Foundations and Others with Ongoing Deadlines

As we identify new grant funding opportunities, we frequently find foundations and a mix of other agencies that conduct their grant programs on an on-going basis...making awards throughout the year. We have organized these agencies below in alphabetical order.

Disclaimer: GrantProse staff take care to ensure that the information provided on this page is accurate and timely; however, we can't guarantee that this will always be true. Sometimes typos will slip in and sometimes we will miss something in the information that is available on the foundation or grant program. Also, some organizations on this page may have changed their information since we uploaded to our website. Be sure to check the funding agency and original source for yourself to verify information about these grant opportunities.

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FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES

Deadline: Ongoing
Program: Rural Business Enterprise Program (CFDA 10.783)
Agency: US Department of Agriculture
Description: The primary objective of the program is to improve the economic conditions of rural areas.
Award Amount: $99,000
Website: www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/RBEG%20Notice.doc
Eligibility: Government agencies

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Program: Curbside Recycling Rollout Cart Grant Program
Agency: NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Description: The purpose of this grant program is to assist local governments with implementing curbside recycling programs using roll-out carts or transitioning existing curbside recycling programs from bins to roll-out carts. This program is limited to residential/commercial curbside recycling programs.
Award Amount: $100,000
Contact: Jim Hickman at (919) 715-6528 or jim.hickman@ncdenr.gov
Eligibility: Government agencies (counties, municipalities, solid waste authorities)
Posted: 1/26/10

FOUNDATIONS

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Agency: The Actuarial Foundation
Description: Monetary grants to schools for mentoring programs involving actuaries in the teaching of mathematics to children in public and private schools.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/grant/index.html
Eligibility: K-12, colleges, nonprofits, government agencies, businesses

Agency: Aetna Foundation
Description: Funding to support grassroots efforts that increase awareness of critical health initiatives through health walks, health fairs, and health education outreach.
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Website: http://www.aetna.com/foundation/grants_reg/index.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Airborne, Inc.
Description: Grants for art and music programs that schools are unable to fund.
Award Amount: $200-$10,000
Website: http://www.airbornetrust.com/programoverview.aspx
Eligibility: K-12

Agency: A.L. Mailman Family Foundation
Description: Promotes building sustainable systems providing access to high quality early learning
experiences for all children.
Award Amount: $5,000-50,000
Website: http://www.mailman.org/index.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Allstate Foundation
Description: Support for national and local programs that fit within three focus areas: safe and vital communities; economic empowerment; and tolerance, inclusion and diversity.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.allstate.com/foundation/funding-guidelines.aspx
Eligibility: K-12, colleges, nonprofits, government agencies

Agency: American Express
Description: Grants are made in three program areas: a) Preserving and enriching our cultural heritage, b) Developing new leaders for tomorrow, and c) Encouraging community service where American Express employees and customers live and work
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp/gb/howto.asp
Eligibility: Nonprofits
Posted: 10/31/09

Agency: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Description: Funding to educate students about STEM subjects.
Award Amount: Up to $200
Website: http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=244
Eligibility: K-12

Agency: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Description: Both programs are engaged in supporting basic research intended to enable curators, conservators, and other profe4ssionals to devote intensive study to the objects in their care, and to make their knowledge and professional expertise available to others in new as well as in more traditional ways.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.mellon.org/grant_programs/programs/museums
Eligibility: Colleges/universities, nonprofits

Agency: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Description: The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families. If you would like Casey Foundation to consider supporting a specific promising program, practice, or policy that helps children and families succeed, send the Foundation a brief description of the project and contact information for yourself. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals, nor does it provide grants for capital improvement projects, medical research or work outside the United States.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.aecf.org/Home/AboutUs/GrantInformation.aspx
Eligibility: Nonprofits
Posted: 10/31/09

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Agency: Bank of America
Description: General operating support for leadership in communities
Award Amount: $100,000 annually for two years
Website: http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=fd_neighborexcell
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Description: Grants to grassroots organizations that facilitate progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems.
Award Amount: $1,001-$15,000
Website: http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Bikes Belong Coalition
Description: Funding to put more people on bicycles through projects that leverage federal funding and build momentum for bicycling.
Award Amount: Up to $10,000
Website: http://www.bikesbelong.org/grants
Eligibility: Nonprofits, government agencies

