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Read on to learn more about recent grant
listings and requests for proposals and other opportunities
for your Clubs.
Communities Creating Healthy Environments
Communities Creating Healthy Environments (CCHE) is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that aims to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color. The program will advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 by supporting diverse, community-based organizations and federally chartered tribal nations in the development and implementation of effective, culturally competent policy initiatives to address childhood obesity at the local level. To learn more click here.
Deadline: February 25, 2010
Amount: Up to $250,000 (10% match required)
Community-Police Partnership Awards
MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) are partnering for the ninth year to recognize, sustain and share the work of innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization. Cash grants will be awarded in the following two categories:
Neighborhood Revitalization Awards: These awards celebrate exemplary collaboration between community groups and police that yields crime reduction as well as economic development outcomes, such as real estate development, business attraction and job growth.
Special Strategy Awards: Community and police partners who have achieved significant accomplishments in one of the following areas will receive awards:
• Applied Technology
• Aesthetics and Greenspace Improvement
• Diversity Inclusion & Integration
• Drug Market Disruption
• Gang Prevention & Youth Safety
• Seniors & Safety
To learn more click here.
Deadline: February 26, 2010
Amount: $15,000-$25,000
Win Cash Awards for your Club's Technology Program
Through the generosity of the Todd Wagner Foundation, BGCA is pleased to announce the Technology Program Innovation Award and the Excellence in Technology Innovation Awards. These awards, to be presented at BGCA's 2010 National Conference, May 13-15, in New York, will recognize Clubs that use technology in innovative ways to enhance their overall program and to increase their operational efficiencies. Click here* for more information
Deadline: March 1, 2010
Amount: $2,500
*www.bgca.net username and password required to view link.
Learn and Serve America School-Based Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories FY 2010
The Corporation for National and Community Service announces the availability of approximately $650,000 to award Learn and Serve America School-Based Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories grants on a competitive basis. Grants will be awarded to an estimated three to five Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories. Learn and Serve America School-Based grants are designed to involve school-age youth in service-learning projects that simultaneously support student development and meet community needs in areas such as the environment, education, public safety, and other human needs. Learn more.
Deadline: March 9, 2010
Amount: $45,000-$120,000 annually for up to three years
BE GREAT: Graduate Dropout Prevention Grants
Boys & Girls Clubs of America and ConocoPhillips are proud to announce a grant opportunity to help Clubs begin to tackle the dropout crisis in their community. Based on the University of Minnesota’s evidence-based model Check and Connect, BE GREAT: Graduate targets youth in grades four through eight who show warning signs associated with dropping out of school. Strong local school support and partnership are important in this effort. Clubs are strongly encouraged to meet with local school representatives to discuss their plan to apply and garner support. Click here to download the application.*
Deadline: March 15, 2010
Amount: Up to $18,000 in first year, $2,500 each additional year
*www.bgca.net username and password required to view link.
Win Cash Awards for Youth-led Diversity Activities
Has your Club implemented a youth-led diversity activity or hosted a diversity-related event (e.g., diversity fair, Black History Month program or pot luck dinner featuring foods from various cultures)? If so, your Club is eligible to receive a cash award, thanks to the generous support of the Allstate Foundation. BGCA will recognize the top three Boys & Girls Clubs in each of BGCA’s five regions plus military Clubs that have developed and implemented youth-led activities, projects or events that address local diversity issues. You do not have to implement the Youth for Unity program to apply for this award. To enter, download the instructions (Adobe Acrobat) and application form (MS Word or Adobe Acrobat).*
Deadline: March 15, 2010 at 5:00 pm ET
Amount: Six sets of cash awards ($3,000 for gold, $2,000 for silver and $1,000 for bronze) will be presented for the most outstanding Club projects in each region.
*www.bgca.net username and password required to view link.
Drug-Free Communities Support Program
HHS is making $18.75 million available for 150 awards of up to $125,000 per year for up to five years for organizations that qualify for its drug-free communities awards. The purpose of the program is to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The initiative has two major goals:
• Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private nonprofit agencies, and federal, state, local and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions to prevent and reduce substance use among youth (18 years of age and younger).
• Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse. (Substances include, but are not limited to, narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, inhalants, marijuana, alcohol and tobacco, where their use is prohibited by federal, state or local law. Substances may also include the non-medical use of prescription drugs or over-the-counter medicines.)
Learn more.
