.
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Christopher Columbus Awards Program |
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Sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation in cooperation with the National Science Foundation, these cross-curricular national competitive awards combinesscience and technology with community problem-solving in a real-world setting. With the help of an adult coach, students under the age of 18 work in teams to identify an issue they care about and use science and technology to develop an innovative solution. This is science and community involvement at its best. Team grant awards range from 200 dollars to the finalist award 25,000 dollars to implement winning ideas in their communities.
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Citizen Activist Award (The Gleitsman Foundation) |
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The 2004 award will honor those who have struggled to improve K-12 public education in order to give each child the basic education necessary to succeed in our fast-changing world. The honorees will share 100,000 dollars and each will receive a specially commissioned sculpture designed by Maya Lin. |
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Clay Aiken ABLE to SERVE Awards |
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Sponsored by Youth Service America and The Bubel Aiken Foundation, twenty-five grants up to 1,000 dollars each are available to encourage young people with disabilities, between the ages of 5 and 22, to plan and execute service projects in the United States for National Youth Service Day.
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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) |
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This award recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and health professional
schools that build on each other's strengths to improve health professional education, civic responsibility, and the overall health of
communities. |
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Congressional Award: America's Award for Youth |
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A public partnership created by Congress to promote and recognize achievement, initiative, and service in America's youth, the U.S. Congress' award for young Americans is non-partisan, voluntary, and non-competitive. The program is open to all 14- to 23-year-olds who can earn bronze, silver and gold certificates and medals. Each level involves setting goals in four program areas: volunteer public service, personal development, physical fitness, and expedition/exploration. |
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Coverdell Award for Excellence |
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Each year the Peace Corps selects several exceptional educators to receive the Coverdell Award for Excellence. The award pays tribute to educators who exhibit outstanding participation in the Peace Corps' Coverdell World Wise Schools global education program. |
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Daily Points of Light Award |
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Each weekday, this award honors one volunteer or volunteer effort that has found innovative ways to meet community needs, efforts which often lead to long-term solutions and impact social problems in their local communities. Award Certificates and winners are featured on website and nominations are accepted year-round. |
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Elliot L. Richardson Prize for Excellence in Public Service, The |
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This award recognizes extraordinary, sustained accomplishment and integrity in government service and to encourage achievement by future public leaders at the level Richardson demonstrated in service to his country. |
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Ford Radical Renovation: School Edition Award |
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Ford's Radical Renovation: School Edition is challenging classrooms to plan ways to make their school more eco-responsible. The class that comes up with the best plan will win 100,000 dollars for an environmental renovation. |
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Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, The |
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This national award honors young people from diverse backgrounds,ages 8 to 18, who have shown leadership and courage in public service. |
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Harold Howe II Youth Policy Fellowship Award (32K pdf) |
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The AMERICAN YOUTH POLICY FORUM (AYPF) of Washington, D.C. announces the 2004 competition for our annual Fellowship award to a promising young scholar or practitioner. The Fellow will carry out a self-designed project on significant issues in youth policy, practice, research or program evaluation, focusing particularly on disadvantaged youth. The Fellowship is supported under a grant from the Ford Foundation. The Fellowship will be available for work commencing in the Summer or Fall of 2004. |
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Harris Wofford Awards, The |
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Sponsored by Youth Service America and State Farm Companies Foundation. One award is given to an individual between the ages of 5 and 25 who has demonstrated exemplary commitment and action to involve themselves and other peers in service, youth voice, service-learning, and civic engagement activities. A second award recognizes an institution (national, state, or local nonprofit organization, a Foundation, or a Corporation) with demonstrated record of activity and impact devoted to youth service, youth voice, service-learning, and civic engagement.
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Hesburgh Awards |
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The Hesburgh Award honors faculty development programs in the field of service-learning. Each year the award is presented to a faculty development program judged to have best met three criteria: significance of the program to higher education; appropriate program rationale; and successful results and impact on undergraduate teaching and student learning.
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Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award |
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Campus Compact member presidents recognize five students each year for their outstanding public service and provide financial support toward their continued efforts to address societal needs. |
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Idealist.org: Nonprofit Design Contest |
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This new competition "seeks to promote excellence in design in the nonprofit sector and to reward and acknowledge those designers who move beyond limitations to create works that are functional and aesthetically powerful while also promoting social impact." Awards include software and hardware donated by contest sponsors. |
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Idealist.org Nonprofit Design Contest |
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Action Without Borders's Idealist.org is sponsoring its first annual design competition for nonprofit organizations in the categories of Web, print, and multimedia to promote excellence in design in the nonprofit sector. |
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Independent Sector Awards |
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Includes The John W. Gardner Leadership Award, The Leadership IS Award, and The Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize.
