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Grant Opportunities

To ensure WVPASS carries out its mission to "...support West Virginia communities by providing them with training, technical support and resources for youth and community development," we are committed to providing the latest grant opportunities available to West Virginia communities.

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Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation
The Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in the United States and Canada, with priority given to organizations located near company stores. The Foundation's Champ - A Champion Fur Kids grants focus on children's health and wellness, with emphasis on programs addressing childhood disease research, child safety, and special needs children. Bearemy's Kennel Pals grants provide support for domestic pet issues, including programs targeting animal welfare, pet rescue, and humane education. Literacy and Education grants encourage childhood literacy through support for summer reading and early childhood education programs, as well as programs for children with special needs.
Application deadlines: Varies by grant program. http://www.buildabear.com/aboutus/community/bearhugs.aspx

Project Ignition
Car crashes are the biggest killer of teens today, and Project Ignition is out to change that. Project Ignition lets high school students, teachers, and community program leaders work together to create innovative service-learning projects promoting teen driver safety. Teams create safety awareness campaigns using their choice of media. The possibilities are as far-ranging as the imagination: TV commercials, print ads, radio spots, websites, direct mail, special events, performances, art exhibitions, publications, short films, and more. Teams can focus on one medium or incorporate several into their campaigns. Each year, teams of students submit proposals outlining their plans for improving teen driver safety, and 25 are awarded $2,000 grants to turn their plans into action. Teams conduct their projects, prepare a portfolio of their work for judging, and the top 10 teams go on to attend the The National Service-Learning Conference, meet youth from programs from across the United States, 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 presented by the partnership of State Farm and NYLC. Applications for 2009-2010 are now online! Be sure to visit the official Project Ignition website for more information and to download your application.
Application Deadline: June 30, 2009.

http://www.nylc.org/pages-programs-initiatives-Project_Ignition?oid=4968

Foster's Group Limited
Foster's Group Limited gives grants to support sustainable community projects that focus on wellness (both physical and mental health and including responsible consumption educational initiatives); culture (artistic, sporting or educational activities); and environment (all aspects of the natural environment). Projects are principally assessed on the quality of the community benefit they propose to deliver within a local community.
Deadline: July 6, 2009. http://www.fosters.com.au/about/fosterscommunitygrants.htm

Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health Grants Program
The Harris Fund will award up to $5,000 to community-based nonprofits whose oral health programs are designed to improve and maintain children’s oral health through community education programs.
Deadline: July 15, 2009.
http://www.adafoundation.org/ada/adaf/grants/harris.asp#evaluation

Quaker Go Project
As part of its Quaker Go Project, Quaker Oats has announced a new grant program to support people working to combat hunger at the community level. The Quaker Go Grant program will select twenty winners each month from April through August 2009. Winners will each receive a $500 cash grant to fund their projects. One hundred grant recipients will be selected in total. Applicants are invited to submit an online application form with a brief description of their project. A selection committee will review the applications submitted each month and award Quaker Go Grants based on the project's originality/uniqueness, relevance to fighting hunger, and potential impact on the community/individuals involved. The program is open to residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years of age as of March 9, 2009.
Deadlines: June 30, 2009; and July 31, 2009.

(Applications not selected as winners will be considered in the next month's round of judging.)
http://quakeroats.promotions.com/gogrants/splash.do

GoGirlGo! Ambassador Team Awards
The Women's Sports Foundation's GoGirlGo! Ambassador Team Awards recognize high school teams that demonstrate leadership in their communities by inspiring girls to get involved in sports and physical activities. School, amateur, community, and nonprofit affiliated teams whose members are female; enrolled in grades 9-12; and residents of the United States, its territories, or protectorates are eligible to apply. A total of 20 grants of $2,500 each will be awarded in recognition of the outstanding efforts of teams throughout the country.
Deadline: July 17, 2009
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Grants-And-Scholarships/Grants/GoGirlGo-Ambassador-Team-Awards.aspx

