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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.
ASPB Education Foundation
Proposals are requested for outreach/education projects (instructional materials, multimedia educational materials, outreach collaborations) related broadly to plant biology. DEADLINE: June...
AT&T Foundation
The Foundation is currently accepting pre-applications for dropout prevention work, especially including “social innovation,” STEM learning, collaboration and/or technologies. Applications...
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading works to advance children's literacy and will make awards to community collaborations for work in this area. Deadline: 10/14/11.
Carol M. White Physical Education Program
This program provides grants to local educational agencies and community-based organizations to initiate, expand and improve physical education for students in grades K-12.
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative -- Planning Grants
This HUD program will make 17 - 20 awards, of up to $300,000 each, to applicants that will create neighborhood revitalization plans. Applications are due 5/1/12.
Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
The Foundation has a strong interest in early childhood education and the achievement gap. Competitive grant deadline in September.
Discovery Research K-12
NSF's Discovery Research K-12 program seeks to enable advances in student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines. Deadline: 12/6/12.
Grants for Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums
This program from the Institute of Museum and Library Services provides up to $100,000 for projects that create media Learning Labs for youth. Deadline: 6/15/12.
Informal Science Education
The NSF will grant $28 million to a total of 60 awardees for STEM education projects that use media to reach a broader audience.
Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) - Scale-Up Grants
Development, Validation and Scale-up grants are available through this Department of Education program that supports innovative projects to improve K-12 education.
Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) - Validation Grants
Development, Validation and Scale-up grants are available through this Department of Education program that supports innovative projects to improve K-12 education.
Martha Speaks Reading Buddies
WGBH will make $4,000 grants to 25 stations to implement the Martha Speaks Reading Buddies program in their communities.
Math and Science Partnerships Program
This NSF program supports five types of innovative partnerships that improve K-12 student achievement in math and science.
Migrant Education Program (MEP) Consortium Incentive Grants Program
The US Dept of Edu will award $3 million over 47 awards for programs designed to improve the delivery of services to migrant children whose education is interrupted.
New Funding Opportunity: D.C. Public Schools Effective Teaching Video Project
The D.C. Public Education Fund is soliciting applications from video producers to create a video library for teachers that will allow teachers to see what effective teaching looks like.
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...
PROHIBITION Community Engagement Grants
WETA is offering grants to help stations explore themes and issues related to this new film by Ken Burns.
Promise Neighborhoods -- Planning Grants
This Department of Education program will award $7 million to 15 applicants that will create plans to transform communities and center them around schools. Deadline: 7/27/12.
Why Open Education Matters Video Competition
This Dept. of Ed competition will award a $25,000 grand prize for the best short video that explains the benefits of open education resources in the classroom.

