Application deadline is May 5, 2010. Technical Assistance Conference Call is from noon to 1 p.m. on March 10, 2010

California Campus Compact, with support from the Corporation for National and Community Service, Learn and Serve America Higher Education, is pleased to announce the second phase of  our Social Innovation Generation: Student Leadership Initiative. This 15-month grant program encourages and supports change-making student-led service and service-learning projects that will not only aid those hardest hit by California’s economic crisis, but also help California emerge from the crisis with a more innovative, green and sustainable economic future.

Up to six successful applicants will be selected to receive one subgrant each of up to $10,000. The grant requires a 150 percent match (cash or in-kind). The grant period is from September 1, 2010 through December 31, 2011. Only one proposal per campus will be accepted. To be eligible to receive a grant, student leaders must work with their service-learning or student affairs center. Proposals must be submitted to California Campus Compact by a campus’s service-learning director or student affairs director. Read more information about the opportunity here.

Deadline to Submit: May 5, 2010 at 4 p.m.

The proposal deadline is Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 4 p.m. Please note that current California Campus Compact subgrantees are not eligible to apply.

Technical Assistance Conference Call: March 10, 2010 from noon to 1 p.m.

A technical assistance conference call regarding this grant opportunity will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, from noon to 1 p.m. Please email Sheena Ansarinia to register for the call and receive the call-in number and password.

For complete application guidelines and instructions, a press release and other information about this grant opportunity, click here. If you have questions about this grant opportunity or wish to discuss a project idea, please contact Piper McGinley.

Description
The Service Fellow Program is a post-graduate opportunity aimed at developing recent college graduates’ professional skills in the nonprofit arena. ICP will select a full-time Fellow to work as part of ICP’s core team on its Summer of Service (SOS) Initiative, which aims to support and encourage the development of successful SOS programs that engage low-income, at-risk middle school students in improving their communities while engaging in experiential learning that increases their potential for access and success in college and beyond.

ICP is entering the second year of a new three-year project to develop SOS resources and ICP’s capacity to provide guidance and assistance to organizations interested in creating or improving SOS programs, while continuing to build awareness and support for SOS as an effective strategy and much-needed program for America’s youth. ICP is working with two consultants on developing program design and evaluation toolkits, Program Insights (multimedia web pages highlighting exemplary SOS programs) and a training module, in addition to advancing development of our SOS Resource Center.

The Service Fellow will be an integral part of the team, with primary responsibility for continuing to improve, research and manage information for maintain the SOS Resource Center, as well as assisting the project consultants and pilot organizations, and providing overall support for the SOS initiative.

Terms of appointment
The Service Fellow Program is a one-year, full-time fellowship. Salary will be $22,000 for the year and includes health and dental benefits. For best consideration, please submit your application by Friday, January 15, 2010. Applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis. The position would ideally begin as soon as possible.

Activities of the Service Fellow
Because ICP has a small staff, we are able to work with each Fellow individually to construct a work plan that takes into account both the needs of the organization and the preferences and strengths of the Fellow. The Summer of Service initiative is managed by an ICP Program Associate and ICP’s Executive Director. The Fellow will work directly with the Program Associate.

Project involvement will focus on the following work areas: website development and maintenance, research, partnership development, and communications. Fellow assignments include:

1. Improving and building the SOS Online Resource Center – Identify and collect materials and resources, research and write about featured programs, identify existing SOS programs through desk and survey research and enter information into the Program Database. Incorporate text, video and photos into Program Insights web templates and assist in collecting new materials. Facilitate the SOS online discussion forum and assist in hosting webinars.
2. Research assistance – Assist consultant(s) in researching promising practices in the field; research models outside of SOS that could provide initial best practices.
3. Project support – Assist Program Associate and consultants in completing toolkits, piloting them in summer 2010 and revising as needed.
4. Communications – Write SOS updates for the ICP newsletter and special SOS editions of the newsletter. Promote new materials. Assist with communication with SOS programs and Resource Center users. Assist in networking with other organizations and stakeholders.
5. Fundraising – Assist Program Associate and Development Associate in fundraising tasks for SOS, including researching funding opportunities, writing letters of inquiry and proposals, and writing grant reports.

