Aging
Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Invites Proposals for Academic Research Grant Program
Grants of $20,000 will be awarded to legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals working on research with the potential to improve quality of life for the elderly….
Posted on July 29, 2009
Deadline: September 30, 2009
Nominations Open for the 2010 Purpose Prize Honoring Older Social Innovators
Five awards of $100,000 each will be given to people over the age of 60 working in a leadership capacity to address societal challenges in the United States or abroad….
Posted on July 29, 2009
Deadline: March 5, 2010
Arts and Culture
California Council for the Humanities Invites Entries for California Documentary Project
Grants of up to $7,000 will be awarded to individuals working to produce film and radio projects that enhance understanding of California cultures, peoples, and histories….
Posted on July 30, 2009
Deadline: October 1, 2009
Stage Director and Choreographers Foundation Invites Applications for Observership Program
Twenty-five early career directors and choreographers will gain the opportunity to observe professionals in the field as they create new productions in New York City and at regional theaters….
Posted on July 30, 2009
Deadline: August 17, 2009
Guidelines Announced for American Heritage Preservation Grants
The program funds the preservation of endangered and fragile artistic, literary, scientific, and historical works and provides grants of up to $3,000 to libraries, museums, and archival collections for conservation projects….
Posted on July 29, 2009
Deadline: September 15, 2009
National Museum of the American Indian Offers the Visiting Indigenous Professional Program
The program will provide hands-on training in various disciplines at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., to individuals working in Native museums and cultural centers….
Posted on July 29, 2009
Deadline: September 15 and March 15, annually
Johnson & Johnson/Society for the Arts in Healthcare Grant Funds Available for Arts in Healthcare Programs
A total of $60,000 will be awarded to nonprofits and government agencies that are members of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare and whose arts in healthcare programs show evidence of initial impact….
Posted on July 25, 2009
Deadline: October 15, 2009 (Letter of Inquiry)
Athletics/Sports
Bikes Belong Offers Funding for Bicycle Advocacy and Facilities Programs
Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to organizations and government agencies across the United States working to improve bike paths and facilities or whose primary mission is bicycle advocacy….
Posted on July 27, 2009
Deadline: Quarterly
Civil and Human Rights
Partnership for Equity of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Issues Request for Proposals
Grants totaling $20,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working in the field of social justice and racial equity in the District of Columbia and nearby counties of Maryland and Virginia….
Posted on July 30, 2009
Deadline: September 9, 2009
Community Improvement/Development
Entries Sought for 14th Annual MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing
Grants of $50,000 will be awarded to nonprofits and tribes/tribally-designated entities working to increase affordable independent housing for seniors and environmentally responsive housing in their communities….
Posted on July 30, 2009
Deadline: August 14, 2009
Environment
Proposals Sought for National Wildlife Refuge Friends Group Grant Program
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to increase wildlife refuge co-stewardship, especially if their programs reach new audiences or provide wildlife-dependent recreational activities….
Posted on July 31, 2009
Deadline: September 4, 2009
Health
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Invites School Nurses to Apply for Healthy Habits for Life Grant Program
Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to school nurses working to create programs that help kids reduce their risk of heart problems, increase their physical activity, and learn healthy eating habits….
Posted on July 31, 2009
Deadline: September 18, 2009
Human Services
Weinberg Foundation Announces Program Revisions to Maryland Small Grants Program
The program will continue to accept applications for the remainder of 2009 and for 2010, and will focus on Maryland nonprofits that address basic needs such as food security and workforce development; grants will provide up to $100,000 over two years….
Posted on July 28, 2009
Deadline: Open
International Affairs/Development
Social Equity Venture Fund Announces Second Annual Open Enterprise Solutions to Poverty Request for Proposals
Two grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded for research in economics, government policy, or business strategy that bears directly on the potential of enterprise-based solutions to poverty….
Posted on July 31, 2009
Deadline: October 15, 2009 (Initial Proposals)
Science/Technology
Nominations Open for Inaugural Award Recognizing Scientific Entrepreneurs
An award of $10,000 will be given to a scientific researcher who has successfully commercialized his or her discoveries through entrepreneurship; an award of $25,000 will be given to a promising postdoctoral entrepreneur….
