Greg Landsman, Director

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Seed Grants for Refuge Friends Groups
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: National Wildlife Refuge Friends Group Grant Program

SUMMARY: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation recognizes the important role refuge Friends organizations play in building community support for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System. Through the National Wildlife Refuge Friends Group Grant Program, seed grants are provided to innovative proposals that seek to increase the number and effectiveness of organizations interested in assisting the Refuge system nationwide.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants include refuge Friends organizations, cooperative and interpretive associations, Audubon chapters, and other citizen support organizations interested in assisting a specific National Wildlife Refuge or the Refuge system as a whole.
AWARD: Between $1,500 to $5,000.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2008

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NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education

SUMMARY: Grants will support individuals whose work engages students in critical thinking and problem solving that increase their knowledge of curricular subject matter. Proposals that focus on enrolling low-income or minority student in advanced coursework are especially encouraged.
ELIGIBILITY: Teachers at public schools, education-support professionals at public schools, and faculty and staff members at public colleges or universities. Teachers and staff members with less than seven years of experiences and education support professionals are encouraged to apply. Grants will not support conference fees; after-school, weekend, or summer programs; indirect costs, or stipends.
AWARD: Grants of $5,000.00 each
DEADLINE: June 1, 2008.

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Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

SUMMARY: The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation is devoted to strengthening American democratic capitalism and the institutions, principles, and values that sustain and nurture it. The Foundation seeks to reinvigorate churches, families, schools, and neighborhoods, and to encourage decentralization of power and accountability away from centralized, bureaucratic, national institutions. The Foundation’s current program interests include: Improve Education, Economic Growth and Prosperity, Revitalize Civil Society, Strengthen Private Initiative, Defend and Advance Freedom, and Intellectual Infrastructure.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2008.

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Grants Promote Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

SUMMARY: The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation is dedicated to helping young people with disabilities maximize their potential and full participation in society. The Foundation’s grant program gives priority to requests that focus on inclusion: enabling young people with disabilities to have full access to educational, vocational, and recreational opportunities and to participate alongside their non-disabled peers.
ELIGIBILITY: Support is provided to nonprofit organizations that have broad scope and impact and demonstrate potential for replication at other sites. The Foundation makes national grants to nonprofit organizations throughout the United States, giving preference to areas where company facilities are located. (For a list of company communities, go here.)
DEADLINE: Concept papers, due by June 1 of each year, may be submitted by mail, fax, or online. Grant

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US Department of Health and Human Services
Community-Based Abstinence Education Program

SUMMARY: The Family and Youth Services Bureau is accepting applications to provide support to public and private entities for the development and implementation of the Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program. The purpose of these programs is to educate young people and create an environment within communities that supports teen decisions to postpone sexual activity until marriage. Acceptable applications will be designed to provide abstinence-until-marriage education as defined by Section 510(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, for adolescents aged 12 through 18.
ELIGIBILITY: State, county and city governments, public and private institutions of  higher education, nonprofits (with or without 501c3 status), for and profit organizations are eligible to apply.
AWARD: Up to $600,000.
DEADLINE: June 2, 2008.

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Farmer-to-Farmer Program (FTF) Leader with Associates (LWA)

SUMMARY:  Successful applicants will manage FTF volunteer programs, and have the capacity to field highly qualified volunteers to support international agricultural development, with an emphasis on improving private agricultural operations. Recipients of funding under this RFA may implement programs relating to all aspects of agricultural production and post-harvest activities, such as processing, marketing, credit and input supply, as well as improved agri-business management, environmental conservation, and improved policy and regulatory regimes. The program goal shall be to generate rapid, sustained and broad-based economic growth in the agricultural sector. A secondary goal shall be to increase the American public's understanding of international development issues and programs and international understanding of the U. S. and U. S. development programs.
ELIGIBILITY: US Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) registered with USAID; a U.S. nonprofit farm organization or other U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO); a US agricultural cooperative; a private U.S. agribusiness or agriculturally-related business; or a college, university or foundation maintained by a college or university. (See further details)
AWARD: 6 awards for up to $15 million
DEADLINE: June 2, 2008

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Training Programs for Arts Educators Funded
The Dana Foundation’s Rural Initiative

SUMMARY: The Dana Foundation’s Rural Initiative supports innovative professional development programs leading to improved teaching of the performing arts in public schools throughout the rural areas of the United States. Within this broad field, the Foundation is primarily interested in funding training programs for in-school arts specialists and professional artists who teach the performing arts to pre-K-12 students. When assessing applications, the Foundation considers the challenges applicants identify as unique to their rural region.
DEADLINE:  June 4, 2008.

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Grants Encourage Community Stewardship of Forest Lands
National Forest Foundation: Matching Awards Program

SUMMARY: The National Forest Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization established by Congress to support the USDA Forest Service in its management of the nation's forests and grasslands. The Foundation’s Matching Awards Program (MAP) encourages community involvement in the stewardship of national forest lands through the formation of goal-oriented partnerships. Consideration is given to projects in the areas of community-based forestry, watershed health and restoration, wildlife habitat improvement, and recreation.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations and Native American tribes working to implement on-the-ground conservation and restoration projects on or adjacent to National Forests and Grasslands. All MAP awards require at least a 1:1 cash match of non-federal funds.
DEADLINE: June 6, 2008.

