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Nonprofits Can Track Grants with CYF Deadline Calendar

We are now entering the grants season when both federal agencies and private funders are busy releasing grant solicitations. CYF readers should make sure they are taking advantage of a key feature of the online service -- the Grant Deadline Calendar. "This is a one-of-a-kind tool that allows n...

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(TIPS) Reader Uses Deadline Calendar to Find Funding

A CD Publications reader from Chicago says the online Grant Deadline Calendar is helping her find grant opportunities to support her organization's programs for the unemployed and those suffering from chronic diseases. Eula Burge, a grant seeker with Proactive Community Services, tells us that the ...

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(AUDIO CONFERENCE) Finding Funding for Community Development in Tough Times

Continued reductions in federal funding now being implemented in Washington are combining with the housing crisis, high unemployment and an anemic economy, leaving state and local governments scrambling to find alternative resources for community development projects. Many planning officials have gi...

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(K-12 EDUCATION) DoEd Pushes NCLB Relief as ESEA Rewrite Stalls

The Education Dept. (DoEd) is pushing for a back-door circumvention of the strict No Child Left Behind (NCLB) classroom mandates as Congress dithers with bills that would make sweeping changes to the outdated law. Changes to NCLB, another name for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), ...

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(YOUTH) Gannett Foundation Provides Funding for Children/Youth Efforts

Private Funder: Gannett Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 community grants; Funding Focus: Education and community development; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: The average grant amount is in the $1,000 to $5,000 range. Deadline: Aug. 17. Summary: The Gannett Foundation, th...

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(COMMUNITY SERVICE) Kirby Foundation Supports Youth, Education Efforts

Private Funder: F.M. Kirby Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 grants; Funding Focus: Education, health and medicine, the arts and humanities, civic and public affairs, welfare and youth; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: The foundation distributed $18.1 million in grants last ...

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(FUNDING FORECAST) Education Dept. to Offer $30M for Promise Neighborhoods

 Agency: Education Dept. (Office of Innovation and Improvement); Program: Promise Neighborhoods Program (CFDA Number: 84.215P); Eligibility: School districts in collaboration with distressed communities or tribes; Funding: $30 million, up to 20 awards, 50% match will be required; Deadlines: Aug...

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(AUDIO CONFERENCE) Experts Offer 'Outside the Box' Info for Native Funding

Despite a reduced federal funding stream, Native American organizations can still win competitive grants if they use "outside the box" strategies to better position themselves in this more austere spending environment, CD Publications grants experts on Thursday (June 23) told an audio conference aud...

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(OUTDOORS) Bikes Belong Launches New Funding Effort

Funder: Bikes Belong; Opportunity: Community Partnership Grants; Funding Focus: Obesity, environment; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Community partnerships, with a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit or city/county government as the lead organization; Funding: Awards of $5,000 to $10,000 each; Deadline:...

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(EDUCATION) DoEd Pulls Seven Open Funding Solicitations

Driven by congressional spending restrictions, the Education Dept. (DoEd) pulls the funding notices for seven open competitions after officials determined there wasn't enough money in the department's budget to support the awards for FY 2011. The future fate of the programs remains uncertain. . Do...

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