Sprint Foundation

The Sprint Foundation accepts grant proposals throughout the year in areas such as education, arts & culture, community improvement, and youth development.
> www3.sprint.com/sprint/overview/commun.html

Cooke Foundation (Jack Kent) Innovation Grants

Priorities are talent identification, scholarship provision and out-of-school programs in the arts, language, writing, science. Program areas include after-school, arts, general education, reading, and science. Average grants fall between $100,000 and $200,000.
> www.jackkentcookefoundation.org

The Clorox Company Foundation

The Clorox Company Foundation supports programs that serve youth, K-12 grade education, and cultural and civic organizations. The Foundation funds innovative approaches to systemic problems as well as general support for program operations.
> www.clorox.com/company/foundation/mission.html

Rohm and Haas Company

The Rohm and Haas Company accepts applications for grants in education, civic and community involvement, health and human services, and culture and arts.
> www.rohmhaas.com/company/CSI/Giving.html

AOL Time Warner Foundation

The AOL Time Warner Foundation supports four major initiatives: Equipping Kids for a Better Future; Extending Internet Benefits to All; Engaging Communities in the Arts; and Empowering Citizens and Civic Participation.
> aoltimewarnerfoundation.org/grants/grants.html

Anderson Reflections Arts Enhancement Grant Program

A limited number of matching grants of up to $1,000 are awarded each year to local PTAs for student-centered programs focused on arts education. Special consideration is given to programs that reach large numbers of students, especially students who are at risk. At risk is the term applied to children whose environmental, familial, and/or socioeconomic situation may affect their academic success or ability to learn.
> www.pta.org//parentinvolvement/familyfun/mla.asp

Citigroup Foundation

In early childhood and primary and secondary education, grants support early literacy development, technology-based curriculum resources and career and college preparation programs. The Foundation also provides grants for teacher training and innovative teaching strategies that increase student achievement. Programs that enhance learning by integrating the arts into school curricula and increase student access to leading cultural institutions are also funded. In higher education, grants are made to improve student and curriculum development for graduate and undergraduate business programs.
> www.citigroup.com/citigroup/corporate/foundation/index.htm

P. Buckley Moss Foundation Education Grants

The grant program aids and supports teachers who wish to establish an effective learning tool using the arts in teaching children with learning disabilities and other special needs. Maximum Award: $1,000. Eligibility: Programs in the planning stages or in existence for less than two years.
> www.mossfoundation.org/page.php?id=89

Newman’s Own Charitable Foundation

Offers grants to nonprofits, schools, hospitals, and other 501(c)(3) public benefit organizations. Eligible grant categories include: the arts, children and youth, health, education, the elderly, environment, the handicapped, literacy, substance abuse education, programs for the needy including housing and food, but no funding for individuals or scholarships.
Deadline: Sept. 1 each year

For more information contact:
Newman’s Own Foundation, Inc.
246 Post Rd. E.
Westport, CT 06880
> www.newmansown.com/5_good.html

Toyota USA Foundation Grants

Education is the focus of Toyota’s giving, with emphasis on primary and secondary schooling. In addition to funding national programs, Toyota supports the social well-being of communities where it has major operations (California, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York and West Virginia). This includes assistance for Arts and Culture and Civic and Community Development. Toyota prefers to support programs, rather than sponsor events. Organizations must apply each year to the contributions program, and subsequent funding is contingent upon evaluation of previous activities.
> www.toyota.com/about/community/fundguidelines/index.html

Learning in the Arts Grants

National Endowment for the Arts "Learning in the Arts Grants" Program offers funding for projects that help children and youth acquire appreciation, knowledge, and understanding of and skills in the arts. Projects must provide participatory learning and engagement of students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art, and ensure the application of national, state, or local arts education standards. Maximum Award: $5,000-$150,000. Eligibility: school-based or community based projects.
> www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP07/LearningintheArts.html

NEA Fine Arts Grants

On behalf of the National Education Association (NEA), The NEA Foundation offers NEA Fine Arts grants to NEA members. Available to elementary (grades K-6) school art specialists through local NEA affiliates, the grants allow fine arts educators to create and implement programs that promote learning among students at risk of school failure.
> www.neafoundation.org/programs/finearts.htm

Knight Foundation

This foundation emphacizes four major program areas: Community Initiatives, Journalism, Education, and Arts and Culture.
> www.knightfdn.org

Target Stores Grants

Through its Store Grants, Target (www.target.com) supports local giving in the categories of Arts, Reading, and Family Violence Prevention.

The program awards Reading grants to schools, libraries, and nonprofit organizations, supporting programs such as weekend book clubs, after-school reading programs, and events encouraging family reading time. Arts grants are given to programs that bring the arts to schools or make it affordable for families to participate in cultural experiences, such as school touring programs, field trips to the theater or symphony, or artist residencies and workshops in schools. Family Violence Prevention grants support groups working to make individual homes and entire communities safer, such as child abuse counseling programs and shelters.

Eligible applicants must be nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, schools, or units of government.

Most grants average between $1,000 and $3,000.

Funding is limited to the communities in which Target does business. Because applications will be reviewed as they are received, applicants are encouraged to apply early.