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US Department of Health and Human Services; Administration for Children and Families
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals Program Grant

SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services' (OCS) Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) program helps low-income individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency. The purpose of the JOLI program is to create jobs to be filled by low-income individuals. JOLI applicants provide technical and/or financial assistance to private employers in the community to assist them in creating employment and business opportunities for individuals receiving TANF and other low-income individuals. In order to create these sustainable employment and other opportunities, funded projects should focus on the following three program strategies: (1) new business ventures, (2) business expansion, and (3) self-employment/micro-enterprise projects. Applicants must state clearly both in the abstract and at the beginning of the project, which one of these three program strategies they will be using. While OCS will accept applications that propose projects containing more than one of these program strategies, OCS encourages applicants to focus on one.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits (having or not having a 501(c)3 status with the IRS) other than institutions of higher education), including faith-based and community organizations, may apply.
AWARD: Up to $475,000.
DEADLINE: June 02, 2008.

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Sisters of Charity of Cleveland: Good Samaritan Grant Program

SUMMARY: In the Good Samaritan parable, we are called to be a good neighbor to people in need. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland provides support each year to organizations meeting the basic needs – such as food, clothing, shelter, and transportation – of those living in poverty in Cuyahoga County.
ELIGIBILITY: Service organizations in Cuyahoga County
AWARD: varies
DEADLINE: June 2, 2008

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Local History Collaborations Funded
The History Channel: Save Our History Grant Program

US Department of Labor
Placement and Retention of Women in Apprenticeships in Non-Traditional Occupations

SUMMARY: The WANTO Act's purpose is to provide technical assistance to employers and labor unions to encourage employment of women in apprenticeships and non traditional occupations. One of the means of providing technical assistance is through competitive grants which focus on conducting innovative projects to improve the recruitment, selection, training, employment, and retention of women in apprenticeships in the construction industry.
ELIGIBILITY: Only CBO/RAP consortium, which must consist of a construction industry RAP sponsor; and a CBO ( which may be a faith-based organization (FBO) with demonstrated experience in providing training services, placement, and support services to women for construction industry jobs.
AWARD: $1,000,000
DEADLINE: June 6, 2008.

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Environmental Protection Agency
SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program

SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals for diesel emission reduction projects through national or multi-EPA regional innovative financing program(s).
ELIGIBILITY:  See full announcement for eligibility requirements.
AWARD: Up to $3,000,000.
DEADLINE: June 9, 2008.

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Head Start Innovation and Improvement Projects 

SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Head Start (OHS) invites applications from organizations for financial support for Head Start Innovation and Improvement Projects that address the promotion of promising practices in the Head Start program and other priorities that meet needs related to the comprehensive nature of Head Start. Although OHS welcomes applications in any area that will result in improved outcomes for Head Start eligible children and families, the following seven specific priority areas will be addressed in this cycle of funding. The focus will be on developing new concepts, products, practices and projects relating to the important priorities and needs in the following areas; National Head Start Center for Physical Development and Outdoor Play, Grandparents Raising Head Start Grandchildren, Healthcare Literacy, Mental Health Intervention for Children and Families, Inclusion of Children with Disabilities, Infant and Toddler Online Degree, and an Open Category. The "Open Category" will be available for programs to apply for funding to promote or expand promising practices in non-specified areas.
ELIGIBILITY: All governments, Independent school districts, Institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status,  For profit organizations,  Small businesses
AWARD: 57 awards for up to $3,000,000
DEADLINE: June 9, 2008

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Funds for Youth Art Programs
National Endowment for the Arts: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to providing leadership in arts education by inspiring all young Americans through rich arts experiences. The Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth grant program offers funding for projects that help children and youth acquire knowledge and understanding of and skills in the arts. Projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art.
ELIGIBILITY: Funded projects may take place in school-based or community-based settings and should focus on children and youth in the general age range of 5 through 18 years.
DEADLINE: The application deadline is June 9, 2008. Online applications must be submitted through Grants.gov.

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Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program  

SUMMARY: EPA annually awards grants and cooperative agreements under the Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) Grant Program to support pollution prevention/source reduction and/or resource conservation projects that reduce or eliminate pollution at the source. The grant program does not support projects that rely on reducing pollution by using recycling, treatment, disposal or energy recovery activities.
ELIGIBILITY:  State, county, and local governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education,  and nonprofits having 501(c)(3).
AWARD: 40 awards for up to $1,090,000
DEADLINE: June 9 , 2008

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Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program

SUMMARY: The overall objective of this program is to bring state-of-the-art cancer clinical trials to minority individuals in their own communities and to involve physicians practicing within these communities into National Cancer Iinstitute-approved clinical trials.
ELIGIBILITY: Institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501 (c) (3), FBCO's, eligible agencies of the Federal Government.
AWARD: Up to $1.1 million for 3 grants
DEADLINE: Letter of intent June 10, 2008 full application July 10, 2008.

