Fwd: PND RFP Bulletin (October 14, 2011)

[Anandi Premlall]

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October 14, 2011
The RFP Bulletin is a publication of the Foundation Center. RFPs posted within the past week are listed below, sorted by topic. To search or browse all RFP postings, visit our Web site — new RFPs appear daily. PND posts RFPs free of charge submitted by U.S. grantmaking organizations. In order to be posted, RFPs must be received at least four weeks before the earliest deadline date. « ANNOUNCEMENT » Foundation Grant to Individuals, New 20th Edition! Ideal for libraries and financial aid offices, the latest print edition features over 9,500 entries for individual grantseekers. Free shipping in October - Order now » Arts and Culture Nominations Invited for 2012 National Medal for Museum and Library Community Service Public or private nonprofit museums and libraries in the United States will be honored for their extraordinary civic, educational, economic, environmental, and social contributions.... Posted on October 13, 2011 Deadline: December 15, 2011 MacArthur Foundation Announces Open Call for Documentary Film Proposals Grants ranging from $50,000 to $200,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations for the production and distribution of social-issue documentary films intended for a broad audience.... Posted on October 12, 2011 Deadline: December 2, 2011 » Back to top Children and Youth National Geographic Offers Student Expeditions Scholarships for Summer 2012 Support is available to high school students with financial need from anywhere in the world who wish to take part in summer travel and exploration programs.... Posted on October 13, 2011 Deadline: March 1, 2012 AVANCE Announces Call for Proposals to Implement Parent-Child Education Program Four nonprofit organizations serving low-income Hispanic families will be selected to receive grants of $50,000 to adopt the AVANCE Parent-Child Education Program.... Posted on October 10, 2011 Deadline: December 15, 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Invites Entries From Creative Teens Creative teens in grades 7-12 are invited to submit work in one of twenty-eight categories of art and writing and compete for nearly $4 million in awards and scholarships.... Posted on October 9, 2011 Deadline: Various; January 15, 2012 » Back to top Civil and Human Rights Sodexo Foundation Announces Application Period for 2012 Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships In recognition of their work to end hunger, students from kindergarten through graduate school can receive a scholarship of up to $5,000, plus a donation of up to $5,000 for the hunger charity of their choice.... Posted on October 13, 2011 Deadline: December 5, 2011 » Back to top Education ING Unsung Heroes Program Invites K-12 Educators to Apply for 2012 Class Project Awards One hundred K-12 educators will be selected to receive awards of $2,000 each to be used in implementing an innovative and effective classroom project.... Posted on October 14, 2011 Deadline: April 30, 2012 » Back to top Environment National Forest Foundation Announces 2012 Matching Awards Program Guidelines Awards averaging $30,000 are available to match non-federal funds for direct on-the-ground and citizen-based monitoring projects benefiting America's national forests and grasslands.... Posted on October 14, 2011 Deadline: January 17, 2012 Save the Redwoods League Offers Funding for Research on Coast Redwood and Giant Sequoia Forest Ecosystems Grants of up to $15,000 are available to nonprofit organizations working on basic and applied hypothesis-driven research on the biology and ecology of coast redwood and giant sequoia forest ecosystems.... Posted on October 11, 2011 Deadline: November 4, 2011 Fiskars' Project Orange Thumb Invites Applications for Community Garden Grants and Makeovers Ten nonprofits in the United States and Canada will be selected to receive $5,000 in cash and tools, as well as other support, to help beautify their neighborhoods and develop healthy, sustainable food sources.... Posted on October 8, 2011 Deadline: December 5, 2011 » Back to top Health Cardinal Health Foundation Invites U.S. Healthcare Providers to Apply for Grants to Improve Patient Safety Grants of between $15,000 and $35,000 will be awarded to approximately forty nonprofit healthcare institutions working to improve the quality of patient care in the areas of medication safety and the implementation of operating room safety checklists.... Posted on October 14, 2011 Deadline: December 2, 2011 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Offers Support for Projects to Apply Behavioral Economics to Perplexing Health and Health Care Challenges Approximately ten awards of up to $100,000 each will be awarded for projects that apply the principles or paradigms of behavioral economics to a persistent health or healthcare issue, particularly obesity and consumer engagement.... Posted on October 14, 2011 Deadline: November 2, 2011 (Brief Proposals) » Back to top Science/Technology Vodafone Americas Foundation Invites Entries for Annual Wireless Innovation Project Competition Three awards totaling $600,000 will be made to multi-disciplinary teams associated with nonprofits or universities working on wireless-related technological solutions to critical global problems.... Posted on October 14, 2011 Deadline: December 31, 2011 » Back to top	Arts and Culture Children and Youth Civil and Human Rights Education Environment Health Science/Technology "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest...." — Eli Wiesel Do you support the Occupy Wall Street protests? • Yes • No View Current Results» PhilanTopic: The PND Blog On the blog, FC president Brad Smith links the visionary leadership of Steve Jobs and the Occupy Wall Street protests with trends currently disrupting the philanthropic sector; Regina considers how funders in the United States and around the world are not only using but investing in social media; and Lauren Brathwaite considers PND job board statistics from the third quarter — and what they say (or don't) about the economic recovery....
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