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Funding Opportunities

In today's economic climate, organizations must work together collaboratively to attract increased funding for homeless services and housing. Through PCCH's Writers Task Group, grant writers from a number of homeless service providers meet regularly to share resources, swap information and provide mutual support. This funding opportunities listing is a byproduct of the group's collegiality. Nonprofit service providers may check here frequently to get updated information about upcoming grant funding opportunities from public and private sources. Please click here for an information on funding resources for nonprofits through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (economic stimulus package).

 

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Grants Listing

Click on the agency name (in green) to be connected to their website for further information.

List updated: 7/7/2010 3:30 p.m. (Eastern)
Agency:

Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Inc. 

Program: Tau Grants
Purpose: Tau grants are intended to support innovative and creative programs or aspects of programs that promote healthy behavior, help create healthy environments, and enhance health care delivery, health promotion and health education. Within this context, Tau grants may relate to basic needs, prevention and education, advocacy or organizational capacity building.
Award Ceiling: $10,000
Deadline: Requests received by 12 noon February 12, April 16 and October 15, 2010 will be considered during that cycle
Agency:    

Bank of America Foundation

Program:     Neighborhood Excellence Initiative
Purpose: Provides operating support and rigorous leadership training for local nonprofits addressing community priorities.
Award Ceiling: $200,000 in general operating support — $100,000 annually for 2 years
Deadline: June 1, 2010 (8 p.m. Eastern Time)
Agency:

Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida

Program: IMPACT Health Care Grants Program
Purpose:

Grants are strategically awarded to diverse philanthropic community-based solutions that improve program capacity and reduce barriers to access; nurture community health leadership to reinforce local solutions, foster innovation, and sustain quality; and leverage financial, human, and other resources to maximize measurable impact. IMPACT Health Care grants fund a range of projects, from mobile clinics that provide healthcare to children, to training physicians on women's heart disease symptoms, to improving the lives of Hispanics with diabetes. The current focus for the IMPACT Health Care grants program is on community-based health clinics and outreach programs.

Award Ceiling: Grants are made in amounts between $10,000 and $100,000 each. Multiyear commitments of up to three years may be made.
Deadline: For the summer 2010 round, the application deadline is March 12, 2010. The winter 2010 round opens to applications on July 15, 2010, and closes September 10, 2010.
Agency:

City of St. Petersburg

Program: Social Action Funding for FY11
Purpose: Priorities for funding will be limited to social service programs that provide homeless prevention services and/or services to homeless individuals and families. Proposals seeking match funding will receive higher consideration.
Award Ceiling: Grant awards will not be offered to agencies requesting less than $10,000 or more than $40,000. An agency can request funding for more than one program, but the total request cannot exceed $40,000.   Agencies must submit only one application.
Deadline: Monday, June 21st by 4 p.m.
Agency:

Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, The

Program: Community Fund Grant Program
Purpose: Program interests of the Foundation include arts and culture, community development, education, environment and animals, and health and human services.
Award Ceiling: Maximum award is $7,500.
Deadline: Application deadlines are March 1st and September 1st each year, with determinations made by April 15th and October 15th, respectively.
Agency:

The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University

Program: 2010 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
Purpose: Administered annually since 1991, the Drucker Award is granted to a social-sector organization that demonstrates Peter Drucker's definition of innovation — "change that creates a new dimension of performance." In addition, the judges look for programs that are highly effective and that have made a difference in the lives of the people they serve.
Award Ceiling: Supported by a grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation, the first-place prize is $100,000. The second-place award is $7,500, and the third-place prize is $5,000.
Deadline: July 1, 2010
Agency:    

Eckerd Family Foundation

Program:
Purpose: Focus is on vulnerable youth--those who face a questionable and uncertain future because they are ill prepared and incapable in their present circumstances of reaching their full potential. Current priorities include foster care, juvenile justice, replication, education and advocacy.
Award Ceiling: No upper limit; grant awards start at $10,000
Deadline: Proposal submission by invitation only; no deadline for initial approach; see their web site for details
Agency:

Florida Literacy Coalition

Program: Health Literacy Grant Program
Purpose: This program provides support to nonprofit organizations and government agencies in the state that offer ESOL/literacy services. The purpose of the grants program is to provide training, resources, and funding to adult ESOL and family literacy programs, enabling them to help students gain the information and skills needed to make informed choices regarding their health and nutrition. Program services may be delivered via classes, small groups, or one-to-one tutoring.
Award Ceiling: Sixteen grants of $5,000 will be provided in 2010
Deadline: March 11, 2010
Agency:

Gardener's Supply

Program: Garden Crusader Awards
Purpose: The annual Garden Crusader Awards program was established to honor individuals who are improving the world through gardening. "Garden Crusaders" are individuals who are gardening beyond their own backyards to grow food for the hungry, beautify their communities, and help friends and neighbors discover the rewards of gardening.
Award Ceiling: There are five winners for each category — first, second, third, plus two honorable mentions and one grand-prize winner, for a total of eighteen winners overall. The grand-prize winner will receive $2,500 in cash and a $2,500 gift certificate from Gardener's Supply. First-place winners will receive a $1,000 gift certificate, second-place winners a $750 gift certificate, third-place winners a $500 gift certificate, and honorable mentions a $200 gift certificate.
Deadline: June 1, 2010
Agency:

got breakfast? Foundation

Program: Silent Hero Grants for Summer Food Programs
Purpose: The Silent Hero Grant Program is designed to encourage schools and nonprofit organizations to expand the reach of underutilized child nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program and, with this expansion, the Summer Nutrition Program. Grants will be awarded to public schools, nonprofit private schools, local governments, national youth sports programs, and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations participating in the Summer Nutrition Program. Grant funds can be used for such needs as serving equipment, program staffing, and nutrition education materials. Priority will be given to organizations creating a summer program where one did not previously exist.
Award Ceiling: Grants range from $2,000 to $10,000
Deadline: April 1, 2010
Agency:    

The Home Depot Foundation

Program: Affordable Housing Built Responsibly Grant Program
Purpose: The Home Depot Foundation is dedicated to building affordable homes for working families that are healthy to live in and affordable to own. Through the Affordable Housing Built Responsibly Grant Program, the Foundation supports nonprofit organizations throughout the United States and Canada whose missions align with the Foundation's interests in supporting the production and preservation of affordable, efficient, and healthy housing. Preference is given to proposals that result in the production, preservation, or financing of housing units for low- to moderate-income families.
Award Ceiling:
Deadline: The 2010 deadlines for online letters of inquiry are January 15 and July 1.
Agency:

KaBOOM!

Program:
Purpose: Empowers communities to build playgrounds
Award Ceiling: $50,000 - $60,000
Deadline: None
Agency:

The M·A·C AIDS Fund

Program: U.S. Community Grants Program
Purpose: The M·A·C AIDS Fund U.S. Community Grants Program supports organizations working to address the link between poverty and AIDS through grants for programs that are providing food and nutrition and housing services to people living with HIV and AIDS. Priority will be given to direct-service programs. For the food and nutrition program, priority will be given to programs providing meals and/or groceries or pantry bags. For the housing program, priority will be given to established AIDS housing services providers and programs providing direct housing services to clients.
Award Ceiling: The maximum grant amount that may be requested is $50,000.
Deadline: The Food and Nutrition Community Grants application deadline is March 15, 2010. The Housing Community Grants online application will be available on their website after March 16, 2010, and will be due on June 15, 2010.
Agency:

Mary Kay Foundation

Program: Organizations Aiding Domestic Violence Victims
Purpose:

Every October, the Mary Kay Foundation observes National Domestic Violence Awareness Month by awarding grants to deserving women's shelters across the United States. In 2009, the foundation awarded grants of $20,000 each to more than 150 women's shelters across the nation for a total of $3 million. Each year, the foundation awards a grant to at least one shelter in every state. Any remaining funds are distributed based on state population. The funds awarded by the foundation may be used for the operating budget of the shelter, with the exception of staff travel. Shelters that receive grants may not apply the following year, as the foundation wishes to aid the largest number of shelters possible. This requires it to exclude for a period of one year the previous year's awardees.

Award Ceiling: $20,000
Deadline: June 30, 2010
Agency:

Microsoft Corporation

Program: Elevate America Veterans Initiative
Purpose: Microsoft is doing its part to help U.S. veterans get back to work by awarding cash and software to support programs for veterans. The Elevate America Veterans Initiative was recently announced by Microsoft. The initiative invites organizations to submit proposals for the program that focuses on giving veterans and their spouses technological skills and support resources needed to be successful in today's civilian work force. Support provided to veterans and their spouses by these organizations may include technology skills training, job placement, career counseling and other support services such as childcare, transportation and housing.
Award Ceiling: Applicants may request between $100,000 to $200,000 cash, not to exceed 50 percent of the total program budget, as well as software and IT skills training curriculum.
Deadline: June 30, 2010
Agency:

Pinellas County Health and Human Services

Program: Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program
Purpose: The Emergency Home Energy Assistance Program helps low-income seniors pay electric and gas bills and make repairs to heating equipment. Vouchers may be available for portable heaters, fans and blankets.  Eligible households can receive benefits twice a year, once in the heating season and once in the cooling season, up to a maximum of $600. Assistance is available to Pinellas County residents age 60 and older who have a home heating or cooling emergency and whose income is below 150 percent of federal guidelines.
Award Ceiling:
Deadline:
Agency:

