1. Live Monarch Foundation - Educator Award Program, staff@livemonarch.com

Application Deadline: Rolling

Award Amount: Not specified

Eligible Applicants: K-12 teachers and home schooling parents

Focus of Interest: Grants support efforts to bring Monarch Butterflies into the classroom. The funding provides materials to create butterfly gardens along the Monarch’s 3,000-mile migratory route within North America.

More info: www.lmf-educator-award.com/index.html

2. Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Youth Adventure - Lorax Challenge (national), (866) 923-9863 ext. 707, lorax@youthventure.org

Application Deadline: May 31, 2008

Award Amount: $1000 and a free weekend trip to the University of Florida for a learning seminar

Eligible Applicants: Individuals ages 12-20

Focus of Interest: Funding supports youth-created ideas that benefit a community and the environment. The ideas must involve teamwork and be structured as a lasting organization.

More info: genv.net/en-us/user/lorax

3. Barnes & Noble - Corporate Contributions Program, Corporate Communications, Barnes & Noble, 122 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011,
contributions@bn.com

Application Deadline: Ongoing

Award Amount: Not specified

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts or education (pre-K through grade 12).

Focus of Interest: Funding supports organizations that focus on literacy, the arts or education (pre-K through grade 12); reach a national audience; serve the greater good nationally; offer opportunities for in-store events; and are able to work with Barnes & Noble and other appropriate sponsors on promotion and execution of the program.

More info: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/sponsorships_national/donations_national.html

4. Aspen Institute - William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students, One Dupont Circle, Suite 700, Washington, D.C., 20036
(202) 736-5800, Fax: (202) 293-0525, lauren.stebbins@aspeninstitute.org

Application Deadline: July 15, 2008

Award Amount: $2500 to $5000

Eligible Applicants: Continuing graduate or undergraduate students of color from underrepresented communities.

Focus of Interest: The program aims to introduce a diverse group of students to issues relating to philanthropy, volunteerism and nonprofit organizations.

More info: http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/newsletter1530/newsletter_show.htm?doc_id=376568

5. PTO Today - Awards for Parent Groups, PTO Today, 100 Stonewall Blvd., Suite 3, Wrentham, MA 02093, (800) 644-3561, Ext. 208, pgysearch@ptotoday.com

Application Deadline: May 30, 2008

Award Amounts: $3000 - National Parent Group of the Year
$1000 - National Parent Group of the Year Runner-Up
$500 each - Category Winners

Eligible Applicants: All parent groups, including PTOs, PTAs, HSAs, PTCs, etc. Winners have included groups at public and private schools; rural, suburban and urban schools; and elementary and middle schools.

Focus of Interest: Funding recognizes parent groups for their hard work on projects and activities, and for engaging other parents as well as the community. Applicants may apply to as many of the following categories as they desire: (1) national parent group of the year; (2) outstanding parent group at a small school (150 students or less); (3) outstanding parent group at a private or parochial school; (4) outstanding new group (in operation two years or less); (5) outstanding family event; (6) outstanding job on a completed major project; (7) outstanding effort to overcome adversity; (8) outstanding outreach to a multicultural parent base; and (9) outstanding community service project.

More info: http://www.ptotoday.com/pgy/details.html

6. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation - The Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards, PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Rd., Suite 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93108-2794, (805) 965-3443, Fax: (805) 568-0466

Closing Date: July 1, 2008

Award Amount: $1000 - Adults, $200 - Youth (13 to 18) and $200 - Youth (12 and under)

Focus of Interest: Funding encourages poets to explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit.

More info: http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/programs/awards-&-contests/bmk-contest/index.htm

7. The Actuarial Foundation - Advancing Student Achievement in Math, The Actuarial Foundation, 475 N. Martingale, Suite 600, Schaumburg, IL 60173, (847) 706-3535 , Fax: (847) 706-3599, ASA@ActFnd.org

Closing Date: Rolling

Award Amount: Not specified

Eligible Applicants: Local groups and organizations in the United States and Canada. Collaboration among school systems, local actuarial clubs, corporations, and other stakeholders in education is encouraged in order to enhance the chances of success, particularly on a long-term basis.

Focus of Interest: Funding aims to bring together actuaries and educators in local classroom environments, with the belief that interaction with real-world mentors will boost students’ interest and achievement in math. Funding supports the development of viable mentoring programs involving actuaries in the teaching of mathematics to children in private and public schools.

More info: http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/grant/what.html