July 2018 Grants

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Grant Opportunities/Announcements

Florida Panthers Foundation 2018-19 Community Champions Grant Program
Charitable organizations all across South Florida are encouraged to request up to $25,000 for programs and initiatives that support our local community. The Foundation was established to benefit the South Florida community by focusing on four priority areas: building the game of hockey for children and youth, supporting health and education initiatives for children, advocating for and supporting veterans’ issues and raising awareness about the endangered Florida panther. At each of their 41 home games throughout the season, the Foundation will recognize and award one grant for up to $25,000 to a local organization. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) organization or government agency serving the South Florida area. Some national organizations may apply, but priority will be given to local organizations. Although the deadline is rolling, all applications received prior to July 31, 2018 will be guaranteed to be reviewed and considered for a grant award at one of the 41 Florida Panthers home games.
Deadline Date: Open

Leadership Broward Foundation is now accepting Community Project Applications.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION WITH ALL THE DETAILS.
If you are a nonprofit looking for volunteers dedicated to helping your agency grow consider applying to be a beneficiary of a Community Service Project from Leadership Broward Class XXXVII. Each year, the class contributes over 4,500 volunteer hours valued at $200,000 to the community. The class is divided into eight groups composed of six to eight participants, who work together over an eight-month period (October 2018-May 2019) on the project that they, along with the class leadership, select.

The agency qualifying criteria are as follows:

  • Agency must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving residents in Broward County, or a government agency serving the residents of Broward.
  • Please provide a copy of the organization’s current IRS tax-exempt determination letter.
  • Agency may not have any staff enrolled as a member of LB Class XXXVII.
  • If the agency was selected for a Community Project by the previous year’s LB Class, (XXXVI), the agency is not eligible to apply for this year’s project and must wait until the following year.
  • Agency must provide its most recent audited financial statement or filed IRS Form 990 and a project budget.
  • Must be available for a brief phone interview (phone/in-person) with Community Project Committee.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS.

For more information please visit our website or send us an email at apply@leadershipbroward.org or call 954-767-8866.

Advocacy Network on Disabilities: Discovering Inclusion Training Online from the Children’s Trust
This training introduces different types of disabilities, benefits of inclusion, People First Language, respectful etiquette and the characteristics of an inclusive program; this training fulfills The Children’s Trust’s Inclusion training requirements. Registration is required for all trainings; click here to register.

Miami Dade College Center for Nonprofit Management Grant Writing Certificate

Miami Dade College Continuing Education and Professional Development announces a grant writing certification course. Students will acquire hands-on experience and skills to research funding opportunities, create community partnerships, write letters of commitment and submit grant proposals. Participants will also have the opportunity to apply what they are learning and receive feedback from experts. For more information call 305.237.1019; register at Miami Dade College – North Campus, Room 1125, or online at www.mdc.edu/registration.

Grant Opportunities/General/Miscellaneous

Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences Micro-Grants
The foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Awesome projects have ranged from public artwork to mobile applications to scientific experiments. Projects are not strictly defined but tend to challenge and expand our understanding of our individual and collective potential, bringing communities together and casting aside social inhibitions/boundaries for a moment. Grants are provided with no strings attached, and the foundation claims no ownership over the projects it supports. Chapters are divided by geography, and more recently by topic of interest. While specifying a chapter to apply to is not necessary (all chapters can view the applications received by all other chapters), many chapters show a preference for local projects.
Deadline Date: Open

Florida Panthers Foundation 2018-19 Community Champions Grant Program
Charitable organizations all across South Florida are encouraged to request up to $25,000 for programs and initiatives that support our local community. The Foundation was established to benefit the South Florida community by focusing on four priority areas: building the game of hockey for children and youth, supporting health and education initiatives for children, advocating for and supporting veterans’ issues and raising awareness about the endangered Florida panther. At each of their 41 home games throughout the season, the Foundation will recognize and award one grant for up to $25,000 to a local organization. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) organization or government agency serving the South Florida area. Some national organizations may apply, but priority will be given to local organizations. Although the deadline is rolling, all applications received prior to July 31, 2018 will be guaranteed to be reviewed and considered for a grant award at one of the 41 Florida Panthers home games.
Deadline Date: Open

Puffin Foundation Investigative Fund
The fund incubates and supports important investigative stories with the potential for social impact, particularly on issues that may be bypassed by the mainstream media. It does this by providing reporters with editorial guidance, institutional support and grants to cover the research costs associated with investigative journalism. The Fund supports investigative journalism in the independent media that seeks to highlight voices and stories ignored or marginalized by mainstream outlets. Reporters publish their findings in a variety of print, broadcast and electronic outlets. The fund’s editors commission stories from its reporting fellows and accept proposals from freelance reporters. Freelance reporters may query the fund directly. Assigning editors at media outlets may also query us on behalf of reporters.
Deadline Date: Open

Ben & Jerry’s Foundation Grassroots Organizing for Social Change Program
One-year grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to nonprofit grassroots community-organizing groups in the United States to advance social and environmental justice and support sustainable and just food systems. Grants can be used to support both programming or operational costs. The foundation will only consider proposals from grassroots constituent-led organizations with annual budgets under $500,000 that are using direct action, grassroots and community-organizing strategies to accomplish their goals.  The foundation will begin accepting applications on August 2. Pre-proposals must be received no later than October 15, 2018.
Deadline Date: 10-15-2018