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Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency

SUMMARY: HUD is again making funding available to PHAs to employ HCV FSS program coordinators and HCV FSS homeownership program coordinators for one year. Funding priority under this NOFA will be provided to applicants with Public Housing Information Center (PIC) data confirming that their FSS families have purchased homes and to applicants whose PIC data demonstrate program accomplishments, such as increased HCV FSS program size, increased earned income of program participants, and families successfully completing their FSS contracts. HUD will accept applications from both new and renewal PHAs that have HUD approval to administer an HCV FSS program.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible PHA's (see link for details)
AWARD: $49,000,000 
DEADLINE: June 12, 2003

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Attorney General Caremark RX Settlement
 
SUMMARY: Ohio prescription drug users will benefit from a $1.14 million agreement with one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits management companies. As part of the settlement with Caremark Rx, L.L.C., the Ohio Attorney General’s Office will accept grant applications for programs to help elderly, low-income or disabled Ohioans understand and/or pay for prescription drugs.
ELIGIBILITY: The office encourages grant applications from free clinics, non-profit hospitals, and othercommunity organizations that provide health care or related services to low-income, disabled or elderly consumers of prescriptive medications, that promote lower drug costs for Ohio residents, or that provide educational or other related programs.
AWARD: Various award for a total of  $1 million
DEADLINE: June 14, 2008

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Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy in Community Colleges

SUMMARY: The National Campaign is seeking proposals that develop and assess various ways to reduce unplanned pregnancy among community college students, with a primary focus on unmarried women and men in their twenties. The community college system provides a natural institutional base for an effective, efficient, and far reaching effort to reduce the high rates of unplanned pregnancy among young adults. The 11.5 million students in this system closely mirror those who are most at risk of unplanned pregnancy, and forty-six percent of all students in post-secondary education attend a community college. Moreover, a significant number of community college students already have children. As of 2003-2004, 15 percent of community college students were single parents, and community college students are 2.4 times more likely to be single parent compared to students attending four-year institutions (public and private non-profit). Community colleges have the opportunity to reach students who are already parents and are at risk of subsequent unplanned pregnancies, as well as students who have not yet become parents. In either case, an unplanned pregnancy could seriously interfere with their educational success.
ELIGIBILITY: Accredited community colleges (either on an individual basis or in a consortia), councils of the American Association of Community Colleges, professional organizations, or others nonprofit organizations (including research organizations) in conjunction with community colleges.
AWARD: Average amount $100,000
DEADLINE: June 16, 2008

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Sisters of Charity of Cleveland: Saint Ann Legacy Grant Program

SUMMARY:  Saint Ann Legacy grants are available to ministries of women religious in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee (Region VI of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious). These grants commemorate the Saint Ann Foundation, which was dedicated to supporting women, children and youth and the ministries of women religious.
ELIGIBILITY: Ministries of Catholic women religious, defined to include ministries sponsored by orders, organizations that are led by women religious, and organizations where a group of women religious are working as a ministry.
AWARD: Up to $20,000
DEADLINE: June 16, 2008

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Media Program in Moldova

SUMMARY: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking applications (proposals for funding) from U.S. or non-U.S. non-profit or for-profit nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and other qualified non-USG organizations to implement a Media program in Moldova. Please refer to the Program Description (RFA section C) for a complete statement of goals and expected results.
ELIGIBILITY: Unrestricted
AWARD:  $3,150,000
DEADLINE: June 16, 2008

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Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: Implementation Evaluation and Recommendations for Reauthorization

SUMMARY:  The National Council on Disability's (NCD) mission to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability, and to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society. NCD will undertake a one-year project to study the implementation, effectiveness, and impact of the programs and services established by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (hereinafter the DD Act) and to develop recommendations for improvements that will enhance the quality of life and opportunities for people with developmental disabilities.
ELIGIBILITY: Unrestricted
AWARD: $150,000
DEADLINE: June 18, 2008

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Identifying Characteristics of High Performing Correctional Organizations

SUMMARY: The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for a 12-month, developmental phase of a new initiative, "Identifying the Characteristics of High Performing Correctional Organizations." This project will focus on developing a methodology to allow organizations to build from their strengths to identify and bridge gaps between current performance and optimal performance in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and accountability.
ELIGIBILITY: An eligible applicant is any public or private agency, educational institution, organization, individual or team with expertise in the described areas.
DEADLINE: June 19, 2008

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Community Services Block Grant Training and Technical Assistance Program: Special State Technical Assistance

SUMMARY: The purpose of this program is to provide training and technical assistance resources to States to assist them in carrying out corrective action activities for at-risk agencies. The grant will support interventions in cases where an eligible entity is in a crisis situation. It will preclude the need for termination hearings and proceedings by stabilizing eligible entities in crises and correcting programmatic deficiencies, if possible.
ELIGIBILITY:  Statewide or local organizations (Faith-based and community organizations) are eligible to apply if meet requirements under section 673(1)(A) and 676A of the CSBG Act.
AWARD: 3 awards for $50,000
DEADLINE: June 20, 2008

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Projects of National Significance: Family Support 360 for Military Families

SUMMARY: This funding opportunity will enhance the capabilities of families in assisting children with developmental disabilities to achieve their maximum potential; support the increasing ability of children with developmental disabilities to exercise greater choice and self-determination and to engage in leadership activities in their communities; and ensure the protection of children with developmental disabilities' legal and human rights.  For the purpose of this program announcement, the term "children" refers to individuals from birth to 25 years old. Military families usually navigate two systems - civilian and military.  Family Support 360 Centers empower and strengthen families. Military families usually navigate two systems - civilian and military.  Family Support 360 Centers empower and strengthen families. Military families usually navigate two systems - civilian and military.  Family Support 360 Centers empower and strengthen families.
ELIGIBILITY: Governments, schools, nonprofits, businesses. (See full list)
AWARD: $600,000 for 3 awards.
DEADLINE: June 24, 2008

