The National Council of Nonprofits has called 2012 'The Year of Nonprofit Video' - See Nonprofit Knowledge Matters 2012 - Year of Nonprofit Video
Crowd sourcing is a recently popular mode to raise funds online in which many different nonprofits describe themselves to the public (who votes for which organization should receive a grant) and often the organizations describe themselves through the medium of video. In recent years Pepsi has offered nonprofits the chance to do this. My thought on crowd sourcing? It is not good fundraising for any nonprofit. For more on my thoughts on this see Is Crowd Sourcing A Viable and Sustainable Way for Nonprofits To Raise and Retain Support? No.
Specific to the web and grants, for nonprofits, see my post How Your Nonprofit's Website Can Increase the Grants Your Organization Raises
Have you never seen a webinar or online video (it's alright to admit it - not everyone has), or are you not clear how an online video would help any nonprofit? Then see You Tube's (the per-eminent location online for all web video - including nonprofit organizations' videos (fundraising or otherwise)) free, one minute and fifteen second You Tube video explaining what a web video can do for nonprofits at The You Tube Nonprofit Program
Thứ Hai, 30 tháng 1, 2012
Grants for LGBTQ Youth Who Have Transformed Their Experiences With Bigotry and Discrimination Into Something Good To Improve the Community
From The Foundation Center...
[If you are interested in more information on this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post.]
Deadline: February 29, 2012
A program of the Colin Higgins Foundation, the Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards annually honor lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer, and questioning youth who have transformed their experiences with bigotry and discrimination into opportunities to inspire others by taking action, rallying support, building community, and working to change the systems and institutions that impact their lives.
Unlike scholarships based on grade-point average or written essays, the Colin Higgins Foundation looks to communities across the United States to nominate and lift up LGBTQ youth activists who inspire them and play critical roles in their schools, organizations, and community spaces.
Nominations should describe obstacles the nominee has faced due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, how the nominee has overcome these obstacles through community-level activism for LGBTQ rights, and how the award could transform the life of the nominee and help them achieve their dreams.
Nominees must be 21 years of age or younger and must be U.S. citizens. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Three award winners will be selected to receive $10,000 each. Awardees also will receive an expense-paid trip to the 2013 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference.
Complete program guidelines and nomination forms as well as information on previous awardees are available at the Colin Higgins Foundation Web site.
[If you are interested in more information on this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post.]
Deadline: February 29, 2012
Nominations of LGBTQ Youth Activists Invited for Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards
A program of the Colin Higgins Foundation, the Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards annually honor lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer, and questioning youth who have transformed their experiences with bigotry and discrimination into opportunities to inspire others by taking action, rallying support, building community, and working to change the systems and institutions that impact their lives.
Unlike scholarships based on grade-point average or written essays, the Colin Higgins Foundation looks to communities across the United States to nominate and lift up LGBTQ youth activists who inspire them and play critical roles in their schools, organizations, and community spaces.
Nominations should describe obstacles the nominee has faced due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, how the nominee has overcome these obstacles through community-level activism for LGBTQ rights, and how the award could transform the life of the nominee and help them achieve their dreams.
Nominees must be 21 years of age or younger and must be U.S. citizens. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Three award winners will be selected to receive $10,000 each. Awardees also will receive an expense-paid trip to the 2013 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference.
Complete program guidelines and nomination forms as well as information on previous awardees are available at the Colin Higgins Foundation Web site.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
Link to Complete RFP
Chủ Nhật, 29 tháng 1, 2012
Maintenance Update
Maintenance work on the Production environment has been completed.
We continue maintenance on our AT07 Training environment until 11:59PM Monday, January 30.
Thank you for your continued patience.
Thứ Bảy, 28 tháng 1, 2012
Grants.gov Weekend Downtime Jan 28-29
Please be advised that Grants.gov Production and AT07 Training Environments will be unavailable on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 12:01 AM ET until Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:59 PM ET for system maintenance. The Grants.gov PMO suggests that no application submissions or activity take place during this maintenance period. The system will be back online Monday, January 30.
