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Industry News
Institute Offers Philanthropic Education for Women
Women's Philanthropy Institute
The Women's Philanthropy Institute (WPI), a program of the
Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, was founded in 1997 to
help women understand their full potential and capabilities as financial
donors, and to inspire women to fulfill their philanthropic potential.
With a three-pronged approach including education and training,
research, and a resource center, WPI is the "go-to" place for a
comprehensive overview of the women's philanthropy movement. National
and local nonprofit organizations, community foundations, local
United
Ways, financial advisors, banks, and women's funds have relied on WPI's
expertise to build and to expand women's philanthropy initiatives. For
more information on WPI and the programs and services offered, visit the
website listed above.
Conferences and Trainings
Institute Focuses on Building Urban Leaders
Urban Service-Learning Institute
The 2007 Urban Service-Learning Institute will bring together
concerned individuals from around the country to focus on applying the
principles of service-learning in urban environments. Institute
participants will discuss service-learning outreach and application
techniques that help students achieve academic excellence and become
strong community leaders. This event is also an opportunity to connect
with other professionals working in urban settings and help shape this
developing area of service-learning. The Institute will be held August
2-3, 2007, in Detroit, MI. Visit the website listed above for more
information.
Conference Focuses on Neighborhood Networks Centers
Neighborhood Networks National Training
Conference
HUD created Neighborhood Networks in 1995 to encourage property owners
to establish multi-service community learning centers in order to
provide computer access to low-income housing communities. The 2007
Neighborhood Networks National Training Conference, “Connecting
Residents to Opportunities,” will help Neighborhood Networks supporters
maintain a high level of enthusiasm and obtain the tools and resources
needed to keep up with change and progress. In addition, participants
from government agencies and nonprofit organizations will have the
opportunity to discover the benefits of working with Neighborhood
Networks centers. The conference will be held
August 8-10, 2007, in
Washington, DC. Visit the website listed above for registration
information
GrantStation Announcements
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Easy Fundraising Ideas: Yes, They Really Exist!
Gottlieb examines several fundraising methods, moving from those with
which we're already familiar and expanding to explain innovative ideas
of which readers might not already be aware. Each method is explored in
an in-depth, three-part mini-series replete with examples and helpful
links to further readers' understanding. To read the final article in
this series, “Event Fundraising: Popular Alternate Event Options,” visit
the GrantStation website.
Free Online Fundraising Services for the
Gulf
States
Network for Good
Do you work with a nonprofit organization in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas? Through a
generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Network for Good online
fundraising services are provided free for one year to organizations in
the Hurricane Katrina affected states. Download more information from
http://www.fundraising123.org/nfgkellogg.pdf and email
fundraising123@networkforgood.org
for an e-coupon.
Funding Opportunities
Grants Target Tobacco Control Issues
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Tobacco
Policy Change: A Collaborative for Healthier Communities and States
Tobacco Policy Change: A Collaborative for Healthier Communities and
States, a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
provides resources for local, regional, and state-based organizations
and tribal groups to advocate for effective policies that decrease
tobacco use and exposure. This initiative is issuing a special
solicitation that will build on previous success in attracting new
partners whose constituencies are most directly affected by tobacco use
and exposure. Grantees are expected to apply their advocacy skills and
experience to advance tobacco and other public health policies in their
communities. Organizations from Indian Country and the following states
are eligible to apply:
Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, or Virginia. The application
deadline for planning grants is September 14, 2007. Implementation grant applications will be due
March 14, 2008. Visit the website listed above for
program details and online application information.
Assistance Programs for Disabled Vets Supported
Disabled American Veterans Charitable
Service Trust
The Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust is dedicated to
building better lives for our nation's disabled veterans and their
families. The Trust provides grants to nonprofit organizations located
in the United States that offer physical and psychological
rehabilitation programs, meet the special needs of veterans with
specific disabilities such as amputation and blindness, or aid and
shelter homeless veterans. The focus is on long-term service projects
providing direct assistance to disabled veterans and their families.
Requests are reviewed quarterly; the next application deadline is
August 1, 2007. Visit the website listed above for
more information.
Funds for Prison Reform
Open Society Institute U.S. Justice Fund:
Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives Project
The mission of the Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives Project, a
program of the Open Society Institute's U.S. Justice Fund, is to reduce
the scale of incarceration in the United States. The Alternatives
Project encourages proposals that seek to eliminate race and class
disparities in sentencing and incarceration, reduce the length of
criminal sentences and promote judicial discretion in sentencing,
promote alternatives to incarceration that emphasize rehabilitation and
treatment, limit prison growth and prison privatization, and empower
communities most affected by mass incarceration to develop alternative
policies that address underlying social, racial, and economic
inequality. Letters of inquiry are accepted on a rolling basis. Visit
the website listed above for program details and application guidelines.