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National Organization Activities for Cancer Control in Underserved Populations

SUMMARY: Through the National Program of Cancer Registries, the CDC has since 1994 sought to support statewide, territorial and jurisdictional population-based central cancer registries in the development, promotion, maintenance, and communication of uniform data standards for population-based central cancer registration; to improve the completeness, timeliness and quality of cancer data through the certification of population-based central cancer registries and; to improve central cancer registry operations through the development of best practices.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit, non-governmental organizations with a nationwide organizational infrastructure and the capacity to bring together cancer registry standard-setting organizations, central cancer registries, hospital cancer registries, and software developers in order to attain consensus on data item definitions, codes, format, transmission record layouts, and time line for implementation of new standards.
AWARD: Average award $500,000
DEADLINE:  June 24, 2008

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Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Guinea, Jordan, Madagascar, Nicaragua, and Yemen

SUMMARY: Applicants should design projects that complement ongoing efforts to promote education in the target country; strengthen existing education and/or training programs; and, where appropriate, replicate or enhance successful models to serve a greater number of children and communities. Applicants may propose other project interventions, such as teacher training and the inclusion of child labor issues in school curriculum, in order to improve the quality of education and/or training programs and ensure that they are responsive to the needs of (former) child laborers entering/returning to school. Applicants should develop strategies to increase the perceived relevance of existing education and/or training programs for children engaged in, or at risk of entering, exploitive child labor; their families; and their communities.
ELIGIBILITY: Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully withdrawing and preventing children from exploitive child labor and developing and implementing educational programs to serve this target population in the target country is eligible to apply.
AWARD: See full announcement
DEADLINE: June 24, 2008

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US Department of Health and Human Services; Administration For Children and Families
Community Economic Development Program Operational Projects Grant

SUMMARY: In FY 2008, contingent upon available funding, the Office of Community Services will award Community Economic Development discretionary grant funds for well-planed, financially viable, and innovative projects.  OCS will award funds to Community Development Corporations that are experienced in implementing economic development projects.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits (having or not having a 501(c)3 status with the IRS) other than institutions of higher education), including faith-based and community organizations, may apply.
AWARD: Up to $700,000.
DEADLINE: June 25, 2008.

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Assets for Independence

SUMMARY: The Assets for Independence (AFI) program awards  to nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations, and government agencies that empower low-income families to be economically self-sufficient for the long-term. Grantees provide financial education training on money management issues and assist participants with saving earned income in special matched savings accounts called individual development accounts (IDAs). Participants use IDAs to accumulate funds to acquire a home, capitalize a business, or attend higher education or training. OCS currently supports more than 400 AFI IDA projects throughout the nation, with more than 53,000 individuals and families saving earned income in IDAs. Recent ACF-sponsored research has found meaningful successes with the IDA strategy.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations, and government agencies.
AWARD: Five-year grants
DEADLINE: June 25, 2008

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Niger Girl's Primary Education MCC

SUMMARY: The United States for International Development West Africa Mission is seeking applications from qualified organizations to implement a program to promote girl’s primary school education in the Republic of Niger.
ELIGIBILITY: Unrestricted
AWARD: $18,000,000
DEADLINE: June 26, 2008

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Grants Honor Neighborhood Improvement Programs
Bank of America: Neighborhood Excellence Initiative

SUMMARY: The Neighborhood Excellence Initiative, Bank of America’s signature philanthropic program, recognizes, nurtures, and rewards nonprofit organizations and individuals working to improve their communities. The focus is on areas such as education, community development, arts and culture, and health and human services. The Initiative’s Neighborhood Builders category provides grants to two nonprofit organizations in each of the Bank’s 45 markets. The Local Heroes category provides grants to nonprofit organizations selected by each of five recognized individuals in the targeted markets.
DEADLINE: June 27, 2008.

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Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation —Women’s Shelter Grants

SUMMARY: In observance of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation awards grants to over 150 women’s shelters across the United States.
ELIGIBILITY: Women’s shelters (designated as nonexempt by the IRS) in the United States.
AWARD: $20,000 grants.
DEADLINE: June 30, 2008

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Family Planning Regional General Training and Technical Assistance Projects

SUMMARY:  The purpose of the family planning general training program is to ensure that all levels of personnel working in Title X family planning service projects have the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for the effective delivery of high quality family planning services. General training also includes specialized technical assistance, which consists of specific, specialized or highly skilled family planning training that is usually provided to a single organization based on identified need. Section 1008 of the Act, as amended, stipulates that ‘‘none of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.’’
ELIGIBILITY: Any public or private nonprofit entity located in one of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
AWARD: Varies
DEADLINE: June 30, 2008

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Captain Planet Foundation

SUMMARY: The mission of the Captain Planet Foundation is to fund and support hands-on environment projects for children and youths. All projects must:

• Promote understanding of environmental issues
• Focus on hands-on involvement
• Involve children and young adults ages 6-18 (elementary through high school)
• Promote interaction and cooperation within the group
• Help young people develop planning and problem-solving skills
• Include adult supervision

• Commit to follow-up communication with the foundation (specific requirements explained once the grant has been awarded)

ELIGIBILITY: All applicant organizations or sponsoring agencies must be exempt from federal taxation under the IRS code 501c(3).
AWARD: $250- $2,500
DEADLINE: June 30, 2008