Akonadi Foundation: Strategic Opportunity Support Fund - Grants Encourage Innovative Racial Justice Programs
The mission of the Akonadi Foundation is to support the development of a powerful social change movement to eliminate structural racism and create a racially just society. The goal is to encourage innovation in racial justice movement building through cross learning, alliance building, and strategic initiatives. The Fund will provide small one-time grants to timely efforts as they emerge on a local, regional, and national level. In 2009 the Fund is interested in two key areas: Making Racial Equity an Economic Priority and Building Communities Free of State Violence. Approximately $300,000 will be awarded, with grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000.
Proposals Due: Round 3 - August 28th - 5 p.m.; Round 4 - December 44th - 5 p.m.
http://akonadi.org/section/view/sos_request_for_proposals

Home Depot Building Healthy Communities Grant Program
The Home Depot Building Healthy Communities Grant Program provides support to nonprofit organizations, public schools, and public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their communities. Grants support community improvement projects that include activities such as construction or refurbishment of affordable or transitional housing; building, rebuilding, painting, or refurbishing; increasing energy efficiency or sustainability; landscaping or planting of native trees; community facility improvements; and the development and/or improvement of green spaces. Grants of up to $2,500 are made in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools or materials.
Deadlines: September 15, 2009; & October 15, 2009.
http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal/Grants

2009 Hooked on Hydroponics Awards
Sponsored by the National Gardening Association (NGA), The Grow Store, and ProgressiveGardening.org, the 2009 Hooked on Hydroponics Awards offers hydroponics packages to schools and organizations that will garden with at least 15 children in 2010. Schools and youth organizations must plan to engage in a hydroponics project with at least 15 children between the ages of 6 and 18 during the 2010 school year. You must verify that your facility can accommodate the equipment in the award packages available for your age group.
Deadline: September 18, 2009. http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants/HOH.asp

Youth Garden Grants
National Gardening Association (NGA) and The Home Depot award Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements: educational focus or curricular/program integration; nutrition or plant to food connections; environmental awareness/education; entrepreneurship; and social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning. Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups throughout the United States are eligible. Applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years. Previous Youth Garden Grant winners who wish to reapply may do so, but must wait one year and have significantly expanded their garden programs. For the 2010 grant cycle, 100 grants are available.
Application Deadline: November 2, 2009. http://www.kidsgardening.com/YGG.asp

JPMorgan Chase
In the past, JPMorgan Chase has given more than $100 million through grants and sponsorships to thousands of not-for-profit organizations around the world. The company's three areas of interest are: community development -- encourage, sustain, and develop economic self-reliance; education -- give young people the educational opportunities to help them succeed in life; and arts and culture -- enrich communities with sponsorships and events that foster creativity and self-expression. The grant-application process begins with the submission of a simple-to-use online questionnaire.
Deadline: Ongoing. http://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/community/grants

The Macy's Foundation
The Macy's Foundation focuses giving primarily in the areas of education, arts/culture, women's issues, HIV/AIDS and programs to assist youth and minorities. Applicants seeking funding for programs or projects that directly benefit one or more of these areas of strategic focus should make that clear on their applications.
Application Deadline: Organizations must be invited to apply.

(Contact the division that operates a store in your geographic area.)
http://www.macysinc.com/community/applicationprocess.aspx - Application Process.

Southern Poverty Law Center: Teaching Tolerance Grants
Teaching Tolerance offers grants of $500 to $2500 to preK-12 classroom teachers for projects designed to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools and/or support educator professional development in these areas. Proposals from other community organizations and houses of worship will be considered on the basis of direct student impact.
Requests may be submitted throughout the year. http://www.tolerance.org/teach/grants/guide.jsp

ING Foundation
The ING Foundation is the charitable giving arm of ING in the Americas. The Foundation awards grants to non-profit organizations addressing a variety of community needs and resources. ING focuses on three primary areas: financial literacy; education for youth; and diversity. The ING Foundation supports 501©3 non-profit organizations providing unique programming and/or community, outreach initiatives directed toward our primary areas of focus; broad, strategic partnership opportunities that leverage our commitment to empowerment and focus on improving the lives of individuals in underserved communities across the country; and smaller, local programs and initiatives in key markets where their employees and customers live and work and where they have a large corporate presence.

