Potential Funding Sources for
Agriculture
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service
(CSREES)
Funding
Opportunities
Visit the The
Cooperative
State
Research, Education, and Extension Service Funding Opportunities
website.
Organic Research Grants
Organic Farming Research Foundation offers funding for organic
farming research,
dissemination of research results to farmers and consumers.
Proposals $3,000 - $5,000.
Deadline in July. To receive information write: Grants Program,
Organic Farming Research
Foundation, Post Office Box 440, Santa Cruz, California 95061,
phone: (408) 426-6606.
research@ofrf.org
Organic Cotton
Organic Cotton Directory, published by the Organic Trade
Association (OTA), $15. Features
200 businesses and extensive market data. A collaborative
project of the Pesticide Action
Network and OTA's Organic Fiber Council. Contact: OTA's Organic
Fiber Council, Nathan
Boone, (530) 750-2265; Fax: (530) 756-3122;or contact Linda Lutz,
(413) 774-7511; Fax:
(413) 774-6432.
ofc@igc.org
Guide to USDA and Other Federal Resources for Sustainable
Agriculture and Forestry
Enterprises, 160 pages, USDA SARE program, Michael Fields
Agricultural Institute, Forest
Service and USDA's Resource Conservation and Development program.
The Guide gives
basic information about more than 70 federal programs helpful to
farmers, small
entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, rural communities and
others in sustainable
agriculture. For free copies, contact Appropriate Technology
Transfer for Rural Areas
(ATTRA) at (800) 3456-9140.
Organic Directory
1998 National Organic Directory, produced by Community Alliance
with Family Farmers
(CAFF), $44.95. Includes farmers of organic commodities
nationwide, U.S. and international
food wholesalers, farm suppliers, updated federal and state
organic laws, businesses serving
the organic industry, certification groups, cross-referenced
organic commodities
(buyers/sellers). Contact: CAFF, Post Office Box 363, Davis,
California 95617; (800) 852-
3832 or (530) 756-8518 ext. 17. Add $6 shipping/handling.
RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International)
Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund supports for on-farm and
community demonstration
projects which can supplement tobacco and reduce dependence on
tobacco income through
production, marketing, and processing of other farm products (at
the present time only
available to the following counties--Columbus, Edgecombe,
Harnett, Johnston, Pitt, Wake,
Wayne.) Unsure of future funding to award grants.
SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research &
Education)
Deadline usually in January,
focus on research, marketing and education projects in the area
of sustainable agriculture.
Phone: (770) 412-4787 (John C. Mayne), Southern SARE Program.
John
Mayne
NC Division of Water Quality (Section 319 Clean Water Act
Grants)
For nonpoint source water quality related projects. Contact:
Linda Hargrove, Phone: (919)
733-5083 extension 352.
Linda
Hargrove
Utilization and Management of Renewable Resource Extension
Act (RREA)
Funds
The ANR/CRD Administrative Office will
have oversight of the funds focusing on:
FOREST MANAGEMENT
HARVESTING, PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF WOOD PRODUCTS
RANGELAND MANAGEMENT
FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
OUTDOOR RECREATION
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY
919-515-3252;
deadline
in October.
Utilization and Management of Federal Water Quality
Initiative
Program Funds;
New University Extension Grants Program;
Aimed at encouraging faculty and students to become more involved
in extension efforts
which address the needs of North Carolina citizens, communities,
schools, businesses,
industries, and governments. Funds will be potentially awarded
in three categories: 1)
campus and field faculty seed grants; 2) student project grants;
and 3) grants to assist
multi-disciplinary groups of faculty in developing and writing
grant proposals. 919-515-9340;
deadline is in October.
NC Division of Coastal Management
Has grant funding that will support the
creation of a database of existing wetland creation and
restoration sites in the 20 coastal
counties. The database will include acreage, the year planted,
habitat type, owner, number of
years of success, and a GPS location for each site. This will
only include sites that have been
restored or created, not potential sites. In addition seagrass
restoration sites will be included.
Contact Division of Coastal Management.
