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For the week of May 17, 2010
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Tracks to Success
The 8 Online Fundraising Changes You Must Make in 2010
There are practical ways to have a winning online fundraising program - and our partners at Network for Good want to share them with you. This four-part series, based on the free eBook written by Katya Andresen, will take you through the eight changes you and your organization can make to be successful online this year. The series offers practical and strategic ideas about how to improve your marketing, messaging, and online arsenal of resources and tools. Click on the link provided above to read Part Three: Exiting Center Stage: Changing your messengers and thinking portable in all outreach.
Upcoming GrantStation Webinars
Unless otherwise noted, all webinars are led by Cynthia M. Adams, CEO of GrantStation, are 90 minutes in duration, and are scheduled to begin at 2 PM Eastern Time. The registration fee for webinars is $89 per person.
International Grants for Small Nonprofits
USAID and the U.S. Department of State have several grant programs that are tailored specifically for small nonprofit organizations. These types of grants may be an excellent first step for your organization if you have never accessed government funding and are working overseas. In this webinar Terri Hasdorff, President of Compassion Strategies, will discuss in depth information about what types of grants are available and how you can tap into this type of funding for your organization. The webinar will be held Thursday, August 19, 2010. Visit the link listed above to register.
FREE Tour of the GrantStation website
Join Cynthia M. Adams for a free webinar that offers a short tour of the GrantStation website. Learn how to use the tools that GrantStation provides to help you identify the right grantmaker for any program or project. If you've just joined GrantStation, this tour will help you determine the most effective way to use the valuable resources the website provides. If you haven't joined yet, this tour will help you determine if a GrantStation Membership fits your needs. There will be plenty of time for questions. The webinar will be held Thursday, August 26, 2010. Visit the link above to register.
FREE GrantStation/PhilanTech Tour
Nonprofit organizations nationwide are invited to join Cynthia M. Adams, CEO of GrantStation, and Dahna Goldstein, founder of PhilanTech, to learn the ins and outs of doing grants research and developing a grant proposal. Ms. Adams will demonstrate how to use the GrantStation website to identify the most appropriate grantmakers (government or private) for any given program or project. Ms. Goldstein will review how to use PhilanTrack to build your grant proposals and manage your post-award reporting requirements. This no-cost webinar, targeted to nonprofit organizations with budgets under $1 million, will end with a special offer from both companies for participants only. Visit the link above to register.
FREE GrantStation/Innovation Network Tour
Nonprofit organizations nationwide are invited to join Cynthia M. Adams, CEO of GrantStation, and Simone Parrish, Knowledge Manager and Webmaster of Innovation Network, for an overview of GrantStation's Member benefits and Innovation Network's free online logic model tool. During this webinar, Ms. Adams and Ms. Parrish will discuss the advantages of using a logic model when developing grant applications. Ms. Parrish will be your guide to the Logic Model Builder, and Ms. Adams will offer insights on improving funding research and grant writing. The webinar will be held Wednesday, September 1, 2010.Visit the link above to register.
For a complete list of upcoming webinars, click here.
National Funding Opportunities
Support for Racial Justice Advocacy Programs
United Methodist Church: CORR Action Fund
The CORR (General Commission on Religion and Race) Action Fund was established by the United Methodist Church to invest in community organizations, churches, conferences, seminaries, and ecumenical bodies that nurture programs focused on dismantling racism. For 2010, the focus of the Fund will be on programs that provide action and advocacy efforts related to sanctuary and assuring the rights of racial ethnic immigrants, groups, and refugees. Nonprofit organizations and local church/action advocacy groups throughout the U.S. that offer services to minorities that promote human dignity, compassion, and inclusiveness are eligible to apply. Grants of up to $40,000 will be provided. The application deadline is June 30, 2010. Visit the Fund’s website to download the application form.
Grants Promote Financial Independence
National Credit Union Foundation: Innovation Grants
The mission of the National Credit Union Foundation is to promote and improve consumer financial independence by way of credit unions. Through Innovation Grants, the Foundation funds projects that will help low-wealth individuals and families reach life-changing goals in the following five areas: Financial Education, Transaction Services, Savings, Credit, and Homeownership. Credit unions, as well as organizations that partner with credit unions, are eligible to apply. Projects should leverage funding from other sources, have a plan for sustainability, and demonstrate potential to be replicated by other credit unions. The application deadline is June 30, 2010. Funding guidelines are available on the Foundation’s website.
Native Food Programs Funded
First Nations Development Institute: Native Agriculture & Food Systems Initiative
The mission of First Nations Development Institute is to help Indigenous peoples, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, to control their assets and build the capacity to direct their economic futures in ways that fit their cultures. The goal of First Nation’s Native Agriculture & Food Systems Initiative is to assist rural and reservation-based Native communities in developing or expanding locally-controlled and locally-based food systems that provide healthy foods to community members. Through this initiative, four grants of $25,000 each will be provided to Native food-related programs aimed at increasing the availability of healthy, locally-produced foods in Native communities and/or programs that create systemic change by increasing community control of local food systems through promoting local food related businesses. Native communities, nonprofit organizations, tribal programs, and tribal colleges throughout the U.S. are eligible to apply. The application deadline is June 15, 2010. Visit the First Nation’s website to download the request for proposals and submit an online application.
