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Story of the WeekReform Package Creates New $50M School-Based Health Center Program The new healthcare reform laws set aside $50 million for the creation of a new competitive grants program to pay for School-Based Health Centers (SBHC) to serve poor and disadvantaged children and youth. Rules for distributing these Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148/111-152)... read more 05/13/2010 4:11 PMSome Volunteer Services Can be Used for Grants Match, DoEd says With the federal competitive grants competitions moving into high gear, the Education Dept. (DoEd) is reminding applicants that most of the competitions will allow applicants to use volunteer services to meet the funding match that some grants require. Federal matching requirements can be the most... read more 05/12/2010 3:21 PM |
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| (RULES) FNS Intends to Change SNAP Reporting Requirements The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is seeking to revise the way states report their payment error rates in making distributions to SNAP beneficiaries, according to a May 10 Federal Register notice. Public Comment Deadline: July 9. FNS wants to revise the three components of the Quality Control... read more 05/11/2010 4:55 PM |
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| (RULES) DoEd Issues FY 2010 Deadlines for LEAP/GAP Funding The Education Dept. publishes new deadlines for states to ensure they will continue to receive Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP), Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (SLEAP) and Grants for Access and Persistence (GAP) funding for FY 2010. Deadline: June 1 (electr... read more 05/14/2010 10:52 AM |
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| (RULES) DoEd Seeks New Priorities for Fulbright-Hays Grants The Education Dept. is seeking to implement two new priorities for the $5.4 million Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program administered by the International Education Programs Service, according to an May 13 Federal Register notice. Deadline: June 14. DoEd says the two priorities are intende... read more 05/14/2010 4:52 PM |
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| (POVERTY) ACF Offers Funding for CSBG Training Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families (CYF), Office of Community Services (OCS); Program: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)Training and Technical Assistance Program - National Training for Financial Management and Administrative Governance (CFDA Numb... read more 05/14/2010 3:10 PM |
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| (POVERTY) ACF Offers Grant for National Training Center Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families (CYF), Office of Community Services (OCS); Program: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program: National Risk Mitigation and Quality Improvement T/TA Center (CFDA Number: 9... read more 05/14/2010 1:10 PM |
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| (TIPS) DoEd Seeking Peer Reviewers for $10M Promise Neighborhoods Competition The $10 million Education Dept. (DoEd) Promise Neighborhoods planning grant competition -- which provides funding to improve education opportunities for disadvantaged youth -- is seeking peer reviewers for its grant competition. Deadlines: To apply to be a peer reviewer: June 1; for the grants comp... read more 05/14/2010 11:52 AM |
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| (HEALTH) HHS Offers $5M for New Parenting Campaigns Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (Health Resources & Services Admin., HRSA); Program: First Time Motherhood/New Parents Initiative (CFDA Number: 93.110) (Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-10-035); Eligibility: States; Funding: Nearly $5 million for 10 awards ranging from $350,000 to $500... read more 05/13/2010 11:16 AM |
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| (PUBLIC SAFETY) DOJ Program Focuses on Reducing Gang Violence Agency: Justice Dept. (Bureau of Justice Assistance); Program: Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) (CFDA Number: 16.609) (Funding Opportunity Number: BJA-2010-2751); Eligibility: Governments, educational institutions and private nonprofits; Funding: 94 awards based on a formula; Deadline: June 10. Sum... read more 05/14/2010 4:14 PM |
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| (YOUTH) DOJ Offers $500K for Juvenile Defense Program Agency: Justice Dept. (Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention); Program: Juvenile Indigent Defense National Clearinghouse (CFDA Number: 16.540) (Funding Opportunity Number: OJJDP-2010-2740); Eligibility: Governments, colleges and universities and nonprofits; Funding: A $500,000 awar... read more 05/14/2010 3:14 PM |
