Possible Sources of Funding for 4-H Programs |
Family Strengthening Awards Opportunity
Details regarding the program can be found at:
http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/4HFamiliesProgram.aspx
Please note the following:
This award gives financial recognition for existing programs, not
funding for completely new programs. The financial award will be given
to the 4-H Extension Unit (county extension office, state 4-H program
office, state or local 4-H foundation, etc.) that is involved in the
planning and implementation of the award winning program. The total award is $15,000.
Grants for School and Youth Gardens
The National Gardening Association works with sponsoring companies and
organizations to provide in-kind grants to projects that actively engage
kids in the garden and improve the quality of life for their
communities. To be eligible for these awards your school or
organization must plan to garden with at least 15 kids between the ages
of 3 and 18.
Program Criteria
NGA awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations
with child-centered garden programs. In evaluating grant applications,
priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these
elements:
- educational focus or curricular/program integration
- nutrition or plant-to-food connections
- environmental awareness/education
- entrepreneurship
- social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team
building, community support, or service-learning.
How to Apply
Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps,
clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups throughout the
United States are eligible. Applicants must plan to garden with at least
15 children between the ages of three and 18 years. Previous Youth
Garden Grant winners who wish to reapply may do so, but must wait one
year (e.g., if you won in 2007, you can apply again in 2009) and have
significantly expanded their garden programs.
DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION at
http://kids.garden.org/grantInquiry.php?grant=YG.
Grant Distribution
Funded programs will receive gift cards for the
purchase of gardening materials and supplies particular to the needs of
their program, and an activity package from NGA. The top 50 programs
will receive gift cards valued at $500, and 100 will receive $250 gift
cards.
* Fifty (50) grants will be awarded to start-up programs that
are just beginning or have yet to break ground.
* 100 will be awarded to established programs that have
completed one or more seasons of outdoor gardening.
* Both categories are eligible to receive top-level $500 grants.
Each award package includes a Gift Card from The Home Depot ($500 or $250), an activity package from NGA, a "Youth Garden Grant Winner" sign to post in the garden, 12 months of NGA Supporter benefits (includes online garden Q&A service, online gardening and botany courses, and a 10% discount at our Gardening with Kids store).
JCPenney Afterschool Fund
JC Penney is accepting applications for funds for 4-H afterschool programs.
To view the RFP and download an
application go to www.4Hafterschool.org
NFMC Mini-Grants
The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and
Safety is now accepting call for proposals for Special Project and Pilot
Study funds for 2008. The purpose of this "mini-grant" program is to
support small-scale projects and pilot studies that address prevention
of childhood agricultural disease and injury See the attached files for
the call for proposals and the PI contact information form. For further
information, please contact:
National Farm Medicine Center
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
1000 North Oak Avenue
Marshfield WI 54449-5790
Toll Free: 1-800-662-6900
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/pages/default.aspx
Call for Proposals (MS Word document)
Contact Info Form (MS Word document)
Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation
The foundation supports civic affairs, culture, education, health
association, social services, youth. Grants range from $5,000-$50,000 and
are open to nonprofits. Contact William A. Lane, Jr., DDF, 1533 Sunset
Drive, Suite 150, Coral Gables, FL 33143-5700; 305.668.4192.
Mix It Up Grants Program
Sponsored by Southern Poverty Law Center and Study Circles Resource Center
Awards grants of up to $250 to support youth-directed projects that focus
on identifying, crossing, and challenging social boundaries in schools
and communities. Applications should demonstrate youth leadership,
collaborative community efforts, and the potential for sustainable work.
Website: Mix It Up Grants Program
State Farm Companies Foundation
Grants will support elementary and secondary schools in creating
service-learning programs and projects to improve teacher quality. Grants also made to colleges and universities to establish scholarships, leadership training, coursework in insurance fields.
Deadline: September 1
Website: State Farm Companies Foundation
Libri Foundation
The foundation will match grants of $50-$350 to help rural libraries
acquire new hardcover childrenÍs books. Open to rural libraries.
Deadline: July 15
Website: Libri Foundation
Aaron Copland Fund for Music Performing Ensembles Program
American Music Center
Grants of up to $20,000 each will support music organizations that perform contemporary American music. Grants are available for general operating support and project support. Open to nonprofits.