The 20 coastal counties are Bertie, Beaufort, Brunswick, Camdem,
Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde,
New Hanover, Onslow,Pamplico, Pasquotank,Pender,
Perquimans,Terrell, Washington
Kelly_Beissell
Sustainable Development Challenge Grant Program
(SDCG)
FUNDING SOURCE: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
FUNDS AVAILABLE: $5 million, in two ranges for FY 1998: $50,000
or less, and between
$50,001 and $200,000. Applicants in each category are required to
provide a minimum 20%
match from non-federal fundingsources. DEADLINE in November.
OVERVIEW: The SDCG program provides an opportunity to develop
place-based approaches to problem solving that can be replicated
in other communities.
Approaches should address problems related to current patterns of
growth and public
investment/disinvestment that accelerate loss of open space and
wetlands, fragment habitat,
and increase consumption of fossil fuels for energy and
transportation. Complete proposal
information is available at the
EPA web site or from
EPA Headquarters and EPA Regional Offices.
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
The regional representative for your state or
Juanita Smith
U.S. EPA, Office of Air & Radiation (MC 6101)
401 M Street SW
Washington, D.C. 20460
Telephone: 202-260-6812
Fax: 202-260-2555
Juanita
Smith
focus on recovery of organic
residuals. Projects that will
be eligible for grant funding are those that reduce the flow of
organic residuals to waste
disposal facilities and those that stimulate market demand for
recycled organic residuals.
Maximum of $25,000 per project, with a 10% matching requirement
of the applicant.
Deadline in December.
Craig Coker, Organics Recycling Coordinator, NCDENR/DPPEA, P.O.
Box 29569, Raleigh,
NC 27626-9569, tel.: (919) 715-6524.
Craig
Coker
For fundamental environmental research. Other
information is available
at the
RAMS web site.
Matching Keywords :
Biological Sciences
Economics of the Environment
Environmental Biology
Environmental Studies
Global Change
Pollution Control
Radon
Water Pollution
Water Resources, Environmental Impacts
The Division of Pollution Prevention & Environmental
Assistance (DPPEA), of NC-DENR,
Solid
Waste Reduction Assistance Grants
Eligible entities are counties, municipalities, COG's, solid
waste authorities, and non-profit
agencies.
Deadline is in April. Specific activities DPPEA will fund:
- Material Expansions (which help improve program efficiency)
- Backyard Composting Programs
- Pay-As-You-Throw Programs
- Commercial Waste Reduction
- Education (to revitalize local programs)
- Swap Shops
Contact Jim Hickman, DPPEA, at 800/763-0136 or 919/715-6500
Jim
Hickman
The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the
National Institutes
for Water
Resources and the Nebraska Water Resources Center
Matching grants to support research on non-point source water
pollution and water use.
Deadline April. Check out the Water Resources Research Institute
for
more information.
EPA Wetland Program Development Grants
15 million; deadline - varies;
202-260-6218
USDA Agricultural Research
amount varies; deadline - varies;
202-401-5022
Wildlife Service Wetland Grants
1 million; deadline December 703-358-1784
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation (Environment)
75,000-150,000; deadline - unavailable;
904-359-0670
NSF Informal Science Education Grants
awards up to 50,000; deadline November
703-306-1616
6-State Consortium on Animal Waste Management
April Deadline.
Colin
Scanes
DOI-North American Wetlands Conversation Council
Grant.
For a copy of the booklet and/or disk, contact the Fish and
Wildlife Service Publications Unit, c/o National Conservation
Training Center Support
Services, Route 1, Box 166, Shepherd Grade Road, Shepherdstown,
WV 25443 in writing or
by phone (304) 876-7203 Contact: North American Wetlands
Conservation Council
Coordinator at(703)358-1784.
Coordinator
NSF Small Business
Innovation Research
(SBIR)
Horticulture Research
Institute
Deadline is May.
Innovative Ways of Treating Spills of Vegetable Oils and
Animal Fats in Inland Aquatic
Environments
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office
of Research and
Development.
Deadline May.
Focus on the development of innovative, biologically based
methods for the treatment of
vegetable oil spills on inland
waterways.http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/vegoilad.html
Additional information on this and other solicitations are
available in HTML and PDF formats
on the NCERQA Web
site.
Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research,
Education, and
Extension.
National Research Initiative
Competitive Grants Program ;agricultural, forest, and related
environmental sciences. To support research grants in the
following areas:
-
Natural Resources and the Environment
- Nutrition, Food Safety, and Health
- Animals
- Biology and Management of Pests and Beneficial Organisms
- Plants
- Markets, Trade, and Rural Development
- Enhancing Value and Use of Agricultural and Forest Products
- Agricultural Systems Research
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USDA/CSREES/NRI, Stop 2241, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250-2241. Phone: (202)
401-5022.