The Rays Baseball Foundation

Program: All Star Grant Program 
Purpose: The Rays Baseball Foundation's All-Star Grant will be awarded to a Tampa Bay organization(s) starting a new program/project or creating a major expansion to an existing program/project in line with the goals of the Foundation. Preference will be given to programs or projects that serve Tampa Bay at-risk youth throughout the region and create a significant and lasting impact on the community.
Award Ceiling: Grants will typically be in the $50,000-$100,000 range.
Deadline: The deadline for letter submission is May 14, 2010.
Agency:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Program: Local Funding Partnerships
Purpose: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships (LFP) program forges relationships between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers to fund promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities. Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker committed to participating as one of the funding partners.
Award Ceiling: Up to 12 matching grants of between $200,000 to $500,000 each will be awarded.
Deadline: June 30, 2010 (5 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of Stage 1 brief proposals. November 10, 2010—Deadline for receipt of Stage 2 full proposals.
Agency:

The Sara Lee Foundation

Program: Food Related Programs
Purpose The purpose of The Sarah Lee Foundation is to decrease food insecurity and increase access to fresh produce and meals. Significant funding consideration is given to programs that focus on food recovery, increased access to fresh produce and protein, meal programs when schools are not in session, and hunger awareness.
Award Ceiling: Award amounts vary.
Deadline: None
Agency:

SEVEN (Social Equity Venture) Fund

Program: Faith-Based Enterprise Solutions
Purpose:

Global Competition Seeks Essays on Faith-Based Enterprise Solutions to Poverty

In partnership with the Washington D.C.-based Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty, the SEVEN (Social Equity Venture) Fund has announced its 2010-11 Essay Competition. The competition is open to participants around the globe. Writers are asked to submit a first-person narrative describing enterprise solutions to poverty that are faith-based, faith-inspired, or interfaith efforts. Illustrations may come from any domain, including healthcare, education, consumer products, human rights, and others. Examples must represent innovative private solutions to public problems.

Award Ceiling: $5,000
Deadline: October 15, 2010
Agency:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth, & Families - Family & Youth Services Bureau

Program: Basic Center Program
Purpose: In response to the widespread concern about the problem of runaway and homeless youth, Congress authorized the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of 1974 (RHYA), which provided financial support for States through a competitive grant program. Funds granted under this award may be used to establish and operate (including renovations) local BCPs that provide both residential and non-residential services for RHY and their families outside of law enforcement and the child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems.  Costs for acquisition and renovation of existing structures may not exceed 15 percent of the grant award.  Except as allowed by statue at 42 U.S.C. 5712(b)(2)(A), BCPs should be designed to provide up to 21 days of shelter for up to 20 youth, with a minimum of four beds designated to RHY. Services delivered through this program must also address imminent needs of youth through appropriate referrals or direct interventions.  Service delivery must comprehensively address the individual strengths and needs of youth as well as be gender specific (interventions that are sensitive to the diverse experiences of male, female, and transgender youth), language appropriate, and culturally sensitive and respectful of the complex identities of youth. This is a 36-month project with three 12-month budget periods.
Award Ceiling: $200,000 Per Budget Period
Deadline: July 19, 2010
Agency:    

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Program: Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities
Purpose: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the availability of $30 million in funding for approximately 4,000 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) for non-elderly disabled households. Funds unobligated under previous HUD NOFAs will also be made available as part of this NOFA, bringing the total funds available to $40 million for approximately 5,300 vouchers. PHAs currently administering a Section 8 HCV program are the only eligible applicants for this funding.
Award Ceiling: All technically acceptable applications that meet the threshold criteria in the NOFA will be funded to the extent funds are available.
Deadline: Applications are due to HUD by July 7, 2010.
Agency:

The U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Services

Program: Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program (IVTP) (Notice of Funding Availability SGA # 10-04)
Purpose: Applicants will be required to design programs which assist eligible incarcerated and/or transitioning incarcerated Veterans who are “at risk” of homelessness, by providing referral and career counseling services, to include job training and placement assistance, job readiness and life skills support services, housing, health care, and other benefits.
Award Ceiling: $75,000 - $300,000    
Deadline: June 4, 2010
Agency:

White Family Foundation

Program:
Purpose: It is the Foundation's purpose to make positive changes to people’s lives, while building and enhancing the community in which they live. The majority of grants are made in support of qualified educational, health care and religious needs of organizations in West Central Florida. Preference given to organizations whose annual budget is less than $3,000,000.
Award Ceiling: $20,000
Deadline: First Half of 2010: May 1, 2010 -- disbursements to be made by July 1, 2010. Second Half of 2010: October 1, 2010 -- disbursements to be made by December 31, 2010.
Agency:

WHO Foundation: Women Helping Others

Program:
Purpose: Women Helping Others supports grassroots organizations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico that serve the overlooked needs of women and children. The Foundation provides grants for critical health programs, social services, and education projects that give women and children the knowledge and tools they need to improve their lives. Examples of funded programs include food and shelter for the homeless, healthcare for the poor, after-school programs, career training for under-employed women, and domestic violence prevention programs.
Award Ceiling: $5,000 to $30,000
Deadline: September 14, 2010 (Applications must be submitted by the second Tuesday of September of each year.)

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