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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.
Art Works
This NEA program, newly restructured in 2011, encourages and supports creation, engagement, learning and livability in communities.
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...
Avon Foundation and Institute for Medicine: Ending Violence @ Home
Ending Violence @ Home is a global competition for web-based or mobile apps related to preventing domestic or dating violence. Interested applicants must register by May 31, 2012.
California Endowment
The California Endowment is a strong funder of public media in the area of health. It is currently accepting applications for program-related investments, due October 6, 2011.
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.
Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
The Foundation has a strong interest in early childhood education and the achievement gap. Competitive grant deadline in September.
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.
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.
MacArthur Foundation, John D. and Catherine T.
The foundation supports programs intended for national public broadcast to help ensure a diversity of viewpoints. The foundation has a special interest in youth and digital media.
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.
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
NSF will award $10,000 to up to 16 nominated individuals and organizations for their outstanding mentoring efforts to enhance the participation of individuals in STEM opportunities.
Project VoiceScape Funding Opportunity for PBS Member Stations
PBS Member Stations can apply for funding from this project to work with schools and other organizations to promote youth-created media.
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.
Tobacco Regulation Awareness, Communication and Education Program
The FDA will award $22.5 million across up to 15 awards for collaborative projects that increase awareness and educate the community on the harmful effects of tobacco use.
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.
YouthBuild Grants
This Department of Labor grant funds programs that provide education and job training skills to low-income youth.

Rolling Deadlines

Alaska Community Foundation
This community foundation distributes competitive grants, donor advised grants and scholarships.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
This foundation funds initiatives that have significant potential to demonstrate innovative policy, service delivery and community supports for disadvantaged children and families.
Baltimore Community Foundation
The Foundation will focus discretionary giving increasingly on education and will double its investment in education beginning in 2012.
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.
Best Buy Children’s Foundation
The Foundation supports programs nationwide that provide opportunity to youth through technology, including media production. A current RFP will fund Teen Technology Centers in Minneapolis/...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation
The Foundation's new $10 million Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana offers great opportunities for public media to partner with other community organizations. Deadline for letters of...
Casey Foundation, Marguerite
The foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of families, youth and children. Grants are focused in education, advocacy and activism.
Central Carolina Community Foundation
The Foundation awards grants primarily to nonprofit organizations in an 11-county area of Central South Carolina in the areas of arts and education.
Collins Foundation
Grants in arts, children and youth, community welfare, education, environment, health and science, humanities and religion are awarded by this foundation.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
This foundation prefers projects that reflect regional thinking and cooperation, promote civic participation, foster innovation, help move the region forward and leverage public and private...
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 Serving Richmond and Central Virginia
The primary focus of this foundation's competitive grantmaking is their Strengthening Families - Strengthening Communities program that promotes youth and community development and...
Compton Foundation
This foundation’s new mission includes igniting change through “courageous storytelling,” including through art, film, music and social media.
Cord Foundation
Founded in 1962, this foundation awards grants in four interest areas: higher education, human services, secondary education and youth.
Cox Foundation of Georgia, James M.
The Foundation may be a fit for public media projects that focus on training diverse journalists or incorporating diverse talent and new voices.
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...
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
This foundation supports organizations that provide direct services and implements programs in education, health/human services, arts/culture and community service.
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.
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
This foundation supports journalism schools and media institutions in the areas of investigative reporting, youth journalism education and professional development.
Fledgling Fund
Grants for innovative media projects (especially film) that target social problems, including education, women and girls, health and more. Next funding cycle opens: August 13, 2012.
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.
Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda
This foundation gives in four areas: Global Development Program, Global Health Program, U.S. Program and Pacific Northwest Communities.
Greater New Orleans Foundation
This foundation focuses on community revitalization, environment, regionalism, community impact and economic and workforce development.
HCA Foundation
This foundation makes grants in the arts, childhood and youth development, health and well-being and innovation technology.
Heinz Endowments
This foundation makes grants to arts and culture, children and families, education, environment and innovation economy programs.
Idaho Community Foundation
Established to enrich the quality of life through Idaho, this foundation supports organizations working in arts and culture, education, public projects, health, libraries and emergency...
Larson Family Foundation
This foundation makes grants in the areas of children and youth, higher education, housing, human services and recreation.
Lincoln Financial Foundation
The Foundation has a strong interest in education, including literacy, dropout prevention, financial literacy and workforce development.
McKnight Foundation
A good fit for public media serving Minnesota and the Mississippi Delta region. Funding includes planning, program and operating support.
Mott Foundation, Charles Stewart
This national foundation supports journalistic efforts related to their primary interest areas, including civil society, environment and poverty.
O.P. and W.E. Edwards Foundation
Funds organizations primarily in Montana. Special interests include arts, astronomy, environment and Native American issues.
Philadelphia Foundation
The foundation funds public media projects that support education and civic leadership in certain counties in Pennsylvania.
Prudential Foundation
This national corporate foundation funds public media projects that aim to improve social outcomes for community residents in areas where the company operates.
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 Philanthropy Advisors
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors make grants nationally on a variety of issues.
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Supports public broadcasters through their arts and culture funding area. Giving primarily in Boston and Pittsburgh.
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.
Santa Fe Community Foundation
Education and the achievement gap are high priorities for this foundation, which sees itself as a leader in tackling community needs. Deadline: April 2, 2012.
Seattle Foundation
This community foundation has a special interest in media. Giving is limited to King County, WA.
Sparkplug Foundation
No support for film or video, but a good fit for smaller community radio stations, especially those that serve diverse populations.
Sprint Foundation
National giving supports K-12 education and diversity. Local giving supports youth-focused social messaging campaigns.
Surdna Foundation
Has a strong history of supporting public media initiatives, especially those that engage young people in public life.
Tiger Woods Foundation
Supports education and youth development for children 8-18 and year-round programs that enhance learning.
Triangle Community Foundation
This community foundation has supported public broadcasters in the four North Carolina counties that it serves.
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Supports nonprofit organizations in the priority areas of affordable housing and economic opportunity, education and artistic and cultural enrichment.
Vermont Community Foundation
Supports organizations working in Vermont, on a wide variety of topics, including arts, cultural heritage, social justice, hunger, and animal welfare.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Supports public media projects that address key areas: educated kids, healthy kids, secure families, racial equality, and civic engagement.

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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