     July Deadline    

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HIV Early Intervention Services (EIS) Program

SUMMARY: The purpose of this program is to provide, on an ongoing outpatient basis, high quality early intervention services/primary care to individuals with HIV infection. These services become part of a continuum of HIV prevention and care for individuals who are at risk for HIV infections or are HIV infected.
ELIGIBILITY: public or private non-profit entities
AWARD: $2,935,220 is expected to be available to fund seven grantees.
DEADLINE: July 1, 2008-

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2008 Housing Initiative - National Council on Disability

SUMMARY: NCD will undertake a comprehensive study of the state of housing in America in the 21st century. This evaluation will focus on: (1) public laws, policies and program initiatives that affect housing opportunities for Americans with disabilities, as well as others who have accessible housing needs, e.g. the aging population and those who acquire temporary disabilities; and (2) housing, supports, and other benefits provided available through the public and non-profit and/or private sectors. The purpose is to determine whether, and to what extent, public and non-profit and private housing and related programs have provided adequate, affordable, and accessible housing for Americans with disabilities as well as others who have accessibility needs, like the aging population and those who acquire temporary disabilities.
ELIGIBILITY: Unrestricted
AWARD: $100,000
DEADLINE: July 1, 2008

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Workforce Infrastructure in Support of People with Disabilities: Matching Human Resources to Service Needs

SUMMARY: NCD plans to develop a research paper on the status of the United States’ human resources infrastructure supporting people with disabilities. This research paper is envisioned as an intergovernmental review of: (a) existing public and private funding and resources targeted to building and/or strengthening communities’ human services infrastructure; (b) barriers and gaps in services, supports and accommodations needed by Americans with disabilities; and (c) demonstrated approaches to effectively address identified barriers and gaps.
ELIGIBILITY: Unrestricted
AWARD: $75,000
DEADLINE: July 1, 2008

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Grassroots Programs for Children Funded
United Methodist Church: A Brighter Future for Children and Youth

SUMMARY: A Brighter Future for Children and Youth, a grant program of the United Methodist Church, supports projects which help children ages 5 to 18 handle one or more of the following issues: abuse, relationship violence, bullying of any type, or gang violence. Funded projects should involve women and youth at the grassroots level as well as promote respect for and appreciation of racial/ethnic diversity.
AWARD: Grants of up to $4,000 are provided for small-scale, community and church-based projects.
ELIGIBILITY: Faith-based and community organizations may apply. Groups affiliated with national organizations, hospitals, and organizations with budgets totaling more than $3,000,000 are not normally funded.
DEADLINE: July 1, 2008.

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US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Demonstration Grant for Elderly Housing for Intergenerational Families

SUMMARY: This funding opportunity is available for a demonstration program to provide assistance for intergenerational dwelling units for intergenerational families in connection with the supportive housing program under Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q). The purpose of the program is to expand the supply of intergenerational dwelling units for very low-income grandparent(s) or relative(s) heads of household 62 years of age or older raising a child.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education may apply.  This includes faith-based and community organizations.
AWARD: Up to $2,000,000
DEADLINE:  July 2, 2008

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Hispanic Serving Institutions Assisting Communities

SUMMARY: To assist Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their localities, including neighborhood revitalization, housing, and economic development, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income, consistent with the purposes of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.
ELIGIBILITY: Institutions of higher education that meet criteria and nonprofit Hispanic-serving instituions per criteria.
AWARD: $600,000 - $6,000,000
DEADLINE: July 2, 2008

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities 

SUMMARY: To assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their localities, including neighborhood revitalization, housing, and economic development, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income consistent with the purposes of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § et seq.) as amended.
ELIGIBILITY:  Historically Black Colleges and Universities as determined by the Department of Education in 34 CFR 608.2
AWARD: $700,000 - $9,000,000
DEADLINE: July 2, 2008

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Programs for Seniors Funded
Brookdale National Group Respite Program

SUMMARY: The Brookdale Foundation focuses on the needs and challenges of America's elderly population. The Brookdale National Group Respite Program supports community-based efforts to develop and sustain social model respite programs for elders with Alzheimer's disease and their families. The program awards seed grants to service providers throughout the country that offer new, dementia-specific Adult Day or Early Memory Loss (EML) programming to participants, along with support to caregivers, in order to help individuals remain in their homes.
DEADLINE: July 2, 2008.

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Assisted Living Conversion Program (ALCP) for Eligible Multifamily Housing Projects

SUMMARY: The ALCP provides funding for the physical costs of converting some or all of the units of an eligible multifamily development into an ALF, including unit configuration and related common and services space and any necessary remodeling, consistent with HUD or the state's statute/regulations (whichever is more stringent). Typical funding will cover basic physical conversion of existing project units, as well as related common and services space. There must be sufficient community space to accommodate a central kitchen or dining facility, lounges, recreation, and other multiple-areas available to all residents of the project, and/or office/staff spaces in the ALF.
ELIGIBILITY: Only private nonprofit owners of eligible multifamily assisted housing developments specified in section 683(2) (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
AWARD: Up to $24,750,000
DEADLINE: July 3, 2008

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Healthy Homes and Lead Technical Studies Program

