Innovative Learning Solutions

Sponsor: MetLife Foundation

Deadline: 2/26/2010

Amount: varies

Type: Social & Economic, Public Safety

Description: MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation are partnering for the ninth year to recognize, sustain, and share the work of innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization.

Cash grants will be awarded in two categories. Neighborhood Revitalization Awards (six awards of $15,000 to $25,000 each) will honor exemplary collaboration between community groups and police that yields crime reduction as well as economic development outcomes, such as real estate development, business attraction, and job growth. Special Strategy Awards (five awards of $15,000 each) will honor community and police partners who have achieved significant accomplishments in one of the following areas: applied technology; aesthetics and greenspace improvement; diversity inclusion and integration; drug market disruption; gang prevention and youth safety; and seniors and safety.

Eligible applicants are community organizations, community development corporations, police/sheriff’s departments, community partnerships, Weed & Seed programs, and collaboratives comprising more than one of these elements. Public agencies (including police departments and public schools) must appl! y in conjunction with at least one nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that was a leading partner in the collaboration and will serve as a fiscal agent for award funds. Applicants must be U.S.-based.

Awardees will receive monetary grants ranging from $15,000 to $25,000 each. Case studies about award-winning partnerships will be disseminated throughout the community development and law enforcement industries.

Visit the LISC Web site for awards program guidelines and application.

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Did you create a sustainable community action project, program or organization that you want to grow? Are you looking for funding to take your already successful project to the next level? If you answered “YES!”, you are eligible to apply for a Do Something Growth Grant. We give out a $500 Do Something Growth Grant every week to help young people just like YOU!
Do Something Growth Grants are targeted towards projects that are already developed and sustainable. These grants go towards the next steps of your project and organization to help you as you look to expand your project and grow your impact.
Not sure if your project fits in? Email grants@dosomething.org and we’ll let you know!

Eligibility Rules:
    * The applicant must be 25 OR UNDER.
    * The applicant must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen (You will be asked to prove citizenship and age if you win).
    * You can APPLY for as many grants as you’d like, but you can only win ONE grant from Do Something in a twelve month period (excluding the Do Something Award or unless otherwise noted).
 
Do Something Grants cannot be used to fund:
    * Travel Costs (If you are looking for grants to help you cover a travel abroad experience check out mytravelbug.org or studyabroadfunding.org)
    * Individual Sponsorships
    * Shipping Costs
    * Individual School Fees (Do Something Grants are not educational scholarships)
    * Fundraisers

Deadlines: Rolling- Apply now! You will be notified whether or not you have won within 2-3 months after submission.Go to www.dosomething.org/grants/growthgrants to find out more information and to apply!

Contact: Amanda Ashton, grants@dosomething.org, 212.254.2390 ext 234
Please do not mail in requests, as all information, and the application are available only online.

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Are you working to start a community action project or program? Do you need money to put your ideas into action? If you answered, “YES!”, you are eligible to apply for a Do Something Seed Grant. We give out a $500 Do Something Seed Grant every week to help young people just like YOU!

Do Something Seed Grants are targeted towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started. These grants can be used to jump-start your program or to realize your ideas for the first time. These are grants for all types of community action projects around causes that you care about and are important in your community!
Not sure if your project fits in? Email grants@dosomething.org and we’ll let you know!
Eligibility Rules:
    * The applicant must be 25 OR UNDER.
    * The applicant must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen (You will be asked to prove citizenship and age if you win).
    * You can APPLY for as many grants as you’d like, but you can only win ONE grant from Do Something in a twelve month period (excluding the Do Something Award or unless otherwise noted).
 
Do Something Grants cannot be used to fund:
    * Travel Costs (If you are looking for grants to help you cover a travel abroad experience check out mytravelbug.org or studyabroadfunding.org)
    * Individual Sponsorships
    * Shipping Costs
    * Individual School Fees (Do Something Grants are not educational scholarships)
    * Fundraisers

Deadlines: Rolling- Apply now! You will be notified whether or not you have won within 2-3 months after submission.Go to www.dosomething.org/grants/seedgrants to find out more information and to apply!

Contact: Amanda Ashton, grants@dosomething.org, 212.254.2390 ext 234
Please do not mail in requests, as all information, and the application are available only online.

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The Arizona Women’s Partnership, Inc. (AZWP), an all-volunteer philanthropic 501(c)3 nonprofit, awards grants to grass-roots charities that assist underserved women and children at risk here in Arizona.

“We are proud to note that the Arizona Women’s Partnership, Inc. has awarded over $130,000 in grants since 2003 to more than 36 grass-roots nonprofits, many of which are multiple year recipients,” notes Paula Cullison, AZWP President and Founder. Funds are generated though the annual Wine, Women and Jazz FUNdraiser set for Saturday April 17th at the Arizona Culinary Institute in Scottsdale.

Applicants must be 501(c)3 nonprofits with operating budgets of under $200,000; be in good financial standing; be non-sectarian; non-partisan; non-school affiliated, and reflect their mission.

The AZWP 2010 grant application is on their Web site, http://www.azwp.org,and must be submitted by January 31, 2010. Grants will be distributed mid-year. For more information visit http://www.azwp.org or e-mail azwpinc@aol.com

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Sponsor: Fund for Teachers

Deadline: 1/29/2010

Amount: $5,000

Type: Education, Social & Economic

Description: Fund for Teachers invites educators from across the United States to design and submit proposals for their own educational adventures next summer.

The program is designed to provide educators with the opportunity to pursue areas of personal and professional interest and bring their experiences back to the classroom for the benefit of their students. Eligible projects include tours, conferences, and independent studies anywhere in the world.

The program offers individual grants of up to $5,000 each and team grants of up to $10,000 each for the summer of 2010.

Visit the Fund for Teachers Web site for detailed information about the schools/districts eligible for Fund for Teachers grants and for complete application guidelines.

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Sponsor: Arizona Foundation for Women

Deadline: 10/30/2009

Amount: varies

Type: Social & Economic, Education

Description: The mission of this fund centers around helping motivated girls & women take responsibility for their own economic lives by developing skills, building self-esteem, and identifying pitfalls which may impede their success.

Types of Programs targeted by this Fund include:
1.Programs that help women develop the skills necessary for economic self-sufficiency through job training or by providing tools necessary to eliminate barriers to economic success.
2.Programs that encourage the personal traits girls & women need to become economically independent and confident members of American society.
3.Priority will be given to primary prevention programs.
4.Advocacy efforts towards the mission of the DGC Fund.
5.Capital requests will not be considered.

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Sponsor: Learn and Serve America

Deadline: 12/31/2010

Amount: varies

Type: Health, Social & Economic

Description: Usher’s New Look, a nonprofit organization founded by entertainer Usher Raymond IV that supports underprivileged youth in using their talents to become community leaders, has announced the launch of Powered By Service, a new initiative to encourage young people around the world to become involved in addressing the most pressing problems facing their communities – from preventing malaria and stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS to ending gang violence and increasing access to clean water.

Young people all over the world can participate in Powered By Service. Participants will have access to online toolkits and opportunities to apply for financial resources to support their projects. Grants will be awarded for exceptional service ideas.

Powered By Service currently has two grant opportunities available for youth volunteers.

Sponsored by the United Nations Foundation, the “Nothing but Nets” grant is designed to help youth create projects that increase awareness and funds for the purchase of bed nets to prevent the spread of malaria in Africa.

Sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service’s Learn and Serve America, the “What’s Your Power?” grant opportunity offers funding for projects that address any issue. Youth are invited to design a project around the cause that interests them.

For complete program information, visit the Powered By Service Web site.

Link to RFP

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