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| (HEALTH) HHS Provides Funds for Telehealth Resource Centers Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (Health Resources & Services Admin., HRSA); Program: Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program (TRCGP) (CFDA Number: 93.211) (Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-10-151); Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: $975,000 for three awards; Deadline: June 15. Summar... read more 05/11/2010 10:16 AM |
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| (DISABILITIES) DoEd Provides $10.8M for Training Centers Agency: Education Dept. (DoEd) (Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services); Program Centers for Independent Living (CFDA Numbers: 84.400A and 84.132A); Eligibility: Community-based, cross-disability, non-residential, private nonprofits in the following states: AK, GA, IL, MD, MI, NJ,... read more 05/12/2010 1:55 PM |
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| (YOUTHS) Education Dept. Offers Funds for Hispanic Institutions Agency: Education Dept. (DoEd) (Office of Postsecondary Education); Program: Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) (CFDA Number: 84.031S); Eligibility: universities; Funding: $48 million; Individual Development Grants: 48. Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants: 29; there is no cost mat... read more 05/14/2010 4:03 PM |
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| (EDUCATION) Agency Provides $3M for Classroom Science Initiative Agency: Nat'l Aeronautic & Space Admin. (NASA); Program: NASA K-12 Cooperative Agreements Notice (CAN) (Funding Opportunity Number: NNG10ZNE008C); Eligibility: Governments, colleges and universities and nonprofits; Funding: $3 million for six to eight awards up to $400,000 each; Dea... read more 05/14/2010 3:14 PM |
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| (CHILDREN) Best Buy Focuses on Programs Offering 'Positive' Experiences (Deadline: July 1) The Best Buy Children's Foundation, a giving effort of the electronics retailer, will award $2 million through its @15 Community Grants Program. Best Buy teams across the country will select nonprofits that provide positive experiences designed to help teens excel in school, enga... read more 05/14/2010 11:10 AM |
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| (FUNDING) Thousands of Nonprofits Could Soon Lose Federal Tax Exempt Status Hundreds of thousands of nonprofits are scheduled to lose tax-exempt status on May 15 because they failed to file annual returns with the IRS, according to GuideStar, a Web-based information service specializing in U.S. nonprofit organizations. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 requires the IRS t... read more 05/13/2010 1:21 PM |
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| (HEALTH) Reform Package Creates $9M Anti-Cancer Grants Competition The new healthcare reform law creates a $9 million grants competition to inform young girls about the dangers of breast cancer and ways to prevent it. Rules for distributing these Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148/111-152) funds are being put together by the Health & Huma... read more 05/13/2010 1:21 PM |
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| (COMMUNITIES) Credit Suisse Americas Foundation Deadline: Rolling. The mission of the Credit Suisse Americas Foundation is to address societal challenges in the communities in which Credit Suisse operates and where employees live and work, and to support a culture of community and inclusion. The foundation hopes to achieve these goals by leverag... read more 05/11/2010 10:09 AM |
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| (CULTURE) AstraZeneca Deadline: Rolling. The AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Corporate Giving Program -- the pharmaceutical company's philanthropic arm -- recently provided almost $780 million in monetary and product donations. AstraZeneca supports nonprofit healthcare organizations and programs across the United States thr... read more 05/10/2010 10:06 AM |
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| (EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION) The Textron Charitable Trust Deadline: Sept. 1. The Textron Charitable Trust supports organizations involved with education, arts and culture, health, employment, hunger, housing, youth development, human services, economic development, minorities, and women. Fields of interest include early childhood education, ESL programs,... read more 05/13/2010 10:16 AM |
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| (EDUCATION) Johnson Controls Foundation Deadline: Rolling. The Johnson Controls Foundation, the giving arm of the automobile parts and battery manufacturer, offers grants higher education; health and hospitals; community funds; social services, including aid to the handicapped, care of children, and the aged; and civic, arts, and cultura... read more 05/13/2010 10:16 AM |
