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AAUW Community Action Grants
The American Association of University Women is a national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls. Their commitment to these issues is reflected in public policy efforts, programs, and diversity initiatives. AAUW is offering up to $10,000 to support innovative school and/or community-based programs that promote education and equity for women and girls. Women of color and women from other underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/community_action.cfm

AT&T Foundation
The AT&T Foundation provides grants to organizations and programs that address quality-of-life issues, with an emphasis on improving education, advancing community development, addressing vital community needs and enhancing unique cultural assets. Implicit within the foundation focus are efforts that advance opportunities for diverse populations. The AT&T Foundation funds programs designed to: * Enhance education by integrating new technologies and increasing learning opportunities. * Improve economic development through technology and local initiatives. * Provide vital assistance to key community-based organizations. * Support cultural institutions that make a community unique. * Advance the goals and meet the needs of diverse populations.
http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=7736

Animating Democracy: Strengthening the Role of Art
From 1999 to 2003, Americans for Arts’ Animating Democracy Lab provided grants and advisory support to 32 cultural organizations across the country to implement projects that experimented with or deepened existing approaches to arts- and humanities-based civic dialogue. Investigation through these diverse projects, individually and collectively, aimed to advance field learning about the philosophical, practical, and social dimensions of this work. Learn about the initiative and the lab projects.
http://www.artsusa.org/AnimatingDemocracy/programs/programs_002.asp

Apple Computer's Education Grants
Work with schools and other educational institutions to find support to realize a technology vision, but offers no direct monies. The Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) is a social network for educators. Find a wealth of content ranging from simple lesson ideas to in-depth curriculum units for K-12 educators as well as a new channel for Higher Education faculty showcasing campus projects, research and more.
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
The purpose of the Foundations is to provide financial assistance, within the limits of their budgets and the discretion of their Trustees, to certain educational, cultural, scientific and religious institutions. The Board of Trustees’ current practice is to award grants primarily in the areas of private higher education, secondary education, graduate theological education, health care and public television.
http://www.avdfdn.org/

Center for Alternative Media and Culture
A large listing of grantmakers and funding sources, including non-profit sponsorship information.
http://www.holytoledo.com/grants.htm

Center for Asian American Media Fund
The Center for Asian American Media provides funding and support for provocative and engaging Asian American film and media projects from independent producers. CAAM awards production and completion funds for projects intended for public television broadcast. Since 1990, more than $3 million has been granted to over 150 projects. Funding is made possible with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/rf_cms/index.php?cmd=showPage&page_id=1.3.1§ion=1.3

Chronicle of Philanthropy
Online journal with features, job listings, and grant announcements. Some parts of the website are "members-only" and others are free to the general public.
http://www.philanthropy.com/

Cisco Foundation
Cisco Impact Philanthropy is about building strong and productive global communities -- communities in which every individual has the means to live, the opportunity to learn, and the chance to give back. Any one of these essentials is enough to make a difference in the present, but it takes all three to set in motion an enduring cycle of health and prosperity. Our goal is to identify nonprofits that do outstanding work in one or more segments of the cycle, as shown at right. We support such organizations as they respond to communities in immediate distress, and we help expand their long-term capacity by encouraging the innovative integration of technology into their operational strategies.
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac48/about_cisco_community_and_philanthropy_home.html

Corporation for Public Broadcasting
This is the home page for public broadcasting, with events, calendar, grant deadlines and guidelines, and a CPB directory.
http://www.cpb.org/

Council on Foundations - Film & Video Festival
The Film & Video Festival showcases foundation-funded productions and the strategies by which grantmakers use film, video and television productions to advance their program goals. Held in conjunction with the Council on Foundations Annual Conference, the Fall Conference for Community Foundations and the Family Foundation Conference, the festival promotes foundation support of creative, high-quality productions that expand the boundaries of the use of media for charitable purposes.
http://www.fundfilm.org/

Dept of Education Discretionary Grants
A listing of available grant opportunities from the U. S. Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html

Dept. of Labor Youth Services
Investments made by the Division of Youth Services are administered through Formula-Funded Grants and Discretionary Grants. Visit the website for more details on each funding type.
http://www.doleta.gov/youth_services/

Experimental Television Center Arts Grants
The Experimental Television Center provides support to electronic media and film artists and organizations in New York State to encourage creative work; to facilitate the exhibition of moving-image and sound art to audiences in all regions of the State; and to strengthen organizations with active media programs. Since 1989 we have awarded over $750,000 to organizations and artists. The program is made possible with support from the New York State Council on the Arts.
http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/

Film Arts Foundation (FAF)
Is a Bay Area member-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of independent film and video makers, providing resources for creation, exhibition and distribution of their work. Access to their grant listing requires membership signup.
http://www.filmarts.org/

Foundation Center
The Foundation Center is an independent nonprofit information clearinghouse of information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. Their site has a database of grants, information on their publications (they produce over 60 annually) and Foundation Center Libraries located around the country.
http://www.fdncenter.org/

Fund for Women Artists
A listing of grant sources that provide funding specifically for individual artists.
http://www.womenarts.org/fund/SourcesforIndividualArtists.htm