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Fall 2018 Curatorial Research Fellowships
The foundation is accepting applications encourage new scholarship in the field of contemporary art. Recipients will be awarded grants up to $50,000 each to support travel, archival research, convenings, interviews and other related activities. Many supported projects have led to significant exhibitions, many of which received additional foundation support. Curators at any stage in their careers are eligible to apply with the formal support of an institution. The number of awarded fellowships varies from round to round based on the strength of applications.
Deadline Date: 09-01-2018

Florida Humanities Council Community Project Grants
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded for single events, lectures or panel discussions, reading and discussion groups, film series and/or online resources such as interpretive brochures, reading lists, audio/video recordings of scholarly presentations and classroom resources. Eligible projects must be rooted in one or more of the disciplines of the humanities, enlist the participation of humanities scholars and/or experts in the project’s planning and execution and engage the public in thoughtful and informed activities that explore humanities topics, especially those related to Florida or of interest to Floridians. Priority will be given to proposals from organizations with annual budgets of less than $1 million, projects that reach new and/or underserved audiences and/or projects that build on partnerships between two or more organizations or institutions. To be eligible, organizations must be recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, be based in Florida and serve Floridians.
Deadline Date: 09-14-2018

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) Ross Merrill Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections
The award is presented annually to an organization in North America that has been exemplary in the importance and priority it has given to conservation concerns and in the commitment it has shown to the preservation and care of its cultural property within the context of its broader mission, which may include interpretation, research, scholarship, education and/or public outreach. A nomination should describe conservation and preservation activities that demonstrate the institution’s commitment to collections care. Visual documentation (photos, slides, etc.) is encouraged. Organizations may act as their own nominators, but additional letters of support are welcomed. All North American not-for-profit institutions responsible for the care of cultural property are eligible to apply.
Deadline Date: 12-15-2018

The Children’s Trust Family Benefits Enrollment RFP
Competitive solicitation to fund several agencies to provide families with children with public benefits enrollment supports. Applicants are expected to support the successful benefits enrollment of at least 6,000 families throughout Miami-Dade. The anticipated contract period for the first year is November 1, 2018, through July 31, 2019 (nine months). The awarded contract may be renewed for up to four additional 12-month terms. Visit the Grant Opportunities page to review the RFP in its entirety.

School Health Transactional System
The Children’s Trust invites qualified vendors to submit proposals to develop, deploy, host, maintain and provide support for an electronic school-based health system and database. The Children’s Trust has opened this contract for bid to ensure we get the best technology available for these school-based services. Visit the Procurement page to review the RFP in its entirety.

Grant Opportunities/Arts, Culture and Libraries

Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences Micro-Grants
The foundation distributes $1,000 grants on a monthly basis to projects and their creators. The money is pooled from ten or more self-organizing “micro-trustees.” The chapters are autonomous and organized by the trustees around geographic areas or topics of interest. Awesome projects have ranged from public artwork to mobile applications to scientific experiments. Projects are not strictly defined but tend to challenge and expand our understanding of our individual and collective potential, bringing communities together and casting aside social inhibitions/boundaries for a moment. Grants are provided with no strings attached, and the foundation claims no ownership over the projects it supports. Chapters are divided by geography, and more recently by topic of interest. While specifying a chapter to apply to is not necessary (all chapters can view the applications received by all other chapters), many chapters show a preference for local projects.
Deadline Date: Open

Lewis Center for the Arts 2019-20 Hodder Fellowship
The annual fellowship is awarded to an artist of exceptional promise to pursue an independent project at Princeton. Hodder Fellows can be composers, choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, writers or other kinds of artists or humanists who have much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts and are selected more for promise than for performance. Hodder Fellows spend an academic year at Princeton but no formal teaching is involved. An $82,000 stipend is provided for the ten-month appointment. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree.
Deadline Date: 09-18-2018

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Fall 2018 Curatorial Research Fellowships
The foundation is accepting applications encourage new scholarship in the field of contemporary art. Recipients will be awarded grants up to $50,000 each to support travel, archival research, convenings, interviews and other related activities. Many supported projects have led to significant exhibitions, many of which received additional foundation support. Curators at any stage in their careers are eligible to apply with the formal support of an institution. The number of awarded fellowships varies from round to round based on the strength of applications.
Deadline Date: 09-01-2018

Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Request for Proposals for its 2018-19 Building Bridges Grants
Grants of up to $300,000 will be awarded to support the planning and implementation of cultural projects designed to improve relationships between Muslim and non-Muslims across the country. Organizations funded to date represent significant diversity in terms of geography, population, discipline and mission. Strong relationships are built most effectively when audiences are able to immerse themselves in experiential learning and directly interact, collaborate or communicate with the creative community who design and lead project-related activities. Grant recipients also receive strategic communications support during the grant period. Nonprofit organizations with operating budgets greater than $100,000 and at least $25,000 in arts-related programming are eligible to apply as follows: Organizations with annual expense budgets between $100,000 and $500,000 may apply for a total grant of up to $125,000 or no more than 25 percent of the annual expense budget, while organizations with annual expense budgets greater than $500,000 may apply for a total grant up to $300,000 or no more than 25 percent of the annual expense budget.
Deadline Date: 08-23-2018