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ING Unsung Heroes Awards Program |
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These awards are given to K-12 educators pioneering in new methods and techniques that improve student learning. Applications are judged on their innovative teaching methods, creative educational projects, and ability to make a positive influence on the children they teach. |
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Jefferson Awards, The |
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The Jefferson Awards are presented on two levels: national and local. National award recipients represent a "Who's Who" of outstanding Americans. On the local level, Jefferson Awards recipients are ordinary people who do extraordinary things without expectation of recognition or reward. |
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National Caring Award, The |
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The Caring Institute seeks to identify, honor, and reinforce the activities of particularly caring Americans - those whole ennoble the human race by transcending self in service to others. |
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National Rising Scholars Award |
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Originally the Kellogg Forum, five awards are sponsored by the National Forum on HIgher Education for the Public Good, the Association for Institutional Research, the American Association for Higher Education, the American Educational Research Association, the Association for the Study of Higher Education, and the American College Personnel Association. Awards are made to pre-tenured faculty, early career practitioners, and advanced graduate students who engage in research that explores higher education's role in serving the public good. |
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National Schools of Character Awards Program (CEP) |
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This Character Education Partnership annual awards program recognizes K-12 schools and districts demonstrating outstanding character education initiatives that yield positive results in student behavior, school climate and academic performance. Although winners may differ in method, content, and scope, all emphasize core ethical values such as honesty, respect, responsibility and caring. |
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National Science Board Public Service Award |
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The National Science Board (NSB) established the Public Service Award in November 1996. The annual award recognizes people and organizations who have increased the public understanding of science or engineering. The award may be given to an individual and to a group (company, corporation or organization), but not to members of the U.S. Government. |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars |
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to promote improvement in the education of those who study science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics (STEM). The NSF Director's Award for Distinguished TeachingScholars (DTS) recognizes and rewards individuals who have contributed
significantly to the scholarship of their discipline and to the education of students in STEM, and exemplify the ability to integrate their research and educational activities. This program seeks to recognize those faculty who bring the excitement and richness of scientific discovery to a broad spectrum of students. |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) Presidential Awards |
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) administers several awards programs in partnership with the White House. These programs provide Presidential awards that denote remarkable achievement by outstanding scientists, engineers, and educators who demonstrate exceptional leadership in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and STEM education. Includes: National Medical Science, the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). |
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National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Science Teacher Awards |
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This award honors kindergarten-college teachers who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of science teaching. Awardees recieve a formal citation, three nights' hotel accommodation, and funds to attend the NSTA National Convention. |
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National Service-Learning Conference Awards |
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Nominations are being accepted for three awards
honoring outstanding leadership and inspiration to the service-learning field. All recipients will be honored at the 2004 National Service-Learning Conference in Orlando, FL and will receive complimentary travel and registration to attend the conference. |
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President's Student Service Awards |
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The awards recognize young Americans for outstanding community service. All full-time students from kindergarten through college who contribute at least 100 hours (50 hours for younger students) of service to the community are eligible. |
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Prudential Spirit of Community Awards |
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The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards recognize students in middle and high school grades who have demonstrated exemplary community service. |
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Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching |
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The Cherry Award program is designed to honor great teachers, to stimulate discussion in the academy about the value of teaching, and to encourage departments and institutions to value their own great teachers. The winner of the Cherry Award will receive a large monetary prize (200,000 dollars for 2006-2007) and will teach in residence at Baylor University during a fall or spring semester; travel expenses and a furnished apartment are provided. To further Baylor University's commitment to great teaching, the winner's home department will receive a monetary prize (25,000 dollars in 2006-2007).
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Samuel Huntington Public Service Award |
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This award provides an annual stipend for a graduating senior to pursue public service. The award allows recipients to engage in meaningful public service activity for up to one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career. |
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Service-Learning Emerging Leaders Initiative |
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Through the Service-Learning Emerging Leaders Initiative, local, state, tribal, regional, and national organizations and public-sector agencies host emerging leaders, ages 25 to 35, who have demonstrated a commitment to making a difference in the lives of young people, schools, and communities. The emerging leaders are employed by the host organization for a period of two years -- building organizational capacity and a new generation of diverse service-learning leadership. |
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Sherry Unger Award, The |
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Every other month, the Maryland Student Service Alliance website features a different noteworthy service-learning project on their homepage. The featured project receives a 0 cash recognition award for use on future service-learning projects, and is listed in the project idea archive for others to emulate! |
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Skoll Foundation: Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship |
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Social entrepreneurs are people and organizations who apply innovative solutions to pressing social problems, empowering communities and other groups to mobilize resources and develop opportunities for improvement and change. Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship support scaling up or replication of innovative programs to a level where they can achieve systemic social change. |
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Spirit of Service Awards, Corporation for National and Community Service |
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These awards pay tribute to the most outstanding participants in each of the Corporation's programs - Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Recipients in the Learn and Serve America category can include a student, educator, or Service-Learning Program.
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State Farm Service-Learning Practitioner Leadership Award |
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This award recognizes a teacher, youth worker, or community member who has created a living legacy by equipping young people to lead and serve. The recipient must also have served as a model of leadership, helping to nurture others in the field to expand their service-learning knowledge and skills. |
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State Farm Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Excellence Award |
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Supported by the State Farm Companies Foundation, this award recognize K-12 service-learning programs that uniquely demonstrate youth leadership for service-learning excellence, defined as incorporating key elements of high quality service-learning, and having a sustainable impact on the participants and the broader community. |
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Temple Awards For Creative Altruism |
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The Temple Awards for Creative Altruism is presented annually by the Institute of Noetic Sciences to one or more individuals or organizations whose work embodies the inspirational light of unselfish service motivated by love. Click on About, Inside IONS, Grants and Awards. The award fund is divided among recipients selected by an independent jury. |
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Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning, The |
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Campus Compact recognizes and honors one faculty member each year for contributing to the integration of community or public service into the curriculum and for efforts to institutionalize service-learning. |
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Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community |
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This Award recognizes exemplary service and community involvement rather than academic achievement. The Award is presented to high school seniors, and is accompanied by a monetary gift. |
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YouthActionNet |
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YouthActionNet grants awards to youth leaders and their emerging projects that promote social change and connect youth with local communities.
