Funding? Where's it at?

[Amy Engelman]

Since funding is all over the place and so hard to locate, I thought this might be a good place to start posting funding opportunities and starting discussions between organizations, parents and youth about how to collaborate to more effectively get funding. I don't have anything to start with at this moment. Does anyone else?

[Amy Engelman]

Do Something After School Grants (Deadline: September 15)
Back to school is just around the corner but sometimes it's what kids do after school that makes the biggest impact on their life. Do Something and JCPenney have teamed up to support youth-led after school programs and projects across the country. This fall, we're giving out 10 $500 grants and 5 grand prize $1,000 grants to young people who are providing after school activities that help youth in their community. Each winner will also receive a limited-edition Flirtitude Tote. Let us know what you're doing by September 15th and you just might win! http://www.dosomething.org/grants/afterschool



Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation Literacy and Education Grants (Deadline: September 30)
Literacy and education grants to help children are awarded throughout the year for specific programs with measurable outcomes. We desire to 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. The grant request deadlines are at the end of February, May, and September. http://www.buildabear.com/aboutus/community/bearhugs.aspx



UnitedHealth HEROES Grants (Deadline: October 22)
Educators, service-learning coordinators, students in the health professions, public health professionals, and community partners are eligible to apply for the UnitedHealth HEROES service-learning project grants. Grant recipients will receive up to $1,000 in support for service-learning projects that focus on childhood obesity, engage youth ages 5-25 in the planning and implementation process, and take place during Semester of Service 2010 (MLK Day, January 18, to Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25). The grant cycle opens August 1 and applications are due October 22, 2009. Eligible states include: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, and WI. Learn more and access the online application at www.ysa.org/awards

[Amy Engelman]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program
To qualified applicants pursuant to Title IV, Part B, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to establish or expand community learning centers that provide students with academic enrichment opportunities along with activities designed to complement the students' regular academic program. Additional services programs, and activities can include leadership development activities, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, art, music, and recreation programs, technology education programs, and character education programs.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to collaborate with other public and private agencies, including the local school district, to create programs as comprehensive and high quality as possible. The selection criteria applied by the Colorado 21st CCLC program reflects this emphasis on collaborative approaches to the design and delivery of the proposed community learning centers. Click here for a grant application. Applicants must complete and submit proposals to Lynn Bamberry in CDE's Office of Federal Programs by Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. For more information, call 303-866-6813 or e-mail [e-mail]. For more information, contact Mark Stevens, 303-866-3898, or Megan McDermott, 303-866-2334, in the CDE Office of Communications.

K-12 School Improvement Projects Funded
Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation: Toolbox for Education Grant Program
The Toolbox for Education Grant Program, offered by Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation, provides grants of up to $5,000 to K-12 public schools and 501(c)(3) parent-teacher groups associated with public schools that develop projects that encourage parent involvement and build stronger community spirit. Lowe's will donate a total of $5 million to more than 1,000 different schools throughout the U.S. during the 2009-2010 school year. Preference is given to funding requests which have a permanent impact such as facility enhancement or landscaping/clean-up projects. In addition, for this school year basic needs requests will take priority in order to provide the tools that help educators and parent groups through these challenging times. The upcoming application deadlines are October 16, 2009, and February 12, 2010. Visit the Web site listed above to take the eligibility test and submit an online application.

Support for a U.S. Library's Outreach Program
American Library Association: Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant
The Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, administered by the American Library Association (ALA), will be presented to a single library to support outreach efforts during National Library Week (April 11-17, 2010). The proposed public awareness campaign should focus on the National Library Week 2010 theme, "Communities thrive @ your library®." Proposed campaigns must involve at least one other type of library and/or community organization. All libraries and library organizations throughout the United States are welcome to apply for this $3,000 grant. The application deadline is October 16, 2009. Visit the ALA Web site to submit an online application.

Funds Target Sustainability and Justice Issues
Threshold Foundation
The Threshold Foundation works to mobilize money, people, and power to create a more just, joyful, and sustainable world. For the 2009-2010 funding cycle, the Foundation will provide grants to nonprofit organizations through the following two grantmaking committees: The Sustainable Planet Committee will focus on community-based solutions for a sustainable world, local solutions for threatened biodiversity ecosystems worldwide, and climate change efforts to accelerate reduction of carbon emissions through carbon taxes or auctioned cap and trade policies within the United States. The Justice and Democracy Committee will focus on criminal justice reform efforts to address policies that negatively impact youth, drug policy reform to end drug laws that criminalize youth of color and to remove barriers to education for incarcerated youth, and models of building electoral power in historically underrepresented U.S. constituencies. Online letters of inquiry must be submitted by September 25, 2009. Detailed application guidelines are available on the Foundation's Web site.

