Innovative Learning Solutions

Sponsor: Drucker Institute

Deadline: 7/1/2009

Amount: varies

Type: Social & Economic

Description: The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University has announced a call for applications for the 2009 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation.

Administered annually since 1991, the Drucker Award is granted to a social-sector organization that demonstrates Peter F. Drucker’s definition of innovation – change that creates a new dimension of performance. In addition, the judges look for programs that are highly effective and have made a difference in the lives of the people they serve.

Applicant organizations must have nonprofit 501(c)(3) status. The program submitted for consideration must have made a difference in the lives of people it serves, exemplify innovation by demonstrating a new dimension of performance, and have specific and measurable outcomes.

With support from the Coca-Cola Foundation, this year’s first-place prize has been increased to $100,000, up from the $35,000 awarded in previous years. The second-place prize is $7,500, and the third-place prize is $5,000. The winners of this year’s competition will also be recognized at a gala dinner in Los Angeles in the fall, preceded by a one-day conference on innovation in the social sector.

Complete program information and application are available at the Drucker Institute Web site.

Website: Link to RFP

Sponsor: National Youth Leadership Council

Deadline: 6/30/2009

Amount: $2,000

Type: Public Safety, Education, Social & Economic

Description: Sponsored by the National Youth Leadership Council and State Farm, Project Ignition invites teams of high school students, teachers, and community program leaders to create innovative service-learning projects that promote teen driver safety.

Project teams design safety-awareness campaigns using their choice of media – TV commercials, print ads, radio spots, Web sites, direct mail, special events, performances, art exhibitions, publications, short films, etc. Grants will be awarded to a maximum of twenty-five programs. The grantee’s school will receive a $2,000 grant to implement their program in the fall of 2009. Teams will then conduct their projects and submit a portfolio of their work for judging. The top ten teams go on to attend the National Service-Learning Conference and participate in the National Teen Driver Safety Youth Summit. A national panel of judges will select the “Best of the Best,” earning that team an additional grant of $10,000.

Visit the official Project Ignition Web site for more information and the application.

Website: Link to RFP

Sponsor: US Airways Education Foundation

Deadline: 7/1/2009

Amount: $4,000

Type: Social & Economic, Education

Description: The US Airways Education Foundation is seeking grant applicants for its 2009 Community Education Grant Program.

The foundation will award grants of $4,000 each to nonprofit organizations located in the airline’s hub and focus cities of Boston, Charlotte, Las Vegas, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C.

Eligible programs include educational programs that respond to the needs of disadvantaged or disabled children, teach or enhance social responsibility, and/or enhance academic achievement for children age 18 or younger.

Interested nonprofit organizations should visit the US Airways Education Foundation Web site for grant guidelines and an online application form.

Website: Link to RFP