Deadline: Ongoing
The Dreyer's Foundation makes small grants ($3,000 or less) and donates ice cream products and gift certificates/auction items to nonprofit organizations for events. Proposals are reviewed on a monthly basis. A one-page letter with brief information is all that is required. To view specifics and contact information, visit the Dreyer's Foundation website at http://www.dreyersinc.com/dreyersfoundation/small_grants.asp.
Source: grantsTX mailing list
Friday, 30 June 2006
Sunday, 18 June 2006
American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
Deadline: July 15 (every year)
Applications must be requested from April 1 through July 1. Proposals are accepted from nonprofit organizations with projects that support the foundation’s purpose of contributing to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about a) new and innovative organizations and their programs designed to benefit youth or b) by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society. Grants range from $1,500 to $70,000, with an average grant amount of $32,000. Grants must have the potential of helping American children in a large geographic area. More information, including contact address for proposal is included on the The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation website.
Applications must be requested from April 1 through July 1. Proposals are accepted from nonprofit organizations with projects that support the foundation’s purpose of contributing to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about a) new and innovative organizations and their programs designed to benefit youth or b) by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society. Grants range from $1,500 to $70,000, with an average grant amount of $32,000. Grants must have the potential of helping American children in a large geographic area. More information, including contact address for proposal is included on the The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation website.
Tuesday, 30 May 2006
Paul Allen Family Foundation Grants
The mission of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is to transform individual lives and strengthen communities by fostering innovation, creating knowledge, and promoting social progress. The Community Development and Social Change Program has previously funded new library construction and renovation. To be eligible, you must be serving populations of the Pacific Northwest, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. More details including how to apply are on the Foundation's website (http://www.pgafoundations.com).
Sunday, 16 April 2006
Prudential Foundation Ready to Learn Program
Deadeline: Ongoing
Ready to Learn funds initiatives that strengthen public education at the elementary school level. Emphasis is put on systemic school reform; improving teacher and educational leadership skills; increasing parental involvement; arts education; early childhood care and education; and bolstering literacy in the early years.
The Foundation has geographic priorities, including programs that serve Newark and surrounding New Jersey urban centers, and the cities of Atlanta, Chicago, Hartford, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Application and more information available on the website.
Ready to Learn funds initiatives that strengthen public education at the elementary school level. Emphasis is put on systemic school reform; improving teacher and educational leadership skills; increasing parental involvement; arts education; early childhood care and education; and bolstering literacy in the early years.
The Foundation has geographic priorities, including programs that serve Newark and surrounding New Jersey urban centers, and the cities of Atlanta, Chicago, Hartford, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Application and more information available on the website.
Saturday, 11 March 2006
Laura Bush Foundation Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative
Deadline: Ongoing
The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries recognizes the critical and special needs of many schools in the areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma along the Gulf Coast of the US this past year. A special fund has been established to refurbish and re-establish the libraries for schools in the areas of these natural disasters. The goal of the fund is to help school libraries become fully functional and to offer the needed print resources to the students of the schools that were destroyed or severely damaged.
A questionnaire/application for funds is available through www.laurabushfoundation.org. Applicant schools should provide the required information, as outlined in the questionnaire, in a 3-5 page narrative. A first round of two to four grants will be made by late April, and further grants are anticipated to be made as funds become available.
The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries recognizes the critical and special needs of many schools in the areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma along the Gulf Coast of the US this past year. A special fund has been established to refurbish and re-establish the libraries for schools in the areas of these natural disasters. The goal of the fund is to help school libraries become fully functional and to offer the needed print resources to the students of the schools that were destroyed or severely damaged.
A questionnaire/application for funds is available through www.laurabushfoundation.org. Applicant schools should provide the required information, as outlined in the questionnaire, in a 3-5 page narrative. A first round of two to four grants will be made by late April, and further grants are anticipated to be made as funds become available.
Sunday, 5 February 2006
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
Grants are made in the four areas of: Health, Food Systems and Rural Development, Youth and Education, and Philanthropy and Volunteerism. Online applications are encouraged. Most Kellogg Foundation grants are awarded in: the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and seven southern African countries – Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Guidelines, programming interests and more details are available on the Kellogg Foundation website.
Grants are made in the four areas of: Health, Food Systems and Rural Development, Youth and Education, and Philanthropy and Volunteerism. Online applications are encouraged. Most Kellogg Foundation grants are awarded in: the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and seven southern African countries – Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Guidelines, programming interests and more details are available on the Kellogg Foundation website.
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Research Library Program Grants
Deadline: Ongoing
The Research Library Program concentrates primarily in areas of its founders’ interests and the Foundation’s other program areas (humanities scholarship, performing arts, and Venetian history and culture). The objective of the program is to improve the ability of research libraries to serve the needs of humanities scholarship and the performing arts, and to help make their resources more widely accessible to scholars and the public. The foundation is interested in library grants that promote cooperative cataloging projects, with an emphasis on access to archival, manuscript, and other unique sources; some elements of interpretation and exhibition; scholarly library publications; bibliographical and publishing projects of interest to research libraries; and preservation / conservation work and research. A limited number of small grants are available for projects related to the history of the book, book culture, printing history, and related programs. Grants for conferences designed to address these issues in collaborative ways and programs formulated to enhance or leverage similar activity by other institutions, consortia, or funding agencies will also be considered.
Application requires a two page letter of inquiry to the Foundation. For more information, visit the foundation website.
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