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Open Competitions

AAUW Educational Foundation
AAUW awards grants to projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. Special consideration is given to projects focused on science, technology, engineering or math.
Advanced Technological Education
The Advanced Technological Education program at NSF promotes improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels.
Humanities Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The NEH will grant awards of up to $75,000 for projects that strengthen and enrich humanities education at historically black colleges and universities.
Kresge Foundation
Kresge is currently accepting applications in the areas of facility investment, arts and community building, and pathways to college -- all of potential interest to public media.
Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities
Funds from this Department of Education program are intended to address the need for qualified special education personnel and ensure that those personnel are well-equipped to serve...
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program
The DOL offers as much as $15 million for projects aimed at improving education and career training programs, with a new special emphasis on innovation and online curriculum development.
Training for Realtime Writers Program
U.S. Dept of Edu will award $1,127,684 across four awards for projects that use new and innovative technologies to promote the training and education of realtime writers for closed...
Youth Empowerment Program
HHS will grant $1.5M across six awards for collaborative projects addressing unhealthy behaviors in at-risk minority youth, and promoting a more positive lifestyle.

Rolling Deadlines

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
This foundation makes public television grants, specifically in public television activities that relate to the educational services public television can provide.
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The Corporations primary interests include journalism education, educational access and reform, civic education and participation, immigrant integration, international development and...
Cord Foundation
Founded in 1962, this foundation awards grants in four interest areas: higher education, human services, secondary education and youth.
Davis Family Foundation
This foundation supports higher education, medical programs, and arts and culture organizations that promote music, theater, drama, history and literature.
Foundation for the Mid-South
This foundation is committed to comprehensively solving the problems affecting the region and supports education, health and community development programs.
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
With a mission to enrich Utah, this foundation makes grants in arts and culture, community, education, health care, and preservation and conservation.
Harrah's Foundation
This national foundation supports programs for seniors, community-based education programs and local civic programs that strengthen communities.
J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation
This foundation focuses specifically on improving education in Idaho from kindergarten through college.
Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation
This foundation provides general support to public media, mainly in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation
This foundation supports organizations working in Idaho in education, health care and social services. It has been a long-time supporter of Idaho Public Television.
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Giving priorities for this foundation include community development, education, religion, youth and philanthropic leadership education.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.
Lumina Foundation for Education
The Lumina Foundation makes project implementation grants nationwide.
Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
This corporate foundation supports organizations in regions of Iowa, Delaware, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Washington.
Publix Super Markets Charities
Provides small grants to organizations serving Florida and the Southeast.
Walmart Foundation
The Walmart Foundation funds projects nationwide.

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
Read the Grant Center's April 2012 newsletter.
Grant Center Funding Newsletter - March 2012
Read the Grant Center's March 2012 newsletter.