USDA/CSREES/NRI
Grants in areas having the most environmental impact. DEADLINE:
November/December.
Focus efforts on forestry, green building, recycling, ecology,
and lead poisoning prevention.
Feedstock Conversion Grant
Division of Pollution
Prevention and Environmental
Assistance Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Recycling Business Assistance
Center; to develop viable, sustainable programs to promote the
use of recycled feedstocks by
North Carolina Industries in the place of virgin feedstocks.
Questions about this RFP should
be addressed to Tom Rhodes.
Organic Wastes Recycling Grant Round;
open to both
public and private (profit
and non-profit) sector applicants with a maximum award of $30,000
and requires a 25% cash
match. Federal agencies are not eligible. Deadline is October
Craig Coker at 919-715-6524.
Construction and Demolition Debris Grant
open to both
public and private (profit
and non-profit) sector applicants; federal agencies are not
eligible. Maximum awards range
from $15,000 to $50,000 depending on category and requires a 20%
cash match. Deadline
October. John Blaisdell 919-715-6522.
Pay-as-you-throw and climate change grants
for
communities interested in
converting to pay-as-you-throw (PAYT).
The maximum financial award is $10,000 per community, call
919-715-6528.
Organics Composting and Recycling
RFP available: September
Contact: Craig Coker, (919) 715-6524
Feedstock Conversion
RFP available: October
Contact: Tom Rhodes, (919) 715-6516
Local Government Buy Recyled
RFP available: November
Contact: Heather Sandner, (919) 715-6505
Paper Waste Reduction
RFP available: January
Contact: Jason Hale: (919) 715-6542
Solid Waste Reduction Assistance Grants
RFP available: January
Contact: Jim Hickman, (919) 715-6528
NOAA offering $1.5 Million in Sea Grant
Program Purpose: Research, education, and outreach projects that
address "critical and high-priority problems" associated with
human activity and natural hazards that affect fisheries habitat
in the coastal and Great Lakes waters of the United States.
Deadline: Preliminary proposals due Dec., full proposals due
February Funds up to $300,000 per award
Contact: Dr. Emory A. Anderson, (301)713-2435 ext. 144
or email: emory.anderson@noaa.gov
NAPCOR, the National Association for PET Container
Resources
The trade association for the manufacturers of PET plastic resins
and containers, and suppliers to the PET industry in the United
States and Canada, is requesting proposals for its 2000 grant
cycle.
Eastern Regional Director (includes all of NC)
Sandi Childs 828/236-9006
This catalog lists federal sources that provide grants, loans,
coast sharing and does not present sources that offer only
technical assistance.
Interagency Announcement of Opportunity for Grants in
Environmental Statistics
EPA and NSF each anticipate awarding approximately $1 million ($2
million total for the 2 agencies) for Environmental Statistics,
with a projected award range form $60,000 to $150,000 per award
per year, and an appropriate duration of 2 to 3 years
Open: December, Closing: March - Approximatley $3.4 million will
be made available
The Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program is interested in
supporting research to identify and evaluate biomarkers that can
by used to estimate and/or predict both pesticide exposure and
the health impacts that may result from pesticide exposure.
Open: November - Closing: March. Approximately $5-6 million will
be available. The awards are expected to range form $150,000 to
$250,000.
Open: November - Closing: March
$5 million dollars will be available
The U.S. EPA plans to establish up to five university-based
Hazardous Substance Research Centers which will be funded for up
to 5 years. In this announcement, the EPA Office of Research and
Development invites applications to establish HSRCs to address
priority hazardous substance research, training, technology
transfer, and technical assistance.
In this announcement the U.S. Environment Protection Agency,
Office of Research and Development, NASA, and Office of Earth
Science, are taking grant applications to establish up to four
Estuarine Indicator Research Programs, designed to identify ,
evaluate, recommend and potentially develop a suite of new,
integrative indicators of ecological condition, integrity, and/or
sustainablity that can be incorporated into long-term monitoring
programs and which will complement ORDs intramural coastal
monitoring program.