Deadline: June 30
Website: Aaron Copland Fund for Music Performing Ensembles Program
American Music Center
American Academy of Dermatology's Shade
Structure Grants
To help make it safer to have fun outdoors during the warmer
months, the American Academy of Dermatology is offering shade structure grants for schools, park districts, religious institutions, or other
nonprofit organizations in need of shade for outdoor locations.
The academy has partnered with Johnson & Johnson Consumer
Products Companies to significantly increase the number of shade
structure grants that will be awarded. Twenty grants will be
available to install structures in locations across the United
States through the current application process.
Shade structures can be installed in any outdoor location where
children and adults gather and are exposed to the harmful rays
of the sun, including playgrounds, pools, bleachers, and eating
or recreation areas.
In order to be considered, organizations must submit an app-
lication that demonstrates a commitment to sun safety and is
accompanied by a letter of support from an academy member.
Information: American Academy of Dermatology's Shade
Structure Grants
Captain Planet Foundation
The mission of the Captain Planet Foundation is to fund and support
hands-on environmental projects for children and youth. The
foundation's objective is to encourage innovative programs that
empower children and youth around the world to work individually
and collectively to solve environmental problems in their
neighborhoods and communities. Through environmental education,
the foundation believes that children can achieve a better
understanding and appreciation of the world in which they live.
The foundation offers small grants of $500 or less, as well as
a limited number of grant awards ranging from $500 to $2,500
each.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old to submit a proposal.
Deadlines for submitting grant applications are June 30,
September 30, December 31, and March 31. Grant proposals are
reviewed over a period of three months from the date of the
submission deadline.
Information: Captain Planet Foundation
National 4-H Grant Opportunities
The Grants Management Team of National 4-H Council offers grants for youth in local communities, in counties, and on the state level. These grants provide opportunities for young people and adults to take action on issues critical to their lives, their families, and their communities. Youth take the lead in the design of the project, the proposal writing process, the implementation, and the evaluation of funded projects.
Please be advised that grant deadlines are determined in conjunction with our funding partners. Once a particular grant is announced, grant proposals are normally solicited for a four- to eight-week period.
Information: National 4-H Grant Opportunities
Partnership for Children (Smart Start)
Website: North Carolina Smart Start and North Carolina Partnership for Children
Division of Women's & Children's Health
(Department of Health & Human Services)
Summer Food Service Program
1330 St. Mary's Street
Post Office Box 10008
Raleigh, North Carolina 27605
(919) 715-1924
East Carolina University Regional Training Center
ECU A-16 Minges Coliseum
Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353
(919) 328-4661
Website: East Carolina University Regional Training Center
North Carolina Youth Advisory Council
Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
1044 West Forest Hills Boulevard
Durham, North Carolina 27707
(919) 493-5591
(Experimentation, interim sustaining, seed grants to
stimulate larger grants from other sources.)Information: Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
The Blumenthal Foundation
(Social services, education, arts, religion, environment,
health care, media, communication, civil liberties,
sports/athletics.)
The Florence Rogers Charitable Trust
Post Office Box 36006
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28303
(910) 484-2033
*Focus in Cumberland--(education, social services,
environment, health care, arts, media,
communication).
The Wachovia Foundation, Inc.
The Wachovia Foundation is a private foundation that is funded annually by Wachovia Corporation. They provide grants to eligible 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations in two primary focus areas ( Education and Community Development) and two seconday focus areas ( Health and Human Services and Arts and Culture).
Their mission is to build strong and vibrant communities, improve the quality of life, and make a positive difference where we work and live.
Information: Wachovia Foundation
Coca-Cola
Foundation
The mission of The Coca-Cola Foundation is to improve the quality of life in the community and enhance individual opportunity through education. We support educational programs primarily within three main areas: higher education, classroom teaching and learning, and international education. Our programs support scholarships for aspiring students; encourage and motivate young people to stay in school; and foster cultural understanding. Over the last ten years, our Foundation has contributed more than $124 million in support of education.
The Coca-Cola Foundation
P.O. Box 1734
Atlanta, Ga 30301
Website: The Coca-Cola Foundation
eBay
Foundation
Giving back to the community has been an essential part of eBay since the very beginning. In 1998, with a donation of 107,250 shares of pre-IPO stock, eBay created a charitable fund known as the eBay Foundation». Today, eBay Foundation remains an important part of eBay and serves as the primary vehicle through which eBay contributes to community organizations. Annually, eBay Foundation provides grants to numerous non-profit groups that are working to make local communities better places to live and work.
