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For the week of March 8, 2010
GrantStation Announcements
GrantStation Spring Sale: All Aboard!
We are pleased to offer full GrantStation Memberships for $399 ($200 off of our regular price of $599) through March 12, 2010. GrantStation Members have access to quality, up-to-date information on both private and government grant opportunities, as well as step by step tutorials on the grantseeking process. To take advantage of this special spring sale click here. If you'd like to learn more about GrantStation before becoming one of our 20,000+ Members, you can take an automated tour. Questions? Call our toll-free number at 877.784.7268.
Tracks to Success
Using Appreciative Inquiry
This four-part series, written by Alexandra Peters, will take you through the three basic phases of Appreciative Inquiry. Appreciative Inquiry is an approach that will help your organization define its strengths, articulate its vision, and implement positive change. The series offers guidelines on how to integrate this approach into your grantseeking process. Click on the link provided above to read Part Two: The “Discovery” Phase of Appreciative Inquiry.
Gifts in Kind International Offers International Insider to Members
Press Release
Gifts in Kind International (GIKI) has been delivering the weekly e-newsletter, the GrantStation Insider, to their constituents since July 2005. Several months ago, GIKI began delivering the GrantStation International Insider as part of their member benefits. The International Insider is full of upcoming grant deadlines for nonprofits based in other countries, as well as nonprofits based in the U.S. doing work throughout the world.
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.
GrantStation/PhilanTech FREE 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 will end with a special offer from both companies for participants only. The webinar will be held Thursday, March 11, 2010. Visit the link listed above to register.
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 Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Visit the link listed above to register.
Gleaning the Meaning: Evaluation Basics
Do you cringe when a Request for Proposals calls for each grantee to submit an evaluation of their project? This webinar, taught by Funding Exchange President/CEO Sharon Gherman, is a “connect the dots” orientation to evaluations. She will answer the most common questions about evaluating projects, introduce terms used by evaluators and explain what they mean in English, provide guidelines to help you decide whether you can perform the evaluation with your own staff or need to hire an evaluator, discuss what steps to take when you decide to perform your own evaluation, and examine how to use evaluation results to get more out of your projects. The webinar will be held Thursday, March 18, 2010. Visit the link listed above to register.
GrantStation/IdeaEncore FREE Tour
Nonprofit organizations nationwide are invited to join Cynthia M. Adams, CEO of GrantStation, and Flo Green, co-founder of IdeaEncore Network, to learn the ins and outs of doing effective grants research and writing powerful grant proposals. Ms. Adams will demonstrate how to use the GrantStation website to identify the most appropriate grantmakers for your organization. Ms. Green will review how to use IdeaEncore Network to save time, increase your effectiveness, and create some earned income by sharing knowledge with your colleagues. This no-cost webinar will end with a special offer from both companies for participants only. This one-hour webinar will be held Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Visit the link listed above to register.
For a complete list of upcoming webinars, click here.
National Funding Opportunities
Mini-Grants Focus on Children’s Safety
National Center for Safe Routes to School Mini-Grant Program
The National Center for Safe Routes to School assists communities throughout the U.S. in enabling and encouraging children to safely walk and bike to school. The Center's Mini-Grant Program will provide up to 35 grants of $1,000 to community nonprofit organizations, K-12 schools, and local government agencies for projects that focus on increasing safe walking and/or bicycling to school. Funded activities may also explore a variety of issues related to Safe Routes to School programs, including physical activity and environmental benefits, distracted driving, personal safety, integrating children with disabilities, and community building. Online applications must be submitted by April 7, 2010. Visit the Center’s website to review the Mini-Grant guidelines.
Wildlife Preservation Programs Supported
Wildlife Conservation Society: Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund
The mission of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is to save wildlife and wild places across the globe. The WCS Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund grants program provides funding to nonprofit conservation organizations, state wildlife agencies, and tribal governments throughout the United States and U.S. territories for projects focused on implementing priority conservation actions. The funding interests for the current Request for Proposals include: promoting wildlife resilience to climate change, protecting wildlife movement linkages and habitat connectivity, mitigating threats to wildlife from new renewable and extractive energy development, reintroducing state and federally designated threatened and endangered species, and coordinating existing planning efforts to benefit the needs of wildlife and wildlife habitat. The deadline for pre-proposals is March 26, 2010. Visit the WCS website to download the RFP and pre-proposal application form.
Funds for University Student Support Programs
The Suder Foundation
The mission of the Suder Foundation is to dramatically improve the graduation rate of first-generation college-bound students by providing them with financial, academic, emotional, and social assistance at selected state universities throughout the United States. The Foundation accomplishes its mission by partnering with four-year public universities to implement its Suder Scholars Program, which provides holistic support for first generation students in on-campus Scholar Development Sites. The Foundation is expanding its network and will add two University Partners as new sites during 2010. This Request for Proposals (RFP) is open to public four-year institutions of higher education in the United States. Ideal grantees have enrollments between 10,000 and 25,000 undergraduate students with a sizeable residential population. The application deadline is April 15, 2010. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the RFP.
