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Arts and Culture, Community Projects Get Funding Aid

Funder: EQT Foundation; Opportunity: 2016-17 program funds; Funding Focus: Education, arts and culture, community and the environment; Geographic Focus: Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia; Eligibility: Nonprofits and community groups; Funding: Up to $100,000; Deadlines: No...

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USDA, NFL Partner to Award $35 Million to Help Schools

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, along with the National Dairy Council, announce the availability of $35 million to help schools upgrade their kitchen equipment in order to provide students with better access to nutritious foods. Schools can apply for USDA g...

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When Seeking Funding, People-Focused Applications Get Results

When writing grant proposals, many nonprofits mistakenly focus their applications on programs and not the people or unmet needs that are being served. Grant seekers should be aware, funders rarely pay for "stuff." Foundations and corporations want to hear about people that are being ...

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Community, Youth Projects Can Win Funding

Private Funder: Merck Family Fund (MFF); Opportunity: Protecting the Natural Environment and Strengthening the Urban Community 2015 grants programs; Funding Focus: Youth, environment, education; Geographic Focus: National ()Priority will be given to projects that combine all aspects above and th...

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Education, Health are Priorities for BNSF

Private Funder: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Foundation (BNSF); Opportunity: 2016 foundation grants; Funding Focus: Education, children, community development and arts/culture; Geographic Focus: National (where the railroad has a presence); Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations; Funding:...

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MacArthur Spins Off Digital Ed Work with $25 Million Seed Grant

The MacArthur Foundation awards $25 million to Collective Shift, a new nonprofit using social media to combine in-school, out-of-school, work-based, and online learning opportunities accessible to all students. Collective Shift is collaborating with LRNG, musician John Legend's education venture...

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Collaboration, Partnerships Can Extend Funding Dollars

We at CD Publications have always been big fans of partnerships, whether they are public-private or as simply a collection of private organizations. The essential advice here is to diversify your local funding stream to make sure you have adequate resources if one funder dries up and disappears. An...

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Vision/Passion Are Notable, But You Still Need Money

Vision and passion are wonderful things; they are driving forces behind the creation of most nonprofits. But, it's money that keeps the organization running. Behind the lofty public goals of the organization lie the organization's basic needs, from making payroll to buying equipment and payin...

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Foundation Favors Health, STEM Education Projects

Funder: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (formerly The Bristol-Myers Fund); Opportunity: Community grants; Funding Focus: Mental health, K-12 science education, veterans and diabetes prevention; Geographic Focus: National (where the company has a presence); Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Vari...

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Report Questions Viability of Social Impact Bond Financing

Advocates are questioning the efficacy of new Social Impact Bond financing projects, a movement that has swept the public service delivery market, combining venture capitalism with efforts to improve the lives of the poor and disadvantaged -- especially children. Five years ago, the SIB movement ca...

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