Sabbaticals for Christian Pastors
Lilly Endowment: National Clergy Renewal Program
The National Clergy Renewal Program, a program of the Lilly Endowment, provides support to Christian congregations throughout the country whose pastors wish to take time for reflection and renewal. The program provides grants of up to $50,000 to congregations whose pastors and parishioners, working together, produce compelling plans for an extended sabbatical time for the minister and a complementary set of activities for congregational renewal. Up to $15,000 of the grant may be used to help the congregation fulfill pastoral duties during the pastor’s absence and/or to support activities that enable the congregation as a whole to be renewed in its ministry. Christian congregations whose ordained pastors have a Master of Divinity degree from an accredited theological school are eligible to apply. Congregations in any of 48 states may apply. (The Endowment administers a separate program for Indiana congregations and is unable to accept proposals from California applicants at this time.) The application deadline is June 21, 2010. Visit the program’s website listed above to download the application guidelines.
Regional Funding Opportunities
Youth Programs in Company Communities Supported
Finish Line Youth Foundation
The Finish Line Youth Foundation strives to make a difference in the lives of youth in the communities where company employees and customers live by supporting programs that focus on youth development and an active lifestyle. The Foundation primarily offers grants to nonprofit organizations that provide community-based access to athletics and other active lifestyle activities for youth under the age of 18. An additional focus is on camps that give kids the chance to be active, with emphasis on those that provide services to disadvantaged or special needs children. Requests are reviewed quarterly; the remaining deadlines for 2010 are June 30, September 30, and December 31. Visit the company’s website to take the online Eligibility Quiz.
Grants Promote Self-Sufficiency in Colorado
Adolph Coors Foundation
The Adolph Coors Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations throughout the state of Colorado that promote self-sufficiency, leadership, and independence. The Foundation provides funding in the following areas: human services, with emphasis on job skills training and financial management; youth, with a focus on character building; education, with support for programs that emphasize academics and free enterprise (and that are not part of the public school system); and community, for the promotion of volunteerism and philanthropy. Requests are reviewed three times per year. The upcoming application deadline is July 1, 2010. Visit the Foundation’s website for application guidelines.
Funds for Innovative Legal Programs in Michigan
Michigan State Bar Foundation: Administration of Justice Grants Program
The Michigan State Bar Foundation provides grants to improve access for all to the justice system, including support for civil legal aid to the poor, law-related education, and conflict resolution. The Foundation’s Administration of Justice Grants Program provides funding for innovative projects that educate Michigan children and adults about their legal rights and responsibilities, the American justice system, and opportunities for conflict and dispute resolution. Grants generally range from $12,000 to $15,000. Requests are reviewed three times per year; the remaining application deadlines for 2010 are July 9 and December 3. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the grant instructions and application form.
Support for Literacy Programs in New Jersey
Verizon New Jersey “Check into Literacy” Grants Program
The Verizon New Jersey “Check into Literacy” Grants Program supports adult and family literacy programs that benefit underserved communities throughout New Jersey. Grants ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 will be provided to basic literacy programs that build on reading skills for children, adolescents, and adults; and computer and web-based literacy programs. Priority will be given to low-income, ethnic, minority, limited English-speaking, and disabled communities in New Jersey’s rural, urban, and suburban centers. The application deadline is June 11, 2010. Visit the company’s website to download the request for proposals.
Federal Deadlines
Department of Justice: Second Chance Act Technology Careers Training Demonstration Projects for Incarcerated Adults and Juveniles
Application deadline: June 10, 2010
This program provides support for technology career training projects that target incarcerated adults and juveniles before release from a prison, jail, or juvenile facility.
Department of Education: Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program
Application deadline: June 14, 2010
This program provides support to research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts related to the history of and lessons drawn from the history of the Underground Railroad.
Department of Commerce: Economic Development Administration: i6 Challenge
Letter of intent deadline: June 15, 2010 (Applications: July 15, 2010)
This program provides support for ideas that will accelerate technology commercialization and new venture formation, with the ultimate purpose of helping to drive economic growth and job creation.
Department of Health and Human Services: FY10 Announcement of Availability of Funds for Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects
Application deadline: June 22, 2010
This program provides support to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative interventions for pregnant adolescents ages 15 to 18 and their families.
Department of Agriculture: Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program
Application deadline: June 25, 2010
This program provides support to assist public television stations in acquiring and installing facilities and software necessary for transitioning to digital broadcast television transmission.
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