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Open Competitions

Chicken & Egg Pictures
Chicken & Egg Pictures is now accepting applications for its 2012 Open Call, supporting women documentary filmmakers. Deadline: June 29, 2012.
Native Plant Conservation Initiative
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will grant a total of $380,000 in awards that support projects focusing on education, restoration and research of plant conservation strategies.
Youth Initiative Program -- Environmental Education Opportunities
This Department of the Interior program is open to organizations in Oregon and Washington that can provide environmental education opportunities for young people.

Rolling Deadlines

Alabama Power Foundation
This foundation supports projects focused on improving education, strengthening communities, promoting arts and culture, and restoring and enhancing the environment.
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
This foundation looks for projects that will lead to societal, institutional and/or environmental change; address the root causes of problems; and lead to new ways of thinking.
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
This foundation's primary interest areas include environmental protection, social services, education and youth development.
Chesapeake Bay Trust
The Trust is currently accepting applications for outreach and awareness grants. Deadline: July 6, 2012.
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
This foundation is dedicated to enriching the quality of life in middle Tennessee but has also funded media projects in other parts of the country.
Compton Foundation
This foundation’s new mission includes igniting change through “courageous storytelling,” including through art, film, music and social media.
Dodge Foundation
This foundation works towards a more humane society and more livable world and therefore supports projects that use media to educate the public and improve communities in New Jersey.
Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation
The major priorities of this foundation are arts and culture and environmental protection.
Ettinger Foundation
This foundation makes grants to pre-selected organizations in diverse areas, including independent film.
Fresno Regional Foundation
The Fresno Regional Foundation will begin making grants of $100,000 - $300,000 from its new Fund for the San Joaquin Valley in 2012.
George Gund Foundation
Founded to contribute to human well-being and the progress of society, this foundation supports the arts, education, economic development, the environment and human services.
Hawaii Community Foundation
Supporting Hawaii's nonprofit organizations, this foundation makes grants focused on the environment, human services and projects that benefit the people, flora and fauna of Kauai.
Heinz Endowments
This foundation makes grants to arts and culture, children and families, education, environment and innovation economy programs.
Joyce Foundation
With a strong interest in improving public policies, this foundation's priorities are education, employment, environment, gun violence, culture, and money and politics.
Kendeda Fund
The Kendeda Fund is a charitable giving program dedicated to exploring how human beings can relate to one another and to the planet more mindfully and use resources equitably.
Lintilhac Foundation
Recently, this foundation has advocated strongly for clean water, renewable energy and social justice.
Maine Community Foundation
Several competitive grant competitions in Maine.
McKnight Foundation
A good fit for public media serving Minnesota and the Mississippi Delta region. Funding includes planning, program and operating support.
Meyer Memorial Trust
This foundation supports organizations that deliver "significant social benefit" to people in Oregon and Clark County, Washington.
Mott Foundation, Charles Stewart
This national foundation supports journalistic efforts related to their primary interest areas, including civil society, environment and poverty.
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
This community foundation funds radio and television projects in New Hampshire that support its interest in arts, education and civic leadership.
Newman's Own Foundation
This national corporate foundation has funded public broadcasters in the Eastern U.S. for general and project support.
Oak Foundation USA
This international foundation funds global environmental and social justice issues. Special interests include climate change, women's issues and learning differences.
Oregon Community Foundation
The largest foundation in Oregon supports multiple radio and television projects in their state, as well as early childhood and literacy projects.
Overbrook Foundation
Has a long history of support for public media. Projects must address the areas of enviromnment and/or human rights.
Packard Foundation, David and Lucile
This national foundation has supported public broadcasters for capital and equipment funding, as well as programming aligned with their areas of interest (incl. conservation and...
Park Foundation
Has a history of support for public affairs and educational programming. Areas of interest include environmental protection.
R. Harold Burton Foundation
Supports education, science, literary and health projects in the greater Salt Lake Metropolitan area.
Rhode Island Foundation
This Foundation has a signature initiative focused on dropout prevention in Rhode Island, is interested in using the arts in schools, and has a history of funding public media.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Has supported public broadcasting projects that fit their priority areas: democratic practice, sustainable development and peace and security.
Rockefeller Foundation
Supports media projects that enhance public understanding of issues of importance to the foundation, including global health, climate and environment.
San Francisco Foundation
Supports public media projects in the five counties in California served by the foundation. Priority areas include education, environment, community health, arts and culture.
Starbucks Foundation
This corporate foundation supports young people leading positive change.
Surdna Foundation
Has a strong history of supporting public media initiatives, especially those that engage young people in public life.
Turner Foundation
This foundation focuses on environmental issues and has a history of supporting public media.
Vermont Community Foundation
Supports organizations working in Vermont, on a wide variety of topics, including arts, cultural heritage, social justice, hunger, and animal welfare.
Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
This corporate foundation supports a variety of television and radio projects in the areas of arts, education and community development.
Wallace Genetic Foundation
Supports public media projects (especially those with national reach) that focus on environmental issues.
Walton Family Foundation
Supports projects serving Northwest Arkansas.
Willard L. Eccles Foundation
The foundation has supported radio and television projects in Utah. Areas of interest include the environment and medical education.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Foundation is funding organizations working on educational policy in California and is interested in technology-enabled learning. It also has an interest in women's issues,...
William Penn Foundation
The William Penn Foundation funds projects in Pennsylvania.

WEBINARS/CONFERENCE CALLS

Strategies for Grantseeking Success: Identifying Potential Funders
Join us for the third session in the Grant Center's webinar series: Strategies for Grantseeking Success. Identifying Potential Funders will take place on Thursday, June 22, 2012, at 2:00 p....
Partnership Opportunities with IMLS
Watch the recording and download the resources from this Grant Center webinar from April 27, 2012 about funding opportunities from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

NEWSLETTERS

Grant Center Funding Newsletter - April 2012
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Grant Center Funding Newsletter - March 2012
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