Grants for August 31-Sept. 7 (edit this)
1. Allstate Foundation - Funding Program (national), P.O. Box 12055, 1819 Electric Rd. S.W. • Roanoke, VA 24018, allfound@allstate.com
Application Deadline: Ongoing
Award Amount: Not specified
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
Focus of Interest: The foundation supports local and national organizations. Funding aims to encourage research in one of the following three areas: safe and vital communities; economic empowerment; and tolerance, inclusion and diversity. Preference will be given to proposals that address issues such as, but not limited to: youth anti-violence, neighborhood revitalization, financial education, empowerment for victims of domestic violence, and the
teaching of tolerance.
More info: http://www.allstate.com/citizenship/foundation/funding-guidelines.aspx
2. National Education Foundation - Learning and Leadership Grants (national), Attn: Learning & Leadership Grants, 1201 Sixteenth St. NW, Suite 416 • Washington, DC 20036-3207, (202) 822-7840 • Fax: (202) 822-7779
Application: October 15, 2007
Award Amount: $2000 to $5000 each
Eligible Applicants: Public school teachers in grades K-12; public school education support professionals; or faculty and staff at public/state-controlled institutions of higher education.
Focus of Interest: Grants support participation in professional development experiences, action research, lesson study or mentoring experiences for individuals or groups of faculty and staff.
More info: http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/Learning&Leadership_Guidelines.htm
3. Major League Baseball - The Baseball Tomorrow Fund, 245 Park Ave., New York, NY 10167, (866) 800-1275 , btf@mlb.com
Application Deadline: October 1, 2007
Award Amount: $50,000
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations involved in youth baseball or softball programs.
Focus of Interest: Funding aims to increase the participation, improve the quality, and boost the number of opportunities for minorities and women in youth baseball and softball programs.
More info: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/community/btf.jsp?content=grant_process
4. National Education Foundation - Student Achievement
Grants (national), Attn: Student Achievement Grants,1201 Sixteenth St. NW, Suite 416, Washington, DC 20036-3207 ,(202) 822-7840, Fax: (202) 822-7779
Application Deadline: October 15, 2007
Award Amount: $5000 each
Eligible Applicants: Public school teachers in grades K-12; public school education support professionals; or faculty and staff at public/state-controlled institutions of higher education.
Focus of Grant: The grant program aims to improve the academic achievement of students participating in public education in the United States. Programs should engage students in critical thinking and problem-solving, and improve habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and reflection. NEA encourages programs that work with low-income and minority students in honors programs, advanced placement and other challenging curricula.
More info: http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/StudentAchievement_Guidelines.htm
5. William T. Grant Foundation - Intervention Research to
Improve Youth-Serving Organizations (national), 570 Lexington Ave., 18th Floor, New York, NY 10022, (212) 752-0071, Fax: (212) 752-1398, info@wtgrantfdn.org
Application Deadline: Letter of Inquiry-Oct. 4, 2007, Invited Full Proposal-Jan. 31, 2008
Award Amount: $250,000 to $1.5 million (for the two-to-four-year duration of the project)
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
Focus of Interest: This competition supports intervention research to improve youth-serving organizations, such as schools and community-based organizations, or their subunits, such as classrooms
and after-school program sites. The foundation is interested in organizations that seek to improve the lives of youth ages 8 to 25. Improving these social settings for youth should entail intervening to alter important aspects of the setting, including the social processes, resources and/or social, spatial and structural arrangements within settings.
More info: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url_nocat3042/infourl_
nocat_show.htm?doc_id=287117&attrib_id=11707
6. Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation - Grants Program, 601 West 26th St., 6th Floor • New York, NY 10001
Application Deadline: October 1, 2007
Award Amount: $10,000 to $25,000
Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted, however the foundation is committed to investing in health-related organizations and cultural programs.
7. Best Buy - Technology Inspired Teaching Award (national)
Eligible Applicants: Schools
Award Amount: Not Given
Application Deadline: September 30, 2007
Focus of Attention: The funding program recognizes classrooms
that creatively use interactive technology to teach a standards-based curriculum. All schools, even those without the most current equipment, are encouraged to apply.
More info: https://bestbuyteach.scholarshipamerica. org/
8. LEGO Systems, Inc. - LEGO® Creativity Awards
Eligible Applicants: Youth between 6-13
Award Amount: $5,000
Application Deadline: September 17, 2007
Focus of Interest: Youth, between the ages of six and 13, are invited to complete and submit essays that demonstrate their creative talent, curiosity and possible solutions to everyday problems. Applicants compete for a chance at one of ten $5000 awards to use toward their creative idea.
More info: http://www.legocreationnation.com/
9. National Garden Association - Healthy Sprout Awards (national)
Eligible Applicants: Educational and Youth Gardens
Award Deadline: October 15, 2007
Focus of Interest: The awards aim to recognize 20 outstanding
educational and youth garden programs that intend to teach young people about nutrition and create awareness of hunger in America. Award recipients will receive a variety of prizes including gift certificates towards the purchase of gardening materials.
10. United States Institute of Peace,1200 17th St. NW • Washington, DC 20036 , (202) 457-1700,Fax: (202) 429-6063
Application Deadline: October 1, 2007
Award Amount: $25,000 to $55,000 each
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations and individuals; public/state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; training or research institutions; and
libraries.
Focus of Interest: Funding supports the research, education, and the diffusion of information on international peace and conflict resolution. Programs can include but are not limited to conducting training programs on international conflict management and war avoidance;
developing high school curricula on the causes of war or peacemaking; and researching the causes of war and other international conflicts.
More Info: http://www.usip.org/grants/unsolicited.html
5. Olympus and Tool Factory – Digital Wish (national)
Application Deadline: Rolling
Eligible Applicants: Teachers
Award Amount: Not Given
Focus of Interest: Olympus invites teachers to create an online account that identifies their technology “wishes” for their classroom experience, enabling anyone to donate in an effort to make their wish come
true. In addition, registered educators with outstanding class profiles and lesson plans automatically qualify for 43 Olympus and Tool Factory technology grants, including a Mobile Digital
Camera Lab.
More info: http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/ home
5. Comcast Foundation - Diversity Fund (national), 1500 Market St. , East Tower, 33rd Floor • Philadelphia, PA 19102, (800) 266-2278
Application Deadline: Ongoing
Award Amount: Not specified
Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations operating in a Comcast community. To view a list of these communities go to: http://www.comcast.com/corporate/about/inthecommunity/foundation/ serviceareas.html.
Focus of Interest: Funding aims to provide workforce development and job training, teach literacy, develop youth leaders, and promote volunteerism and community service all in an effort to help raise the cultural awareness of the diverse groups in the Comcast service areas.
More info:
http://www.comcast.com/corporate/about/inthecommunity/foundation/comcastfoundation.html