Ongoing deadline.
http://www.ing-usa.com/us/stellent2/groups/corporate/documents/companylobinformation/5079896.pdf
http://www.ing-usa.com/us/aboutING/CorporateCitizenship/

Guitar Center Music Foundation
The Guitar Center Music Foundation accepts electronic grant applications throughout the year from 501©3 or governmental organizations. Qualifying applicants are established, ongoing and sustainable music programs in the United States, which provide music instruction for people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music. The intent of the program must be music instruction, not music appreciation or entertainment, and the participants/students cannot be professional or career musicians.
Deadline: Ongoing.
Application and information: http://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info

Microsoft Software Grants
All nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that hold charitable status are eligible to participate in this program. Eligible organizations operate on a not-for-profit basis and have a mission to benefit the local community that could include, but is not limited to, the following.
• Providing relief to the poor
• Advancing education
• Improving social welfare
• Preserving culture
• Preserving or restoring the environment
Deadline: Ongoing http://www.microsoft.com/About/CorporateCitizenship/CommunityInvestment/NGO/en/us/softwareGrants.mspx

Pioneer Hi-Bred International: Community Investment Program Grants Target Rural Areas
Pioneer Hi-Bred International's Community Investment Program supports efforts to improve the quality of life in the communities where the company's customers and employees live and work throughout the United States. The company focuses its grant making in the following areas: education, with an emphasis on science; agriculture; and farm safety. Priority is given to nonprofit organizations located in Pioneer facility communities or rural agricultural regions. Organizations with active Pioneer employee participation and company-related expertise receive priority consideration.

Applications are accepted throughout the year. http://www.pioneer.com/web/site/portal/menuitem.bb020a6d93d9d318bc0c0a03d10093a0/

Southern Poverty Law Center: Mix It Up Grants Program - Funds Promote Youth Activist Projects
The Mix It Up Grants Program, administered by the Southern Poverty Law Center, provides $500 grants to youth-directed activist projects that focus on identifying, crossing, and challenging social boundaries in schools and communities. Funded projects must promote collaboration across social boundaries - different youth groups, clubs, or community groups working together. Ideally, the project should be created and implemented by youth; however, various adults and community volunteers should also be invited to participate.

Applications are accepted throughout the year. http://www.tolerance.org/teens/grants.jsp

CIGNA Foundation Grants
As part of its overall commitment to support innovative programs addressing the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities, the CIGNA Foundation makes targeted grants to organizations working in five core concern areas. These concerns, and representative activities, are: the health of women, children, and families; obesity awareness and prevention; patient/doctor communications and health literacy; elimination of gender and ethnic disparities in health care; and the connection between a healthy mind and a healthy body.
Application Deadline: Introductory applications - the first step in the application process - are received and reviewed throughout the year.
http://www.cigna.com/about_us/community/targeted_grant.html

Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Ben & Jerry's Foundation provides support to nonprofit, grassroots organizations throughout the United States that facilitate progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems. The Foundation doesn't prioritize any particular issue area for funding; the focus is on the types of activities and strategies an organization uses for creating social change in any number of areas. Grant applicants need to demonstrate that their projects will lead to societal, institutional, and/or environmental change; will address the root causes of social or environmental problems; and will lead to new ways of thinking and acting.

Requests are accepted throughout the year. http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/guidelines.html

Singing for Change (SFC) Charitable Foundation
Singing for Change offers competitive grants to progressive, community-based, nonprofit organizations that address the root causes of social and environmental problems. SFC areas of interest include: Children and families; The environment & Disenfranchised groups. Grants range in size from $500 to $10,000 and are made on an annual basis.

Application Deadline: Proposals are by invitation only. If you think your project fits the foundation's guidelines, please submit a one-page letter of interest describing your organization and your project. http://www.margaritaville.com/index.php?page=sfcprop

State Farm Companies Grants Program
The State Farm Companies Grants Program is committed to meeting the needs of company communities in the U.S. and Canada. Support is provided to nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies working in the areas of safety, community development, and education The Safe Neighbors category focuses on roadway safety, protecting homes, disaster preparedness, and personal financial security. The Strong Neighborhoods category focuses on affordable housing, homeownership, and sustainable communities. The K-12 Public Schools category focuses on teacher quality, service learning programs, and educational reform.