Grants Promote Puppet Theater
Jim Henson Foundation
The Jim Henson Foundation awards grants for the creation and development of innovative works of puppet theater in the United States. Project grants of $5,000 are awarded for the production of new works ready to be presented in the coming year. Seed grants of $2,000 are available for the development and workshopping of pieces in earlier stages of creation. The Foundation also offers grants of $3,000 for new and innovative work specifically for children and families. Grants are provided to nonprofit organizations only; individual artists must apply through a fiscal sponsor. The deadline for letters of intent is April 16, 2010. Visit the Foundation’s website to review the funding guidelines and download the application form.
Regional Funding Opportunities
Support for Healthy Choices Programs in Maine
Maine Health Access Foundation: Fund for the Future
The Maine Health Access Foundation's mission is to promote affordable and timely access to comprehensive, quality healthcare, and improve the health of every Maine resident. The Foundation’s 2010 Fund for the Future Request for Proposals (RFP) supports projects that focus on improving the health of people at a community level in ways that extend beyond direct health care delivery. Projects should address the root causes of poor health, which include the social, economic, and environmental conditions and contexts that affect people’s health and within which they make choices regarding their health. Nonprofit organizations and government agencies throughout the state are eligible to apply for two-year grants of up to $25,000 per year. Letters of inquiry are due April 2, 2010. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the RFP.
Services for Seniors in Southern California Funded
Archstone Foundation: Supportive Communities for Aging
The mission of the Archstone Foundation is to contribute towards the preparation of society in meeting the needs of an aging population. Through the Supportive Communities for Aging Request for Proposals (RFP), the Foundation will provide funding to enhance the integration of aging services in Southern California communities in ways that will increase the quality of life for those aged 65 and older living independently in the community. Funded projects must demonstrate the use of wrap-around services that include collaboration across systems and link older adults to a broad range of services in the community. Nonprofit organizations and public agencies in Southern California, including San Luis Obispo County east to Kern County and all areas south to the U.S./Mexico border, are eligible to apply. Proposals must be submitted by April 1, 2010. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the RFP.
Grants for Conservation Programs in the Southeast
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Southern Company Grant Programs
The Southern Company’s Longleaf Legacy Program and Power of Flight Bird Conservation Fund, administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, support projects within the company’s service area of Alabama, Georgia, northwestern Florida, and southeastern Mississippi. The Longleaf Legacy Program provides grants for longleaf pine ecosystem reforestation and conservation, as well as the sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The Power of Flight Program provides support for bird conservation in the region, with priority given to initiatives that address conservation needs of species characteristic of the southern U.S. Pre-proposals for both grant opportunities are due April 1, 2010. Visit the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s website to review the funding guidelines for the Southern Company’s grant programs.
Youth Programs in New England Supported
Boston Bruins Foundation
The mission of the Boston Bruins Foundation is to assist nonprofit organizations that demonstrate a strong commitment to enhancing the quality of life for children throughout New England. The Foundation concentrates its grantmaking on the following four areas: The Athletic category focuses on nonprofit youth sports organizations. The Academic category supports programs that provide homework assistance and a safe learning environment to develop social and learning skills for pre-school, primary, and middle school children. The Health category addresses research, healthcare, and prevention issues. The Community Outreach category enhances organizations that are working with at-risk youth, including after-school activities. The application deadline is April 1, 2010. Visit the Bruin’s website to download the application form.
Federal Deadlines
Department of Health and Human Services: Pension Counseling and Information Projects
This program provides support for efforts to protect financial security in retirement by promoting increased choice and greater independence among older adults.
Department of Justice: OVC FY10 Helping Organizations and Programs Expand (HOPE III) Grant
This program provides support to collectively undertake a comprehensive analysis of the current state of the crime victims’ field in the U.S., with each grantee conducting a critical portion of the analysis.
Department of Agriculture: Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas and Distance Education Grants for Insular Areas
This program provides support to promote and strengthen the ability of insular area institutions to carry out teaching and education programs within a broadly defined arena of food and agricultural sciences-related disciplines.
Department of Education: Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies
This program provides support to research activities that will result in the provision of high quality education for all children, improvement in student academic achievement, reduction in the achievement gap between high-performing and low-performing students, and increased access to and opportunity for postsecondary education.
Environmental Protection Agency: Fiscal Year 2010 Pollution Prevention Grant Program
This program provides support to state and tribal technical assistance programs which help businesses identify better environmental strategies and solutions for reducing or eliminating waste at the source.
Editor: Julie Kaufman
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