Bread & Roses Community Fund: Offers Support for Social Justice Projects in the Delaware Valley
Deadline: March 1, 2008
Bread & Roses is accepting applications for the following categories: Racial and Economic Justice Fund: Supports groups that engage in community organizing to promote racial and economic justice at the local, state, national, or international policy levels. Grants range from $5,000 to $10,000 each. Future Fund: Supports new and emerging groups or organizations new to Bread & Roses that are beginning to work to change the balance of power between their community and those in positions of power. Grants range from $2,000 to $6,000 each. Media Justice Fund: Supports organizations working to address media policy, infrastructure, or accountability in a way that ensures the rights of all people and communities to have their information and communication needs met. Grants range from $5,000 to $10,000 each. For complete eligibility requirements visit: http://www.breadrosesfund.org/.
Fund for Southern Communities: Media Justice Grant Opportunity for Organizations in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
Deadline: February 29, 2008
The Fund for Southern Communities seeks proposals for grants in two categories: (1) Community Media Collaboration — projects addressing media policy, infrastructure, or accountability within the context of a social justice issue or campaign; and (2) Media Justice Toolkits — popular education materials for social justice activists and the general public on media justice issues. For further details: http://www.fundforsouth.org/apply_grant.htm.
Hitachi Foundation: Opens Nomination Period for Youth Community Service Awards
Deadline: April 1, 2008
Each year, the Hitachi Foundation presents the Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community. The award is presented to ten high school seniors from around the United States on the basis of their community service activities. To be eligible, activities must foster longer-term community change and be focused in socially and/or economically isolated communities. The award is accompanied by a gift of $5,000, dispensed over two years. Award winners may use the award at their discretion. The award is not a scholarship. For complete details visit: http://www.hitachifoundation.org/yoshiyama/.
Home Depot Foundation: Support for Affordable Housing Programs
Deadline: March 1, 2008 (letters of inquiry)
The Home Depot Foundation is dedicated to creating healthy, livable communities through the integration of affordable housing built responsibly, as well as the preservation and restoration of community trees. Preference is given to proposals that include community engagement resulting in the production, preservation, or financing of housing units for low- to moderate-income families that address as many of the following considerations as possible: resource efficiency in design, construction, and operations; minimization of the depletion of natural resources, including timber and water; landscape features such as trees and shrubs that minimize demand for water and synthetic chemicals and reduce the "heat island" effect; reduction of maintenance costs through the use of innovative and durable materials; the use of environmentally friendly building materials; site planning with minimal environmental impact; use of energy-efficient and renewable technologies; improvement of indoor air quality, including moisture control and proper ventilation; and smart site planning and land use. For complete details visit: http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/support_housing_apply.html.
J-LAB: The Institute for Interactive Journalism Invites Community News Proposals
Deadline: February 20, 2008
J-LAB invites U.S. nonprofit groups and education organizations to apply for funding to launch community news ventures in 2008 and to share best practices and lessons learned from their efforts. The New Voices project will help fund the start-up of ten innovative local news initiatives in 2008; each project may receive as much as $17,000 in grants over two years. Of the ten projects to be funded, at least three will target former Knight newspaper communities. For complete information visit: http://www.j-newvoices.org/site/story/apply_now_funding_to_start/.
PeyBack Foundation: Accepting Requests for Grants to Support Programs for Disadvantaged Youth
Deadline: February 1, 2008
The PeyBack Foundation is a public nonprofit corporation established by Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. The goal of the foundation is to promote the success of disadvantaged youth (ages 6-18) through grants to programs providing leadership growth and opportunities for children at risk. Requests for grants are only accepted from agencies and organizations actively advancing the welfare of disadvantaged children in Indiana, Tennessee, and the New Orleans metropolitan area. For complete information visit: http://www.peytonmanning.com/Peyback/GrantGuidelines.html.
Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism: Invites Applications
Deadline: March 1, 2008
The Center for Environmental Journalism is part of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Center offers the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism to help provide professional journalists with the knowledge necessary to cover the environment more effectively and enrich the public's understanding of this subject. For more information visit: http://www.colorado.edu/journalism/cej/scripps_fellowships/core.html.
U.S. Human Rights Fund: Seeks Letters of Inquiry for Strategic Thinking and Advocacy Work
Deadline: February 8, 2008
The U.S. Human Rights Fund invites Letters of Inquiry for strategic thinking and advocacy campaigns with specific policy objectives, related plans for achieving their success, and the clear use of human rights and/or international law to advance social justice objectives. For this docket, the fund will only consider projects in the following issue areas: immigrant rights and human rights; access to healthcare as a human right; and elimination of life without parole sentencing for children. For complete details visit: http://www.ushumanrightsfund.org/news/77.
