
A
drug-free community coalition supporting positive youth development
in Franklin County.
Grant
Opportunities
Kohl's
Kids Who Care Scholarship Program Invites Nominations of Young Volunteers
Deadline: March 15, 2010 The Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program
recognizes and rewards young volunteers (ages 6 to 18) whose efforts
have made a positive impact on their communities. Nominees will
be divided into two groups (ages 6 to 12, and 13 to 18). Awards
will be given on three levels. More than 2,100 store winners will
each be awarded a $50 Kohl's Gift Card. More than 200 regional winners
will each be awarded $1,000 scholarships toward their postsecondary
education. Finally, ten national winners will each be awarded $9,000
scholarships (for a total of $10,000 in scholarships each), and
Kohl's will donate $1,000 to a nonprofit organization on each winner's
behalf. Nominees must not have graduated from high school as of
March 15, 2010, and must be legal U.S. residents of a state in which
a Kohl's store is located. The young volunteer's actions should
be beyond what is normally expected of a child his or her age. Volunteer
efforts should have made a positive impact on others and occurred
in the last twelve months. The activity cannot be performed solely
to benefit a family member. Nominators must be 21 years of age or
older. Parents may nominate their own children. Nomination forms
may only be completed and submitted at the Kohl's Kids Web site.
Contact: Link
to Complete RFP
got
breakfast? Foundation Announces Silent Hero Grants for Summer Food
Programs
The got breakfast? Foundation, whose mission is to ensure that every
child, regardless of background, starts the school day with a nutritious
breakfast in order to learn, grow, and develop to his or her fullest
potential, has announced the expansion of its Silent Hero Grant
Program to participants in the federal Summer Nutrition Program.
The Silent Hero Grant Program is designed to encourage schools and
nonprofit organizations to expand the reach of underutilized child
nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program and,
with this expansion, the Summer Nutrition Program. Grants ranging
from $2,000 to $10,000 will be awarded to public schools, nonprofit
private schools, local governments, national youth sports programs,
and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations participating in the Summer
Nutrition Program. Grant funds can be used for such needs as serving
equipment, program staffing, and nutrition education materials.
To be considered for the summer grant program projects must be centered
around creating, continuing, or expanding federal Summer Nutrition
Programs. Priority will be given to organizations creating a summer
program where one did not previously exist. Visit the got breakfast?
Foundation Web site for the Request for Applications. Contact: Link
to Complete RFP
PUBLIC
WELFARE FOUNDATION (07/26/10)
The Foundation supports efforts to ensure fundamental rights and
opportunities for people in need. Its grantmaking is focused on
where the Foundation’s funds can make a difference in bringing about
systemic changes that can improve the lives of countless people.
The Foundation targets its grantmaking on three areas: criminal
and juvenile justice, health reform, and workers’ rights. It also
makes a small number of grants under its Special Opportunities category
in order to field-test new ideas for helping disadvantaged people,
for one-time or emergency needs such as disaster relief, to support
cross-program initiatives or when unusual opportunities arise to
advance the Foundation’s strategic goals. The Foundation also has
the President’s Discretionary Fund that offers grants of up to $25,000
to advance the Foundation’s priorities. The Criminal and Juvenile
Justice program supports strategies to lower rates of incarceration
and decrease prison population by changing specific laws, policies,
or agency regulations. The Health Reform program seeks to assure
that the voice of the consumer is heard on the health reform issue,
particularly at the state and local levels, by building the capacity
of systems of advocacy with expertise in policy, health law, fiscal
analysis, community organizing, etc. The Worker’s Rights program
supports organizations trying to improve the lives of working people
by ensuring their basic legal rights to safe, healthy, and fair
conditions of work. Letters of inquiry must be submitted six to
eight weeks before the proposal deadlines of March 29th and July
26th, 2010. Additional information including an online letter of
inquiry is found on the Web site. | Grant Range: $2,000 To $500,000
| Contact Info: PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION, 1200 U St. NW, Washington,
DC, 20009, Ph: 202-965-1800, Send Email,
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Tony
Hawk Foundation Offers Grants for Skatepark Construction
The Tony Hawk Foundation makes grants to encourage and facilitate
the design, development, construction, and operation of high-quality
public skateparks in low-income areas across the United States.
The foundation will consider funding for skatepark projects that
are designed and built by qualified and experienced skatepark contractors,
include local skaters in the design process, are in low-income areas
and/or areas with a high population of "at-risk" youth, can demonstrate
a strong grassroots commitment to the project, have a creative mix
of street obstacles and transition/vert terrain, do not require
skaters or their parents to sign waivers, encourage skaters to look
after their own safety and the safety of others, are open during
daylight hours 365 days a year, do not charge an entrance fee, and
are in areas that currently have no skateboarding facilities. The
applicant must be a 501(c)(3) public charity or a state or local
agency, including public school systems or public projects. Grants
range from $1,000 to $25,000 each. The foundation may offer technical
assistance related to design and construction, promotional materials,
training materials, and safety information, and it may also facilitate
support from vendors, suppliers, and community leaders. The online
application for the Spring 2010 season will be live after January
15, 2010. Visit the foundation Web site for complete program information.
Contact: Link
to Complete RFP . Deadline: October 1, 2010