Grant requests are accepted at any time. http://www.statefarm.com/about/part_spos/grants/cogrants.as

Bank One Corporate Contributions
Bank One Corporate Contributions philosophy is to "think globally but act locally." Contributions strategy and policy are determined on a centralized basis for the entire corporation, contribution decisions and implementation are carried out autonomously at the local level. Central to their history and culture is the principle of working to improve the communities they serve. To maximize the impact of their contributions, they concentrate on issues where they, as a financial services institution, can build capacity and have the greatest long-term effect, particularly in the areas of Community Development, Civic Leadership and the Arts, Education and Human Services. Grant sizes vary.

Ongoing deadline. http://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/community/grants

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Education

Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation
The Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in the United States and Canada, with priority given to organizations located near company stores. The Foundation's Champ - A Champion Fur Kids grants focus on children's health and wellness, with emphasis on programs addressing childhood disease research, child safety, and special needs children. Bearemy's Kennel Pals grants provide support for domestic pet issues, including programs targeting animal welfare, pet rescue, and humane education. Literacy and Education grants encourage childhood literacy through support for summer reading and early childhood education programs, as well as programs for children with special needs.
Application deadlines: Vary by grant program. http://www.buildabear.com/aboutus/community/bearhugs.aspx

John H. Lounsbury Award
The National Middle School Association (NMSA) will give the John H. Lounsbury Award for Distinguished Service to an individual who has demonstrated a high level of service, integrity, and leadership in middle school education.
Deadline: June 19, 2009. http://www.nmsa.org/AboutNMSA/Awards/JohnHLounsburyAward/tabid/382/Default.aspx

http://www.nylc.org/pages-programs-initiatives-Project_Ignition?oid=4968

Read with Kids Challenge
Reading Is Fundamental and US Airways are working together to help children nationwide discover the joy of reading. Starting April 1, adults are invited to join the 2009 Read with Kids Challenge to collectively log 5 million minutes spent reading with kids. Prizes include: Family vacation to Walt Disney World Resort, $2,500 and $1,500 US Airways gift cards and more.
Deadline: June 30, 2009. http://www.readwithkidschallenge.com/

Richard Riley Award
The American Architectural Foundation, in partnership with KnowledgeWorks Foundation, invites nominations for the Richard Riley Award - Schools as Centers of Community: A National Search for Excellence. The award is named in honor of former U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley, one of the first champions of schools as centers of community. The prize is awarded to a school that best demonstrates school design that supports the community and is open to all existing elementary and secondary public schools that serve as centers of community, demonstrate innovative design ideas, and help promote student achievement. Nominations can be submitted by teachers, superintendents, students, principals, school business officials, board members, architects, or anyone who cares about a school in their local community. Schools can nominate themselves.
A $5,000 prize will be awarded to the winning school.
Deadline: July 1, 2009. http://www.richardrileyaward.org/en/Index.html

Toshiba America Foundation
Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) is currently accepting applications for grants to support innovative projects designed by math and science teachers to make their own classrooms more exciting and successful for students. The mission of the Toshiba America Foundation is to promote quality science and mathematics education in U.S. K-12 schools. The Foundation provides grants through the following two initiatives: The Program for K-6 Science and Math Education provides grants of up to $1,000 to teachers in public or private schools in order to improve the teacher's science and math teaching units. The application deadline is October 1, annually. The Program for 7-12 Science and Math Education provides small grants of up to $5,000 and large grants of over $5,000 to forward-thinking science and mathematics teachers for programs to engage students in positive and challenging learning experiences. Applications for small grants may be submitted throughout the year.
Application Deadline: August 3, 2009. http://www.toshiba.com/tafpub/jsp/home/default.jsp

2009 Healthy Sprouts Awards (Supporting Awareness of Nutrition and Hunger)
Statistics show that in many U.S. classrooms children who are overweight sit next to others who wonder where their next meal will come from. Many children don't have balanced diets or get enough exercise. Research supports the connection between kids' food gardens and improved nutrition. Forward-thinking educators and parents agree that school gardens should be part of the solution to the diet and exercise related challenges children face, and they've worked hard to create youth garden programs that focus on nutrition and hunger issues. To be eligible for the 2009 Healthy Sprouts Awards, your school or organization must plan to garden in 2010 with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18. The selection of winners is based on the demonstrated relationship between the garden program and nutrition and hunger issues in the United States.
Application due: October 17, 2009. http://www.kidsgardening.com/healthysprouts.asp