Deadline: March 19, 2010
Amount: $125,000 annually for up to five years
Entertainment Software Association (ESA) Foundation Grant
The ESA Foundation is dedicated to supporting positive programs and opportunities that make a difference in the lives of America’s youth. The Foundation seeks to harness the collective power of the interactive entertainment industry to create positive social impact in our communities. To receive funding, an organization making a grant request must meet the following criteria:
1. Be tax-exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.
2. Seek funding for a specific project or program that is or will be implemented or available nation-wide or at a minimum in two or more states in the United States.
3. Serve American youth ages 7-18.
4. Provide programs and services that utilize technology and/or computer and video games to educate America’s youth and young adults. Learn more.
Deadline: April 15, 2010
Amount: Up to $50,000
Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants
Enhancement Grants support projects to enhance existing library services or implement new library services, particularly as they relate to the goals of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) listed here:
• to expand services for learning and access to information and educational resources
in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals of all ages;
• to develop library services that provide all users with access to information
through local, state, regional, national, and international electronic networks;
• to provide electronic and other linkages between and among all types of libraries;
• to develop public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations;
• to target library services to help increase access and ability to use information resources for individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; and
• to target library and information services to help increase access and ability to use information resources for persons having difficulty using a library and for underserved urban and rural communities, including children from birth to age 17 from families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget).
Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages are eligible to apply for the Enhancement Grant only if they have applied for a Native American Library Services Basic Grant in the same fiscal year.
Click here for information on the Basic Grant.
Click here for information on the Enhancement Grant.
Deadline: May 3, 2010
Amount: Up to $150,000
Challenge America-Fast Track
The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to providing leadership in arts education by inspiring all young Americans through rich arts experiences. The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers 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. The involvement of professionally trained, experienced artists and arts professionals is essential. If your organization applies to the Challenge America Fast-Track category, it may not submit another application to either the Access to Artistic Excellence or Learning in the Arts categories.
Click here for more information.
Deadline: May 27, 2010
Amount: Up to $10,000
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to providing leadership in arts education by inspiring all young Americans through rich arts experiences. The Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth category offers funding for projects that help children and youth acquire knowledge and understanding of and skills in the arts. Projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art. Community-based projects are for children and youth generally between ages 5 and 18. Activities must occur outside of the regular school day, and may take place in a variety of settings. While not formally linked to schools or their instructional programs, projects must be based on a curriculum that ensures the application of national or state arts education standards.
Find out more.
Deadline: June 10, 2010
Amount: Up to $150,000
Daniels Fund Grants Program
The Daniels Fund Grants Program supports nonprofit organizations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming that work to ensure that all individuals have an equal opportunity to live a healthy, productive life. The Fund’s grantmaking priority areas include: aging, alcoholism and substance abuse, amateur sports, disabilities, education, homeless and disadvantaged, and youth development. Grant amounts vary considerably and depend on the scope of the proposed program and the consistency with the Fund’s priority areas. Applications may be submitted throughout the year. Visit the Fund’s website to review the application guidelines and forms. Learn more.
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Varies
Finish Line Youth Foundation
The Finish Line Youth Foundation supports youth programs that are effective and inclusive, funding opportunities for participation in youth programs that place an importance on youth development and an active lifestyle. Grants generally range from $1,000 to $5,000 and applications are accepted throughout the year. Click here to take the eligibility quiz and view application guidelines.
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $1,000-$5,000
Free Masters Program at Wake Forest
The Master of Art in Management program is designed specifically for liberal arts majors only. The MA degree program is a 10-month intense study of the basic functional areas of Business. After graduation and working for approximately two years, all MA graduates are eligible to apply to Wake Forest as part of the MA/MBA joint degree program and get the MBA in one year. The new Dean, Steve Reinemund, has created a new scholarship for diverse students pursuing the MA degree called the Corporate Fellowship. The Corporate Fellowship provides full tuition and a $21,000 stipend to cover living expenses. Additionally, each Corporate Fellow will participate in a practicum. The practicum has two components, educational and professional development. Each student will be assigned a mentor that is a high level executive with their sponsor corporation. The mentor will oversee an educational project covering four of the functional areas of business using their own corporation as the subject.
