Children & Youth

(YOUTH) Altria Group
   Deadline: Rolling.    The Altria Group's 2010 funding cycle is open to unsolicited applications after a brief hiatus. The group, the giving arm of a conglomerate of companies which includes Kraft Foods and Philip Morris USA, the largest tobacco company in the United States, supports a wid...
posted 2/22/10 05:19 AM  read complete story

(YOUTH) 1772 Foundation
   Deadline: Rolling. The mission of the 1772 Foundation is to preserve and enhance American historical entities for future generations to enjoy, with particular interest in farming, industrial development, transportation, and unusual historical buildings. The foundation announced that grant funding w...
posted 2/16/10 3:15 PM  read complete story

(CHILDREN'S HEALTH) 'Run for Something Better'
   Deadline: April 15 ING and the Nat'l Assn. for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE) open their 2010 competition for the "Run for Something Better" awards program. The awards program will provide a minimum of 50 $2,000 grants to schools that desire to establish a school-based running program or ...
posted 2/5/10 12:56 PM  read complete story

(CHILD NUTRITION) Feeding America
   Deadline: Feb. 26 Feeding America is accepting applications for members of the new ConAgra Foods Child Hunger Corps. Members will be responsible for providing on-the-ground support for community-based efforts to help end child hunger while working in food banks affiliated with the hunger relief or...
posted 2/1/10 1:01 PM  read complete story

(YOUTH) Children's Foundation
   Deadline: Rolling.    Although the Mattel Children's Foundation -- the giving arm of the giant toy maker -- has stopped accepting unsolicited donations for its U.S. programs, it still supports the employee matching gifts programs The foundation encourages U.S. employees to support nonpro...
posted 1/27/10 5:35 PM  read complete story

(EDUCATION) Tiger Woods Foundation Grants
   Deadline: May 1. Tiger Woods the golfer may have dropped out of site. But the foundation that bears his name continues to provide support with a 2010 grants cycle which focuses on providing opportunities to children who are underserved. Other priorities include efforts to enhance the learning proce...
posted 1/26/10 5:44 PM  read complete story

(EDUCATION) Cable and Wireless Foundation
   Deadline: Varies. The Cable & Wireless community investment program supports initiatives in the following categories: those with a specific telecommunications requirement; those with the goal of improving access to, or understanding of, communications; and those linked to the theme of 'communic...
posted 1/22/10 1:59 PM  read complete story

(REGIONAL FUNDING) Snee-Reinhardt Foundation
   (MD, PA & WV) Deadlines: April 1 and Aug. 1.    Snee-Reinhardt provides funding for youth and family endeavors in northern MD, southwest PA and northeast WV. Grants range from $500-$25,000. The board reviews requests for funding twice a year. The scheduled review meetings are on the ...
posted 1/19/10 09:53 AM  read complete story

(CHILDREN'S HEALTH) Moyer Funds
   Deadline: March 1  The Moyer Foundation supports community-based nonprofit organizations that provide direct services and support to children in severe physical, emotional or financial distress in Washington State. The foundation seeks to support programs that are meeting a critical need in th...
posted 1/15/10 2:15 PM  read complete story

(EDUCATION) Charles Lafitte Foundation
   Deadline: Rolling.          The mission of the Charles Lafitte Foundation's Education Program is to encourage the attainment of knowledge and skills and the practice of responsible citizenship through access to effective learning opportunities.   &...
posted 1/7/10 1:27 PM  read complete story