Weekly Funding Opportunities Listing – October 25, 2011

Below are funding opportunities of interest that I have learned about/received RFP notifications about in the past week that I wanted to share. 

Arts

New YorkFoundation for the Arts – Artists’ Fellowships

Deadline: December 15, 2011

Artists' Fellowships are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. Grants are awarded in 15 artistic disciplines, with applications accepted in five categories each year. Since the fellowship program's inception in 1984, NYFA has awarded over $24 million to over 3,800 artists.

Environment

Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act

Deadline: December 2, 2011

The purpose of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act (GLFWRA) is to provide assistance to States, Indian Tribes, and other interested entities to encourage cooperative conservation, restoration and management of the fish and wildlife resources and their habitats in the Great Lakes Basin. Regional Projects are authorized activities of the Service related to fish and wildlife resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhancement impacting the resources of multiple States or Indian Tribes with fish and wildlife management authority in the Great Lakes Basin. The Service will be responsible for accomplishing Regional Projects on behalf of the State and/or Tribal agencies submitting the Regional Project proposal. Supported in part by President Obama’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a total of $2 million will be available to support projects this fiscal year. Available funding and project awards are subject to final Congressional appropriations for Fiscal Year 2012. Up to 33% of the total Congressional appropriation to the GLFWRA is eligible to fund Regional Projects. Restoration and research projects require a 25% non-federal match. Regional projects selected shall be exempt from cost sharing if the Service Director determines that the authorization for the project does not require a non-Federal cost-share.

Health

Aetna Foundation

  

Deadline: November 15, 2011

Grant-making in this area focuses on initiatives that create a better understanding of the root causes of the obesity epidemic.

Examples of grants supported include projects and/or studies that identify causes of obesity and potential best practices for addressing obesity, such as:

• Domestic food policies and their impact on individual food choices
• The impact of our neighborhoods and the “built environment” on promoting population health and  weight loss
• Assessments of why communities with high rates of food insecurity also are more likely to experience high rates of obesity
• How children use recreation time
• How school lunch and food policies impact our children

The Foundation generally does not fund:

• Endowment or capital costs, including construction, renovation, or equipment
• Direct delivery of reimbursable health care services
• Basic biomedical research
• Grants or scholarships to individuals
• Work for which results and impact cannot be measured
• Advertising
• Golf tournaments
• Advocacy, political causes or events
• Sacramental or theological functions of religious organizations
• Operational expenses/existing deficits 

Women

J. Jill – Compassion Fund

Deadline: December 21, 2011

The J. Jill Compassion Fund supports the following:

• Job training, education and transitional and/or affordable housing for women in need;
• Programs that break down barriers for women in need to achieve and sustain self-sufficiency; and
• General operating expenses for organizations that fall within J. Jill’s guidelines.

Grant funding priority will be given to programs and organization in 2012 that:

• Empower women and help them become self-sufficient;
• Have established a relation with or connection to, one or more of the J. Jill store(s); and/or
• Are located near one or more J. Jill store(s).

Eligible organization are:

• Community-based organizations or national organizations with local affiliates serving women in need; and
• Federal tax-exempt organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

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Best wishes for continued success in your grant seeking efforts!

Diane