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Requirements: Hispanic-serving institutions are eligible.
Amount of Grant: $25,000-$75,000
Date(s) of Application Is Due: March 16
Program No.: 10.223
Contact: USDA, CREES, Higher Education Programs, (202)720-
7854
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Ave SW,
Washington, DC 20250
Requirements: Any institutions of higher education, including
HBCUs, HSIs, TCs, and institutions of higher education serving
Asian Americans and other minority or low-income communities, may
submit an application.
Amount of Grant: $300,000
Date(s) Application Is Due March 7. Receipt of application
satisfies deadline requirements.
Contact: Office of Environmental Justice, (800)962-6215, fax:
(202)260-0852
Internet
Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St SW,
Washington, DC 20460
Restrictions: Grants are not made directly to individuals or for
endowments or debt reduction.
Sample Award(s): Consortium for Graduate Study in Management
(Saint Louis, MO) - to provide full-tuition fellowships for
Native American, African American, and Latin America students to
enroll in MBA programs at the consortium's 11 member business
schools, $72,500 (1997).
Contact: Leo Brennan Jr., Vice President and Executive Director,
(313)248-4745, fax:(313)337-6680
Sponsor: Ford Motor Company Fund, The American Rd, Dearborn, MI
48121
Restrictions: The foundation generally does not contribute to
individuals; capital campaigns and operating budgets of medical-
related facilities; US hospitals and health care institutions;
religious organizations; endowments; political parties or
candidates; or conferences, workshops, or seminars not directly
related to GM's business interests.
Requirements: Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations and
institutions are eligible to apply.
Sample Award: Consortium for Graduate Study in Management (Saint
Louis, MO) - to provide full-tuition fellowships for Native
American, African American, and Latin American students to enroll
in MBA programs at the consortium's 11 memebr business scholls,
$50,000(1997).
Amount of Grant: Total of approximately $40 million annually
Contact: Deborah Dingell, President, (313)556-4260
Sponsor: General Motors Foundation, 3044 W. Grand Blvd, 11-134 GM
Bldg, Detroit, MI 48202
Restrictions: Grants are to be used exclusively for charitable
purposes within the United States and its possessions. Grants
are not made to individuals and may not be used for political
purposes. The foundation does not purchase tickets, tables, or
advertising for fund-raising events.
Restrictions: Building or capital needs are not dunded. Grants
are not awarded for capital campaigns, operating budgets,
endowments, publications, equipment, videos, or conferences, nor
to individuals.
Requirements: Eligibility is restricted to public and private
two-year institutions that have been designated as Hispanic-
Serving Institutions by the Department of Education.
Requirements: Public or private nonprofit organizations are
eligible to apply.
Amount of Grant: $95,000-$150,000; $142,000 average
Requirements: Eligible applicants are public and private
nonprofit agencies, including hospitals, Native American tribes,
and social service agencies. The bureau will give extra
attention to applications from historically black colleges and
universities and Hispanic-serving institutions.
Restrictions: Funds are not to be used for the provision of
health care services, construction, or building renovation.
Date(s) Application Is Due February 15.
Requirements: Grants are made only to public charity
organizations officially recognized as such by the IRS. Giving is
limited to the continental United States, with emphasis on New
York, NY.
Restrictions: The foundation does not sponsor athletic teams or
events, telethons, or corporate-sponsored programs or
dinners.
Restrictions: Individuals are ineligible.
Restrictions: The foundation does not support social service
programs offering ongoing or direct delivery of service; medical,
educational, or cultural institutions; capital expenditure,
construction, or renovation programs; programs undertaken at
government initiative; or scholarship funds or other aid to
individuals.
Sponsor: Xerox Foundation, PO Box 1600, Stamford, CT 06904
Requirements: Applicants must be currently enrolled in or plan to
enroll in degree programs in accredited colleges and
universities, must meet academic standards, and must demonstrate
leadership. Preference is given to specified minority
groups.
Restrictions: Generally, the foundation does not provide funding
for debt retirement, endowments, individuals, travel for
individuals or groups, religious organizations for religious
purposes, meetings, conferences, publications, films, or
television and radio programming.
Requirements: Applicant organizations must be: rural, serving
populations of 25,000 or less; multicultural specific, serving
communities defined as African American, Asian, Hispanic or
Latino, Native American, Alaskan Natives, or Pacific Islanders;
or community service, serving specific social groups, such as
persons with disabilities, at-risk, youth, persons in
correctional facilities, persons without homes, older Kansans,
etc.