Agency: Blue Moon Fund
Description: Grants to nonprofits that have developed innovative, holistic approaches to improving human quality of life in harmony with the natural world. Suports new economic, cultural and environmental approaches to resource use, energy use and urban development.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.bluemoonfund.org/
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: The Braitmayer Foundation
Description: Supports K-12 education with funding for curricular school reform initiatives and professional development opportunities for teachers.
Award Amount: Up to $10,000 (11/15); up to $35,000 (6/1)
Website: http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/
Eligibility: K-12, colleges, nonprofits

Agency: The Brookdale Foundation Group
Description: Encourages and promotes the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting due to the absence of parents.
Award Amount: $10,000
Website: http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/RAPP/rapp.html
Eligibility: Government agencies

Agency: Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation
Description: The Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation supports a number of grant programs, including a) health and wellness such as childhood disease research foundations, child safety organizations, and organizations that serve children with special needs; b) direct support for animals in domestic pet programs including animal welfare organizations, pet rescue and rehabilitation organizations, and therapeutic and humane education pet programs; c) literacy and education programs such as summer reading programs, early childhood education programs and literacy programs for children with special needs; and d) children's cancer programs
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.buildabear.com/aboutus/community/grants/
Eligibility: Colleges, nonprofits

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Agency: The Cannon Foundation, Inc.
Description: Grants to NC organizations for capital improvements; main areas of interest are healthcare,
higher education, and community service, secondary areas are arts, culture, historic preservation, religion, and the environment.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.thecannonfoundationinc.org/index.asp
Eligibility: Colleges, nonprofits, government agencies

Agency: Center for Watershed Protection
Description: Funding to strengthen the technical capacity of small watershed organizations in the area of stormwater and watershed management.
Award Amount: $5,000-$15,000
Website: http://www.cwp.org/Calendar/CWPMinigrantsRFP.pdf
Eligibility: Nonprofits (possibly including government agencies)

Agency: Central Carolina Community Foundation, Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation
Description: Funds to benefit the children of South Carolina through education and music programs.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.yourfoundation.org/nonprofit_resources/hootie_foundation.aspx
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Charles Lafitte Foundation
Description: Supports programs in four areas of interest: Education, Children's Advocacy, Medical Issues & Research, and The Arts.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.charleslafitte.org/default.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Christopher D. Smithers Foundation, Inc.
Description: The main focus of The Christopher D. Smithers Foundation, Inc. is in the field of alcoholism prevention and education.
Award Amount: Most awards are under $10,000; a few large awards
Website: http://www.smithersfoundation.org/index.htm?smithers_body.htm&2
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Description: Funding to support organizations with national or multinational operations that focus on the underserved in the areas of basic human need, access to education and/or individual economic opportunity.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac48/cash_grants_apply.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits (public charities)

Agency: Cooperative Development Foundation
Description: Advance information in the field of cooperative communication
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.cdf.coop/
Eligibility: Nonprofit (any cooperative or organization associated with a cooperative)

Agency: The Crowell Trust
Description: This grant program supports evangelism and discipleship, international cross-cultural missions, international church planting, U.S. focused missions, Christian higher education, and Christian leadership development.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.crowelltrust.org/
Eligibility: Nonprofits

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Agency: David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Description: Grants that focus on the challenge of sustainability in respect to agriculture.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.packard.org/home.aspx
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Doris Duke Foundation
Description: Supports projects that strengthen the national infrastructure of the dance, jazz, presenting and/or theatre fields; or that improve conditions for the national community of performing artists in dance, jazz, and theatre.
Award Amount: $60,000-$200,000
Website: http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=700
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Drug Policy Alliance Network
Description: This monthly funding cycle is for time-sensitive projects that respond to or take advantage of sudden and strategic public education efforts and campaigns to block drug war initiatives or advance drug policy reform
Award Amount: $200,000
Website: http://www.drugpolicy.org/about/jobsfunding/grants/index.cfm
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: The Duke Endowment
Description: Grants to support children's welfare.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.dukeendowment.org/childcare
Eligibility: Nonprofits, government agencies, businesses (limited)