Florida Humanities Council Community Project Grants
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded for single events, lectures or panel discussions, reading and discussion groups, film series and/or online resources such as interpretive brochures, reading lists, audio/video recordings of scholarly presentations and classroom resources. Eligible projects must be rooted in one or more of the disciplines of the humanities, enlist the participation of humanities scholars and/or experts in the project’s planning and execution and engage the public in thoughtful and informed activities that explore humanities topics, especially those related to Florida or of interest to Floridians. Priority will be given to proposals from organizations with annual budgets of less than $1 million, projects that reach new and/or underserved audiences and/or projects that build on partnerships between two or more organizations or institutions. To be eligible, organizations must be recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, be based in Florida and serve Floridians.
Deadline Date: 09-14-2018

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) Ross Merrill Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections
The award is presented annually to an organization in North America that has been exemplary in the importance and priority it has given to conservation concerns and in the commitment it has shown to the preservation and care of its cultural property within the context of its broader mission, which may include interpretation, research, scholarship, education and/or public outreach. A nomination should describe conservation and preservation activities that demonstrate the institution’s commitment to collections care. Visual documentation (photos, slides, etc.) is encouraged. Organizations may act as their own nominators, but additional letters of support are welcomed. All North American not-for-profit institutions responsible for the care of cultural property are eligible to apply.
Deadline Date: 12-15-2018

Grant Opportunities/Children and Youth

Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood Funds Programs to Enhance the Lives of Young Children
The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood supports nonprofit organizations throughout the United States that offer programs that will significantly enhance the development, health, safety, education, or quality of life of children from infancy through seven years of age. The Foundation’s areas of interest include the following: The Early Childhood Welfare category supports programs that research best child rearing practices and identify models that can provide caring environments to ensure all children thrive. The Early Childhood Education and Play category focuses on improving the quality of both early childhood teaching and learning through the development of innovative curricula and research-based pedagogical standards, as well as the design of imaginative play materials and learning environments. The Parenting Education category promotes programs that teach parents about developmental psychology, cultural child rearing differences, and health, prenatal care, and diet, as well as programs that provide support to parents. The Foundation’s goal is to serve as an incubator for new, innovative projects and research that will have a nationwide impact. In that regard, the Foundation does not provide grants for the revision or implementation of existing programs or research, or for capital equipment, such as playgrounds. The upcoming deadline for letters of inquiry is September 30, 2018. Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about the application process.

Project Learning Tree: GreenWorks! Youth Environmental Education Projects Supported
Project Learning Tree (PLT) is a national environmental program for educators and their students in grades pre-K-12. GreenWorks! is the service-learning component of PLT that provides grants of up to $1,000 to PLT trained educators who assist students in the implementation of environmental improvement projects. Students help design projects to green their school or to improve an aspect of their neighborhood’s environment. These projects make a difference in young people’s sense of responsibility toward their communities, and in their understanding of their relationship to the environment. The funds can be used by students to initiate recycling programs at their school, conserve water and energy, establish school gardens and outdoor classrooms, improve a forest, restore a natural habitat, etc. The application deadline is September 30, 2018. Visit the PLT website to learn more about the application process for GreenWorks! grants.

Department of Labor Program Supports Work Skills and Service Learning for Youth
YouthBuild offers funding for organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services for at-risk youth, ages 16 to 24, who are performing meaningful work and service to their communities. The application deadline is September 18, 2018.

William T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant Program
Grants of up to $650,000 over three years will be awarded to partnerships in youth-serving areas such as education, justice, child welfare, mental health, immigration and workforce development. The award supports the efforts of research institutions to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. Research institutions applying for a grant will need to address four important goals: build a sustained institutional partnership with a public agency or nonprofit organization that serves young people in the U.S.; pursue a joint research agenda to reduce inequality in youth outcomes; create institutional change to value the partnership and its work; and develop the capacity of its partners to collaborate and use research evidence. Grants will provide up to $50,000 for six to nine months of joint planning activities (e.g., refining protocols for partnering, selecting fellows, finalizing partnership agreements, etc.); fellowship support for the equivalent of one full-time or two half-time fellows per year, for two years; up to three years of support to conduct research; and resources to develop the capacities of both partners. In addition, recipients of grants will have the opportunity to apply for a two-year continuation grant in order to solidify the partnership and institutional changes. The foundation encourages proposals from teams with African-American, Latino, Native-American and Asian-American individuals in leadership roles. The partnership leadership team also should include the principal investigator from the research institution and the lead from the public agency or nonprofit organization.
Deadline Date: 08-07-2018

Florida Panthers Foundation 2018-19 Community Champions Grant Program
Charitable organizations all across South Florida are encouraged to request up to $25,000 for programs and initiatives that support our local community. The Foundation was established to benefit the South Florida community by focusing on four priority areas: building the game of hockey for children and youth, supporting health and education initiatives for children, advocating for and supporting veterans’ issues and raising awareness about the endangered Florida panther. At each of their 41 home games throughout the season, the Foundation will recognize and award one grant for up to $25,000 to a local organization. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) organization or government agency serving the South Florida area. Some national organizations may apply, but priority will be given to local organizations. Although the deadline is rolling, all applications received prior to July 31, 2018 will be guaranteed to be reviewed and considered for a grant award at one of the 41 Florida Panthers home games.
Deadline Date: Open

The Children’s Trust Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation RFP
Competitive solicitation to fund a single agency responsible for early learning teachers and families regardless of where they live, work or attend child care services within the county. The anticipated contract period for the first year is December 1, 2018, through July 31, 2019. The awarded contract may be renewed for up to four additional 12-month terms. Visit the Grant Opportunities page to review the RFP in its entirety.