Thứ Tư, 25 tháng 1, 2012
Tips for Registering with Grants.gov
In order to apply for a Federal grant, you will need to take a number of steps to register in order to successfully submit your grant application on time.
Registration may seem like a daunting process, but here are some handy guides and instructions to help you along the way.
- If you are registering for the first time with Grants.gov, here is a handy checklist.
- If you are an eBiz Point of Contact, another handy checklist.
- Here is a great animated tutorial about the registration process from DUNS to the Central Contractor Registration to Grants.gov.
- Don't know who your eBiz POC is? Do a simple search by using your DUNS number here.
Thứ Hai, 23 tháng 1, 2012
What Are Endowments or Endowment Funds And Does Our Nonprofit Need One? Probably...
Nonprofits raise endowment funds (usually a larger singular amount of money that is raised and then sits over a large amount of time in the organization's bank or other financial institution of its choosing to earn investment capital), in order to have a nest egg sitting in the organization's back pocket because an endowment fund (once in place) provides that nonprofit with many different smart and even strategic benefits.
In "The Nonprofit Handbook Third Edition Fundraising" the author, James M. Greenfield, defines an endowment (also called an endowment fund) as, "...funds permanently set aside by a not-for-profit organization to fulfill a designated purpose....Endowment funds are invested and generate income to to support the charity's mission. Endowments establish quality and permanence for the charity. The income can be used to offset funding shortfalls caused by unforeseen economic events. Endowments can be board-designated funds set aside for future financial needs." (Page 93). (I explain in detail the meaning of this definition, below).
To understand how acquiring an endowment fund goes, let's say, for example, that you and I work together, in their fundraising office, for St. Paul German Historic Stein Collectors Association (SGHSCA), a Minnesota nonprofit. Our local organization is entirely volunteer run, has existed for over fifty years, and annually, the board and our executive director plan out SGHSCA's coming year's organizational operating budget; year long fundraising plan; and each individual fundraising event's plan, operations, and budget. As such, the organization's leadership and volunteer staff know what our expected expenses are, how we will pay for those expenses in the coming year, how much we expect to raise from which types of fundraising events (and when those will occur over the year), and more. Our leadership sees an opportunity to raise a bit more in the coming year and decides to begin an endowment fund (the organization has never had one).
To raise an endowment, like grant writing, annual appeal letters, special events, or any other form of fundraising the campaign requires all of the usual preparation, support, knowledge, and even experience necessary to successfully raise and put that money into place for the organization. We put a committee into place at the SGHSCA, to learn about endowment campaigns, to research other area nonprofits who have them and talk to their staff responsible for raising them, to discuss what specific accounting is required with our organization's Certified Public Accountant, and to research whether St. Paul's community right now has enough interest in steins and our organization's mission's goal to raise an endowment (in addition to all of the other funds we plan to raise) in the new year and thereafter. This committee's initial work, as described, is a feasibility study that will (without having the organization go through fully implementing, funding, and then discovering after launching an actual endowment campaign) whether the board's feeling that the nonprofit could raise an endowment fund is really and actually not just possible (within the nonprofit's community where it fundraises) but too, whether the campaign is likely to be successful (and what successful means for this organization's campaign's first year should be predetermined based on real, recent, quantifiable, financial, demographic, economic, etc. data from the community the funds will be raised from). The best way to not waste an organization's money is to invest some money in prudent research that results in verifiable recent data.
Let's say that our Endowment Campaign Committee spends six months in their discovery phase or feasibility study that yes, St. Paul's local community will likely support funding the SGHSCA's new endowment fund and in the coming year. Next, the Endowment Committee must move into a planning phase that will enable the nonprofit to launch the campaign and run it efficiently and effectively. The Committee needs to create the campaign's: description, plan, goal (which will include how much is to be raised, total), timeline, staffing (including scouting of, recruitment of, and retention of desirable reputable and experienced endowment fundraisers (volunteers) with recent local experience usually with other organizations that the SGHSCA will ask to come to volunteer on this campaign), benchmarks, budget, sustainability plan (to be able to fund/manage the endowment for the following years after it's set up), etc.
The Endowment Committee during all of its work is disseminating its findings and sources for those findings to the board and the executive director. It will make recommendations to the board, but it is the board that will determine all final decisions on what the actual game plan will be, and they will then put proposed plans to a vote and ultimately ratify them.
In actuality an endowment fundraising campaign winds up being a lot like a major donor campaign. Larger increment donors (such as the organization's major donors but too, grant donors, corporate donors, etc.) will be solicited for large increments. As in any fundraising, they should be viewed as investors in the organization's mission and its potential to carry out its mission's goal. The donor should be seen as a partner in the organization's future and its potential for success. They should be informed as to the campaign's progress, what the ultimate result is of the campaign, and thanked (probably several times).
Earlier, I referenced Greenfield's definition of an endowment which included the sentence, "Endowment funds are invested and generate income to to support the charity's mission." No nonprofit need to envision hiring a hedge funds manager (unless the board decides it would like to). The finance committee is ultimately responsible for the endowment's placement and diversification in investment. An endowment can generate income simply sitting in a savings account in the nonprofit's bank. Whether that is the most effective way for the organization to make the most investment capital off its endowment fund, in a given year, is probably worth some serious (and perhaps even) professional consultation (with a nonprofit's Certified Public Accountant, an Endowment Fund investment adviser, or other reputable investment adviser familiar with nonprofit's unique specific needs and how endowment funds best earn money in the current economy and set of laws and best practices).
Too, Greenfield states in his definition, "Endowments establish quality and permanence for the charity. The income can be used to offset funding shortfalls caused by unforeseen economic events." What this means is three things. Endowment funds, by nature, are not often touched by the nonprofit. They are seen as assets. Usually an endowment is a large single amount of money (i.e. $50,000 or $1 million). By virtue of a nonprofit having that asset it has not just created a 'rainy day fund' or 'nest egg' for emergencies but it has provided the organization with a major asset which always raises a potential donor's confidence in the organization (including grant donors and major donors) because the organization has ensured that it will be around tomorrow. The endowment is earning income capital for the nonprofit. It also demonstrates how well the organization is managed (or 'cared for' if you will) that the leadership has ensured the organization can make it through unforeseen (but expected) financial shortfalls. Having said this, endowments should not be viewed as checking accounts or as a fund that will be dipped into once a month or even once every few months. If an organization is doing this - they need to decrease their spending and increase how much they are raising, overall, immediately. An endowment is truly meant to be a long term investment that is also available, if need be, on rare and few occasions (in order to ensure it is there over the organization's life and future, and to ensure, too, that it is earning investment money for the organization).
Finally, I end what I quote of Greenfield's definition of an endowment with, "Endowments can be board-designated funds set aside for future financial needs." Endowments are board created, overseen, and utilized. What this means is that an endowment is the organization's and it's there for the goals of the mission. As such, the organizaiton's (or even mission's) overseers manage it and the overseer of any nonprofit is its board. In other words, while the executive director usually manages and oversees day to day spending and banking, via the organization's checking and savings accounts (if it has them), an endowment is not meant to be withdrawn from much if at all. It can be deposited to regularly (as according to the laws and best practices that deal with endowments). Endowments are not checking accounts but rather investments and as such come under the purview of the organization's own oversight, the board.
Endowments stabilize, empower, and improve the organization, and they also strengthen the nonprofit's reputation and even how investment worthy a nonprofit is to its potential (and current) larger increment donors.
In "The Nonprofit Handbook Third Edition Fundraising" the author, James M. Greenfield, defines an endowment (also called an endowment fund) as, "...funds permanently set aside by a not-for-profit organization to fulfill a designated purpose....Endowment funds are invested and generate income to to support the charity's mission. Endowments establish quality and permanence for the charity. The income can be used to offset funding shortfalls caused by unforeseen economic events. Endowments can be board-designated funds set aside for future financial needs." (Page 93). (I explain in detail the meaning of this definition, below).
