Deadline: June 7, 2011 at 5:00 pm
In response to the changing economic environment, the Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) will award grant funding this spring for programs and projects in the area of capacity building. Nonprofit organizations are invited to submit funding proposals for the following: business model development and financial restructuring; collaborations, mergers, and acquisitions; capacity building in planned giving; and capacity building in communication and technology. Grants awarded through this cycle require matching funds from the recipient organization. This and other requirements are explained on the website.

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Deadline: June 30, 2011

Nominations are now being accepted from the Women of Worth program which is administered by the Points of Light Foundation and supported by L'Oreal Paris. The company will honor 10 women for their volunteerism by donating $10,000 for each one to a charity of her choice. One of the 10 honorees will be selected through an online vote to receive an additional $25,000 donation in her name to a charity of her choice. Women who are ages 18 and older and are legal residents of the United States are eligible. Nominees' volunteer activities must be ongoing and have lasted at least six months. All activities must be unpaid and cannot include court-ordered community service.

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Deadline: June 10, 2011

Entries for awards from VSA Arts with support from Volkswagen Group of America, for promising artists with disabilites who are between the ages of 16 and 25. One grand prize of $20,000 will be awarded, as well as a first-place award of $10,000, a second-place award of $6,000, and 12 $2,000 awards of excellence. Entries must consist of digital art, drawings, film, paintings, photographs, prints, two-dimensional mixed-media works, digital art, or video.  

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Deadline: June 10, 2011

Applications for grants up to $5,000 will be accepted from "non-profits whose services and programs make a difference in people's lives," with an emphasis on Jewish institutions in Tucson or around the world. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, children, education, needy, elderly, environment, and arts. 

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Deadline: July 1, 2011

The Festival Grants Program, an initiative of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, provides grants of up to $30,000 to a wide variety of film festivals based in the United States. Grant recipients include major international film festivals, independent and alternative festivals, and festivals that support social and cultural diversity. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that make festival events more accessible to the general public, give screening access to minority and less visible filmmakers, and bring the public into contact with filmmakers. Grants are only available to applicants that have held at least five festivals as of December 31, 2010.

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Deadline: August 2, 2011 (letters of inquiry)
The Fund for National Projects, an initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, supports projects that strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting, and/or theatre fields. In addition, the Fund works to improve conditions for the national community of performing artists in the targeted fields. Grants of $60,000 to $200,000 are provided for projects that engage a broad national constituency, occur once (or periodically) rather than annually, and have the potential to significantly impact a field. Projects by single performing arts entities are not supported.

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Deadline: Varies by program
The foundation creatively supports the movement of people, ideas, and resources in the arts within New England and beyond; makes vital connections between artists and communities; and builds the strength, knowledge, and leadership of the region's creative sector. Grants range from under $1,500 to $40,000 depending on the program and the scope of the proposed project. Grants are made across the U.S., including Arizona and Pima County.

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Deadline: July 11, 2011

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Federal Communications Commission have launched a new initiative called the Apps for Communities Challenge, which aims to help bring useful public data to traditionally underserved populations through Web, mobile, or text/SMS- based applications. The goals of the challenge are to make local public information more personalized, usable, and accessible for all Americans; to promote broadband adoption, particularly among Americans who are less likely to be regular Internet users (including low-income, rural, elderly, disabled, and low digital/English literacy communities); and to create better links between Americans and services provided by local, state, tribal, and federal governments. The challenge seeks entries of software applications that deliver personalized, actionable information to people who are least likely to be online. Prizes range from $5,000 to $100,000.

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Deadline: July 29, 2011

Everyone Breathe has announced the launch of a new initiative in partnership with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America aimed at improving the quality of asthma care and asthma education in K-12 schools across the United States. Parents and guardians of children with asthma are invited to nominate their child and child's school for the Everyone Breathe Asthma Education savings bond and grant. Applications should include a proposal designed to help improve asthma care and education at the student's school. Parents are encouraged to work closely with school administrators or parent-teacher organizations on their application. Winning schools will receive $5,000 to implement the asthma program. Fifty second-place winning schools will receive asthma nebulizer kits.

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Deadline: November 11, 2011
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is giving grants to develop activities that will enable students to appreciate better and understand some aspect of geometry. Teachers must be a full members of NCTM who teach grades PreK-8 to apply. Grants will be given of up to $4,000.

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Deadline: None 

One of the foundation's primary strategic focus areas is K-16 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education. This area includes Lockheed Martin's K-12 STEM Education Initiative, Engineers in the Classroom, as well as STEM-focused curricular and extracurricular programs that provide employee engagement opportunities in local communities. Applications accepted year-round.

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Deadline: None 

One of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's funding interests is to ensure that all children get the development and education they need as a foundation for independence and success. They seek opportunities to invest in early child development (ages zero to eight), leading to reading proficiency by third grade, high school graduation, and pathways to meaningful employment. Grants are generally made to large-scale programs, and range from $75,000 to millions of dollars. Grants are accepted any time through their online system. Please see their grants database for further examples of funded grants.

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