Campus Compact » Grants and Fellowships

ECA Foundation

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The mission of the ECA Foundation is to maximize the development and potential of youth – academically, physically, and spiritually. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that directly impact communities where Energy Corporation of America (ECA) has operations, including the state of West Virginia and the Denver, CO, and Houston, TX, metropolitan areas. The Foundation provides grants for programs that focus on youth education, with preference given to programs that offer direct services. Requests are reviewed quarterly; the next application deadline is May 1, 2013. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the funding guidelines and requirements for giving.

BI-LO Winn-Dixie Foundation

compact339-admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:29:45 +0000

The BI-LO Winn-Dixie Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of people in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Foundation’s primary focus is on providing funding to organizations that address hunger. The Foundation also funds a limited number of programs focused on health, education, women, and children. The application deadline is June 30, 2013. Visit the Foundation’s website to submit an online application.

Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People

compact339-admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:28:07 +0000

The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) participates in the empowerment of economically poor, oppressed, and disadvantaged people who are seeking to change the structures that perpetuate poverty, oppression, and injustice. SDOP currently supports groups in the United States who are oppressed by poverty and social systems, want to take charge of their own lives, are organizing to do something about their own conditions, and have decided that what they are going to do will produce long-term changes in their lives or communities. Supported projects must be presented, owned, and controlled by the groups of people who will directly benefit from them and must address long-term corrections of the conditions that keep people bound by poverty and oppression. Grants of up to $20,000 are provided. Applications may be submitted throughout the year. Visit the SDOP website to review the grant criteria.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Roadmaps to Health Prize

compact339-admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:26:30 +0000

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community efforts and partnerships across the United States that are helping people live healthier lives. Up to six winning communities will each receive a $25,000 cash prize and have their success stories celebrated and shared broadly with the goal of raising awareness and inspiring locally-driven change across the country. For the purposes of this prize, “a community” is defined as one of the following: town, city, county, tribe or tribal community, or region (such as contiguous towns, cities, or counties). The application deadline is May 23, 2013. Visit the program’s website to review the selection criteria and learn more about the application process.

The North Face Explore Fund

compact339-admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:24:26 +0000

The North Face Explore Fund aims to inspire the next generation of young explorers and conservationists by supporting nonprofit organizations throughout the country that are working to get youth outdoors to explore their natural world. Grants are provided to organizations that encourage youth outdoor participation, focusing primarily on creating more connections of children to nature, increasing access to both front and back country recreation, as well as providing experiential education for both personal and environmental health. Funded programs should seek a specific audience and reach out to a specific community or place of interest. In 2013, the Fund will award 30 grants of $2,500; ten additional grants of varying amounts will be awarded based on online voting taking place this summer. The application deadline is May 1, 2013. Visit the Fund’s website to submit an online application.

Wellmark Foundation

compact339-admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:48:24 +0000

The Wellmark Foundation is dedicated to improving the health of Iowans, South Dakotans, and their communities. The Foundation’s Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) grant program focuses its funding on improving health through prevention within the following areas: childhood obesity prevention, and community-based wellness and prevention. Funded programs should advance work in one of the following categories: Promoting Active Living and Built Environment, or Increasing Access to and Consumption of Nutritious Food. Grant awards must be matched dollar-for-dollar by resources, either cash or in-kind, with at least one half of the match being cash. Letters of interest are due April 30, 2013. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the Foundation’s priorities and to download the request for proposals.

Union Bank Foundation

compact339-admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:45:58 +0000

The Union Bank Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in the communities in which the bank has major operations, primarily in the states of California, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. The Foundation’s areas of interest include affordable housing, community economic development, education, and the environment. The bank also offers a corporate sponsorship program for nonprofit organizations addressing additional areas such as arts and culture, health and human services, and emergency services. Requests to both of the bank’s charitable contributions programs may be submitted throughout the year. Visit the bank’s website for detailed funding guidelines and online application information.