SUMMARY: The overall purpose of both the Lead and the Healthy Homes Technical Studies programs is to gain knowledge to improve the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of methods for evaluation and control of lead-based paint and other housing-related health and safety hazards. This also supports HUD’s Strategic Goal to Strengthen Communities and the associated policy priority to Improve Our Nation’s Communities by improving the environmental health and safety of families living in public and privately owned housing.
ELIGIBILITY: Academic and nonprofit institutions in the United States, state and local governments, and for profit firms (though they may not earn a profit from the project.)
DEADLINE: July 3, 2008

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Community Development Technical Assistance

SUMMARY: The purpose of the CD-TA program is to provide technical assistance to achieve the highest level of performance and results for five separate community development program areas: (1) HOME; (2) CHDO (HOME); (3) Homeless; (4) HOPWA and (5) CDBG. Information about the five community development programs and their missions, goals, and activities can be found on the HUD web site at www.hud.gov.
ELIGIBILITY: The eligible applicants for each of the CD-TA programs are listed in the chart in the NOFA. In accordance with the President’s faith-based initiative, HUD welcomes the participation of eligible faith-based and other community organizations in the CD-TA programs.
AWARD: $27,920,000
DEADLINE: July 3, 2008

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Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Tissue Injury

SUMMARY: Successful applicant will conduct comparative and interactive (or integrative) research that elucidates mechanisms of injury common to many body and organ systems, with the eventual goal of identifying early markers of ethanol induced pathology and developing therapeutic strategies to serve multiple alcohol-related disorders.
ELIGIBILITY: Institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501 (c) (3), for profit organizations, governments, other eligible entitities (see full listing)
AWARD: Will vary.
DEADLINE: July 5, 2008

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Child Welfare Training: Curriculum Development and Evaluation for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education

SUMMARY: The Children's Bureau announces the availability of funds and requests applications for one cooperative agreement to develop, field test, revise, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a competency and experientially-based training curriculum for training child welfare professionals. This curriculum will address healthy marriage and relationship skills for populations underserved in the general population and overrepresented in the child welfare system. The Children's Bureau is particularly interested in the evaluation of the effectiveness of the curriculum and the possible expansion, replication and dissemination of the curriculum on a national level.
ELIGIBILITY: Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
AWARD: $250,000
DEADLINE: July 7, 2008

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U.S. Department of Education
Advanced Placement Incentive Program

SUMMARY: The Advanced Placement Incentive (API) program awards competitive grants designed to increase the successful participation of low-income students in advanced placement courses and tests. The program expands opportunities for low-income students to take college-level classes and earn college credit while still in high school. The program also supports efforts to raise the rigor of the academic curriculum for all students attending high-poverty high schools.
ELIGIBILITY: State or local educational agencies or National nonprofit educational entities.
AWARD: 21 awards for a total of $12,400,000
DEADLINE: July 7, 2008

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Seed Money for Health Care Projects
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Local Funding Partnerships

SUMMARY:  Local Funding Partnerships (LFP), a collaborative program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local grantmakers, supports innovative, community-based projects throughout the United States that aim to improve health care for vulnerable populations.
ELIGIBILITY:  Through LFP, a local grantmaker proposes a funding partnership with the Foundation to provide seed money for a new project that addresses the health or health care problems of people who are not reached by traditional health and social services or for whom existing services are insufficient.                                                                                                 
AWARD:  LFP provides grants of $200,000 to $500,000 per project, which must be matched dollar for dollar by local grantmakers such as community foundations, family foundations, corporate grantmakers, etc.                                                                                                         
DEADLINE:  Brief proposals are due July 8, 2008

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Fair Housing Iniative Program - EOI

SUMMARY: Section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 3616) established FHIP. The implementing regulations are found at 24 CFR Part 125. If you are interested in applying for funding under the FHIP, please review carefully the General Section of the SuperNOFA (hereafter, the General Section), the FHIP Authorizing Statute (Sec. 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended), and the FHIP Regulations (24 CFR 125.103-501).
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants are Qualified Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (QFHOs) and Fair Housing Enforcement Organizations (FHOs), see 24 CFR 125.103; public or private, for-profit or not-for-profit organizations or institutions and other public or private entities that are formulating or carrying out programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices.
AWARD: $2,800,000
DEADLINE: July 9, 2008

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Housing Counseling Program

SUMMARY: This program supports the delivery of a wide variety of housing counseling services to homebuyers, homeowners, low- to moderate-income renters, and the homeless. The primary objectives of the program are to expand homeownership opportunities, improve access to affordable housing and preserve homeownership. Counselors provide guidance and advice to help families and individuals improve their housing conditions and meet the responsibilities of tenancy and homeownership. Counselors also help borrowers avoid inflated appraisals, unreasonably high interest rates, unaffordable repayment terms, and other conditions that can result in a loss of equity, increased debt, default, and eventually foreclosure.