Agency: Duke Energy Foundation
Description: Funding supports environment and energy efficiency, economic development and community vitality.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.duke-energy.com/community/foundation.asp
Eligibility: Nonprofits, government agencies (and possibly others)

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Agency: The Educational Foundation of America
Description: Provides grants for specific projects in areas of interest that include, but are not limited to, the environment, reproductive freedom, theatre, education, medicine, drug policy reform, democracy, peace and national security issues, and human services.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.efaw.org/apply.htm
Eligibility: Nonprofits

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Agency: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Description: Seeks to advance opportunities for low-income youth, via grants to youth service nonprofits that help young people improve their educational skills, prepare for the world of work, and avoid high-risk behaviors.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.emcf.org/
Eligibility: Nonprofits
Posted: 1/26/10

Agency: The Energy Foundation
Description: Funding to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.ef.org/home.cfm
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Description: Assisting affordable housing developers with incorporating green in their developments
Award Amount: $5,000
Website: http://www.greencommunitiesonline.org/
Eligibility: Nonprofits

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Agency: FedEx
Description: Offers financial contributions, in-kind shipping services, and coordination of volunteer services by their employees.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.fedex.com/us/about/responsibility/community/guidelines.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Fender Music Foundation
Description: Funding for music programs that provide instruction for those who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music.
Award Amount: $500-$5,000
Website: http://www.fendermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info
Eligibility: Nonprofits, government agencies

Agency: The Ford Foundation
Description: Funding to develop new ideas and strengthen organizations that reduce poverty and injustice, and promote democratic values, international cooperation, and human achievement. Grants are made in three broad programs: asset building and community development; peace and social justice; and knowledge, creativity, and freedom.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.fordfound.org/grants/inquiry
Eligibility: K-12, colleges, nonprofits, government agencies

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Agency: Georgia-Pacific Foundation
Description: Funding in 4 investment areas—education, environment, enrichment, and entrepreneurship—in communities where Georgia-Pacific operates.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.gp.com/gpfoundation/community.html
Eligibility: K-12, nonprofits, government agencies

Agency: Golden LEAF Foundation
Description: Funding for agriculture, job creation and retention and workforce preparedness, especially to complement and leverage federal and state stimulus programs to increase the impact of funding on targeted communities. Replaces Golden LEAF’s Annual Grants Cycle.
Award Amount: Up to $200,000
Website: http://www.goldenleaf.org/grants/open-grants-program-2009-2010/
Eligibility: Nonprofits, government agencies (and possibly others)

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Agency: Henry Luce Foundation
Description: The Foundation pursues its mission through the following grant-making programs: American Art; East Asia; Luce Scholars; Theology; Higher Education and the Henry R. Luce Professorships; the Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs; Public Policy and the Environment; and the Clare Boothe Luce Program for women in science, mathematics and engineering.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.hluce.org/home.aspx
Eligibility: Government agencies, colleges/universities, nonprofits

Agency: Hitachi Foundation
Description: Funding to address the conditions that perpetuate economic isolation in America through business-community partnerships enabling people to retain and advance in their jobs, earn living wages, and accumulate savings and assets.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.hitachifoundation.org/grants/guidelines/index.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: The Home Depot Foundation
Description: Supports affordable housing projects built or preserved with environmentally friendly, efficient and durable materials.
Award Amount: $500-$3,000
Website: http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal/Grants
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: The Humana Foundation
Description: Funding for organizations that improve the quality of life in communities where Humana has a presence, in the areas of the arts, health education, health and fitness efforts, and development of technology, tools, and resources for healthy communities.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.humanafoundation.org/our_giving.asp
Eligibility: Nonprofits

