Grants
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Last Update: August 21, 2007
Grants with Deadlines
- For the most recent information on grants with deadlines, please visit the Washington Office's blog, District Dispatch.
Ongoing Grants by CategoryPublic Libraries
The Libri Foundation puts new, quality hardcover children’s books on the shelves of rural public libraries throughout the U.S.. Through the Books for Children program, the Foundation offers 2:1 matching grants of up to $1,050 to rural libraries for the purchase of new children’s books.
Application deadlines are January 15th, April 15th, and August 15th.
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School Libraries
Dollar General, in collaboration with AASL and the National Education Association, is sponsoring a school library disaster relief fund for public school libraries in the states served by Dollar General.
The fund will provide grants to public schools whose school library program has been affected by a disaster. Grants are to replace or supplement books, media and/or library equipment in the school library setting.
As of the September 2006, Gulf Coast school libraries have received over $400,000 for rebuilding.
The Pay It Forward Foundation was established to inspire students to realize that they can change the world. Pay It Forward Mini-Grants are designed to fund service-oriented projects that are identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community.
Selection Committee members will score the applications based on:
- adherence to the Pay It Forward concept (explaining how the project’s benefits will multiply exponentially);
- educational benefit to students / teachers;
- integration of proposed project with school curriculum;
- number of people impacted.
Schools, churches, and community youth groups may apply for mini-grants of up to $500. Because funding is limited, projects requesting smaller amounts will be given priority.
Application deadlines are January 15, April 15 and October 15 of each year.
The Coca-Cola Foundation aims to provide youth with the educational opportunities and support systems that they need to become knowledgeable and productive citizens. The Foundation encourages new solutions to countless problems that impede educational systems today, and it supports existing programs that work.
The Foundation offers grants to public and private colleges and universities, elementary and secondary schools, teacher training programs, educational programs for minority students, and global education programs.
Applications are accepted throughout the year, and reviewed quarterly.
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Non-Profits
The Streisand Foundation primarily provides support to U.S.-based nonprofit organizations that are working on a national level. The Foundation’s national grantmaking interests include environmental issues;
- women's issues, including reproductive choice and health-related concerns;
- civil liberties and democratic values;
- civil rights and race relations;
- and AIDS research, advocacy, service, and litigation.
Los Angeles organizations only may request support for projects providing educational and extracurricular programs for disadvantaged children and youth.
Letters of inquiry are accepted between September 1 and December 1, annually.
The Humana Foundation funds and nurtures projects and nonprofit organizations in communities where the company has a meaningful presence, including locations in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Puerto Rico.
Support is provided in three fields:
- domestic and international health,
- education, and
- civic and cultural development.
Proposals are reviewed from January 1 to October 15, annually in Louisville, KY and until November 15, annually in other geographic areas.
Visit the website for a list of eligible communities and online application information. You may also print out and mail applications.
The Verizon Foundation, supports nonprofit organizations that benefit the customers, employees, and communities in the areas the company serves within the U.S. The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on literacy programs and domestic violence prevention. The Foundation also supports initiatives that promote access to wireline, wireless, and broadband technologies in order to address the issues of literacy and domestic violence.
- Requests are only accepted through the Foundation’s online application process.
- Proposals are reviewed from January 1 through November 30, annually.
Barnes and Noble Corporate Contributions Program supports nonprofit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts, and education (K-12) in the communities where company stores are located. Funded organizations must be willing to work with the local stores on in-store programming. Limited support is also provided for national nonprofit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts or K-12 education.
Requests are accepted throughout the year.
Local and regional organizations should submit proposals to the community relations manager or store manager at the local Barnes & Noble store. For more information visit the Website.
The Ben & Jerry's Foundation provides support to nonprofit, grassroots organizations throughout the United States that facilitate progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems. Specifically, the Foundation seeks groups that are working to help themselves, help their own communities, and help others like themselves through self-empowering, community organizing efforts.
Grant applicants need to demonstrate that their projects will 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.
Requests for the support of direct social services programs are not accepted.
Letters of interest may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
Rosie's For All Kids Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations providing child care, early education and other essential programs to economically disadvantaged and at-risk children across the United States. The Foundation's primary mission is to support center-based, licensed child care and preschool programs for children growing up in low-income urban neighborhoods.
In fiscal year 2004, nearly 80 percent of the total grant awards was made to infant, toddler and preschool programs; 11 percent went toward education, after-school and literacy programs; and the balance was disbursed to organizations providing emergency assistance, crisis intervention, cultural development programs and services for children with special needs.
Letters of intent are accepted throughout the year.
Other
The Janus Foundation has elected to focus on the following two grant programs:
- At-Risk Youth through Education supports educational programs that offer a combination of academic, leadership, and life skills that provide youth with the tools necessary to become self-sustaining members of their community.
- Community Service and Volunteerism supports organizations that enhance the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector and work to engage more people more effectively in voluntary community service.
- In addition, Foundation supports cultural institutions in the Denver metropolitan area that enrich and enhance the community by furthering arts and culture.
Applications are accepted throughout the year for all grant programs.
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