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Here are the past four weekly bulletins. We only archive four at a time because the grant deadlines expire, and we believe in providing the latest information! Be sure to get your free account if you would like the new bulletins delivered directly to your e-mail each week!
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July 3, 2008
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We hope you are continuing to enjoy the Grant Gopher services! Please feel free to let us know if there is anything we can do to help you!
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Grantor Name: Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
Phone: 202-955-6183
Mailing Address:
120 15th Street NW
Suite 420
Washington, DC 20005
Email: krichardson@cfncr.org
Website: www.barbarabushfoundation.com
Program: Education
State: National
Maximum Grant Amount: $65,000
Deadline: September 5, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is pleased to announce our 2009 national grant competition. The Foundation's grant-making program seeks to develop or expand projects that are designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers and their children. A total of approximately $650,000 will be awarded; no grant request should exceed $65,000.
In order to be considered eligible for a grant, an organization must meet the following criteria:
* the organization must have current non-profit or public status and have been in existence for two or more years as of the date of the application;
* the organization must have maintained fiscal accountability;
* the organization must operate an instructional literacy program that has been in existence for at least 2 years and includes one or more of the following components: literacy for adults, parent education, pre-literacy or literacy instruction for children pre-k to grade 3, and intergenerational literacy activities (Parent and Child Together time or P.A.C.T. time).
Your completed application package, one original and one copy, should be mailed directly to the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy at the address listed in the application packet. The application package must be received by the close of business, September 5, 2008. No exceptions will be made. Please note that no supporting documentation or letters of endorsement will be accepted under separate cover or at a later date. Due to the length of the application, faxed material will not be sent or accepted.
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Grantor Name: Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
Contact Name: Rob Bell
Phone: 828-298-5330, ext. 308
Mailing Address:
Grants Program
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
195 Hemphill Knob Road
Asheville, NC 28803
Email: rob@blueridgeheritage.com
Website: www.blueridgeheritage.com
Program: Arts, Culture and Humanities including Library, Museum and Historical Society Grants, Community Improvement, Capacity Building
State: North Carolina
Maximum Grant Amount: $35,000
Deadline: October 1, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area has announced its 2008 Heritage Grants program, which will provide funding for projects that preserve and promote the heritage of Western North Carolina.
Grants will be targeted toward preservation, interpretation and marketing projects that focus on the region's agricultural, Cherokee, craft, music and natural heritage.
The total pool of funding for the 2008 grant cycle is $350,000, and grant awards will be $1,000 to $35,000. Applicants must provide at least an equal match.
Nonprofit organizations, academic institutions and units of state, local and federally recognized tribal governments are eligible to apply. Projects must be located in the 25-county region of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area or the Qualla Boundary. The 25 counties are: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey.
Funds for the grants program are provided by the federal government through the National Park Service.
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Grantor Name: City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii
Contact Name: Eric Stoetzer
Phone: 808-768-3933
Website: www.honolulu.gov
Program: Community Improvement, Capacity Building, Housing, Shelter
State: Hawaii
Maximum Grant Amount: not specified
Deadline: August 29, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
The City and County of Honolulu, through its Department of Budget and Fiscal Services (City), is requesting proposals from qualified private nonprofit agencies and governmental agencies of the City and County of Honolulu for federal funding from the City's CDBG and HOME Programs for Fiscal Year 2010.
The City anticipates that it will receive approximately $8 million in CDBG funds and $3.5 million in HOME funds to award to Agencies in Fiscal Year 2010. The City does not guarantee these amounts and does not guarantee that any funds will be available at all. The City is seeking projects that will enable it to achieve the goals and objectives published in its Final Consolidated Plan for Fiscal Years 2006-2010.
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Grantor Name: Epilepsy Therapy Project
Email: grants@epilepsytherapyproject.org
Website: www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy_therapy_project
Program: Diseases, Disorders, Medical Disciplines, Health, Medical Research
State: National
Maximum Grant Amount: $100,000
Deadline: August 1, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
The Epilepsy Therapy Project offers 1:1 matching grants of up to $100,000 to academic and commercial entities to support the commercialization of novel approaches to the treatment of epilepsy. These matching funds seek to leverage other resources, and accelerate the pace of therapeutic advance. Proposals will be evaluated by our Scientific Advisory Board together with our Business Advisory Board. We seek to fund discrete steps along the commercial pathway that if successful will enable a project to gain further funding.
We welcome a broad span of proposals. Examples of the kind of work we would hope to support include: pre-clinical evaluation and testing of compounds or devices with novel mechanisms of action; and early clinical proof-of-principal trials of compounds or devices. Below are some specific project areas identified by our SAB, which illustrate the scope of our interests:
Directing a promising therapy towards epilepsy as a clinical pathway for regulatory approval. One example of this is work our founders have done with Cognetix, a Utah-based early stage drug development company utilizing conopeptides. While the company's compound had a number of potential therapeutic uses, the company chose to direct the initial clinical focus for its drug towards epilepsy.