Open: October
Closing: March
6 million dollars will be available to fund 4 programs during the
first year
2000 Environmental Monitoring for Public Assess and Community
Tracking (EMPACT)
The ultimate goal of EMPACT is to
assist communities to provide sustainable public access to
environmental monitoring data and information that are clearly
communicated in a timely, useful, and accurate manner in the
largest U.S. metropolitan areas.
Open: December
Closing: April
Deadline: January
Created to provide financial assistance to state and tribal
environmental departments that are working to address
environmental justice issues.
For further information contact:
Natalie Ellington
EPA Region 4
phone:404-562-9453
Pesticide Container Recycling Grant
From: Pesticide Environmental Trust Fund
How Much: Up to $12,500 per county
Deadline: March 31
Contact: Colleen Hudak (919)733-3556
The NOAA Fisheries Restoration Center will announce the
availability of financial assistance for community-based habitat
restoration.
Six East 39th Street, 12th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10016
212-684-6577
Agriculture, Farmer's Market, Media, Conservation, Environment
Water Quality Funds
Support for following activities
1. Agent/Specialist training
2. Educational materials
3. Conferences, workshops, demonstrations
4. Distance learning/teaching
5. Curriculum development and implementation
ANR/CRD office, Box 7602 NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695
919-515-3252
Preproposals are sought for competitively awarded grants to
encourage the development and the use of an agricultural
communications network to facilitate and strengthen agricultural
extension, resident education and research, and domestic and
international marketing of US agricultural commodities and
products.
Date(s) Application is due February 15.
Contact number:(402)472-7000
ADEC Distance Education Consortium, PO Box 830952, Lincoln, NE
68583-0952.
Building funds are provided mostly for special projects. Grants
are also given for health and human services, community service,
and environmental programs and to institutes, hospitals, and
graduate schools of business. Applications are accepted at any
time; however, the initial contact should be a brief letter
outlining the proposed project or need.
Requirements: Application organizations must have tax-exempt
status under IRS codes 501(c)3 or 170(b) and be located in areas
where the company maintains offices.
Amount of Grant Typically $1000-$25,000
BankAmerica Foundation, PO Box 37000, Department 3246, San
Francisco, CA 94137, or call (415)622-3469
FARM AID Grants
FARM AID grants fall within two broad categories: emergency
relief funds that help farm families cope in the short-term; and
funds that make it possible for organizations to build long-term
solutions to the problems farmers face. Grants are available in
the following nine areas: education for farmers on issues like
credit and legal rights, as well as endowed scholarship funds for
youth; emergency needs; hot lines; land stewardship; legal
assistance; outreach to help farmers achieve fair prices and
policies; program support and development; self-help; and
technical assistance.
Restrictions: FARM AID does not make grants for personal or
commercial services, to influence legislation or elections, or to
individual farmers.
FARM AID, 334 Broadway, Ste 1, Cambridge, MA 02139
(617)354-2922
The grants are awarded to help develop career-oriented personnel
qualified to work in pollution abatement and control. Project
grants are awarded for maintenance of environmental training
programs and to increase the number of professionally trained
pollution control abatement practitioners in state and local air
pollution control agencies.
Amount of Grant is $9000-$36,000; average $20,400
Contact: Air Quality Management Division, Office of Air Quality
Management Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Office of Air and Radiation, (919)541-2498
Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Trianlge Park,
NC 27711.
Native American tribes and Alaska organizations that have
experienced damage to their lands because of Department of
Defense activities are eligible for grants to address problems
affecting air, water, soil, and human and natural resources.
Requirements: Native American tribes, Alaska Native villages,
tribes or associations, and nonprofit Native organizations are
eligible.
Amount of Grant range from $100,000-$1 million
Administration for Native Americans, (202)690-5780
Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Ave SW,
Rm 348F, Washington, DC 20201-0001
International Paper Company Foundation Grants
The foundation seeks out and funds programs that address existing
and emerging social needs, particularly in communities where the
company has facilities. Grants are awarded for education in
basic communications and mathematical skills, improving the
understanding of the economics of our industrial society, and
career opportunities for minorities and women in engineering.
Amount of Grant: Typically $1000-$10,000
Date(s) Application is Due March 31.