Please direct questions related to eBay Foundation's giving programs to:
eBay Foundation
60 South Market Street
Suite 1000
San Jose, CA 95113
ebayfdn@cfsv.org
Website: eBay
Foundation
Department of Labor's Youth Opportunities Initiative
Focus on youth employment. Recommended program activity Youth
Build. 25-30 grants
awarded. Information can be found in the Federal
Register.
Walmart Foundation
Call your nearest Walmart for information. The matching grant
program matches $ for $ up
to $2,000 for what each Walmart facility raises for local
qualifying charities. Associates of
the store must be involved.
The NC Commission on National and Community Service
The NC Commission on National and Community Service and Carolina
Pepsi Bottlers fund
programs to enhance mentoring efforts in NC. The goal of the
grant program is to provide
local agencies with funds to build strong mentoring programs.
For example, funds can be
used to recruit, screen, and train volunteer mentors. Or, the
funds can be used to establish a
mentoring hotline or website. The mentoring programs can be
adults mentoring
youth or peer mentors (teens mentoring younger youth). $10,000 to
$25,000. Deadline in
November. (919)
715-3470 or 800-820-GIVE.
Partners: National Organization on Disability and J.C. Penny
Company Inc.
National 4-H Council is one of the organizations selected by the
National Organization on
Disability and J.C. Penny Company to administer a grant of $1000
annually for outstanding
work with the disabled. Projects must focus on increasing
acceptance and participation of
persons with disabilities in the community and in 4-H work.
Deadline in November. Visit the
site (click on
Programs and then Youth
Grants)
The Children's Trust Fund
The Children's Trust Fund was established in 1983 by the North Carolina General Assembly (G.S. 110-147) to provide funds for programs and services to prevent child abuse and neglect. The funds are distributed through grants to public or private non-profit organizations, agencies, schools, and interagency efforts with broad community involvement. Approaches emphasize education and broad family support services that positively impact family relationships.
Information: The Children's Trust Fund
Department of Education-21st Century Community Learning
Centers
Purpose of program: The 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Program was established
by Congress to award grants to rural and inner-city public
schools, or consortia of such
schools, to enable them to plan, implement, or expand projects
that benefit the educational,
health, social services, cultural and recreational needs of the
community. School-based
community learning centers can provide a safe, drug-free,
supervised and cost-effective
after-school, weekend or summer haven for children, youth and
their families.Information: The 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Program
Youth Smoking Prevention National 4-H Council--YCC Team
7100 Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD
20815
The Youth
Application is available
on National 4-H Council's website.
Best Buy Children's
Foundation
The Best Buy Children's Foundation supports and strengthens communities by contributing to a variety of national organizations that foster engaged, fun learning experiences for children through integrating innovative, interactive technology into those experiences. Programs funded by the Foundation must be easily accessible to students or provide essential social services and disaster relief support (in partnership with United Way and the American Red Cross, respectively) or support community volunteerism (in partnership with Volunteer Centers).
Best Buy Children's Foundation
7075 Flying Cloud Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
612-947-2650
Best Buy Consumer Relations Department
1-800-369-5050.
Website: Best Buy Children's Foundation
Goody's Stores
Conduct fundraisers twice each year (weekends of July 4 and Labor
Day) for non-profit
children's organizations. To secure more information call
nearest store.
Local Toys-R-Us
Will donate equipment, games, and toys (between $50 - $100) to
organizations with a simple
letter of request.......a maximun amount at each store is
determined
in January and given out until gone........contact the local
store and ask to speak to the person
who reviews proposals.
Humanities Extension at NCSU
$1,000 writing grants available for summer programming. Contact
Dr. Jim Clark
919-515-3451.
ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO APPLY FOR THE $1,000 IS AN
ONE
PAGE LETTER.
The United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Will provide funds for new and rural child care facilities
nationally Detailed information
about Rural Development programs and applications for financial
assistance are available
through USDA Rural Development State Offices. To locate your
state office visit the USDA
website or call (202)720-4323.
The North Carolina State Commission on National and Community
Service
Community-based programs under the Learn and Serve America
program for school-age
youth. New programs may apply for one-year grants of $5,000 to
$15,000. Applications are
due in May. Applicants must demonstrate:- an educational,
environmental, human or
public safety need in the community
- a program designed to
engage Learn and Serve
members in addressing the identified need(s) and
- community
support, collaborative
partnerships, and integrated services.