Programs for Disabled Children Supported
CVS Caremark Community Grant Program
The CVS Caremark Community Grant Program supports nonprofit organizations in the communities throughout the U.S. where CVS Caremark stores are located. The company's primary focus area is children with disabilities, including programs focusing on health and rehabilitation services, initiatives that provide greater access to physical movement and play, and public schools promoting a greater level of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular programs. In addition, selected grants are provided to programs that create greater access to healthcare services for uninsured community residents. Applications may be submitted from January 1 to October 31 of each year. Online application information and funding guidelines are available on the company's Web site.

Jimmy Buffet
Singing for Change
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status across the U.S.
Amount: $500-$10,000.
Purpose of Grant: Areas of interest include children and families, the environment and disenfranchised groups.
Deadline: Letters of interest are accepted on an ongoing basis. Proposals are by invitation only.

U.S. Department of Education
Impact Aid Program-American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Program
Eligibility: Local educational agencies (LEAs) in need of emergency repairs or improvements of school facilities.
Amount: Estimated range of awards is $50,000-$5 million; estimated average award is $2.5 million.
Purpose of Grant: To provide grants for emergency repairs and modernization of school facilities to certain local educational agencies (LEAs) that submitted timely applications eligible for funding under either section 8002 (Payments for Federal Property) or section
8003 (Basic Support Payments) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), for FY 2008.
Deadline: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on October 1, 2009.

Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grant Program
Mini-Grants for Schools and Libraries
Eligibility: Public schools and libraries anywhere in the United States and its protectorates.
Amount: $500 each.
Purpose of Grant: To fund programs or events.
Deadline: September 15, 2009.

AeroGrow and the National Gardening Association
Growing Kids Awards
Eligibility: K-6 classrooms in the United States with at least 15 students involved in indoor gardening.
Amount: AeroGarden Classic growing kits and other gardening materials.
Purpose of Grant: To help plant seeds of learning through gardening.
Contact: Deadline: October 24, 2009.

U.S. Department of Education
Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program (Modified)
Eligibility: Eligible partnerships must include a high-need local education agency (LEA), a high-need school or consortium of high-need schools served by the high-need LEA, or a high-need early childhood education (ECE) program, and a partner institution (see the RFP for details).
Amount: $143 million to be split into 25 expected grants, with required matching funds.
Purpose of Grant: To improve the quality of new teachers by creating partnerships among institutions of higher education, high-need school districts and high-need schools.
Deadline: October 6, 2009.

Hidden Valley Salad Dressings
Love Your Veggies Grant Program
Eligibility: Elementary school programs nationwide.
Amount: Ten grants of $10,000 each.
Purpose of Grant: To help schools develop a program to offer fresh produce.
Deadline: November 6, 2009.

[Rachael Bibby]

21st Century Community learning Centers Grant process is now open. Learn more about it and how to apply at
www.coloradoafterschoolnetwork.org

[Amy Engelman]

Museum Programs in Western States Supported
MetLife Foundation: Museum and Community Connections
The purpose of the MetLife Foundation's Museum and Community Connections program is to encourage art museums to reach out to large numbers of people of all ages and backgrounds through imaginative programs and/or exhibits that help people understand and appreciate each other and the world. Nonprofit museums that have been in existence at least five years and are located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming are eligible to apply for grants of up to $100,000. Funding may be requested for one or a combination of the following categories: Collaborations, Artist Residencies, Exhibits, and Offsite Programming. The application deadline is October 9, 2009. Visit the MetLife Foundation website to download the Request for Proposals.

[Amy Engelman]

Mile High United Way announces open RFP process!

http://www.unitedwaydenver.org/site/c.rwL8KjNULrH/b.5421221/k.48FB/...

[Amy Engelman]

Home Depot Building Healthy Communities Grants (Deadline: December 15)
Grants, up to $2,500, are now available to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public schools or tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. who are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are made in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase or tools or materials. http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal/Grants

[Amy Engelman]

Our collaboration with Scholastic, Inc. has established an initiative with the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) that will provide a range of opportunities focused on developing a comprehensive approach to addressing barriers to learning and teaching and re-engaging disconnected students. These include a Request for Application that will establish 3-4 Lead Districts in moving forward to develop a comprehensive system of learning supports
(see brief document, Toward Next Steps in School Improvement: Addressing Barriers to Learning and Teaching,
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/systemic/towardnextstep.pdf ).

The information and application for the RFA are online at http://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=7264 Submission deadline is November 1, 2009.

We are alerting you to this opportunity which is intended for district Superintendents. We hope you will send it on to as many superintendents as you can.

Reminder about Webinar

Learn more about

Strengthening School Improvement by Developing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports to Address Barriers to Learning and Teaching

On October 29, 2009 from 1 pm to 2 pm EDT, AASA, Scholastic and UCLA will host a webinar where Drs. Adelman and Taylor will illustrate why a system of learning supports is imperative for schools to succeed, and what forward thinking states and districts are doing to implement such systems.

