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For the week of January 21, 2008

 

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Awards Recognize Successful Municipal Programs

National League of Cities: Awards for Municipal Excellence
The Awards for Municipal Excellence, sponsored by the National League of Cities, identify outstanding city and town programs that improve the quality of life in America's communities. Winners of this award exemplify excellence in city governance, best practices in municipal policy, and models to follow to improve the lives of their citizens. Eight winners are chosen from four population categories, with a gold and silver winner in each category. The winning cities are nationally recognized during NLC's Congress of Cities Conference and Exposition held in November of each year. In addition, winners receive a donation to the local nonprofit organization of their choice. Nominations must be submitted by May 1, 2008. Visit the website listed above for details.


 

Conferences and Trainings

Conference Addresses Child and Family Welfare

Child Welfare League of America National Conference
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is an association of public and private nonprofit agencies that assist abused and neglected children and their families nationwide. CWLA?s National Conference, ?Children 2008: A Call for Action--Leading the Nation for Children and Families,? will focus on a broad range of topics of interest to those advocating for the well-being of children and families. Participants will have a chance to network with their peers and continue their professional development. The conference will be held February 25-27, 2008, in Washington, DC. Visit the website listed above for registration information.

 

Event Brings Together Foundation Representatives and Congress

Foundations on the Hill
Foundations on the Hill, an annual event jointly hosted by the Council on Foundations and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, is designed to inform members of Congress about the important role foundations play in improving communities across the country and around the world. Foundation trustees and staff work with their regional associations to schedule meetings on Capital Hill to personally discuss their work with members of Congress. This event effectively combines the Council's expertise on legal and legislative matters with the regional associations' knowledge of local philanthropy and the leverage they bring as local constituents. Foundations on the Hill will be held March 4-5, 2008, in Washington, DC. Visit the website listed above for more information.


 

GrantStation Announcements

 

Tracks to Success

Measuring Influence: Advocacy Evaluation Challenges and Successes
Many nonprofits do advocacy work ? changing people?s minds, influencing decision makers, and encouraging social change. This series explores the challenges of evaluating advocacy work. What does success mean? How is advocacy evaluation different from evaluation of direct service work? Where do advocacy organizations turn for evaluation help? To read the third article, ?Influencing Decision Makers,? visit the GrantStation website. If readers have any questions or thoughts about this series, they can send them to Simone.

Funding Opportunities

Nationwide Grants Combat Hunger

Kraft Community Nutrition Program
The mission of the Kraft Community Nutrition Program is to help fight hunger and improve nutrition among America's low- and no-income adults and children. The program provides grants of up to $65,000 to food banks and food-rescue and gleaning organizations throughout the United States. The focus is on increasing the delivery of nutritious, non-shelf-stable food including fresh produce, prepared food, and other perishable food. Eligible organizations must distribute food on a systematic basis to agencies or partner community sites. The application deadline is March 14, 2008. To access the Community Nutrition Program application guidelines, take the eligibility quiz on the website listed above.

New Music Commissions Supported

Meet the Composer: Commissioning Music/USA
Meet The Composer's mission is to increase opportunities for composers by fostering the creation, performance, dissemination, and appreciation of their music. The Commissioning Music/USA program provides grants for new works commissioned by performing and presenting organizations across the country. The 2008 program will support works that involve music and other visual, media, or performing art forms in integrated and inseparable ways. The works supported will be created by a collaborative team involving at least one composer or sound artist and other collaborator(s) working in different disciplines. The application deadline is March 14, 2008. Visit the website listed above to download the application guidelines and forms.

 

Awards Recognize Innovative Community Collaborations

MetLife Foundation: Community-Police Partnership Awards
The Community-Police Partnership Awards, sponsored by the MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), identify innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization. Six Neighborhood Revitalization Awards, ranging from $10,000-$25,000, will recognize exemplary collaboration between community groups and police that yield crime reduction as well as economic development outcomes. Five Special Strategy Awards of $15,000 each recognize exemplary collaboration between community groups and police that yield significant public safety outcomes in seven specific categories. Public agencies (including police departments and public schools) must apply in conjunction with at least one nonprofit organization. The preliminary application deadline is February 29, 2008. The RFP and preliminary application form are available on the website listed above.

