Bank of American Student Leaders Award

 

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Do you know a high school student who is a leader in his or her neighborhood? The Student Leaders Program is an eight-week summer experience for high school juniors and seniors who learn leadership skills through hands-on community work and a Student Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. Applications are now open for the 2014 program.

Information source: Citizens Committee for New York City

Citizens Committee for New York Neighborhood Grants

Deadline:   January 27, 2014

Funding Amount:   award ceiling: $3,000

Eligibility:   see summary below

Agency:   Citizens Committee for New York

Summary:   Citizens Committee awards micro-grants of up to $3,000 to resident-led groups to work on community and school improvement projects throughout the city. We prioritize groups based in low income neighborhoods and Title I public schools.

Recent awards have enabled neighbors to come together to make healthy food available in their communities, transform empty lots into community gardens, organize tenants to advocate for better housing conditions, and start school recycling drives.

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Training in Program Evaluation

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Training in Program Evaluation and Developing Corporate Partners Volunteer Management Group (VMG) offers 2.5 hour evening courses at University Settlement at the Houston Street Center. Topics include, how your organization can prove to prospects that you are the best non-profit partner for their support, how companies want to ensure that their philanthropic support is achieving impact, and how to align with the best corporate partner for your organization. Students discuss trends in corporate philanthropy and grantmaking. For course descriptions, schedule and to register call 1-888-833-9993 or click here.