Merck Family Fund

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One of the Merck Family Fund’s goals is to restore and protect the natural environment and ensure a healthy planet for generations to come. The Fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations that address one of the following four priority areas: The Promoting Energy Efficiency program supports state and regional policies in the Northeast and Southeast that provide incentives and subsidies for energy efficiency implementation. The Conserving Ecologically Valuable Land program provides grants for land conservation projects in the Southeastern U.S. The Urban Farming and Youth Leadership program supports initiatives in low-income urban areas in the Northeast that help young people to create urban farms and local markets. The Making Paper Production Sustainable program seeks to increase the rates of recycled paper in large paper sectors, reduce sourcing from endangered forests, and maximize clean production nationwide. Letters of inquiry may be submitted throughout the year. The upcoming deadline for invited proposals is August 1, 2013. Visit the Fund’s website to learn more about the program areas.

The Frost Foundation

compact339-admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:41:51 +0000

The Frost Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations in the states of Louisiana and New Mexico. The Foundation’s areas of grantmaking interest include education, human service needs, and the environment. The Foundation’s efforts are directed primarily to supporting exemplary organizations that can generate positive change beyond traditional boundaries, to encouraging creativity which recognizes emerging needs, and to assisting innovation that addresses current urgent problems. Priority is given to programs that have the potential for wider service or educational exposure than an individual community. The application deadlines are June 1 and December 1, annually. Visit the Foundation’s website to review the application guidelines and download the application form.

Entertainment Software Association Foundation

compact339-admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:39:02 +0000

The Entertainment Software Association Foundation is dedicated to supporting positive programs and opportunities that make a difference in the lives of America’s youth. The Foundation seeks to harness the collective power of interactive entertainment by funding programs that utilize technology or computer and video games to educate America’s youth and young adults, ages 7-18. Funded programs must be available nationwide, or reach at least two or more states. The application deadline is May 15, 2013. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the application instructions.

Farm Aid

compact339-admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:37:24 +0000

The mission of Farm Aid is to keep family farmers throughout the United States on their land. Farm Aid supports organizations that work to maintain a family farm system of agriculture and that promote solutions to the challenges facing rural communities. Grants of $3,000 to $10,000 are provided in the following categories: Growing the Good Food Movement supports programs that build local and regional food systems, connecting farmers directly to consumers and creating new value-added markets for family farmers. Helping Farmers Thrive focuses on projects that provide farmers with the resources needed to get started on the land, access new markets, transition to more sustainable farming practices, produce renewable fuels, and stay on the land in the face of financial crisis and natural disasters. Taking Action to Change the System funds organizations that promote fair farm policies and grassroots organizing campaigns to defend family farm agriculture. Letters of inquiry are due by June 1, 2013. Grant application guidelines are available on the Farm Aid website.

United Methodist Women: Call to Prayer and Self-Denial Offering

compact339-admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:35:18 +0000

The mission of United Methodist Women is to foster spiritual growth, develop leaders, and advocate for justice. The United Methodist Women’s 2013 Call to Prayer and Self-Denial Offering, “Living Stewardship: Creating Financial Literacy,” will support financial literacy programs throughout the world. Grants of up to $25,000 will be provided to nonprofit groups and organizations that work to empower and educate their constituents through knowledge and development of financial literacy skills. Priority will be given to projects that build the capacity of persons to change their own situations and prioritize the involvement of women in project initiation, implementation, and evaluation. Funds can be requested to start a new project or to strengthen an ongoing program. The application deadline is June 3, 2013. Visit the United Methodist Women website to download the National or International application.

Wells Fargo Housing Foundation: Homeownership Grant Program

compact339-admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:32:42 +0000

The Wells Fargo Housing Foundation is committed to increasing homeownership through the development of affordable housing in the United States. The Foundation’s Homeownership Grant Program supports local nonprofit housing organizations nationwide that help create sustainable homeownership opportunities for low- to moderate-income families. The program focuses on construction/rehab, homebuyer education and counseling, foreclosure counseling and prevention, subsidies, and home repairs. Funded programs must serve owner-occupied low- to moderate-income homebuyers only. Requests are reviewed three times per year. The remaining deadlines for 2013 are April 30 and July 31. Visit the Wells Fargo website to submit an online application.

