This page updated 7/1/04

• Nickelodeon Let's Just Play Grants
  • To provide the resources to create or expand opportunities for physical play in schools and after-school community-based organizations.
  • Grant Details:
    • Approximately 25- 50 grants will be distributed annually
    • The awards distributed will range from $5,000 to $10,000
    • Awards are divided into two categories: A base gift of $5,000 to all award recipients and additional matching grants of $1,000, up to an additional $5,000 per recipient.
    • Additional monies will be distributed on the stipulation that the funds received from Nickelodeon match 1:1 funds raised from another source. Funds must also be used to further an organization's physical activity program.
  • Example Uses
    • Host days of play for club/school/community throughout the year
    • Purchase playground/sports/athletic equipment
    • Integrate play time/recess into school/organization curriculum
    • Establish athletic or intramural clubs/teams
    • Establish nutritional or health education programs
  • For Details go to: http://www.nick.com/all_nick/everything_nick/public_ljpgrants2.jhtml

• Bollinger Foundation to Provide Assistance to Families of Community Development Workers
  • The Bollinger Foundation ( http://bollingerfoundation.org/ ), a nonprofit organization created to provide financial assistance to families of economic development, community development, and public housing workers, is accepting nominations for its annual round of grants.

    Financial assistance is available for the education and support of children who have lost a parent or guardian.

    Consideration is given only to families where the deceased or surviving parent or guardian worked in the field of public housing, community development, or economic development. Grants are awarded based on a family's need.

    The foundation welcomes all nominations of eligible families. A nomination form is available online at the foundation's Web site: http://www.bollingerfoundation.org/

  Community Technology Foundation of California Accepting Applications

  • The Community Technology Foundation of California ( http://www.zerodivide.org/ ) is an independent grantmaking institution dedicated to collaborative efforts that strive to bridge the "digital divide" in California's low-income, minority, limited-English speaking, senior, immigrant, and disability communities. The foundation aims to build the capacity of underserved communities to understand, design, and use both basic and advanced telecommunications and information technologies.

    The goal of the foundation's General Grants program is to be responsive to the efforts of community-based organiza- tions in designing and integrating telecommunications and technology into their programs. CTFC offers financial support through the program in the areas of community building, community economic development, education, and health, and awards grants for planning, program implemen- tation, collaborative efforts, and technology use. Requests must describe how technology is integrated into the program and take into consideration the appropriate level of staffing and technical support.

    Grants range from $10,000 to $100,000 and can be for up to two years. (The maximum award is $50,000 a year). CTFC will consider grants of up to $150,000 over two years ($75,000 a year) for collaborate efforts involving three or more agencies. Planning grants range from $10,000 to $25,000.

    Only programs that focus on California are eligible. Applicants must have 501(c)(3) status. Organizations that do not have or are awaiting tax-exempt status may apply through a fiscal sponsor.

    For complete program information, see the CTFC Web site: http://www.zerodivide.org/grants/apply

  3) Funding Available for Cooperative Development Programs at Credit Unions

  • The National Credit Union Foundation, the charitable arm of the U.S. credit union movement, has funding available for large-scale regional grants in support of cooperative development.

    More than $500,000 is available through the foundation's Callahan Fund for projects in the areas of cooperative development and payday lending alternatives: four three-year grants in the area of cooperative development, three grants for projects in urban locations, and one grant for a project in a rural location. Grants will range from $50,000 to 75,000 per project, per year.

    To qualify, projects must address three or more of the following issues: financial literacy/homeownership counseling; affordable mortgage lending; partnerships that extend the credit union's reach into a specific un- or underserved market (geographic, ethnic, or other); credit/debt reduction; Individual Development Accounts; and/or first Accounts services to the unbanked.

    One two-year grant will be available in the area of payday lending alternatives. This grant will be for $50,000 per year ($100,000 total) and will be awarded to a project in an urban location. To qualify, a project must provide innovative credit union alternatives/solutions to the growing problem of check-cashers, payday lenders, title loans, and/or other lenders that prey on the poor, the un-banked, the financially illiterate, and others.

    All credit unions are eligible to apply for funding. To be considered, projects must focus on improving the financial well being of low-income members; involve partner organizations (other credit unions, state league and/or credit union foundations, community-based organizations, local nonprofits, churches, universities, local government entities, and/or other groups with access and resources that will strengthen the project); demonstrate an ability to leverage funds from other community, philanthropic, government, or other sources to maximize benefits and ensure sustainability at the conclusion of NCUF funding; and have potential for replication by other credit unions in other areas.

    For complete program and application information, see the NCUF Web site: http://www.ncuf.coop/

  Applications Invited for Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

  • The purpose of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished new Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. The national program awards thirty fellowships each year.

    To be eligible, an applicant must be an individual who

    (1) is a resident alien; i.e., holds a green card or,
    (2) has been naturalized as a U.S. citizen, or
    (3) is the child of two parents who are both naturalized citizens.

    Applicants must not be older than thirty years of age as of November 1, 2003. The applicant must either have a bachelor's degree or be in her/his final year of under- graduate study. Those who have a bachelor's degree and are already pursuing graduate study may receive fellow- ship support to continue that study. Individuals who are in the third (or subsequent) year of study in the same graduate program are not eligible for the competition. Candidates must demonstrate the relevance of graduate education to their long-term career goals and potential in enhancing their contributions to society.

    Each fellowship provides an annual maintenance grant of $20,000 and a tuition grant of one-half the tuition cost of the U.S. graduate program attended by the fellow. A fellow may pursue a graduate degree in any professional field (e.g., engineering, medicine, law, social work, etc.) or scholarly discipline in the arts (including the fine and performing arts), humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

    See the program's Web site for complete program information, eligibility guidelines, and application instructions and forms: http://www.pdsoros.org