Children and Youth Funding Report

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Faith-based Campaigns Should Emphasize Outreach, Partnering

Grant seekers in search of support from faith-based funders should emphasize outreach and connection with the community rather than use high-pressure secular approaches that depend on direct mail campaigns or multiple -- often duplicated -- appeals, a faith-based fundraising expert tells us. Wes Wi...

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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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Programs for Disabilities, Early Childhood Education can Win Funding

Private Funder: Daniels Fund; Opportunity: 2015-16 Daniels Fund Grant Program; Funding Focus: Alcoholism and substance abuse; amateur sports; disabilities; early childhood education; K-12 education reform; ethics and integrity in education; the homeless and disadvantaged; and youth development; Geog...

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Nonprofits Can Track Grants with CYF Deadline Calendar

We are now entering the grants season when both federal agencies and private funders are busy releasing grant solicitations. CYF readers should make sure they are taking advantage of a key feature of the online service -- the Grant Deadline Calendar. "This is a one-of-a-kind tool that allows n...

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(UNDERSERVED) Levi Strauss Foundation Grants Fight Poverty

Private Funder: Levi Strauss Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 program grants; Funding Focus: Heath and community development; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Up to $75,000;Deadline: Rolling. Summary: The Levi Strauss Foundation, the giving arm of blue jeans-maker Levi Str...

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(COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT) Common Counsel Foundation Offers Range of Funding

Private Funder: Common Counsel Foundation; Opportunity: 2011 funding programs; Funding Focus: Community development; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Nonprofits; Funding: Varies; Deadline: Varies. Summary:  The Common Counsel Foundation administers a number of funding programs for a ra...

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(AT-RISK YOUTH) New Deadline for Asthma Funding Program

 Agency: Housing & Urban Development Dept. (HUD) (Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control); Program: Asthma Interventions in Public and Assisted Multifamily Housing (CFDA Number: 14.914) (Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5500-N-06); Eligibility: Governments, 501 (c)(3) nonprofits, for...

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(HOUSE) Panel Ponders ESEA Rewrite, Education Funding

The year's first hearing on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) by the House Education and Workforce Committee signals the Republican leadership's intentions regarding reauthorization of the 9-year old bill. The hearing is important because of what is at stake i...

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(EUDCATION) Duncan, Key Lawmakers Agree on ESEA Reauthorization

 Maybe there is something to this long-forgotten bipartisanship thing. Just one day after President Obama's State of the Union address, which emphasized working together, lawmakers announced plans to push ahead with a bipartisan rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Thr...

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