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Grant Opportunity from
Bank of America: Neighborhood Excellence Initiative
2007-08 Funding Opportunity Drive-In
Workshop Announcement
Florida DOE Releases Grant Applications
Grant Opportunity from NCFL
AT&T Excelerator Program Offers Technology
Grants for Nonprofit Orgs
Education Grants
Multiple grants
opportunities.
National Book Scholarship Fund
Literacy programs that need books and material to improve their
reading, writing, and English-as-a-second-language services to
adults and families are invited to submit grant applications to
ProLiteracy Worldwide’s National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF).
For additional information contact
Mara Roberts, project administrator, by phone at 315-422-9121,
ext. 345 or by email at
mroberts@proliteracy.org.
Adults with Disabilities
The goal of this grant is to provide adults with disabilities
and senior citizens the opportunity for enhancement of skills
that is consistent with their abilities and needs.
Florida’s
Family Literacy Initiative
This program has grants
that further family literacy programs statewide and
enhance accountability, two of the goals of the Volunteer
Florida Foundation.
High School Equivalency Program
The purpose of this program is
to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their children
obtain a General Education Diploma (GED) that meets the
guidelines for high school equivalency established by the state
in which the project is conducted and to gain employment or be
placed in an Institution of Higher Education or other
postsecondary education or training.
Funders
Able Trust
This trust offers grants for non-profits serving disabled adults.
Contact: 888.838.ABLE (toll-free in Florida ) 850.224.4493 Voice or TDD
Azadoutioun Foundation
Giving on a national basis with no
grants to individuals and no loans. The primary focus is on
education, especially adult education, basic skills and reading.
Giving is on a national basis. Funding ranges from $5000 - $50,000.
There is open funding with an application.
Contact :
Laurie A. LeBlanc E-mail:lleblan9498C@aol.com
Azadoutioun Foundation
C/o Gravestar
1 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02142
The application
address is:
10 Madison Ave.
Groveland, MA 01834
AT&T Wireless Corporate Giving
Program
AT&T Wireless Services Corporate Giving Program makes cash and
in-kind grants to nonprofit organizations in the communities the
company serves nationwide. Grants are made in the areas of
public safety, community education and lifelong learning, and
family communication.
AutoZone Community Relations
AutoZone supports programs and projects focused in the areas of
education, human services and civic endeavors including literacy
and English as a Second Language.
Bank of America Foundation
This foundation’s signature initiative helps create positive change in local communities. The Neighborhood Excellence initiative consists of three distinct programs in select markets: Neighborhood Builders, Local Heroes, and Student Leaders.
Contact: 800.218.9946
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family
Literacy
The goal of the national grant program is to develop and expand
family literacy efforts nationwide, and to support the
development of literacy programs that build families of readers.
For more information and to access the application on-line click
here
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Sponsorships and Charitable Donations
This business considers requests for national and local funding from non-profit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts, or education. Deadline: Ongoing
Contact: customerservice@bn.com 800.422.7717
Community Libraries in Caring
This program assists small, rural public libraries to improve library collections and services, improve adult and family literacy and develop the economic viability in targeted counties and communities.
Contact: 850.245.6620
Darden Restaurants
The Darden
Restaurants Foundation focuses its philanthropic giving on
education, social services and nutrition, arts and culture, and
the preservation of natural resources. They seek projects that
meet community needs where they operate and relate to Darden's
business interests. They also place special emphasis on
organizations at which our employees and retirees volunteer and
have a keen interest in supporting programs that promote
diversity, fairness and inclusiveness. Applications are accepted
on an ongoing basis.
Contact:
Foundation Administrator
Darden Restaurants Foundation
P.O. Box 593330
Orlando, FL 32859
Phone: 407 245-5213
Website:
www.dardenrestaurants.com/community/grant_request_form.html
The Displaced Homemaker Program
State funded program designed to address the job training and educational needs of Florida citizens who:
1) are 35 years of age or older;
2) have worked in the home providing unpaid household services for family members;
3) are not adequately employed (as determined by local Regional Workforce Board’s approved definition of self-sufficiency); will have difficulty securing adequate employment; and,
4) have been dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by such income, or have been dependent on federal assistance.
Contact: Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation
Gannett Foundation, Inc.
Established in
1991 in VA, this is a company-sponsored foundation.
Fields of interest include Adult education--literacy, basic
skills & GED; African Americans/Blacks; aging; community
development; disabled; economically disadvantaged; education;
education, reading; and Hispanics/Latinos. Support is on a
national and international basis.
Giving is limited
to organizations in communities served by a local daily Gannett
newspaper or TV broadcast station.
Contact:
Gannett Foundation
Irma Simpson, Mgr.
7950 Jones Branch Dr.
McLean , VA 22107
Telephone: (703) 854-6069
E-mail:
isimpson@gannett.com
Website:
www.gannettfoundation.org/APPFORMHOME.htm
The Garner Foundation, Inc.