Grantmakers In the Arts
A nonprofit membership organization comprised of private foundations, family foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations, corporate giving programs, and nonprofit organizations that make arts grants. GIA aims to strengthen the field of private sector arts grantmaking by improving communication, information exchange, and peer learning within the field as a whole and increase the presence of arts philanthropy within the broader foundation and policy making communities, thereby promoting more meaningful support of arts and culture; and support individual arts grantmakers in increasing their effectiveness and their capacity to meet their objectives.
http://giarts.org/

Grants.gov
Grants.gov is your source to FIND and APPLY for Federal government grants. There are over 1,000 grant programs offered by all Federal grant making agencies. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proud to be the managing partner for Grants.gov, an initiative that is having an unparalleled impact on the grant community. Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for more than $400 billion in Federal grants.
http://www.grants.gov/

Hewlett Packard
The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16 education, and to help identify K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities that HP might support with future grants.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/index.html

IBM Grant Programs
To make the most effective use of IBM resources and expertise, IBM has selected priority issues and key initiatives for investment. Our main focus is Education. We also provide smaller grants in the areas of Adult Education and Workforce Development, Arts and Culture and Communities in Need. In addition, we provide opportunities for IBM employees to support their communities and the issues they care about through Employee Giving.
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/grant/index.shtml

ITVS Funding Resource
ITVS funds, distributes and promotes new programs primarily for public television. We work with independent producers to create and present programs that take creative risks, advance issues and represent points of view not usually seen on public or commercial television. ITVS is committed to programming that addresses the needs of underserved and underrepresented audiences. We look for programs that bring new audiences to public television and that expand civic participation by bringing diverse voices into the public sphere.
http://www.itvs.org/producers/funding.html

Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an independent federal agency providing grants to museums and libraries of all types throughout the country. IMLS seeks to further the reach of these organizations by encouraging partnerships.
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/applicants.shtm

Intel in Your Community
Intel Corporation is committed to maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in the communities where the company has a major presence. Intel will support additional programs that improve the quality of life in its site communities. These requests will be evaluated on the basis of the services offered and the program's impact on the community; its focus on diversity and multiculturalism; its impact on the youth of our community; the cost-effectiveness of the program and its ability to be effectively measured and replicated; and the potential for Intel employee involvement.
http://www.intel.com/community/grant.htm

Ludwick Family Foundation Funds for New Equipment
Provides funds to nonprofit organizations for new equipment, equipment replacement, and modernization, improvements to facilities and educational materials.
http://www.ludwick.org/

Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
Mass Humanities supports public humanities projects. Public humanities projects bring historical, cultural or ethical perspectives to bear on topics and issues of interest to our communities. These projects can take many different forms, but they have the following characteristics in common. They: * Engage participants in thinking critically about fundamental questions of value, purpose, and meaning. * Promote better understanding of ourselves and others, past and present. * Are conducted in a spirit of open and informed inquiry. * Involve partnerships between community organizations, cultural institutions, and scholars in the humanities.
http://www.mfh.org/grants/index.htm

Microsoft Giving Programs
Microsoft's national corporate philanthropy is focused on creating greater access to information technology in disadvantaged communities worldwide. This is accomplished through the support of higher education, youth programs, nonprofit technology solutions, public libraries and the creative community.
http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/citizenship/giving/apply/default.mspx

National Center for Outreach Grants
Public Broadcasting Station's funding system. Different types of grants available.
http://www.nationaloutreach.org/BuildingOnBroadcast/Grants/index.cfm

National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to encouraging the artists and organizations that participate in advancing and preserving the media arts, and to supporting the production of media art works that celebrate the arts -- visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, folk & traditional arts, etc. -- in an engaging and creative manner.
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Media.html

New York Foundation of the Arts Source
NYFA’s mission starts with individual artists in the visual, media, performing and literary arts. This site offers access to the most comprehensive list of resources for artists in the nation, opening doors to the widest range of financial, educational, technological, and institutional resources and information.
http://www.nyfa.org/

Progressive Technology Project Grant
The Progressive Technology Project (PTP) is a new collaboration that seeks to raise the scope and scale of technology resources available to grassroots organizing groups working for environmental, economic, and social justice. PTP provides technical assistance and makes grants to develop the capacity of grassroots organizing groups to use information technology to strengthen their social change efforts.
http://www.progressivetech.org/

Roy W. Dean Film and Video Grant
Our goal is to make films that might otherwise never be made. From the Heart Productions is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding films that are “unique and make a contribution to society�?. Started in 1992 by Carole Dean.
http://www.fromtheheartproductions.com/

Starbucks Foundation Literacy Grant
The foundation funds programs for youth, ages 6-18, that integrate literacy with personal and civic action in the communities where they live. Grants range from $5,000-$20,000.
http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/grantinfo.asp