Music Is Revolution Foundation
Proposed projects must contain a clearly music education focus, and applicants are encouraged to include activities that expose students to genres and styles of music not likely to be experienced as part of their normal daily lives. If possible, projects should planned with input from students, parents, and school administrators to ensure that they will engage student interest and be relevant to the curriculum. Grants of up to $500 are available. Public school teachers of children in grades K-12 may apply.
Deadline: October 15, 2009. http://www.musicisrevolution.org/

Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program
Wild Ones will give cash awards ranging from $100 to $500 to projects in K-12 classrooms, nature centers and other non-profit and not-for-profit places of learning that use native plants to increase students' knowledge and awareness of natural landscaping.
Proposal Deadline: November 15, 2009. http://www.for-wild.org/sfecvr.html

Food Lion Charitable Foundation
The Food Lion Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to improving the communities in which Food Lion operates (http://foodlion.mywebgrocer.com/StoreLocator.aspx). Preference for funding is given to organizations or programs that involve Food Lion associates and are located in Food Lion's marketing territory. The Foundation considers requests from organizations that fall into two general categories: Primary and secondary education and feeding the hungry.
Deadline: Ongoing. http://charitablefoundation.foodlion.org/

The Macy's Foundation
The Macy's Foundation focuses giving primarily in the areas of education, arts/culture, women's issues, HIV/AIDS and programs to assist youth and minorities. Applicants seeking funding for programs or projects that directly benefit one or more of these areas of strategic focus should make that clear on their applications.
Application Deadline: Organizations must be invited to apply.

(Contact the division that operates a store in your geographic area.)
http://www.macysinc.com/community/applicationprocess.aspx - Application Process.

http://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/community/grants

Toyota USA Foundation
The Toyota USA Foundation is committed to improving the quality of K-12 education throughout the country by supporting innovative programs that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics and science. The Foundation places priority on systemic math and science programs that are broad in scope and incorporate interdisciplinary curricula, "real-world" classroom applications, and high student expectations; creative and innovative programs which develop the potential of students and/or teachers; and cost-effective programs that possess a high potential for success and relatively low duplication of effort. Grants are made to colleges and universities, vocational and trade schools and nonprofit organizations engaged in pre-collegiate math and/or science education. K-12 public and private schools are not eligible to apply.

Requests may be submitted at any time.
http://www.toyota.com/about/our_commitment/philanthropy/education/toyota_usa/

Ongoing deadline.
http://www.ing-usa.com/us/stellent2/groups/corporate/documents/companylobinformation/5079896.pdf
http://www.ing-usa.com/us/aboutING/CorporateCitizenship/

American Honda Foundation
Funded projects focus on youth and scientific education. Proposals should reflect the basic tenets, beliefs, and philosophies of the Honda companies, which are characterized by the following qualities: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward-thinking, scientific, humanistic and innovative. The Foundation provides grants in the fields of youth education and scientific education to the following: education institutions, K-12; accredited higher education institutions (colleges and universities); community colleges and vocational or trade schools; scholarship and fellowship programs at selected colleges and/or universities or through selected nonprofit organizations; other scientific and education-related, nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations; gifted student programs; media concerning youth education and/or scientific education; private, nonprofit scientific and/or youth education projects; other nonprofit, tax-exempt institutions in the fields of youth education and scientific education; and programs pertaining to academic or curriculum development that emphasize innovative educational methods and techniques.
Deadline: Ongoing. http://corporate.honda.com/america/philanthropy.aspx?id=ahf

Southern Poverty Law Center: Teaching Tolerance Grants
Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded for programs that engage collaboration between educators, researchers, parents/guardians and student groups. Such programs might include: equitable discipline policies and practices; consistent educational experience for migrant, homeless, or foster-care students; special education advocacy, with emphasis on parent and students' rights; prejudice reduction efforts in racially isolated schools; or equitable school assignment plans. These grants require a two-stage application procedure, beginning with a Letter of Inquiry and, on invitation, followed by the submission of a full proposal.

