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.

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Grants Listing

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

	List updated: 3/10/2011 2:00 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. AFM will host an information session on Wednesday, March 23, 3011 at 9:30 a.m. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to attend if you are interested in learning about Allegany Franciscan Ministries and our current funding opportunities. This will be the only open information session they will host this year, providing an overview of our funding priorities, as well as the major grant pre-application process and timelines. Please CLICK HERE to register for the session. The deadline for registration is Monday March 21st; you must register in order to attend the session. Due to the high level of interest and limited space AFM can only accommodate two registrants per organization.
Award:	$10,000
Deadline:	Requests received by 12 noon February 12, April 16 and October 15, 2010 will be considered during that cycle


Agency:	Allstate Foundation
Program:
Purpose:	The Allstate Foundation, which provides funding in communities across the United States to address key social issues, is accepting applications for the first round of its 2011 regional grant cycle. Grants are available for both new and renewal projects that fall under the foundation's grantmaking focus areas: safe and vital communities; tolerance, inclusion, and diversity; and economic empowerment. Safe and Vital Communities: The foundation is dedicated to fostering safe and vital communities that are economically strong, crime-free, and give residents a sense of belonging and commitment. Safe and Vital Communities funding priorities include teen safe driving, catastrophe response, and neighborhood revitalization. Tolerance, Inclusion, and Diversity: The foundation is committed to programs that bring tolerance, inclusion, and value to people of all backgrounds regardless of ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, age, or physical challenges. Tolerance, inclusion, and diversity funding priorities include teaching tolerance to youth to help foster a generation free of bias and intolerance, and alleviating discrimination by encouraging communities to be free of prejudice. Economic Empowerment: The foundation is committed to empowering Americans with the economic resources and knowledge they need to make informed decisions about their financial future. Economic empowerment funding priorities include helping domestic violence survivors build their financial security, and increasing Americans' financial and economic literacy. Domestic violence grants fund programs that use financial education, job training, matched savings, and other economic empowerment tools to help domestic violence survivors build their financial independence as a way to get free and stay free from violence.
Award:	Varies
Deadline:	March 11, 2011


Agency:	American Academy of Dermatology
Program:	Shade Structure Grants
Purpose:	The American Academy of Dermatology's Shade Structure Program awards grants for the purchase of permanent shade structures designed to provide shade and ultraviolet (UV) ray protection for outdoor areas. The AAD also provides a permanent sign to be displayed near the shade structure that promotes the importance of sun safety. The AAD receives support for this program from Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Co.
Award:	$8,000
Deadline:	April 22, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.


Agency:	Bank of America Foundation
Program:	Neighborhood Builders
Purpose:	Provides operating support and rigorous leadership training for local nonprofits addressing community priorities.
Award:	$200,000 in general operating support — $100,000 annually for 2 years
Deadline:	The 2011 application period will begin March 1st. The application deadline for the Neighborhood Builder Award is June 1st, 8:00 PM ET.


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:	Grants are made between $10,000 and $100,000. Multi-year commitments up to three years may be made, depending upon the request, the need and the funds available, but the total dollar request should not exceed $100,000.
Deadline:	Summer Cycle 2011 - Deadline March 11, 2011