Funding for Computer Labs!
The IGT After-School Advantage Program provides nonprofit community agencies and public schools with state-of-the-art computer labs. These computer centers are designed to provide inner-city children ages 5-15 with a meaningful yet fun learning experience during the critical after-school hours, in a safe environment. This initiative is meant to provide an otherwise unavailable educational experience and bridge the digital divide among at-risk children. By applying its knowledge and expertise to this type of program IGT hopes to increase children’s interest in careers in computers and provide them with the necessary tools to help them become more competitive in school and in today’s job market. Proposals are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis; click here for more information and application guidelines.

Grant Opportunities/Economic and Community Development/Business

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Rural Community Energy Efficiency Grant Program (RCEE)
FDACS is seeking grant applications from local government entities in Rural Areas of Opportunities for projects that implement energy efficiency upgrades to publicly owned community-use facilities, traffic control devices, and/or street lighting. This program is a competitive solicitation in which applications will be evaluated by the criteria listed within the Notice of Federal Financial Assistance Funding Opportunity Request for Applications (Notice). Please visit link to access the Notice and application. This program is subject to the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and paragraph 377.703(2)(b), Florida Statutes, and Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), as amended (Public Law 110-140).
Deadline Date: 08-21-2018

Department of Labor Program Supports Work Skills and Service Learning for Youth
YouthBuild offers funding for organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services for at-risk youth, ages 16 to 24, who are performing meaningful work and service to their communities. The application deadline is September 18, 2018.

U.S. Department of the Treasury Fiscal Year 2018 Capital Magnet Fund Program
Grants certify Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and certain nonprofit organizations to finance: (1) the development, preservation, rehabilitation or purchase of affordable housing for primarily extremely low-, very low- and low-income families; and (2) economic development activities or community service facilities, such as day care centers, workforce development centers and health care clinics, which in conjunction with affordable housing activities implement a concerted strategy to stabilize or revitalize a low-income area or underserved rural area. CMF’s award ceiling is 15% of Total Program Funding. Additional details on Application requirements are available on the CDFI Fund’s website. Applicants must be (1) a Treasury certified CDFI; or (2) a nonprofit organization having as one of its principal purposes the development or management of affordable housing. Award Ceiling: $21,400,000
Deadline Date: 09-17-2018

Grant Opportunities/Education

Project Learning Tree: GreenWorks! Youth Environmental Education Projects Supported
Project Learning Tree (PLT) is a national environmental program for educators and their students in grades pre-K-12. GreenWorks! is the service-learning component of PLT that provides grants of up to $1,000 to PLT trained educators who assist students in the implementation of environmental improvement projects. Students help design projects to green their school or to improve an aspect of their neighborhood’s environment. These projects make a difference in young people’s sense of responsibility toward their communities, and in their understanding of their relationship to the environment. The funds can be used by students to initiate recycling programs at their school, conserve water and energy, establish school gardens and outdoor classrooms, improve a forest, restore a natural habitat, etc. The application deadline is September 30, 2018. Visit the PLT website to learn more about the application process for GreenWorks! grants.

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Private Higher Education
The program supports leadership development for faculty, students and senior leaders; interfaith literacy and leadership; environmental stewardship and sustainability; student and faculty inquiry, including faculty development and support for student-faculty undergraduate research; and diversity, inclusion and support for underserved constituencies. All private, four-year residential colleges and universities are eligible to apply. Those institutions undergoing a presidential transition must wait to submit a proposal until the new president has been in office for a year. Private higher education institutions may request planning grants that range between $25,000 and $100,000, or comprehensive grants of up to $300,000.
Deadline Date: 11-01-2018

The Children’s Trust Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation RFP
Competitive solicitation to fund a single agency responsible for early learning teachers and families regardless of where they live, work or attend child care services within the county. The anticipated contract period for the first year is December 1, 2018, through July 31, 2019. The awarded contract may be renewed for up to four additional 12-month terms. Visit the Grant Opportunities page to review the RFP in its entirety.

Funding for Computer Labs!
The IGT After-School Advantage Program provides nonprofit community agencies and public schools with state-of-the-art computer labs. These computer centers are designed to provide inner-city children ages 5-15 with a meaningful yet fun learning experience during the critical after-school hours, in a safe environment. This initiative is meant to provide an otherwise unavailable educational experience and bridge the digital divide among at-risk children. By applying its knowledge and expertise to this type of program IGT hopes to increase children’s interest in careers in computers and provide them with the necessary tools to help them become more competitive in school and in today’s job market. Proposals are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis; click here for more information and application guidelines.

Grant Opportunities/Health

SAGES Education & Research Foundation 2018 Grants
The SAGES Foundation envisions a world where all surgeries are done with the least possible physical trauma, discomfort, and loss of productivity. The Foundation is now accepting applications for grants projects for the 2019 year from 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) organizations with programs or projects that align with the Foundation’s mission, goals or objectives. Grants are given on a competitive basis by submission of a grant application and proposal. Currently, grants are awarded for a one-year period only. Those seeking multi-year funding must reapply each year. An expected total of $400,000 to $500,000 will be allocated in 2018-2019. Grant requests between $1,000 to $100,000 will be considered.
Deadline Date: 09-07-2018

