GRANT ALERTS

June 1, 2015
In This Issue:
Best Buy Teens and Technology
Auer Foundation
Art Works
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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.
 
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Education, Youth, Technology
    
 
Program:  Teen Potential Through Technology Grants

Subject:
Education, Science and Technology Research Institutes, Services, Youth Development, Youth Programs
 
Geographic:  National  

 

Eligibility: nonprofit organizations for programs that provide youth with access to new technologies and help them become interested and fluent in digital learning while developing skills that better prepare them for future education and career success.   


Maximum Grant Amount:
$10,000.00
 

Deadline: June 29, 2015 

 

Description:

Programs should help teens build 21st century skills by utilizing cutting-edge technology such as computers, digital cameras, video cameras and professional software in a wide range of areas including (but not limited to):

* Audio production (including music mixing & recording) 
* Coding/3D printing 
* Computer maintenance and repair 
* Digital photography/graphic design 
* Filmmaking & videography 
* Maker faires/hack-a-thons 
* Mobile & game app development 
* Programming 
* Robotics 
* Web site design

To be eligible, applicants must be nonprofit organizations with existing out-of-school time programs with a proven track record of serving youth between the ages of 13 and 18 in underserved communities. In addition, programs must operate within fifty miles of a Best Buy store or other Best Buy center of operations; have a commitment to diversity and inclusion; be willing to integrate Geek Squad Academy curricula into existing programming (if appropriate).

 

  
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Arts and Humanities, Education, 
 
 The Auer Foundation

Program: Community Grants from the Auer Foundation

Subjects:
Parks, Music, Arts, and Education. 

Geographic Area
: metropolitan Fort Wayne area 

 

Eligibility: 

  1. Be a 501(c)(3)
  2. Not be a private foundation
  3. Serve the Fort Wayne metropolitan area

Average Grant Amount: unspecified 

 
Deadline
: Concept Letters due July 15, 2015 
 
Description: 

The Edward D. and Ione Auer Foundation is a private charitable foundation that awards grants exclusively for charitable purposes.  Ione Breeden Auer created the Foundation in 1984.  Funding for the foundation comes from lifetime gifts from Edward D. and Ione Auer, as well as the proceeds of their estates.  

The Foundation provides that all or any part of the net income and principal of the assets of the Foundation may be distributed for the following purposes:

To accomplish or aid general charitable purposes and/or the construction and completion of any project or projects designed to benefit the general community of the area commonly known as metropolitan Fort Wayne

Ione also recommended the Foundation give particular consideration to charitable organizations in which she showed an interest during her lifetime, including: Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, and the Allen County Public Library.  The Foundation encourages these organizations to collaborate with other nonprofit organizations.  In general, Mrs. Auer's interests included parks, music, arts, and education.

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Concept Letter Guidelines

 

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Arts and Humanities  
Program: Art Works Project Grants

Subjects: Arts,Communities, Public engagement 


Geographic Area
: National

  

Eligibility:

Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. Applicants may be arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, local education agencies (school districts), and other organizations that can help advance the goals of the Arts Endowment.

 

 

Grant Amount Range: $10,000.00-100,000.00 

 

Deadline: July 23, 2015  


Description:
We fund projects only. Projects may consist of one or more specific events or activities. Projects do not have to be new. Excellent existing projects can be just as competitive as new activities. Projects do not need to be big either; we welcome small projects that can make a difference in their community or field.

 

Purpose of the grant is to support the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities

 

 

Website: arts.gov 

 



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.