The following is a list of 35 grants and other funding opportunities with upcoming deadlines. Click on the link provided to get the details about the opportunities listed below. http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/grants/grants.asp To find sponsorships, go to the following link: http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/leader/association/sponsorship/sponsorship.asp ~Please forward to your friends, associates and discussion lists!~ Thanks Tracey :) Note: I am not affiliated with the sponsoring organizations and therefore have no additional information on these opportunities ****Scroll down to view brief descriptions of each grant**** ------------------------------------------------------------- ~Open Meadows Foundation Women's Fund Programs - great for start-ups! ~Common Counsel Foundations Grassroots Exchange Fund ~Youth Service America Youth Venture Funding ~United Methodist Women Brighter Future Grant ~Louis R. Cappelli Foundation Grant ~Bemporad Baranowski In-Kind Services Grant for Cause Marketing Campaign ~Commonweal Foundation Educational Community Assistance Grants ~Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program ~Fund for Global Human Rights Grant ~Langeloth Foundation Grant ~2006 Annual Conference on South Asia Travel Grants ~Union Pacific Foundation Community-Based Grant Program ~The Chinook Fund ~Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) Education Grants ~Administration for Children and Families National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity-Building Initiative ~Administration on Aging National Minority Aging Organizations-Technical Assistance Centers Grant ~NIH Establishing Comprehensive NCMHD Research Centers of Excellence Grant~Fund for Global Human Rights Grant ~National Science Foundation Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Program ~Blues Music Foundation Offers Funding for Blues Education and Preservation ~Institute of Museum and Library Services Museum Grants for African American History and Culture~Department of Education Minority Disability Business Technical Assistance Centers Grant~Sociological Initiatives Foundation Grant ~Minority Biomedical Research Support Awards ~Open Society Institute Middle East/North Africa Initiatives Program ~Women's Foundation of Minnesota Social Change Fund Grant ~Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Minority Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP) ~Asian American Arts Alliance Small Organizations Arts Regrants ~Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Research Grant ~NASD Investor Education Foundation Better Investing Decisions Grant ~Native American Public Telecommunications Public Television Program Fund ~Compassion Capital Fund Communities Empowering Youth Program Grant -------------------------------------------------------------------- View brief descriptions of each grant below. Click on the link provided to get the details. http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/grants/grants.asp -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Open Meadows Foundation Women's Fund Programs - great for start-ups! Offers grants up to $2,000 to projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls; reflect the diversity of the community served by the project in both its leadership and organization; promote building community power; promote racial, social, economic, and environmental justice; and have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding. ~Common Counsel Foundations Grassroots Exchange Fund Supports social change organizations to seek technical assistance from one another, and to help build regional and national networks among organization ~Youth Service America Youth Venture Funding Thirty awards of up to $1,000 in start-up funds will be available to young people (ages 12-20) who want to create new, sustainable, and civic-minded organizations, clubs, or businesses ("ventures"). These ventures must be youth-led and designed to be a lasting asset to the community. ~United Methodist Women Brighter Future Grant Funds small-scale, community and church-based programs and projects. For this reason, groups affiliated with national organizations, hospitals, and organizations with budgets totaling more than $3,000,000 are not normally within the realm of funding. ================================================================= Click on the link provided to get the details. http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/grants/grants.asp ================================================================= ~Louis R. Cappelli Foundation Grant Seeks educational programs that encourage collaboration among schools, parents and agencies to address innovative educational programs that encourage and foster the learning process for at-risk children. ~Bemporad Baranowski In-Kind Services Grant for Cause Marketing Campaign A package of in-kind services worth $100,000 to create and launch a cause marketing campaign for a nonprofit organization and its corporate partner. ~Commonweal Foundation Educational Community Assistance Grants Supports educational programs and projects assisting disadvantaged youth in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia. ~Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program Supports pediatric residents in the planning of innovative, community-based initiatives that increase childrens access to medical homes or specific health services not otherwise available. Grants of up to $3,000 are awarded twice each year on a competitive basis for pediatric residents to address the needs of children in their communities. ~Fund for Global Human Rights Grant Applicant organizations must work to defend or promote human rights. The fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations working to promote respect for human rights in the countries and regions in which they are based. ================================================================= Click on the link provided to get the details. http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/grants/grants.asp ================================================================= ~Langeloth Foundation Grant Promotes and supports effective and creative programs, practices and policies related to healing from illness, accident, physical, social or emotional trauma and to extend the availability of programs that promote healing to underserved populations. ~2006 Annual Conference on South Asia Travel Grants Travel grants available to advanced graduate students and language lecturers and instructors in the South Asian languages whose proposals are accepted for the 2006 Annual Conference on South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ~Union Pacific Foundation Community-Based Grant Program Funds activities that improve and enrich the general quality of life in the community, create a wider opportunity for the enjoyment of and participation in the visual and performing arts, and organizations dedicated to improving the level of health care or providing human services in the community. ~The Chinook Fund Supports grassroots groups working for peace, human rights, and economic justice through social change in Colorado. The Chinook Fund is committed to the transformation of society into one that promotes social justice and freedom from oppression, including but not limited to racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ageism, and ableism. ================================================================= Click on the link provided to get the details. http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/grants/grants.asp ================================================================= ~Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) Education Grants Provides funding opportunities for small-scale education initiatives in Southern and Midwestern states decided to increase awareness and understanding of Japan in these states through support of teacher training and related programs addressing the needs of the K-12 student and teacher