Corporation for National and Community Service
Program: AmeriCorps State and National Planning Grants
Deadline: January 18, 2012
Funding: The actual level of funding will be subject to the availability of annual appropriations, which have not yet been made. CNCS estimates awarding a small number of grants. Applicants may apply for up to a maximum of $50,000.
Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and other community organizations; institutions of higher education; government entities within states or territories (e.g., cities, counties); Indian Tribes; labor organizations; partnerships and consortia; and intermediaries planning to subgrant funds awarded.
Description: Through the AmeriCorps State and National Planning Grants, CNCS is seeking to fund programs that can demonstrate community impact and solve community problems through an evidence-based approach (e.g. performance data, research, theory of change). CNCS especially seeks to prioritize investment programs that serve veterans and military families or engage veterans in service.
The purpose of planning grants is to support the development of AmeriCorps programs so applicants are better prepared to compete for an AmeriCorps program grant in the following grant cycle. Planning grants may not be used to support AmeriCorps members.
AmeriCorps State and National Planning Grant applicants must not have previously received an AmeriCorps State or National grant.
Organizations that propose to operate in one state only must apply through the State Commission for the state in which they will operate. Organizations that propose to operate in more than one state are eligible to apply directly to the Corporation.
Applicants must provide 24 percent of the total project cost in match. Match may be cash or in-kind.
Click here for the notice of federal funding.
Contact Information: AmeriCorps Grants, (202) 606-7508
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Program: Youth Garden Grants
Deadline: November 28, 2011
Funding: The National Gardening Association will award grants to 100 schools and community organizations. Five programs will receive gift cards valued at $1,000 (a $500 gift card to The Home Depot and a $500 gift card to the Gardening with Kids catalog); 95 programs will receive a $500 gift card to The Home Depot. All winners will receive educational materials from NGA.
Eligibility: Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and inter-generational groups throughout the United States are eligible. Applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of three and 18 years. Previous Youth Garden Grant winners who wish to reapply may do so, but must wait one year (e.g., if you won in 2011, you can apply again in 2013), and must have significantly expanded their garden programs.
Description: NGA, in partnership with the Home Depot Garden Club, awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements:
- educational focus or curricular/program integration
- nutrition or plant-to-food connections
- environmental awareness/education
- entrepreneurship
- social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support or service-learning.
Application guidelines and forms are located on the NGA website.
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Saucony Run for Good Foundation
Program: Run for Good Grants
Deadline: December 13, 2011
Funding: Multiple awards of up to $10,000
Eligibility: Tax-exempt organizations that serve participants 18 years of age or younger through programs that increase participation in running in order to positively impact participants' lives
Description: The Saucony Run for Good Foundation is committed to helping to prevent and reduce childhood obesity by offering children the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of running and a healthier lifestyle. The foundation acts to inform the public about its cause and prevention of childhood obesity and provides funding to optimize the impact and success of community organizations that promote running and healthy lifestyle programs for youth.
Click here to view the grant application.
Contact Information: Run for Good
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Program: General Operating/Program Grants
Deadline: December 21, 2011
Funding: Multiple awards
Eligibility: Community-based organizations or national organizations with local affiliates serving women in need that have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.
Description: Founded in 2002, the J. Jill Compassion Fund is committed to providing support to community-based organizations that help disadvantaged and homeless women become self-sufficient, particularly those providing job training, education and transitional/affordable housing.
Priority will be given to programs and organizations that focus on empowering women to become self-sufficient, that have an established relationship with a J. Jill store and that are located near one or more J. Jill stores.
The fund provides general operating support. Program support is limited to the expansion or enhancement of existing programs, rather than to fund new programs.
Click here to view past grant recipients.
Contact Information: Compassion Fund
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PNC Foundation (select counties in Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Washington, DC)
Programs: Early Childhood Education and Economic Development Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Funding: Not specified
Eligibility: Organizations receiving support from the PNC Foundation must have a current Internal Revenue Service tax-exempt designation and be eligible to receive charitable contributions. In addition, the proposed activity must occur in a community where PNC has a significant presence.
The PNC Foundation will not provide support for: organizations that discriminate by race, color, creed, gender or national origin; religious organizations, except for non-sectarian activities; advocacy groups; operating funds for agencies that receive funds through PNC United Way allocation; individuals or private foundations; annual funds of hospitals or colleges and universities; conferences and seminars; or tickets and goodwill advertising.
Description: The PNC Foundation supports a variety of nonprofit organizations with a special emphasis on those that work to achieve sustainability and touch a diverse population, in particular, those that support early childhood education and/or economic development.
The PNC Foundation supports educational programs for children and youth, particularly early education initiatives that serve low-and moderate-income children (birth through five), their teachers and families. Priority is given to programs that focus in the areas of math, science or the arts and include one or some combination of the following:
- Direct services for children in their classroom or community
- Professional development for teachers
- Family engagement of children being served by grants
- Volunteer opportunities for PNC employees
The PNC Foundation also supports economic development organizations, including those that enhance the quality of life through neighborhood revitalization, cultural enrichment and human services. Priority is given to community development initiatives that strategically promote the growth of targeted low-and moderate-income communities and/or provide services to these communities in the areas of:
- Affordable Housing
- Community Development
- Community Services
- Revitalization and Stabilization of Low-and Moderate-Income Areas
- Arts and Culture
- Green Building
Contact Information: The PNC Foundation conducts all philanthropic giving regionally, contact information can be found on the interactive map.
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Title: Successful Collaboration Between Aging and Transit: The Experience of Kent County, Michigan
Date: Tuesday November 15, 2011
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST
Description: This 90-minute webinar, sponsored by the Administration on Aging and the National Center on Senior Transportation, will provide information on a successful collaboration between aging and transit that uses person-centered mobility management as a tool to assist older adults in identifying the right mobility option to meet their needs.
Mobility management is a systems approach to managing transportation resources that, as defined by the National Resource Center for Human Transportation Coordination, emphasizes: movement of people instead of vehicles; improvements to the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of the travel services being delivered; design and promotion of transit-oriented development, livable communities and energy efficient sustainable communities and improvements in the information that is available about those services.
The webinar will feature the experience of Ridelink, a person centered transportation system for seniors in Kent County, Michigan.
Space is limited; please register early for this event.
Participants will: identify opportunities for collaboration between aging/human services transportation services and public transit; understand how person-centered mobility management can be used to address the mobility needs of older adults; learn about successful efforts to meet the mobility needs of minority older adults and gain information about replicable approaches for informing and supporting older adults' transportation decisions.
Presenters: Danielle Nelson, Aging Service Program Specialist, Administration on Aging
Karen Wolf-Branigin, Director, National Center on Senior Transportation
Sandra Ghoston-Jones, Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan
Meegan Joyce, Special Service Manager, Interurban Transit