Ongoing. www.tolerance.org/teach/grants/schoolgrants.jsp

SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Corporate Citizenship Program
Support is directed toward sustainable programs that help students excel in the classroom and graduate from high school. Organizations will be considered if they can show that their efforts have a long-term impact and affect significant numbers of people, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, disability, religious beliefs or income levels.
Application Deadline: Ongoing. http://www.sas.com/corporate/community/donationguidelines.html

Guitar Center Music Foundation
The Guitar Center Music Foundation's mission is to support nonprofit music programs across America that offer instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music. The Foundation accepts grant applications from music academies, schools, local music programs, and national music programs that teach people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music.
Online applications may be submitted at any time and are reviewed three times per year.

All applicants will be notified by mail.
http://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info

Actuarial Foundation: Advancing Student Achievement Funds for Mathematics Mentoring
Advancing Student Achievement, an initiative of the Actuarial Foundation, awards grants to schools and groups throughout the United States and Canada for programs that involve actuaries in the teaching of mathematics. The initiative brings together actuaries and educators in local classrooms (grades 4-12) with the belief that interaction with real-world mentors will boost students' interest in math. Applicants for grants will be given wide latitude in designing programs that create a "love of math" in each student. The Foundation can provide a local network of actuaries ready to participate, as well as suggestions on how to integrate math concepts from the workplace into the classroom.

Applications may be submitted at any time. http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/for_teachers.shtml

Pioneer Hi-Bred International: Community Investment Program Grants Target Rural Areas
Pioneer Hi-Bred International's Community Investment Program supports efforts to improve the quality of life in the communities where the company's customers and employees live and work throughout the United States. The company focuses its grantmaking in the following areas: education, with an emphasis on science; agriculture; and farm safety. Priority is given to nonprofit organizations located in Pioneer facility communities or rural agricultural regions. Organizations with active Pioneer employee participation and company-related expertise receive priority consideration.

Applications are accepted throughout the year. http://www.pioneer.com/web/site/portal/menuitem.bb020a6d93d9d318bc0c0a03d10093a0/

Coryell Family Foundation
The Coryell Family Foundation was incorporated in 2000 to grant support to charitable, literary, scientific and educational based organizations. The Foundation will support the following types of organizations: affecting change in the lives of the disadvantaged; support the disadvantaged; and assist in the support of medical recovery. The Foundation has not established maximum dollar amounts, but rather look at the amount needed for each specific project based on the scope of the work proposed.

Ongoing deadline. http://www.coryellfamily.com/index.cfm

McKenzie Foundation
The purpose of the McKenzie Foundation is to encourage and support nonprofit programs, primarily in the areas of education, health, human services and cultural and environmental concerns. Faced with the task of translating these broad-reaching goals into a more focused set of grant guidelines, the board has selected four initiatives that will shape its grant-making for the next few years: early childhood development; education; the environment; arts and culture. The foundation makes grants to tax-exempt 501©(3) organizations.

The foundation reviews letters on a continuous basis. http://www.mckenziefoundation.us/grants.php

Bonnie Plants: 3rd Grade Cabbage Program
Third-grade teachers or FFA advisors may register to receive free cabbages for their students to help children learn to love gardening while they learn about nature.
Deadline: Following registration registrants are contacted by the company.
http://www.bonnieplants.com/3rdGradeCabbageProgram/tabid/58/Default.aspx

Grant requests are accepted at any time.
http://www.statefarm.com/about/part_spos/grants/cogrants.as

The American Family Life Insurance Company (AFLAC)
AFLAC's philanthropic efforts in the community can be seen in four areas: health, education, youth, and the arts. From contributing to the John B. Amos Cancer Center to helping underwrite the creation of a new library. AFLAC grants range from $1,500 to $2 million.

Ongoing deadline. http://www.aflac.com/us/en/aboutaflac/communityinvolvement.aspx

Ongoing deadline. http://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/community/grants

National SMART Grant

The National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant, also known as the National Smart Grant is available during the third and fourth years of undergraduate study to full-time students who are eligible for the Federal Pell Grant and who are majoring in physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering or in a foreign language are eligible to receive an additional grant of up to $4,000 a year. Secretary of Education recently said that they have awarded less than half of the funds allocated to these grant. The student must also have maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 in coursework required for the major.

