Private Grants Alert

(REGIONAL FUNDING-HEALTH) Viola Bernard Foundation (NYC Area)

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:09:00 EST

Deadline: Jan 31 The Viola W. Bernard Foundation provides seed money for innovative mental health programs, with a particular emphasis on families and children. The foundation prefers to support organizations in the New York City tri-state area, where site visits are practicable if deemed desirabl...

(ARTS) Nat'l Dance Project

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:05:00 EST

Deadline: March 2 The Nat'l Dance Project (NDP), administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts, supports production and touring of contemporary dance programs in the United States. NDP's production grants fund creation of new dance work that will tour nationally by supporting costs incurr...

(GRANT SEEKING TIPS) Foundation Recommends 12 Steps to a Successful Giving Campaign

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:54:00 EST

Michigan-based Kresge Foundation offers a wide range of grants that help nonprofits reach out to the communities they want to help. In addition, the foundation has posted a 12-step checklist that can help grants seekers attain a Kresge grants. Staffers tell PGA that the checklist is applicable to ot...

(EDUCATION) ING Unsung Grants

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:05:00 EST

Deadline: April 30 The ING Unsung Heroes program, a philanthropic effort of the banking giant, provides grants to K-12 educators utilizing new teaching methods and techniques to improve learning. Each year 100 finalists are selected to receive grants of $2,000 each, payable to both the winning teach...

(FUNDRAISING) Unusual Practices, Innovative Programs Attract Grants

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:26:00 EST

Thanks to some rare practices, along with a strong suite of innovative programs, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, TX, receives two grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA). The museum's success in attracting funds is a great lesson for nonprofits and organizations of all kinds. The t...

(DISABILITIES) Mitsubishi

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:16:00 EST

Deadline: May 1. The $1,000 Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation Inclusion Champion Award honors individuals who have made significant efforts to promote the full inclusion of youth with disabilities in society. The focus of the effort may include, but is not limited to, helping create a culture o...

(HEALTH) American Brain Tumor Assn.

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:16:00 EST

Deadline: Jan. 8 The American Brain Tumor Assn. (ABTA) is accepting applications for its 2010 Basic Research Fellowship and Translational Research Grant programs. Basic Research Fellowships are two-year training awards supporting salaries of young researchers entering the field of brain tumor rese...

(REGIONAL FUNDING) Pacific Pioneer Fund (CA, OR & WA)

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:16:00 EST

Deadline: April15. The Pacific Pioneer Fund supports emerging documentary filmmakers in California, Oregon and Washington state with grants of up to $10,000 for film or video documentaries. Eligibility: Nonprofits which agree to supervise a project for which an individual filmmaker in Calif...

(REGIONAL FUNDING) Leary Firefighters Foundation (Multi-State)

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:13:00 EST

Deadline: Rolling. The Leary Firefighters Foundation was founded in 2000 by actor Denis Leary in response to a fire that broke out in an abandoned warehouse in downtown Worcester, MA, which left six firefighters dead. One of them was Leary's cousin, Jerry Lucey, which led to the creation of...

(REGIONAL FUNDING) Entergy Corporation

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:13:00 EST

(AR, LA, MA, MS, NH, NY, TX & VT) Deadline: Rolling. Entergy Corp., an integrated energy company, is accepting applications for the company's 2010 community grants program. The program provides support to community-based projects in Entergy's service area that address the areas of arts ...

(K-12) Lowe's Educational Foundation

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:13:00 EST

Deadline: Feb. 12 Lowe's, Toolbox for Education Grant program deadline is just a few months away. The effort supports outdoor, hands-on science education to students in grades K-12 and assists schools in enhancing their core curricula in all subjects. Grants up to $2,000 will be awarded. In...

(ARTS) Puffin Foundation

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:46:00 EST

Deadline: Dec. 30. The Puffin Foundation seeks to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy. The foundation makes grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of...

(CAPITAL FUNDING) Kimberly-Clark Foundation

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:03:00 EST

Deadline: Rolling. The Kimberly-Clark Foundation will fund programs which help schools and improve the communities where K-C has operations. Since 1993, the foundation's Community Partners program has contributed more than $4 million to schools and nonprofit organizations where K-C employe...

(SCIENCE) Lemelson-MIT 2011 InvenTeams

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:54:00 EST

Deadline: April 25. Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams has launched its 2011 competition. The awards are meant to foster inventiveness among teams made up mostly of high school students. InvenTeams composed of high school students, teachers, and mentors are asked to collaboratively identify a problem that the...

(BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT) Hitachi

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:03:00 EST

Deadline: Rolling. International electronics giant Hitachi is offering community development funding through its Business & Work Program, which seeks to address economic issues. The foundation seeks to focuses on building an authentic integration of business actions and societal wellbei...

(CAPITAL FUNDING) Kresge Foundation

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:03:00 EST

Deadline: Rolling. Incorporated in 1924 in Michigan, the Kresge Foundation seeks to strengthen nonprofit groups supporting people with disabilities. It believes strong, sustainable, high-capacity organizations are positioned to achieve their mission and strengthen communities. The foundation is one ...

(COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT) Fidelity Foundation

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:03:00 EST

Deadline: Rolling. The Fidelity Foundation, giving arm of Fidelity Investments, launches the competition for its Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations grant program. These grants help enhance effectiveness of nonprofit organizations and assist them in building organizational capabilities. ...

(MINORITIES) Common Counsel Foundation

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:03:00 EST

Deadline: Feb.1. Common Counsel Foundation is a consortium of family foundations and individual donors committed to funding economic, environmental and social justice initiatives. While each member fund guides its own grant-making program, all members seek to give a voice to low-income peop...

(ENVIRONMENT) NFWF Five Star Restoration Grants

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:54:00 EST

Deadline: Feb. 11. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's (NFWF) Five Star Restoration Grant Program provides modest financial assistance on a competitive basis to support community-based wetland, riparian, and coastal habitat restoration projects that build diverse partnerships and foster loca...

(UNDERSERVED) Arca Foundations

pga@cdpublications.com (PGA Editor) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:54:00 EST

Deadline: March 2. The Arca Foundation, a family foundation started in 1952, provides a range of grants in the pursuit of social equity and justice�particularly for the underserved. For more than 50 years, the Arca Foundation supports a broad variety of issues, including worker and civic pa...