Creating the Future Nonprofit Forum
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If you've attended one of our nonprofit workshops you may have heard me mention a book by Hildy Gottlieb. She is my favorite local author who writes in a compelling conversational tone about nonprofit needs. Ms. Gottlieb will be speaking in Tucson at the Arizona Library Association Forum on March 9th from 9 am to 4 pm about how to achieve widespread positive impact through successful community engagement. Register by March 1st for a spot. The Pima County Public Library owns several of her books, so check one out if you cannot make it to the forum!
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Fellowship Program for Injustices Against Women
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Deadline: April 30, 3012
The Ms. Foundation Fellowship is a one-year program designed to provide the opportunity for one dynamic leader to leverage the foundation's resources and support while developing promising strategies to shift the cultural and political conditions that enable inequality to thrive. Applicants must propose a project that addresses injustice against women. The foundation is particularly interested in proactive approaches that demonstrate and inspire the potential for large-scale, structural change in the areas of child care (access to affordable care and improved working conditions for care providers), reproductive health, and child sexual abuse. The fellow will receive financial compensation (approximately $60,000 to $85,000, depending on level of experience) and health benefits, in addition to mentorship and support from Ms. Foundation staff. The fellowship is a full-time, one-year commitment, beginning September 4, 2012, at the Ms. Foundation offices in New York. The fellow will be eligible to apply for a $50,000 continuation grant on completion of the fellowship.
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Native Youth and Culture Fund
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Deadline: March 2, 2012 (letter of intent)
The First Nations Development Institute's Native Youth and Culture Fund has announced its 2012 request for Letters of Intent for projects that focus on youth and incorporate culture and tradition to address social issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, and mental health. Eligible applicants include tribal governments, tribal programs, and Native nonprofits in or near Indian lands. Nonprofits that apply must be in a tribal community or have very close ties to a particular tribal community. Grants will range from $5,000 and $20,000.
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Funds for Food Programs Targeting Native Elders
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Deadline: March 9, 2012
The First Nations Development Institute invests in innovative institutions and models that strengthen asset control and support economic development for American Indian people and their communities. The First Nation's Native American Food Security project will provide four to five grants, ranging from $20,000 to $25,000, to organizations working to eliminate food insecurity among tribal elders in rural and/or reservation-based Native American communities. This project will assist organizations in ensuring adequate food supplies for the senior population of their communities, with a particular focus on locally-grown, healthy foods. The project will also encourage the development or expansion of locally-controlled and locally-based food systems that provide healthy foods to senior community members while also supporting local food producers and the local economy.
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Grants for New Jazz Works
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Deadline: March 9, 2012
Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development Program supports the creation and performance of new chamber works by professional United States jazz ensembles, funds activities that extend the life of the work, and encourages the development of career-related business skills over a three-year period. The new jazz work must be of substantial length and must feature improvisation. The New Jazz Works grant will include up to $16,000 for the creation, premiere, and one additional performance of a new work (the grant amount is related to the size of the ensemble). Optional components may include up to $7,5000 for continued life activities, up to $3,000 for better business activities, and free registration and limited travel subsidy for the CMA national conference.
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Opportunity for Neighborhood Groups
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Deadline: March 28, 2012 (pre-application)
PRO Neighborhoods offers small grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 to groups working together to mobilize and build upon existing talents and resources within the community. PRO invites neighborhood applicants to submit a pre-application, a first step to ensure applicants are eligible for funding and that the projects best meet our priorities. For more information call PRO Neighborhoods: 882-5585.
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Support for the Development of Public Green Spaces
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Deadline: June 29, 2012
The TKF Foundation supports the creation of public green spaces that offer temporary sanctuary, encourage reflection, provide solace, and engender peace and well-being. The Foundation's Open Spaces Sacred Places National Awards Initiative funds the development of significant new public green spaces in urban settings that demonstrate a combination of high quality design-build and rigorous research about user impacts. The initiative will support cross-disciplinary teams that are able to 1) conceptualize, plan, design, and implement an open and sacred green space, 2) conduct an associated research study(ies), and 3) communicate scientific findings. Funded projects should serve as potential models for urban areas across the United States. A total of $4 million is available.
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Organizations Promoting LGBT Equality Supported
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Deadline: None (Letters of inquiry accepted anytime)
The Arcus Foundation seeks to help overcome cultural and policy obstacles that are barriers to the full acceptance, respect, and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The Foundation's National LGBT Rights Program supports nonprofit organizations that are working to achieve LGBT equality through increased state-level and federal legal rights and regulatory protections. The program's goals include the following: Goal 1: Key basic rights and intersectional issue victories build leverage and momentum for change, and address the needs of vulnerable/marginalized LGBT populations. Goal 2: A stronger, more inclusive, networked and sustainable national LGBT movement is better positioned to improve the lives of all LGBT people.
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Inspiring Young Women & Girls to Pursue Higher Education
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Deadline: March 1, 2012 at noon
The Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona will invest a total of $8,000 in programs that increase self-esteem in young women & girls and their pursuit of higher education (ex. after-school programs, classes, presentations, workshops or conventions). Special consideration will be given to programs encouraging young women & girls to pursue degrees in male-dominated fields.
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Grants Encourage Outdoor Programs for Youth
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Deadline: April 6, 2012
The goal of the North Face Explore Fund is to inspire the next generation of young explorers and conservationists by supporting nonprofit organizations that help kids discover nature's playground. Grants of up to $2,500 are provided to organizations that encourage youth outdoor participation, focusing primarily on creating more connections of children to nature, increasing access to both front and backcountry recreation, as well as providing education for both personal and environmental health.
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Peace Promoting Grants
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Deadline: April 30, 2012 (Letter of inquiry)
The Frankel Family Foundation supports organizations that assist people who are dis-empowered to live their lives with dignity, security and opportunity. They are particularly interested in programs promoting peace, education and well-being, both locally and around the world. The Foundation gives funding to non-profit organizations who support efforts that both directly improve the lives of refugees/displaced people who are waiting to return home or to settle in another country as well as promote improvements in refugee policy and practice. Grants from $5,000 to $50,000 will be made.
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Education Program Grants
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Deadline: None
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona makes charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations involved with arts and culture, economic development and civic initiatives, youth, education, health care, and human services.
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Good luck with your grantseeking!
Sincerely,
Kassy Rodeheaver
Librarian, Grants & Nonprofit Info Center
Pima County Public Library
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See Upcoming Events!
Tuesday, February 21st
9:15 - 11:30 am
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About the Grants & Nonprofit Information Center
The mission of the Grants & Nonprofit Information Center is to provide information resources for nonprofit and community organizations to assist them in fulfilling their missions. You can visit us on the 3rd floor of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library in downtown Tucson.
Kassy Rodeheaver is the supervisor of the Grants & Nonprofit Info Center and has been a part of the Tucson nonprofit community since 2007.
Contact her by sending an email to grantsinfocenter@pima.gov.
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Do you need to know how many people are below the poverty line in Pima County for a propsoal? What the literacy level is for students graduating from high school? Or maybe you just need a phone number and address for a foundation? Ask the Pima County Public Library!
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