Technology Awards for K-12 Schools
Best Buy Teach Awards
The Best Buy Teach Awards program supports schools and educators using
technology to make learning fun. Awards are provided to K-12 schools
that have been using an interactive technology program in their
classrooms for at least one full school year. Up to 1,500 K-12 schools
will be selected to receive $2,000 Best Buy gift cards. An additional 50
schools will be awarded $10,000 Best Buy gift cards. From these winning
schools, finalists will be identified and the school districts of these
finalists will have the opportunity to apply for one of eight $100,000
awards. All accredited public, private, parochial, and nonprofit charter
schools that are within 50 miles of a U.S. Best Buy store are eligible
apply. Educators must apply between July 1 and September 30, annually.
Visit the website listed above for more information.
Grants for National Economic Literacy Programs
Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation
The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation provides grants for
projects with national impact that seek to increase economic literacy
throughout the United States. Support is provided for programs that
raise the public's participation in economic education and/or create a
demand for greater economic literacy. In addition, the application of
new strategies for teaching economics, including online and web-based
instruction, is of interest to the Foundation. Programs that help
disenfranchised youth and adults learn to participate in the economic
system are also a priority. The next application deadline is September
15, 2007. Visit the website listed above for application guidelines.
Innovative Visual Arts Programs Supported
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual
Arts
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts' objective is to foster
innovative artistic expression by supporting cultural organizations
that, in turn, support artists and their work. The Foundation is focused
primarily on supporting work of a challenging and often experimental
nature. Grants are made on a project basis to curatorial programs at
museums, artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions to
originate innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual
arts. Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other
organizational activities directly related to these programs. The
Foundation also supports efforts to strengthen areas that directly
affect the context in which artists work -- such as freedom of artistic
expression and equitable access to resources. The next application
deadline is September 1, 2007. Visit the website listed above for more
information.
International Grant Programs
Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in
Leadership
The Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership seeks to promote
action which exemplifies ethical principle. The Foundation works with
organizations throughout Canada. Most Foundation activities are aimed at
some form of public engagement, though there is some focus on policy and
law reform. Types of support include partnerships and limited program
funding, as well as fellowships, internships, and awards.
Aga Khan Foundation
The Aga Khan Foundation seeks to develop and promote creative solutions
to problems that impede social development. Major areas of interest
include health, education, rural development, civil society, and the
environment. The Foundation's geographical spread currently encompasses
activities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Canada, India, Kenya, the Kyrgyz
Republic, Mozambique, Pakistan, Portugal, Switzerland, Syria,
Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Belgian Raiffeisen Foundation (BRS)
BRS supports poor people in developing countries who take the initiative
to build a better life for themselves and a future for their children.
The Foundation provides funds to organizations in developing countries
that develop activities in the field of saving, lending, or insurance
according to cooperative principles. BRS offers three levels of
assistance: subsidies, guarantees, and advice/training.
Grantmaker Updates
National and Regional Awards, Fellowships, and Requests for Proposals
Agape Foundation Supports Peace and
Justice
Agape Foundation: Fund for Nonviolent Social Change is accepting letters
of intent for the fall 2007 Board of Trustees Grant program.
AAA Wants Your Ideas about Senior Safety
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is soliciting concept papers for
its upcoming Senior Safety and Mobility Workshop.
RWJF Solicits Special Topic Proposals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is soliciting special topic proposals
to support research and analyses of the complex causes of rising health
care costs as well as potential solutions.
NFWF Has a Whale of an Opportunity
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is accepting proposals for the
General Call cycle of the National Whale Conservation Fund.
Pride Foundation Opens Fall 2007 Grant
Cycle
Applications for the fall 2007 Northwest Grants cycle are now available
on the Pride Foundation's website
Federal Deadlines
Excerpts from GrantStation’s Listings of Federal Notices
Administration for Children and Families:
Head Start Hispanic/Latino Service
Partnerships and
Head Start Tribally Controlled Land
Grant College and University Partnerships
These programs seek to increase the number of Head Start teaching staff
with associate and baccalaureate degrees in early childhood education in
order to improve the quality and long-term effectiveness of education
program services to children and families of targeted populations.
Environmental Protection Agency, Regions 9
and 10: Clean School Bus USA
This program seeks to minimize children's exposure to diesel exhaust by
reducing pollution from school buses.
Environmental Protection Agency: Hazardous
Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes
This program supports the development and implementation of hazardous
waste programs and capacity building to address hazardous waste
mismanagement in Indian Country.
National Institutes of Health: Mentoring
Programs to Diversify the Mental Health and Substance Abuse HIV/AIDS
Research Workforce through Innovative Educational Initiatives
This program supports the development of research mentoring programs for
graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career faculty from
under-represented groups to improve the capacity for high quality HIV
research and to facilitate the research career development of
investigators in HIV/AIDS fields, particularly as they relate to mental
health and substance abuse.
National Science Foundation: Engineering
Education Programs
This program supports research that contributes to the basic
understanding of how students learn engineering. |