Posted on July 26, 2009
Deadline: November 2, 2009
Reply to: apply@atlascorps.org
Date: 2009-02-20, 12:43PM EST
Atlas Service Corps seeks nonprofit leaders from around the world to apply for their 2009-2010 fellowship positions in Bogota, Colombia. All expenses are paid in this prestigious fellowship program, including a living stipend, health insurance, visa, travel, training, and a $2,500 end of service award. Applicants must have 3 or more years of experience in the nonprofit sector, a college degree, and fluency in Spanish. Candidates from the U.S. are placed at organizations in Bogota like Give to Colombia and Oxfam GB. In addition to volunteering full time at their host organizations, Fellows are enrolled in a management development training program and join a growing network of nonprofit leaders from around the world. For more details about eligibility requirements and the application process, please visit: www.atlascorps.org/apply.html. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2009.
Location: Bogota, Colombia
- Compensation: All expenses paid plus end-of-service $2500 award
Making the Case for Your Marketing Budget (online webcast FEB 3)
January 21, 2009
This online webcast might be useful for those of you doing marketing for nonprofits and small businesses. It will also help you understand all the work involved in marketing and why it is key to any PR, communications, or fundraising campaigns.
February 3 2009
Online Webcast, United States
| Website: https://www.academicimpressions.com/web_conferences/0209-marketing-case.php Contact name: Kevin Kientz |
Learn how to develop and present an effective argument for the value of your institution’s marketing and branding initiatives.
Organized by: Academic Impressions
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: Not available.
Check the event website for latest details.
Free Series on “Power of Partnership” in San Francisco (Feb 10)
January 21, 2009
Join Craigslist Foundation, The Foundation Center, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, and Northern California Grantmakers for the third “Power of Partnership” quarterly program series. This free series showcases successful models of collaboration, with an emphasis on lessons learned, pitfalls to avoid, and opportunities to network with other professionals. Refreshments will be provided. The current economic crisis has brought nonprofit mergers and other forms of partnership into the spotlight, and many in the nonprofit sector are looking at these forms of strategic restructuring as an economic solution. However nonprofit partnerships are not just a last ditch survival tactic during an economic downturn. Partnerships provide a strategic opportunity for compatible organizations to join forces for greater social impact. For our third event we welcome David La Piana, author of the Nonprofit Mergers Workbook, The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution, and founder of La Piana Associates, a management-consulting firm specializing in nonprofit strategic restructuring. From informal partnerships and knowledge/resource sharing to formal mergers, David will address what to expect from a partnership and when it is a good strategic choice. David will discuss the practical tools and processes that lead to successful partnerships, as well as the role of funders in fostering and supporting partnerships. Program 5:30 – 6:00PM: Registration & Refreshments 6:00-6:45PM: Presentation by David La Piana: The Spectrum of Partnerships 6:45-7:30PM: Interactive Q&A Session 7:30-8:30PM: Networking Location: World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter Street, Suite 200 Date/Time: Tuesday, February 10, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (PST) Attendance: Venue capacity is 150, so RSVP now! Cost: FREE
visit http://ga1.org/craigslistfoundation/events/popfeb10/details.tcl to RSVP!!!
H.J. Heinz Company Foundation Fellowship Program for Individuals from Developing Countries
January 19, 2009
H.J. Heinz Company Foundation Fellowship Program
Awarding one year of practical, professional, and non-degree educational experiences through the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Heinz Fellowships are granted to individuals from developing countries who demonstrate potential as future leaders in the public, government, non-profit, or private sectors.
Deadline: March 2 2009
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/266350
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January 7, 2009
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Year-Long Organizing and Activism Paid Training Program
January 5, 2009
International Development Work Experience: Deshpande Foundation 2009 Sandbox Fellows Program
December 31, 2008
At least once a week, people write me asking how they can get into international development work, or extend their development work after a tour of duty with Peace Corps or VSO and such. Here is an excellent opportunity for entry level development workers to get some more in-the-field international development experience:
Deshpande Foundation 2009 Sandbox Fellows Program
Deadline to apply: January 4th, 2009.