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AT&T CARES Youth Service Action Fund, The |
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The fund supports young people as they improve their communities through service on National Youth Service Day. Fifty grants are available to young people (ages 5-25) and organizations to implement service projects for National Youth Service Day. |
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Comcast Foundation Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Program |
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To be eligible for a Leaders of Tomorrow scholarship, high school seniors must be nominated by their principals. Scholarships are awarded to high school seniors in recognition of their community service. |
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Dollar General Community and Back-to-School Grants |
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Dollar General's community grants program provides support for non-profit organizations committed to the advancement of youth literacy initiatives. The Dollar General Back-to-School grant program awards (7) grants to assist schools in meeting some of the financial challenges they face in implementing new programs or purchasing new equipment, materials or software for their school library or literacy program. |
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Dow Grant Awards |
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The Dow Chemical Company has made available 20 million USD in grant funds to support proposed initiatives concentrating on math and science, teacher training, and parental involvement for K-12 school districts. Grant proposals should focus on giving K-12 students science and engineering
experiences, giving teachers the training to provide these experiences, and fostering parental and community involvement. School districts and
school boards nationwide, as well as programs that promote systemic education reform in math and science, are eligible to apply. Special
attention is given to school districts around communities where Dow is located. |
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mtvU Grants |
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mtvU Grants will help fund a new student-run community service organization, or a new project being undertaken by an existing organization. Grants are awarded for original ideas about how to make the world, or a campus, a better place. Winners may be featured on mtv News. |
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Nestlé and RIF's Very Best in Youth |
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Co-sponsored by Nestlé USA and Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the Nestlé and RIF's Very Best In Youth honors 30 young people who have made reading a priority and in the process have made tangible contributions to the quality of life in their communities. Award recipients are featured in a special publication and honored at a ceremony. Nestlé also donates funds in the name of each winner to the charity of his/her choice. |
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Nickelodeon "Let's Just Play" Grants |
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Nicelelodeon will provide grant funding to schools and after-school program to provide resources to create or expand opportunities for physical and healthy play. Between twenty-five to fifty grants, ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 dollars, will be awarded annually. |
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Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for K-12 Science Teachers |
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The Toyota TAPESTRY program awards annual grants of up to 10,000 dollars each and "mini-grants" of to K-12 science teachers. Interested teachers should propose innovative science projects that can be implemented in their school or school district over a one-year period. |
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American Federation of Teachers Grant and Funding Resources |
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List of links to grant and funding opportunities by subject area for PreK-12 teachers. |
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Campus Compact's Grants/ Fellowships/ Funding Page |
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Lists grants for community service directors and institutions, students, federal funding sources, and national and regional grants. |
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Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, The |
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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this web site provides resources for faith-based funding opportunities. |
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Channing Bete list of education grants |
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Includes a list of available education grants, including deadlines. |
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Corporation for National & Community Service |
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This site contains links to new notices of funding available for state and national cooperative agreements and grant programs such as funding for Next Generation Grants, Presidential Freedom Scholarships, Service-Learning and Homeland Security grants, AmeriCorps grants, AmeriCorps* National Professional Corps Programs, AmeriCorps Tribal Program Grants. |
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COS Funding Opportunities |
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This Community of Science (COS) site assists in searching for "hard-to-find information critical to scientific research and other projects across all disciplines." A variety of search methods provide access to funding opportunities. |
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Directory of Funding Sources for Community-Based Participatory Research (517K pdf) |
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Published by CCPH and the Northwest Health Foundation in June 2004, this directory includes funding agency descriptions, deadlines, contact information, examples of previously funded CBPR projects, and an annotated listing of funding resource websites. |
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Foundation for the Mid South |
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A list of grants available to K-12 teachers, seven can be applied to the needs of a service-learning program. Call each organization for the specific grant guidelines and application.
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Foundation Resource Guide Online Database (Office of University Partnerships) |
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This database indexes funding opportunities that support partnerships between campus and community entities. |
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Foundations On-Line |
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This directory includes links to corporate and private foundations, a community foundations directory, a grantmakers directory, charity links, scholarships and awards, tax links, fundraising consultants, government grants, grant writing assistance, and more. |
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Freechild Project Funding Directory |
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A directory of 585 scholarships, fellowships, grants, internships, and awards for youth involved in social action. |
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Funding for Service-Learning Research (Learning in Deed) |
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Lists possible funding sources for service-learning research, including trusts and foundations and funding resource centers. |
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GuideStar |
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GuideStar is a searchable national database of more than 700,000 nonprofit organizations. Includes grantmaker and donor information, products, services, a newsletter, and more. Requires free registration. |
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National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Fellowships (NIHCD) Funding |
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All aspects of NIHCD funding opportunities and guidelines are listed at this site, including future funding initiatives such as adolescent medicine trials for HIV/AIDS intervention, a neonational research network, and a cooperative maternal fetal medicine network. |
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National Institute of Health Research Grants |
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Site provides links to grant funding resources: program announcements, policies and procedures, forms, applications, and access to the grants database. |
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School Funding Services (SFS) |
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This service of New American Schools provides a subscription-based database of funding resources. Each funding entry includes regularly updated information about guidelines, eligibility requirements, and application process, and is accompanied by downloadable application forms. A free trial is available. |
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SERVEnet |
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A list of funding opportunities for volunteer work. |
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Youth Service America |
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Site lists numerous service awards and grants with links to funders, due dates, and more. |
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Ashoka |
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Ashoka is a global non-profit organization that invests in individuals with unprecedented ideas for change in their communities. It does so through stipends and professional services that allow "Ashoka Fellows" to focus fulltime on their ideas for leading social change in education and youth development, health care, environment, human rights, access to technology and economic development. |
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Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) |
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APAICS offers several fellowship programs annually that are designed to provide opportunities to two individuals who are committed to the Asian Pacific Islander American
communities, and who plan to pursue careers in public service.
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Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship |
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A project of the Congressional Hunger Center, each year about twenty participants are selected for this twelve-month program. Fellows are placed for six months with urban and rural community-based organizations involved in fighting hunger at the local level. They then move to Washington, DC for six months of work at national organizations involved in the anti-hunger and poverty movement. |
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Coro Fellows Program |
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The Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs is a nine-month, full-time, post-graduate experiential leadership-training program that introduces diverse, intelligent and driven young public servants to all aspects of the public affairs arena. |
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Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship |
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Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship was established in honor of Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii, who has served with distinction in the United States House of Representatives and Senate for nearly 40 years. This program is made possible by the support of the Aratani Foundation. The Fellow will work in the office of the Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
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Echoing Green |
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Echoing Green is a non-profit Foundation that offers full-time Fellowships to emerging social entrepreneurs. Echoing Green invests in entrepreneurs' projects at an early stage, before most funders are willing to do so, and then provides them with support to help them grow beyond start-up. |
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Frank Horton Fellowship |
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The Frank Horton Fellowship was established in honor of former Congressman Frank Horton who played a leading role in the passage of H.R. 5572 in 1992, which permanently designated the month of May as "Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This program is made possible by the support of
the Anheuser-Busch, Inc. The Fellow will be placed in the office of the Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
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Garvey Fellowships |
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A monetary prize is based on the following essay question: "The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace and the spread of commerce and the diffusion of education than upon the labor of Cabinets or Foreign Offices."
