Nonprofit Finance Fund’s comprehensive package of free customized, rapid-response services are being offered to two nonprofit organizations in the Central Coast (Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito Counties). These services will be fully funded by the Community Leadership Project.  The application deadline is July 30th. We think that you’ll find that the application is very straightforward.  We’d like to understand how NFF may assist your organization to build its financial capacity, and

The New York Women’s Foundation has announced that it is inviting applications to the second year of RISE-NYC! RISE-NYC! seeks to support programs in New York City that create immediate responses and/or systemic change enabling women and families to maintain and restore family stability and economic security during the economic downturn. Grants of up to $75,000 each will be given in

Established by Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, the Hadassah Foundation is dedicated to refocusing the priorities of the Jewish community through innovative and creative funding for women and girls in the United States and Israel. The foundation’s mission is to improve the status, health, and well-being of women and girls; bring their contributions, issues, and needs from the margins to

The Sociological Initiatives Foundation, which was established to support research that furthers social change, including language learning and behavior and its intersection with social and policy questions, is accepting concept applications for its annual grant program. The foundation specifically supports research that focuses on social policy objectives, institutional and educational practices, legislative and regulatory changes, linguistic issues (e.g., literacy, language loss

ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist HIV company established byGlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer, has announced the launch of Positive Action U.S. Southern Initiative, a collaborative, community-focused program designed to address gaps in services or programs that provide individuals living with HIV/AIDS with care and treatment adherence support. ViiV Healthcare is seeking Letters of Interest to support programs specifically focused on reducing disparities in

The James Irvine Foundation‘s Creative Connections Fund supports creativity and the expansion of diverse, relevant cultural offerings in local communities across California, primarily outside San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. The fund aims to support small and midsize arts organizations representing a diversity of projects and ideas. The fund will consider requests for projects that create new work or

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Public Broadcasting Service have announced the first Request for Proposals from their Diversity and Innovation Fund. The fund seeks proposals to provide the National Programming Service with a new, weekly, primetime series that will expand viewership and usage and reach an adult audience on-air and online that reflects the diversity of the 40-to-64-year-old demographic. Specifically,

The Victoria Foundation and the Institute for Ethical Leadership atRutgers Business School have been selected to collaborate with theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Center for Creative Leadership to implement a national fellowship program in the Greater Newark region that will help train the next generation of community health leaders. The RWJF Ladder to Leadership program aims to boost the skills and

The Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council‘s Youth Investment Program is designed to improve the lives of underserved youth in Northern and Central California by providing greater access to outdoor experiences ranging from urban parks in the city to watersheds in the wilderness. The YIP Infrastructure Fund is designed to support efforts to improve community parks and open space to

A philanthropic initiative of Washington Gas, the 2010 Washington Gas Environmental Innovator Grant program seeks to identify and promote programs in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area that encourage residential households to reduce greenhouse gas emission by improving energy efficiency, raising awareness of natural gas as a clean and efficient fuel, and encouraging the reduction of total energy consumption. The company will