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.
Atherton Family Foundation
This Hawaii foundation supports organizations working in the areas of arts/culture, human services, education, environment, community development, health and religion/spiritual development.
Baltimore Community Foundation
The Foundation will focus discretionary giving increasingly on education and will double its investment in education beginning in 2012.
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
This foundation works with its donors to connect them to nonprofits meeting community needs. It also invests in projects that have the potential to change the community.
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
This foundation's primary interest areas include environmental protection, social services, education and youth development.
Boston Foundation
Competitive grants are made through the Foundation's Permanent Fund for Boston in the areas of education, health/wellness, civic/cultural vibrancy, job growth, increasing the...
Brown Foundation, Inc
Support from this foundation is principally for education, the arts and community service. The current emphasis is on improving public education within the state of Texas.
Cades Foundation
Organizations working in the areas of arts/culture, environment, human services and education receive support from this foundation.
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...
Champlin Foundations
Giving from this foundation is primarily for conservation, education, libraries, health, hospitals, cultural activities, historic preservation, and social and family services.
Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Grants from this foundation are available in the areas of youth, education and community services for work in Charlottesville, VA, and the surrounding counties.
Chicago Community Trust
This Trust makes grants in five programs: arts and culture, basic human needs, community development, education and health.
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina
This foundation fosters philanthropy for the lasting good of the community, primarily for education and human services.
Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
Overall, this foundation is interested in improving economic outcomes for youth and low-income families in the Washington, DC region by improving education and workforce development...
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
The Foundation makes grants in the areas of early childhood education, dropout prevention, economic security, health and vibrant communities. Next grant cycle: June.
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
This foundation's grantmaking is focused in arts, culture and the humanities; civic engagement and community capacity-building; education; the environment; healthcare and human...
Cord Foundation
Founded in 1962, this foundation awards grants in four interest areas: higher education, human services, secondary education and youth.
Dade Community Foundation
Serving the Miami-Dade community, this foundation addresses education, health, human services, arts and culture, environment, economic development, youth, homelessness, social justice and...
Dakota Charitable Foundation
Primarily, this foundation gives for education and human services but is also interested in the arts, community and economic development and higher education.
Dallas Foundation
Aging, arts, education, early childhood development, environment, health, human and social services and public/civic benefit are all areas of interest to this foundation.
Denver Foundation
The Foundation is undergoing a change in strategy, but is maintaining a strong interest in education (including dropout prevention), especially focused on low-income and underrepresented...
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.
Educational Foundation of America
Primarily, this foundation supports programs in the arts, democracy, education, the environment, reproductive health and rights, peace and security, and health and human services.
Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
Seeking to enrich the quality of life in the Fargo-Moorhead area, this foundation funds programs in arts and culture, community betterment, education, environment, health and human rights.
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.
Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda
This foundation gives in four areas: Global Development Program, Global Health Program, U.S. Program and Pacific Northwest Communities.
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.
Gilhousen Family Foundation
Focusing its support in Gallatin County, Montana, this foundation makes grants in community-building, children's and human services, the arts, health care, education and the...
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Promoting racial diversity and inclusion is a priority for this foundation that seeks to improve the quality of life in Greater Kansas City.
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
This foundation's highest funding priority is supporting creative efforts that address issues of poverty, particularly grants focused on education, employment and strengthening...
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
This community foundation is increasing its funding and leadership in the areas of education and workforce training.
HCA Foundation
This foundation makes grants in the arts, childhood and youth development, health and well-being and innovation technology.
Houston Endowment
This foundation makes grants in arts, education, environment, health, human services, neighborhood development and other community enhancement programs.
Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Funded by CPB, ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs primarily for public television. It looks for programs that bring new audiences and diverse voices to public media.
Intel Foundation
This foundation emphasizes programs that promote math and science education and empower women and underserved youth to enter math and science fields.
Iowa West Foundation
Supporting communities in southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska, this foundation funds programs in community and economic development, education, and human and social needs.
J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation
This foundation focuses specifically on improving education in Idaho from kindergarten through college.
John W. Anderson Foundation
Grants from this foundation support education, arts, and health and human services, primarily in Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana.
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.
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
This foundation pursues three giving strategies: community development, education, and arts and culture.
Kauffman Foundation, Ewing Marion
This foundation makes grants in two areas: education, specifically in STEM fields, and entrepreneurship.
Larson Family Foundation
This foundation makes grants in the areas of children and youth, higher education, housing, human services and recreation.
Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation
Funds a variety of community programs in Iowa, including health, education, science and fitness.
McCune Charitable Foundation
Has a history of funding film and radio projects in New Mexico, with an emphasis on social change.
Meyer Memorial Trust
This foundation supports organizations that deliver "significant social benefit" to people in Oregon and Clark County, Washington.
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.
Oak Foundation USA
This international foundation funds global environmental and social justice issues. Special interests include climate change, women's issues and learning differences.
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
This Oklahoma foundation has a history of making modest grants for television and radio projects.
R. Harold Burton Foundation
Supports education, science, literary and health projects in the greater Salt Lake Metropolitan area.
Reynolds Foundation, Donald W.
Supports journalism nationally, focusing particularly on training of journalists who serve smaller communities and on business journalism.

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).

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