Ongoing.

http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/SmartGrants.jsp

Free Classroom Materials from Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance provides free educational materials to people working with youth that promote respect and appreciation for diversity in the classroom and beyond. Free materials include VHS videos, DVDs, a magazine subscription, and posters available to K-12 classroom teachers, school librarians, school counselors, school administrators, professors of education, leaders of home school networks, youth directors at houses of worship, and employees of youth-serving non-profit organizations. Their magazine and curriculum kits have earned Oscar nominations, an Academy Award, and more than a dozen honors from the Association of Educational Publishers.

Ongoing deadline. http://www.tolerance.org/teach/resources/index.jsp

Airborne Teacher Trust Fund
The Airborne Teacher Trust Fund invites elementary and middle school teachers from public and private schools throughout the country to submit proposals for art and music programs that their schools are unable to fund. A panel of judges will then review and select proposals quarterly, and awards will be announced monthly. Teachers and their schools will receive grants from $200 to $10,000 to be used to implement their programs. At the conclusion of a program, the selected teacher/s will supply Airborne with a recap, which will then be posted on their website.

Ongoing deadline. http://www.airbornetrust.com/

Actuarial Foundation
The Actuarial Foundation through its Advancing Student Achievement Mentoring program awards monetary grants to schools and groups throughout the United States and Canada. The basic requirement for schools or groups seeking funding is that they develop a viable mentoring program involving actuaries in the teaching of mathematics to children in private and public schools. Advancing Student Achievement is a grant program that brings together actuaries and educators in local classroom environments with the belief that interaction with real-world mentors will boost students' interest and achievement in math. The Actuarial Foundation can provide a local network of actuaries ready to participate, as well as suggestions on how to integrate math concepts from the workplace into the classroom. Groups applying for grants will be given wide latitude in designing programs that enhance learning and create a "love of math" in each student.

Ongoing deadline. http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/for_teachers.shtml

Free Ayn Rand Books for Teachers!
The Ayn Rand Institute is providing classroom sets of Ayn Rand's novels, along with teacher's guides and lesson plans, to high schools in the US and Canada. Teachers should complete the request form on the web site. http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_classroom_books

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Healthy Start

(Applications not selected as winners will be considered in the next month's round of judging.)
http://quakeroats.promotions.com/gogrants/splash.do

United Methodist Church's General Board of Global Ministries
The Women's Division of the United Methodist Church's General Board of Global Ministries offers grants of up to $4,000 each for projects and programs that address the needs of children and young people between the ages of 5 and 18 in the areas of violence prevention, anti-abuse, and relationship abuse. Preference will be given to projects that significantly involve women and youth at the grassroots level, demonstrate the ability to raise additional funds from other sources, provide direct and comprehensive services to young people, promote respect for racial and ethnic diversity, and cultivate spiritual lives and values. The Women's Division funds small-scale, community- and church-based programs and projects. For this reason, groups affiliated with national organizations, hospitals, and organizations with budgets totaling more than $3 million do not normally receive funding. New and existing projects are eligible to apply.
Application Deadline: July 1, 2009.

http://hbs.gbgm-umc.org/umw/money/grants/abrighterfuture/

Ronald McDonald House Charities Global Grants
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Global Grants support nonprofit organizations and NGOs with national or international scope whose programs meet the needs of children. Organizations seeking funding should have a specific program that directly improves the health and well-being of children under 21 years of age, addresses a significant funding gap or critical opportunity, has long-term impact in terms of replication or reach, produces measurable results, and is sustainable without relying on RMHC funding. Past grants have supported nonprofit organizations that provide health care for children, work to prevent childhood blindness, offer nutrition education, etc.
Letter of inquiry deadline: September 4, 2009. http://rmhc.org/what-we-do/grants/

Hearst Foundation
The Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address important issues within our major areas of interests - education, health, culture, and social service - and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. Within these areas, the Foundations generally provide endowment, program, and capital grant support. Private nonprofits with significant support from the philanthropic community are favored over those financed through government sources.