To understand how acquiring an endowment fund goes, let's say, for example, that you and I work together, in their fundraising office, for St. Paul German Historic Stein Collectors Association (SGHSCA), a Minnesota nonprofit. Our local organization is entirely volunteer run, has existed for over fifty years, and annually, the board and our executive director plan out SGHSCA's coming year's organizational operating budget; year long fundraising plan; and each individual fundraising event's plan, operations, and budget. As such, the organization's leadership and volunteer staff know what our expected expenses are, how we will pay for those expenses in the coming year, how much we expect to raise from which types of fundraising events (and when those will occur over the year), and more. Our leadership sees an opportunity to raise a bit more in the coming year and decides to begin an endowment fund (the organization has never had one).
To raise an endowment, like grant writing, annual appeal letters, special events, or any other form of fundraising the campaign requires all of the usual preparation, support, knowledge, and even experience necessary to successfully raise and put that money into place for the organization. We put a committee into place at the SGHSCA, to learn about endowment campaigns, to research other area nonprofits who have them and talk to their staff responsible for raising them, to discuss what specific accounting is required with our organization's Certified Public Accountant, and to research whether St. Paul's community right now has enough interest in steins and our organization's mission's goal to raise an endowment (in addition to all of the other funds we plan to raise) in the new year and thereafter. This committee's initial work, as described, is a feasibility study that will (without having the organization go through fully implementing, funding, and then discovering after launching an actual endowment campaign) whether the board's feeling that the nonprofit could raise an endowment fund is really and actually not just possible (within the nonprofit's community where it fundraises) but too, whether the campaign is likely to be successful (and what successful means for this organization's campaign's first year should be predetermined based on real, recent, quantifiable, financial, demographic, economic, etc. data from the community the funds will be raised from). The best way to not waste an organization's money is to invest some money in prudent research that results in verifiable recent data.
Let's say that our Endowment Campaign Committee spends six months in their discovery phase or feasibility study that yes, St. Paul's local community will likely support funding the SGHSCA's new endowment fund and in the coming year. Next, the Endowment Committee must move into a planning phase that will enable the nonprofit to launch the campaign and run it efficiently and effectively. The Committee needs to create the campaign's: description, plan, goal (which will include how much is to be raised, total), timeline, staffing (including scouting of, recruitment of, and retention of desirable reputable and experienced endowment fundraisers (volunteers) with recent local experience usually with other organizations that the SGHSCA will ask to come to volunteer on this campaign), benchmarks, budget, sustainability plan (to be able to fund/manage the endowment for the following years after it's set up), etc.
The Endowment Committee during all of its work is disseminating its findings and sources for those findings to the board and the executive director. It will make recommendations to the board, but it is the board that will determine all final decisions on what the actual game plan will be, and they will then put proposed plans to a vote and ultimately ratify them.
In actuality an endowment fundraising campaign winds up being a lot like a major donor campaign. Larger increment donors (such as the organization's major donors but too, grant donors, corporate donors, etc.) will be solicited for large increments. As in any fundraising, they should be viewed as investors in the organization's mission and its potential to carry out its mission's goal. The donor should be seen as a partner in the organization's future and its potential for success. They should be informed as to the campaign's progress, what the ultimate result is of the campaign, and thanked (probably several times).
Earlier, I referenced Greenfield's definition of an endowment which included the sentence, "Endowment funds are invested and generate income to to support the charity's mission." No nonprofit need to envision hiring a hedge funds manager (unless the board decides it would like to). The finance committee is ultimately responsible for the endowment's placement and diversification in investment. An endowment can generate income simply sitting in a savings account in the nonprofit's bank. Whether that is the most effective way for the organization to make the most investment capital off its endowment fund, in a given year, is probably worth some serious (and perhaps even) professional consultation (with a nonprofit's Certified Public Accountant, an Endowment Fund investment adviser, or other reputable investment adviser familiar with nonprofit's unique specific needs and how endowment funds best earn money in the current economy and set of laws and best practices).
