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

With the support of State Farm, Habitat for Humanity International is offering a Service-Learning Partnership Grant program to provide funds for teachers and schools interested in developing and implementing service-learning projects in partnership with their local Habitat affiliate. For the 20010-11 school year, teachers and local Habitat affiliates can jointly apply for a one-year grant of up to $7,000 to cover educational

The MARPAT Foundation makes grants to organizations based in or working to benefit the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. In general, grants will be made to organizations that promote excellence in the visual and performing arts (applications for arts projects that are part of enrichment or social development programs must meet the criteria of the Ward 7 & 8 Initiative), encourage

The Common Counsel Foundation, which partners with families and individual donors to expand philanthropic resources for progressive social movements, has announced a partnership with the US Social Forum to provide travel support for groups going to Detroit to attend the second forum gathering, June 22-26, 2010. Grants will be made through Common Counsel’s Grassroots Exchange Fund. In support of the US Social Forum,

Created by the American interactive entertainment software industry to support and provide opportunities that make a difference in the lives of America’s youth, the Entertainment Software Association Foundationis accepting grant and scholarship applications for 2010. The foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations that benefit American boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 18. Foundation grantees provide programs and services

Outdoor Nation is a national initiative that supports young people who are committed to championing the outdoors — as athletes, artists, advocates, and ambassadors. The effort is supported by a coalition of organizations that includes the Outdoor Industry Association’s Outdoor Foundation, theConservation Fund, and the U.S. Department of the Interior. The program invites youth (age 16 to 26) from across the United

The American Sportfishing Association’s FishAmerica Foundationinvites proposals for citizen-driven habitat restoration projects under its partnership with the NOAA Community-based Restoration Program. The partnership requests proposals for local efforts to accomplish meaningful on-the-ground restoration of marine, estuarine, and riparian habitats, including salt marshes, seagrass beds, mangrove forests, and freshwater habitats important to anadromous fish species (fish like salmon and striped bass that migrate