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Hearst Minority Fellowship- Indiana University Center on Philanthropy |
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The Hearst Minority Fellowship is designed to provide members of minority groups the opportunity to engage in the study and practical application of philanthropy, while in pursuit of the M.A. in Philanthropic Studies or M.P.A. in Nonprofit Management degree. |
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Human Rights Watch Fellowships |
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Human Rights Watch awards four Fellowships annually to recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs (master's and above) in journalism, international relations, area studies, or other relevant disciplines. Fellows work full time for one year with one or more divisions of Human Rights Watch, based in New York City or Washington, DC., where they monitor human rights developments in various countries, conduct on-site investigations, draft reports on human rights conditions, and engage in advocacy aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations.
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Internships, Native American Program for Service-Learning, Arizona College of Public Health |
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The Native American Program for Service Learning offers an internship program that focuses on workforce development and community capacity building with tribal or urban Indian health agencies. Interns must have a high school diploma or GED and be employed with an agency specifically serving the health needs of Native Americans. |
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James A. Johnson Community Fellowship |
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The James A. Johnson Community Fellowship Program recognizes and rewards urban and rural affordable housing and community development professionals in the nonprofit sector for their years of service to the field. Each year, the Fannie Mae Foundation selects up to six seasoned professionals as Johnson Fellows. These Fellows design and pursue development plans that may include research, travel, study, self-designed internships, and other activities that enhance their skills and knowledge. The Foundation seeks to support individuals working in multiple neighborhoods and/or on a citywide, countywide, statewide, or regional basis. |
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Kenan Fellows for Curriculum and Leadership Development |
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Supported by funding from the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science and corporate sponsors. The program is "an innovative model to promote teacher leadership, address teacher retention and advance K-12 science, technology and mathematics education. Kenan Fellows are public school teachers selected through a competitive process to participate in a
prestigious two-year fellowship...all while remaining active in the classroom."
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National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Fellowships (NIHCD) |
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Part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NICHCD offers research fellowship opportunities in the fields of epidemiology, prevention research, biometry and mathematical statistics. |
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Nonprofit Leaders Program - The Washington Center |
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This program provides a unique opportunity to "do good" and learn about exciting career opportunities in the non-profit sector. Interning within the nonprofit sector provides an opportunity to explore your chosen career field while working with an organization that has a conscience. |
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Open Society Institute Baltimore Community Fellowship Program |
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The OSI Baltimore Community Fellowship Program assists individuals wishing to apply their education and professional experiences to serve marginalized communities. Applicants may either apply for a fellowship either to work under the auspices of a nonprofit organization in Baltimore City or to work independently. The goals are to encourage public and community service careers, expand the number of mentors and role models available to inner-city youth, and promote entrepreneurial initiatives that empower communities to increase opportunities and improve the quality of life for their residents.
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Public Allies Fellowship Program |
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Located at the Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center, this fellowship is available to college graduates who are passionate about education, youth development, and working with 15 - 21 year old students from diverse backgrounds across America who have not found success in conventional school settings. |
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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship in Nonprofit Law |
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One fellowship is awarded annually to a U.S. law
school graduate to pursue legal work in the public sector for one year at the Vera Institute of Justice in New York City. Fellows are selected for their scholarship, leadership, and commitment to practicing in the field of nonprofit law.
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Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program |
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The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Administered by the Spencer Foundation.
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Spencer Post- and Pre-Dissertation Fellowships |
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The National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships, the American Educational Research Association/Spencer Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships, and the Spencer Fellows at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences are administered by outside agencies on behalf of the Spencer Foundation.
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Stanford University, Haas Public Service Fellowship Programs |
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Click on Fellowships to access information on over 17 graduate and undergraduate fellowships awarded to students who help formulate solutions to real world problems in ways that make a positive difference in people's lives. As fellows, students expand on classroom learning and apply this knowledge to practical, real world situations. Summer fellows can participate in either pre-designed or self-designed fellowship opportunities in both domestic and international settings.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships |
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The mission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recovery efforts from attacks that occur. These awards are intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. |
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Unite for Sight |
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Unite for Sight offers international internship opportunities for college and graduate students to work on vision screen, vision education programs, eyeglass distribution, and cataract surgery program in schools and communities in Asia and Latin America. |
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White House Fellows |
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White House Fellowships offer outstanding young Americans the opportunity to participate in the day to day business of governing the nation. Each fellow works full time as a special assistant to a Cabinet member or senior presidential advisor and also participates in an education program designed to nurture his or her development as a leader. |
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ACF's web site offers acces to grant information, internships, and environmental education awards. ACF funds provide operating and project support to local grassroots conservation organizations and individuals. |
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Annie Casey Foundation |
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The foundation works to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families. |
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Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy |
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The goal of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy's National Grant Program is to develop and expand family literacy efforts nationwide, and to support the development of literacy programs that build families of readers. |
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Beaumont Foundation Technology Grants |
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The Beaumont Foundation of America is a not-for-profit philanthropic that grants state-of-the-art, wireless laptop computers and technology equipment to schools and community groups serving low-income populations and individuals. |
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Ben and Jerry's Foundation |
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The Foundation provides funding for grassroots, constituent-led organizations that are organizing for systemic social change. Grants are awarded to agencies that propose projects that "lead to societal, institutional and/or environmental change; address the root causes of social or environmental problems; and lead to new ways of thinking and acting."
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grants |
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The Foundation provides funds to support projects that focus on global health, learning, libraries, Pacific Northwest programs, and special projects. |
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Community Foundation Locator (Council on Foundations) |
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Community foundations are public charities in the United States that aid people who are interested in working to help their community. Use this online locator to find your local community foundation.
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David and Lucille Packard Foundation, The |
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The Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following program areas: Conservation and Science; Population; and Children, Families, and Communities. The Foundation provides national and international grants, and also has a special focus on the Northern California Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey. |
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eBay Foundation Community Grants |
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eBay Foundation funds technology, economic development, and cultural entrepreneurship to improve the economic and social well-being of children, adults, and communities. eBay welcomes grant applications for programs in localities which have a major eBay employment base, specifically, San Jose, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT.
