| GRANTS ALERT July 18, 2013 Volume 20, No. 28 Circulation: 42,000 | | |
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ABC Summer of Service Awards |
ABC, in partnership with Youth Service America, is calling on young change-makers to apply for an ABC Summer of Service Award.
The ABC Summer of Service Awards recognize young people who are creating positive change through volunteering and service. Winners receive a $1,000 award to help make a lasting, positive change in the world. Young change-makers, ages 5-18, who live in and around ABC-affiliate communities are eligible to apply by midnight on September 1, 2013. Visit www.YSA.org/ABC | | Connect with YSA 
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Grants & AwardS FROM YSA PARTNERS | | World Summit Youth AwardDeadline: July 30The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is a global contest to bring together young innovators who are creating digital content through mobile and Internet technology to put the UN's Millennium Development Goals into action. If you are working towards social good, then this is your chance to be recognized! Winners will be invited to the WSYA Winners´ Event in Colombo, Sri Lanka (October 24-26)! (Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for the winners.) http://bit.ly/M28wrv | NBCUniversal Foundation 21st Century Solutions GrantsDeadline: July 31The program is looking for high-impact, innovative programs in the areas of Arts and Media, Community Development, Civic Engagement, Education, Environment, Jobs and Economic Empowerment, and Technology and Innovation. Qualifying 501(c)3 organizations within the viewing area of NBC affiliates in these cities are eligible: Bay Area, Chicago, Connecticut, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Washington, DC. One local organization and two runners-up will be awarded grants in each city. http://bit.ly/13n74ZW | | Home Depot Community Impact GrantsDeadline: August 13Grants, up to $5,000, are available to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are given in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services. Priority will be given to volunteer projects that serve veterans and their families, whether that's repairing homes or improving facilities and/or that involve veterans volunteering to help other veterans. http://bit.ly/Me5GzA | Open Meadows Foundation GrantsDeadline: August 15The Open Meadows Foundation offers grants up to $2,000 to projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls, reflect the diversity of the community served, promote building community power, promote racial, social, economic and environmental justice, and have limited financial access, or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding. Small and start-up organizations are strongly encouraged to apply. (Organizational budget should not exceed $150,000.) http://bit.ly/1a99Tk3 | | Ben & Jerry's Foundation Grassroots Organizing for Social Change ProgramDeadline: September 13The Grassroots Organizing for Social Change Program supports non-profit grassroots, constituent-led organizations across the country that are using direct action, grassroots community-organizing strategies to accomplish their goals. Proposals should align with the Foundation's broad interests in social justice, environmental justice and sustainable food systems. The process starts with the Letter of Interest (LOI). They fund organizations with budgets of $500,000 or less. Grant awards are up to $20,000 for a one-year period. http://bit.ly/14iYptl | Campus Engagement, Civic Development Project Grants Deadline: September 15Bringing Theory to Practice Project is accepting proposals from universities and colleges in the United States for projects aimed promoting the nexus of engaged learning, civic engagement, and psychosocial well-being among college and university students. Types of grants include:
A) Seminar grants of up to $1,000 for projects that bring together diverse members of the campus community to discuss the civic mission of the institution and how that mission can be achieved.
