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Deadline: March 1, 2011; October 1, 2011

The Tony Hawk Foundation provides grants to encourage and facilitate the design, development, construction, and operation of high-quality, public skateparks in low-income areas across the United States. Grants range from $1,000 to $25,000. The foundation may also offer technical assistance on design and construction, promotional materials, training materials, and safety information, and may facilitate support from vendors, suppliers, and community leaders.
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Deadline: March 4, 2011 (Letters of Intent)

The First Nations Development Institute's First Nations' Native Youth and Culture Fund provides grants of $5,000 to $20,000 for projects that focus on youth and incorporate Native culture and tradition to address issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, mental health, and other social issues.

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Deadline:March 11, 2011 (Pre-proposals)

The Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Building a New Research Environment initiative of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) aims to overcome the pervasive lack of knowledge about special collections and archives and to make information about these materials accessible to scholars and students. Through this initiative, grants are provided to institutions holding collections of high scholarly value that are difficult or impossible to locate through finding aids. Grants will range from $75,000 to $500,000. Online pre-proposals must be submitted by March 11, 2011; final proposals are due July 22, 2011.

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Deadline: April 1, 2011

The Open Society Foundations invite photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 19 group exhibition. Moving Walls is an exhibition series that features in-depth and nuanced explorations of human rights and social issues. Any emerging or veteran photographer who has completed a body of work on a human rights or social justice issue may apply for Moving Walls. Work in progress may be submitted as long as a substantial portion of the work has been completed. The program will accept any genre of photography that is documentary in nature and is not staged or manipulated.

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Deadline: May 2, 2011

Theatre Communications Group and the MetLife Foundation are accepting grant applications from TCG-member theaters for the A-ha! Program. The program is designed to enable theaters to try new approaches to solving artistic, managerial, production, and/or technological challenges. Think It grants (up to $25,000 each) provide theater professionals with the time and space for research and development; Do It grants (up to $50,000 each) support the implementation and testing of new ideas.

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Deadline: None

The Ford Foundation's JustFilms initiative will invest $10 million a year for five years to help expand the community of filmmakers around the world working to create documentaries with a social conscience. The initiative support emerging documentary film communities and will focus on film, video, and digital works that show courageous people confronting difficult issues in pursuit of a more just, secure, and sustainable world.

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Deadline: February 15, 2011

The National Environmental Education Foundation invites K-12 public schools across the United States to demonstrate how they have successfully taken on the challenge of becoming a green school in an innovative, sustainable, and replicable way. School-wide greening initiatives may impact the entire school or school community in any number of ways, including academics, operations, grounds and facilities, and/or community engagement efforts. The winning school will receive an award of $10,000, while two schools will win $5,000 merit awards to further their greening efforts. 

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Deadline: March 4, 2011

The American Association of Community Colleges will award AACC Plus 50 Completion Strategy Grants to community colleges committed to enhancing or expanding their existing degree, certificate, and not-for-credit programs for students 50 years of age and older. Grants may support activities such as training and retraining, career development, and support activities that enhance successful workforce training and retraining credential completion for adults over the age of 50. The program will award eleven grants of $12,000 over three years. 

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Deadline: September 6, 2011

Women Helping Others grants, ranging from $1,000 to $40,000, are provided to organizations serving women and/or children in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Specific projects and programs addressing health, education, and social service needs are the foundation's priority. Also of interest to the foundation are free after-school and literacy programs. 

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Deadline: None

The Ray Solem Foundation is offering one-time grants of up to $10,000 to non-profit organizations that have found creative ways to help immigrants in the United States further their verbal English language skills - listening comprehension and oral communications or to help immigrants in other ways. A grant is to be used to continue ongoing work performed by the organization; there are no restrictions on its use. 

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Deadline: None

Alliance Bank of Arizona provides grant support and assistance their communities, including the Tucson area. The primary focus of the contributions program is directed to organizations that provide services and support in the low- or moderate-income areas. Two of their focus areas are targeted at providing 1) education for low-income and at-risk students and 2) cultural and artistic enrichment in under served communities, as well as others. 

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