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Grants for Women

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:26:11 +0000

The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation announced today that they are accepting applications for scholarships from the Anne Sanford Legacy Fund.

The fund provides scholarships from $100 to $1500 to allow women to attend political or professional leadership training programs. The fund was established by The Women’s Times to honor the memory of Anne Sanford, a pioneering businesswoman and community activist.

Applicants must be women of 18 years or older and currently living or working in the Berkshire Taconic region (Berkshire County, MA, Northwest Litchfield County, CT, Columbia and Northeast Dutchess Counties, NY) or in the Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts. All women are welcome to apply; women of color and those from underrepresented or disadvantaged groups are especially encouraged to apply.

You can get the application online at www.berkshiretaconic.org/grantseekers or you can get one by calling the office at 413-528-8039. Completed applications must be received at Berkshire Taconic by 5p.m. on May 15.

Grants for Women to Make a Difference

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:19:56 +0000

The makers of Pine-Sol cleaners (Clorox Company), have launched the 2010 Make a Powerful Difference Contest, which awards grants online to women who are helping improve their communities and are making extraordinary change.

One grand-prize winner will receive $10,000 to make a difference for their community or cause, while an additional nine finalists will each receive $1,000 to help support their initiatives. Since 2007, when the Pine-Sol Powerful Difference program first started, the company has awarded dozens of grants to over 80 “difference makers.”

The next deadline is March 22, 2010.

Go to the application form

Community Garden Grant in California

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:12:54 +0000

Lake of the Sky Garden Club has grant funds available for community related garden projects. The club’s goals are to promote an interest in gardening, with particular emphasis on the problems at high altitude, to support charitable, educational and scientific works, as well as to initiate and participate in beautification and developmental gardening projects in the North Tahoe region.

To obtain an application, call Lorrie Moore at (530) 587-6980, or e-mail her at lorriemoore@att.net. Applications must be received by April 15, 2010.

For more information, go to www.lake-of-the-sky.org.

Emergency Assistance in Minnesota

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:56:25 +0000

The Wilkin County Family Service Agency has emergency assistance funds available to help families, couples without children and single individuals in Wilkin County Minnesota.

Thanks to an Otto Bremer foundation grant received last year, the Family Service Agency still has $9,039 available for resident utility shutoffs and eviction notices.

Contact them for help

Adoption Assistance Grants

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:50:05 +0000

A Child Waits provides financial assistance to individuals adopting foreign-born children. They also provide support for adoption, adoption funding, international adoption and child welfare. The foundation does provide grants to individuals.

See foundation Web site for application guidelines and forms. A child must meet special needs criteria, and adoptive family must meet financial criteria. Applicants should submit the following:
1) statement of problem project will address
2) detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
There is no application deadline. The board meets weekly and applicants receive final notice 2-4 weeks after review.

Go to the website for the application

Neighborhood Grants in Connecticut

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:34:22 +0000

Neighborhood groups in Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton and Oxford, CT may be eligible for small grants up to $3,000 through the Valley Neighborhood Grant Program. Funding is available for neighborhood fairs, beautification efforts, leadership development activities, parent and senior activities and more. Blockwatches, business associations, faith-based organizations, parents and youth groups are encouraged to apply. Non-profits that are all-volunteer or have a staff of 4 or less are also eligible to apply.

The application deadline is February 1, 2010.

Go to the website for more information

Grants for Individuals in Georgia

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:44:37 +0000

Jackson EMC gives grants up to $3,500 for individuals. Any individual in any of the counties served by Jackson EMC – Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Franklin, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison and Oglethorpe can apply. Grants cannot be for rent, gas bills, or electric bills, but it does look like they accept requests to help with other types of personal expenses.

Go to the website for more info and the application

Neighborhood Grants Available

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:24:20 +0000

Bellevue, Washington has a neighborhood grant program. The Neighborhood Match Program offers grants up to $5,000 for small neighborhood projects when matched by the community in cash, donated professional services, donated materials or volunteer labor. Examples of eligible projects include landscaping and signage for neighborhood entrances, landscaping traffic islands and city rights of way and public art.

From Jan. 1 to March 1, residents anywhere in the city can apply for Neighborhood Match funding for a project. The Program is funded at $50,000 per year.

Find out more!

Tennis Grants

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:33:54 +0000

The United States Tennis Association is accepting grant applications.

The objectives of the Multicultural Individual Player Grant for National Competition & Training are to:
* Provide funding to competitive junior players who have achieved national and/or international rankings.
* Assure the careful nurturing of young minority players who may be candidates for USTA Elite Player Development Programs.
* Funding will be based on the success level of the player in the previous year (e.g., end of year USTA ranking list/performance).
* Must be training and competing in tournaments year round.
* Have a history of strong national tournament results.

Grant amounts range from $1,500 to $10,000. The next application deadline is January 15, 2010.

Go to the application

Neighborhood Grants

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:43:50 +0000

The Small Sparks Fund provides awards up to $1,000 to support community members in becoming civically engaged. Projects can include neighborhood organizing, membership expansion or numerous other types of activities. All projects must demonstrate its capacity to build a stronger and healthier community, and must:

* Provide a public benefit and be free and open to all members of the public.
* Emphasize self-help, with project ideas initiated, planned and implemented by the neighbors and community members who will themselves be impacted by the project.
* Demonstrate community match.
* Occur within the Seattle city limits.

The Small Sparks Fund is open to formal and informal neighborhood and grassroots community groups with annual organizational budgets of less than $25,000. (If a group does not have a tax identification number, it must use a fiscal sponsor for funding requests more than $600.)

Applications are accepted year-round and must be received by the Neighborhood Matching Fund office at least six weeks prior to the start of the project. Applicants are notified of award decision within two weeks of application submission.

Get the guidelines and application