B) Program Development grants of up to $10,000 to enhance or extend a program that promotes engaged learning, civic engagement, and the psychosocial well-being of students. http://bit.ly/13eItnv | | Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! GrantsDeadline: September 30Do you have an idea for a school/community native plant garden, a forest improvement project, a streamside restoration plan, a recycling program, or energy conservation project for your students? Need funds to implement it? Apply for a Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! grant. Grants are available in two award levels: 1) the popular and traditional GreenWorks! grants up to a maximum of $1,000 and 2) GreenWorks! grants up to $3,000 for registered PLT GreenSchools! (free online registration). http://bit.ly/13BDBHt | Captain Planet Foundation GrantsDeadline: September 30The Captain Planet Foundation primarily makes grants to U.S.-based schools and organizations with an annual operating budget of less than $3 million. Grants are made for activities that promote and support high-quality educational programs that enable children and youth to understand and appreciate our world through learning experiences that engage them in active, hands-on projects to improve the environment in their schools and communities. Preferential consideration is given to requests seeking seed funding of $500 or less and to applicants who have secured at least 50% matching or in-kind funding for their projects. http://bit.ly/y1tPpz | | Lowe's Toolbox for EducationDeadline: October 15For the 2013-14 school year, the Lowe's will give priority to meeting basic necessities, with a preference for funding requests that have a permanent impact, such as facility enhancement (both indoor and outdoor) as well as landscaping/cleanup projects. Any individual public K-12 school or non-profit parent group associated with that public K-12 school is eligible to apply. The requested grant amount must be between $2,000 and $5,000. The deadline is October 15; however, if 1,500 applications are received before the application deadline, then the application process will close. http://bit.ly/195qDKm | Spirit of Innovation ChallengeDeadline: October 24The Spirit of Innovation Challenge provides an opportunity for teams of students to create commercially viable products or services to address issues of global sustainability for the benefit of humanity. This annual competition is free and available to students, ages 13-18, from around the world. Beginning Aug. 22, teens are invited to "Get Your Genius On" in the Conrad Foundation's Spirit of Innovation Challenge. Teams from afterschool programs, science clubs, homeschool organizations and charter schools are also encouraged to participate. Deadline for the 2013-2014 one-page abstract qualification round is October 24. http://bit.ly/15281qt | | Funds for Fuel Up to Play 60Deadline: November 1Up to $4,000 per year is available to any qualifying K-12 school enrolled in Fuel Up to Play 60. The competitive, nationwide funding program can help your school jumpstart and sustain healthy nutrition and physical activity improvements. Whether you're just starting out with Fuel Up to Play 60 or looking to expand and extend an initiative that's already in motion, Funds for Fuel Up to Play 60 can help. http://bit.ly/13Na8uP | KaBOOM! Let's Play GrantsDeadlines: RollingDr Pepper Snapple Group & KaBOOM! are excited to offer $500 Let's Play Completion Grants to qualifying Do-It-Yourself communities to be used toward the improvement of an existing playground built using the KaBOOM! community build model and $750 Let's Play Maintenance Grants to communities who wish to make their playgrounds cleaner, safer and more inviting. More information about all of KaBOOM!'s grant programs is available at: http://bit.ly/12zv3lc | | World We Want Foundation GrantsDeadline: RollingThe World We Want Foundation promotes and supports Young Global Citizens making positive social change in their communities and around the world. They work with and through Partner Organizations and Mentors youth applicants provide; help young people design and conduct meaningful Social Action Projects and acquire substantive knowledge and 21st-century skills while creating social value; provide micro-grants to support their Projects; provide an online funding platform to encourage and allow others to help fund their Projects; and provide an online Showcase to share their Stories of Social Impact with the world. http://bit.ly/11IE94t | DoSomething.org Seed GrantsDeadline: RollingAre you working to start a community action project or program with your friends? Do you need money to put your ideas into action? A $500 Do Something Seed Grant is given out every week to help young people just like YOU! These grants can be used towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started, or to jump-start your program and realize your ideas for the first time. These grants can also be used towards projects that are already developed and sustainable, towards the next steps of your project and organization to help you as you look to expand your project and grow your impact. http://bit.ly/PQYfTr |
Everyday Young Heroes | Maddie CarrolaSan Antonio, TX
YSA recognizes sixteen-year-old Maddie Carrola of San Antonio, Texas as an Everyday Young Hero for providing mentoring and tutoring to elementary school children.
In August 2012, Maddie, along with her 15 peers on the Landa Branch Library's Teen Library Leadership Council , launched "Tutoring for Young Children," a free weekly teen-led tutoring program for youth ages 5-11. Maddie was instrumental in initiating, mentoring and monitoring the project. Through "Tutoring for Youth Children," the volunteer tutors help with reading comprehension, writing development and math concepts. Since August 2012, the program has served approximately 180 children. Due to Maddie's leadership and advocacy for education access to young children, the program is currently running through the summer. Maddie's ability to build relationships with the children they serve proves very beneficial in assisting with tutoring and mentoring the children. For providing educational support and access to free weekly tutoring to young children in San Antonio, we honor Maddie Carrola as an Everyday Young Hero. To nominate a young person who has improved their community through service to be recognized as an Everyday Young Hero, please visit www.ysa.org/awards/hero. |
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| | Song of the WeeK | Queen Latifah - "I Know Where I've Been" from Hairspray at Mandela Day 2009 Concert 
"There's a dream
In the future
There's a struggle
That we have yet to win
And there's pride
In my heart
'Cause I know
Where I'm going
Yes I do!
And I know where I've been." |
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The Editor | 
Mike Minks Director of Development
Editor-in-Chief, National Service Briefing @michaelminks | | |
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