Information: Learn and Serve America
The American Junior Golf
Association Foundation
Awards golf equipment to promote and support junior golf
programs. Any youth serving
organization that has/or is starting a program to introduce youth
to the game of golf is eligible
to apply. There are no deadlines.
Information: The American Junior Golf
Association Foundation
The Jim Henson
Foundation
Aims to develop and encourage new work in the art of puppetry.
The foundation's first
priority is the development of puppetry as an art form, and
grants primarily
support innovative puppet performances. The foundation provides
seed money to start a
puppetry program or project money to help an existing one.
Grants of up to $5,000 are
available. The letter of intent is due in July 1 and formal
applications are due by September.
Information: The Jim Henson Foundation
Intentionally Inclusive 4-H Club Projects
Funds available for grant awards up to $25,000.00 The grant
funds must be used to
implement an "Inclusive" 4-H Club program that targets youth with
developmental disabilities
(including: ADD/ADHD, Hearing Impairments, Learning Disabilities,
Down Syndrome etc.)
and volunteer leaders with developmental disabilities into
existing traditional club programs.
Call Mitzi Stumpf, at 919-515-8487.
Housing: Grant Opportunities
Funds Help Make The Home A
Safer Place for
Children
Program: Healthy Homes Initiatives
Funds: $3.5 Million, with three to five grants ranging from
$250,000 to $2.5 Million
Eligibility: Just about everyone including public and private
non-profits. Participation by a
research institution seems to be a key to funding. Deadlines in
September.
Summary: Funds help demonstrate cost-effective, preventative
measures that can correct
multiple safety and health hazards for Info: Ellen Taylor, Office
of Lead Hazard Control
202/755-1785, ext. 116, or Karen William, Grants Officer, ext.
118 Applications are available
from the HUD
website.
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Youth Program
Department
of Labor
Support is offered to provide an effective and comprehensive
array of educational
opportunities, employment skills, and life enhancement activities
to at-risk and out-of-school
MSFW youth that lead to success in school, economic stability and
development into
productive members of society.
Employment and Training Administration
Division of Federal Assistance
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Rm S-4203
Washington, DC 20210
Telephone: 202-219-8702 extension 145
For after school programs
National Gardening Association and
The Home Depot»
present the
2006 Youth Garden Grants» Program
NGA is delighted to announce that The Home Depot has returned as our Youth Garden Grants sponsor for 2007. Over the last 23 years, NGA's Youth Garden Grants program has helped more than 1.2 million youngsters reap rewards and vital life lessons from working in gardens and habitats, and thanks to the generosity of The Home Depot, we can reach many more eager young learners.
Information: National Gardening Association and
The Home Depot»
present the
2006 Youth Garden Grants» Program
Awarded to youth that take leadership roles in identifying
critical issues in their communities.
Awards of $500 - $1,500.
Federal Support for Youth and Family Programming
Grant proposals are due in May. Grants range from $1,000 to
$10,000. Everyone is urged to submit a proposal to help develop
the citizenship skills of young people.
Each year, the Do Something BRICK Award honors 6 outstanding leaders
age 18 and under and 3 outstanding leaders age 19-25 who use their
talents to take action that measurably strengthens their local
communities in the areas of community building, health, or the
environment.
Each of the "18 and under" winners is awarded a $5,000 higher education scholarship and a $5,000 community grant (to be directed by the award winner to the not-for-profit organization of his or her choice). Winners in the "19-25" category each receive a $10,000 community grant.
Literacy Education/Youth Leadership Grant
Funded by Dr. Scholl Foundation and Bridgestone/Firestone Trust
Fund, this National 4-H Youth Grants Program provides community
action grants in the amounts of $500 to $3000 to stimulate
literacy education nationwide. Grants are awarded to communities
in support of ongoing literacy education programs or to stimulate
new and creative youth-led programs. The role of adults is to
provide guidance to young leaders in the literacy programs. Apply
Now.
The International Youth Foundation supports nonprofit
organizations in the United States and abroad for youth programs
and activities. Of special interest are programs that address
issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, violence, teenage
pregnancy, school drop-outs, and low motivation. The foundation
also supports vocational training, health education, recreation,
cultural tolerance, environmental awareness, conflict resolution,
and leadership skills development.
