GRANT ALERTS

March 30, 2015
In This Issue:
Captain Planet Foundation
Red Rover
Farm Aid
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In this issue, you will find Grant Alerts covering a variety of areas.   Please use the links on the left under In This Issue to navigate this notice for topics applying to you.
 
Please forward to persons or organizations which may benefit.
 

Education, Youth
    
Program: EcoTech Grants: Funds for Science-Based Environmental Education Projects 

Subject:
Youth, Education, STEM, Environment, Technology            

 

Geographic:  National  

 

Eligibility: Schools, Nonprofit Organizations 

 

Grant Amount: Sixteen $2,500.00 grants    

 

Deadline:  April 30, 2015                    

 

Description: The Captain Planet Foundation is dedicated to giving the next generation of environmental stewards an active understanding and love for the natural world in which they live. The Foundation is offering EcoTech Grants to schools and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of engaging children in inquiry-based projects in STEM fields that promote innovation, biomimicry/nature-based design, or new uses for technology to address environmental problems in their communities.

Website
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http://captainplanetfoundation.org/

Go To: Grant Information Page

  

 
  
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Animals, Housing, Social Services 






Program
: Support for Pet Housing at Domestic Violence Shelters

Subjects:
Pets, Domestic Violence Shelters

Geographic Area
: National (Indiana encouraged to apply) 

 

Eligibility: Shelters for Domestic Violence Victims

  
Average Grant Amounts: up to $6,000.00

Deadline:May 15, 2015 
 
Description: RedRover Domestic Violence Safe Housing Grants enable organizations throughout the country that shelter domestic violence victims to create space to house the victims' pets on-site where little to no pet housing was previously available. These grants of up to $6,000 are intended to bridge a critical gap in funding to help the pet housing project get started. RedRover is working toward the goal of having one pet-friendly domestic violence shelter in each state in 2015

 

Go to: Grant Information Page 

 

 

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Health, Social Services 
Program: Grants Promote the Family Farm Movement

Subjects: Agriculture, Rural Communities, Food 


Geographic Area: National

  

Eligibility:Organizations that support family farmers 
 

Average Grant Award$3,000-10,000.00

Deadline: Letter of Inquiry-May 1, 2015

                Full Proposals - August 1, 2015  

 

Description: Farm Aid supports nonprofit organizations that work to maintain a family farm system of agriculture and that promote solutions to the challenges facing rural communities. Grants of $3,000 to $10,000 are provided in the following categories: Growing the Good Food Movement supports programs that build local and regional food systems, connecting farmers directly to consumers and creating new value-added markets for family farmers. Helping Farmers Thrive focuses on projects that provide farmers with the resources needed to get started on the land, access new markets, transition to more sustainable farming practices, produce renewable fuels, and stay on the land in the face of financial crisis and natural disasters. Taking Action to Change the System funds organizations that promote fair farm policies and grassroots organizing campaigns to defend family farm agriculture  

   
WebsiteFarm Aid

  

Go to: Grant Guidelines 



About Grant Alerts
Verify that your organization is eligible before submitting a proposal! 
  • We send grant alerts as quickly as possible after receiving grant information.
  • In some cases, there will not be much time before the grant deadline. 
     
  • Notices with close deadlines are sent in the event you are ready to apply.
  • Notice of grant availability is for information purposes only and is not a recommendation to apply.
  • Nonprofits must research opportunities further to determine if eligibility and application is appropriate.
We also hope you keep potential future sources in mind for your ongoing programs and consider applying in the next round for annual opportunities.
 
The Paul Clarke Nonprofit Resource Center at the Allen County Public Library is supported by a grant from the Foellinger Foundation and the Paul Clarke Nonprofit Resource Center Fund held at the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne.