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Corporation Offers College-Prep, Emergency Money

Funder: Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation; Opportunity: 2015 DASH Grants; Funding Focus: Education and youth; Geographic Focus: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin; Eligibility: Colleges and nonprofits; Funding: Multiple awards: Deadline: Sept. 3. Summary: Program helps disadvantaged studen...

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(TECHNOLOGY) Microsoft Corporation Offers In-Kind Donations

Funder: Microsoft; Opportunity: 2011 Citizenship Tools grants; Funding Focus: Education and technology; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Last year, the company donated more than $61 million in cash and $273 million in software to nonprofit organizations throughout the wo...

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(ARTS) Doris Duke Foundation Offers Community Grants

Funder: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF); Opportunity: Fund for Nat'l Projects; Funding Focus: Arts & culture; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: 501 (c)(3) nonprofits with a national focus; Funding: $1 million with awards range from $60,000 to $200,000 (grants can fund up to 40% of...

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(EDUCATION) Surdna Foundation Offers Education, Capacity Building Funding

Private Funder: Surdna Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 Thriving Cultures grants; Funding Focus: Education and the arts; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Schools and nonprofits; Funding: Varies by program; Deadline: Rolling. Summary: The Surdna Foundation launched the new Thriving Cultures gra...

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Good news! We've significantly upgraded our search engine to help you better mine the wealth of stories and grant opportunities in our extensive news database.. Now you can search by date, topic, key word or headline--and even across multiple publications at once--virtually anyway you choose.  ...

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(ARTS) ExxonMobil Foundation Provides Grants for Education, Sciences

Private Funder: ExxonMobil Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 program grants; Funding Focus: Education, health, and the environment; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: In 2009, ExxonMobil Foundation provided $235 million in contributions; Deadline: Rolling. Summary: The founda...

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(CHILDREN'S HEALTH) Medica Foundation Provides Healthcare Grants (IA, MN, ND, SD & WI)

Private Funder: Medica Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 foundation grants; Funding Focus: Healthcare; Geographic Focus: Regional: IA, MN, ND, SD & WI; Eligibility: Nonprofits and some government agencies; Funding: Up to $50,000 each, multiple awards; Deadline: Varies (see below). Summary: The Medi...

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(AUDIOCONFERENCE) Many FY 2011 Funding Opportunities Remain, Experts Say

Even without a complete FY 2011 budget in place, there are still lots of funding opportunities available for grantseekers who are willing to collaborate and work toward innovative goals favored by the Obama administration, two experts told a national audience participating in an audioconference Thur...

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(PUBLIC SAFETY) FedEx Funds Children Safety Initiatives

Funder: FedEx; Opportunity: Social Responsibility Grants; Funding Focus: Child pedestrian safety; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: 501 (c)(3) nonprofits; Funding: Multiple awards; Deadline: None. Purpose: FedEx provides funding to help keep child pedestrians safe through: (1) increasing awa...

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(RECREATION) Mantis Awards Offers Gardening Grants

Private Funder: Nat'l Gardening Assn.; Opportunity: 2011 Mantis Awards; Funding Focus: Recreation, gardening and education; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Schools and nonprofits; Funding: Mantis Tiller/Cultivator, 25 awards; Deadline: March 1. Summary: The Nat'l Gardening Assn. and Mantis...

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