community. ~Administration for Children and Families National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity-Building Initiative Will fund an experienced national organization to deliver organizational capacity-building services to community-based organizations. The funded organization will identify and perform needs assessments for local community organizations to expand organizational capacity and provide assistance in: leadership development, organizational development, program development and community engagement ~Administration on Aging National Minority Aging Organizations-Technical Assistance Centers Grant Will award projects that develop practical, nontraditional, community-based interventions for reaching older individuals who experience barriers to accessing home and community- based services due to language and low literacy as well as other barriers directly related to cultural diversity. ~NIH Establishing Comprehensive NCMHD Research Centers of Excellence Grant Funds the establishment of Comprehensive NCMHD Research Centers of Excellence which will focus primarily on minority health and health disparities research and secondarily on research training and community engagement and outreach. ================================================================= Click on the link provided to get the details. http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/grants/grants.asp ================================================================= ~Fund for Global Human Rights Grant The fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations working to promote respect for human rights in the countries and regions in which they are based. Proposed activities should contribute to the overall goal of advancing human rights. ~National Science Foundation Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Program Funds projects seeking to increase the number of students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines. Initially, its emphasis will be on students from communities with longstanding underrepresentation in computing: women, persons with disabilities, and minorities. Included minorities are African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, ~Blues Music Foundation Offers Funding for Blues Education and Preservation Funds organizations in the blues world for programs to further the celebration and preservation of the blues, promote blues education, assist individuals and/or organizations with special needs, and/or other worthy blues causes. ~Institute of Museum and Library Services Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Will support a wide range of activities to build professional capacity in the African American museum community. It will assist staff at museums to gain skills and knowledge in the areas of management, operations, programming, collections care, and other museum skills identified as a high priority by applicants. ================================================================= Click on the link provided to get the details. http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/grants/grants.asp ================================================================= ~Department of Education Minority Disability Business Technical Assistance Centers Grant Funds projects that plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities. The projects must address, in whole or in part, the needs of individuals with disabilities from minority backgrounds ~Sociological Initiatives Foundation Grant Funds social-action projects that focus on understanding and finding solutions to a broad array of social problems. The foundation's primary goal is to encourage research, including community-based research, that supports and promotes social change. ~Minority Biomedical Research Support Awards Funds programs designed to increase the number of researchers who are members of minority groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. ~Open Society Institute Middle East/North Africa Initiatives Program Supports organizations and their projects that work to foster freedom of expression, access to information, women's rights, the rule of law, local governance, and educational reform in the Middle East. ~Women's Foundation of Minnesota Social Change Fund Grant Provides resources for projects that are designed to have a significant impact on societal attitudes and behaviors toward women or girls or that result in systems change. The Social Change Fund is directed toward womens and girls groups, projects, or organizations from across Minnesota that build equality for women and girls in their communities. ================================================================= Click on the link provided to get the details. http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/grants/grants.asp ================================================================= ~Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Minority Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP) Supports programs that work to increase the capacity of academic institutions predominantly or substantially serving minority racial and ethnic minority populations and the faculty at these institutions to conduct health services research that has the capacity for being disseminated, implemented and translated into practice and policy. ~Asian American Arts Alliance Small Organizations Arts Regrants Funds Asian/Asian American arts groups and artists' collectives that have ties to an Asian/Asian American community, for projects that: preserve, reflect, or increase understanding of Asian/Asian American experience and increases the visibility, outreach, or effectiveness of your organization. ~Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Research Grant Funds basic science studies; clinical studies for improved treatments; translational research; complementary and alternative medicine; diagnostic methods; environmental factors; genetic epidemiology; diet and nutrition; psychosocial support; prevention; survivorship research; and other imaging techniques/studies. ~NASD Investor Education Foundation Better Investing Decisions Grant Funds projects that research, develop, test, and evaluate ways of applying contemporary financial theory to promote better life-cycle investing decisions. Successful projects should include an assessment of current financial theory and related behavioral studies, a pilot phase to test and refine the application of financial theory, and rigorous evaluation. ~Native American Public Telecommunications Public Television Program Fund Funds programs in many genres including documentary, performance, cultural/public affairs and animation. Projects submitted to this solicitation must be intended for national public television broadcast. Assignment of exclusive broadcast rights for four years, off-air recording rights, educational, home video, foreign distribution and Internet broadcasting rights are included in NAPTs Production License Agreement. ~Compassion Capital Fund Communities Empowering Youth Program Grant Awards funds to build the organizational capacity of experienced organizations and their partnering faith-based and community organizations to better meet the needs of America's disadvantaged youth. It will assist its faith-based and community partners through technical assistance and training in four CEY critical areas: leadership development, organizational development, program development and community engagement. ================================================================= Click on the link provided to get the details. http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/grants/grants.asp ================================================================= Tracey de Morsella The Multicultural Advantage Phone: 888-750-6132 Email: tdemorsella AT multiculturaladvantage.com Find Diversity Career Fairs, Scholarships, Fellowships, Jobs, Internships, Grants, Mentor Programs, Leadership Institutes and Sponsorship Offerings at: http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com/opportunity/opportunities.asp