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DoEd Seeks to Leverage Reforms Through ESEA Funding

Even though the Education Dept. (DoEd) provides just a sliver of the $1 trillion spent each year on K-12 education, the department is seeking to leverage its contribution by forcing states and school districts to adopt a new set of flawed education reforms, experts say. Gordon MacInnes, a Century F... read more 06/18/2010 07 AM

Education

(RECOVERY ACT) Tracking Stimulus Money; Only Half Spent Thus Far
Although President Obama signed an unprecedented $787 billion economic stimulus bill in February 2009 in hopes of stimulating a sour economy, only about half of the stimulus money has been spent. However, most of those funds are "spoken for," or obligated, but only about half have actually made it... read more 06/18/2010 08 AM

(EDUCATION) DoEd Revises Freedom of Information Act Guidelines
The Education Dept. (DoEd) offers the revised guidance for its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, which are a common way for nonprofits to get their hands on winning grant applications at the agency. Effective: July 14. During the rulemaking process, DoEd removed a proposed general... read more 06/16/2010 3:28 PM

Federal Funding Notices - At Risk Youth

(YOUTH) HHS Provides Funding for Anti-Trafficking Hotline
Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families, ACF); Program: National Human Trafficking Hotline (CFDA Number: 93.598) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2010-ACF-ORR-ZV-0025); Eligibility: States, governments, schools, tribes, for-profits and nonprofits; Funding:... read more 06/17/2010 11:13 AM

(EDUCATION) DoEd Provides $11.15M for Native-Serving Grants
Agency: Education Dept. (Office of Postsecondary Education); Program: Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) (CFDA Numbers: 84.031W and 84.031N); Eligibility: Institutions of higher learning which have either an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at lea... read more 06/16/2010 4:28 PM

Federal Funding Notices - Child Welfare

(YOUTH) HHS Provides $1.75M in Social Services Funding
Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families, ACF); Program: Social Services and Income Maintenance Benefits Enrollment Coordination Grants (CFDA Number: 93.091) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2010-ACF-OCS-IB-0111); Eligibility: States, governments, sch... read more 06/14/2010 11:13 AM

Federal Funding Notices - Education

(K-12 EDUCATION) DoEd Provides Funding for Special Ed, Early Intervention
Agency: Education Dept. (Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services); Programs: Preparation of Leadership Personnel (84.325D); Combined Personnel Preparation, (84.325K);Special Education Pre-service Program Improvement (84.325T); Eligibility: Institutions of higher learning; Funding: $2... read more 06/15/2010 05:29 AM

(EDUCATION) DoEd Provides $27.3M for Increasing Student Access
Agency: Education Dept. (Office of Postsecondary Education); Program: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) (CFDA Number: 84. 116B); Eligibility: Institutions of higher learning, nonprofits; Funding: $27.3 million, 37 awards (there is no match required); Deadline: July 29. Sum... read more 06/16/2010 4:31 PM

Federal Funding Notices - HUD Super Nofa

(CHART) Changing Priorities at HUD
Changing Priorities at HUD Priorities 2009 2010 Priority 1 Increase Homeownership Opportunities. (1) expand national homeownership opportunities. (2) increase minority homeownership. (3) make the home buying process less complicated and less expensive. (4)... read more 06/17/2010 3:48 PM

Funding Tips

(PHILANTHROPY) Experts Find Social Services Giving Increases in Sour Economy
Despite the weak economy, the annual Giving USA report finds philanthropic contributions increased in 2009 for nonprofits providing services to those most in need, including human services and health. Patrick Rooney, executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana U., tells FAM at a pan... read more 06/16/2010 11:21 AM

(TIPS) Links Available for Educators, Grant-Writers Students and Parents
USA.gov the federal government's official website, is offering an array of education statistics that a savvy grant-writer could turn into a successful grant application. The site is intended is to make it easy for the public to find information about federal government information and services. I... read more 06/17/2010 5 PM

Note From the Editor

(AUDIOCONFERENCE) Event Will Focus on HUD's Upcoming NOFA
The Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) is poised to begin releasing hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for a wide array of programs covering everything from homeless programs to housing for the elderly to healthcare facilities -- and so much more. In anticipation of th... read more 06/17/2010 05:30 AM

Private Funding

(HEALTH) CATCH Implementation Funds
Deadline: The 2011 CATCH Implementation Funds' call for proposals will be Nov. 1, 2010, to Jan. 31, 2011. The Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Implementation Funds program supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of developing and implementing a community-based child... read more 06/15/2010 1:01 PM

(MINORITIES) Mitchell Kapor Foundation
Deadline: Sept. 1. Founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Mitchell Kapor in 1997, the Mitchell Kapor Foundation's grants program focuses on funding organizations which are working to ensure justice and equity for vulnerable and underserved communities. Its 2011 Green Access/VoICE initiative r... read more 06/15/2010 3:06 PM

(RECREATION) Access Fund
Deadline: March 1. The Access Fund Climbing Preservation Grant Program funds projects that preserve or enhance climbing access and opportunities and conserve the climbing environment throughout the United States. The fund is most interested in funding work on the root causes of local climbing acces... read more 06/17/2010 1:57 PM

(SCIENCE EDUCATION) STEMester of Service Grants
Deadline: July 15. Funded by Learn and Serve America, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, STEMester of Service incorporates YSA's semester-long service-learning framework to engage educators and students in addressing critical environmental needs and connecting them to... read more 06/18/2010 11:03 AM

(ARTS) MetLife Museum and Community
Deadline: Rolling. This year, under Museum and Community Connections, MetLife Foundation expects to award grants to about 15 applicants. The purpose of the program is to encourage art museums to reach out to large numbers of people of all ages and backgrounds through imaginative programs. Individu... read more 06/15/2010 4:01 PM

(FUNDRAISING) Tyson Project A+
Deadline: Rolling Tyson Project A+ label redemption incentive award program is sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc., the Arkansas-based chicken processor. The program is designed to help schools earn extra money quickly and easily by paying 24 cents for every Tyson Project A+ label that is redeemed. The... read more 06/14/2010 2:57 PM

(OUTDOOR) SmartWool Advocacy Fund
Deadline: March 1. The SmartWool Advocacy Fund, the giving arm of the SmartWool Corporation, supports organizations that identify & focus on creating long-term social change by improving their environment and enhancing outdoor youth activity. The Fund is organized and administered by Sma... read more 06/17/2010 4:57 PM

(REGIONAL FUNDING) Cardinal Health Foundation (OH)
Deadline: Jan. 29. Through the Essential to Wellness Grants Program, the Cardinal Health Foundation will award grant funds to support initiatives by hospitals, health systems, and clinics nationwide that establish or implement inventive and creative methods for addressing challenges in providing qu... read more 06/17/2010 1:01 PM

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