FUNDING RESOURCES AT YOUR DOOR STEP! (June 2013 Edition)

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Learning Communities Resource Center: This resource center will be designed to promote the creation of learning communities within the Community Services Block Grant Network to analyze Community Action outcomes and identify effective, promising, and innovative practice models to address current causes and conditions of poverty.
Apply by July 24, 2013
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National Resource Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention: The purpose of this jointly funded program is to serve as a national resource and training center to increase the effectiveness of youth violence prevention, prevention of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders, and promotion of the healthy development of children and youth.

Applications are due by July 1, 2013
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NYC Business Innovation Challenge:  NYC BIC is offering two types of grants in 2013. BIC’s award up to 125,000 to assist your organization in building a strong workforce.  This competition is open to profit and not for profit organization. The award can help you improve your infracture, data gathering, research and educational component that will be used to expand the knowledge or understanding of the affected community.

Check out their website for due date.
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Awesome Foundation Grants: The Awesome Foundation was created in 2009 in Boston, the Foundation distributes a series of monthly $1,000 grants to projects and their creators. The Awesome Foundation awards grants of $1,000 monthly to "awesome" projects with no strings attached.  If you or your community group has a great idea, apply for a grant by the last day of every month. 

Apply for grant by the last day of each month
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FUNDING ALERT --- February 2013 Edition

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT YOUR DOOR STEP!

Stay tuned for our next funding announcement - March 20th

 

 

North Star Fund Grants: The North Star Fund supports grassroots activism and organizing to achieve social justice and the common good.  They are currently offering two grants, the Grassroots Action Grants and the Innovative Activism Grants. 

Apply by February 15th, 2013.

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Open Meadows Foundation: Open Meadows Foundation offers grants up to $2000 to projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls, reflect the diversity of the community served by the project in both its leadership and organization, promote building community power, and have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding. 

Applications are due February 15th, 2013.

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Department of Environmental Conservation:  DEC is offering two types of grants in 2013.  DEC's Community Impact Grants award $10,000 to $50,000 to fund projects that address exposure of the communities served by the applicant organizations to multiple environmental harms and risks.  DEC also offers Green Gems Grants which award $2,500 to $10,000 for smaller scale projects that involve education, stewardship, or monitoring activities related to parks, open space, community gardens or green infrastructure.  The projects must include a research and educational component that will be used to expand the knowledge or understanding of the affected community. 

Applications are due on April 5th, 2013.

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Green in Action Awards: Green in Action Awards will be granted to inspiring schools, classrooms, or youth groups who have demonstrated their commitment, creativity, or passion for sustainability. 
Apply by April 30th to receive $250 in funding 
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