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Nonprofits Expect Giving to Increase in 2010

After two years of subpar giving, nonprofits anticipate a better year in 2010, expecting to see fundraising gains in major gifts/planned giving, as well as online giving/social media, says a new survey by the Assn. of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). AFP's Quick Poll website survey ask... read more 07/02/2010 4:55 PM

Budget

(FY 2011 BUDGET) Budget Resolutions Stall on Capitol Hill
It appears that neither the House nor the Senate will be able to pass a Budget Resolution to guide the FY 2011 appropriations process as it moves through Congress this year. A Budget Resolution provides a framework for spending decisions for the fiscal year and determines the total amount Congress... read more 06/28/2010 08:55 AM

(ED) House Leaders Offer Scaled Down Education Jobs Bill
In an effort to overcome Republican intransigence over government spending, House Democratic leaders are circulating a scaled-down version of the education jobs measure intended to help schools avoid laying off teachers. The measure, which is to be part of the FY 2010 Supplemental Appropriations A... read more 07/01/2010 06:23 AM

Child Welfare

(ED) Advocates Warn Against Cutting Child-Youth Programs
The head of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urged a federal deficit commission to avoid cutting funding for critical public health programs for children and adolescents, and emphasized the economic value of early investment in the next generation. AAP President Judith Palfrey testified Ju... read more 07/01/2010 2:33 PM

Education

(EDUCATION) Many Public School Systems Spend More than $10,000 Per Student
Even as lawmakers attempt to pass another economic stimulus bill to save teaching jobs this year, a new report shows that public education spending rose considerably in 2008 as the country was sliding deeper into a recession. Congress is attempting to approve a $23 billion jobs bill that will send... read more 06/30/2010 1:59 PM

Federal Funding - General

(YOUTH) Agency Offers Insights into Upcoming Homeless Funding Competitions
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) unveils the first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness--providing insights for nonprofits as they prepare for the Continuum of Care (CoC) funding opportunity later this summer. Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent a... read more 06/30/2010 08:10 AM

Federal Funding Notices - At Risk Youth

(CHILDREN'S HEALTH) HHS Offers $3M for Maternal, Infant Efforts
Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Admin. for Children & Families, ACF); Program: Affordable Care Act (ACA): Tribal Maternal, Infant & Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program (CFDA Number: 93.508) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2010-ACF-OFA-TH-0134); Eligibility: Tr... read more 06/30/2010 4:45 PM

(YOUTH) HHS Provides $50M for School-Based Health Center Equipment
Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) (Health Resources & Services Admin.-HRSA); Program: Affordable Care Act (ACA) School-Based Health Centers Capital Program (CFDA Number: 93.501) (Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-10-276); Eligibility: Tribes, nonprofits and school-based health cente... read more 07/01/2010 4:33 PM

Federal Funding Notices - Education

(DISABILITIES) DoEd Offers Funding to Improve Employment for Blind
Agency: Education Dept. (DoEd) (Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services/Nat'l Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research, NIDRR); Program: Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs): Employment Outcomes for Individuals Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired (CFDA N... read more 07/02/2010 4:59 PM

(HEALTH) DoEd Grants Focus on Mental Illness/Co-Occurring Conditions
Agency: Education Dept. (DoEd) (Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services; Nat'l Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research, NIDRR); Program: Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs): Improved Outcomes for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Co-Oc... read more 07/01/2010 02:32 AM

(K-12 EDUCATION) NSF Offers $4M for Mathematical Science Conferences
Agency: Nat'l Science Foundation (NSF); Program: Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences (CFDA Number: 47.049) (Funding Opportunity Numbers: 10-578); Eligibility: Nonprofit, nonacademic organizations (independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and simila... read more 07/01/2010 1:28 PM

(TRIBAL) HHS Offers American Indian Psychology Recruitment Funding
Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (Indian Health Service); Program: American Indians into Psychology (CFDA Number: 93.970) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-IHS-2010-INPSY-0001); Eligibility: Public and nonprofit private colleges and universities that offer a Ph.D. in clinical programs accred... read more 07/02/2010 2:12 PM