Proof-of-principle trials, where a potentially valuable therapy is introduced to selected patients at leading epilepsy centers, under the close watch of leading epileptologists. A case here would be the use of a magnetic stimulation device therapy, which is being carried out in select leading epilepsy centers.
Helping to commercialize promising new epilepsy assays, which offer the ability to identify different targets using different mechanisms of action. An example here would be UCB Pharma's levetiracetam (Keppra), a new drug that failed earlier assays, but showed promise when screened with more recent assays.
Related to the previous example, we are exploring other promising compounds that have failed earlier assays, but may nonetheless offer value if screened against newer, better assays. While we cannot provide the funds necessary to carry a drug through clinical trials, our funds can help reduce risks in the pre-clinical stage, making subsequent clinical development more feasible. Armed with appropriate pre-clinical data, we can then introduce promising compounds to other investment capital sources for further funding and development.
Preference will be given to proposals that already have a commercial partner engaged to assist with development and to proposals that have committed or matched funding from the sponsoring institution, commercial partner or other third party source.
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Grantor Name: Explore Minnesota Tourism
Website: www.industry.exploreminnesota.com
Program: Community Improvement, Capacity Building ,Employment, Job Related and Business Grants
State: Minnesota
Maximum Grant Amount: $12,000
Deadline: October 1, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
Organizational partnership grants are designed to support the mission and goals of Explore Minnesota Tourism which are to promote and facilitate increased travel to and within the state of Minnesota.
The goals of Explore Minnesota Tourism are to:
· Increase the number of resident and nonresident travelers to our state.
· Grow travel related sales and employment in Minnesota.
· Generate increased sales tax revenue from travel related industries.
· Develop industry partnerships to expand marketing reach.
Minnesota nonprofit organizations formed for the primary purpose of tourism promotion or having tourism marketing as a major component of their programming are eligible to apply. This includes a statewide organization representing a single facet of the travel industry or a local organization representing all facets of the travel industry designated as the primary tourism promotion organization for a city or community, with the ability to accommodate the market segment being targeted. If more than one organization applies from the same city or community, requestors must work out which organization is eligible for funding. Native American tribes are eligible for projects focusing on Native American cultural heritage tourism.
All organizational partnership projects are required to match state funds awarded under the grant program with their own funds in the following formula: at least 60% of the total project cost for each line item is contributed by the organization, up to 40% of the total project costs are paid through the partnership grant process.
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Grantor Name: Global Security Challenge
Email: entryqueries@globalsecuritychallenge.com
Website: www.globalsecuritychallenge.com
Program: Crime, Legal Related, International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security, Public Safety
State: National
Maximum Grant Amount: $500,000
Deadline: July 31, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
This year's new "Best Security Idea" competition of the Global Security Challenge is open for entries.
The purpose of this annual competition is to help young startups and ideas succeed in the security field. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to get your ideas in front of investors, media, government and industry leaders.
The winners of the this year's Challenge will receive:
* $500,000 cash-grant to be used to further develop your startup company. Grant is sponsored by TSWG of US Government
* $10,000 cash-grant for the best Crowded-Places Idea, sponsored by Secure Futures Ltd.
* $10,000 cash award for the best Security Idea, sponsored by Accenture
* Mentorship by leading venture capitalists, such as Siemens Venture Capital
* Unparalleled networking opportunity with government officials and industry leaders
This competition seeks to uncover the creative capabilities of innovators in universities and infant companies that apply to public security needs. This includes software or hardware solutions that help (a) protect people, critical infrastructure, facilities and data/electronic systems against terrorist or other criminal attacks and natural disasters or (b) help governments, businesses and communities defend against, cope with or recover from such incidents.
Examples of the areas of interest are (but are not limited to) biometrics, detection sensors, network security, data storage, video surveillance, RFID, data-mining SW, biotechnologies, and search software.
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Grantor Name: Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Contact Name: Jo Grandel
Phone: 317-232-8910
Mailing Address:
Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Indiana Main Street
Downtown Enhancement Grant
One North Capitol, Suite 600
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Email: jgrandel@orca.IN.gov
Website: www.in.gov/ocra
Program: Community Improvement, Capacity Building, Employment, Job Related and Business Grants
State: Indiana
Maximum Grant Amount: $20,000
Deadline: August 1, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
Area communities participating in the Indiana Main Street program have until Aug. 1 to file applications for a new round of Downtown Enhancement Grants.
Grant requests up to $20,000 will be considered if proposals support and promote community-based planning, marketing and restoration efforts.
Projects that may qualify for funding include promotional campaigns, program branding, facade restorations or rehabilitations and creating revolving loan funds for specific Main Street activities.
