Funding Opportunities & Resources

Non-Profit organizations with a broad base of funding support, and the staff capacity to effectively execute a national program that directly improves the health and well-being of children are eligible to apply for Ronald McDonald House Charities funding. Organizations seeking funding should have a specific program that improves the health and well-being of children, address a significant funding gap or critical opportunity, have a long-term impact in terms of replication or reach, produce measurable results and is sustainable.

The Captain Planet Foundation funds hands-on environmental projects for children and youths. They will fund as many projects as its annual resources allow. In order to be considered for funding, proposals must: focus on hands-on involvement, and include children and young adults ages 6-18(elementary to high school) with adult supervision.

Schools and organizations that plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of three and eighteen in 2011 are eligible to apply for the Subaru Healthy Sprouts Awards. Eligible applicants must combine a garden program with education related to environmental, nutrition and hunger issues. The program provides Grant Packages to 30 schools or organizations that include a $500.00 gift certificate for gardening supplies and curriculum, as well as additional curricular resources and literature. The application deadline is October 1, 2010.

After School Education and Safety (ASES) Universal Funding Results for fiscal year 2010-2011 were posted on Friday, April 30, 2010. To access the posted results, click here. The ASES program operates on a continuous filing basis. The ASES program operates on a continuous filing basis. Applicants that did not receive funding are placed in a continuous filing process and will be considered for future funding based on ranking of applicants' Free and Reduced Meal Program (FRPM) as listed in DataQuest.

Eligible Applicants: institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, other organizations or agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria: Public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit agencies; agencies licensed or approved to provide non-residential day care to children or chronically impaired adults. Public or private nonprofit emergency shelters may also be eligible for subsidy.

The Allstate Foundation is offering ongoing grants to promote safer communities, community revitalization, catastrophe assistance, non-profit organizations, environmental responsibility, and a more tolerant and inclusive society. To learn more, click the link:
http://www.allstate.com/citizenship/allstate-communities.aspx

Eligible Applicants: local educational agencies Required Eligibility Criteria: Public and private nonprofit schools (including public charter schools) are eligible to participate. Also eligible are public and private nonprofit licensed residential child care institutions (e.g., group homes, juvenile halls, orphanages). Funding Description: Funding supports five school meal and milk programs to assist schools, districts, and other non-profit agencies in providing nutritious meals and milk to children at reasonable prices or free to qualified applicants.

Local educational agencies, non-profit organizations, institutes of higher education, and other agencies including after school programs in low income areas are eligible to apply for the Child and Adult Food Care program any time during the current fiscal year. For more information and to apply click the link provided.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/profile.asp?id=1164

The Southern Poverty Law Center is sponsoring the Mix It Up Grants program, which provides $500 for youth-directed activist projects that identify, cross and challenge social boundaries in schools and communities. There is no application deadline. For more information, visit www.tolerance.org/teens/grants.jsp.

The Computers for learning program is a government program that matches the computer needs of schools and educational nonprofit organization with excess equipment in Federal agencies. Schools and Educational Non-profits in the United States are eligible to receive computers and computer equipment. There is no application deadline for this project. For more information, click here.

The Microsoft Corporation is offering grants for in-kind support to help programs create community-based technology and learning centers that help promote technology literacy. Programs must have computer hardware that is needed to run Microsoft software, and personnel capable of installing and maintaining requested software. Applications are accepted year round. For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/apply.

Comcast Foundation Grants are available to fund literacy, volunteerism and youth leadership development programs. Nonprofit organizations with 501 (c) (3) status operating within Comcast communities are eligible to apply. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. To apply organizations should verify that they operate within a Comcast service area and send a letter of inquiry to the Comcast Foundation. For more information and to apply, click here.

Kaiser Permanente Cares for Community will provide funding to support non-profit organizations focusing on community and children’s health. Requests are accepted year round. For more information on this program, visit http://xnet.kp.org/communitybenefit/gep/grants.html