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Violence Prevention Program Grants Now Open

Funder: Mary Kay Foundation; Opportunity: 2016 Domestic Violence Shelter Grant Program; Funding Focus: Women, children, crime, domestic violence, housing; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Domestic violence shelters with 501(c)(3) status offering emergency shelter; Funding: Approximately $3 m...

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Foster Care Services for Alien Children Get $24M in Support

Agency: HHS (Admin. for Children & Families); Program: Residential Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children (CFDA Number: 93.676) (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2017-ACF-ORR-ZU-1135); Eligibility: Schools, governments, nonprofits and universities; Funding: $24 million for 15 awards (no match ...

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Final Chance for Arts Midwest Competition

Organizers are reminding potential applicants that the 2015 Big Read grants competition, sponsored by the Nat'l Endowment for the Arts and Arts Midwest, will be closing soon. Interested parties should send in their applications right away. Deadline: Jan. 27. Middle and high schools can participate...

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DoEd Needs Better Oversight of $35M Teacher Prep Grants

The Education Dept. (DoEd) needs to do a better job monitoring a $35 million program that helps improves teacher preparation and enhance K-12 student achievement, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. DoEd is doing a poor job in making sure that state preparation progra...

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Benefits of CYF: Decoding the Federal/Private Funding Stream

Question: I like your publication, but can you tell me what you can do for us? We are a small nonprofit, far removed from Washington DC. We do good work in our community, but we are constantly looking for funding.  Answer: In these tight economic times, we've been hearing this question with mo...

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(TECH) FRED Awards fund for Tech Usage in Schools

Foundation/Private Funder: Foundation for Rural Education & Development (FRED) and Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative; Opportunity: Technology Grants for Rural Schools; Funding Focus: Schools, technology, rural; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Rural public schools working in cooperatio...

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(NEW FEATURE) Weekly PDF Being Made Available to Subscribers

Beginning this week, our online news services will feature a weekly PDF of our latest content – a PDF that our paid subscribers can easily access, download and print out. The new weekly PDF replaces the monthly and semi-monthly PDFs that we previously made available to subscribers. This change is ...

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(REGIONAL FUNDING) Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Offers Education Funding (WV & PA)

Funder: Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 grants; Funding Focus: Education, seniors and economic development; Geographic Focus: WV & PA; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Since its inception in 1944, the foundation has authorized grants totaling over $355 million; Deadline...

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(FUNDING TIPS) Reader Seeks Help in Keeping Doors Open at Dialysis Support Center

With just a few months before funding runs out, a desperate CYF reader wanted some help with finding grants for her community center in Miami, which provides free food to disabled and indigent dialysis patients who receive treatment nearby. Loretta deVries, of the Dialysis Food Foundation of South...

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(EDUCATION) Panel Approves $1.5B Charter School Funding Stream

The House Education and Workforce Committee approves a bill that streamlines a $1.5 billion discretionary grants competition open to states and school districts for the support of new charter schools. It passed on bipartisan vote, 34-5. The Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (HR...

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