Requirements: Nonprofits must have 501(c)3 status, be located in
a state where Manor Care Health Services operates, and have at
least one other source of support for the project.
Requirements: Nonprofits in New Jersey's 10-county service area,
including Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic,
Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties, are eligible to
apply.
Restrictions: Grants or loans are not made to individuals.
Grants are not given to strictly local organizations.
Requirements: Arts institutes, state and local arts agencies, and
other nonprofit or public organizations are eligible to apply.
Consortia of such organizations are also eligible. Except for
Folk and Traditional Arts, applicant organization must have a
four-year history of arts programming.
Requirements: Nominations for the annual award are made by
participating realtor association to the National Association of
Realtors.
Requirements: Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, NC, nonprofits
are eligible.
Requirements: Public and private nonprofit agencies and treatment
providers are eligible to apply for these funds.
Restrictions: The company does not fund projects by indivduals,
or for political, sectarian, or religious purposes, tickets for
dinners or other special events, requests for sponsorships, or
courtesy advertising.
Requirements: Pre-K-12 teachers are eligible. Information
for this document was provided by Cathy Lowery Graham, Area
Specialized Agent, Resource Development
Requirements: Grants will be made only to tax-exempt
organizations that are not private foundations.
Sample Award(s): Brooklyn Youth Chorus (Brooklyn, NY)- for
educational programs, $25,000 (1998). Masters School (Dobbs
Ferry, NY) - for a scholarship endowment for black and Hispanic
students, $25,000 (1998).
Contact: Robert Frehse Jr., Vice President and Executive
Director; Mayra Cedeno, Grants Administrator, (212)586-5404, fax:
(212)586-1917
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.
Requirements: Grant recipients are limited to organizations
serving the central Piedmont region of North Carolina an South
Carolina.
Date(s) Application is due February 1, June 1, October 1.
Postmark satisfies deadline requirements.
Contact: Marilyn Bradbury, Vice President, (704)376-9541, fax;
(704)376-1243, e-mail:infor@fftc.org
Sponsor: Foundation for the Carolinas, 1043 E. Morehead St, Ste
100, Charlotte, NC 28204.
HUD Hispanic-Serving Institutions Work Study Program
The Hispanic-Serving Institutions Work Study Program provides
assistance for economically disadvantages undergraduate students
at two-year institutions of higher education who are enrolled in
programs of study leading an associate degree in community and
economic development, community planning or management, or
related fields, including community or social services.
Amount of Grant: $13,200 annually for each student, $1000 maximum
administrative allowance
Program No. 14.513
Contact: Jane Karadbil, Office of University Partnerships, Policy
Development and Research, (202)708-1537 ext 218, fax:(202)619-
8000, TTY:(202)708-1455, e-mail:jane_r._karadbil@hud.gov
Sponsor: Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
St SW, Washington, DC 20410.
DHHS
National Health Promotion Project Grants
These grants support projects that are intended to educate the
public about environmental, occupational, societal, and
behavioral factors that affect health, so that individuals may
make informed decisions about health-related behavior.Projects
supported include, those identifying or developing materials for
health promotion programs for use by schools, medical treatment
sites, work sites, and community health promotion programs;
identifying the needs of special population groups such as
African Americans, Hispanics, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Native
American/Alaskan Natives, the disabled, and elderly in the United
States. Contact the office for deadlines.
Amount of Grant: $50,000-$300,000
Program No. 93.990
Contact: Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, (202)401-6295; Cindy Oswald, Grants Management
Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health,
(301)443-8826
Sponsor: Department of Health and Human Services, 330 C St Sw,
Washington, DC 20201.
DHHS
Minority Community Health Coalition Demonstration Grants
These grants are offered to support minority community health
coalitions to develop, implement, and conduct demonstration
projects that coordinate integrated community-based screening and
outreach services and include linkages for access and treatment
to minorities in high-risk, low-income communities.
Program No. 93.137
Contact: Cynthia Amis, Director, Program Operations Division,
Office of Minority Health, (301)594-0769; Carolyn Williams,
Grants Management Officer, (301)594-0758
Sponsor: Department of Health and Human Services, 5515 Security
Lane, Ste 1000, Rockville, MD 20852
DHHS
Maternal and Child Health Projects Grants
The goal of the program is to improve the quality and use of
genetic services in maternal and child health care, integrate
services for children with special health care needs, support
state fetal and infant mortality review centers and enhance the
use of data in problem solving for maternal and child health.