Ongoing deadline. http://www.hearstfdn.org/fp_home.html

http://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/community/grants

(Contact the division that operates a store in your geographic area.)
http://www.macysinc.com/community/applicationprocess.aspx - Application Process.

United Health Foundation
The purpose of the United Health Foundation is to improve health outcomes for all Americans. Through the Foundation's responsive grantmaking, support is provided to nonprofit organizations that serve the health needs of people and communities throughout the United States. The Foundation's priorities are twofold: to enhance the quality of health and medical care services by providing reliable, scientifically based information to support decisions made by health professionals, communities, and individuals; and to expand access to medical care and health-related services for individuals and families who live in challenging circumstances. Responsive grants generally range from $1,000 to $50,000.

Requests may be submitted at any time and will be responded to within 60 days.
http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/guideline.html

All applicants will be notified by mail.
http://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info

The foundation reviews letters on a continuous basis, and they may be submitted at any time during the year. http://www.mckenziefoundation.us/grants.php

CIGNA Foundation Grants
As part of its overall commitment to support innovative programs addressing the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities, the CIGNA Foundation makes targeted grants to organizations working in five core concern areas. These concerns, and representative activities, are: the health of women, children, and families; obesity awareness and prevention;
patient/doctor communications and health literacy; elimination of gender and ethnic disparities in health care; and the connection between a healthy mind and a healthy body.
Application Deadline: Introductory applications, the first step in the application process, are reviewed throughout the year.
http://www.cigna.com/about_us/community/targeted_grant.html

Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation
The Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation seeks to advance the well-being of children worldwide who are sick, handicapped, injured, orphaned, or otherwise vulnerable. The Foundation provides grants to organizations that benefit children up to 18 years of age through programs of direct service or medical research. Nonprofit organizations and NGOs throughout the world are eligible to apply, except in countries that are unstable due to war, or where grants are restricted by the U.S. government.

Online letters of inquiry are accepted at any time. http://www.dhrossfoundation.org/

United Health Foundation - Medical Care Enhancement Funded
The purpose of the United Health Foundation is to improve health outcomes for all Americans. Through the Foundation's responsive grant making, support is provided to nonprofit organizations that serve people and communities in the United States. The Foundation's priorities include enhancing the quality of health and medical care services by providing reliable, scientifically-based information to support decisions made by health professionals, communities, and individuals. An additional priority is to expand access to medical care and health-related services for individuals and families who live in challenging circumstances.

Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year. http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/guideline.html

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Literacy

Libri Foundation
The Libri Foundation was established in 1989 for the sole purpose of helping rural libraries acquire new, quality, hardcover children's books they could not otherwise afford to buy. For many children in rural areas, the local public library is often their primary source of reading material. The Foundation works with the library's Friends of the Library or other local organizations because they believe in community involvement and want to encourage and reward local support of libraries. The Friends, or other local sponsors, can contribute from $50 to $350 which the Foundation matches on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new, quality, hardcover children's books through the Foundation's Books for Children program.
Application deadlines: (postmarked by) August 15th, 2009. http://www.librifoundation.org/

Ongoing deadline. http://www.coryellfamily.com/index.cfm

Reading Resource Project - Free Books for Literacy Program
The Reading Resource Project is an ongoing program that distributes books FREE of charge for literacy programs. Recipients pay shipping, handling, and administrative costs, $0.65 per book. Reading Resource Project books come in sets of 100 books per set. There will not be more than four copies of the same book in any set. Reading levels are available for Pre-K through 2nd Grade. Book selection and quantity is dependent upon availability. Reading Resource Project books are available in a limited quantity on a first come, first served basis.

Ongoing deadline. http://www.lefbooks.org/reading_resource_project/

Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble considers requests for local and regional support from non-profit organizations in the communities they serve. Since funding is limited, they do not contribute to grant or scholarship programs, religious organizations, sports teams or events, political organizations, or medical and health-related causes. However, they support organizations that focus on literacy, the arts or education (K - 12). Barnes & Noble assess the merit of each request on an individual basis. Ongoing deadline.
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/Sponsorship_main.html

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Mentoring

Applications may be submitted at any time. http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/grant/

Actuarial Foundation