Family Volunteer Day Grants NEW!
Deadline: September 4
GenerationOn, with generous support from Disney Friends for Change, is giving out Family Volunteer Day grants and event day service kits to affiliates or non-profit organizations around the country. Organizations approved for a grant will receive a $1,000 grant and an event day service kit; including t-shirts, a vinyl banner, stickers and a project planning guide. Family Volunteer Day is November 22 this year - the Saturday before Thanksgiving to 'kick off' the holiday season with giving and service, and to signal the start of National Family Week. http://bit.ly/1kpXnF9
Unitarian Universalist Association Fund for a Just Society Grants NEW!
Deadline: September 15
Grants are made to non-Unitarian Universalist groups in the U.S. and Canada that use community organizing to bring about systemic change leading to a more just society and mobilize those who have been disenfranchised and excluded from resources, power and the right to self-determination. Priority is given to active, specific campaigns to create change in the economic, social, and political structures that affect people's lives. The maximum grant is $15,000. Most grants are between $6,000 and $8,000. http://bit.ly/1oSMThp
Teens Teach Tech Grant
Deadline: September 15
Apply for a grant to hold your own Teens Teaching Tech program in your community. Older adults have gadgets like digital cameras, tablets, mobile phones, and apps that they find challenging to use. The goal of this program is to help senior citizens feel comfortable with ever-evolving technology.
The applicant must be part of a school-based club or homeschool community organization in the United States. The $250.00 grants are provided to high school clubs: community service, National Honors Society, and computer clubs. http://bit.ly/TeenTechGrant
Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship NEW!
Deadline: September 22
The State Department is currently accepting applications to help fund innovative travel around the world by young people who use education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and/or communication and information to build strong ties among nations. The fellowship is intended for American college students who have not been afforded many opportunities to travel abroad. Through 4 to 6 weeks of travel anywhere in the world, you can have the opportunity to interact with individuals from other nations while promoting the goals of UNESCO! http://bit.ly/statedeptfellowship
Campus Kitchen Launch Grant NEW!
Deadline: September 30
If hunger and food insecurity are issues in your community and you want to make an impact on both the community need and the students on campus, consider starting a Campus Kitchen chapter at your school. Campus Kitchen students rescue food that would have gone to waste from their on-campus dining hall cafeterias and use that food to prepare and serve balanced nutritious meals food insecure residents in their communities. To learn more about these $5,000 launch grants, visit our grants page at: http://bit.ly/1fCH0CD
J-Serve (International Day of Jewish Youth Service) Grants NEW!
Deadline: September 30
J-Serve 2015, the International Day of Jewish Youth Service, is on April 19, 2015! Through the generosity of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and in an effort to empower communities around the world to participate and grow their J-Serve programs, grants are now available for J-Serve 2015. Grants of $500 to engage 10-74 teens, $1800 to engage 75 or more teens, and $2500 to engage 150 or more teens are available. http://bit.ly/1pX6ihu
VolunTEEN Nation International Service Project Grants NEW!
Deadline: Rolling
Students (ages 13-22) from the United States going abroad to volunteer or study in a developing country are encouraged to apply for an international service-learning mini-grant from VolunTEEN Nation. Grants are for up to $300 to create a service project in a developing country while you are visiting that country. Projects that foster good health, education, and economic self-sufficiency in developing countries are eligible. http://bit.ly/19OAEa2
Sports-For-All Clinic Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Passion for sports? Promote fitness in your community by hosting a Sports-For-All Clinic. VolunTEENnation.org can provide you with funding, support and guidance to host your own sports clinic for youth on the autism spectrum. The grant can help fund the facility rental, healthy snacks, promotional fliers and/or equipment costs. http://bit.ly/Sports4AllGrant
Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! Grants
Deadline: September 30
Do you have an idea for a school/community native plant garden, a forest improvement project, a streamside restoration plan, a recycling program, or energy conservation project for your students? Apply for a Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! grant. Grants are available in three award levels:
1) the traditional GreenWorks! grants up to a maximum of $1,000,
2) GreenWorks! grants up to $1000 for schools involved in the USFS ClimateChangeLIVE Program,
3) GreenWorks! grants up to $2,000 for registered PLT GreenSchools! (free online registration!) http://bit.ly/1nyYj9h
Captain Planet Foundation Grants
Deadline: September 30
Captain Planet Foundation will accept small grant requests for amounts between $500 - $2,500. All proposed activities must be project-based, projects must be performed by youth; and projects must have real environmental outcomes. The Captain Planet Foundation primarily makes grants to U.S.-based schools and organizations with an annual operating budget of less than $3 million. International requests are also accepted, with preference given to international projects that have U.S.-based partners. Preferential consideration is given to requests who have secured at least 50% matching or in-kind funding for their projects. http://bit.ly/y1tPpz
Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grants NEW!
Deadline: October 15
Whatever goals and dreams you have for your school, Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grant Program can help fulfill them with grants of $2,000 to $5,000. K-12 public schools as well as school parent-teacher groups are eligible. Preference is given to funding requests that have a permanent impact such as facility enhancement (both indoor and outdoor) and landscaping or clean up projects. http://bit.ly/195qDKm
Ben & Jerry's Foundation Grassroots Organizing for Social Change Program NEW!
Deadline: October 15
The Grassroots Organizing for Social Change Program supports non-profit grassroots, constituent-led organizations across the country that are using direct action, grassroots community-organizing strategies to accomplish their goals. Proposals should align with the Foundation's broad interests in social justice, environmental justice and sustainable food systems. They fund organizations with budgets of $500,000 or less. Grant awards are up to $20,000 for a one-year period. http://bit.ly/1pQmD6A
NYLC Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Excellence Award
Deadline: November 7
The Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Excellence Award recognizes service-learning programs and projects that demonstrate outstanding youth leadership. This award focuses on projects that show a high level of youth initiative in all areas including identifying an authentic need, planning the service, and putting that plan into action. Teams of young people participating in service-learning projects can apply. http://bit.ly/1rfyhas
NYLC Service-Learning Practitioner Leadership Award
Deadline: November 7
The Service-Learning Practitioner Leadership Award recognizes those who have equipped young people to lead and serve, both through their direct work with youth and by nurturing other practitioners. Nominations are accepted from the general public, and a committee of leaders from the service-learning field will select the winners. http://bit.ly/1rfyhas