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Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Grants |
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The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers "mini-grants" of 350 dollars to school and public libraries for programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children. Programs that will be considered include innovative or noteworthy workshops, lectures and festivals, as well as programs targeted at parents and pre-school children. Special priority will be given to any programs relating to the work of Ezra Jack Keats. Applications forms are available online, and can be printed out and then mailed to the foundation. All K-12 schools and public libraries in the United States are eligible to apply. |
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Foundation Center, The |
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The Foundation Center allows you to search by name for basic financial and contact information on more than 65,000 private and community foundations in the U.S. Also includes a directory of grantmaker websites and the Foundation Directory Online grantmaker database (you must subscribe to use this database). |
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Gannett Foundation |
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The Gannett Foundation, a corporate foundation sponsored by Gannett Co., Inc., serves local organizations in those communities in which Gannett Co., Inc. has a local daily newspaper or television station. The program makes contributions through grants and a matching gifts program to qualified nonprofit organizations to improve the education, health and advancement of the people who live in Gannett communities. The Foundation values projects which take a creative approach to such fundamental issues as education and neighborhood improvement, economic development, youth development, community problem-solving, assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation and cultural enrichment. |
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General Mills Foundation Community Action Grants |
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General Mills addresses community needs with breakthrough ideas, championship people and financial resources. The General Mills Foundation distributes grants to support arts and culture, education, family life, nutrition and fitness, and more. |
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Hasbro Children's Fund |
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The Foundation supports innovative health, education, and social services programs that share the Foundation's key values: caring, opportunity, and joy. Local, national, and replication/expansion grants are available ranging from 500 to 35,000 dollars over one to three years. Rolling deadline. |
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Humana Foundation |
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The Humana Foundation provides support for projects and organizations in company communities in the fields of health, education, and civic and cultural development. Funding is limited to nonprofit organizations located in communities where Humana has a presence in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Puerto Rico. |
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J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation Grants |
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The mission of the foundation is to "build long-term partnerships with the nonprofit, non-governmental organizations and public schools whose success is vital to the prosperity and growth of those communities." The foundation supports grants for community economic development, faith-based projects, financial literacy, and public education. |
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Jack Kent Cooke Foundation |
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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is an innovation fund that "provides grants to nonprofit organizations to spark the creation or expansion of innovative education programs in a particular field each year." |
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KnowledgeWorks Foundation |
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The Knowledge Works Foundation holds an annual national search for excellent schools that capture the growing trend to build schools as centers of community. One entry receives a cash grant and an award for excellence as well as recognition in the foundation's "Schools as Centers of Community Honor Society." |
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Kresge Foundation, The |
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The Kresge Foundation provides challenge grants for building construction or renovation through its Bricks and Mortor Programs, including the purchase of major equipment and real estate. In addition, it offers a Scientific Iniative challenge grant program to upgrade and endow scientific equipment and instruments in colleges and universities, teaching hospitals, medical schools, and research institutions.
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National Geographic Society Education Foundation Teacher Grants |
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The mission of the National Geographic Society's Education Foundation is to prepare children to embrace a diverse world, succeed in a global economy, and steward the planet's resources. |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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The NSF offers numerous grant funding opportunities in a broad range of disciplines as described in online links to the eBulletin or the Program Guide. |
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Omidyar Foundation, The |
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This private foundation was established by Pam and Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay. The Foundation funds community projects that focus on engagement, partnerships, collaboration, enabling connectivity, and knowledge building. |
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Open Meadows |
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The Foundation awards grants up to 2,000 dollars to projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls, projects with limited financial access which reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of our society and promote the empowerment of women and girls, and projects for social change that have encountered obstacles in their search for funding. Deadlines are August 15 and February 15 of each year. |
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Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network |
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Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private operating and grantmaking foundation based in New York City that serves as the hub of the Soros foundations network, a group of autonomous foundations and organizations in more than 50 countries. OSI and the network implement a range of initiatives that aim to promote open societies by shaping government policy and supporting education, media, public health, and human and women's rights, as well as social, legal, and economic reform. |
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Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The |
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The Foundation accepts applications from eligible organizations located in, or serving populations of, the Pacific Northwest, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Funding supports programs in several areas such as the Youth Engagement Program, which "improves the way young people learn by supporting organizations that use innovative teaching strategies and provide opportunities for children to address issues relevant to their lives," while "the Community Development and Social Change Program promotes individual and community development by supporting initiatives and organizations that provide access to resources and opportunities."
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RGK Foundation Grant Program |
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The foundation awards grants to support projects in education, community and human services, and medicine and health. There is no deadline for submission. |
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Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation, The |
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The mission of the Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation is to help today's youth, ages 0 to 25, achieve their full potential through the identification and implementation of innovative, effective programs. Evaluation grants fund outcome evaluations of innovative and replicable programs for underprivileged youth. Replication grants fund the replication or dissemination of programs that have demonstrated substantial outcomes, through rigorous evaluation, of their innovative services to underprivileged youth.
