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Featured Funding Opportunities
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| Funding Organization:
Finishline |
| Title:
Youth Foundation Grants |
| Objective:
Finish Line Youth Foundation focuses funding on organizations that provide opportunities for youth participation in the following areas:
- Youth athletic programs – Community-based programs addressing active lifestyle and team building skills.
- Camps – Established camps with an emphasis on sports and active lifestyle, especially programs serving disadvantaged and special needs kids.
GUIDELINES
The foundation may provide financial support for the following purposes:
- Programs and projects – The foundation may support the direct costs of youth programming for requests in their areas of interest
- Scholarships – The foundation may provide full or partial scholarship funding for camps or youth athletic programs
- Capital – In some cases, the foundation may provide support for equipment and small capital projects
The foundation is particularly interested in:
- Organizations providing opportunities for participation for children and young adults age 18 and under
- Organizations whose activities provide direct services to individuals and produce tangible results, rather than those that are policy oriented
- The potential impact of the program/project and the number of people who will benefit
- The organization’s fiscal responsibility and management qualifications
- The ability of an organization to obtain the necessary additional funding to implement a program or project and to provide ongoing funding after the term of the grant has expired
- Programs operating near Finish Line stores.
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| Term of Funding:
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| Amount of funding:
$1,000 - $5,000 |
| Application deadline:
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| Email address:
Youthfoundation@finishline.com
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| URL:
http://www.finishline.com/store/youthfoundation/guidelines.jsp |
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| Funding Organization:
ConAgra Foods Foundation |
| Title:
Community Impact Grants |
| Objective:
The ConAgra Foods Foundation is committed to supporting innovative, sustainable solutions that efficiently and effectively create opportunities for children to have access to food and nutrition education. We partner with qualified nonprofit organizations that deliver high-quality programs and can demonstrate measurable results.
There are many more worthy endeavors than the Foundation can fund. Therefore, we use a two-step process to identify organizations that best align with our funding guidelines and criteria. Any organization interested in receiving a grant must complete an eligibility survey and submit a letter of interest . Only those most qualified will be invited to submit a full application for funding.*
Paper applications are no longer accepted by the ConAgra Foods Foundation. All letters of interest and applications must be received through the online grant application process. In addition, the Foundation will not accept or review unsolicited applications received in hard-copy or outside the pre-determined timelines established for each grant program.
The ConAgra Foods Foundation awards grants to qualified charitable organizations in three funding categories: National Strategic Partnerships, Community Impact Grants (currently under development) and an employee-driven grant making program, Nourish Our Community Grants.
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| Term of Funding:
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| Amount of funding:
Between $10,000 and $100,000 |
| Application deadline:
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| Email address:
foundation@conagrafoods.com
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| URL:
http://www.conagrafoodsfoundation.org/help-conagra-foods-foundation/conagra-foods-foundation-grants.jsp |
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| Funding Organization:
The Obesity Society |
| Title:
Grants and Awards |
| Objective:
The Obesity Society offers multiple grants and awards that promote research in the field of obesity. |
| Term of Funding:
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| Amount of funding:
Varies |
| Application deadline:
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| Email address:
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| URL:
http://www.obesity.org/about-us/grants-and-awards.htm |
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| Funding Organization:
Major League Baseball & Major League Baseball Players Association |
| Title:
The Baseball Tomorrow Fund |
| Objective:
Purpose is to provide funding for incremental programming and facilities for youth baseball and not as a substitute for existing funding or fundraising activities or to provide routine or recurring operating costs or funding for construction or maintenance of buildings. Grants from the Baseball Tomorrow Fund are designed to be sufficiently flexible to enable applicants to address needs unique to their communities. Must be non-profit.
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| Term of Funding:
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| Amount of funding:
$39,000 is the average, although there is no specified amount |
| Application deadline:
01/01, 04/01, 07/01 & 10/01 of every year |
| Email address:
btf@mlb.com
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| URL:
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/community/btf.jsp?content=grant_process |
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| Funding Organization:
Nathan Cummings Foundation |
| Title:
General |
| Objective:
The Foundation’s core programs include arts and culture; the environment; health; interprogram initiatives for social and economic justice; and the Jewish life and values/contemplative practice programs. The Foundation seeks to work with partners in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. We make efforts to document the outcomes of our projects and share with others the results of our work and the work of our grantees.
Letters of Inquiry are accepted at all times of the year - there are no deadlines.
Foundation staff will review your Letter of Inquiry and respond promptly. The process is very competitive and only those organizations whose projects fit most closely with the Foundation's programmatic goals will BE INVITED TO SUBMIT a Nathan Cummings Foundation Application Form.
Deadlines for those who are INVITED TO SUBMIT a Nathan Cummings Foundation Application Form are:
* January 15th, for consideration at the Spring Board meeting.
* August 15th, for consideration at the for the Fall Board meeting.
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| Term of Funding:
One year |
| Amount of funding:
Up to $275,000 |
| Application deadline:
01/15 and 08/15 of every year |
| Email address:
contact@nathancummings.org
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| URL:
http://www.nathancummings.org/programs/000016.html |
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| Funding Organization:
Bikes Belong |
| Title:
Featured Grants |
| Objective:
Bikes Belong will accept requests for funding of up to $10,000 for facility and advocacy projects. We do not require a specific percentage match, but we do look at leverage and funding partnerships very carefully. We will not consider grant requests in which our funding would amount to 50% or more of the project budget.