Agency:	City of Clearwater
Program:	FY 2011-2012 Consolidated Action Plan
Purpose:	The City of Clearwater is estimated to receive $932,808 in grant allocation funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and $589,019 in grant allocation funds under the HOME Investment Partnership Program for FY 2011-2012 Program Year beginning October 1, 2011. Funds can only be used in the incorporated limits of the City of Clearwater. However, an agency that is located outside the City may receive funding if they provide documented services for City residents. The amounts listed above are only a projection of the grant funds to be received; the actual amounts may vary depending on final appropriations and program income revenue. Federal funding authorization for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and the HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program is through the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. These funds will primarily be used for housing, community and economic development activities. A portion of the funds listed above may be used for City conducted and/or sponsored projects and may not be available for allocation to applicants. Federal regulations applicable to these programs dictate funding availability for certain projects. Proposals for new projects will be accepted beginning March 7, 2011, but no later than April 7, 2011. Suggestions for new projects/activities for FY 2011-2012 may be presented and should address the following strategies which are outlined in more detail in the City’s Five-Year Consolidated Plan Document: Promote better livable opportunities in the Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas Promote affordable housing for renters and/or, homebuyers Promote efforts/activities to end chronic homelessness Provide outreach and housing opportunities for homeless individuals and families Provide assistance to victims of domestic violence Promote economic opportunities for very-low to moderate income individuals Provide assistance to the elderly, persons with disabilities, and persons with HIV/AIDS. Develop public facility projects in the neighborhood strategy areas Promote efforts to reduce lead poisoning in children Promote opportunities to end poverty (job training, employability skills, educational attainment, and other related activities) Promote opportunities to assist public housing residents to become self-sufficient Promote opportunities for individuals to reduce their dependency on alcohol and drugs Promote fair housing opportunities. Eligible activities may include, but not limited to the rehabilitation and preservation of buildings and improvements; acquisition and disposition of real property; acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or installation of public facilities and improvements; economic activities and activities by subrecipients to carry out neighborhood revitalization; energy conservation projects; and related projects. A Bidders Conference will be held on Thursday, March 10, 2011, beginning at 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., at Clearwater City Hall, 112 S. Osceola Avenue, Second Floor, Room 222. The Application Bidders Conference meeting is not mandatory, but attendance is strongly encouraged.
Award:	Varies
Deadline:	Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.


Agency:	City of Tampa
Program:	Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
Purpose:	To provide housing assistance and related supportive services for low-income persons with HIV/AIDS and their families. Eligible activities include: housing information services; resource identification; acquisition, rehabilitation and lease; new construction; project and tenant-based rental assistance; short-term rent, mortgage and utility assistance; supportive services; operating costs; technical assistance; and administrative expenses
Award:
Deadline:	Wednesday, May 11, 2011, no later than 4:30 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:	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:	Do Something
Program:	Seed Grants
Purpose:	These grants, awarded to young people aged 25 and under, can be used towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started, or to jump-start your program and realize your ideas for the first time. These grants can also be used towards projects that are already developed and sustainable, towards the next steps of your project and organization to help you as you look to expand your project and grow your impact.
Award:	$500 grants awarded weekly
Deadline:	None! Apply now! You will be notified whether or not you have won within 2-3 months after submission.


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:	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:	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:	Up to $5,000
Deadline:	Summer 2011 Deadline: April 15, 2011


Agency:	Home Depot Foundation, The
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:
Deadline:	The Home Depot Foundation is currently undergoing our 2011 strategic planning process and our grant cycles are temporarily on hold.


Agency:	Home Depot Foundation, The
Program:	Building Healthy Communities Grant Program
Purpose:	Grants to organizations that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are made in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase or tools or materials.
Award:	Up to $2,500
Deadline:	No information available yet for 2011


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


Agency:	M·A·C AIDS Fund, The
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:	The maximum grant amount that may be requested is $50,000.
Deadline:	Please note that the 2011 guidelines for funding are currently being revised and will be posted when the respective grant applications become available.


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:	$20,000
Deadline:	Domestic violence shelter grant applications are available from January to June 30 each year.


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:
Deadline:


Agency:	The Rays Baseball Foundation
Program:	Community Fund Grant Program
Purpose:	The Rays Community Fund Grant Program provides assistance to local non-profits in the Tampa Bay region. Grants up to $5,000 are awarded through this program. These funds help add to and support current programs offered by community-based non-profit organizations.
Award:	Up to $5,000
Deadline:	January 3, 2011 - Application available online, March 1, 2011 - Application due; June 1, 2011 - Application available online, August 1, 2011 - Application due


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:	Award amounts vary.
Deadline:	None


Agency:	State Farm Company
Program:
Purpose:	We make it our business to be like a good neighbor, helping to build safer, stronger and better educated communities across the United States and Canada. Through our company grants, we focus on three areas: safety, community development and education.
Award:
Deadline:	The State Farm grant cycle is from January 2 through October 31.