Required Qualifications
Applicants will have the following qualifications:

1. A strong interest in service-learning, civic participation, college access and community development;
2. Previous website maintenance, database and multi-media experience
3. Excellent analytical, writing, and organizational skills;
4. Previous research experience, preferably in the social sciences or education fields;
5. Creative, highly organized, and responsible;
6. Comfortable working independently and as part of a team under time pressure, and multi-tasking;
7. Bachelor’s degree required;
8. US work authorization required.

Desired Qualifications

1. Service-learning, afterschool/summer and/or college access program knowledge and experience;
2. Website design knowledge and skills, especially interactive website development

Application Procedure
Applications should include the following:

1. Cover letter
2. Resume
3. Writing sample: 1000-1500 words; please use your judgment about the writing sample you include and explain why the writing sample you chose is relevant to ICP and the SOS Fellow position
4. Three references

Please note that due to high application volume, applications missing any of these required components will be immediately discarded without review.

All materials should be submitted to Kelly Fox, Office Manager via email at fox {at} icicp(.)org.

Summer of Service
ICP proposed a national Summer of Service (SOS) program to help communities create positive alternatives for middle school students during summer vacations. In the summer months, the lack of constructive activities and opportunities for young people often results in academic decline, risky behavior, and an increased likelihood of failing to make the transition to high school. Yet, when young people participate in service activities they are better able to control their own lives in a positive way, avoid risky behaviors, strengthen their community connections and become more engaged in their own education. A national SOS would enable a large number of young teens to participate in service as a “rite of passage” from middle to high school and provide opportunities for them to enter their teenage years with a positive experience that reinforces community connections, enlivens their education, and strengthens personal and civic values. At the same time, communities across America might find an important new resource in their own backyards – young people who are ready to serve, if only they are asked and provided the opportunity to do so.

ICP’s three-year initiative will promote SOS as an effective strategy that can be utilized by college access organizations and networks, as well as other educational, out-of-school and youth development organizations to increase young people’s access to and success in college. Through this initiative, ICP aims to provide high quality resources and assistance to organizations interested in designing, implementing, evaluation and improving SOS programs.

About the Service Fellow Program
Innovations in Civic Participation created the Service Fellow Program in order to expose recent college graduates with an interest in service and civic participation to the workings of an internationally focused non-profit organization. ICP is structured to afford each Fellow the opportunity to work closely with a small team dedicated to improving opportunities for young people around the world to play an important role in addressing critical community needs.

About Innovations in Civic Participation
Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) is a nonprofit organization supporting the development of innovative high-quality youth civic engagement policies and programs both in the US and around the world.

ICP is a leader in the global movement to promote sustainable development and social change through youth civic engagement. We embrace a positive view of young people that recognizes their potential to create beneficial and lasting social change in their communities through active participation in service opportunities.

More information about ICP’s programs can be found at www.icicp.org

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Service Fellow Program is a post-graduate opportunity aimed at developing recent college graduates’ professional skills in the nonprofit arena. The Development Fellow’s primary responsibility will be to work with the ICP team, including the Executive Director and Program Associates, on fundraising and organizational development activities.

Specific tasks may include:

1. Assisting in drafting and editing correspondence to current and potential funders
2. Assisting in drafting proposals to funders and potential partner organizations
3. Researching prospective funders in the private, public, and non-profit sectors
4. Organizing and maintaining a database of funders; maintaining paper files on funders
5. Supporting other aspects of ICP’s work in preparing information for funders and partner organizations
6. Assisting in preparation of grant reports and other fundraising materials
7. Providing support on other communications and organizational development tasks as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Strong oral and written communication skills
2. Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and complete tasks in a timely manner
3. Excellent computer skills, including advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs
4. Able to work in a diverse, fast-paced environment, exhibiting flexibility
5. Excellent organization and administrative skills with attention to detail
6. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
7. Professional and friendly communication style
8. Knowledge of foreign languages preferred
9. A strong interest in national and community service projects in the United States and/or abroad preferred
10. Previous nonprofit fundraising experience, and/or a strong interest in developing nonprofit fundraising experience preferred

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

1. Bachelor’s degree required
2. Background in communications or marketing preferred

Terms of appointment
The Service Fellow Program is a one-year, full-time fellowship. Salary will be $21,000 for the year and includes health and dental benefits. For best consideration, please submit your application by Monday, July 20. We will be interviewing applicants on a rolling basis. The position would ideally begin by August.