All proposals must:
•Address the goals of the grants program strategic plan
?Encourage ridership growth
?Support bicycle advocacy
?Promote bicycling
?Build political support
?Leverage funding
•Address the project objectives of the facility or advocacy funding categories (following).
•Propose a specific program or project that is measurable. Bikes Belong will not fund general operating costs.
Priority is given to:
•Bicycle organizations, coalitions, and associations—particularly those that have not received Bikes Belong funding in the past.
•Projects that build coalitions for bicycling by collaborating the efforts of bicycle industry and advocacy.
Because of our limited funds, we rarely award grants to organizations and communities that have received Bikes Belong funding within the past three years.
Please review the following specifics of the facility and advocacy programs to ensure that your proposal meets our guidelines. |
| Term of Funding:
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| Amount of funding:
Up to $10,000 |
| Application deadline:
02/29/2012 |
| Email address:
mail@bikesbelong.org
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| URL:
http://www.bikesbelong.org/grants/apply-for-a-grant/schedules-deadlines/ |
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| Funding Organization:
The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation |
| Title:
General |
| Objective:
We accept proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which meet one of the Foundation’s two basic purposes:
To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and
To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society.
Grants must have the potential of helping American children in a large geographic area (more than one state).
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| Term of Funding:
January 1 - December 31 of the award year |
| Amount of funding:
Grants have ranged from $1,500 to $70,000, and average about $32,000. |
| Application deadline:
07/15 of every year |
| Email address:
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| URL:
http://www.cwf-inc.org/index.php?q=grantseekers/overview |
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| Funding Organization:
American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation(AAPAR) |
| Title:
The Tommy Wilson Memorial Grant(Click on Programs and Events on Web page) |
| Objective:
Dr. George T. Wilson and his wife, Irene, established the Tommy Wilson Memorial Award in honor of their youngest son, Tommy, who was born with cerebral palsy and passed away in 1974 at the age of 16. Because of Tommy, Dr. Wilson became involved in recreation for developmentally disabled individuals.
Dr. Wilson was very active in the field of recreation and, among other leadership responsibilities, served as President of AALR. He was involved in many projects throughout his life such as pioneering development of the Waukesha County Wisconsin park system, Milwaukee Public Schools Oak Ridge Farm, as well as the Marquette Helfaer Center and Summerfest. Dr. Wilson was active in outdoor education and camping and founded the Milwaukee Family Camping Association. Toward the end of his career, he assisted with the formation of the Oconomowoc Area Senior Center at Shorehaven.
Dr. Wilson obtained his master's degree from Marquette University and his Ph.D. from Indiana University. He was a widely known innovator, author and lecturer in outdoor education, community recreation programs for individuals with disabilities, community use of schools, and recreation administration. He was also a pioneer in the field of leisure counseling.
Dr. Wilson passed away in 2002 at the age of 87 and is remembered as a great leader and inspiration in the field of leisure and recreation. His legacy carries on through the Tommy Wilson Memorial Grant. |
| Term of Funding:
One year |
| Amount of funding:
Up to $1,500 |
| Application deadline:
12/01 of eve |
| Email address:
aapar@aahperd.org
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| URL:
http://www.aahperd.org/aapar |
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| Funding Organization:
Tony Hawk Foundation |
| Title:
Skatepark Grants |
| Objective:
The primary mission of the Tony Hawk Foundation is to promote high quality, public skateparks in low-income areas throughout the United States. While we realize that not every area can afford to build big, expensive skateparks, we feel strongly that public skateparks should be designed and constructed by experienced contractors. We also believe that local officials should treat public skateparks the same way they treat public basketball courts or tennis courts, meaning that anyone may show up and use them anytime, unsupervised. The foundation primarily considers skatepark projects that:
1.are designed and built by qualified and experienced skatepark contractors.
2.include local skaters throughout the planning, fundraising, and design process.
3.are in low-income areas and/or areas with a high population of "at-risk" youth.
4.can demonstrate a strong grassroots commitment to the project, particularly in the form of fundraising by local skateboarders and other community groups.
5.have a creative mix of street obstacles (rails, funboxes, launch ramps, etc.) and transition/vert terrain (quarterpipes, bowls, snake runs, halfpipes, etc.).
6.don’t require skaters or their parents to sign waivers.
7.encourage skaters to look after their own safety and the safety of others without restricting their access to the park or over-regulating their use of it.
8.are open during daylight hours, 365 days a year.
9.don’t charge an entrance fee.
10.are in areas that currently have no skateboarding facilities. |
| Term of Funding:
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| Amount of funding:
Between $1,000 - $25,000 |
| Application deadline:
2/1/2012 |
| Email address:
contact@tonyhawkfoundation.org
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| URL:
http://www.tonyhawkfoundation.org/skatepark-grants/apply/ |
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| Funding Organization:
Heinz Foundation |
| Title:
General |
| Objective:
With grant making that averages $60 million annually, the Endowments ranks among the 50 largest foundations in the country. While most of our grants go to organizations and programs in southwestern Pennsylvania, our size compels us to use the region as a laboratory to develop solutions to problems that are national in scope.
Still, for the areas covered in each of our program areas, the needs far exceed available resources. The grant making of our Innovation Economy Program, for example, was $13.5 million last year, but it sought to affect the direction of a $120 billion regional economy.
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| Application deadline:
Feb 1 and Aug 1 |
| Email address:
http://www.heinz.org/contact.aspx
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| URL:
http://www.heinz.org/grants.aspx |
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