Contact: Grants Administrator, (410)347-1500
Sponsor: International Youth Foundation, 32 S St, Ste 500,
Baltimore, MD 21202
Target offers store-based grants that support projects promoting early childhood education, the arts and family violence prevention. Why? Because there is no better place to see a masterpiece than reflected in the eyes of a child; there is no greater return on investment than seeing a child excel; and because a happy home encourages a child to dream and achieve.
Azadoutioun Foundation Grants
The foundation provides general operating and project support for
programs and activities in its areas of interest, including adult
basic education and literacy, reading, the environment, human
services, and international economic development.
Amount of Grant range from $3000-$25,000
Contact: Grants Administrator, c/o Gravestar, (617)492-4118
Sponsor: Azadoutioun Foundation, 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
02142.
Funds are available for projects to demonstrate effective
community-based models for the prevention and early intervention
of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse among high-risk
youth.
Amount of Grants range from $100,000-$500,000; average
$350,000
Contact: Division of Knowledge Development and Evaluation,
(301)443-9110 or the Grants Management Officer, (301)443-9666
Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II Building,
Rockville, MD 20857
Grants are made in the areas of education, issues that impact
women and minorities, children and youth, community economic
development, precollegiate education, the environment, human
services, cultural resources, and miscellaneous areas of benefit
to the constituency.
Requirements: The foundation makes grants only to nonprofit, tax-
exempt, charitable organizations and institutions in North
Carolina.
Amount of Grants range from $5000-$1.4 million typically
Date(s) Application is Due: February 1, August 1. Postmark
satisfies deadline date requirements.
Contact: Executive Director, (800)443-8319 or (336)725-7541
Sponsor: Z.Smith Reynolds Foundation, 101 Reynolds Village,
Winston-Salem, NC 27106-5199
The General Mills Foundation focuses on grantmaking, employee gift-matching and scholarships. Through specific grant programs, such as Champions Youth Nutrition and Fitness and Celebrating Communities of Color, the Foundation is able to focus on areas of particular need. Grants are targeted to youth nutrition and fitness, arts and culture, education, and social services. The Foundation's largest scholarship program, General Mills Challenge U, has awarded more than $4 million in scholarships since 1997.
The foundation awards grants to improve the lives of children
from infancy through age 18. Grants are available to support
requests for direct services and educational programs. The
foundation supports efforts to promote a positive self-image in
children and youth through opportunities that encourage learning
and expressing themselves.
The objective of the grants is to encourage, coordinate, and
conduct research and evaluation of juvenile justice and
delinquency prevention activities, to provide for public and
private agencies, institutions, justice system agencies.
The focus of the Urban and Rural Community Economic Development program is to create projects that provide employment and business ownership opportunities for low-income people through business, physical, or commercial development. Generally the projects should improve the quality of the economic and social environment of TANF recipients, low-income residents including displaced workers, at-risk teenagers, custodial and non-custodial parents (particularly those of children receiving TANF assistance), individuals residing in public housing, individuals who are homeless, and individuals with developmental disabilities.
The foundation funds grassroots projects that typically are
initiated and run by young people, that demonstrate long-term
viability, and that empower those who traditionally have been
disenfranchised in society. A variety of youth-led efforts will
be funded, including ones that support minority or at-risk youths
in leadership skills.
Amount of Grant is generally $1000-$15,000; average $7500
Contact: Foundation Administrator, (802)651-9600
Sponsor: Ben & Jerry's Foundation, 30 Community Drive, South
Burlington, VT 05403-6828
Grace and Franklin Bernsen Foundation Grants
The Grace and Franklin Bernsen Foundation was created in 1968 to provide grants in support of religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children. By policy, the Foundation limits its grants to non-profit organizations in and around Tulsa, Oklahoma, the home of Grace and Franklin Bernsen for more than six decades.
Information: Grace and Franklin Bernsen Foundation Grants
Grants are made quarterly to support youth
education and science education. The foundation considers
innovative proposals from K-12 schools, higher education
institutions, community colleges, youth groups, and radio or TV
stations.
Butler Family Fund Grants
The Butler Family Fund is concerned with homelessness and criminal justice reform. Our vision is of a world where being low-income does not mean having to choose between housing and food, and where everyone can have faith in our system of justice. The Board is particularly interested in supporting organizations that are committed to addressing these problems through systemic change, advocacy, policy reform, and innovative direct service programs. The Fund also has a smaller, Board-administered program in the area of global warming.
