CORPORATIONS/FOUNDATIONS
CONTENTS:
- Target Store Grants
- Planet Orange Financial Literacy Awards
- Princess Grace Awards
- Youth Venture/Tu Voz My Venture
- Surdna Foundation: Creative Writing Residencies for Teens
- Community College Encore Career Grants
Target offers grants in the arts, early childhood reading and family violence prevention.
- Arts Grants are awarded to programs that bring the arts to schools or make it affordable for families to participate in cultural experiences.
- Early Childhood Reading Grants support programs that promote a love of reading and that encourage children ages nine and under to read together with their families.
- Family Violence Prevention Grants support programs that strengthen families by reducing the cycle of family violence.
Target is accepting applications between March 1 and May 31, 2007, for programs taking place between October 1, 2007 and September 30, 2007.
Outside the scope of these focus areas, local stores may provide Target GiftCard donations. These are available March through December as funding permits. Contact the store team leader at your local Target store for more information about the GiftCards.
http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-001818
PLANET ORANGE FINANCIAL LITERACY AWARDS
ING Direct, the financial company, wants to help teachers educate children about personal finance and money management. A total of $100,000 in grants of $200 to $1,000 will be provided for finance literacy projects and programs in schools. The program is open to K-8 teachers in the U.S.
Planet Orange is ING Direct's educational Web site for teaching kids the basics of money management:
The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on April 20, 2007. Winners will be announced in May.
http://www.sweepsplanners.com/orangekids/index.asp
PRINCESS GRACE AWARDS (FOR DANCE)
The Princess Grace Awards are for aspiring young theater, dance and film artists in America. This announcement is for dance awards. Several are available:
- Dance Scholarships -- for tuition assistance only (no living expenses) for professional training at a nonprofit school located in the United States
- Dance Fellowships -- for salary assistance at a nonprofit dance company for an apprentice or new member of a company
- Choreographic Fellowship -- for choreographer and production fees associated with creating a new work with a nonprofit dance company
All types of dance performance are eligible, but read the detailed qualification requirements before applying. Companies receiving fellowships also will be awarded a small grant to be used for general operating expenses -- 15 to 20 percent of the award amount.
Applications must be postmarked by April 30, 2007.
http://www.pgfusa.org/awards/dance/guidelines.html
YOUTH VENTURE: TU VOZ MY VENTURE
"Dream it. Do it. Youth Venture is the power to change your world!" . . . the message of Youth Venture/Tu Voz My Venture.
Youth Venture, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MTV Tr3s Voces, will select teams of two or more youths, ages 13 to20, every week through June 29th, who submit great ideas for encouraging their peers to graduate from high school and college.
Tu Voz My Venture winners will receive grants of up to $1,000 to create their ventures -- an organization, business or club to help young Latinos stay in school and prepare for college and careers. Five of the teams will be awarded $5,000 scholarships to be evenly split among team members.
The Web site is in English and Spanish. In both languages, it urges young people to "Take charge, don't wait for adults! Get your team together and help bring about positive changes in your school and neighborhood, community and your life!"
SURDNA FOUNDATION: CREATIVE WRITING RESIDENCIES FOR TEENS
The Surdna Foundation Arts Program is a national initiative focusing on arts and education. The foundation, which funds grants in five program areas, is launching a new initiative in support of young creative writers. The program is being developed to provide a high-quality program that will be accessible to a diverse teen population.
The Surdna Foundation is seeking proposals from artists' communities that serve creative writers to develop a summer creative writing retreat program for teens. Participants will reside in the communities and will be mentored by professional writers of national and international stature.
Only organizations with a 501(c)3 status and in operation as an artists' colony serving creative writers for at least five years may apply. Download the Creative Writing RFP from the Web site (at the bottom of the following page).
http://www.surdna.org/programs/programs_list.htm?attrib_id=12040
COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENCORE CAREER GRANTS
The MetLife Foundation and Civic Ventures, a think tank funded by the foundation, are working with colleges to help people over 50 transition to "encore careers" -- purpose-driven jobs that will meet critical needs in America's communities.
Ten grants of up to $25,000 each will be awarded to community colleges for creating innovative ways to prepare boomers for careers in education, healthcare and social services.
Grant proposals are due May 1, 2007.
http://www.civicventures.org/communitycolleges/
Beverly Goodwin
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