The webinar is for all who are interested. To register, go to

http://scholastic.webex.com/scholastic/k2/j.php?ED=127595687&UI...

Session Number: 359 033 400

Once you are approved by the host, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the session.

[Amy Engelman]

Grants Encourage Theatre Audience Development
New Generations Program: Future Audiences http://www.tcg.org/grants/newgen/audience_index.cfm
The New Generations Program was designed by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Theatre Communications Group to address major concerns about the future of the nonprofit theatre. The program’s Future Audiences initiative supports theatres with a successful track record of reaching young, culturally specific, and/or underserved communities. Funded theatres will receive a matching grant of up to $65,000 ($32,500 per year) to support the development or expansion of technology aimed at cultivating a diverse audience. Project support may take a variety of forms, including marketing expenses, programming costs, and hiring new staff to implement expanded programming. The deadline for preliminary proposals is December 15, 2009. Visit the Theatre Communications Group website for application guidelines.

[Amy Engelman]

http://www.coloradohealth.org/student_enrollment.aspx

Colorado Health Foundation grant to enroll students in health care programs through Free & Reduced Lunch enrollment.

[Amy Engelman]

Common Counsel Foundation Grassroots Exchange FundEligibility: Grassroots community-based organizations working on social, economic and environmental justice initiatives that give voice to the needs of low-income people, women, youth and people of color.
Amount: Grant awards range from $200-$800 with an average of approximately $500
Purpose of Grant: To support networking and collaboration between grassroots social change and environmental justice organizations throughout the United States.
Contact: http://bit.ly/1sHEZH
Deadline: Grants are distributed on a monthly cycle February through November. Applications must be submitted by the first Monday of the month (February-November)

[Amy Engelman]

Champions for Healthy Kids Grants (Deadline: January 15)
The General Mills Foundation, in partnership with the American Dietetic Association Foundation and the President's Council on Physical Fitness, developed the Champions for Healthy Kids grant program in 2002. Each year since inception, the General Mills Foundation awards 50 grants of $10,000 each to community-based groups that develop creative ways to help youth adopt a balanced diet and physically active lifestyle. http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/champions.aspx

[Amy Engelman]

Coming Up Taller Awards (Deadline: January 29)
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities is inviting nominations for its Coming Up Taller Awards, which recognize and reward excellence in after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs. Award recipients receive $10,000 each, an individualized plaque and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference. The President's Committee encourages programs initiated by museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, universities, colleges, arts centers, community service organizations, schools, businesses, and eligible government entities to send in a nomination. Embarking on its thirteenth year, the Coming Up Taller Awards honor after-school and out-of-school programs that are tangible examples of the power of the arts and the humanities to encourage young people's creativity and to provide them with learning opportunities, chances to contribute to their community, and ways to take responsibility for their own futures.
http://www.pcah.gov/news/cut2010Nominations.htm

ServiceNation Home Depot Gift Cards for MLK Day Projects (Deadline: January 7)
ServiceNation would like to support your MLK Day of Service activities. Through a generous gift from the Home Depot Foundation, ServiceNation has been given $5,000 worth of Home Depot gift cards. The gift cards will be given out in $500 increments to support sustainability or community revitalization projects taking place on or around MLK Day. To apply for this grant, please submit your proposals by January 7th through our short online application: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGw5STVpT2pQZ2t6N1...



Coming Up Taller Awards (Deadline: January 29)
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities is inviting nominations for its Coming Up Taller Awards, which recognize and reward excellence in after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs. Award recipients receive $10,000 each, an individualized plaque and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference. The President's Committee encourages programs initiated by museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, universities, colleges, arts centers, community service organizations, schools, businesses, and eligible government entities to send in a nomination. Embarking on its thirteenth year, the Coming Up Taller Awards honor after-school and out-of-school programs that are tangible examples of the power of the arts and the humanities to encourage young people's creativity and to provide them with learning opportunities, chances to contribute to their community, and ways to take responsibility for their own futures.
http://www.pcah.gov/news/cut2010Nominations.htm


Learn and Serve America Higher Education Grants (Deadline: March 9)
Subject to the availability of appropriations for fiscal year 2010, the Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the anticipated availability of approximately $7.3 million to award new Learn and Serve America Higher Education grants. Grants will be awarded to an estimated seven to nine individual institutions ranging from approximately $85,000 to $200,000 annually for a project period of up to three years, and an estimated seven to eleven consortia ranging from approximately $200,000 to $500,000 for a project period up to three years. The purpose of the Learn and Serve America Higher Education program is to support institutions of higher education that use innovative service-learning programming to meet the needs of local communities. http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa_detail....