The MetLife Foundation and Jobs for the Future are accepting nominations for the 2010 MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Awards, which recognize exemplary institutions from across the United States that are making a significant difference in their communities.

Sponsored by Prudential Financial, Inc. in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals , the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honor outstanding community service by young people in grades 5 – 12 at the local, state, and national level.

The National Museum of the American Indian is seeking submissions of four-minute films about Native American veterans that illustrate the impact and meaning of participation in the military for native people.

Funded by the Recording Academy, the Grammy Foundation Grant Program administers grants annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas, as well as scientific research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition.

This third grant round (GEN III) will award six to eight grants to community-based organizations to create or adapt evidence-based HIV/AIDS prevention interventions that reduce the spread of HIV among at-risk women and girls. GEN III funds will be targeted to geographic regions with high HIV/AIDS incidence and prevalence rates in women based on state or local epidemiology as well

Do Something and VH1 Save the Music are inviting young people to help advocate for music education in their schools. Student-led music education advocacy efforts could include the posting of promotional and educational materials around schools, starting petitions or running letter-writing campaigns to save music programs, running instrument drives, organizing concerts, or starting a Web site or blog. Do Something and

Responsible Sports, a philanthropic program of insurance company Liberty Mutual, is accepting applications from youth sports organizations in the United States to participate in its Responsible Sports Community Grant program. Teams and organizations compete in one of three categories for a Responsible Sports grant: large division (two hundred or more players), small division (under two hundred players), and educational groups (school

As organizations look for ways to fund vital projects many are turning to corporations and corporate foundations as a source for desperately needed dollars. While they are a good place to obtain resources, they differ from foundation and government funders in fundamental, and significant ways. Foundations and governments fund programs based primarily on social policy priorities, corporations add additional considerations

The Knight News Challenge, an initiative of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, seeks innovations that use new or available technology to distribute content in local communities. This international contest awards up to $5 million per year for innovative platforms, tools, and services with the potential to inform and transform community news, conversations, and information distribution and visualization.

The Kresge Foundation has announced new granting opportunities to directly support community health organizations working to address the critical needs of underserved populations. The Health Clinic Opportunity Fund is targeted to free clinics, public health clinics, and designated federally qualified health center look-alikes. The fund is designed to support and strengthen clinics’ capacity to meet both the immediate and long-term health