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(EDUCATION) Agency Awards Grants for Arts & Culture

Agency: Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); Program: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants (CFDA Number: 45.169) (Funding Opportunity Number: 20110927-HD); Eligibility: Nonprofits, governments and colleges; Funding: Multiple $50,000 awards; Deadline: Sept. 27. Summary: The program encourages inn...

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(SPECIAL EDUCATION) Advocates Rise in Support of Bill Increasing IDEA Funding

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is staunchly supporting a new Senate bill aimed at increasing the federal share of special education funding up to 40% by 2021. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced S 1403, the proposed Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Full Fund...

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(TITLE I) Most Title I Funding Goes to Teachers' Salary, Instructional Costs

In what may become part of the congressional debate over the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a new government report finds most of the Education Dept.'s (DoEd) Title I funding goes to pay the salaries of instructional personnel.   The Government Acco...

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(CHILD WELFARE) HHS Offers Grants for Rehab Networking

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (Nat'l Institutes of Health (NIH)) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-NICHD); Program: Rehabilitation Research Career Development Programs (K-12) (CFDA Number: 93.865) (Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-HD-1...

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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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(AGING) John A. Hartford Foundation Offers Geriatrics/Health Grants

Private Funder: John A. Hartford Foundation; Opportunity: Academic Geriatrics and Training grants and Integrating and Improving Health-Related Services grants; Funding Focus: Health and seniors; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: the foundation has set aside $28 million to...

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(TECH) FRED Awards fund for Tech Usage in Schools

Foundation/Private Funder: Foundation for Rural Education & Development (FRED) and Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative; Opportunity: Technology Grants for Rural Schools; Funding Focus: Schools, technology, rural; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Rural public schools working in cooperatio...

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(FUNDING NEWS) Report Shows Giving Rebound, Schools Benefit

Even as the economy remains sour, a new report shows that charitable giving by American individuals, corporations and foundations rose to $290.89 billion last year, a slight 3.8% increase from 2009. According to the report released by Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Ph...

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(HOUSING) Freddie Mac Foundation Supports Stable Homes, Families

Private Funder: Freddie Mac Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 grants; Funding Focus: Nonprofits promoting stable homes, stable families, youth development, better foster care and adoption, and ending homelessness; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: There is a $50,000 limit for...

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(SCIENCES) Siemens/Westinghouse Competition Support STEM Awards

 Private Funder: Siemens Westinghouse; Opportunity: 2011 Competition in Math, Science & Technology; Funding Focus: Science and education; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Students and schools; Funding: Up to $100,000;Deadline: Oct. 3. Summary: The Siemens Westinghouse Competition i...

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