Deshpande Foundation is accepting applications for our Sandbox Fellowship program. This is a year-long program for dynamic professionals or post-graduate school candidates who have experience working in on- the-ground development and/or social entrepreneurship and are seeking an extended experience working on these issues. Fellows are matched according to the skills and project needs defined by each specific NGO in order to ensure a mutually beneficial experience for both parties. More information about the Fellowship program can be found here: http://www.deshpandefoundation.org/GEP.html.
The Deshpande Foundation welcomes motivated individuals to apply to our 2009 Fellows Program. The Deshpande Foundation is the family foundation of Gururaj (“Desh”) and Jaishree Deshpande. Founded in 1996, it is a leading philanthropic foundation in Massachusetts and India in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and international development. We develop partnerships with innovative leaders with a new idea, product or service that can potentially benefit millions of people and change entire industries.
The Global Exchange Program was launched in January 2008 to put into practice The Deshpande Foundation’s vision for global exchange specific to development and innovation. The concept allows for exchange – in both directions- improving and addressing the solutions that solve the developing world’s most intractable challenges. The Global Exchange Program was designed to help fuel the change of innovation and improve the outcomes of development. The Fellows work to address challenges at NGOs working the in the fields of Agriculture, Livelihood, Education and Health. Ideal candidates have experience in these areas but also add value by bringing skills from the IT sector, business (marketing and management), finance (accounting) and other globally applicable skills. Current fellows are dynamic and interested in making a long term impact through innovation in the sector. In June 2008, The Deshpande Foundations welcomed the first team of 10 Fellows to the Sandbox, with Fellows from both the US and the UK.
The next Sandbox Fellowship class runs from June 2009-June 2010 and Innovator applications are accepted quarterly. The deadline for all applications is January 4th, 2009. Please send your most resent resume and completed application to info@deshpandefoundation.org.
Free NPO/NGO Tools/Manuals from Networklearning
December 18, 2008
This is an e-mail from ‘networklearning’
Message:
We have a few materials here at networklearning that would be more useful in the field than they are on our desks. There is only one copy of each thing, so “first come, first served”!
A. The OXFAM Gender Training manual (this is a big fat book)
B. Stepping Stones training package on HIV/AIDS (manual plus CD)
C. A set of flannelgraphs. The accompanying leaflets are in French but Health Educators can use the flannelgraphs to illustrate talks in any language. Subjects: Le cycle feminin/Woman & her Cycle – La Femme Enceinte/ Woman & Pregnancy – la developpement du foetus/ the Development of the foetus – Le petit enfant/ the small Child – The three food groups/ les trois groupes alimentaire – Bilharzia/ schistosomiasis – Topics from ‘Donner la vie‘ (‘the Giving of Life’) intestinal worms, diarrhoea, food hygiene etc.
If you think your NGO could make good use of one of these, please email me to say briefly why it would be useful (and please indicate which item A, B or C). If you have a good story, I will pay for the package to be posted out to you free of charge!
Please contact: moynihan@networklearning.org
Yours sincerely,
Maeve Moynihan
Chairperson/Initiator Stichting Networklearning
Smaller online communities are doing the job for charities
December 8, 2008
Smaller online communities are doing the job for charities
http://www.nptimes.com
by Michele Donohue
Daphne Dixon wanted to get the word out that Conscious Decisions, an environmental nonprofit in Farfield, Conn., was hosting its Green Faire. Instead of calling and hassling all the local newspapers, Dixon used a feature on AmericanTowns.com to forward the press release to media outlets – and saw results.
“Their press release tool is amazing because it is a free service that distributes press releases to all local media quickly. And most importantly, the information is picked up and printed in all local papers,” said Dixon, who mentioned the turnout quickly had sponsors asking about next year’s event.