 

Support for Public Interest Law

The Impact Fund
The Impact Fund awards grants to nonprofit legal firms, private attorneys, and small law firms throughout the United States that seek to advance social justice in the areas of civil and human rights, environmental justice, and poverty law. The Fund provides support for public interest litigation that will potentially benefit a large number of people, lead to significant law reform, or raise public consciousness. The Fund is particularly interested in receiving applications addressing systemic deprivations of constitutional or statutory rights in the following areas: education access and equity, post-9/11 cases involving denial of rights under the guise of ?Homeland Security," and criminal justice and immigration. Requests are reviewed quarterly. The upcoming deadline for pre-applications is February 26, 2008. Visit the website listed above for program details and application guidelines.

 

Grants Address Environmental Challenges

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: Environmental Program
The Environment Program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is working to respond to some of the most significant environmental challenges of our time. One of the program?s focus areas is saving the great ecosystems of the North American West, including thirteen states in the U.S. and three provinces in western Canada. In addition, the program provides support to organizations working to reduce the environmental impacts of fossil-fuel energy systems by promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. Finally, the program focuses on building an infrastructure for environmental concerns among California's growing but still underrepresented populations in the L.A. basin and the Central Valley. Online letters of inquiry targeting one of the three Environmental Program focus areas are accepted throughout the year. Visit the website listed above for more information.

 

Local Charitable Organizations Funded

Food Lion Charitable Foundation
The Food Lion Charitable Foundation provides support for nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the communities served by Food Lion stores in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Foundation's general grantmaking categories include K-12 education and feeding the hungry. Support is also provided to a variety of local charitable organizations. Preference is given to organizations that involve company employees. Requests may be submitted at any time and are reviewed quarterly. Visit the website listed above to download the grant application package.

Grantmaker Updates

National and Regional Awards, Fellowships, and Requests for Proposals

Horace Mann Offers Educators Lincoln?s Wisdom
Horace Mann and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum offer the 2008 Abraham Lincoln Fellowship to full-time K-12 teachers across the U.S.

Gelman Foundation Seeds Breast Cancer Programs
The Nancy R. Gelman Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008 Seed Grant Program.

NFWF Program Focuses on Coral
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is accepting applications for support from the Coral Reef Conservation Fund.

NiSource Fund Supports Environmental Projects
The NiSource Environmental Challenge Fund is accepting applications for the 2008 cycle.

Moss Foundation Aids Special Arts Education
The P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children?s Education is accepting applications for the 2008 Educators Awards.


 

Federal Deadlines

Excerpts from GrantStation’s Listings of Federal Notices

Department of Commerce: Public Telecommunications Facilities Program
This program supports the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities in order to extend delivery of service to as many citizens as possible; increase public telecommunications services and facilities available to, operated by, and controlled by minorities and women; and strengthen the capability of existing public TV and radio stations to provide public telecommunications services.

Department of Education: Professional Development for Arts Educators (PDAE) Program
This program supports the implementation of high-quality professional development model programs in music, dance, drama, media arts, or visual arts, including folk arts, for arts educators and other instructional staff serving K-12 students in high-poverty schools.

Department of Transportation: Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program
This program supports capital and planning expenses for alternative transportation systems in parks and public lands, such as transportation by bus, rail, or any other publicly or privately owned conveyance that provides general or special service to the public on a regular basis, including sightseeing service.

National Archives and Records Administration: National Historical Publications and Records Commission: State and National Archival Partnership Grants
This program seeks to build a national archival network by strengthening archives and historical records programs in each of the states.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Environmental Literacy Grants for Formal K-12 Education
This program seeks to expand the amount of Earth System Science taught in K-12 classrooms and improve student learning of the subject.

Editor: Julie Kaufman

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