Grants Administrator, (914) 397-1581
Sponsor: International Paper Company Foundation, 2 Manhattanville
Rd, Purchase, NY 10577
The objectives of the program are to provide technical,
educational, and financial assistance to eligible farmers and
ranchers to address soil, water, and related natural resources
concerns on their lands in an environmentally beneficial and
cost-effective manner.
Contact: Deputy Chief for Natural Resource Conservation Programs,
(202)720-1845
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture, PO Box 2890, Washington, DC
20013
The program seeks to help people improve their lives and
communities through an educational process that uses scientific
knowledge focused on issues critical to the economic,
agricultural, societal, health/safety, and environmental progress
of all Americans. In addition, the program seeks to identify and
solve farm, home, and community problems through the practical
application of research findings of the USDA and land-grant
colleges and universities.
Amount of grant range is $890,000-$19.962 million; $7.210 million
average
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave SW,
Washington, DC 20250
America the Beautiful Fund Grants
Projects supported by the fund cover environmental design, land
preservation, growing food for the needy, horticulture therapy,
arts, and historical and cultural preservation.
Amount of Grant: $100-$1000
Contact number is (202)638-1649
Sponsor: America the Beautiful Fund, 115 K St NW, Ste 611,
Washington, DC 20005
The foundation funds programs in the following areas: community
education programs to identify community needs and mobilize
resources to meet them, fostering social and economic justice;
arts in education programs and other approaches to educating
young people to create a healthier and more peaceful world;
agricultural programs that support the preservation of
individually owned farms; citizen organizations that promote
equitable food production and distribution; and environmental
programs that promote a safe and sustainable environment. The
foundation favors regionally focused grants although it will
consider those of a national scope. Grants are reviewed on a
continuing basis and awarded quarterly.
Amount of Grant Up to $5000
Sponsor: Harry Chapin Foundation, 83 Green Street, Huntington, NY
11743, or call (516)423-7558
The objective of the program is to support the development of
community food projects designed to met the food needs of low-
income people; increase the self-reliance of communities in
providing for their own needs; and promote comprehensive
responses to local food, farm, and nutrition issues.
Amount of Grant: $10,000-$250,000
Contact: Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, (202) 720-4423
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave SW,
Washington, DC 20250
These grants enable farmers to perform emergency conservation
measures to control wind erosion on farmlands or to rehabilitate
farmlands damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other
natural disasters and to carry out emergency water conservation
or water enhancing during periods of severe drought.
Amount of Grant: $50-$64,000; $2681 average
Contact: Fram Service Agency, (202) 720-6221
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence ave SW,
Washington, DC 20250
Grants are made to stimulate technological innovation in the
private sector, strengthen the role of small businesses in
meeting federal research and development needs, increase private
sector commercialization of innovations derived from USDA-
supported research and development efforts, and foster and
encourage minority and disadvantaged participation in
technological innovation.
Amount of Grant: $46,000-$250,000; $94,990 average
Contact: SBIR Director, Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, (202)401-4002
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave SW,
Washington, DC 20250
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
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.
American Honda Foundation Grants
Funds Range from $10,000 to $50,000
DEADLINE: August 1
OVERVIEW: The American Honda Foundation deals with projects
that have been funded include a focus on job training, math,
science and environmental education. Eligibility includes:
nonprofits, including K-12 schools and school districts,
education institutions, nonprofit scientific and education
organizations and national programs involved with curriculum
development that encourage innovative education methods and
techniques.
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
For guidelines, send a SASE to:
American Honda Foundation, PO Box 2205, Torrance, CA, 90509.
Or contact: Kathy Carey, American Honda Foundation, 1919
Torrance Blvd, Bldg 100, Torrance, CA, 90501; (310) 781-4090.
FUNDING SOURCE: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
FUNDS AVAILABLE: Not specified.
DEADLINE: August 1
OVERVIEW: 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.
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT: To submit a letter of inquiry, write to:
Richard J. Toth, Director, Office of Proposal Management, The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, PO Box 2316, Princeton, NJ
08543-2316 .