Too, Greenfield states in his definition, "Endowments establish quality and permanence for the charity. The income can be used to offset funding shortfalls caused by unforeseen economic events." What this means is three things. Endowment funds, by nature, are not often touched by the nonprofit. They are seen as assets. Usually an endowment is a large single amount of money (i.e. $50,000 or $1 million). By virtue of a nonprofit having that asset it has not just created a 'rainy day fund' or 'nest egg' for emergencies but it has provided the organization with a major asset which always raises a potential donor's confidence in the organization (including grant donors and major donors) because the organization has ensured that it will be around tomorrow. The endowment is earning income capital for the nonprofit. It also demonstrates how well the organization is managed (or 'cared for' if you will) that the leadership has ensured the organization can make it through unforeseen (but expected) financial shortfalls. Having said this, endowments should not be viewed as checking accounts or as a fund that will be dipped into once a month or even once every few months. If an organization is doing this - they need to decrease their spending and increase how much they are raising, overall, immediately. An endowment is truly meant to be a long term investment that is also available, if need be, on rare and few occasions (in order to ensure it is there over the organization's life and future, and to ensure, too, that it is earning investment money for the organization).
Finally, I end what I quote of Greenfield's definition of an endowment with, "Endowments can be board-designated funds set aside for future financial needs." Endowments are board created, overseen, and utilized. What this means is that an endowment is the organization's and it's there for the goals of the mission. As such, the organizaiton's (or even mission's) overseers manage it and the overseer of any nonprofit is its board. In other words, while the executive director usually manages and oversees day to day spending and banking, via the organization's checking and savings accounts (if it has them), an endowment is not meant to be withdrawn from much if at all. It can be deposited to regularly (as according to the laws and best practices that deal with endowments). Endowments are not checking accounts but rather investments and as such come under the purview of the organization's own oversight, the board.
Endowments stabilize, empower, and improve the organization, and they also strengthen the nonprofit's reputation and even how investment worthy a nonprofit is to its potential (and current) larger increment donors.
Grants for Schools Encouraging Emotional Development To Enable Children To Become Real World Problem Solvers (All Countries and Nations)
From The Foundation Center...
[If you are interested in more information on this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post].
Deadline: March 30, 2012
Ashoka Changemakers has announced the launch of Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters, a global competition seeking solutions that help young people learn and practice empathy in school so they are equipped to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
The collaborative competition is designed to identify ideas, programs, and learning models from around the world that encourage social and emotional development; unlock new ways of viewing problems; address bullying or aggression in ways that advance understanding of others' perspectives; promote community diversity and a respect for differences; and champion children as real-world problem solvers rather than simply bystanders.
The competition is open to all individuals, organizations, and collaborations from all countries. Entries are sought from teachers, principals, parents, students, and other innovators with a project, a program, or a new learning experience that can advance empathy in education.
The competition will consider all entries that reflect the theme of the competition; identify solutions that enable children to be effective citizens, leaders, and change makers by equipping them with the skills to understand the perspectives of others; indicate growth beyond the conceptual stage; and can demonstrate impact and sustainability. While the program supports new ideas at every stage, the judges are better able to evaluate programs that are beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated proof of impact.
Entrants will be given the opportunity to connect to a supportive global online community, gain visibility and recognition as a new best practice in education, and gain funding for their initiative through cash and in-kind prizes.
Visit the Changemakers Web site for complete competition information, entry guidelines, and program updates.
[If you are interested in more information on this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post].
Deadline: March 30, 2012
Ashoka Changemakers Invites Global Entries for Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters
Ashoka Changemakers has announced the launch of Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters, a global competition seeking solutions that help young people learn and practice empathy in school so they are equipped to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
The collaborative competition is designed to identify ideas, programs, and learning models from around the world that encourage social and emotional development; unlock new ways of viewing problems; address bullying or aggression in ways that advance understanding of others' perspectives; promote community diversity and a respect for differences; and champion children as real-world problem solvers rather than simply bystanders.
