Children & Youth

(Youth) Nat'l Assn. for Gifted Children
   Deadline: June 1. The Nat'l Assn. for Gifted Children (NAGC) offers the NAGC-Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award Program for students who have distinguished themselves in academic achievement, leadership, or the visual or performing arts. Maximum Award: $500. Eligibility: One student in eve...
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(YOUTH) Merck Family Fund
   Deadline: Rolling. The Merck Family Fund supports work by communities with few resources that are confronting significant social, economic and environmental challenges. MFF focuses on two areas: creation of green and open space; and supporting youth as agents of social change. The fund supports pr...
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(ED) Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
   Deadline: Nov. 30. The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge conducts the Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education to honor outstanding educators who excite a commitment in their students to the free enterprise system. Established in 1977, and now permanently endowed by the Thoma...
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(YOUTH) American Honda Grants
   Deadlines: Grant applications are accepted four times a year: Aug. 1, Nov. 1, Feb. 1 and May 1.    The American Honda Foundation provides grants in the fields of youth education and scientific education.    Educational institutions, including K-12, college and universities, co...
posted 3/30/10 10:26 AM  read complete story

(YOUTH) OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
   Deadline: Rolling. The corporation provides more than $2 million for family and children nonprofits for a variety of endeavors, including program support, construction and continuing support, but only for one year. The funder likes to save its big awards ($10,000) for one-of-a-kind programs. Propo...
posted 3/29/10 08:58 AM  read complete story

(NUTRITION) Allen Foundation
   Deadline: Dec. 31. The Allen Foundation supports educational nutrition programs with priority given to training programs for children and young adults to improve their health and development. Past grants have ranged from $2,000 to $1 million. The foundation places a premium on partnerships and sugg...
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(CHILD HEALTH) Ronald McDonald House
    Deadline: Sept. 7.    The Ronald McDonald House Charities Program provides financial support to national and/or international organizations that have a specific program related to children's health and well-being.    Applicants need to show how their programs directly imp...
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(CHILD WELFARE) American Legion Welfare Foundation
   Deadline: July 15. The foundation accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which improve child welfare by disseminating model program information. Established in 1954, the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation was developed as a repository of funds from individuals who wishe...
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(EARLY EDUCATION) A.L. Mailman Family Foundation
   Deadline: May 1.    The A.L. Mailman Family Foundation provides grants to improve the early care and education of young children. The foundation supports projects conducted by national organizations or intermediaries promoting high-quality early childhood programs, especially for children...
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(CHILDREN) Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation
   Deadline: April 1.             The Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation Children's Initiative, which provides funding for local programs that strengthen the social, physical, intellectual, and emotional functioning of for children who have been expo...
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