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Agency: Japan Foundation New York Office
Description: Supports projects to increase awareness and understanding of Japanese arts and culture. The grant targets geographic areas of the southern and Midwestern states.
Award Amount: $2,000 - $5,000
Website: http://www.jfny.org/arts_and_culture/smallgrant.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Jenny Jones Foundations
Description: Long term improvement of community
Award Amount: $25,000
Website: http://www.jennysheroes.com/index.shtml
Eligibility: Nonprofits

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Agency: Kresge Foundation
Description: Advances environmental conservation by awarding planning grants for sustainable design.
Award Amount: $50,000-$100,000
Website: http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=59
Eligibility: K-12 (limited), colleges, nonprofits, government agencies, hospitals

Agency: The Kroger Company Foundation
Description: The Kroger Company Foundation was established in 1987 to support charitable activities in the communities where Kroger customers and associates live and work. Grants are made to feed the hungry, support breast cancer initiatives, provide disaster relief and assist local grassroots organizations.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.thekrogerco.com/corpnews/corpnewsinfo_charitablegiving_foundation.htm
Eligibility: Nonprofits, K-12
Posted: 10/31/09

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Agency: The Lawrence Foundation
Description: Funds organizations that address educational, environmental, health, disaster relief, human services, and other issues within the U.S.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.thelawrencefoundation.org/grants/index.php
Eligibility: K-12, colleges, nonprofits

Agency: The Libri Foundation
Description: Funds for rural public libraries to buy children's books.
Award Amount: $40,000 or less
Website: http://www.librifoundation.org/apps.html
Eligibility: government agencies

Agency: Lisa Foundation
Description: Funds for purchasing books for children in low income or underserved areas
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.lisalibraries.org/frames.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
Description: Support for public education and community involement projects.
Award Amount: $5,000-$25,000
Website: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=frameSet&url=apps.bridgetree.com/funding/default.asp
Eligibility: K-12, nonprofits

Agency: Lumina Foundation
Description: The Foundation supports efforts to increase awareness of the benefits of higher education, improved student access to and preparedness for college, improved student success in college, and increased productivity across the higher education system.
Award Amount: $250,000 average
Website: http://www.luminafoundation.org/grants/
Eligibility: Colleges/universities, nonprofits

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Agency: The Macy's Foundation
Description: Funding primarily for proposals in the areas of education, arts/culture, women's issues,
HIV/AIDS, and programs to assist youth and minorities.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.fds.com/community/applicationprocess.asp
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Maddie’s Fund
Description: Seven categories of funding- starter grants, spaying/neutering, community collaboration, lifesaving awards, college of veterinary medicine, medical equiptment
Award Amount: $500 marketing to multimillion dollar community collaboration
Website: http://www.maddiesfund.org/Grant_Guidelines.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits, government agencies

Agency: Major League Baseball – In the Community
Description: The application evaluation process takes 3-6 months, which depends upon the date that the letter of inquiry is received. The selection process consists of the following steps: Letter of inquiry review, Application review and evaluation, Site visit, Final selection by the BTF Board of Directors
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/community/btf.jsp?content=grant_process
Eligibility: K-12, nonprofits, government agencies (including Indian Tribes)

Agency: The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Description: Funding for nonprofits in the Southeast that help low-wealth people build assets and transform economic conditions in their communities.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.mrbf.org/applyForGrant.aspx
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: MetLife Foundation
Description: Provides general or project funding, usually in the general areas of health, civic affairs, education, culture, and public broadcasting.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,4773,P296,00.html?FILTERNAME=@URL%5C&FILTERVALUE=/WPS/%5C&IMAGE2.X=0%5C&IMAGE2.Y=0
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Miracle Recreation Equipment Company
Description: Grants for school playgrounds.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.miracle-recreation.com/grant/
Eligibility: K-12

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Agency: The Nathan Cummings Foundation
Description: Funding for projects in the areas of arts and culture; the environment; health; interprogram initiatives for social and economic justice; and Jewish life.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.nathancummings.org/arts/index.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: National Education Association
Description: NEA offers a variety of grants for educators, including Student Achievement grants, Learning and Leadership grants, Foundation Green grants, Teacher Improvisation grants, and Urban grants.
Award Amount: $2,000 to $5,000
Website: http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grant-programs/
Eligibility: K-12, nonprofits (NEA Local Affiliates)
Posted: 12/14/09