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Seva Foundation Community Grants |
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Seva's Native American Funding Programs support local grassroots partnerships with Native American Peoples who have devised their own solutions to spiritual and cultural renewal, health and wellness, environmental restoration, sustainable agriculture and community economic development, education and treaty rights protection. |
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Spencer Foundation, The |
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The Spencer Foundation provides individual and institutional grant support for research that investigates ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around the world. |
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Staples Foundation for Learning Grants |
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The Staples Foundation for Learning will award public schools and other community non-profits individual grants of 5,000 to 25,000 dollars to fund a broad range of job training and education programs for disadvantaged youth and/or students with disabilities. All public schools and 501(c)(3) organizations in the United States are eligible to apply. |
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Starbucks Foundation Youth Leadership Grant Program |
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Through this program, the Foundation funds local programs that serve low-income, at-risk youth. Grants range from 5,000 to 20,000 dollars and are given in two areas: literacy and diversity. Grant applications are reviewed twice yearly, April 1st and October 1st. |
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Third Wave Foundation |
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The Third Wave Foundation provides resources to support the work of young women activists. They give direct financial support to young women activists and the organizations they lead. |
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W. K. Kellogg Foundation |
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The foundation provides grant funds for projects such as in the areas of health, youth and education, and various international programs in Africa, Latin America and the Carribean. |
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WalMart Foundation Good Works Programs |
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The WalMart Foundation Good Works Programs provide grant support to communities and local non-profit organizations. Funding includes environmental grants, support for the Children's Miracle Network, the Missing Children's Network, a community bike program, literacy education, and more. |
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WHO Foundation, The |
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The Women Helping Others (WHO) Foundation supports grass-roots charities serving the overlooked needs of women and children. Grants are provided to nonprofit organizations serving women and/or children in the United States and Puerto Rico. Projects and programs addressing health, education and social service needs reveive priority. The Foundation does NOT fund grants, loans or scholarships to individuals
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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The |
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Provides grants to non-profit organizations only for education, environmental, and performing arts programs. Example education programs include improving instruction in urban schools and community colleges, and use of information technology to increase access to high-quality academic content. Example environmental programs include saving ecosystems in the North American West, and promotion of energy efficiency to reduce impact of fossil-fuel use. |
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William T. Grant Foundation, The |
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The William T. Grant Foundation provides funds to support research that improvides the lives of young people ages 8 to 25. Areas supported include: research, program evaluation, policy analysis, communications and dissemination, and capacity-building. |
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Chronicle of Philanthropy, The |
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'The Newspaper of the Nonprofit World,' the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports on a rich collection of resources, with a focus on available grants, foundation gifts, fundraising, facts and figures, deadlines, and more. |
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Constitutional Rights Foundation Service-Learning Network |
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Surveys the search for funders and the grant application process. Includes perspectives from a successful fundraiser, reviews of several useful fund-raising web sites, and a comprehensive fund-raising guide for educators. |
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Corporation for National & Community Service |
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The Corporation for National & Community Service, Learn and Serve America program resource guidelines are available for downloading. These include: General School-Based and Community-Based Programs; Higher Education; State Education Agencies; School-Based -Grantmaking Entity; Community-Based -State Commissions & Grantmaking Entity; and Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories.
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Council of Michigan Foundations |
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An association of over 400 grantmaking organizations, this page provides links to help grantseekers research funding opportunities, and obtain fundraising or organizational assistance. |
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eFundraise.org |
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eFundraise.org provides assistance to parents and teacher groups with an online book-and-media site for fundraising campaigns. |
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eSchool News Funding Center |
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Provides funding news and a list of grant programs and new funding sources to help K-12 educators locate money for technology programs. |
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Grant Writing Tips |
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Written by Jeff Singleton for the PSLA (Pennsylvania Service-Learning Alliance), this helpful document answers questions about what should be included in a grant document. Sample grant application links are also provided. |
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Internet Nonprofit Center |
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Site provides information for and about nonprofits, including online fundraising resources, online discussions, and more. |
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Non-Profit Guides: Grant-Writing Tools for Non-Profit Organizations |
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This page features a 10-Point Grant Writing Guide designed to help you win grant funds for your organization. It offers sample inquiry letters, sample grant budgets and applications, and much more.
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School Grants |
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Site includes links to examples of successful grant proposal submissions. Also offers grant writing tips, contests, and grant and fund raising opportunities. |
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Seeking and Finding Funding (CRF, 1999) |
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This issue of the Service-Learning Network from the Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) explores the fundraising process as it applies to students and educators who want to secure financial aid for a school or community program. |
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Tips for Grantseekers (85K pdf) |
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Tips are provided to help teachers find funders whose interests match theirs and turn the ideas into grant proposals. |
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Youth Grantmakers |
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Youthgrantmakers.org is a communication of the Michigan Community Foundation Youth Project (MCFYP. It provides information for youth on grantmaking and has excellent resources on youth advisory committees (YACs), including a "Getting Started Guide", best practices, and sample documents. |
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CalServe, California Department of Education |
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This site offers information on CalServe programs, grants and funding, fact sheets, lesson plan inventory, and more. |
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FBCI Grants Catalog |
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Lists more than 100 programs representing more than billion in Federal grant opportunities from multiple Federal agencies. The list includes most of the programs offered by these agencies of interest to small, faith-based and community groups. |
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Federal Grant Opportunities |
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Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. |
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Institute for Education Science (IES) and National Center for Education Research (NCER) |
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The NCER is part of a new organization, the Institute for Education Science (IES), within the US Department of Education. Grant funding supports research to improve education at all levels. The intent of these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of education from early childhood through postsecondary study.
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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), We the People Challenge Grants |
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As part of its "We the People" initiative, NEH invites proposals for challenge grants designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for humanities activities focused on exploring significant themes and events in American history. NEH challenge grants should reflect careful strategic planning to improve and strengthen the institution's activities in and commitment to the teaching, studying, and understanding of our nation's history, institutions, and culture. Grants require matching support, especially from nonfederal organizations
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National Institute of Justice |
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Site provides resources for current and forthcoming funding opportunities, guidelines and forms, and post-award information. |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse |
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This site provides resources on general grant information, access to forms, funding opportunities, news, and post award information. |
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Office for Community Services (OCS) Assets for Independence (AFI) |
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The site includes AFI grant and funding information for new and expanded AFI Projects, application forms, and other special features.
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Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) |
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Part of the US Department of Education, this OESE web site lists funding for numerous programs and initiatives. |
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U. S. Department of Education, Grants and Contracts |
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A site designed to help you find grants and contracts, or keep up with your existing grant or contract. Features a forecast of funding opportunities, a searchable guide to ED programs, the "discretionary grants process" overview, the Federal Register notices inviting applications and other related information. |
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U. S. Department of Education Forecast of Funding Opportunities FY2004-FY2005 |
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This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the department has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards for FY 2004 and FY 2005 and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. The lists are in the form of charts organized according to the Department's principal program offices and include programs and competitions previously announced, as well as those that will be announced at a later date. |
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U. S. Department of Education Grants |
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The U. S. Department of Education offers several hundred grants to support a wide range of topics which could support service-learning projects. Grants are available for programs such as mentoring, emergency response and crisis management, and safe and drug-free school projects. |
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U. S. Department of Education Partnerships in Character Education Program |
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Look for announcements in the Federal Register regarding grant competitions for the U.S. Department of Education -Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools -Partnerships in Character Education Program. To view currently available application packages, click on the link. |
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U. S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiative |
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Site lists current funding opportunities and closing dates for faith-based and community-based programs and projects. |
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U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Faith-Based and Community Initiatives |
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Site provides a link to a comprehensive listing of funds called SuperNOFA that lists all programs that HUD funds through a competitive grant process. |
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U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) |
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This site lists links to grants and funding opportunities at OJP, including programs such as Safe Start, Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance funding, and more. |
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U. S. Department of Labor (DOL), Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives |
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Site includes current grant and funding opportunities through DOL that are available to all faith-based and community grassroots organizations. |
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American Association of Community Colleges |
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View the latest list of grant opportunities from AACC and other organizations. This list is updated biweekly. |
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American Association of University Women's Educational Fund |
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AAUW offers one year community grants for projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. Two-year community grants are "restricted to projects that focus on K-14 (including 2-year colleges) girls' achievement in math, science, and/or technology. Funds support planning activities, coalition building, implementation and evaluation."