ELIGIBILITY:
HUD-approved Local Housing Counseling Agencies (LHCAs); FR-5200-N-18A HUD-approved national and regional intermediaries (Intermediaries); FR-5200-N-18B State Housing Finance Agencies (SHFAs); FR-5200-N-18C
HUD-approved Multi-State Organizations (MSOs)-FR-5200-N-18D

AWARD: Varies per funding opportunity-see listing.
DEADLINE: July 9, 2008

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Housing Counseling Training Program

SUMMARY: Funds are available to provide, under cooperative agreements with HUD, training activities designed to improve and standardize the quality of counseling provided by housing counselors employed by “participating agencies.” Participating agencies are all housing counseling and intermediary organizations participating in HUD’s Housing Counseling Program, including HUD-approved agencies, and affiliates and branches of HUD-approved intermediaries, HUD-approved Multi-state organizations, and state housing finance agencies.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be public or private nonprofit organizations and must have “tax exempt” status under section 501(a) pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 USC) 501(a) and (c)(3).
AWARD: $3,000,000
DEADLINE: July 9, 2008

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Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program

SUMMARY: HUD provides capital advances and contracts for project rental assistance in accordance with 24 CFR part 891. Capital advances may be used for the construction or rehabilitation of a structure, or acquisition of a structure with or without rehabilitation.
ELIGIBILITY: Private nonprofit organizations and nonprofit consumer cooperatives that meet the threshold requirements (see eligibility on full announcement)
DEADLINE: July 10, 2008

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Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Program

SUMMARY:  SHOP funds are to be used to facilitate and encourage innovative homeownership opportunities on a national geographically diverse basis through self-help housing programs that require significant sweat-equity by the homebuyer toward the construction or rehabilitation of the dwelling. SHOP programs are administered by national and regional nonprofit organizations and consortia. Units developed with SHOP funds must be decent, safe, and sanitary non-luxury dwellings and must be made available to eligible homebuyers at prices below the prevailing market prices. Eligible homebuyers are low-income individuals and families (i.e., those whose annual incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the area, as established by HUD) who would otherwise be unable to purchase a dwelling but for the provision of sweat equity. Housing assisted under this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) must involve labor contributed by homebuyers and volunteers in the construction of dwellings and other activities that involve the community in the project.
ELIGIBILITY: You must be a national or regional nonprofit public or private organization or consortium that has the capacity and experience to provide or facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities.
AWARD: $26,500,000
DEADLINE: July 11, 2008

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Community Clinical Oncology Program (U10)
  
SUMMARY: The overall objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to develop and conduct state-of-the-art cancer prevention clinical trials and control and treatment clinical trials with prominent involvement of the community oncologists and populations that they serve.  To accomplish this overall goal, the Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute (NCI), established in 1983 the Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP), which is a community-based clinical trials network that links community physicians, who accrue participants/patients to cancer clinical trials as part of their overall practice, with NCI Cooperative Groups and Cancer Centers that serve as their “CCOP Research Bases.”
ELIGIBILITY: Insitutions of higher education, Nonprofits with or without 501 (c)(3), for profit, eligible federal agencies.
AWARD: $8.2 million will be awarded to ten CCOP Group and/or Research Base grants.
DEADLINE: July 11, 2008

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Grants Promote Investor Education Programs
FINRA Investor Education Foundation

SUMMARY: The FINRA Investor Education Foundation supports innovative research and educational projects that give investors the tools they need to better understand the markets and the basic principles of saving and investing. In 2008, the Foundation is especially interested in applications that focus on the following areas: new marketing and distribution channels for financial and investor education, helping Americans manage their finances and investments in retirement, meeting the financial and investor education needs of underserved audiences, and using behavioral finance to improve saving and investing. Successful projects should be highly practical and serve large numbers of Americans.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit organizations and public colleges and universities in the United States are invited to submit Project Concept Forms.
DEADLINE:  July 12, 2008.

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Support for Children in Need
Mattel Children’s Foundation: Domestic Grantmaking Program

SUMMARY: The Mattel Children’s Foundation's mission is to better the lives of children in need. Through the Domestic Grantmaking Program, support is provided to nonprofit organizations throughout the United States that directly serve children. Grants are available to local organizations that use creative methods to address the needs of children from birth to 12 years of age. Funded programs must address one of the following issues: the health and well-being of children, with emphasis on promoting healthy, active lifestyles; increased access to education for underserved children, in particular, innovative strategies to promote literacy; and the self-esteem of girls up to age 12.
DEADLINE: July 15, 2008.

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Call for Papers - Fathering Conference

SUMMARY: The NEFC Planning Committee is searching for professionals who work in the fatherhood field and would like to share their expertise and experience to enhance our work and expand interstate networks. Workshop proposals should be relevant to the following groups: fathers/family men, parents/couples, family service providers, fatherhood practitioners, educators, health professionals, legislators, government representatives, and researchers.  Sessions should address topics including, but not limited to: curricula, program design and implementation, collaboration/leveraging resources, parenting, co-parenting and healthy relationships, child development, employment, education, health, incarceration, child support, etc.
ELIGIBILITY: Professionals who work in the fatherhood field.
See Web site summary for document link
DEADLINE: July 15, 2008

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Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities

SUMMARY: HUD provides capital advances and contracts for project rental assistance in accordance with 24 CFR part 891. Capital advances may be used for the construction or rehabilitation of a structure or acquisition of a structure with or without rehabilitation, to be developed into a variety of housing options described in Section III.C.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit organizations with a section 501(c)(3) tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service and who meet the threshold requirements contained in the General Section NOFA and Section III.C.2 (see eligibility on link)
AWARD: Up to$99,345,000
DEADLINE: July 16, 2008

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Healthy Homes Demonstration Program