Agency:	U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Program:	Reintegration of Ex-Offenders – Adult Program Grants
Purpose:	The Department expects to award approximately 10 grants of approximately $1,170,000 each for a 27-month period of performance. Grants will be awarded to faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) to provide pre-release and post-release services to ex-offenders returning to high-poverty, high-crime communities. These services will include job training and employment preparation, mentoring, and assistance connecting to supportive services such as housing, substance abuse programs, and mental health treatment. Specifically, the employment component of the grant will focus on the development of employment opportunities in in-demand occupations, including emerging “green” jobs.
Award:	Award Ceiling: $1,170,000
Deadline:	Applications must be received no later than March 17, 2011 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.


Agency:	U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Program:	BJA FY 11 Second Chance Act Adult Mentoring Grants to Nonprofit Organizations Grant
Purpose:	The Second Chance Act grant programs are designed to help communities develop and implement comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by offender reentry and recidivism reduction. The funding is for mentoring projects to promote the safe and successful reintegration into the community of adults who have been incarcerated. The goal of this program is to promote more effective and successful reentry for offenders through the establishment and maintenance of pre- and post-release mentoring relationships. The objectives of this program are to establish or improve the administration of mentoring programs, including the expansion of mentoring strategies and program design; enhance and improve the organizational capacity, system efficiency, and cost effectiveness of mentoring programs through training and technical assistance and other strategies, and; improve outcomes for offenders in mentoring programs by establishing and strengthening collaborative community approaches. In FY 2011, nonprofit applicants may apply under one of two categories of mentoring programs: 1) Category 1 solicits applications that propose to provide mentoring to adult offenders generally; or 2) Category 2 solicits applications that propose to focus on a specific subset of adult offenders who are also fathers and mothers, and particularly those non-custodial parents who may otherwise be disengaged from responsible parenting altogether.
Award:	Up to $300,000
Deadline:	April 21, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern)


Agency:	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Program:	Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program
Purpose:	The Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program is a new VA program that will award grants to private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives who will provide supportive services to very low-income Veterans and their families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. The grantees will provide a range of supportive services designed to promote housing stability.
Award:	$1 million per grantee per year
Deadline:	March 11, 2011, 4:00 PM Eastern Time


Agency:	University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Program:	Student Philanthropy Boards, Learn and Serve America Grants
Purpose:	Nine boards led by six USF St. Petersburg professors have researched community needs and created corresponding grant proposals to address those needs. Each Student Philanthropy Board will award up to $5,000. Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to respond to any or all of the Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Organizations will be limited to one grant award winner per semester. This year’s topics are: • Preventing homelessness for those aging out of foster care • Providing vocational training for homeless • Helping hand to female victims of domestic violence • Educating adolescents about drug & alcohol abuse • Resource efficiency – redefining waste • Restoration and sustainability of coastal areas • Supporting caregivers and infant development from ages 0-3 • Education and training for coparenting families • Bringing joy to terminally ill children and their families • Recreation & educational awareness (READ) at Campbell Park The university received a Learn and Serve America grant of $395,000, one of only 36 grants awarded nationally to engage students in service-learning projects and promote community service while enhancing student academic and civic skills. The grant supports the Student Philanthropy Boards and the Lead Learn Serve program at USFSP.
Award:	$5,000
Deadline:	Friday, March 25, 2011 by 5 p.m.


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:	$20,000
Deadline:	First Half of 2011: May 1, 2011 -- disbursements to be made after July 1, 2011 Second Half of 2011: October 1, 2011 -- disbursements to be made by December 31, 2011


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:	$5,000 to $30,000
Deadline:	The WHO Foundation begins accepting applications at the end of March each year. Grant applications must be at the foundation by the 2nd Tuesday of September by 5pm Central time.