Current Grant Opportunities
Starbucks Foundation Offers Funding for Youth Literacy Programs
The Starbucks Foundation will fund programs for youth, ages 6-18 that integrate literacy with personal and civic action in the communities where they live. The Starbucks Foundation invites Letters of Inquiry: 1) Arts & Literacy — programs that address literacy and learning for the 21st century, provide high standards of excellence in mastering basic skills, and promote youth voices through a variety of venues; and 2) Environmental Literacy — programs that offer place-based approaches to addressing environmental literacy and empower youth to be heroes for a sustainable environment in their own communities. Grants range from $5,000 to $20,000. March 1, 2007 (and September 1) is the deadline for letters of inquiry. http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/foundation.asp
Open Meadows Foundation
The Open Meadows Foundation is a grant-making organization which funds projects designed and implemented by women and girls; projects which have limited financial access reflecting the cultural and ethnic diversity of our society and promoting the empowerment of women and girls as well as and projects for social change that have encountered obstacles in their search for funding. It offers grants of up to $2,000 to projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls; promote the empowerment and well being of women and girls; reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of our society; promote social change; and have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding. Organizational budgets should no t exceed $150,000. Applications should be postmarked by February 15 (and August 15, annually). http://www.openmeadows.org/
Ludwick Family Foundation
Ludwick Family Foundation tends to provide grants for tangible types of items that assist a program or project (such as new vehicles or equipment, equipment replacement and modernization, improvements to facilities, and educational materials), rather than funding the program itself. Go to the website to see types of requests previously funded. Grants range from $5,000 to $50,000 and are made for a single year. Requests are accepted January 1 - March 1, 2007 (and July 1 - September 1). http://www.ludwick.org/guide.html
Abbott Laboratories Fund
The Abbott Laboratories Fund provides support through cash grants to recipients who operate in the areas of health and welfare, education, culture, art, civic and public policy. The Fund gives preference to requests for one–time contributions and for programmatic and operating purposes. No deadline. Apply anytime.
http://www.abbott.com/citizenship/fund/fund.cfm
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Leading Social Change and Problem Solving
Ice cream makers Ben & Jerry offer competitive grants from $1000 to $15,000 to not-for-profit grassroots organization which facilitate progressive social change and lead to creative solutions to problems. Letters of interest are accepted at any time and can lead to being asked to submit a full proposal. For guidelines, forms and related information go to: http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/guidelines.html#areas-interest
Second Mile Grants
John Wieland Homes has a grant program called Second Mile that funds non-profits in metro Atlanta, among other places. They fund projects that deal with literacy, families in crisis, children at risk, hunger, homelessness/affordable housing,and elderly.
The Milagro Foundation
Milagro focuses upon three areas: (A) helping children and youth live healthy lives through education and prevention of disease; (B) helping live literate lives through learning; and (3) helping live culturally enriched lives through arts education. Priority is given to programs that can prove to make a lasting impact on children (those that work with the children for two or more years) and programs or projects that show collaboration between and among more than one agency. Most grants are between $2500 - $5000. Requests are taken on an on-going basis.
Christopher Reeve Foundation to Accept Applications for Quality of Life Grants Program
The Christopher Reeve Foundation's Quality of Life Grants Program offers grants to nonprofit organizations working to address the needs of persons living with paralysis (particularly spinal-cord injury), their families, and caregivers. Funding is awarded in thirteen categories, including accessibility, advocacy, arts, assistive technology, children, counseling, education, employment, health promotion, independent living, practical service, sports and recreation, and therapeutic riding. Except for the health promotion category, the primary focus of the Quality of Life grants is paralysis caused by spinal-cord injury. To qualify for funding, a nonprofit organization does not have to exclusively serve people with spinal cord injuries; however, at least a portion of the population served must have spinal-cord injuries. The health promotion category provides funding to nonprofit organizations that address paralysis caused by spinal-cord injuries and/or other injuries, diseases, and birth conditions, including, but not limited to, stroke, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, etc. Health promotion grants are intended for programmatic activities and not solely for the purchase of equipment for use by individuals. Health promotion grants also cannot fund advocacy or food. Funding is awarded in amounts of up to $25,000 per grant. Applicants must provide proof of nonprofit IRS 501(c)(3) status. The program accepts applications from organizations based outside the U.S., although priority is given to those with an international scope (i.e., projects that serve people living in more than one country). Please note that the program does not make grants to individuals. The online application submission period for the first cycle in 2006 opens January 3, 2006. Applications are accepted September 1, 2006 (and March 1 annually).