Information: The Butler Family Fund
Burger King/McLamore Foundation Grants
The Burger King/McLamore Foundation is a public, non profit organization that honors James W. McLamore and his life long commitment to education. Thanks to the support of Burger King Corporation, BURGER KING® franchisees, system partners and our communities the Foundation grants an average of $1.6 million in scholarships every year.
Information: The Burger King/McLamore Foundation
HUD Youthbuild Program Grants
Youthbuild provides funding to public and private non-profit organizations, that include community-based organizations, community action agencies, state or local housing agencies, community development corporations, and any other entity including States, and units of general local government eligible to provide education and employment training. More than $485 million in grants have been awarded since the program's inception in 1993 enabling over 47,000 young people to construct or rehabilitate more than 13,000 affordable housing units in their communities.
Information: HUD Youthbuild Program Grants
R.J. Reynolds Foundation
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (R.J. Reynolds) is proud of the fact that it has been a responsible corporate citizen of North Carolina for more than 125 years. In a tradition established by the company's founder, Richard Joshua Reynolds, R.J. Reynolds remains committed to using its resources to enhance the quality of life in the communities where employees live and work.
Information: R.J. Reynolds Foundation
Metropolitan
Life Foundation Grants
The foundation accepts grant applications throughout the year for
programs and projects in its areas of interest. These include
health-preventing drug and alcohol abuse and AIDS, providing
primary and secondary school children with comprehensive health
education, and delivering health care services; education-
supporting professional development of teachers, adult basic
education, and literacy; civic affairs-strengthening the
community through programs targeted for disadvantaged groups and
youth; and culture-supporting the development of artists locally
and nationally.
Information: Metropolitan
Life Foundation Grants
Glaxo Wellcome
Foundation Grants
The foundation supports activities primarily in North Carolina
that help meet the needs of today's society and future
generations by funding programs that emphasize the understanding
and application of health, science, and mathematics at all
educational and professional levels.
Information: Glaxo Wellcome
Foundation Grants
Department of Education Local
Educational and Agencies Even Start Project Grants
Migrant Education Even Start is a program designed to break the cycle of poverty and improve the literacy of migrant families through a unified program of family literacy services. These services are defined in law as early childhood education, adult basic education or English Language instruction, and parenting education. Projects provide a number of services and strategies to help parents and children meet their educational goals and to support parents in their role as their child's first teacher.
Information: Even Start Project Grants
Cemala Foundation Grants
The Foundation's geographic funding focus is on projects that directly benefit the Guilford County, North Carolina community and, to a much lesser extent, those projects that benefit the entire state of North Carolina as a whole.
Information: Cemala Foundation Grants
FUNDING SOURCE: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Local Initiative Funding Partners Program
(LIFPP) is a matching grants program designed to establish
partnerships between The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(RWJF) and local grantmakers in support of innovative, community-
based projects that focus on underserved and at-risk
populations.
Information: The Local Initiative
Funding Partners Program (LIFPP)
CBS Foundation Grants Program
CBS's corporate philanthropy reinforces the company's role as a leading media enterprise serving the public interest through a program of grantmaking, corporate contributions, employee matching gifts and in-kind support. Founded in 1953, the CBS Foundation supports education, arts and culture, and youth and family projects. Its efforts complement the outstanding community service work of CBS radio, television, cable and outdoor media operations across the country. For additional information, contact the CBS Foundation at 212/975-3773 or CBSFoundation@cbs.com.
Pioneer Hi-Bred Community Grants
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. is committed to helping improve the quality of life in the communities where its customers and employees live and work through philanthropic investments. Community Investment is the philanthropic resource base of Pioneer. The specific objectives are to invest the Company's resources in programs that add economic or social value to its communities and Company stakeholders, to expand the Company's reputation as a good corporate citizen, and to initiate collaborative funding programs that address rural economic and social issues.
Information: Pioneer Hi-Bred Community Grants
Informal Science Education (ISE)
Funding Source: National
Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Education and Human
Resources (EHR), Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal
Education (ESIE)
Funds available: Expectations for cost-sharing depend on the
scope and nature of the project. For museum and community/youth-
based projects, NSF generally supports up to two-thirds of total
project costs.
Information: Informal Science Education (ISE)
Community Development
Funding Source:
Fuller Company Foundation, H.B.
