Workshops Outside the Library
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In the last Nonprofit Grant Opportunities eNewsletter, I talked about all of the free upcoming workshops and events that the library is hosting in May and beyond. However, I want to remind you that the Grants & Nonprofit Info Center also compiles a community calendar of free and fee-based trainings around Tucson. Other organizations may host a workshop on a topic that the library isn't currently offering. Take a moment to browse the plethora of diverse training opportunities available just to get an idea of what sort of things are being offered. However, if you're not able to get away from the office for your professional development, you may want to try an online webinar. The Foundation Center's Grantspace website provides free webinars that you could watch today.
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Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
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Deadline: July 1, 2012
The annual Drucker Award is granted to a social-sector organization that demonstrates Peter Drucker's definition of innovation - "change that creates a new dimension of performance." In addition, the judges look for programs that are highly effective and that have made a difference in the lives of the people they serve. Funded by a grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation, the first-place prize is $100,000. The second-place award is $7,500, and the third-place prize is $5,000.
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Native American Food Programs
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Deadline: May 11, 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 Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative will provide six grants, averaging $45,000, to support projects working to address food systems, food insecurity, and food deserts in Native communities. Priority will be given to projects aimed at increasing the availability of healthy, locally-produced foods in Native communities; projects that work to reduce food insecurity; and entrepreneurship programs that create systemic change by increasing community control of local food systems. Native American-controlled nonprofit tribal organizations and community-based groups such as community garden projects, food banks, and/or food pantries that serve Native communities are eligible to apply.
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Innovative Changes for Museums
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Deadline: May 14, 2012
The Innovation Lab for Museums helps museums incubate and test innovative strategies to address major adaptive challenges in all areas of their operations. In the current funding round, three museums from throughout the U.S. will be selected to participate in the program. Preference will be given to proposals addressing innovation in one of the following three areas: Youth Education: how museums can play a key role in a rapidly changing educational landscape; Demographic Transformation: how museums can close this gap and serve a broader, more inclusive representation of American society; and Participatory Experiences: how museums can meet the desire of audiences for participatory and social activities in museums. The grant provides services as well as $40,000 toward project prototypes.
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Pima County Arts & Cultural Organizations
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Deadline: May 30, 2012
The Tucson Pima Arts Council strives to provide non-profit arts and cultural organizations in the City of Tucson with grant opportunities that build capacity, leadership, sustainability, artistic excellence, and public access to the arts to support a healthy and vibrant cultural community in Tucson and Pima County. The 2012-2013 GOS Asset Building grant is designed to sustain and grow the cultural vitality of our non-profit arts and cultural sector by prompting creative thinking and long-term organizational sustainability efforts. Grants will be made in amounts of $2,500, $5,000 or $10,000.
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Arts, Culture, & Education in the Southwest
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Deadline: Rolling
The Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation supports organizations involved with arts and culture, education, the environment, health, and human services with grants ranging from $100 to $10,000, though most are under $5,000. For Tucson and southern Arizona applicants, please contact Marty Loreto at (520) 794-6416 for a copy of the foundation's application form and complete information on what needs to be included in the proposal. Examples of recent grants include funding for chamber music, art and children's museums, youth programs, and higher education, among others. 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 Foundation Finder to review past 990 filings from your office. |
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Rare Book & Manuscript Acquisition Grants
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Deadline: None
The B.H. Breslauer Foundation's main purpose is to give grants to libraries and not-for-profit institutions in the United States that collect rare books and manuscripts. Applications for grants to make specific acquisitions can be made by correspondence or e-mail, and urgent requests may even be made by telephone. They should be accompanied by as much relevant documentation as possible on the desired acquisition, as well as precise information on provenance and price. Previous grants have ranged from $2,000 to $100,000, though most are over $20,000.
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Afterschool Innovator Awards
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Deadline: May 15, 2012
Nominations of exemplary afterschool programs serving middle school youth are sought for the MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Awards. Nominees may be submitted for one of four categories, including digital learning, arts, parent involvement/engagement, and improvement. Nominees will be judged by the innovative nature of their approach and demonstrated effectiveness. Program staff and directors are allowed and encouraged to nominate their own program, but a nominator does not have to be officially affiliated with a program to nominate it. Each of the five award winners will receive $10,000 for their program.
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K-12 School Gardens
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Deadline: May 31, 2012
The Western Growers Foundation promotes sound science, food safety, and nutrition education in order to create healthy farms, individuals, and communities. The Foundation's School Garden Program provides support to start and maintain gardens in K-12 schools throughout California and Arizona. The grants of up to $1,500 are to be used for supplies needed tocreate or sustain a fruit and/or vegetablegarden. Schools that support nutrition education through edible gardening projects are eligible to apply.
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Grants for At-Risk Persons
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Deadline: July 16, 2012
Tucson Electric Power funds nonprofit agencies that help people afflicted by homelessness, domestic violence, poverty, child abuse and other social problems, with an overall goal to encourage collaboration in providing services. Programs that meet a community need, leverage grants or volunteers, involve a serious collaboration with another nonprofit organization, are fiscally sound and can measure success are top contenders for funding. Grants will range from $2,500 to $10,000. There is a total of $100,000 available during this funding round.
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Support for Education
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Deadline: None
The Ralph L. Smith Foundation makes grants for education, health care, and human services in Arizona and a few other states. Recent grants have ranged from $1,000 to $100,000, with total giving of $633,000 reported in 2010. To apply, please call (816) 292-4342 first to determine what attachments need to accompany the initial letter. Send letter (maximum 3 pages) c/o James J. Mueth, Bank of America, P.O. Box 219119, Kansas City, MO, 64121-9119.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 Foundation Finder to review past 990 filings from your office. |
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Liberal Arts Colleges
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Deadline: July 16, 2012
The Chatlos Foundation provides grants to liberal arts colleges. Past grants in this category have ranged from $2,500 to $10,000. Priority consideration is given to private colleges. They also provide grants for religious causes, seminaries, health, and social services.
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Has your nonprofit received a grant that you found out about through this newsletter? Please email me and let me know about it!
Sincerely,
Kassy Rodeheaver
Librarian, Grants & Nonprofit Info Center
Pima County Public Library
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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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Have a Question?
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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