Program: Curbside Recycling Rollout Cart Grant Program
Agency: NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Description: The purpose of this grant program is to assist local governments with implementing curbside recycling programs using roll-out carts or transitioning existing curbside recycling programs from bins to roll-out carts. This program is limited to residential/commercial curbside recycling programs.
Award Amount: $100,000
Website: Contact Jim Hickman at (919) 715-6528 or jim.hickman@ncdenr.gov
Eligibility: Government agencies (counties, municipalities, solid waste authorities)
Posted: 10/31/09

Agency: Newspaper Association of America
Description: To help high school students develop a business plan for their student newspaper, partnering with volunteers from local newspapers.
Award Amount: Up to $2,500
Website: http://www.naafoundation.org/Awards-and-Grants.aspx
Eligibility: K-12

Agency: North Carolina Community Foundation
Description: The North Carolina Community Foundation provides information on grants and scholarships offered by its organization and the many regional community foundations in North Carolina.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.nccommunityfoundation.org/index.php
Eligibility: Varies

Agency: Northrop Grumman Foundation
Description: Funding to support diverse and sustainable education-related initiatives that promote the advancement of science, technology, engineering and math on a national level.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.northropgrumman.com/corporate-responsibility/corporate-citizenship/foundation-grant-guidelines.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits (and possibly educational institutions)

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Agency: Open Meadows Foundation
Description: Funding for projects led by and benefiting women and girls.
Award Amount: Up to $2,000
Website: http://www.openmeadows.org/
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Open Society Institute
Description: Funds initiatives that improve the fair administration of criminal justice in the US. The project has three funding priorities: achieving death penalty reform or abolition, improving public defense services, and combating racial profiling.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/justice/programs/gideon
Eligibility: Colleges, nonprofits, government agencies, businesses

Agency: Organic Farming Research Foundation
Description: Supports the development of educational opportunities and materials that are pertinent to organic agricultural production or marketing, and are aimed at organic producers and/or those considering organic certification.
Award Amount: $8,883 (average)
Website: http://ofrf.org/grants/apply_education&outreach.html
Eligibility: Residents of North America

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Agency: PETCO Foundation
Description: The Foundation dedicates its programs to serving the Four Rs – Reduce, Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rejoice. The Foundation strives to achieve its mission by creating responsible pet owners, reducing the number of animals euthanized, rescuing animals in crisis, and rehabilitating undesirable behaviors in pets to keep them in a loving home.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.petco.com/Content/Content.aspx?PC=welfareapplication&Nav=384
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation
Description: Funding for projects that help conserve, protect or sustain the environmental resources in communities and states.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.piedmontng.com/itc/pngFoundation/organization
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Public Welfare Foundation
Description: The Foundation supports efforts to ensure fundamental rights and opportunities for people in need, looking for "carefully defined points where our efforts can make a difference in bringing about systemic changes that can improve lives."
Award Amount: Varies
Website:http://www.publicwelfare.org
Eligibility: Nonprofits, maybe others

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Agency: The Ralph and Eileen Swett Foundation
Description: The Foundation has identified the following areas of interest: programs that assist orphaned children and promote their adoption, and programs that intervene in the lives of troubled youth.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.swettfoundation.org/index.htm
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: The Real Foundation
Description: Disperses fund to nonprofits that help women discover their internal strength through
counseling and special projects, such as outdoor adventure experiences.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.therealfoundation.com/foundation/
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: RGK Foundation
Description: Funding in the broad areas of community, medicine/health, and education, where the foundation's interests are on programs that focus on formal K-12 education, teacher development, literacy, and higher education.
Award Amount: $25,000 (average)
Website: http://www.rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines
Eligibility: K-12, colleges, nonprofits, government agencies

Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Description: Supports policy analysis, research, evaluation and demonstration projects that
provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy and financing issues.
Award Amount: Varies (greater or less than $100,000)
Website: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19274
Eligibility: Colleges, nonprofits, government agencies