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Grantor Name: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Contact Name: Liza Green
Mailing Address:
Fund for Creative Communities
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
125 Maiden Lane, Second Floor
New York, NY 10038
Website: www.lmcc.net
Program: Arts, Culture and Humanities including Library, Museum and Historical Society Grants
State: New York
Maximum Grant Amount: $5,000
Deadline: September 23, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
The Fund for Creative Communities supports small and midsized non-profit organizations that provide high-quality local arts programs. The Fund also seeks to increase access to arts and cultural activities in neighborhoods throughout Manhattan and to encourage new arts activities in communities where the need exists.
Grants, ranging from $500 to $5,000, are awarded to non-profit organizations and to artists applying through a fiscal sponsor. Through The Fund, LMCC awards approximately $250,000 each year. The most recent cycle awarded 70 grants.
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Grantor Name: Marion Community Foundation
Phone: 740-387-9704
Mailing Address:
504 South State Street
Marion, OH 43302
Website: www.marioncommunityfoundation.org
Program: Crime, Legal Related, Diseases, Disorders, Medical Disciplines, Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition, Health, Human Services - Multipurpose and Other, Youth Development
State: Ohio
Maximum Grant Amount: not specified
Deadline: July 30, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
The 2008 grant cycle is in progress at Marion Community Foundation, and applications are now available giving non-profit organizations in Marion County have potential access to more than $350,000 in grant funds.
The foundation has many areas of interest, be sure to review the guidelines thoroughly.
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Grantor Name: Turning Technologies
Contact Name: Angela Battles
Phone: 330-259-7608
Email: abattles@turningtechnologies.com
Website: www.turningtechnologies.com
Program: Education
State: National
Maximum Grant Amount: not specified
Deadline: September 15, 2008
Go directly to guidelines and application
Turning Technologies, LLC, a leader in the audience response industry, today announced the beginning of the Turning Technologies' K-12 Grant Program which will provide TurningPoint® Student Response Systems to 15 K-12 classrooms across the US.
The purpose of the Turning Technologies' K-12 Grant Program is to increase awareness and usage of student response systems in K-12 classrooms. The grant is open to all accredited, public and private K-12 educators within the US including charter schools and is distributed on a competitive basis. Grant applications will be available online starting June 26, 2008 and will close September 15, 2008.
Selected applicants will receive a TurningPoint Student Response System which includes:
· TurningPoint 2008: interactive PowerPoint software
· 32 Wireless RF ResponseCards
· ResponseWare Web: Our new web-based polling application
· USB-based response RF Receiver
· ResponseCard AnyWhere Receiver: Handheld RF Receiver with LCD display
· TurningPoint® AnyWhere: Poll with any computer application
· QuestionPoint: 30,000 state-aligned questions
· One Year Building License to VantagePoint: Web-based analytics application
· Compact carrying case or binder with color-coded QuickCard and Quick Start Guide to facilitate set up
Grant recipients will be contacted and announced September 30, 2008. Upon receipt of the student response system, educators will work with Turning to share best practices, lesson plans and other materials that will facilitate further discussion and integration of response technology in K-12 classrooms.
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Teachers in Lafayette Parish are getting some bad news. Tuition exemption grants for their continued education have been cut by the state. The program was slashed by 40 percent. Many believe it could have a negative impact on education.
Mother of three, Shauna Leblanc is struggling to figure out how she's going to further her education after getting this letter. "Somebody at the state office decided they were gonna cut that funding by a million dollars, no warning, they didn't even tell us it was a possibility." says Leblanc.
Leblanc is one of thousands of teachers affected by sudden state cuts in the "local teacher quality block grant" program. A program that pays tuition for courses teachers need to become better in their field.
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Barack Obama's surprise declaration of support for the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives means that a pet project of President George W. Bush could live on despite signs that it had lost its momentum.
Obama said last week that not only would he continue Bush's program, but that he would expand it to direct more federal money to religious groups.
The announcement by the Democrats' presumptive nominee was met by suggestions that he was merely trying to curry favor with religious voters, a segment of the electorate in which he has failed thus far to carve inroads. Four years ago, Democratic nominee John Kerry captured just 22 percent of the white evangelical vote.
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The criminal case that brought former California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's political career to an abrupt halt more than three years ago is scheduled for trial today, as federal prosecutors attempt to prove mail fraud and witness tampering charges against his onetime fundraiser Julie Lee.
While the case dashed the lofty aspirations of Shelley - once considered a potential senator, mayor or governor - and took a long time to get to trial, the allegations against Lee are straightforward.
Prosecutors have charged her with four counts of mail fraud and three counts of witness tampering for fraudulently obtaining state grant funds and illegally funneling some of it to Shelley's 2002 election campaign - and then covering it up.
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