The competition is open to all individuals, organizations, and collaborations from all countries. Entries are sought from teachers, principals, parents, students, and other innovators with a project, a program, or a new learning experience that can advance empathy in education.
The competition will consider all entries that reflect the theme of the competition; identify solutions that enable children to be effective citizens, leaders, and change makers by equipping them with the skills to understand the perspectives of others; indicate growth beyond the conceptual stage; and can demonstrate impact and sustainability. While the program supports new ideas at every stage, the judges are better able to evaluate programs that are beyond the conceptual stage and have demonstrated proof of impact.
Entrants will be given the opportunity to connect to a supportive global online community, gain visibility and recognition as a new best practice in education, and gain funding for their initiative through cash and in-kind prizes.
Visit the Changemakers Web site for complete competition information, entry guidelines, and program updates.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
Link to Complete RFP
Thứ Hai, 16 tháng 1, 2012
Three Contemporary Articles Discussing Findings Proving the Widening U.S. Class Disparity
"Poll Finds Class Tension On Steep Rise, Especially Among Young Adults" by Ruth McCambridge
"The Rise and Consequences of Inequality in the United States" by Alan B. Krueger Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers January 12, 2012
As the introduction to his paper explains:
"...The topic I will address today is inequality. As you may know, I am a labor economist. Labor economics is the study of work and pay It occurred to me that the field of labor economics can also be described as an attempt to understand inequalities related tot he job market.
"...My theme in this talk is that the rise in inequality in the United States over the last three decades has reached the point that inequality in incomes is causing an unhealthy division in opportunities, and is a threat to our economic growth."
"Report Finds King's "Dream" Looks Bleak Unless New Alliances Converge" by Ruth McCambridge
Specific to the nonprofit sector - this article discusses a recent study's findings indicating what the nonprofit sector could do to more closely approximate the goals of Dr. King's Dream.
Added January 25, 2012:
Prominent Conservatives Join Liberals in Expressing Income Gap Concerns
George Soros On the Coming U.S. Class War
"The Rise and Consequences of Inequality in the United States" by Alan B. Krueger Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers January 12, 2012
As the introduction to his paper explains:
"...The topic I will address today is inequality. As you may know, I am a labor economist. Labor economics is the study of work and pay It occurred to me that the field of labor economics can also be described as an attempt to understand inequalities related tot he job market.
"...My theme in this talk is that the rise in inequality in the United States over the last three decades has reached the point that inequality in incomes is causing an unhealthy division in opportunities, and is a threat to our economic growth."
"Report Finds King's "Dream" Looks Bleak Unless New Alliances Converge" by Ruth McCambridge
Specific to the nonprofit sector - this article discusses a recent study's findings indicating what the nonprofit sector could do to more closely approximate the goals of Dr. King's Dream.
Added January 25, 2012:
Prominent Conservatives Join Liberals in Expressing Income Gap Concerns
George Soros On the Coming U.S. Class War
Grants for U.S. Public Schools in Farming Communities for Science and/or Math Education (in 39 states)
From The Foundation Center...
[If you are interested in more information about this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post].
Deadline: April 15, 2012
Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Monsanto Company, has announced the launch of its America's Farmers Grow Rural Education program.
The grant program will provide grants in over twelve hundred counties across thirty-nine states to help strengthen local communities and education systems, especially in the areas of science and/or math. Grants will be awarded based on merit, need, and community support.
The program invites farmers to nominate a public school district in their community to compete for a grant. Administrators from nominated school districts can then submit an application for either a $10,000 or $25,000 grant to support a science and/or math education program.
School districts that apply for a $10,000 grant will compete against other school districts located in a USDA-appointed Crop Reporting District (CRD); CRDs with fewer than five eligible school districts will compete against each other for a single grant. A school district that applies for a $25,000 grant will compete against schools located in its state or designated region. The Monsanto Fund will award a hundred and ninety-nine grants through the program in 2012: a hundred and seventy-seven $10,000 grants and twenty-two grants of $25,000. Overall, the fund will donate more than $2.3 million to school districts through the program.