Deadline: September 30, 2000
Projects that receive priority consideration are within the
Company focus areas of:
- Education
- Farm Safety and Rural Health
- Local Community Initiative
- Located in Pioneer Hi-Bred facility communities or rural
agricultural regions
- Involve organizations with active Pioneer Hi-Bred
management/employee participation
- Company-related expertise and interest
For more info contact: Program Manager, Community Investment
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 700 Capital Square, 400
Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2340
Funding Source: United States Department of Agricultural (USDA),
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
(CSREES)
Deadline: August
Overview: The objectives of this three-phase program include
stimulating technological innovation in the private sector,
strengthening the role of small businesses in meeting federal
research and development needs, increasing private sector
commercialization of innovations derived from USDA-supported
research and development efforts, and fostering and encouraging
participation of women-owned and socially and economically
disadvantaged small business concerns in technological
innovation.
For more info contact: Director, Small Business Innovation
Research Program - Proposal Services Unit, Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of
Agiculture, STOP 2245, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington,
DC, 20250-2245; phone: 202-401-4002; fax: 202-401-6070
Community Development
Funding Source:
Fuller Company Foundation, H.B.
Deadline: October
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.
For more information contact: H.B. Fuller Company Foundation,
P.O. Box 64683, 1200 Willow Lake Boulevard, St. Paul, MN, 55164-
0683; Phone: (651) 236-5217
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 area: organizational development,
community problem solving, and grassroot leadership
development.
The deadline for proposals under the organizational development
program is February. There is as rolling deadline for community
problem-solving grants
Amount of Grant is typically $15,000-$75,000.
Date Application is Due: February
Contact: Grants Manager, (910) 748-9222; fax: (910) 777-0095
Sponsor: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, 102 Reynolds Village,
Winston-Salem, NC 27106-5123.
Contibutions support areas of education, health, human services,
civic affairs, culture, arts, andthe environment.
Date(s) Application Is Due February, May, August, and
November.
Contact: Corporate Contributions, (919) 546-6441, Fax: (919)
546-4338
Sponsor: Carolina Power and Light Company, PO Box 1551, CPB 14B2,
Raleigh, NC 27602
Dupont Corporate Contributions Program Grants
The corporate contributions program supports company-area
nonprofits in the United States and abroad in its areas of
interest, including culture and arts, education, the environment,
and health and social welfare.
Contact: Corporate Media Relations, (302) 774-2036
Sponsor: Dupont Corporation, 9541 Nemours Bldg, Wilmington, DE
19898
The foundation supports nonprofit organizational 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.
Date(s) Application Is Due: February, June, and October.
Contact: Vice President, (704) 376-9541, fax: (704) 376-1243
Sponsor: Foundation for the Carolinas, 1043 E. Morehead St, Ste
100, Charlotte, NC 28204
The program provides funding for rural development programs and
for a competitive grant program to support research, education,
and extension activities. The competitive grant program supports
unique, innovative, and high-impact research, education, and
extension projects to aid farmers, ranchers, and rural
communities address changes of fundamental reforms to federal
form programs.
contact: Administrator, Cooperative State Reserach, Education,
and Extension Service, (202) 720-4423
Sponsor: Fund for Rural America, 1400 Independence Ave SW,
Washington, DC 20250
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.
Amount of Grant: $1000-$5000, average grant $2500
Contact: Grants Manager, (404) 876-4147; fax (404) 876-3453
Sponsor: Fund for Southern Communities, 547 Ponce de Leon Ave NE,
Atlanta, GA 30308
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
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.
Amount of Grant - $1000-$5000 for short-term projects; $15,000
maximum for artist residencies
Date(s) Application is Due - March
Contact: Touring/Presenting Administrator, (919) 733-7897 ext 26,
Arts in Education Director, (919) 733-7897 ext 18
Sponsor: North Carolina Arts Council, Department of Cultural
Resources, Raleigh, NC 27601-2807
Supports the work of nonprofit, organizations in the fields of
culture, education, marine conservation worldwide, health and
human services, public policy, and religion.
Contact: Guidelines Contact, (215) 575-9050,
fax: (215) 575-4939
Sponsor: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2005 Market St, Ste 1700,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7017
The Water Environment Research Foundation
has posted a variety of Requests for
Proposals on its website for water related research. Many of
you may be involved and interested in these topics.
Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental
Assistance
The Request for
Proposals for our 2001 Organic Wastes Recycling Grant Round
is now available. Proposals will be due in October.
For more information please contact Craig Cooker, Composting
Specialist, NC Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental
Assistance, 1639 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1639,
Tel.: (919) 715-6524, Fax: (919) 715-6794
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