Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation invites proposals for inner-city education relationship grants; Deadline is September 27 Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation Corp., a non-profit foundation established by the law firm of Brown Rudnick Berlack, Israels LLP, is accepting proposals for its 2008 Relationship Grants. The Relationship Grant program seeks [...]

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NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education Announces Library Books Awards Program; Deadline is November 12 Through the 2008 NEA Books Across America Library Books Awards, the NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education will make grant awards to public schools serving economically disadvantaged students to purchase [...]

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       The 2008 Harris Wofford Awards, sponsored by the State Farm Companies Foundation, will recognize outstanding youth and youth-serving organizations with grant awards; Deadline is October 19 Youth Service America seeks nominations for the 2008 Harris Wofford Awards, sponsored by the State Farm Companies Foundation. The awards recognize extraordinary achievements in three categories: Youth [...]

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       The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) Office of Homeownership offers various programs to support first-time homebuyers to purchase housing, find help with their down payment, and settlement costs. There is a pool of funds available for homes located in the city' s empowerment zones. For other homes there are income eligibility requirements that [...]

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       The Voluntary Arts Contribution Fund (VACF) awards grants to San Francisco nonprofit arts organizations with budgets of under $3 million for facilities maintenance, capital improvements, and equipment acquisition. The goal of the program is to make arts organizations safer, more productive, more accessible to the general public, and enhance artistic operations. Collaborative [...]

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       Energy assistance funds are available from the USDA to help rural residents and businesses in Seattle, WA; Deadline; applications must be postmarked by Oct 1 $21.9 million in grants funds are available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help rural residents and businesses upgrade energy infrastructure and make other energy efficiency [...]

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       GOVERNMENT HOUSING GRANTS:  The Pittsburgh History Landmarks Foundation, known for its preservation efforts of historic properties in Allegheny County, is bringing its “residential reinvestment” program beyond Allegheny County, to areas near business districts in nine area communities in nearby Beaver County, as a consultant to the Community Development Program of Beaver County. [...]

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GOVERNMENT HOUSING GRANTS: Taney County, Missouri officials discuss local workforce housing with state housing authorities; down payment assistance, first-time homebuyer loans, and tax credits are available for qualified homebuyers [This summary is based in part on an article by Donna Clevenger, Branson Daily News, September 11, 2007) Taney County families earning minimum wage most often work [...]

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The Achelis Foundation The Achelis Foundation was founded by Elisabeth Achelis in 1940. Miss Achelis was born in Brooklyn Heights in 1880, and moved to Manhattan in 1901 where she resided until her death in 1973. Her father, Fritz Achelis, was the president of the American Hard Rubber Company, which produced a variety of products under [...]

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VIII. The Shawnee Heights Public Schools Foundation helps inspire teachers to develop innovative teaching strategies.   The foundation is a not-for-profit charged with establishing a monetary fund for educational projects or grants. Teachers can apply for up to $500 for projects. The idea is to allow teachers to brainstorm and come up with [...]

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VI. New Funding Opportunities The Blood Cancer and Leukemia Society offers financial assistance for people with leukemia Hodgkins diseaase, or lymphoma myeloma, to pay medical bills for income-eligible patients The Blood Cancer and Leukemia Society provides financial assistance resources for drugs, therapy treatment, and transportation to treatment centers and for certain types of blood [...]

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V. Other: Personal Funding and Services Free Healthcare: in San Francisco under new program funded by San Francisco “Healthy San Francisco” is a new effort that will guarantee care to all of San Francisco' s residents without insurance. Funded by the city, the program is now offered in more than 20 clinics. At the start, [...]

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 IV. Education Grants awarded for college: Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp awards 42 colleges more than $5.2 million in grants for student financial aid, retention, and other programs. The Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp., a public nonprofit corporation that administers the federal student loan program in Texas, has awarded more than $5.2 million [...]

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 Clearlake, Florida promotes funding and city-school joint effort for first-time homebuyer program The City of Clearlake, Florida is exploring ways to develop a first-time homebuyer program. The City Council has directed its staff to develop program guidelines. The city has beenmaking a substantial investment for the very low to lower-income residents with [...]

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III. First Time Homebuyer/Housing Non-profit Rural Opportunities Inc. helps first-time homebuyers in Newburgh,, New York and four other states; promotes “Lasagna Financing” for first-time homebuyers. [This summary is based in part on an article by Michael Levensohn, in the Times Herald-Record September 22] Peggy was a telecom specialist at West Point who had [...]

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Microlenders offer loans to small businesses that can' t get bank loan approval; Accion and other microlenders in New York City give loans and assistance to business start-ups [This summary is based on an article by Phyllis Furman, News Business Wrter. published in the New York Daily News]Top of Form Several banks rejected [...]

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I. Lesson of the Week If you use Grants.gov to apply for a federal agency grant electronically, you must first register with both the Credentials Provider and Grants.gov. The process can take one full day (or more) to complete. The Credential Provider gives you your username and password, and confirms that [...]

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Kessler Foundation announces 2008 grant opportunities in New Jersey for its Signature Employment and Community Employment Grant programs employment projects serving people with disabilities The Community Employment Grants are for one year and range from $25,000 to $50,000 each. They support projects, programs, pilot initiatives, and creative solutions that improve employment and career advancement of [...]

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