Honor the Earth is a native-led organization established in 1993 to address the two primary needs of the native environmental movement — the need to break the geographic and political isolation of native communities, and the need to increase financial resources for organizing and change. Honor the Earth’s Building Resilience in Indigenous Communities Initiative will award grants to organizations working

The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards are designed to highlight and support the work of individuals who are advancing innovative and effective solutions to significant state issues. The Irvine Foundation anticipates making four to six awards in 2010. Nominees may be working in any field — including education, health, housing, economic development, or the environment — in the public, private, or

The MetLife Foundation expects to award grants totaling $1 million in 2009 through its museum and community connections program. The purpose of the program is to encourage art museums to reach out to large numbers of people of all ages and backgrounds through imaginative programs and/or exhibits that help us understand and appreciate each other and our world.

Every year, Prism awards a significant Queer Press Grant to assist in the publication and promotion of LGBT comics. The grant is funded by donors who are either creators who want to help others just starting out, or fans who want to see more LGBT creators get published.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders program each year honors ten outstanding and otherwise unrecognized individuals who overcome daunting odds to improve health and health care, especially to underserved populations in communities across the United States. The program aims to elevate the work of these “unsung heroes” through enhanced recognition, technical assistance, and new leadership opportunities.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation affiliated with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, has announced the launch of a new grant program for American colleges and universities to encourage the hiring of professional stage directors and choreographers as guest artists.

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is pleased to announce our 2010 National Grant competition.  The Foundation’s grant-making program seeks to develop or expand projects designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers and their children.  A total of approximately $650,000 will be awarded; no grant request should exceed $65,000.

The Mission of the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation is to make the world a better place by empowering Ben & Jerry’s employees to use available resources to support and encourage organizations that are working towards eliminating the underlying causes of environmental and social problems.

AAUW (formerly known as the American Association of University Women), a leader in advancing education for women, annually offers fellowship and grant programs designed to help women gain greater access to educational and economic opportunities.

The Herb Block Foundation’s Defending Basic Freedoms grant program seeks proposals to safeguard the basic freedoms guaranteed in America’s Bill of Rights, to help eliminate all forms of prejudice and discrimination, and to assist government agencies to be more accountable to the public. Anti-discrimination projects which involve joint efforts of two or more organizations are encouraged. The foundation will also consider