National Intertribal Youth Leadership Development Initiative

compact339-admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:30:00 +0000

OJJDP is seeking applicants to plan and implement an initiative to enhance tribal efforts to increase youth engagement, coordination, and action related to juvenile justice, delinquency prevention, and public safety in Indian country. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 20, 2013.

Walmart Local Giving Program

compact339-admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:51:26 +0000

Walmart believes in operating globally and giving back locally – creating impact in the neighborhoods where we live and work. Through the Local Giving Program, Walmart stores, Sam’s Clubs and Logistics facilities can support the needs of their communities by providing grants to local organizations.

Organizations must be described as one of the following:

An organization holding a current tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3), (4), (6) or (19) of the Internal Revenue Code;
A recognized government entity: state, county, or city agency, including law enforcement or fire departments, that are requesting funds exclusively for public purposes;
A K-12 public or private school, charter school, community/junior college, state/private college or university; or
A church or other faith-based organization with a proposed project that benefits the community at large.

Maine Health Access Foundation: Healthy Community Grants Program

compact339-admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:48:24 +0000

The Maine Health Access Foundation is committed to improving the health of everyone in Maine, especially people who are uninsured and medically underserved. The focus of the Foundation’s Achieving Better Health in Communities: Healthy Community Grants Program is on supporting place-based, collaborative, community-led efforts that can help transform communities into supportive environments that enable people to live healthier lives. The Foundation’s current request for proposals (RFP) is calling for applications for the first phase (pre-planning) of the Community Grants Program. The pre-planning process should facilitate discussions among diverse stakeholders to identify no more than two priority health issues for their community, and how they will measure success. Applicants must submit a brief letter of interest by April 12, 2013, that describes the lead applicant and their approach to the community-driven process. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the RFP.

Wick Kenney Fund

compact339-admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:47:01 +0000

The Wick Kenney Fund, a component of the Kenney Brothers Foundation, provides support to nonprofit organizations that work to protect and restore watersheds in the Western United States. The Fund’s discretionary grants focus on projects that provide a real opportunity to change western water policy on a local, state, or national level; defend environmental laws critical for the protection of all western rivers; focus on a specific strategy for protection of a biologically important western watershed; or research and analyze issues that affect western water. Discretionary grant inquiries are accepted throughout the year; however, grants are typically made only twice a year, in June and December. Visit the Fund’s website for information on the application process.

Exelon Corporate Contribution Program

compact339-admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:45:01 +0000

The Exelon Corporate Contribution Program strives to improve the quality of life for the people who live and work in the company’s service territories in California, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The company provides grants to nonprofit organizations that demonstrate a proven track record in addressing key community needs. Funding priorities include education, the environment, arts and culture, and neighborhood development. Program, event, and sponsorship support are provided. Online applications may be submitted throughout the year. Visit the company’s website for more information on each of the grant categories and the grant application process.

Foundation for Financial Planning

compact339-admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:41:41 +0000

The mission of the Foundation for Financial Planning is to help people take control of their financial lives by connecting the financial planning community with people in need. The Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations nationwide for community outreach and pro bono activities that utilize financial planning practitioners in the delivery of services. Support is provided to organizations that provide services to specific target audiences who are underserved by the market, in need of financial guidance, or in a financial crisis. Priority is given to outreach efforts to military personnel and their families, Financial Life Skills education programs through high schools and/or youth organizations, and programs offered through community-based organizations. Programs that can be replicated on a regional or nationwide basis are given special consideration. Concept papers must be submitted by April 30, 2013. Application guidelines and forms are available on the Foundation’s website.

Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation

compact339-admin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:37:16 +0000

The Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation works to increase access to dental care for underserved populations, build the capacity to provide dental care, increase public awareness of oral health, and promote the prevention of oral disease throughout the state. The Foundation provides grants of up to $20,000 to community-based programs designed to improve oral health, with special consideration given to programs that focus on low-income children and senior citizens. Grants are provided for new initiatives, new components of existing programs, start-up funding, or one-time events. The application deadline is May 1, 2013. Visit the Foundation’s website to download the grant guidelines and application materials.