Agency: Rosie's for All Kids Foundation
Description: Grants for tuition subsidies; small renovations, supplies, equipment upgrades; playground construction; and staff development opportunities.
Award Amount: $5,000-$15,000
Website: http://www.forallkids.org/site69d7.html?module=article&pageid=56
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Royal Bank of Canada - RBC
Description: Early education and public education programs
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.rbc.com/donations/childrens-mental-health-apply.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

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Agency: The Schmidt Family Foundation
Description: Supports meaningful efforts to aid the change in public perception and the transition from an oil-dependent society to one that operates on a renewable and sustainable energy platform.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://theschmidt.org/index.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Singing for Change Charitable Foundation
Description: Competitive grants to progressive, community-based, nonprofit organizations that address the root causes of social and environmental problems.
Award Amount: $500-$10,000
Website: http://www.margaritaville.com/index.php?page=sfc
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Starbucks Foundation
Description: The Foundation supports programs a) that provide training to young people to develop necessary skills and knowledge to incubate ideas, identify and assess community needs, create a plan of action, execute a plan and evaluate outcomes against goals, b) that build leadership capacity and long term engagement of young people, and/or that c) communicate young peoples’ success stories through various media.
Award Amount: $10,000 to $30,000
Website: http://www.starbucksfoundation.com/index.cfm?objectid=998EF1C4-1D09-317F-BBF7F71F7B681A12
Eligibility: Nonprofits
Posted: 12/14/09

Agency: State Farm Companies Foundation
Description: Funding for education in three focus areas: teacher quality, service learning, and systemic improvement.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.statefarm.com/about/part_spos/grants/foundati.asp
Eligibility: K-12

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Agency: Teaching Tolerance
Description: Grants 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.
Award Amount: $500-$2,500
Website: http://www.tolerance.org/teach/grants/guide.jsp
Eligibility: K-12 (teachers)

Agency: Tiffany & Company Foundation
Description: The Foundation’s mission is to protect the beauty of nature and the creativity of human nature. Grant programs are conducted for Environmental & Cultural Preservation, Coral Conservation, Responsible Mining, and Design & Decorative Arts. The Foundation will be accepting new applications for projects beginning 2/1/10.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.tiffanyandcofoundation.org/
Eligibility: Nonprofits
Posted: 12/14/09

Agency: Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation, Inc.
Description: Funding to develop and support programs/partnership that promote educational opportunities for diverse populations, or that support health-related organizations and cultural programs that impact a diverse population of youth.
Award Amount: $10,000-$25,000
Website: http://www.tommy.com/opencms/opencms/corporate/foundation/aboutthefoundation.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits

Agency: Toshiba America Foundation
Description: For project designed by classroom teachers to improve instruction for students in grades K-12.
Award Amount: Less than $5,000
Website: http://www.toshiba.com/tafpub/upload/page/100045/25964_Executive.pdf
Eligibility: K-12, nonprofits

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Agency: Verizon Foundation
Description: Funding for programs that achieve meaningful outcomes in specific areas within funding priorities: education, literacy, domestic violence prevention, healthcare and accessibility, and Internet safety.
Award Amount: $5,000-$10,000 (average)
Website: http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml
Eligibility: K-12, nonprofits, government agencies (limited)

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Agency: The Wallace Foundation
Description: Conducts grant programs in three areas: 1) building appreciation and demand for the arts, 2) education leadership, and 3) out-of-school learning
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://www.wallacefoundation.org/GrantsPrograms/Pages/default.aspx
Eligibility: Government agencies, nonprofits, K-12
Posted: 10/31/09

Agency: Wilbooks
Description: Free Spanish printed books
Award Amount: Books are free, but cost of shipping of $.68 per book
Website: http://www.wilbooks.com/catalog/show_cat.php?collectionid=4
Eligibility: K-12, nonprofits

Agency: The William Randolph Hearst Foundations
Description: Funding to human service agencies that foster effective solutions to social and economic problems.
Award Amount: $92,000 (average)
Website: http://www.hearstfdn.org/fp_socialservice.html
Eligibility: Nonprofits, businesses