Applications for Target Store Grants are available at local Target stores and online through the Target Web site. Visit the Web site for complete program information and application procedures.
> fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10001791/target

Cappelli Grants for Education, Health & Fitness, and Arts Education

The Louis R. Cappelli Foundation makes grants in support of philanthropic activities with a focus on programs addressing the special needs of youth. Three specific targeted areas where the Foundation focuses its attention are education, health and fitness, and arts education.
Maximum Award: varies.
Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations that serve at-risk youth.
> www.cappelli-inc.com/application.shtml#

Starbucks Enhance Youth Literacy

Grants to improve Arts & Literacy or Environmental Literacy among at-risk youth.
Starbucks Foundation
Nonprofits in the US and Canada
MAX GRANT SIZE: $20,000
> www.starbucks.com/foundation

MaryLou Anderson Arts Enhancemet Grant Program

A limited number of matching grants of up to $1,000 are awarded each year to local PTAs for student-centered programs focused on arts education. Special consideration is given to programs that reach large numbers of students, especially students who are at risk. At risk is the term applied to children whose environmental, familial, and/or socioeconomic situation may affect their academic success or ability to learn. Access to this web page is restricted to national and state PTA officers; contact PTA for more information
> www.pta.org/Leader/2006%20MLA%20Application.pdf

Dana Foundation Announces Arts Education Rural Initiative

Through its arts education grants program, the Dana Foundation ( http://www.dana.org/ ) supports innovative professional development programs leading to improved teaching of the performing arts in public schools. Beginning in 2007, the foundation will award grants to professional development programs in rural communities in the United States.

The Dana Foundation is interested primarily in training for professional artists teaching performing arts in public schools, and in-school arts specialists who teach performing arts in the public schools. In-school arts specialists are teachers who are part of the permanent school staff (full- or part-time) and who teach the performing arts as their primary area of instruction.

The foundation’s interests include but are not limited to the following: dance, music, or theater based on a specific pedagogy; and arts curricula integrated into a school’s standard curriculum.

Dana offers one- and two-year grants, with the timeline to be determined by mutual agreement. Grants vary in size, with the largest award being $50,000. No grants are awarded directly to individuals. Dana does not award grants to individual schools or school districts.

Eligible candidates interested in requesting an arts education grant from the foundation are required to first submit a Letter of Intent online.

Projects funded in the next round of awards may not begin prior to January 1, 2007, when the 2007 awards will be announced. Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time, but grants are awarded once a year, in December. The deadline for submission of Letters of Intent for the 2007 round of grants is June 15, 2006. Letters of Intent received after June 15 will be considered for the 2008 grants cycle.

Visit the Dana Foundation Web site for complete program information.
> fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002298/dana

Airborne Teacher Trust Fund to Support Art and Music Programs

Airborne, Inc. (www.airbornehealth.com), maker of the cough and cold herbal supplement, has established the Airborne Teacher Trust Fund, a nonprofit charitable corporation, to fund art and music programs in elementary and middle schools that are in jeopardy of being lost due to budgetary cuts or limitations.

The Airborne Teacher Trust Fund is beginning with an investment of $250,000. In addition, a portion of the sale of every Airborne product will go toward building the fund and supporting programs. Grants ranging from $200 to $10,000 will be awarded to teachers to implement programs during the 2006-07 school year.

The Airborne Teacher Trust Fund will initially be offered to teachers from public and private schools in California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Missouri. Each quarter, additional states will become eligible until the program is rolled out nationally.

Teachers will be able to submit applications year-round. At the end of each quarter, the judges will select recipients from the applicant pool. Recipients will be announced each month of the following quarter. (The foundation’s calendar is as follows: 1st Quarter: August 2006 - October 2006; 2nd Quarter: November 2006 - January 2007; 3rd Quarter: February 2007 - April 2007.) The number of recipients and the recipients’ projects will determine how many announcements are made each month.

Application guidelines, updates on eligible states, and the online application form are available at the Airborne Teacher Trust Fund Web site.
> www.airbornetrust.com

GM Foundation Education Grants

Funded by: General Motors Foundation, Inc.
Description: GM Foundation is a consistent leader among contributors to education, including the support of the arts, and science/environmental and technology education/programs.

Program areas: Arts, general education, science/environmental, technology
Recipients: Public, private/charter
Proposal deadline: Online applications accepted year-round
Total amount: Over $40 million
Average amount: Up to $2 million
Contact person: Lorna G. Utley, president
Telephone: 313-665-0824
> www.gm.com/company/gmability/community/guidelines/who_support.html

National Association for Gifted Children

The National Association for Gifted Children has announced the NAGC-Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award Program for students who have distinguished themselves in academic achievement, leadership, or the visual or performing arts.
Maximum Award: $500
Eligibility: one student in every state from the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth grade.
Deadline: Various.
> www.nagc.org/Awards/green/greenawd.html#intro

Carnegie Corporation of New York Grants

Grants are given to support programs which advance literacy, and focus on urban school reform and teacher education reform.
Program areas: Arts, early childhood, ESL/bilingual/foreign language, general education, health/PE, professional development, reading
Recipients: Public school, private/charter school, higher education, other
Total amount: Over $84 million
> www.carnegie.org

McKenzie Foundation

The McKenzie Foundation has selected four initiatives that will shape its grantmaking for the next few years. These are early childhood development, education, the environment, and arts and culture. The Foundation believes that assisting families is one of the most effective and lasting ways to strengthen communities and therefore supports opportunities and experiences that enrich learning for all ages.

Also listed under Grants for Nonprofits: children and youth, education, environment and arts.
> www.mckenziefoundation.us/guidelines.php