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| (ENVIRONMENT) American Hiking Society Trails Fund Deadline: Dec 15 (tentative). The American Hiking Society National Trails Fund helps grassroots organizations and youth groups working toward establishing, protecting and maintaining foot trails. Award: $500-$5,000. Eligibility: Local groups and nonprofit organizations. The American Hiking Societ... read more 05/10/2010 4:55 PM |
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| (HOUSING) Habitat for Humanity Investment Deadline: Rolling. The Habitat for Human Investment Program, a partnership between Habitat for Humanity International and the Calvert Foundation, is an investment-based initiative to support house-building projects. The program will allow individuals and nonprofits to inv... read more 05/14/2010 3:34 PM |
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| (INNOVATION) Drucker Awards Deadline: July 1. Nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for the Peter Drucker Innovation Award, given each year to three nonprofit organizations in recognition of an innovative, existing program that has made a difference in the lives of the people it serves. The award, given annually since... read more 05/12/2010 10:09 AM |
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| (SAFETY) CarMax Foundation Deadline: Nov. 15. The CarMax Foundation promotes automobile passenger safety awareness and seeks to improve the communities where company employees live and work. The foundation supports nonprofit organizations that either are national in scope or have a presence in one or more of the company's ma... read more 05/10/2010 11:06 AM |
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| (VISUAL ARTS) Elisha-Bolton Foundation Deadline: Sept. 1 (tentative). The Ohio-based Elisha-Bolton Foundation has interests in the environment and natural resources in addition to other focus areas. Funding priorities include Christian agencies, elementary and secondary education, healthcare, higher education, and the performing or visu... read more 05/12/2010 10:09 AM |
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| (YOUTH) Do Something Awards Deadline: Rolling. The Do Something Plum Awards honor outstanding youth leaders who develop projects to improve their communities. Maximum award: $500. Eligibility: Youth age 25 and under. Do Something Grants support projects which produce tangible results. They target quantifiable situations (e.g... read more 05/11/2010 10:09 AM |
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| (CHILDREN) Dolan Family Foundation Deadline: Rolling. The Dolan Family Foundation makes grants that benefit schools and youth, including general operating support for private schools. The foundation's primary focus is the Northeastern states, but other areas may be funded. Be advised it is best to call the foundation and discuss th... read more 05/11/2010 4:09 PM |
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| (COMMUNITIES) DuPont Corporate Giving Program Deadline: Sept. 1 (tentative). The DuPont Corporate Giving Program, the philanthropic arm of the chemical giant, is committed to improving quality of life and enhancing the vitality of the communities in which it operates. DuPont supports programs and organizations that address social progress, ec... read more 05/13/2010 10:09 AM |
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| (ENVIRONMENT) William C. Kenney Watershed Protection Deadline: Rolling. The mission of the William C. Kenney Watershed Protection Foundation is to preserve watersheds in the Western United States, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The Foundation accepts applica... read more 05/14/2010 3:34 PM |
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| (YOUTH) Frankino Charitable Foundation Deadline: Jan. 1. The Samuel J. & Connie M. Frankino Charitable Foundation is a family foundation which supports a range of programs, mostly for children and youth. Those include support for the arts, K-12 education, healthcare, medical research and youth services. The foundation awards grants... read more 05/13/2010 10:16 AM |
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| (FOR READERS) Benefits of CYF: Decoding the Federal/Private Funding Stream Question: I like your publication, but can you tell me what you can do for us? We are a small nonprofit, far removed from Washington DC. We do good work in our community, but we are constantly looking for funding. Answer: In these tight economic times, we've been hearing this question with more fre... read more 05/13/2010 4:34 PM |
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| (TELECONFERENCE) Study Finds Millions in Funding for Non-Health-Related Organizations in New Healthcare Law While many believe that the billions of dollars in the recently passed Healthcare Reform Act are just for healthcare, one of the best kept secrets in Washington is that the legislation channels millions in funding to other areas of vital interest to nonprofits, tribes and local governments. This inc... read more 05/10/2010 05:54 AM |
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