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research Allan Rosenfield, M.D., HIV/AIDS Public Policy Internship and Fellowship Program
amfAR will award up to four paid and full time placements for up to six months for fellows and up to three months for interns. All fellows and interns are based in amFar’s Washington, DC office. Applicants for internships must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program. Applicants for fellowships must have received an undergraduate degree prior to beginning the fellowship. A graduate degree related to public health policy and its associated fields (e.g., MD, JD, MPP, MPH, PhD) is preferred but not required. In addition, applicants must demonstrate strong writing and research skills and have a demonstrated interest in health policy or advocacy related to HIV/AIDS. Knowledge of the U.S. government and legislative processes is preferred but not required. For placements beginning in January/February, applications must be submitted by November 15, 2018.
Deadline Date: 11-15-2018

CURE SMA Basic Research Funding Opportunities
SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) is a disease that robs people of physical strength by affecting the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, taking away the ability to walk, eat, or breathe. It is the number one genetic cause of death for infants.

Grants will be awarded in two categories. 1) PI Awarded Research Grants: Applications will be accepted for one or two years of funding with a maximum funding level per year of $100,000 and a total award of $200,000 (including 8 percent overhead) over the duration of the entire project. 2) Postdoctoral Fellowships: Applications will be accepted for one or two years of funding with a maximum funding level per year of $75,000 and a total award of $150,000 (including 8 percent overhead) over the duration of the entire fellowship. Please note that a specific postdoctoral fellow to complete the work must be identified at the time of submission. Priority will be given to novel research that will enhance our understanding of SMA disease pathology at the molecular, cellular and biochemical levels; generate key reagents and tools to facilitate drug development and clinical trials; and identify new therapeutic strategies for SMA, in particular combination approaches. Cure SMA welcomes high-risk, high-reward projects and values the ability to provide seed funding for these types of exploratory projects. To be considered, studies should focus on the molecular and biochemical mechanisms regulating SMN expression or mediating SMN function; greater understanding of the pathophysiology of SMA, using well-validated animal or cellular models of the SMA; early proof-of-concept assessment of novel therapeutic approaches for SMA in well-validated animal or cellular models of the disease or on progressing aspects of ongoing preclinical drug programs for SMA toward IND; and work focused on generating research or clinical trial tools for SMA, such as new animal models, phenotypic cellular assays, activity assays for SMN function, biomarkers or outcome measures for clinical trials and newborn screening protocols/technologies.
Deadline Date: 09-07-2018

School Health Transactional System
The Children’s Trust invites qualified vendors to submit proposals to develop, deploy, host, maintain and provide support for an electronic school-based health system and database. The Children’s Trust has opened this contract for bid to ensure we get the best technology available for these school-based services. Visit the Procurement page to review the RFP in its entirety.

Grant Opportunities/Homeland Security/Emergency Preparedness

Grant Opportunities/Housing/Homeless

TD Charitable Foundation: Housing for Everyone Grant Competition
Funds for Affordable Housing Initiatives on the East Coast

The TD Charitable Foundation is dedicated to sustaining the well-being of the communities served by the bank in Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, DC. The Foundation’s 2018 Housing for Everyone grant competition focuses on the Expansion of Access to Affordable Housing. Support will be provided for programs that provide access to safe, clean, physically accessible affordable housing units for families, individuals, the elderly, new Americans, veterans, people with disabilities, women, and youth. The competition will also fund programs that educate and assist individuals in finding permanent or transitional housing opportunities that meet their needs. Twenty-five grants of $125,000 will be awarded to the best applications received. The application deadline is August 31, 2018. Visit the bank’s website to review the FAQs and submit an online application.

Department of Housing and Urban Development
Funds Available to Address Homelessness
The Continuum of Care Program seeks to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness, and provides support to re-house homeless individuals and families, promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by the homeless, and optimize self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness. The application deadline is September 18, 2018.

U.S. Department of the Treasury Fiscal Year 2018 Capital Magnet Fund Program
Grants certify Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and certain nonprofit organizations to finance: (1) the development, preservation, rehabilitation or purchase of affordable housing for primarily extremely low-, very low- and low-income families; and (2) economic development activities or community service facilities, such as day care centers, workforce development centers and health care clinics, which in conjunction with affordable housing activities implement a concerted strategy to stabilize or revitalize a low-income area or underserved rural area. CMF’s award ceiling is 15% of Total Program Funding. Additional details on Application requirements are available on the CDFI Fund’s website. Applicants must be (1) a Treasury certified CDFI; or (2) a nonprofit organization having as one of its principal purposes the development or management of affordable housing. Award Ceiling: $21,400,000
Deadline Date: 09-17-2018

Grant Opportunities/Human Services

The Children’s Trust RFP 2018-12 Benefits Enrollment
The Trust is releasing $600,000 in funding for family benefits enrollment supports to at least 6,000 families. They strongly encourage their funded programs to offer this valuable service to families. Eligible applicant organizations must serve at least 100 low-income families who might be eligible for benefits they are not tapping into. Applicants can partner with other community agencies that offer these value-add supports for your families. Two application trainings are scheduled for Friday, July 27, 2018.
Deadline Date: 09-06-2018

The Children’s Trust Family Benefits Enrollment RFP
Competitive solicitation to fund several agencies to provide families with children with public benefits enrollment supports. Applicants are expected to support the successful benefits enrollment of at least 6,000 families throughout Miami-Dade. The anticipated contract period for the first year is November 1, 2018, through July 31, 2019 (nine months). The awarded contract may be renewed for up to four additional 12-month terms. Visit the Grant Opportunities page to review the RFP in its entirety.

