 Internet Resources for Grant Seekers
There are several internet resources available for grant seekers. Two of the largest are Grantstation and Foundation Center. When you become a member, you can access a database of foundations and grants, both local and nationwide. There are also other services for non-members, including an email newsletter.
Benton Foundation Launches New Online Resource for Nonprofits
The Benton Foundation has redesigned its Best Practices Toolkit to "Strategic Communications in the Digital Age", which can be found at the Benton website. Aimed at nonprofit leaders, funders and technical assistance providers to the nonprofit sector, the site tracks current trends and practices in nonprofit use of digital media and serves as a guide for designing, funding, implementing, and evaluating an effective communications technology strategy. It is also a place for nonprofits to share with others mutual challenges of planning and implementing communications projects.
Also included for the funders is information on trends in communications funding, the impact of technology on nonprofit mission, and tips for evaluating proposals.
Contact Information:
Maria Finison
Benton Foundation Project Associate
Email: Associatemaria@benton.org
Tel: 202.237.9013
RadioShack Neighborhood Answers Grant Program
The RadioShack Corporation is now accepting applications for its Neighborhood Answers Grant Program on a year-round basis. The program is intended to provide funding for organizations that help families protect children from abduction, violence, and abuse. To be considered for a grant, the applicant must be a tax-exempt nonprofit organization designated by the IRS as a 501(c)(3). Requests should be keep to a maximum value of $500. Grants shall be awarded in February, May, August, and November. Visit RadioShack's website at http://www.radioshackcorporation.com/cr/contrib_program.shtml for more information.
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Young Children: Priority One
Kiwanis International recently developed and adopted a program entitled Young Children: Priority One, focusing on children five years old and under. The national leadership at Kiwanis is very enthusiastic about this program, and encourages child advocacy programs to solicit the assistance of local Kiwanis clubs. Visit the Kiwanis International website for more information at http://www.kiwanis.org/ or call 800.549.2647 ext. 212.
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Helping Outreach Programs to Expand Grant Program
Through meeting with crime victims and victim advocates, the Office for Victims of Crime learned of the existence of a growing number of nonprofit, community-based victim organizations that are still independent of mainstream victim service programs, and which do not have traditional funding opportunities for services, outreach, and networking. To the end of enabling such organizations to improve their outreach and victim services, the Office for Victims of Crime will award grants of up to $5,000 that may be used for developing brochures, advocate training, creating newsletters, supporting outreach efforts, and volunteer recruitment. Visit the Office for Victims of Crime website for more information at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/expandingoutreach/welcome.html or call 202.307.5983.
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National Center for Rural Law Enforcement Internet Project
The National Center for Rural Law Enforcement (NCRLE) and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) are providing FREE Internet access at no cost to rural law enforcement agencies. Not only does this project provide Internet access, it also provides an electronic information resource center and promotes information sharing among law enforcement agencies by use of e-mail. A fully operational help desk provides technical assistance to agencies on-line and to agencies applying for grant funding through the Department of Justice.
For more information please visit the BJA website.
GrantStation's Grantseeker's Toolkit
GrantStation provides nonprofit organizations with current sources of grant money. Developed and tested by fundraising professionals, GrantStation is also the only tool of its kind which teaches these organizations through its ongoing research dedicated to discovering the best methods with which funds may best be secured. A major feature of GrantStation is its Grantseeker's Toolkit.
The Toolkit includes:
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Common Grant Forms - Speed up the grant process by having the right forms at your fingertips. |
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The GrantStation Insider - the weekly e-Newsletter provides you with grantseeking opportunities delivered right to your desktop. You'll receive the latest information on new funding programs, upcoming deadlines, conferences, seminars, and vital information for successful grantseekers. |
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Government Deadlines - Produced exclusively for Members and sorted by deadline date, the Government Deadlines page offers detailed program, contact, and application information on numerous federal grant opportunities. |
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Grant Resources - Handpicked websites that GrantStation recommends for new ideas and information including federal, state-specific, and international sites, as well as general philanthropic sites that post current RFPs and funding priorities. |
To order the toolkit visit Techsoup.org.
