Fund & Sustain Your Work
Looking to get an idea off the ground? Need some tips on grant writing for an already effective organization? When it comes to make a difference, passion, partners, data and energy are key—and so is adequate funding. In this section, you'll find guides, tips and grant alerts to keep your good work going.
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FUNDING RESOURCES
Are you looking for money to continue your education? The Foundation Center in Washington, D.C., has a recorded webinar about getting funding for school. The webinar discusses ways to find grants and application best practices. Check it out online!
As part of the Administration’s Open Government Initiative, the Department launched a new web site, which will ultimately serve as a one-stop shop for education data and permit practitioners, researchers, and the public to access data that can inform their work in classrooms and communities across America. The age
Workforce3 One highlights the features of a new toolkit created by the U.S. Labor Department to help applicants apply for open grant competitions for new ARRA funds.
If you had more money to spend on your students and physical education program, how would you use it? Would you buy curriculum, attend professionaldevelopment opportunities, purchase exergaming equipment? Would you create an Exercise Science lab or buy 45 bikes and start a spin class?
Find the February Webinar and click on the link to view a recording of the webinar.
In this economy, families and early care and education programs alike are struggling with budgets. It's a bad combination: as programs cut hours and try to fill vacancies, and families juggle child care changes or pull their children out of programs they can no longer afford.
You had the idea, you started the nonprofit. But how do you pay for your programs? Idealist.org has easy-to-use resources and links to organizations and tools that can help you fundraise effectively.
Storytelling is an important part of fundraising but it's a special sort of storytelling, one that appeals to your donors. While you're judged by your impact on beneficiaries, it's ultimately your donors who must buy into your story. There's the secret: putting yourself in the shoes of your donor.
Our next Leadership Series on Managing your organization's finances is taking place on February 9, 2010. If you are looking for best practices to monitor your organization's financial health and to safeguard its assets, this session is not to be missed.
In its ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (1/21/2010), the U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions on corporate campaign spending which some government watchdogs and nonprofit groups fear will allow businesses to drown out the voices of individuals, charities, and smaller advocacy organizations.
Fundraising is what it all boils down to for most nonprofits. Whether your online fundraising program never got off the ground, has started to tail off or just needs a quick retuning, Network for Good has a great section of free articles, tools and tips to help you jump-start (or start) your online fundraising.
Grant Alerts
The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting applications from States and Territories for the development and implementation of the State Abstinence Program.
The Financial Education for College Access and Success Program seeks to support agencies that provide high school students with knowledge to make sound financial aid and other personal finance decisions, especially in regard to postsecondary education.
The National Institutes of Health is accepting Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions and organizations that propose randomized clinical trials testing home- or family-based interventions for the prevention or management of overweight in infancy and early childhood.
Grant: Get well soon grants - To
assist individuals who are taking action to help children in hospitals
Funder: The Dunkin' Donuts &
Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation
Eligibility: Individuals 25 and under
Deadline: Aug 17, 2010
Grant: Kids in Need teacher grants
- To provide K-12 educators in the United States with funding to implement
innovative learning opportunities for their students
Funder: Kids in Need Foundation
Eligibility: Certified K-12 teachers
Deadline: Sept 30, 2010
Grant: Add Us In program - To develop and evaluate replicable models, strategies and policies that would ensure that youth and adults from targeted populations with disabilities have access to a broader range of employment and mentoring opportunities
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor
Grant: UnitedHealth HEROES - To
help young people create and implement local, hands-on programs to fight
childhood obesity
Funder: UnitedHealth Group and
Youth Service America
Grant: State personal
responsibility education program - To educate youth between the ages of 10 and
19 on both abstinence and contraception for the prevention of pregnancy and
sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS
Funder: U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
The Community
Tool Box, a service of the Work Group for Community Health and Development at
the University of Kansas, has announced the 2010 Out of the Box Prize program to
honor promising initiatives that improve community health and development
worldwide.
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced on July 13 a second year funding amounting to $66,678,357 to 183 community groups to provide education and training to young people across the United States. The YouthBuild program assists out-of-school youth in obtaining their diplomas or GEDs while providing occupational training in the construction industry.