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The foundation awards the majority of its grants to U.S. 501 (c)(3) organizations and other tax-exempt organizations identified by our staff. In deciding how to invest our resources most responsibly, we look for projects that: * Help reduce inequities in neglected areas * Produce measurable results * Catalyze increased momentum, scale, and sustainability of change * Collaborate with government, philanthropic, private-sector, and not-for-profit partners * Favor preventative approaches * Leverage support from other sources * Advance our current strategies, accelerating the work we are already supporting
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ForGrantSeekers/

The California Wellness Foundation
The Foundation’s Responsive Grantmaking Program prioritizes eight issues for funding: * diversity in the health professions; * environmental health; * healthy aging; * mental health; * teenage pregnancy prevention; * violence prevention; * women’s health; and * work and health.
http://www.tcwf.org/

The Ford Foundation
A fundamental challenge facing every society is to create political, economic and social systems that promote peace, human welfare and the sustainability of the environment on which life depends. We believe that the best way to meet this challenge is to encourage initiatives by those living and working closest to where problems are located; to promote collaboration among the nonprofit, government and business sectors; and to ensure participation by men and women from diverse communities and at all levels of society. In our experience, such activities help build common understanding, enhance excellence, enable people to improve their lives and reinforce their commitment to society.
http://www.fordfound.org/

The Grantsmanship Center
They offer numerous seminars, publications, and consultations on the issues of grantsmanship and fund raising for non-profits. Their website has complete listings of valuable funding resource directories, grantwriting consultation publications, fund raising training seminars, and information on their magazine, which contains articles on innovative non-profit development plans. The site is updated daily with funding tips and grant announcements.
http://www.tgci.com/

The Internet Nonprofit Center
A list of online fundraising resources. The money-making ventures vary from portals that hook donors up with donees, to for-profit ventures which pay you to send traffic to their site.
http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/FAQ/Nonprofit/Home/default

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
One of the nation's ten largest foundations, MacArthur today has assets of $4 billion and makes grants totaling more than $170 million annually. The Foundation makes grants through their General Program for special initiatives and to support projects that promote excellence and diversity in the media.
http://www.macfdn.org/

The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges
The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges gives support to information projects that aim to limit human-created climate changes. Any project whose objective is to influence public opinion and change attitudes to these problems is eligible for support. We want to support innovative, experimental, untested measures. The Minor Foundation will give priority to the media and tools that have the greatest impact at any time.
http://www.minor-foundation.no/

The National Cristina Foundation
National Cristina Foundation (NCF) provides computer technology and solutions to give people with disabilities, students at risk and economically disadvantaged persons the opportunity, through training, to lead more independent and productive lives. Every day, across America and around the world, National Cristina Foundation is working to ensure that used computer technology resources that no longer meet an enterprise's or an individual's needs are given a second productive life as a tool for developing human potential.
http://www.cristina.org/

The National Endowment for the Arts
Guide to the NEA which includes an up to date staff directory, a listing of publications, a monthly on-line journal and contact information for state arts agencies.
http://arts.endow.gov/

The National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/index.html

The Paul Robeson Media Fund
Named to honor singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson, the Fund supports media activism and grassroots organizing by funding the pre-production and distribution of social issue film and video projects and the production and distribution of radio projects, made by local, state, national or international organizations and individual media producers. The Fund solicits projects of all genres that address critical social and political issues, combine intellectual clarity with creative use of the medium and demonstrate understanding of how the production will be used for progressive social justice organizing. The maximum grant award is $20,000; most grants range between $5,000 and $15,000. The Fund has one grant cycle a year.
http://www.fex.org/content/index.php?pid=29

The Playboy Foundation
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is committed to protecting and enhancing the American principles of personal freedom and social justice. We honor that commitment through the Playboy Foundation, our corporate giving program. Through the company's annual contributions to the Foundation, we have provided not-for-profit organizations with nearly $20 million in grants and millions more in services in-kind, including fundraising, design and printing, and public service advertising in Playboy magazine.
http://www.playboyenterprises.com/home/content.cfm?content=t_template&packet=0007B308-45F5-1C7D-9B578304E50A011A&artTypeID=0007B451-BB99-1C76-8FEA8304E50A010D

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans.
http://www.rwjf.org/

The Salmanowitz Program
Has developed a database of over 400 potential funders that provide support for films on the subject of moral courage. This database is maintained by George Washington University. It may not be completely up to date, but can serve as a good reference point for other funding sources.
http://www.gwu.edu/doccenter/search.html

The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation is interested in programs and projects offering potential for significant impact. The primary focus is on the San Francisco Bay Area (counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo) and Hawaii.
http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/gerbode/

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Is a clearinghouse of information for community-building efforts.
http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/mfh/nnw/nnwindex.cfm

Youth Venture
Youth!! Interested in starting your own socially conscious organization or project? Whether it's a media collective, video festival, bike store or dance academy, Youth Venture has the funding and resources to help you get started. Youth Venture can help with your project by providing the right materials, advice, access to a digital network and also technical assistance, publicity and awards opportunities, workshops and training, and start up seed money and funding. Learn about youth that have started their own initiatives and join their ranks. Address: 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 2000, Arlington, VA 22209, Tel: (703) 527-4126, Email: youthventure@ashoka.org.
http://www.genv.net/