Amount of Grants: $50,000-$1.5 million; $182,273 average
Date(s) Application Is Due April 28, May 13, May 16, June 30.
Program No. 93.110
Contact: Dr. Audrey Nora, Director, Maternal and Child Health
Bureau, (301)443-2170; Sandra Perry, Acting Grants Management
Officer, (301)443-1440
Sponsor: Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Parklawn Bldg, Rockville, MD 20857
DHHS
Bilingual/Bicultural Service Demonstration Projects in Minority
Health
The objectives of the program are to provide bilingual/bicultual
assistance in the provision of health services for limited-
English speaking populations.
Requirements: Public and private, nonprofit, minority, community-
based organizations are eligible.
Amount of Grant: $1000,000 maximum per year for up to three
years.
Program No. 93.105
Contact Cynthia Amis, Director, Division of Program Operations,
Office of Minority Health, (301)594-0769; Carolyn Williams,
Grants Management Officer, Division of Management Operations,
(301)594-0758
Sponsor: Department of Health and Human Services, 5515 Security
Lane, Rockwall II Bldg, Ste 1000, Rockville, MD 20852.
Department of
Education Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program
Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education are eligible
for
funding under this program. To qualify as a Hispanic-serving
institution the school must be accredited or preaccredited by a
nationally recognized accrediting agency; be legally authorized
by the state in which it is located to be a junior or community
colleges or provide a bachelor's degree program; and have a high
enrollment of needy students.
Program No. 84.031
Contact: Ellen Sealey, Institutional Development and
Undergraduate Education Service, (202)708-8866; Margaret Wheeler,
(202)708-9926; Anne Young, (202)708-8839, TDD: (800)877-8339 (8
am to 8 pm)
Sponsor: Department of Education, 600 Independence Ave SW,
Washington, DC 20202
Emily
Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation Grants
The foundation seeks to support the development of easily
understood and effective legal safeguards of the individual's
right to be free of pain and to exercise informed choice in the
face of death, as well as improved professional and public
education as to those rights.
Sponsor: Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, 30
Rockefeller Plaza, 55th Fl, New York, NY 10112.
Candle
Foundation Grants
The foundation is the philanthropic arm of Candle Corporation and
funds education and cultural programs worldwide involved in
community investment and redevelopment, education and
information,
dissemination, preventive health care, medical research, and
efforts to combat hunger and homelessness.
Requirements: 501(c)3 nonprofits are eligible for grant
support.
Amount of Grant: $1000-$10,000
Contact: Grants Administrator, (310)582-4041 or (310)582-4748,
fax: (310)582-4208
Sponsor: Candle Foundation, 2425 Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
90404
Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation Grants
The foundation gives primarily for higher and secondary
education, medical research, and public service organizations.
Grants also are awarded to religious organizations and for aid
for the handicapped.
Requirements: The foundation only makes grants to IRS 501(c)3
tax-exempt organizations in Texas.
Contact: Harvey Walker, Executive Director, (512)346-7490, fax
(512)346-7491
Sponsor: Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation, 4131 Spicewood
Springs, Rd, Ste A-1, Austin, TX 78759
Abelard
Foundation Grants Program
The foundation is committed to social change activities that
expand and protect civil liberties and civil human rights;
increase opportunities for the poor, the disenfranchised, and
people of color; and enhance and expand community involvement in,
and control over, economic and environmental decisions affecting
members of the community.
Amount of Grant: $6000-$12,000 average
Date(s) Application Is Due: January 15, June 15.
Contact Program Contact, c/o Common Counsel Foundation, (510)834-
2995, fax:(510)834-2998
Sponsor: Abelard Foundation, 1221 Preservation Park Way, Ste 101,
Oakland, CA 4612-1206
Xerox Foundation Grants
The foundation's goals are to preserve and invigorate its
communities, to help educate and prepare tomorrow's workers and
leaders, to promote volunteerism among Xerox people, and to give
the company a dimension of difference.
INROADS Minority Training
and Internship Program
INROADS identifies trains, and develops talented minority youth
(primarily Aftrican Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans),
and prepares them for positions of leadership in corporate
America and in the community.
