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Dear Colleagues in Service,
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 The following grant and award opportunities may interest you. For more about YSA grants and awards, visit YSA.org/grants |
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Grants & Awards from Youth Service America
| Disney
Friends for Change
Grants
(Deadline: July
15)Disney's
Friends for Change grants encourage kids everywhere to take steps together with
their friends to help the planet. YSA will award 75 $500 grants to youth-led
service initiatives around the world that demonstrate youth leadership and the
commitment to making a positive impact on the environment. Eligible applicants
will be asked to implement their projects between September and November and to
connect their projects to International Coastal Cleanup Day, National Public
Lands Day (both September 25), or other environmentally-focused days of
service. Disney Friends for Change Grants are open to schools, organizations,
and individuals planning service projects. Applications submitted by younger
children aged 5-14 are especially welcome. The goal of the grant is to inspire
children to join their friends and families, schools, and communities to address
critical environmental needs as "friends for change" at the local, national,
and/or global levels. Grant applications are due Thursday, July 15, 2010. Learn
more at: www.YSA.org/grants/announcements/friendsforchange2010YSA will host two application training webinars, June 29 at 3:00 pm EST
and July 6, 12:00 pm EST, for youth mentors to learn more about
developing a successful service project. To register, please email sguy@ysa.org. STEMester
of Service
Grants
(Deadline: July 15)Youth Service America is accepting applications for the second year of
STEMester of Service. Funded by Learn and Serve America, a program of the
Corporation for National and Community Service, STEMester of Service
incorporates YSA's semester-long service-learning framework to engage educators
and students in addressing critical environmental needs and connecting them to
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curricula. YSA is seeking 10
middle schools with large populations of disadvantaged youth to join 20
returning STEMester of Service grantees. STEM schools must be located in one of
the 12 states with highest dropout rates (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware,
Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and
Washington). The $5,000 grant (that includes travel and training at YSA's Youth
Service Institute in Detroit in October) supports teachers as they engage local
partners and guide students in addressing local needs through planning and
implementing sustainable service projects that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day
(April 15-17, 2011). www.YSA.org/grants/stem 2011 Global Youth Service Day Lead Agency Grants (Deadline: July 15)Lead Agencies are local, regional, or statewide organizations across the United
States, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, or New Brunswick that
increase the scale, visibility, and impact of Global Youth Service Day by
leading GYSD in their city, region, or state. Lead Agencies convene a
planning coalition of at least 10 partner organizations that collectively engage
at least 600 youth volunteers in service on GYSD, engage local media and elected
officials, and plan a high profile signature project or celebration of
service. Lead Agencies receive a $2,000 GYSD planning grant sponsored by
State Farm Companies Foundation, travel support to attend the Youth Service
Institute, and ongoing training and technical assistance from Youth Service
America to ensure a successful Global Youth Service Day. Past Lead
Agencies have leveraged their position as a GYSD Lead Agency to strengthen their
programs, form new partnerships, expand their volunteer base, garner media
attention, gain support from local public officials, and secure additional
funding. Learn more
and access the application at: www.GYSD.org/content/2011GYSDleadagency |
U.S. Grants & Awards
| Best Buy @15 Community Grants (Deadline: July 1)Through the @15 Community Grants Program, Best Buy teams across the United States select non-profit organizations that provide positive experiences to help teens to excel in school, engage in their communities, and develop leadership skills. This year, Best Buy Children's Foundation will give $2 million through the Community Grants Program. Best Buy seeks applications from organizations that have current 501(c)(3) tax status and are serving a diverse population of young teens in the areas of learning, life skills, leadership or relationship development. Special consideration will be given to programs that: Serve a diverse population in local or regional communities; Build social, academic, leadership and/or life skills in early adolescents (primarily ages 13-18); Show positive results against a demonstrated community need; Reach at-risk children in working families. This is an annual grant program with applications accepted June 1-July 1, 2010. Maximum award: $10,000 www.easymatch.com/bestbuygrant/
Change for the
Children Grants (Deadline: July 15)DoSomething.org has
teamed up with The Jonas Brothers Change for the Children Foundation to award
project grants to individuals who are taking action in their communities across
the U.S. and Canada. Do you
have a sustainable community action project, program or idea that focuses on:
the Special Olympics, Diabetes Awareness, or Volunteerism? Then these are the
grants for you and your program! While projects that cover any cause are
eligible to apply, special focus will be given to these three causes (the Jonas
Brothers' causes!). Ten projects will receive $1,500 grants for their
projects or organizations. All of the winners will be featured on DoSomething.org