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Brown Foundation Service-Learning Grants |
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Non-competitive grants offered for schools (6th-12th grade) in Louisiana. |
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Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants |
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These grants offer support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations - those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. |
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CIRCLE Grants |
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CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) supports research on the civic engagement of young Americans. Funds youth-led research on youth civic engagement rather than practice. |
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Donors Choose |
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Founded by a Bronx teacher, this nonprofit website invites public school teachers in New York city to propose activities for their students, and then invites citizens to choose a proposal they want to fund. |
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Earthwatch Institute |
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The Earthwatch Institute's mission is research, conservation, and education "to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment." Site offers educational information and grant funding resources for educators and students. |
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Edu.Space, Office of Public Outreach Education Group Grants |
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Edu.space provides funding to support education innovation such as the Initiative to Develop Education through Astronomy and Space Science (IDEAS) and the HST Cycle E/PO project, both of which team educators with scientists. |
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Good Neighbor Service-Learning Award, The |
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One hundred grants of 1,000 dollars are available to youth, teachers/professors, and school-based service-learning coordinators to implement service-learning projects. Sponsored by The Youth Service America and State Farm Companies Foundation. |
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GrantStation |
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This online site includes grant and funding resources, news items, newsletter, success profiles, blog, trends, case studies, and more. Membership includes access to toolkits and to funders by name, area of interest, and by type of support. |
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Greenworks Grants! Project Learning Tree (PLT) |
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GreenWorks! offers educators the opportunity to apply for grants ranging from 50 to 1000 dollars to implement community action and service-learning projects. Note that only PLT trained educators teaching in both formal and non-formal settings are eligible to apply for and receive GreenWorks! grants. |
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Integrative Learning: Opportunities to Connect |
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This three-year national project, sponsored by the Association of
American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching, is aimed at promoting integrative learning in undergraduate education. Eight to ten campuses were chosen competitively and received a grant of 5,000 dollars each to support work integral to the project. |
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Irene Etkowicz Eizen Grant for Emerging Leaders in Elementary School Mathematics |
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Funding for this grant is provided by the Mathematics Education Trust of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). This grant will award funds to help educators teach mathematics more effectively at the elementary level by deepening their mathematical content knowledge and teaching abilities. The recipient of the Eizen grant will work collaboratively with other teachers in the same district to improve mathematics instruction. |
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Jenesis Group |
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Organizations that focus on youth development, education, and social entrepreneurship can apply for grants from the Jenesis Group, which aims to empower poor and at-risk youth to become productive citizens, and looks primarily to preventative programs to accomplish this goal. |
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Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program |
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Nike and Michael Jordan created the Jordan Fundamentals program to help teachers in underprivileged schools purchase materials, supplies, software, equipment and other items needed to fulfill their lessons. Six million dollars in education grants have already been awarded, and the program has been extended through 2009, serving teachers in grades 1-12. |
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Kids Gardening |
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Provides information on grants from the National Gardening Association. Youth Garden Grants are awarded to schools, neighborhood groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational programs throughout the United States. Each grant consists of an assortment of quality tools, seeds, and garden products. |
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Learn and Serve America |
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Learn and Serve America has made available approximately 3,200,00 dollars for school-based service-learning programs. Awards will be made through a national competition to organizations addressing homeland security concerns through the active participation of students (ages 5-17) engaged in service-learning activities in their schools and communities. |
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Michigan Campus Compact: Grants |
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Mini-Grants are available on an annual basis, beginning during fall
semester of each academic year. The following grants are available: Partnerships in Action (PIA) Grant, Community Engagement Grant, Campus-Community Dialogue Grant, Community Service Directors Fellows Grant, Student Citizen Fellows Grant. |
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Mix It Up Grants |
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These grants fund youth-directed activist projects that focus on identifying, crossing and challenging social boundaries in schools and communities. Grants are awarded based on evidence of youth leadership, and collaborative efforts across social boundaries. |
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National 4-H Council Grants Program |
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The National 4-H Grants program offers grants for youth in local communities, in counties, and on the state level. These grants provide opportunities for young people and adults to take action on issues critical to their lives, their families, and their communities. Youth take the lead in the design of the project, the proposal writing process, the implementation, and the evaluation of funded projects.
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National Book Scholarship Fund |
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The National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF), provides local literacy programs throughout the United States with New Readers Press books and other educational materials essential to begin a new literacy outreach program or to significantly expand an existing effort. |
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National Council for the Social Studies, CiviConnections Grants |
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Offers teacher training grants for projects that link local history and civics with community service-learning activities. |
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Office of University Partnerships Funding Page, The |
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This page provides links to funding opportunities from OUP, HUD, and other agencies, as well as information on OUP grantees. |
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Pew Charitable Trusts |
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Provides funds to inform the public, advance policy solutions, and support civic engagement. |
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Project Ignition (NYLC and State Farm) |
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Project Ignition, a joint project presented by State Farm and NYLC, invites students grades 9-12 and teachers or project coordinators, to create new projects on teen driver safety. 25 school projects will be selected to receive a 2000 dollar grant to complete their project in the fall 2004-2005 school year. Winners will be selected by a national judging panel - this time for up to 5000 dollars to travel to Long Beach,
CA for the 2005 National Service Learning Conference and one school will receive a grant of 10,000 dollars for best in show.