Conscious Decisions is working on its new Web site, so the organization constantly updates information on its AmericanTowns.com page. And having a second Web presence only helps search engine optimization (SEO). “It’s critical in this day and age when someone is searching on Google that it comes on that first page or you are virtually invisible to the world,” said Dixon.
Most people will not turn to the bulky phone book anymore to find out information about organizations when all they need to do is press a button. Organizations that don’t have a minimal Web presence are going to fall behind the pack. And social networking is taking hold as a method of gaining awareness, even though fundraising via social networks is still in its infancy.
“The longer you wait to adopt technological change, you always do leave yourself at a certain disadvantage,” said Steve MacLaughlin, director of Internet solutions at technology provider Blackbaud in Charleston, S.C. All organizations have to start somewhere — the important point is to actually start.
“Once something comes out, everyone tells you that you have to do it. Everyone is probably saying you have to be on Facebook right now. But it’s not about being there. You have to figure out what exactly you want to accomplish by being there and then make sure what you are doing is accomplishing that measure,” said Amin Tehrani, national director of new media and e-commerce at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) in New York City. “Otherwise, you are just spinning your wheels and spending a lot of time doing stuff and not seeing any benefit from it.”
Tehrani explained that starting in small online communities might get your organization off the ground. JDRF began checking that the correct information was online about juvenile diabetes by editing sites like Wikipedia. Your organization can also gain attention by offering information on your specific topic on community sites or blogs. “You don’t want to be passive when attracting new donors and constituents. It’s great to have your own Web site and your own presence online, but you want to make sure you go out to where these people actually are,” said Tehrani.
For JDRF that meant going to Facebook, where the JDRF cause has more than 47,000 members. JDRF plans to launch its own social networking site.
Organizations can easily start their own online communities by offering constituents a site area to talk about events, volunteering or why they are dedicated to the mission. “We’ve been doing primitive relationship or community building since our early email program,” said Jo Sullivan, senior vice president of development and communications at ASPCA, based in New York City. Sullivan said that members would mail pictures of their pets — and now that has moved to the ASPCA online community. “People are so proud of their pets. They want an opportunity to share and we recognize that,” said Sullivan. The site has grown to more than 14,000 members who post pictures or discuss pet issues in the online forum.
JDRF tries to assess where online efforts would have the most impact for the organization. Tehrani recommended looking at programs you already have and how that can be translated online. JDRF had a mail-based pen pal program and now has a Kids Online section where children can learn more about living with juvenile diabetes and meet other kids with the disease. JDRF also has a section about its Children’s Congress, an event held every two years that gives 51 chosen delegates ages 4 to 17 the chance to discuss Type 1 diabetes with government officials. Now kids who weren’t selected to participate can read blog posts and read up on the delegates.
Sullivan said it’s important to foster online discussions, but organizations shouldn’t give free reign to members while on the organization’s site. Political discussions are great if it pertains to the mission, but if not, change the conversation before partisan battles flare up on your site.
“It’s great that it’s becoming something more than an animal welfare charity. The danger becomes how much more can it be before we as an organization get a reputation as being off mission,” said Sullivan, who has forum moderators that draw people back to animal issues when discussions veer off to unrelated threads.
Nonprofits are buzzing about free social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, which your organization can leverage peer-to-peer relationships for acquisition. But those two aren’t the only players in the social networking game – and more unconventional sites might work better for your audience. “I think it’s important to look at the big [sites] and have a presence there, but you may in fact find more success on a smaller site that more niche-oriented,” said MacLaughlin. He recommended organizations look for communities that are related to mission or sites that cater to nonprofit-minded people, like Care2.
“Ultimately it is about making that initial contact and then prompting some sort of action that would drive them back to your Web site or to take action on something,” said MacLaughlin. “I think people just get so hung up on the technology and the wires that they forget this is just traditional fundraising. The only difference is the online so I can reach more people than I would ever be able to reach going door-to-door or phoning people or direct mail,” he said.
“This is so early for a lot of nonprofits that I think there is an advantage to trying and experimenting with some of this stuff because it is a bit open territory,” said MacLaughlin. “It’s okay with some of this stuff to fail at it.” NPT
© 2008 The NonProfit Times