Date(s) Application Is Due December 1.
Contact: Rosalyn Barnes, (404)586-0352, fax:(404)586-9155
Sponsor: INROADS Inc, 229 Peachtree St NE, Ste 2100, Atlanta, GA
30303-1930.
Kalamazoo Foundation Grants
The mission of the foundation is to help Kalamazoo County be a
strong, vital, and caring community. To this end, the foundation
awards unrestricted grants in four priority areas: housing,
health care, education, and economic development. In addition to
these areas, the foundation will consider the merits of programs
that address other needs in the community.
Requirements: Kalamazoo, MI, organizations recognized (or in the
process of applying for recognition) under IRS code 501(c)3 are
encouraged to contact foundation staff before submitting a
request to determine eligibility.
Date(s) Application Is Due March 1, July 1, November 1. Receipt
of application satisfies deadline date requirements.
Contact: David Gardiner, Senior Program Officer Officer,
(616)381-4416.
Sponsor:Kalamzoo Foundation, 151 S. Rose St, Ste 332, Kalamazoo,
MI 49007
Kansas Arts Commission Artist Residencies in Underserved
Communities
Grants offer support for one and two week residencies by artists
working in various disciplines, such as dance, music, theater,
literature, visual arts, media or other art forms. The grants
are available to rural cultural organizations, multicultural
organizations, and social service organizations that provide art
programs for underserved populations.
Amount of Grant: $1200 for one week; $2400 for two weeks
Date(s) Application Is Due May 1
Contact: Grants Administrator, (913) 296-3335, fax: (913)296-
4989
Sponsor: Kansas Arts Commission, 700 SW Jackson, Jayhawk Tower,
Ste 1004, Topeka, KS 66603
Kansas Arts Commission Grassroots Program Grants
The Grassroots Cultural Development program is designed to assist
Kansas organizations and individuals living in rural communities
of 25,000 or less who want to create or sustain cultural
programs, events, organizations, or opportunities.
Requirements: Applicants must be identified as one of the
following: rural (populations of 25,000 or less), multicultural
or culturally specific (African American, Asian American,
Hispanic, Native American, Alaskan American, or Pacific
Islander), and small-budget (annual budgets of $4000 or less).
Applying organizations must be public agencies or private
nonprofit groups located and incorporated in the state of Kansas
who have, or have applied for, federal IRS tax-exempt status.
Date(s) Application Is Due May 1.
Contact: Grants Administrator, (913) 296-3335, fax: (913)296-
4989
Sponsor: Kansas Arts Commission, 700 SW Jackson, Jayhawk Towe,
Ste 1004, Topeka, KS 66603
Manor Care Foundation Grants
Grants are awarded to communities nationwide where Manor Care
Health Services has operations. The foundation has two
grantmaking interests: organizations involved in research of
diseases and disorders affecting the elderly and community
programs that offer support and outreach services to seniors.
Date(s) Application Is Due June 1, December 1.
Contact: Susan Hines, President and Chairman of the Board, (419)
252-5500
Sponsor; Manor Care Foundation, 11555 Darnestown Rd,
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-3200
March of Dimes North Jersey
Chapter Community Grants
The March of Dimes North Jersey Chapter funds community grants in
10 North Jersey counties. Funding is available for three types
of programs. The Comenzando bien grant program supports agencies
in implementing a March of Dimes curriculum of seminars in
Spanish, covering topics such as pregnancy and prenatal care.
Amount of Grant: Comenzando Bien grants up to $6000; Perinatal
prevention grants $10,000-$25,000 average; Mini-Grants up to
$2500.
Date(s) Application Is Due December 1. Receipt of application
satisfies deadline date requirements.
Contact: Tracey Reed, Director of Programs, (973)882-0700, fax:
(973)882-0716
Sponsor: Northern New Jersey March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation, 55 US Highway 46 E, Pine Brook, NJ 07058.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Grants
Grants are awarded on a selective basis to institutions in higher
education; cultural affairs and the performing arts; population;
conservative and the environment; public affairs; and youth
programs. Within these fields, the foundation directs most of
its grant making to particular areas of interest.