To learn more, contact:
Derrick S. Boone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing
Room 3139 Worrell Professional Center
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Wake Forest University 1834 Wake
Forest Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27109-8758
Phone: (336) 758.4475 or Toll-free: (866) 925-3622
Website: http://mba.wfu.edu/
Clubs Eligible to Receive Vouchers for Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Boys & Girls Clubs in Indian Country are eligible to participate in the Mentoring Children of Prisoner’s Voucher Demonstration Program. The program is designed to increase access to mentoring services nationwide and provide caregivers and parents the choice to select a mentoring program that meets high quality standards. Funded through the Family and Youth Services Bureau within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Caregivers Choice Mentoring Program is seeking to increase participation in a Native American Mentoring Initiative. Participating Clubs must complete two online trainings and submit periodic reports. In exchange, each site is awarded $1,000 per youth served each year through the mentoring program, provided they meet pre-established goals. To participate, contact Kristen Lichtenwalner at klichtenwalner@firstpic.org or 1-866-NACLUBS. To learn more about the program, click here.
Deadline: Ongoing
Amount: $1,000/year for each youth served
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The Kellogg Foundation funds education, health and well-being programs to promote school readiness and success for underserved populations. This grant can help jump start your PE, After School, or Coordinated School Health program to boost academic achievement and help your students learn and have fun! Click here for more information.
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Varies
21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC)
In addressing its primary goal of ensuring that academic enrichment opportunities are available to students who are not meeting state standards in core academic areas, 21st CCLC funding can be used to provide a broad array of services, such as: Youth development activities; drug and violence prevention programs; recreation programs; and character education programs that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students. Click here for more information.
The Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development
The Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development is dedicated to promoting and maintaining the uniqueness of Native peoples throughout the Americas. The Fund's primary grantmaking program areas include: Arts and Cultural Expression, Environmental Health and Justice, Human Rights, Sacred Earth, Sustainable Communities, Intergenerational Leadership, and Women's Leadership. Grants from $500 to $5,000 are provided three times per year to Native communities that address one or more of the Fund's program areas. (Mini-grants of up to $500 are reviewed throughout the year.) Application guidelines and a cover sheet form are available on the Fund's website.
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $500-$5,000
Do Something Youth Grants for Disaster Preparedness Projects
Do Something and the Dunkin Brands Community Foundation have partnered to offer Disaster Grants to young people across the United States and Canada. The weekly grant program will help support young people with ideas for community service projects around the themes of disaster preparedness and emergency response. Possible project ideas include rebuilding homes in New Orleans, planning an emergency coat drive for families in crisis during the winter months, or collecting toys for kids who have been through a natural disaster. For further information, visit the Do Something website.
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $500
Do Something Offering Weekly Grants for Young Social Entrepreneurs
Do Something and Plum TV are offering grants of $500 each to social entrepreneurs, age 25 and younger, in the U.S. who have recently created a sustainable project, program, or organization and need funding to further the growth and success of their program. Plum TV grants are given out weekly. Find out how to apply.
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $500
Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation Awards
Organizations seeking unrestricted support for children, families, and animals or for wild animals and the environment are encouraged to apply for grants through the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation, a nonprofit organization. For further information, grant guidelines and application forms, visit the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation website.
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $1,000 to $10,000 each, with an average award amount of $2,500
Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation
The Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation supports charities in the United States and Canada through a Literacy and Education program. Grants provide support for children in literacy and education programs such as summer reading programs, early childhood education programs, and literacy programs for children with special needs. U.S. applicants must be tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations. Grant request deadlines are at the end of February, May, August, and November. Learn more.
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Grants will be a one-time contribution, and generally range from $1,000 to $10,000, but the average grant is $1,500
IHBG (Indian Housing Block Grant) Bond Financing Alternative
Tribes are eligible for a new opportunity through HUD IHBG funds. The program provides for tribes to issue long-term low interest bonds utilizing a portion of their HUD/IHBG grant proceeds as a security for the debt service. HUD guarantees the bonds using their creditworthiness instead of the tribe’s. The program allows for tribes to complete large construction projects on a much faster time scale with low cost funding. This opportunity will make it more realistic for tribes to accomplish construction of large projects during one grant period.
Click here for a list of Frequently Asked Questions.
American Honda Foundation
The American Honda Foundation is offering a grant for non-profits and educational institutions to fund youth-related projects in the fields of youth and science education. Founded in 1984, this organization provides grants to organizations that are focused on educating youth. The American Honda Foundation has awarded over $20 million in grants.
Click here for more information.