Federal Funding Notices - HUD Super Nofa

(POVERTY) HUD to Expand McKinney-Vento to Include Prevention Efforts
The Housing and Urban Development Dept. (HUD) wants to expand the $2.1 billion McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance competitive grants programs to include efforts that provide homelessness prevention and permanent supportive housing for homeless persons and those homeless families with special needs.... read more 06/30/2010 07:55 AM

Grant Guru

(TIPS) Following the RFP Can Lead to Funding Gold
Dear Grant Guru: We've been struggling with our applications and want to know if you can give us some good guidelines on the application process. Is there a standard format that we should use? Grant Guru: The first step is in applying for any grant is to read and follow the Request for Propos... read more 07/02/2010 09:21 AM

Note From the Editor

(AUDIOCONFERENCE) Event Will Focus on HUD's Upcoming NOFA
The Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) is poised to begin releasing hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for a wide array of programs covering everything from homeless programs to housing for the elderly to healthcare facilities -- and so much more. In anticipation of the depa... read more 07/01/2010 04:51 AM

Private Funding

(ARTS) Doris Duke Foundation
Deadline: Aug. 2 The Fund for National Projects, an initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, supports projects that strengthen the national infrastructure of the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting, and/or theatre fields. In addition, the fund works to improve conditions for... read more 06/29/2010 07:59 AM

(ARTS) NAMM Foundation
Deadline: Sept. 30 (Letter or Inquiry) The NAMM Foundation's Program Grants fund projects that further the music products industry's mission of creating more active music makers of all ages and expanding access to music making. The Program Grants support nonprofit, public service music learning pr... read more 07/02/2010 2:45 PM

(COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT) Golden LEAF Foundation (NC)
Deadline: Rolling. The Golden LEAF Foundation is committed to supporting projects that bolster North Carolina's long-term economy, especially in tobacco-dependent, economically distressed, and/or rural communities. The foundation's Open Grants Program promotes projects that develop economic stren... read more 06/29/2010 10:39 AM

(ENVIRONMENT) Green Across America
Deadline: July 30 The Green Across America Program, funded by Target and overseen by The Nat'l Education Association, provides $1,000 grants to K-12 teachers to implement innovative programs to increase environmental awareness, create positive learning programs and excite students about ways... read more 06/30/2010 08:45 AM

(REGIONAL FUNDING) EQT Foundation (KY, PA, VA & WV)
Deadline: Aug. 1 The EQT Foundation funding strategy embraces programs that directly touch the community and its residents, rather than fundraising initiatives designed to support general operating expenses. The foundation supports projects that demonstrate positive, significant, measurable and sus... read more 06/29/2010 07:59 AM

(SOCIAL SERVICES) Skoll Foundation
Deadline: Aug. 4. The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship support social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale influence on critical challenges of our time, including environmental sustainability, health, tolerance and human rights and institutional responsibility. The fou... read more 07/02/2010 07:39 AM

(ENVIRONMENT) NEA Green Grants
Deadline: July 30. The goal of the National Education Assn.'s (NEA) Green Across America Grant Award Program is to create sustainable education programs to encourage K-12 students to increase earth-friendly behavior in their neighborhoods and communities. This year, grants of up to $1,000 are ava... read more 06/30/2010 05:59 AM

(REGIONAL FUNDING) New England Foundation for the Arts
Deadline: Rolling. The National Native Artist Exchange (NEFA), administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts, is designed to support the exchange of artistic skills and knowledge among Native artists. American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian artists throughout the United... read more 06/29/2010 09:39 AM

(REGIONAL FUNDING) Wellmark Foundation (IA & SD)
Deadline: Aug. 25 (Letter of Intent). The mission of the Wellmark Foundation is to facilitate the continuous improvement of health status within Iowa and South Dakota communities. Through the Healthy Communities Grant Program, the foundation focuses its funding on improving health through preventio... read more 06/30/2010 07:43 AM

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