SUMMARY: The purpose of the Healthy Homes Demonstration Program is to develop, demonstrate, and promote cost-effective, preventive measures to correct multiple residential safety and health hazards that produce serious diseases and injuries in children and other sensitive subgroups such as the elderly, with a particular focus on low income households. The Healthy Homes Demonstration Program is committed to supporting the Departmental Strategic Goal of strengthening communities by addressing housing conditions that threaten health.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants include not-for-profit institutions and for profit firms, state and local governments, housing authorities, federally-recognized Indian Tribes, and colleges and universities located in the United States. For-profit firms are not allowed to make a profit from the project. Individuals are not eligible to apply.
AWARD: 5 awards for up to $4,375,000
DEADLINE: July 17, 2008

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US Department of Housing and Urban Development Lead Outreach Grant Program Grant
 
SUMMARY: The purpose of this Lead Outreach Grant Program is to promote efficient and effective outreach, education, and training for the public concerning the hazards and sources of lead-based paint poisoning, particularly for low-income children, and to reduce or eliminate such hazards.
ELIGIBILITY: Academic and non-profit institutions located in the U.S., state and local governments, and federally recognized Native American tribes are eligible under all existing authorizations. For profit firms (though they may not earn a profit from the project.)
AWARD: 8 awards for up to a total of $1,500,000
DEADLINE: July 17, 2008

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Awards Encourage Physical Fitness
Women’s Sports Foundation: GoGirlGo! Ambassador Team Awards

SUMMARY:  The GoGirlGo! Ambassador Team Awards program, sponsored by Gatorade and administered by the Women’s Sports Foundation, is designed to inspire teams to help fight the disturbing physical and psychological health risks affecting America’s youth.
ELIGIBILITY:  School, amateur, community, and nonprofit affiliated teams whose members are females enrolled in 9th-12th grade are eligible to participate in the program. Applying teams must lead their own project that will get girls in their communities physically active and submit a detailed essay describing the project.
AWARD: Twenty $2,500 grants will be awarded in recognition of the outstanding efforts of teams throughout the United States.
DEADLINE:  July 18, 2008

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Grassroots Activist Projects Funded
A.J. Muste Memorial Institute: General Grant Program

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS

SUMMARY: The purpose of the program is to provide states and localities with the resources and incentives to devise long-term comprehensive strategies for meeting the housing needs of low-income persons with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Grant recipients will measure client outcomes to assess how housing assistance creates or maintains stable housing, reduces risks of homelessness, and improves access to health care and other needed support. States, units of general local government, and nonprofit organizations interested in applying for funding under this grant program should carefully review the General Section and detailed information listed in this NOFA.
ELIGIBILITY: States and local governments, nonprofits that meet requirements. (see link for details)
AWARD: July 18, 2008 
DEADLINE: $8,000,000

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Grants Encourage Civic Involvement
Motorola Abraham Lincoln Grants Program

Indo-US Program on Maternal and Child Health and Human Development Research

SUMMARY: Through a cooperative program of maternal and child health and human development research, the Republic of India and the United States of America invite collaborative research projects involving U.S. and Indian investigators to enhance maternal and child health, disease prevention, product development and/or technology transfer. -The MCHDR program places specific emphasis on the need for more "translational" types of research intended to move beyond basic science and discovery to product development and delivery, and improved care for women, infants and children. An emphasis will also be placed on studies addressing social and behavioral factors affecting prevention, care, and treatment of disease/poor health in women, infants, and children.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits, governments, and others qualified applicants.  (See full list)
DEADLINE: July 30, 2008
 

     August Deadline    

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Funds for Community Programs
BJ’s Charitable Foundation

SUMMARY: The mission of BJ’s Charitable Foundation is the enhancement of community programs that benefit children and families in the locations served by BJ’s Clubs in several states, including Ohio. The majority of the Foundation giving is focused on nonprofit organizations that promote the safety, security, and well-being of children and families; support education and health programs; provide community service opportunities; and aid in hunger and disaster relief. DEADLINE: May 9 and August 8, 2008.

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Homeownership Programs Funded
Wells Fargo Housing Foundation

SUMMARY: The Wells Fargo Housing Foundation is committed to increasing homeownership through the development of affordable housing in communities throughout the United States. The Foundation’s Homeownership Grant Program offers support to nonprofit housing organizations that have demonstrated the ability to create homeownership opportunities for low- to moderate-income families. Grants are provided in the following categories: Construction/Rehab; Home Repairs; Education, Counseling, and Prevention; and Subsidies. Requests for construction or land acquisitions are not considered.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit housing organizations, including faith-based and community organizations.
DEADLINE: May 1 and August 1.

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Medications Development for Cannabis-Related Disorders (R01)

SUMMARY: Nearly one million people are seeking treatment for marijuana dependence every year and sufficient research has been carried out to confirm that the use of cannabis can produce serious physical and psychological consequences. Currently, there are no medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Cannabis-Related Disorders (CRDs).   Scientific advances are making possible the development of medications to treat CRDs. They include the discovery of an endogenous cannabinoid system with specific receptors and endogenous ligands, advances in the preclinical and human laboratory methods to study the effects of medications on CRD, and the availability of new compounds that target the cannabinoid system and marketed medications whose mechanisms of actions may have potential therapeutic effects for these disorders.
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits, governments, and others qualified applicants.  (See full list)
AWARD: 6 grants for a total of $3 million
DEADLINE: Letter of intent by August 11 and application is due September 10, 2008

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Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation Programs and Activities with Possible Mulitple Awards

ELIGIBILITY: US and non-US non-profit or for-profit non-govermental organizations (NGOs), International Organizations (IOs), and other qualified non-US Gove