Amount: $40,000 to $80,000
Deadlines: May 1, August 1, November 1, February 1
Tiger Woods Foundation
Tiger Woods Foundation grants focus on providing opportunities to underserved youth, ages 5-17. The average grant range is between $2,500 and $25,000. The following are approved programmatic areas of funding: Education, Youth Development, and Geographic Focus. Deadline: February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants are designed to fund one-time-only service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community. Projects must contain a “pay it forward” focus – that is, they must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially – to be considered in the grant making process. Mini-Grants of up to $500 are available for projects on a one-time-only basis. Deadline: January 15, April 15, and October 15
Lego Systems Establishes Lego Children's Fund to Support Youth Creativity Programs
Lego Systems Inc., the Americas (North America and Latin America) division of the Lego Group, has announced the formation of the Lego Children's Fund, a nonprofit foundation established to support organizations and programs dedicated to inspiring and encouraging youth creativity, thereby improving their quality of life and preparing them for the future. The fund will make cash grants to nonprofit organizations in the United States with programs dedicated to a child's exploration of creativity that cater to children ages birth to 14, with priority consideration for disadvantaged or at-risk youth. The fund's cash grants will generally range between $500 and $5,000 each. Additionally, the fund aims to make one $100,000 grant per year to a single organization identified and selected by the fund's board of directors.
The fund will award grants to qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations including educational organizations with specific, identifiable needs primarily in these areas of support: early childhood education and development; technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities; and sport or athletic programs that concentrate on underserved youth.
The fund will provide grants quarterly: February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1.
Grant program guidelines and applications are the available at the Lego Children's Fund Web site.
Literacy for the 21st Century
Starbucks Foundation Grants fund programs for youth, ages 6-18, that integrate literacy with personal and civic action in the communities where they live. The Starbucks Foundation invites letters of inquiry from qualifying 501 (c) 3 organizations that work with underserved youth in the fields of literacy (reading, writing and creative/media arts) and environmental literacy. Grants range from $5,000-$20,000. Deadline: September 1 and March 1, annually (Letters of Inquiry) CLICK HERE for more information.
Support for Native Grassroot Causes
Seva's Native American Funding Programs support local grassroots
partnerships with Native American Peoples who have devised
their own solutions in spiritual and cultural beliefs renewal,
health and wellness renewal, environmental protection and
restoration, and a variety of other areas. Small Grants are
offered for programs that may otherwise be overlooked by larger
foundations while the Continuing Grants Fund supplies three
consecutive years of funding to assist in the development
of organizational sustainability. Applications are accepted
year-round. More information is available on Seva's website.
Concern for High Risk Youth
Tony Hawk Foundation
The Tony Hawk Foundation was established to promote and provide
funds for high-quality public skateboard parks throughout
the United States. Preference is given to parks that are in
low-income areas, or areas with a large population of at-risk
youth. The Foundation gives priority to grassroots organizations.
Click here
for further information.
Indian Community Development Block Grant Program (ICDBG)
Applications for HUD’s Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages are now available. Tribes and tribal organizations are eligible to apply and funds may be used to build new community facilities such as a Boys & Girls Club. Up to 15% of the total grant may be set aside for public service activities like youth development/crime prevention programming offered by the Club.
Region/Award Ceilings:
Alaska $600,000
Eastern Woodlands $600,000
Southern Plains $800,000
Northern Plains $900,000-$1,100,000
Southwest $605,000-$5,500,000
Northwest $500,000
For more information, click here.
The LEGO Children’s Fund
The LEGO Children’s Fund will provide quarterly grants for programs focused on early childhood education and development, technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities and sports or athletic programs that concentrate on underserved youth.
Deadline: Quarterly
Amount: $500 - $5,000
Click here to learn more.
Youth Today's Grant E-Blast
Subscribe to Youth Today online to receive weekly grant alerts. A list of youth-related programs with funds available, deadlines, amounts and contacts, categorized by subject will be sent to your email address.
The Charlotte Martin Foundation
The Charlotte Martin Foundation offers grants for various projects benefitting youth in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The program areas include: athletics, culture and education. Want more information? Click here.
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Varies
Fed Ex Social Responsibility Grants
FedEx actively supports the communities they serve and works to strengthen their global reputation through strategic investment in people, resources and network. Requests are accepted year-round and generally are reviewed within three weeks of receipt. FedEx prefers to contribute to specific program needs rather than special events or capital campaigns. To learn more click here.
Deadline: Accepts applications year round
Amount: Varies
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