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Read on to learn more about recent grant
listings and requests for proposals and other opportunities
for your Clubs.
IHBG (Indian Housing Block Grant) Bond Financing Alternative
Tribes are eligible for a new opportunity through HUD IHBG funds. The program provides for tribes to issue long-term low interest bonds utilizing a portion of their HUD/IHBG grant proceeds as a security for the debt service. HUD guarantees the bonds using their creditworthiness instead of the tribe’s. The program allows for tribes to complete large construction projects on a much faster time scale with low cost funding. This opportunity will make it more realistic for tribes to accomplish construction of large projects during one grant period.
Click here for a list of Frequently Asked Questions.
American Honda Foundation
The American Honda Foundation is offering a grant for non-profits and educational institutions to fund youth-related projects in the fields of youth and science education. Founded in 1984, this organization provides grants to organizations that are focused on educating youth. The American Honda Foundation has awarded over $20 million in grants.
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Amount: $40,000 to $80,000
Deadlines: May 1, August 1, November 1, February 1
Mazda Foundation
The Mazda Foundation awards grants to programs promoting education, literacy and cross-cultural understanding. Applications are now being accepted! Click here for more information.
Deadline: July 1, 2008
Amount: About $400,000 is distributed annually
Tiger Woods Foundation
Tiger Woods Foundation grants focus on providing opportunities to underserved youth, ages 5-17. The average grant range is between $2,500 and $25,000. The following are approved programmatic areas of funding: Education, Youth Development, and Geographic Focus. Deadline: February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants are designed to fund one-time-only service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community. Projects must contain a “pay it forward” focus – that is, they must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially – to be considered in the grant making process. Mini-Grants of up to $500 are available for projects on a one-time-only basis. Deadline: January 15, April 15, and October 15
Lego Systems Establishes Lego Children's Fund to Support Youth Creativity Programs
Lego Systems Inc., the Americas (North America and Latin America) division of the Lego Group, has announced the formation of the Lego Children's Fund, a nonprofit foundation established to support organizations and programs dedicated to inspiring and encouraging youth creativity, thereby improving their quality of life and preparing them for the future.
The fund will make cash grants to nonprofit organizations in the United States with programs dedicated to a child's exploration of creativity that cater to children ages birth to 14, with priority consideration for disadvantaged or at-risk youth. The fund's cash grants will generally range between $500 and $5,000 each. Additionally, the fund aims to make one $100,000 grant per year to a single organization identified and selected by the fund's board of directors.
The fund will award grants to qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations including educational organizations with specific, identifiable needs primarily in these areas of support: early childhood education and development; technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities; and sport or athletic programs that concentrate on underserved youth.
The fund will provide grants quarterly: February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1.
Grant program guidelines and applications are the available at the Lego Children's Fund Web site.
Literacy for the 21st Century
Starbucks Foundation Grants fund programs for youth, ages 6-18, that integrate literacy with personal and civic action in the communities where they live. The Starbucks Foundation invites letters of inquiry from qualifying 501 (c) 3 organizations that work with underserved youth in the fields of literacy (reading, writing and creative/media arts) and environmental literacy. Grants range from $5,000-$20,000. Deadline: September 1 and March 1, annually (Letters of Inquiry) CLICK HERE for more information.
Outdoor Classroom Grant Program
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper and National Geographic Explorer! Magazine have teamed up to create an outdoor classroom grant program. The program’s focus is to engage students in hands-on natural science experiences and allow enrichment opportunities across the core curriculum. All K-12 public schools in the United States are welcome to apply.
This school year, the program will award grants up to $2,000 to at least 100 schools. In some cases, grants of up to $20,000 can be awarded to schools or school districts with major outdoor classroom projects. Please click here for more information.
Support for Native Grassroot Causes
Seva's Native American Funding Programs support local grassroots
partnerships with Native American Peoples who have devised
their own solutions in spiritual and cultural beliefs renewal,
health and wellness renewal, environmental protection and
restoration, and a variety of other areas. Small Grants are
offered for programs that may otherwise be overlooked by larger
foundations while the Continuing Grants Fund supplies three
consecutive years of funding to assist in the development
of organizational sustainability. Applications are accepted
year-round. More information is available on Seva's website.
From www.BGCA.net
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best practices.
Support for Job Skill and Education
The mission of Staples Foundation for Learning is to provide
funding to programs that support or provide job skills and/or
education for all people, with special emphasis on disadvantaged
youth. Guided by this mission, the Foundation seeks to support
causes that teach, train and inspire people from all walks
of life and diverse backgrounds. Grant decisions are made
on a quarterly basis - visit their website
for application deadlines.
Concern for High Risk Youth
Tony Hawk Foundation
The Tony Hawk Foundation was established to promote and provide
funds for high-quality public skateboard parks throughout
the United States. Preference is given to parks that are in
low-income areas, or areas with a large population of at-risk
youth. The Foundation gives priority to grassroots organizations.
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for further information.
Indian Community Development Block Grant Program (ICDBG)
Applications for HUD’s Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages are now available. Tribes and tribal organizations are eligible to apply and funds may be used to build new community facilities such as a Boys & Girls Club. Up to 15% of the total grant may be set aside for public service activities like youth development/crime prevention programming offered by the Club.
Region/Award Ceilings:
Alaska $600,000
Eastern Woodlands $600,000
Southern Plains $800,000
Northern Plains $900,000-$1,100,000
Southwest $605,000-$5,500,000
Northwest $500,000
For more information, click here.
The LEGO Children’s Fund
The LEGO Children’s Fund will provide quarterly grants for programs focused on early childhood education and development, technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities and sports or athletic programs that concentrate on underserved youth.
Deadline: Quarterly Amount: $500 - $5,000
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