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Red, White, and Green Climate Change Grants |
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This opportunity offers 0 to 25 youth between the ages of 15-25 or to organizations that serve youth ages 15-25. Successful applicants will implement a service project about climate change to engage community members and candidates for the 2006 election. |
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School Grants |
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Lists grant opportunities for elementary and secondary schools, gives grant writing tips, hosts an email discussion list for K-12 grant-related topics, and features successful federal, state, and foundation proposal samples. |
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Share Our Strength Grants |
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Sponsored by Share Our Strength and Parade Magazine, the Great American Bake Sale provides funds to anti-hunger organizations working at the local, state, and national levels. Grants will increase the number of children participating in USDA summer and after-school nutrition programs by focusing on start-up and expansion grants to nutrition program sponsors.
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Social Venture Partners of King County, WA |
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Social Venture Partners (SVP) is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization. SVP awards grants to nonprofit organizations who serve King County of Washington State. Grants may be used to support youth development and K-12 education programs.
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Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants |
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The National Weather Association will award grants of 500 dollars to individual K-12 teachers with proposals to educate their students in meteorology. Past recipients have used the funds to purchase scientific materials or equipment for the classroom, attend a relevant workshop or conference, or take an accredited course in atmospheric sciences. All K-12 teachers in the United States are eligible to apply. |
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Tax Coalition - Community VITA Grants Program |
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The National Community Tax Coalition seeks to improve the economic well being of low- and moderate-income individuals, families, and communities by building a movement to dramatically increase access to tax credits and benefits and asset-building opportunities. |
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Teaching Tolerance Grant Program |
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The Teaching Tolerance project of the Southern Poverty Law Center offers grants of up to 2,000 USD to K-12 classroom teachers for implementing tolerance and youth activism projects in their schools and communities. Proposals from other educators such as community organizations and churches will be considered on the basis of direct student impact. |
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Texas Center for Service-Learning: Information on Service-Learning Grants/Funding |
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Offers an extensive collection of information on Learn and Serve America grants, scholarships and awards in service-learning. Also lists smaller grants available for projects related to service-learning (under the category "Other Grants"). |
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Texas Center for Service-Learning Grants and Funding (TXCSL) |
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The Texas Center for Service-Learning, a Statewide Initiative of Region 14 Education Service Center, in conjunction with the Texas Education Agency, begins a new grant cycle with the K-12 School-Community Partnership grant program. Under this program, Region 14 ESC awards grants to public school districts, open enrollment charter schools, and shared services arrangements of public school districts in Texas. The other grant programs managed by the Texas Center for Service-Learning include CAAT Education Award, CHESP, and Title IV.
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Wisconsin Partnership Fund for a Healthy Future |
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Offers grants to organizations in Wisconsin that will enable the organizations to develop community-academic partnerships and community-based public health initiatives.
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Youth Leaders for Literacy Grant Award |
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The Youth Leaders for Literacy program encourages and celebrates literacy service of our nation's young people. Grant winners receive a monetary stipend to operate literacy projects. |
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American Indian College Fund |
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In partnership with the General Mills Foundation and other corporate sponsors, the fund provides need-based scholarships to outstanding tribal college students based on academic standing, financial need, leadership, and commitment to their communities. |
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Anthony C. "Tony" Russo Scholarships |
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This scholarship is sponsored by the National Public Employer Labor Relations Association (NPELRA) Foundation, which was established without an endowment. The Foundation relies on the contributions of NPELRA's members for its funding. Once sufficient funds are available, universities and colleges with schools offering degrees in human resources management and/or labor and employee relations are informed of the availability of the Foundation's Anthony C. "Tony" Russo Scholarships. Finalists are selected based on a set of criteria, including financial need and academic performance. |
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Bonner Scholarship, The |
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The Bonner Foundation provides four-year community service scholarships to approximately 1500 students (Bonner Scholars) annually. The scholarship serves those individuals who have high financial need and a commitment to service. It is designed to heighten the overall education a Scholar receives by asking students to engage in ongoing service work and helping them develop the tools and the knowledge necessary to make that work meaningful and lasting. |
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Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University |
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The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University offers several full-tuition scholarships to incoming students each year who are pursuing the M.A. in Philanthropic Studies. |
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FastWEB |
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The largest online scholarship search, providing students with free information on scholarships, grants, and fellowships. Students should be advised that FastWeb collects and sells personal information such as email addresses, names, and addresses collected through their site. |
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Girls Going Places |
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Girls Going Places College Scholarship Program is the annual initiative of The Guardian Life Insurance Company. Guardian awards college scholarships to 15 girls who demonstrate budding entrepreneurship; are taking the first steps toward financial independence; and make a difference in their school and communities. Scholarship prizes totaling 30 thousand dollars are awarded among three top winners and 12 finalists each year. |
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National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF) |
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The National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF), sponsored by ProLiteracy Worldwide, awards annual funds and grants for supplies books and materials to local literacy programs, ranging from 500 to 7000 dollars with 20 percent matching required. |
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Presidential Freedom Scholarships |
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Formerly known as the President's Student Service Scholarships, these scholarships award students who have strengthened communities by demonstrating outstanding leadership in service. Each high school in the country may select up to two students to receive a scholarship in recognition of their outstanding leadership in service to the community. The student(s) selected may be either a high school junior(s) or senior(s). |
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Public Service Scholarship |
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The Public Service scholarship program was started in 1986 in direct support to "encouraging an interest in public service careers." Qualified applicants must have a 3.5 grade point average in all college work completed to date. Applicants are expected to identify their specific career goal and discuss their vision for the future. Preference is given to students with prior public service or volunteer experience. |
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Truman Scholarship |
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The Truman Scholarship Foundation is awarded to undergraduate students who wish to attend graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in government, the non-profit sector or elsewhere in public service. |
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USDA Public Service Leaders Scholarship Program |
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the Hispanic College Fund, is providing scholarship and internship opportunities for students interested in community leadership careers. |
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