Deadline: August 2, 2011
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Fund for National Projects seeks to support projects that strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting, and/or theater fields; or improve conditions for the national community of performing artists in professional nonprofit dance, jazz, and theater. To be eligible, national projects must engage a broad national constituency, occur once (or periodically) rather than annually, and have the potential to significantly impact a field. Grants range from $60,000 to $200,000 and cannot exceed 40 percent of a project's total cost.

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Deadline: August 15, 2011
Funding from the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation is currently available to support direct costs for catalogues and other publications accompanying contemporary art exhibitions and projects, especially those supporting emerging and under-recognized artists and produced by smaller organizations outside the nation's cultural centers. Limited funds are also available for publications related to the grantee organization and its programs or collections. Grant amounts typically range from $5,000 to $20,000.

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Deadline: September 1, 2011
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts fosters innovative artistic expression and the creative process by supporting cultural organizations that, in turn, support artists and their work. The Foundation is focused primarily on encouraging work of a challenging and experimental nature, while noting that the interpretation of those terms may vary from place to place and culture to culture. Grants are provided to curatorial programs at museums, artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions to originate innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts.

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Deadline: October 17, 2011
The Native Voices Endowment: A Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Legacy Project was created within the Endangered Language Fund for the purpose of revitalizing and perpetuating the aboriginal languages of the American Indian Nations whose ancestors encountered the 1803-1806 Lewis & Clark Expedition. A list of eligible tribes is available at the fund's Web site. Grants of $2,500 to $10,000 per year for one to three years may be used to cover the costs of salaries, equipment, supplies, consultant fees, travel, and publication subventions. Grants must be matched by the recipient on a 1:1 basis of cash or in-kind goods or services.

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Deadline: None
The Thomas H. Maren Foundation provides grants to community arts centers, art museums, and for Native American or folk art projects. Past arts grants ranged from $5,000 to $30,000. To apply, send a proposal to the Board or Trustee Member whom you've been in contact with at 621 SW 26th Place, Gainesville, FL 32601-9014. Current trustees include Susan Fellner, Leon Goldstein, David K. Maren, Emily Maren, James Maren, Peter Maren, and Erik Swenson. For more information, please visit any branch of the Pima County Public Library and search the grants databases using the foundation's name or use the free 990 Finder to review past filings from your office.

Deadline: July 28, 2011

The Andrew Family Foundation seeks to provide expansion capital to an established organization(s) to build a new program or to enhance an existing program that addresses the issue of literacy and focuses on teaching young children in grades K-3 how to read. The program must positively affect and enhance the lives of disadvantaged youth ("program participants") and enable them to read at grade level by the end of 3rd Grade. In addition to financial support, the board members of the Andrew Family Foundation may desire to provide expertise and resources necessary to ensure the success of the program. Accordingly, providing opportunities for involvement may be a plus. Preference will be given to organizations that focus on collaborating with other organizations to replicate proven solutions. Grants will be made up to $250,000.

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Deadline: August 1, 2011
The mission of the NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation is to promote learning about capital formation, financial markets, and entrepreneurship through innovative educational programs. The Foundation's Educational Projects or Programs grant category provides grants to educational institutions and nonprofit organizations for classroom and extracurricular financial markets literacy programs at the high school, college, and university levels. Programs targeting teacher training and professional development for adults are also eligible for support. In addition to the Educational Projects or Programs category, grants are provided for research, fellowships, and curriculum development at the university level.

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Deadline: August 3, 2011
Partnering for Excellence: Innovations in Science + Technology + Engineering + Math Education, an online collaborative competition of Changemakers, seeks creative ways for companies, universities, and other organizations with expertise in the STEM fields to partner with the public schools that need their talent. Changemakers is looking for models that bring STEM expertise into public schools in new ways to further student learning designed with a "long term, part time" approach. Winners are eligible for more than $120,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.

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Deadline: August 8, 2011
Administered by Youth Service America, the STEMester of Service Grants program is designed to support middle school educators in STEM subject areas in engaging their students in a semester of service. YSA is seeking grant applications from STEM educators at middle schools (grades 6, 7, and 8) with large populations of disadvantaged youth (50 percent or more of the students qualify for a free or reduced price lunch). The program provides grants of $5,000 each to support teachers and afterschool program facilitators 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 16, 2012) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 20-22, 2012).

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Deadline: None
Pizza Hut makes charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations involved the arts, reading, and food services. Special emphasis is directed towards programs designed to encourage at-risk youths to express themselves through the arts. Contact the nearest restaurant for grant application information. Through the BOOK IT! National Reading Incentive Program, Pizza Hut makes charitable contributions of gift certificates to K-6 schools.

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