Amount of Grant: $2000 minimum; approximately $93 million total
annually
Contact: Richrd Ekman, Secretary, (212)838-8400, fax: (212)223-
2778
Sponsor: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 140 E. 62nd St., New York,
NY 10021
NEA
Heritage and Preservation Grants
This theme has three purposes: to honor, assist, and make visible
those artists and forms of artistic expression that are rooted in
the reflective or the many cultural groups that make up our
nation; to preserve our most significant artistic accomplishments
for future generations; and to conserve important works of
art.
Amount of Grant: $5000-$200,000
Date(s) Application Is Due August 16. Postmark satisfies deadline
date requirements.
Contact: Heritage and Preservation Program, (202)682-5428
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Arts, Nancy Hanks Ctr, 1100
Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20506
Partners in Housing Awards
Grants are available to US nonprofit organizations that partner
with local realtor associations low-income housing projects.
This is a joint initiative of the National Association of
Realtors and the Fannie Mae Foundation. Projects are evaluated
based on the level of realtor involvement, their ability to
address a particular affordable housing problem, the need for
financial assistance, and the project's potential to serve as a
model for other realtor associations. The deadline is early
October.
Amount of Grant: $2500-$10,000
Contact: Trisha Morris, Partners in Housing Awards, fax:
(202)383-7563
Sponsor: National Association of Realtors, 700 11th St NW,
Washington, DC 20001
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Grants
The purpose of the trust is to serve the health and medical needs
of people of North Carolina and to improve the welfare of the
people of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County who require financial
assistance with basic necessities. Health care programs must
increase the availability of health services to underserved
groups, address the problems of health services in rural
areas.
Contact: Program Director, (910)723-1456, fax: (910)723-7765
Sponsor: Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, 128 Reynolds Village,
Winston-Salem, NC 27106-5123
SAMHSA Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment Demonstration Program for Residential Treatment
for Women and Their Children
This program seeks to improve services, access, and delivery
systems for substance abusing, parenting women and their children
in residential treatment programs that may serve as model
programs. Projects that serve Native American, Alaskan American,
and Hispanic women will get priority attention.
Requirements: Public and private nonprofit agencies and treatment
providers are eligible to apply for these funds.
Program No. 93.169
Contact: Cliff Mitchell, Chief Division of Practice and Systems
Development, (301)443-8802, Peggy Jones, Grants Management
Officer, (301)443-9666
Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II Bldg, Rockville,
MD 20857
SAMHSA Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment Services Program for Residential Treatment for
Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Funds support projects that address the gamut of issues facing
pregnant and postpartum women who abuse substances-from providing
adequate primary care services to assisting at-risk women in
their interpersonal relationships. Programs that enhance the
development of infants and children with intrauterine exposure to
alcohol and other drug use may also be considered for funding.
Projects that serve Native, American, Alaskan Native, and
Hispanic
women will get priority attention.
Amount of Grant: $350,000
Date(s) Application Is Due January 20, May 20, September 20.
Receipt of application satisfies deadline date requirements.
Program No. 93.169
Contact: Francis Johnson, Division of Knowledge Development and
Evaluation, CSAP, (301)443-4564; Peggy Jonew, Division of Grants
Management, (301)443-9666
Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwell II Bldg, Rockville,
MD 20857
Levis Strauss Foundation Grants Programs
The Levi Strauss Foundation Community Partnership program awards
contributions to nonprofit community agencies in the following
areas; economic development (job creation and community-based
economic development); job training, placement, and access;
leadership development aimed at strengthening the economic
development and capacity of community organizations; and
microenterprise.
Requirements: Agencies receiving funding must be accredited
charitable organizations or public entities and have boards or
advisory group that reflect of the population or communities
being served.
Amount of Grant: $2000-$200,000 typically
Contact: Grants Administrator, (415)544-6579
Sponsor: Levis Strauss Foundation, PO Box 7215, 1155 Battery
Street, San Francisco, CA 94120-6906
Teaching
Tolerance Grants
Teaching Tolerance grants are awarded to foster equity, respect,
and understanding in the classroom and beyond with special
projects, events, curriculum development, and other creative
endeavors that address tolerance themes. The grants will target
small-scale, resourceful, student-focused projects that promote
acceptance of diversity, peace making, community service, or any
other aspect of tolerance education. Past projects have included
an elementary school that brought in college instructors to teach
Hispanic children about their culture.
Amount of Grant: $2000 maximum
Sponsor: Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Ave,
Montgomery, AL 36104
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