Overview: H.B. Fuller Company, through its contributions
program, is committed to building strong communities that create
economic and educational opportunities for children and their
families. Recognizing that healthy families and nurturing
communities are necessary in order to create a healthy
environment for young people, priorities within each
contributions category include: education; community
development; health and human services; environment; and arts and
humanities.
Abbott Laboratories Fund Grants
Grants are made directly by the fund. Cash contributions are
usually given to organizations that service communities in which
Abbott has significant operations or employee populations and to
institutions that provide education or service to the company's
present or potential employees. The fund concentrates on the
support of those institutions whos programs and services possess
the potential of providing both long-term and short-term benefits
to the health care industry. The fund will consider extending
grants to support specific building or capital projects. National
health agencies, hospitals, national welfare agencies, youth
agencies, and local health and welfare organizations also are
funded. Applications are accepted throughout the year. Information: Abbott
Laboratories Fund Grants
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
The mission of the foundation is to promote the well-being and
betterment of humankind by assisting people in the US Southeast
to build communities that nurture people, spur enterprise, bridge
differences, foster fairness, and promote civility. Grants will
be made in three program areas: organizational development,
community problem solving, and grassroot leadership
development. Information: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Belk Foundation Grants
The philanthropy of The Belk Foundation is the public expression of gratitude and commitment shown by the Belk department store organization – and by the Belk family who created it – to the communities that have helped the company to grow and prosper since its establishment in 1888.
The Belk Foundation makes grants to a wide variety of community-based nonprofit organizations and institutions whose missions and actions support “the advancement of Christian causes and the upbuilding of mankind,” as set forth in the will of William Henry Belk, founder of the Belk department store organization.
Information: The Belk Foundation
BellSouth Foundation
Grants Program
BellSouth Foundation's mission is to improve education in the South and other communities where BellSouth operates by stimulating fundamental change in education institutions and systems that will result in active learning and improved life chances for all students.
Information: BellSouth Foundation
Grants Program
Camp Younts Foundation Grants
The foundation supports social services, higher and secondary
education, youth organizations. Protestant religion, and
hospitals and other health organizations in Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina, and Virginia.
Date(s) Application Is Due August
Contact: Vice President, Camp Younts Foundation, c/o SunTrust
Banks, (404) 230-5541
Sponsor: Camp Younts Foundation, PO Box 4655, MCH 221, Atlanta,
GA 30302
J. Bulow Campbell Foundation Grants
The foundation supports nonprofit organizations in Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, North or South Carolina, and Tennessee in its
areas of interest including communities, the arts, education,
youth, and religion. Information: J. Bulow Campbell Foundation Grants
Campbell Soup Foundation
Grants
The foundation's key priorities are the needs of communities
where the company operates. To address the needs and
opportunities in communities, the company emphasizes helping
children seize constuctive futures; reinforcing family strengths;
and using foundation funds catalytically to draw other support
for promising initiatives. Information: Campbell Soup Foundation grants
The Progress Energy Foundation
The Progress Energy Foundation partners with nonprofits in Florida,
North Carolina and South Carolina to improve the lives of our
customers. Programs funded by foundation grants are typically larger in
scope and impact than corporate grants, serving multiple regions or the
entire state.
Information: The Progress Energy Foundation
Dupont Corporate Contributions Program Grants
DuPont is committed to improving the quality of life and enhancing the vitality of the communities in which it operates throughout the world. Through financial contributions and the volunteer efforts of its employees, DuPont supports programs and organizations that address social progress, economic success and environmental excellence - all vital components of community sustainability.
Information: Dupont Corporate Contributions Program
A.J. Fletcher Foundation
Grants
The foundation supports nonprofit religious, charitable,
literary, educational, and community organizations in North
Carolina. The foundation exists to sponsor grand opera for the
cultural development of students and the public; assist and
encourage young singers, musicians, composers, writers, and other
students; encourage and improve mass media; and promote the work
of other religious, charitable, literary, and educational
organizations. Information: A.J. Fletcher Foundation
Foundation
for the Carolina Grants
The foundation supports nonprofit organizations in North and
South Carolina, especially in the greater Charlotte, NC area, in
five areas. Building Families grants help prepare preschool
children to enter kindergarten. Building Bridges grants address
growing racial, cultural, and economic diversity in the
community. Building Potential grants empower individuals to be
self-reliant and economically independent. Building Civic Vision
grants increase civic understanding of key local ussues.