Hasbro Children's Foundation Announces Funding Guidelines
The Hasbro Children's Foundation, a philanthropic program of the toy and game manufacturer Hasbro, is dedicated to ensuring the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of children from birth to age twelve, as well as their families through supporting innovative, direct-service health, medicine, and social service programs. Grant deadlines are rolling.
Hasbro Children's Foundation provides three kinds of direct-service funding:
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Innovative Programs with Local Impact - Small grants are available to direct-service programs that meet a need of disadvantaged children in a local community in an innovative way. Funding can be sought to seed a new program component, or help make an existing program more efficient or effective. |
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National Replication/Adaptation/Expansion of Innovations - Larger and sometimes multi-year grants are available for direct service programs that have the ability to bring their successful programs to other communities. Funding can be sought for the process of growing a program that supports disadvantaged children and families to multiple sites. |
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Innovative Programs with National Impact - Seed grants are available for programs that propose to meet the needs of vulnerable children and their families in a new way and have the potential for improving the quality of life for these children in every community across the nation. Grant size in this category ranges widely. |
For complete funding guidelines, application procedures, and examples of funded programs please visit the Hasbro Children's Foundation's website.
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WHO Foundation Offers Funding to Grassroots Charities Serving Women and Children
The Women Helping Others Foundation provides funding to grassroots charities serving the overlooked needs of women and children in the United States and Puerto Rico.
The foundation's priorities include specific projects and programs addressing health, education, and social service needs. Recognizing the value of new programs created to respond to changing needs, the foundation will consider funding projects of an original or pioneering nature within an existing organization.
The majority of grants range from $2,500 to $15,000. To be eligible for funding, an applicant organization must have 501(c)(3) nonprofit status through the US Internal Revenue Service and be qualified to receive deductible charitable contributions. Applications for 2004 will be accepted until September 16, 2003.
For more information please visit the WHO Foundation's website.
Progressive Technology Project to Award Organizing Technology Grants
The Progressive Technology Project's Organizing Technology Grants Program awards ten to fifteen grants of up to $10,000 each to support the use of technology by grassroots organizing groups to advance specific aspects of their community organizing efforts. Funds may be used for training, technical support, consulting, needs assessment, planning, hardware and software, application design, and system setup.
The program is intended to help grassroots groups strengthen their organizing efforts through appropriate use of technology. More than just purchasing equipment, funds should be used to apply technology in ways that increase the groups' ability to achieve social change ends.
Applicants must be nonprofit, community-based organizations with 501(c)(3) status, or be sponsored by such an organization. The application deadline is August 29, 2003.
For more information please visit the Progressive Technology Project's website.
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Open Society Institute to Support Advocacy Work of Physicians
To inspire the medical profession to greater participation in the civil society, service to the community, and active engagement in on behalf of the public interest, the program on Medicine as a Profession of the Open Society Institute has established the Soros Advocacy Fellowship for Physicians.
The fellowship is designed to enable physicians to exercise their advocacy skills through collaboration with US-based advocacy organizations. The fellowship also will enable physicians to develop and implement new approaches that further the missions of those advocacy organizations. These approaches will health or service delivery, or such issues as racism, violence, environmental hazards, education, etc. Projects must be focused within the US, and should identify system or policy-level changes as their ultimate outcomes.
Ten fellows will be selected per year with a fellowship period of 12 to 24 months, with a minimum commitment of 50% of their time. Awards range from $40,000 to $80,000 in salary support, plus fringe benefits. Applicants must apply with the backing of advocacy organizations willing to house, mentor, or support them throughout the fellowship period. The application deadline is January 21, 2004.
For more information please visit the Open Society Institute's website.
With Arms Wide Open Foundation
The With Arms Wide Open Foundation seeks to ensure health, nurturing bonds between children and their parents by funding existing service providers and identifying and addressing service gap areas. The Foundation's intent is to raise public awareness of the importance of healthy parent-child relationships. Grants are made to nonprofit organizations that focus on education, public policy, and judicial action. The Foundation also supports organizations that provide assistance to poor and low-income families, and organizations that offer services to families in crisis. Applications are accepted from nonprofit organizations located throughout the United States, and requests are reviewed three times per year.
For more information please visit the With Arms Wide Open Foundation's website.
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