Application Procedure

Applications should include the following:

1. Cover letter
2. Resume
3. Writing sample: 1000-1500 words; please use your judgment about the writing sample you include and explain why the writing sample you chose is relevant to ICP and the Development Service Fellow position
4. Three references

All materials should be submitted to Kelly Fox, Office Manager, preferably via email at emob-sbk {at} vpvpc(.)bet-14" href="mailto:%66%6F%78%40%69%63%69%63%70%2E%6F%72%67">fox [a] icicp.org. Applications can also be submitted by fax at 202-355-9317, or by mail to:

Innovations in Civic Participation
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Suite 201
Washington, DC 20036

About the Service Fellow Program
Innovations in Civic Participation created the Service Fellow Program in order to expose recent college graduates with an interest in service and civic participation to the workings of an internationally focused non-profit. ICP is structured to afford each Fellow the opportunity to work closely with a small team dedicated to improving opportunities for young people around the world to play an important role in addressing critical community needs.

About Innovations in Civic Participation
ICP was founded as a non-profit organization in 2001 and provides expertise, ideas, information, research, and advocacy support in the United States and around the world to develop and strengthen policies and programs that promote civic engagement through service. ICP applies service as a strategy to address a wide range of social issues and is supported by foundations such as the Ford Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation; multilateral agencies such as the Inter-American Development Bank; U.S. government agencies such as the State Department; and host country governments such as the United Kingdom.

ICP is working on an array of projects in the United States and overseas that support the development of national and community service policies and programs. In the US, ICP focuses its efforts on broadening and deepening support for national and community service by developing pathways and transition strategies for AmeriCorps members after service, identifying and supporting innovative state programming, and promoting discussions among policymakers, funders, and practitioners in specific issue areas such as children and youth in out-of-school time, rural development, and independent living for seniors.

Internationally, ICP is developing regional capacity in Asia, Latin America and Africa, awarding small grants to support innovative youth service policy development, building strategic partnerships to assist in the design and implementation of innovative service programs and policies, and collecting and distributing information through forums, publications, and our website, and e-newsletter. More information about ICP’s programs can be found at www.icicp.org.

• Demonstrate a commitment to the program and its goals;
• Have U.S. citizenship or permanent residency;
• Have attained, or expect to attain by June 30, 2010, a bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. college or university;
• Have majored in and/or have a strong professional background in a STEM field;
• Have achieved a cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale (negotiable for applicants from institutions that do not employ a 4.0 GPA scale); and
• Obtain a qualifying score on the Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Test and submit a score report on or before March 12, 2010.

About Mrs. Coccia

The award program is created in honor of Mrs. Gladys Marinelli Coccia – a business woman and entrepreneur since she was 15 years old until she passed away in 2007, at the age of 93. The grandmother of YSA Board Member Brian Murrow, Gladys grew up in southern West Virginia and moved to the Washington DC area in 1961 where she was well-known in the Italian American business community as the owner and operator of Marinelli’s Delicatessen, which she established in 1962 and managed for the subsequent 30 years.

Eligibility

Social entrepreneurs apply business practices to achieve positive social change and measure their success through their social impact. They find innovative and sustainable ways to address pressing issues. Ambitious and persistent, they grapple with important causes and offer new alternatives that enhance the community. Social entrepreneurs change the system, spread solutions, and persuade others to change their actions. With a sound application of business principles, social entrepreneurs have a sustainable impact on their community: their influence contributes to a healthy, productive, meaningful life for others, both present and future.

Girls who meet the following criteria are eligible for the award:

• Between the ages of 14 and 17 on December 31, 2009.
• Located in the United States. Special consideration will be given to nominees located in West Virginia and Metro Washington DC.
• Have her own social enterprise.
• Be supported by contributions of at least $1000 (cash and/or in-kind).
• Have a business plan, including an itemized budget.

The Women’s Sports Foundation awards grants nationwide, but places a strong emphasis on Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and San Antonio metropolitan areas via the leadership of our community offices.

The Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice is designed to foster the advancement of social justice through participation in health care advocacy work that focuses on the unique challenges facing many communities of color.

Through this fellowship, Families USA hopes to expand the pool of talented social justice advocates from underrepresented economic, racial and ethnic minority groups, including black/African American, Latino, Native American, and Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The goals of the Wellstone Fellowship program are three-fold:

• To address disparities in access to health care;
• To inspire Wellstone Fellows to continue to work for social justice throughout their lives; and
• To increase the number and racial and ethnic diversity of up-and-coming social justice advocates and leaders.

Families USA will select one talented and motivated candidate to fill this 12-month fellowship.

Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501©(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education.

Description: As part of its We the People initiative, NEH invites proposals for challenge grants designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for humanities activities focused on exploring significant themes and events in American history. NEH is particularly interested in projects that advance knowledge of the founding principles of the United States in their full historical and institutional context.

Grants may be used to support long-term costs such as construction and renovation, purchase of equipment, acquisitions, and conservation of collections. Grants may also be used to establish or enhance endowments that generate expendable earnings for program activities.

Because of the matching requirements, these NEH grants also strengthen the humanities by encouraging nonfederal sources of support.

Applications are welcome from colleges and universities, museums, public libraries, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, public television and radio stations, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Programs that involve the collaboration of multiple institutions are eligible, as well, but one institution must serve as the lead agent and formal applicant of record.

Recognizing the crucial role that America’s institutions of higher education can play in rebuilding communities large and small, HUD established the Office of University Partnerships (OUP) in 1994 to encourage and expand the efforts of institutions of higher education that are striving to make a difference in their communities through funding opportunities. Whether the institution has a venerable history of reaching out to lower income neighborhoods or is just beginning to explore the potential of such partnerships, OUP can help increase the scope, effectiveness, and sustainability of its community-building efforts.

The Office is responsible for running nine grant programs:

Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities
Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program
Community Development Work Study Program
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program
Early Doctoral Student Research Grant Program
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
Universities Rebuilding America Partnerships (URAP)

Grants are available in increments of $1,000 and $2,500. Institutions in the following states are not eligible to apply for an out-of-network grant because the Campus Compact state office applied for an in-network grant: Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Applications are accepted from institutions in any state not mentioned above. We strongly encourage applications on behalf of a group/coalition of institutions, but please note that only one institution can serve as the subgrantee.

For information about the national MLK Day of Service visit www.mlkday.gov.

Our Voice Our Country is pleased to announce a national $1,000 scholarship competition for incoming college freshmen and women, taking place this summer. The competition began on June 15th, and ends on Monday, August 17th.

Participants identify our nation’s most urgent problems, and experts in the field with solutions — feeding a breakthrough process that brings the people’s will to our representatives in Washington for action.

The award can be used for expenses associated with attending an accredited two- or four-year college this coming Fall, anywhere in the United States. We plan to announce the winner and present the award in September, 2009.

Please visit www.ourvoiceourcountry.org/home
and click on “$1,000 Scholarship Competition” for rules, criteria and other information.

Special thanks to our partner Center for Civic Education’s We The People program
and to The Yudelson Foundation.

The Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice is designed to foster the advancement of social justice through participation in health care advocacy work that focuses on the unique challenges facing many communities of color.

Through this fellowship, Families USA hopes to expand the pool of talented social justice advocates from underrepresented economic, racial and ethnic minority groups, including black/African American, Latino, Native American, and Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The goals of the Wellstone Fellowship program are three-fold:

1. To address disparities in access to health care;
2. To inspire Wellstone Fellows to continue to work for social justice throughout their lives; and
3. To increase the number and racial and ethnic diversity of up-and-coming social justice advocates and leaders.

Families USA will select one talented and motivated candidate to fill this 12-month fellowship.

If you recently created a sustainable community action project, program or organization or have a great idea for helping your community, then apply for one of our two General Take Action grants.

If you are using music to make a difference in your community then our Take Action Music grant, is the grant for you.

Over the course of 2009 we will be giving out 52 $500 Do Something Grants. One a week for the whole year!

Each week in 2009 we are giving out $500 to an awesome person with a project idea around the themes of disaster preparedness and emergency response. We want to recognize YOU for what you’re doing in your community.