and ChangefortheChildren.org, and celebrated through various marketing
platforms. www.dosomething.org/grants/changeforthechildren AMA Foundation Healthy Living Grant Program (Deadline:
July 15 )The Healthy Living Grant Program, an initiative of the AMA Foundation, supports
grassroots public health projects that encourage healthy lifestyles in
communities across the nation. Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded in the
following three categories: Nutrition/Physical Fitness; Alcohol, Substance
Abuse, and Smoking Prevention; and Violence Prevention. Funded projects should
target underserved and/or at-risk youth between the ages of 2-21. Organizations
that have been in existence for at least one year and that have an annual
operating budget of $500,000 or less are eligible to apply. Application
guidelines and forms are available at: www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/about-ama/ama-foundation/our-programs/public-health/healthy-living-grants.shtmlWhyHunger: Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards
(Deadline: July 15)The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards program,
administered by WhyHunger, provides grants to community-based organizations
judged outstanding for their innovative approaches to fighting hunger and
poverty in the United States
by empowering people and building self-reliance. The awards honor those
organizations that help people improve their own lives and the communities in
which they live. Eligible organizations must offer program activities that go
beyond emergency food, shelter, and other types of assistance to address the
root causes of poverty. (Organizations providing only basic services will not
be considered.) In this grant cycle, ten organizations will receive awards of
up to $7,000. www.whyhunger.org/programs/grassroots-action-network/272.html 2010 LEGO® Smart™ Creativity Contest
(Pre-Registration Deadline: July 30)LEGO® Education is inviting K-12 teachers and
home educators from across the United
States to register as contestants for the
2010 LEGO® Smart™ Creativity Contest, challenging classrooms coast to coast to
become LEGO Smart! If you are a teacher, home educator, after-school program
director, or otherwise working with students (K-12) within the education field,
you are eligible to compete in this year's contest. The 2010 contest, including
prize information and contest rules, will be emailed to all pre-registered
contestants on Monday, August 2, 2010. Register at: www.legoeducation.us/about/item.aspx?art=3465&bhcp=1Sign
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International Grants & Awards
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Disney
Friends for Change
Grants
(Deadline: July
15)Disney's
Friends for Change grants encourage kids everywhere to take steps together with
their friends to help the planet. YSA will award 75 $500 grants to youth-led
service initiatives around the world that demonstrate youth leadership and the
commitment to making a positive impact on the environment. Eligible applicants
will be asked to implement their projects between September and November and to
connect their projects to International Coastal Cleanup Day, National Public
Lands Day (both September 25), or other environmentally-focused days of
service. Disney Friends for Change Grants are open to schools, organizations,
and individuals planning service projects. Applications submitted by younger
children aged 5-14 are especially welcome. The goal of the grant is to inspire
children to join their friends and families, schools, and communities to address
critical environmental needs as "friends for change" at the local, national,
and/or global levels. Grant applications are due Thursday, July 15, 2010. Learn
more at: www.YSA.org/grants/announcements/friendsforchange2010Peace Child International Be the
Change! Programme Grants (Application for Next Round of Grants Available July 21)Be The Change!" is a youth-led sustainable
development Action Programme related to the Millennium Development Goals which
aims to empower young people around the world to "be the change they want
to see in the world." The Be The Change! grants supports young people
under age 25 with projects that concentrate on the development of local
communities. The kind of projects supported are projects that are genuinely
youth-led, which benefit the community rather than an individual need, are
projects up to £500 with a detailed budget, have two experienced and committed
adults to mentor the project, have measures of achievement (indicators) by
which projects may be evaluated, and can be either income-generating (funds to
start up a small business and creating jobs) or it can be non-income generating
(for health, education, environmental clean-up or community improvement) social
programmes which are of genuine and lasting community value. www.peacechild.org/content.aspx?Group=ourwork&Page=ourwork_actionproj_bethechangeOpen Meadows Foundation Grants (Deadline: August 14)Open Meadows Foundation makes grants for projects that are led by and
benefit women and girls, particularly those from vulnerable
communities. Grants of up to $2,000 are available for projects that:
are designed and implemented by women and girls; promote building
community power; promote gender, racial, social, economic and/or
environmental justice; reflect the diversity of the community served;
and have limited financial access. Grants are made
to international organizations (based outside the U.S.), as well as
organizations/projects within the United States. All applicants must
provide evidence of nonprofit registration. The next application
deadline is August 14, 2010. www.openmeadows.orgSign
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Sincerely,
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