Library Grants

JANUARY 4, 2024

Deadline: February 11, 2024 The Snapdragon Book Foundation was started in 2008 by a school librarian to provide funds to improve school libraries for disadvantaged children. Grants are given to U.S. Grants typically range from $2,500 to $10,000. school libraries serving children, PreK through 12 years old.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 15, 2024

You’ve navigated the process and submitted a foundation grant application. Through thoughtful planning and genuine engagement, you can strengthen your relationship and enhance your chances of securing the grant. Weeks or months later, you receive notification that the funder wants to meet with you. Exciting, right?

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GrantNews

JULY 29, 2024

GrantWatch wants to help bring attention to the many accomplishments and developments that New Jersey has been the focal point for by providing a list of grants to help the people of New Jersey and enable their communities to flourish. There are also national and international grant listings available. Each piece cost $1.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

After more than quarter of a century in the grants field, significant issues that require learning new problem-solving skills can still arise. A few years back, our agency was applying for a couple of multi-year, several million dollars’ worth of funding from the state department. Bonnie shares a great example of external sabotage.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

September 23, 2021 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland, has announced grants totaling at least $300 million in support of thirty-three investigators who are tackling some of the most challenging problems in biomedical research. Hewlett awards $17 million in 'adaptation grants' to arts groups. Read more. .

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. percent in 2012.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. percent in 2012.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. Kate told me the history of the successful Keyspot Project , which was launched with federal BTOP funding during the stimulus days. How the Project Got Going.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 1, 2023

Grant applications often ask for racial demographics of board, staff, and clients as well as LGBTQ+, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disabilities, age, etc. 2 It may be helpful to point this out in your grant applications. and why private funding is needed. But racial representation seems to be a focus. link] : U.S.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. On the site, social entrepreneurs propose their idea or project, set a funding goal, and identify a “tipping point.” Why Has Fundraising Online Shifted so Quickly?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2013

In 2008, SDFF received a grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund, which enabled SDFF to fully develop their digital divide program and expand the number of families they could reach.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I started my PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley, in one of the more prestigious programs in my field, in 2008. While the timeline of a grant – from the initial call for proposals or opportunity listing to actually receiving the funding – can take months, it still goes faster than academic projects.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

These challenges helped provide early publicity, support, collaboration opportunities, and funding for now-famous "tech for good" organizations such as Ushahidi , FrontlineSMS , and many others. Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Finally, three winners were chosen by the community to receive cash grants.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2012

The organization is mainly funded through federal grants from the U.S. Because she had a knack for doing computer stuff, she became the de facto IT person and over time developed their infrastructure, which is now based on Microsoft Server 2008 , with the help of consultants from time to time.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JULY 17, 2023

While the post focuses on aging and academia, it has implications for grant seekers and grant writers: most federal grants for the delivery of services to the elderly come are derived from the 1965 Older Americans Act administrated by the DHHS Administration for Community Living (“ACL”).

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

" So wrote Cynthia Gibson, then of the Carnegie Corporation , and Nonprofit Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge in a 2008 special issue of that magazine dedicated to infrastructure. million in grants annually. "Like a body without a backbone, a sector without a strong infrastructure will crumble."

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She is the 2010 NTEN Award Winner and was named to the NonProfit Times list of the 50 most influential people in the charitable sector in 2008. Full disclosure, she also manages Simplify , a new partnership between TAG and GuideStar, which is a new approach to applying for grants. and Electronic Futures Foundation.

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Gail Perry Group

JUNE 26, 2024

With the recent strong financial market, foundation assets have expanded in value, giving them more funding to make grants. We think this is a sign of the growth of extremely HNW individuals and the tax-advantaged ways they fund charities. For instance 2008, the S&P 500 dropped 38%, but philanthropy only dipped by 7%.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

When all was said and done, we received a 2005 seed-funding grant from Full Circle Fund and launched the Refurbished Computer Initiative program. It became a commercial company in 2008. With a catalog. PC Rebuilders and Recyclers (PCRR) is, as I mentioned above, our newest RCI refurbishment partner.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

They generate revenue through tuition, fees, and federal funds; and like other nonprofits, they also rely on charitable gifts to operate. . Since 2008, private philanthropy in the U.S. billion in grants specifically for “community college education,” according to Candid data. Since 2008, private philanthropy in the U.S.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2023

Foundation funding for workers’ rights i. Instead, they rely on the same kinds of funding streams as traditional community-based nonprofits: individual donations, volunteers, and support from institutional philanthropy. Funding to workers’ rights organizations increased since the 2008 financial crisis. million to $35.6

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Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

. “I Told You So”Planned Giving Over Panic For the last 20 years10 years, 5 years, and even last yearIve been saying the same thing: Focus on planned giving, not government funding. Relying too heavily on one revenue streamwhether government grants, corporate giving, or annual fundraisingleaves organizations vulnerable.

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Tom Ahern

AUGUST 7, 2023

Anecdote: With other tax-payers, Simone and I dutifully attended town budget meetings in the early 2000s where one persistent question was: "Given the rise of the internet, do we really need to fund all these little libraries?" Given the rise of the internet." You might want to talk about that economic life- and timeline, Ellen.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 14, 2018

The timing, amounts, and recipients of grants were allegedly dictated by campaign staff, including Corey Lewandowski, then-campaign manager, in violation of state and federal law. At least five grants of $100,000 were reportedly made to Iowa organizations in the days leading up to the caucuses.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 14, 2018

The timing, amounts, and recipients of grants were allegedly dictated by campaign staff, including Corey Lewandowski, then-campaign manager, in violation of state and federal law. At least five grants of $100,000 were reportedly made to Iowa organizations in the days leading up to the caucuses.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 14, 2018

The timing, amounts, and recipients of grants were allegedly dictated by campaign staff, including Corey Lewandowski, then-campaign manager, in violation of state and federal law. At least five grants of $100,000 were reportedly made to Iowa organizations in the days leading up to the caucuses.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JANUARY 29, 2025

NOTE: Shortly after this was posted, the pause was ended, but I decided to leave this up as it illustrates that grant seekers will face a bumpy ride for the next few months. This should not be a surpriseas President Obama famously stated in 2008: elections have consequences. ” when distressed.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Now that the interminable 2024 election is in the rear view mirror, it’s time to consider its impact on the wonderful world of grants (and give thanks that the flood of political junk texts and mailers have stopped). While I know many of my readers are unhappy with the outcome, don’t despair, at least with respect to seeking grants.

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