Building Youth grants help school-age children make the
transition from youth to adulthood. Information: Foundation
for the Carolina Grants
Fund for
Southern Communities Grants
The fund offers grants and technical assistance to grassroots
social change organizations. The fund prefers to support
projects that work for an equitable distribution of economic and
political power and that are unlikely to be funded nation,
working for the rights of workers, promoting self-determination
in in low-income and disenfranchised communities, protecting the
environment, creating alternative arts and media, or promoting
peace and responsible US foreign policy. Information: Fund for
Southern Communities Grants
Fund of the Four Directions Grants
The fund makes grants to nonprofits that help Native Americans
preserve their human rights, improve their socioeconomic status,
prevent erosion of their land base, and open opportunities for
advancement.
Amount of Grant: Typically $5000-$10,000
Contact: Codirector, (212) 768-1430
Sponsor: Fund of the Four Directions, 8 W 40th St, Ste 1610, New
York, NY 10018
Verizon Foundation Grants
Grants are made by both direct corporate giving and through the
foundation, primarily to social betterment and educational
institutions located in proximity and universities, grades six-12
math and science, fellowship programs, and regional educational
associations. Recent areas of interests in education include
literacy programs, building and equipment grants, faculty
development programs in the sciences and engineering, minority
group students in science and mathematics. The health and
welfare program supports drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
Cultural support is given to theaters, museums, art galleries,
performing art centers, and public television. Information: Verizon Foundation Grants
North
Carolina Arts Council Arts in Education Development
Grants
To strengthen the capacity of an organization or group of
individuals to provide quality arts education programs. Grants
must be matched dollar for dollar, with the exception of programs
serving rural, low-wealth areas.
North
Carolina Arts Council Arts in Educational Partnership
Partnerships grants are designed to implement long-range,
comprehensive programs that serve to advance and improve the
quality and status of arts in education throughout North
Carolina. Proposals involving nonschool partners (e.g., after
school or summer programs, day care centers, libraries,
hospitals, churches, homeless shelters, housing projects, etc.)
should emphasize the artist's role in the learning process.
North
Carolina Arts Council Literacy, Performing, and Visual Arts
Program Support Grants
Provides funds to North Carolina nonprofit organizations that
support innovative literary, performing (dance, music, and
theater), or visual arts programming and services.
North
Carolina Arts Council Presenting Artists in Schools/Communities
Grants
The funding provides support to organizations to hire
professional artists or companies for school or community
activities such as performances, workshops, readings,
residencies, festivals, and afterschool and summer programs.
Information: North Carolina Arts Council
North Carolina
Biotechnology Center Education Meetings Grants
The intent of the grants is to support educationally oriented
meetings and activities about the sciences, issues, and teaching
of biotechnology. Partial funding is provided for conferences,
workshops, seminar series, or similar activities held in
well-defined public or institutional settings in North
Carolina.
Information: North Carolina
Biotechnology Center Education Meetings Grants
Pew Charitable Trusts
Grants
Supports the work of nonprofit, organizations in the fields of
culture, education, marine conservation worldwide, health and
human services, public policy, and religion.
Information: Pew Charitable Trusts
Grants
Kate Reynolds Charitable Trust
Grants
The trusts awards health care grants and grants to organizations
supporting the poor and needy in North Carolina. Information: Kate Reynolds Charitable Trust
Grants
Steelcase Foundation Grants
The Steelcase Foundation was established in 1951 to make grants to non-profit organizations, projects and programs in the communities where our employees live and work. The Foundation focuses on the areas of human service, health, education, community development, the arts and the environment -- giving particular concern to people who are disadvantaged, disabled, young and elderly as they attempt to improve the quality of their lives.
Information: Steelcase Foundation Grants
Winn Dixie Stores Foundation Grants
Winn-Dixie has been supporting the civic and charitable efforts of our associates and customers since the beginning in 1925. Being a good corporate citizen and a good neighbor in the communities in which we operate has been a part of Winn-Dixie's philosophy and commitment. Our focus is on Health, Youth, Education and the community.
Information: Winn Dixie Stores Foundation Grants
North
Carolina Civic Education Consortium
The Consortium offers grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 for innovative, collaborative civic education programs. Small Grants are now available for 2005. The updated application and guidelines are posted below and can be downloaded. For additional information please call 828.252.4913.
Information: North
Carolina Civic Education Consortium
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