GRANTS & loans
LOANS
The Leviticus Fund offers low cost loans to organizations purchasing property, building or upgrading existing facilities in Connecticut.
www.leviticusfund.org/borrow_childcare
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FEDERAL GRANTS:
AfterSchool.gov - www.afterschool.gov, can connect you to information on federal grants, how to organize a program and other resources.
Information on funding for snacks and other food programs is available here.
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Grants.gov - The most accessible source of information on all U.S. government grants is http://www.grants.gov/ It is enormous and best handled by signing up for automatic emails (every day!) of new announcements from the departments and programs related to after school.
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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provides grants that are applicable to after school, although most go to state agencies (in Connecticut, usually the Office of Policy and Management). Check the Federal OJJDP Web site or sign up for their e-newsletter to get an idea of what is available.
To get in touch with Connecticut offices that handle these and other juvenile justice grants click here.
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Faith-Based And Community Initiatives :
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/grants-catalog-index.html
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FEDERAL and other grants in the arts:
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Artsed.html
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GRANTS: Foundations and Corporations:
Community Service/Service Learning
Service Learning and Community Service Project funding is available from several sources with various deadlines. Find listings here.
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Pay It Forward Mini-Grants are designed to fund one-time-only service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community. Projects must contain a “pay it forward” focus – that is, they must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially – to be considered in the grant making process. Grant applications are reviewed and considered by a Selection Committee three times a year.
www.payitforwardfoundation.org/educators/grant.html
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Do Something has created a Web page that lists 40 different sources of grants for youth service. They include programs such as the weekly $500 grants for young social entrepreneurs offered through Game Stop that will go to young people age 25 and younger (this could include after school staff members) who have a great idea for a community-action project. A second grant program (with Plum TV) offers $500 grants to social entrepreneurs, age 25 and younger, who have recently created a sustainable project, program or organization.
www.dosomething.org/table-of-us-youth-service-awards
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Information on kids' gardening grants with various deadlines may be found here.
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GRANTS: Foundations and Corporations:
Dollar General Youth Literacy Grants provide funding to help with the implementation or expansion of literacy programs for new readers, below grade level readers and readers with learning disabilities. Schools and local non-profits are eligible applicants. All applicants must be located within 20 miles of a Dollar General Store. Awards of up to $3,000 are available.
Deadline: September 24, 2008
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Best Buy Product Donations - Local Best Buy stores focus charitable contributions on organizations that serve youth by offering youth leadership and educational opportunities to develop the skills necessary for them to become successful adults. Public agencies and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations located within 50 miles of a Best Buy store that serve children in grades K - 12 are eligible applicants. Contribution decisions are made at the local store. Submit your request for a product donations at least six weeks before you need it.
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The Women's Sports Foundation's GoGirlGo! National Grant Program will award a total of $430,000 in grants to organizations seeking to add new or expand participation opportunities for under-served populations of girls aged 8 - 13. Organizations must implement the GoGirlGo! curriculum and deliver a minimum eight-week sports/physical activity program. Grants can be put toward expenses such as equipment, facility rental or travel. Review the application and apply today!
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Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation provides grants for structuring, developing or modifying special-needs children's programs.
Proposals for grants of less than $5,000 are reviewed on a rolling basis.
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The RGK Foundation provides grants for community projects including human services, community improvement, abuse prevention and youth development programs. Human service programs of particular interest to the Foundation include children and family services, early childhood development and parenting education. They also fund literacy programs. Grants are generally under $25,000. Letters of inquiry are received on a rolling basis.
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The Educational Foundation of America
The Educational Foundation of America (EFA) provides grants for projects related to the environment, the crisis of human overpopulation and reproductive freedom, Native Americans, arts, education, medicine and human services. Applicants are required to send a letter of inquiry as the first step.
Deadline: rolling
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Ford Motor Company Fund
The Ford Motor Company Fund grants awards in six categories: education; environment; public policy; health and social programs; civic affairs and community development; arts and humanities.
Deadline: rolling
www.ford.com/en/goodWorks/fundingAndGrants
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American Honda Foundation
The Honda Foundation awards grants for innovative programs for youth. Deadline: rolling
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Start Something. Target and the Tiger Woods Foundation have collaborated to develop a free curriculum (available for different age groups) to aid kids in achieving their dreams. Students ages 8 to 18 who complete the curriculum are invited to apply for a grant of up to $5,000.
http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/page.jsp?title=startsomething
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Next deadline is October 24, 2008
Staples Foundation for Learning
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The Milagro Foundation -- Grants for Children and Youth Programs
The purpose of this grant is to support non-profit, community-based organizations that work with at-risk and disadvantaged youth due to factors such as poor health, illiteracy or poor educational and cultural opportunities. Eligible applicants include non-profit, community-based, grassroots organizations. Grants range in size from $2,500 to $5,000.
Deadline: rolling
Information and application guidelines: http://www.milagrofoundation.org/apply.asp
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The Kresge Foundation focuses on "bricks and mortar" funding as well as capital campaign matching and challenge grants to strengthen all kinds of non profits.
http://www.kresge.org/
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The Tiger Woods Foundation grants focus on providing opportunities to under served youth, ages 5-17. Grants averaging $2,500 to $25,000 are made to programs that enhance the learning process for youth (other than schools), and year-round mentoring and/or tutoring programs, primarily in U.S. cities.
Deadlines are four times/year.
Next deadline: October 15, 2008
http://www.tigerwoodsfoundation.org
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Verizon Foundation:
Focus on literacy and violence prevention. Also offers volunteers and in-kind contributions.
Applications renewed continuously, Jan. 1 – November 30
http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/index.shtml
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