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SBC Foundation -- SBC Excelerator 2004

Application Deadline: August 13, 2004

Description: SBC Excelerator grants help nonprofit organizations in communities across the United States improve their ability to serve their neighborhoods by providing:

Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation

Application Deadlines: April 1 and October 1 annually

Description: The purpose of the foundation is to contribute financial resources to selected nonprofit organizations that effectively serve and benefit children, with an emphasis on health, education, and inner-city services. Funding priorities fall into three categories:

Health

• Grants that emphasize prevention and/or recovery from health problems
• Grants that enhance the health of needy children by promoting healthy lifestyles
• Grants that provide access to medicine and medical procedures for children who require special assistance and would otherwise be denied such assistance

• Grants that encourage educational achievement in areas of documented weakness
• Grants that promote advanced learning opportunities to gifted children who would otherwise lack the resources necessary to pursue dreams and talents
• Grants that expose children to learning opportunities they would otherwise not experience due to insufficient financial resources

• Grants that provide health and educational programs targeted to low-income children in the inner city
• Grants that strengthen the capacity of operating nonprofit organizations to more effectively meet the needs of low-income children in the inner city

Who May Apply: To qualify for a grant from the Teammates for Kids Foundation, an organization must:

• be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service
• have a record of outstanding service in effectively and efficiently delivering programs and services that improve the lives of needy children
• serve children's needs in the areas of health, education or inner-city services
• deliver services that impact the lives of children, both short- and long-term
• ensure that 100% of grant monies received from the Teammates for Kids Foundation are used for the exclusive benefit of children.

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Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation -- Quality of Life Grants Program

Application Deadlines: April 1 and October 1 annually

Description: Christopher Reeves Paralysis Foundation vigorously works to improve the quality of life for people living with disabilities through its grants program, paralysis resource center, and advocacy efforts. The Quality of Life Grants Program offers two types of grants to nonprofit organizations; grants are not made to individuals. The first type of grant supports nonprofit organizations that address the needs of persons living with spinal cord injuries, their families and caregivers. The Quality of Life Grants Program also offers health promotion awards to nonprofit organizations that address paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries and other injuries, diseases, and birth defects, including (but not limited to) stroke, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Who May Apply: Grants will only be given to nonprofit organizations that have received tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code and are not private foundations under section 509(a) of the code.

Funding Amount: Funding is awarded in amounts of up to $25,000 per grant. The level of funding needed for a proposed project or program should determine the amount of the grant request. As a general rule, grants are not awarded for operating costs. It is strongly recommended that each nonprofit organization submit only one request per grant cycle.

http://www.christopherreeve.org/QLGrants/QLGrantsList.cfm?c=11

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U.S. Department of Justice -- Helping Outreach Programs to Expand Grant Program

Application Deadline: None (open solicitation contingent upon fund availability)

Description: The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime will provide up to $5,000 in funding to grass-roots community- and faith-based victim-service organizations and coalitions to improve outreach and services to crime victims through support of program development, networking, coalition building, and service delivery. Funds may be used to develop program literature, train advocates, produce a newsletter, support victim outreach efforts, and recruit volunteers.

Who May Apply: Established organizations and coalitions that do not receive federal Victims of Crime Act victim assistance grant funding and that operate with $50,000 or less in annual funding. Eligible organizations and coalitions must be operating for at least one year.

Funding Amount: Up to $5,000

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/expandingoutreach/welcome.html

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Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. -- Toyota TAPESTRY Grant Program (administered by the National Science Teachers Association)

Application Deadline: January 19, 2005

Description: Toyota TAPESTRY grants will be awarded in three categories:

1. Environmental-science education. This category includes projects that emphasize the efficient use of natural resources and protection of the environment. Students participating in these projects should gain an increased awareness of the terrestrial, aquatic, and/or atmospheric environment and an understanding of their own interdependence with the natural world.

2. Physical-science applications. This category includes projects that relate the laws, principles, and concepts of science (physics and chemistry) to phenomena and events relevant to students' lives. Projects should involve the students' own experiences and interests. Unique ways of applying science to technology and making physical science more accessible to students are encouraged.

3. Literacy and science education. This category will focus on the development of literacy skills in the context of science teaching and learning. Projects should highlight techniques and practices that embed literary strategies in inquiry-based science instruction and support improved science achievement.

Who May Apply: Open to K-12 teachers of science residing in the United States or U.S. Territories or possessions. All middle and high school science teachers and elementary teachers who teach some science in the classroom are eligible. "Science teacher" is defined as anyone who spends at least 50% of his/her classroom time teaching science or teaches a minimum of two science classes per day. Elementary teachers who teach science in a self-contained classroom setting or as teaching specialists are eligible.

Funding Amount: Fifty grants of up to $10,000 each will be awarded for the 2005 competition. A minimum of 20 "mini-grants" of $2,500 each will also be awarded.

http://www.nsta.org/programs/tapestry/program.htm

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