Grant Opportunities/Justice/Crime Prevention

U.S. Department of Justice OJJDP FY 18 Gang Suppression: A Law Enforcement and Prosecutorial Approach to Address Gang Recruitment of Unaccompanied Alien Children
The primary purposes are the reduction of violent youth crime, gun and gang violence and victimization in communities and to increase public safety in coordination with law enforcement and local partners through comprehensive strategic planning and collective action. Goals are achieved through the provision of direct funding to localities with high rates of youth violence and prevalence of gangs, and provision of technical assistance to aid localities in their planning and implementation of effective prevention, intervention and enforcement/focused deterrence approaches to youth violence and victimization in collaboration with law enforcement. The solicitation will cover three categories. Category 1: Planning Sites: Supports local law enforcement-focused collaborative planning process to develop comprehensive public safety action plans aimed to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Category 2: Implementation: A targeted implementation effort for high crime and high-capacity localities to enact proposed law enforcement-focused cross-sector, community-based approaches to youth gun and gang violence through a range of prevention; intervention and enforcement strategies. Category 3: Training and Technical Assistance – Training and Technical Assistance to support current localities funded through OJJDPs youth violence appropriations and new localities funded through the proposed FY 18 solicitation Categories 1 (planning) and 2 (implementation) to enhance and assist their youth gun and gang violence prevention and reduction efforts. Eligible applicants are limited to law enforcement agencies in states (including territories), local governments, and federally recognized tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. Award Ceiling: $1,200,000
Deadline Date: 08-27-2018

Grant Opportunities/Media/Communications

Puffin Foundation Investigative Fund
The fund incubates and supports important investigative stories with the potential for social impact, particularly on issues that may be bypassed by the mainstream media. It does this by providing reporters with editorial guidance, institutional support and grants to cover the research costs associated with investigative journalism. The Fund supports investigative journalism in the independent media that seeks to highlight voices and stories ignored or marginalized by mainstream outlets. Reporters publish their findings in a variety of print, broadcast and electronic outlets. The fund’s editors commission stories from its reporting fellows and accept proposals from freelance reporters. Freelance reporters may query the fund directly. Assigning editors at media outlets may also query us on behalf of reporters.
Deadline Date: Open

Grant Opportunities/Natural Resources/Environment/Agriculture

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: National Coastal Resilience Fund
Grants to Protect Coastal Areas in the U.S.
The National Coastal Resilience Fund, an initiative of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, strengthens natural infrastructure to protect coastal communities while also enhancing habitats for fish and wildlife. In this inaugural year, the Fund will invest in conservation projects that restore or expand natural features such as coastal marshes and wetlands, dune and beach systems, oyster and coral reefs, forests, coastal rivers, and barrier islands that minimize the impacts of storms and other naturally occurring events on nearby communities. Projects must be located within the coastal areas of U.S. coastal states, including the Great Lakes states, and territories. Project Planning and Design grants will range from $100,000 to $250,000; Project Implementation grants will range from $500,000 to $3,000,000. The application deadline is August 7, 2018. Visit the Foundation’s website to review the Request for Proposals.

Project Learning Tree: GreenWorks!
Youth Environmental Education Projects Supported
Project Learning Tree (PLT) is a national environmental program for educators and their students in grades pre-K-12. GreenWorks! is the service-learning component of PLT that provides grants of up to $1,000 to PLT trained educators who assist students in the implementation of environmental improvement projects. Students help design projects to green their school or to improve an aspect of their neighborhood’s environment. These projects make a difference in young people’s sense of responsibility toward their communities, and in their understanding of their relationship to the environment. The funds can be used by students to initiate recycling programs at their school, conserve water and energy, establish school gardens and outdoor classrooms, improve a forest, restore a natural habitat, etc. The application deadline is September 30, 2018. Visit the PLT website to learn more about the application process for GreenWorks! grants.

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Local Government Natural Gas Vehicle Rebate Program
Program provides rebates to local government entities that submitted applications in the previous state-funded Natural Gas Fuel Fleet Vehicle Rebate Program under Fiscal Year 2016-17 but did not receive funding. The purpose of this program is to help reduce transportation costs in the state and encourage freight mobility investments that contribute to the economic growth of the state. The applicant cost-share amount is 50 percent of the funds requested. Award Ceiling: $25,000/vehicle up to $250,000.
Deadline Date: 06-28-2019

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Rural Community Energy Efficiency Grant Program (RCEE)
FDACS is seeking grant applications from local government entities in Rural Areas of Opportunities for projects that implement energy efficiency upgrades to publicly owned community-use facilities, traffic control devices, and/or street lighting. This program is a competitive solicitation in which applications will be evaluated by the criteria listed within the Notice of Federal Financial Assistance Funding Opportunity Request for Applications (Notice). Please visit link to access the Notice and application. This program is subject to the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and paragraph 377.703(2)(b), Florida Statutes, and Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), as amended (Public Law 110-140).
Deadline Date: 08-21-2018