Giving primarily
in FL and NC for educational, religious, and medical
organizations; support also for community and cultural
organizations with no support for political organizations and no
grants to individuals. There are no deadlines.
The initial
approach is by letter. An application form is not required.
Applicants should submit the following:
1) detailed description of project and amount of funding
requested
2) population served
3) descriptive literature about organization
4) copy of IRS Determination Letter
5) copy of most recent annual report/audited financial
statement/990.
Contact:
Gerald W. Moore, John M. Garner, and James W. Moore
The Garner Foundation, Inc.
333 N.E. 23rd St.
Miami , FL 33137
Florida’s
Family Literacy Initiative
The Florida's Family Literacy Initiative is managed by the
Volunteer Florida Foundation. VFF is a nonprofit, public-private
organization that serves as a catalyst and manager of programs
that further literacy and strengthen families.
H. Richard Davis and Estelle R.
Davis Family Foundation
Established in 1997, this is an
independent foundation with giving on a national basis, with
some emphasis on organizations headquartered in Washington, DC,
and FL. There are no grants to individuals.
Contact:
H. Richard Davis
9621 Triton Ct.
Boca Raton , FL 33434
Phone: (561) 487-3138
Jenesis Group
This funder invests in results oriented organizations with
annual budgets of $500,000 or less. Priorities include literacy
and career readiness and/or “life” skills development.
The Kresge Foundation
This foundation
offers national support for arts; environment; health care;
higher education; human services; humanities; public affairs;
science. building/renovation, capital campaigns, employee
matching gifts, equipment, land acquisition, matching/challenge
support.
They offer no support for religious organizations,
community colleges, private foundations, or elementary or secondary schools
unless they predominantly serve individuals with physical and/or
developmental disabilities. No grants to individuals, or for operating or
special project budgets, furnishings, conferences, seminars, church building
projects, endowment funds, student aid, scholarships, fellowships, research,
debt retirement, completed projects, or general purposes.
Application form
is required.
Contact:
John E. Marshall III, C.E.O. and Pres. Phone: (248) 643-9630
The Kresge Foundation
3215 W. Big Beaver Rd.
P.O. Box 3151
Troy , MI 48007-3151
Website:
www.kresge.org
Library Services and Technology Act Grants
This is a state-based program with a broad mandate to use technology to bring information to people in innovative and effective ways, and to assure that library service is accessible to all, especially those who have difficulty using the library.
Contact: 850.245.6620
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational
Foundation
The foundation considers large scale funding requests for
projects in the areas of education and community improvement.
Their stated education priority is in the area of trades
education at the community college level and projects and
programs benefiting primary education and utilizing products
Lowe’s sells.
Lumina Foundation: Helping People
Achieve Their Potential
Robert & Cheri Vanderweide
Foundation
Giving primarily
for Christian churches; giving also for education and human
services. Fields of interest include: Christian agencies &
churches; community development; education; federated giving
programs; human services; Protestant agencies & churches.
Types of support
include: annual campaigns, building/renovation, capital
campaigns, continuing support, general/operating support,
matching/challenge support, program development, and seed money.
Giving primarily in west MI and central FL, there are no grants
to individuals.
Contact:
Suzanne C. Vanderweide, Pres., and Robert Vanderweide, V.P
Phone: (616) 643-4700
Application address: 126 Ottawa N.W., Ste. 500 , Grand Rapids ,
MI 4950
SBC Foundation Excelerator Grants
Focusing on technology projects in education, community
development, health and human services and arts and culture.
Seven-Eleven Community Outreach
Programs
7-Eleven concentrates available resources on specific areas of
interest so that the company's participation will make a
difference. Education is our signature cause, specifically
programs that assist adolescents and adults (ages 14 and above).
Staples Foundation for Learning
This foundation provides funding to programs that support or
provide job skills and/or education for people with special
emphasis on disadvantaged youth. Applications for funding are
reviewed quarterly.
Singing for Change/Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville
Grant priorities include programs serving groups of people
marginalized in society because of low levels of skill,
education and income. Grants range from $500-$10,000.
UPS Foundation
The foundation supports programs which provide education and employment skills to undereducated adults and their families to equip them with the tools to succeed in their communities, schools and workplaces.
Contact: community@ups.com
The Wachovia Foundation
This foundation’s priorities include work force development,
financial literacy/empowerment and the elimination of the pre-K
- 12 "achievement gap" in education.
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart funds local education initiatives.
Contact: All requests for funding must be directed to the Community Involvement Coordinator at your local Wal-Mart store.
For more information about the Wal-Mart Foundation, call 800.530.9925.
The Walt Disney Company
This company focuses much of its charitable giving in the
geographical regions where the majority of their Cast Members
work and live. Charitable contributions are coordinated through
the Community Relations offices at the main business sites of
the Company.
Verizon Foundation
Verizon Foundation supports programs that create innovative
eSolutions, help bridge the digital divide, foster basic and
computer literacy, help enrich our communities, and create a
skilled workforce. One of the Foundation’s funding priorities is
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