To be eligible to submit a nomination, farmers must be at least 21 years old and actively engaged in farming a minimum of two hundred and fifty acres of corn, soybeans, and/or cotton, and/or forty acres of open field vegetables, or at least ten acres of vegetables grown in protected culture; and must reside in eligible counties where a minimum of thirty thousand acres of corn and/or soybeans and/or cotton and/or vegetables are planted each year.
Visit the America's Farmers Grow Rural Education Web site for the complete list of eligible states and regions, program guidelines, and nomination procedures.
[If you are interested in more information about this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this post].
Deadline: April 15, 2012
Monsanto Fund Invites Farmers to Nominate School Districts for America's Farmers Grow Rural Education Grant Program
Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Monsanto Company, has announced the launch of its America's Farmers Grow Rural Education program.
The grant program will provide grants in over twelve hundred counties across thirty-nine states to help strengthen local communities and education systems, especially in the areas of science and/or math. Grants will be awarded based on merit, need, and community support.
The program invites farmers to nominate a public school district in their community to compete for a grant. Administrators from nominated school districts can then submit an application for either a $10,000 or $25,000 grant to support a science and/or math education program.
School districts that apply for a $10,000 grant will compete against other school districts located in a USDA-appointed Crop Reporting District (CRD); CRDs with fewer than five eligible school districts will compete against each other for a single grant. A school district that applies for a $25,000 grant will compete against schools located in its state or designated region. The Monsanto Fund will award a hundred and ninety-nine grants through the program in 2012: a hundred and seventy-seven $10,000 grants and twenty-two grants of $25,000. Overall, the fund will donate more than $2.3 million to school districts through the program.
To be eligible to submit a nomination, farmers must be at least 21 years old and actively engaged in farming a minimum of two hundred and fifty acres of corn, soybeans, and/or cotton, and/or forty acres of open field vegetables, or at least ten acres of vegetables grown in protected culture; and must reside in eligible counties where a minimum of thirty thousand acres of corn and/or soybeans and/or cotton and/or vegetables are planted each year.
Visit the America's Farmers Grow Rural Education Web site for the complete list of eligible states and regions, program guidelines, and nomination procedures.
Contact:
Link to Complete RFP
Link to Complete RFP
Thứ Năm, 12 tháng 1, 2012
New Certificate Installation Request Process Implemented at Grants.gov
All:
The below only effects S2S entities that interface with Grants.gov.
The Grants.gov Program Management Office has instituted a new form and process for the installation of certificates to Grants.gov for both applicant entities and the Federal agencies. Requests will go directly to support@grants.gov.
The new guidelines can be found here for applicant entities: http://grants.gov/applicant_s2s/applicants2s_faqs.jsp#q5
The new guidelines can be found here for Federal agencies:
As always, the Grants.gov operations and support staff will continue to provide direct assistance for S2S issues.
Sincerely,
The Grants.gov PMO
Chủ Nhật, 8 tháng 1, 2012
Looking To Implement New Fundraising Methods? Has Your Nonprofit Considered These?
What Are Matching Grants? I'll Explain...
What Are Leadership Donations?
All About Sponsors and Sponsorships as Donors and A Fundraising Method
Bring In Donations From Many Different Kinds of Sources
About Bequests and Its Unique Fundraising, What They Are & How A Nonprofit Can Begin A Bequests Campaign
Getting Major Donors To Contribute Large Regular Donations Can Stabilize Cash Flow
What Are Leadership Donations?
All About Sponsors and Sponsorships as Donors and A Fundraising Method
Bring In Donations From Many Different Kinds of Sources
About Bequests and Its Unique Fundraising, What They Are & How A Nonprofit Can Begin A Bequests Campaign
Getting Major Donors To Contribute Large Regular Donations Can Stabilize Cash Flow
Fund Offering Support Efforts Building Nuclear Weapons-Free World
From The Foundation Center...