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FY 2018 and FY 2019 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program
Agreements support source reduction approaches (also known as ”pollution prevention” and herein referred to as ”P2”. P2 means reducing or eliminating pollutants from entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal. EPA is interested in receiving proposals that: 1. Offer practical pollution prevention (P2) tools or approaches to measurably improve the environmental footprints of state agencies, federally-recognized tribes, intertribal consortia, businesses, municipal/local governments and/or local communities while also supporting efficiency to reduce resource use, expenditures, waste and liability costs. 2. Adhere to the statutory authorities for this program by using one or more of these technical assistance methods: a) research, b) investigation, c) experiments, d) education, e) training, f) studies and/or g) demonstration of innovative techniques – to carry out source reduction/P2 activities. 3. Place additional emphasis on documenting and sharing P2 best practices and innovations identified and developed through these grants so that others can replicate these approaches and outcomes. Focus project activities on one or more of the P2 Program’s National Emphasis Areas.
Deadline Date: 08-23-2018

U.S. Department of Agriculture Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Fiscal Year 2019
The SBIR program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high quality research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefits. The program stimulates technological innovations in the private sector and strengthens the role of federal research and development in support of small businesses. The SBIR program also fosters and encourages participation by women-owned and socially or economically disadvantaged small businesses. Each applicant submitting an application must qualify as a Small Business Concern (SBC) for R/R&D purposes at the time of selection.
Deadline Date: 10-25-2018

Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Product Grant
Wildlife Acoustics awards grants of up to $5,000 in support of bioacoustics research projects, from chiropteran, avian, terrestrial, amphibious and marine wildlife, to everything in between. Projects must make significant use of bioacoustics for data collection and/or analysis, advance scientific knowledge and contribute to long-term conservation. In addition, the award must have a significant impact on the success of the project. To be eligible, applicants must be a biologist, researcher, conservationist or student who works for a tax-exempt nonprofit organization or educational institution or a government agency. Non-U.S. organizations also are eligible to apply.
Deadline Date: 08-15-2018

Florida Panthers Foundation 2018-19 Community Champions Grant Program
Charitable organizations all across South Florida are encouraged to request up to $25,000 for programs and initiatives that support our local community. The Foundation was established to benefit the South Florida community by focusing on four priority areas: building the game of hockey for children and youth, supporting health and education initiatives for children, advocating for and supporting veterans’ issues and raising awareness about the endangered Florida panther. At each of their 41 home games throughout the season, the Foundation will recognize and award one grant for up to $25,000 to a local organization. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) organization or government agency serving the South Florida area. Some national organizations may apply, but priority will be given to local organizations. Although the deadline is rolling, all applications received prior to July 31, 2018 will be guaranteed to be reviewed and considered for a grant award at one of the 41 Florida Panthers home games.
Deadline Date: Open

Ben & Jerry’s Foundation Grassroots Organizing for Social Change Program
One-year grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to nonprofit grassroots community-organizing groups in the United States to advance social and environmental justice and support sustainable and just food systems. Grants can be used to support both programming or operational costs. The foundation will only consider proposals from grassroots constituent-led organizations with annual budgets under $500,000 that are using direct action, grassroots and community-organizing strategies to accomplish their goals.  The foundation will begin accepting applications on August 2. Pre-proposals must be received no later than October 15, 2018.
Deadline Date: 10-15-2018

Grant Opportunities/Parks and Recreation

Grant Opportunities/Technology and Other Science/Research

SAGES Education & Research Foundation 2018 Grants
The SAGES Foundation envisions a world where all surgeries are done with the least possible physical trauma, discomfort, and loss of productivity. The Foundation is now accepting applications for grants projects for the 2019 year from 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) organizations with programs or projects that align with the Foundation’s mission, goals or objectives. Grants are given on a competitive basis by submission of a grant application and proposal. Currently, grants are awarded for a one-year period only. Those seeking multi-year funding must reapply each year. An expected total of $400,000 to $500,000 will be allocated in 2018-2019. Grant requests between $1,000 to $100,000 will be considered.
Deadline Date: 09-07-2018

William T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant Program
Grants of up to $650,000 over three years will be awarded to partnerships in youth-serving areas such as education, justice, child welfare, mental health, immigration and workforce development. The award supports the efforts of research institutions to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. Research institutions applying for a grant will need to address four important goals: build a sustained institutional partnership with a public agency or nonprofit organization that serves young people in the U.S.; pursue a joint research agenda to reduce inequality in youth outcomes; create institutional change to value the partnership and its work; and develop the capacity of its partners to collaborate and use research evidence. Grants will provide up to $50,000 for six to nine months of joint planning activities (e.g., refining protocols for partnering, selecting fellows, finalizing partnership agreements, etc.); fellowship support for the equivalent of one full-time or two half-time fellows per year, for two years; up to three years of support to conduct research; and resources to develop the capacities of both partners. In addition, recipients of grants will have the opportunity to apply for a two-year continuation grant in order to solidify the partnership and institutional changes. The foundation encourages proposals from teams with African-American, Latino, Native-American and Asian-American individuals in leadership roles. The partnership leadership team also should include the principal investigator from the research institution and the lead from the public agency or nonprofit organization.
Deadline Date: 08-07-2018

U.S. Department of Agriculture Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Fiscal Year 2019
The SBIR program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high quality research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefits. The program stimulates technological innovations in the private sector and strengthens the role of federal research and development in support of small businesses. The SBIR program also fosters and encourages participation by women-owned and socially or economically disadvantaged small businesses. Each applicant submitting an application must qualify as a Small Business Concern (SBC) for R/R&D purposes at the time of selection.
Deadline Date: 10-25-2018

Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Product Grant
Wildlife Acoustics awards grants of up to $5,000 in support of bioacoustics research projects, from chiropteran, avian, terrestrial, amphibious and marine wildlife, to everything in between. Projects must make significant use of bioacoustics for data collection and/or analysis, advance scientific knowledge and contribute to long-term conservation. In addition, the award must have a significant impact on the success of the project. To be eligible, applicants must be a biologist, researcher, conservationist or student who works for a tax-exempt nonprofit organization or educational institution or a government agency. Non-U.S. organizations also are eligible to apply.
Deadline Date: 08-15-2018

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Winter 2019 Pilot Award – Request for Applications
The initiative is seeking applications from individuals positioned to conduct bold, imaginative, rigorous and relevant research. Grants of up to $300,000 over two years will be awarded for exploratory ideas for autism, particularly those with novel hypotheses. Appropriate projects for this program include those considered higher risk and with less assurance of ultimate impact but with the potential for transformative results. All applicants and key collaborators must hold a PhD, MD or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school or other research facility. Applications may be submitted by domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions such as colleges, universities, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local government; and eligible agencies of the federal government. There are no citizenship or country requirements.
Deadline Date: 09-14-2018

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research Allan Rosenfield, M.D., HIV/AIDS Public Policy Internship and Fellowship Program
amfAR will award up to four paid and full time placements for up to six months for fellows and up to three months for interns. All fellows and interns are based in amFar’s Washington, DC office. Applicants for internships must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program. Applicants for fellowships must have received an undergraduate degree prior to beginning the fellowship. A graduate degree related to public health policy and its associated fields (e.g., MD, JD, MPP, MPH, PhD) is preferred but not required. In addition, applicants must demonstrate strong writing and research skills and have a demonstrated interest in health policy or advocacy related to HIV/AIDS. Knowledge of the U.S. government and legislative processes is preferred but not required. For placements beginning in January/February, applications must be submitted by November 15, 2018.
Deadline Date: 11-15-2018

CURE SMA Basic Research Funding Opportunities
SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) is a disease that robs people of physical strength by affecting the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, taking away the ability to walk, eat, or breathe. It is the number one genetic cause of death for infants.

Grants will be awarded in two categories. 1) PI Awarded Research Grants: Applications will be accepted for one or two years of funding with a maximum funding level per year of $100,000 and a total award of $200,000 (including 8 percent overhead) over the duration of the entire project. 2) Postdoctoral Fellowships: Applications will be accepted for one or two years of funding with a maximum funding level per year of $75,000 and a total award of $150,000 (including 8 percent overhead) over the duration of the entire fellowship. Please note that a specific postdoctoral fellow to complete the work must be identified at the time of submission. Priority will be given to novel research that will enhance our understanding of SMA disease pathology at the molecular, cellular and biochemical levels; generate key reagents and tools to facilitate drug development and clinical trials; and identify new therapeutic strategies for SMA, in particular combination approaches. Cure SMA welcomes high-risk, high-reward projects and values the ability to provide seed funding for these types of exploratory projects. To be considered, studies should focus on the molecular and biochemical mechanisms regulating SMN expression or mediating SMN function; greater understanding of the pathophysiology of SMA, using well-validated animal or cellular models of the SMA; early proof-of-concept assessment of novel therapeutic approaches for SMA in well-validated animal or cellular models of the disease or on progressing aspects of ongoing preclinical drug programs for SMA toward IND; and work focused on generating research or clinical trial tools for SMA, such as new animal models, phenotypic cellular assays, activity assays for SMN function, biomarkers or outcome measures for clinical trials and newborn screening protocols/technologies.
Deadline Date: 09-07-2018

Sexual Medicine Society of North America SMSNA Scholars in Sexuality Research Grants Program
This unique program offers young investigators who are interested in sexuality research the opportunity to obtain funding to support their research while engaged in qualifying research in sexuality. Grants will be awarded to graduate or medical students, residents in graduate medical education training programs and postdoctoral/post-residency fellows. Because sexual medicine is a multidisciplinary field and sex impacts almost every aspect of human endeavor in some way, we encourage applications from aspiring researchers representing diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to urology, psychology, psychiatry, gynecology, internal medicine, geriatrics, public health, physiology, genetics, molecular biology, social work and law. 1) Undergraduate/Medical/Graduate School Level: Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded for direct research costs and/or living expenses while the scholar conducts a summer research project. 2) Resident or Postdoctoral/Fellow: Grants of up to $7,500 will be awarded to subsidize a mentored one-year fellowship in sexuality and sexual health. Smaller grants may be considered to subsidize research expenses for a postdoctoral fellow’s independent research projects with an established mentor as co-PI.
Deadline Date: 09-30-2018

Grant Opportunities/Transportation

Grant Opportunities/Veterans

Florida Panthers Foundation 2018-19 Community Champions Grant Program
Charitable organizations all across South Florida are encouraged to request up to $25,000 for programs and initiatives that support our local community. The Foundation was established to benefit the South Florida community by focusing on four priority areas: building the game of hockey for children and youth, supporting health and education initiatives for children, advocating for and supporting veterans’ issues and raising awareness about the endangered Florida panther. At each of their 41 home games throughout the season, the Foundation will recognize and award one grant for up to $25,000 to a local organization. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) organization or government agency serving the South Florida area. Some national organizations may apply, but priority will be given to local organizations. Although the deadline is rolling, all applications received prior to July 31, 2018 will be guaranteed to be reviewed and considered for a grant award at one of the 41 Florida Panthers home games.
Deadline Date: Open

Grant Opportunities/Women

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