[As always, if you are interested in this grant opportunity, click "Link To Complete RFP" at the end of this post for more information].
Deadline: March 15, 2012
The Ploughshares Fund, one of the largest foundations in the world focused exclusively on nuclear policy, supports organizations and individuals working to build a safe, secure, nuclear weapons-free world.
The fund seeks to support the most promising efforts to realize the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons, including projects that:
Promote the elimination of nuclear weapons. Funded projects will work to build consensus among world leaders to create a global norm against nuclear weapons, increase the momentum toward zero, and take concrete steps to limit and reduce current arsenals.
Prevent the emergence of new nuclear states. Projects in this category must be focused on Iran and North Korea, the two most significant threats to global nonproliferation. The fund seeks to support efforts to promote effective diplomacy and engagement grounded in well-informed and strategic analysis. The fund is investing significant resources over the next year on a special Iran campaign that will promote non-military solutions.
Build regional peace and security. Funding will be provided to support fact-finding missions, on-the-ground analysis, high-level dialogue, confidence-building measures, policy advocacy, and media outreach to advance the transformation of conflicts in South and Southwest Asia.
The fund also amplifies and coordinates the work of its grantees to develop winning strategies that advance the vision of a nuclear-weapons free world; bring together experts, analysts, lobbyists, and activists to create and win shared campaigns; build a bipartisan legislative consensus for eliminating nuclear weapons; and expand the public's knowledge and catalyze public support for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
The fund places very few restrictions or geographical limitations on its grantmaking. The fund provides support for direct lobbying programs and makes grants to individuals.
The fund does not support the production of films, videos, books, or the research and writing of academic dissertations.
The fund's board of directors meets three times a year to award grants. Fund staff may also consider requests for emergency funding on a discretionary basis.
The next deadline for proposals is March 15, 2012.
Visit the Ploughshares Fund Web site for complete information on funding priorities, application guidelines, and a database of previously awarded grants.
[As always, if you are interested in this grant opportunity, click "Link To Complete RFP" at the end of this post for more information].
Deadline: March 15, 2012
Ploughshares Fund Offers Support for Efforts to Build Nuclear Weapons-Free World
The Ploughshares Fund, one of the largest foundations in the world focused exclusively on nuclear policy, supports organizations and individuals working to build a safe, secure, nuclear weapons-free world.
The fund seeks to support the most promising efforts to realize the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons, including projects that:
Promote the elimination of nuclear weapons. Funded projects will work to build consensus among world leaders to create a global norm against nuclear weapons, increase the momentum toward zero, and take concrete steps to limit and reduce current arsenals.
Prevent the emergence of new nuclear states. Projects in this category must be focused on Iran and North Korea, the two most significant threats to global nonproliferation. The fund seeks to support efforts to promote effective diplomacy and engagement grounded in well-informed and strategic analysis. The fund is investing significant resources over the next year on a special Iran campaign that will promote non-military solutions.
Build regional peace and security. Funding will be provided to support fact-finding missions, on-the-ground analysis, high-level dialogue, confidence-building measures, policy advocacy, and media outreach to advance the transformation of conflicts in South and Southwest Asia.
The fund also amplifies and coordinates the work of its grantees to develop winning strategies that advance the vision of a nuclear-weapons free world; bring together experts, analysts, lobbyists, and activists to create and win shared campaigns; build a bipartisan legislative consensus for eliminating nuclear weapons; and expand the public's knowledge and catalyze public support for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
The fund places very few restrictions or geographical limitations on its grantmaking. The fund provides support for direct lobbying programs and makes grants to individuals.
The fund does not support the production of films, videos, books, or the research and writing of academic dissertations.
The fund's board of directors meets three times a year to award grants. Fund staff may also consider requests for emergency funding on a discretionary basis.
The next deadline for proposals is March 15, 2012.
Visit the Ploughshares Fund Web site for complete information on funding priorities, application guidelines, and a database of previously awarded grants.
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Link to Complete RFP
Link to Complete RFP
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