Funding: Rural Development Community Connect Grant Program

 Administering Agency: Rural Utilities Service

 Program: The Community Connect program serves rural communities where broadband service is least likely to be available, but where it can make a tremendous difference in the quality of life for citizens. The projects funded by these grants will help rural residents tap into the enormous potential of the internet. The grants may be used to deploy broadband transmission service to residents, businesses and critical community facilities such as police and first responders. They may be used to construct and operate community centers that provide free broadband access to community residents, too.

 Award: $13.4 million for awards ranging from $50,000 to $1 million

 Eligibility: Governments, nonprofits and for-profits, including small businesses

 Application Deadline: 06/19/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Rural Development Community Connect Grant Program

 Funding: National Providers of Training and Technical Assistance

 Administering Agency: Office of Training & Technical Assistance

 Program: This is a notice for the selection of organizations to provide training and technical assistance on behalf of the Corporation to build the capacity of local programs and organizations that use service and volunteering to meet community needs.

 Award: Approximately $8 million for the first year of a possible three-year cooperative agreement

 Eligibility: State and local government entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribes, commercial entities

 Application Deadline: 07/02/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission. Applications must be submitted using eGrants at: http://www.nationalservice.gov/egrants/

 Website: National Providers of Training and Technical Assistance

 Funding: Standing Announcement for the Ethnic Community Self-Help Program

 Administering Agency: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

 Program: The objective of this program is to strengthen organized ethnic communities comprised and representative of refugee populations to ensure ongoing support and services to refugees after initial resettlement. This announcement replaces the Priority Area Three - Ethnic Community Self-Help program included in the Standing Announcement for Services for Recently Arrived Refugees published in the Federal Register on April 23, 2004. Individuals with the following immigration statuses are eligible for refugee social services: refugees; asylees; Cuban and Haitian entrants; certain Amerasians from Vietnam; and victims of a severe form of trafficking who receive certification or eligibility letters from ORR, and certain other specified family members of trafficking victims.

 Award: Total available funding: $600,000; 3 to 8 awards averaging $125,000 each

 Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit agencies; faith-based and community organizations

 Application Deadline: 02/24/2010

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Standing Announcement for the Ethnic Community Self-Help Program

 Funding: Standing Announcement for Supplemental Services for Recently Arrived Refugees

 Administering Agency: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

 Program: This program is intended to provide services to arriving refugees or sudden and unexpected large secondary migration of refugees where communities are not sufficiently prepared in terms of linguistic or culturally appropriate services. Individuals with the following immigration statuses are eligible for refugee social services: refugees; asylees; Cuban and Haitian entrants; certain Amerasians from Vietnam; and victims of a severe form of trafficking who receive certification or eligibility letters from ORR, and certain other specified family members of trafficking victims.

 Award: Total available funding - $4,300,000; 10 to 20 awards averaging $200,000 each

 Eligibility: Public or private nonprofit agencies; faith-based and community organizations

 Application Deadline: 02/24/2010

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Standing Announcement for Supplemental Services for Recently Arrived Refugees

 Funding: Standing Announcement for the Preferred Communities Program

 Administering Agency: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR

 Program: This program is intended to support resettlement of newly arriving refugees with the best opportunities for their self-sufficiency and integration into new communities, and to support refugees with special needs that require more intensive case management. Individuals with the following immigration statuses are eligible for refugee social services: refugees; asylees; Cuban and Haitian entrants; certain Amerasians from Vietnam; and victims of a severe form of trafficking who receive certification or eligibility letters from ORR, and certain other specified family members of trafficking victims.

 Award: Total Available Funding - $600,000; 2 to 6 awards averaging $200,000

 Eligibility: Eligible applicants are ten national voluntary agencies that currently resettle refugees under a Reception and Placement Cooperative Agreement with the Department of State or with the Department of Homeland Security: Church World Service, Inc.; Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society; Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.; Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Inc.; International Rescue Committee; Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service; State of Iowa; US Conference of Catholic Bishops; US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants; and World Relief Corporation.

 Application Deadline: 02/24/2010

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Standing Announcement for the Preferred Communities Program

 Funding: Standing Announcement for Unaccompanied Alien Children

 Administering Agency: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

 Program: This program provides the opportunity to fund providers for basic shelter and/or group homes and more specialized types of care. The two priority areas for funding are: Priority Area 1 - Mega Grants: large national networks and/or entities that partner to build an infrastructure made up of multiple facilities and locations (in multiple states) that can accommodate fluctuations in bed capacity and Priority Area 2 – Micro Grants: made up of individual shelter facilities or partnerships between two entities in a local geographic area.

 Award: Priority Area 1: Total available funding: $30 million; 1 to 4 awards averaging $2,550,000 each; Priority Area 2: Total available funding: $5 million; 1 to 4 awards averaging $2,550,000 each

 Eligibility: Priority Area 1 & 2: Non-profit organizations (including faith-based and community organizations) and for-profit organizations are eligible to apply

 Application Deadline: 03/24/2010

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Standing Announcement for Unaccompanied Alien Children

 Funding: Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

 Award: $10 million is available with a grant ceiling of $600,000

 Eligibility: Indian tribes, tribal organizations on behalf of Indian tribes that received ICDBG grants in FY 2008

 Application Deadline: 07/07/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

 Funding: Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP)

 Administering Agency: Family & Youth Services Bureau

 Program: The MCP program is designed to be a community-based mentoring program in which children and youth ages four up to age 18, are appropriately matched with an adult mentor, who has been screened and trained, for a one-on-one (one mentor/one youth), friendship-oriented (non curriculum-based) mentoring relationship.

 Award: Total available funding: $9 million; 70 awards averaging $211,163 each

 Eligibility: Nonprofits, institutions of higher education, governments

 Application Deadline: 06/19/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP)

 Funding: Building Capacity to Prevent Sexual Violence through Resources, Training and Technical Assistance

 Administering Agency: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

 Program: The purpose of the grant is to implement a National Sexual Violence Resource Center to provide enhanced communication technology for information sharing and training and technical assistance for the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) programs and other primary prevention partners that serve federal, state, local and Indian tribal agencies including state sexual assault coalitions and local sexual assault programs.

 Award: Total available project funding: $4.5 million for a 3 year project period; Total current fiscal year funding: $1.5 million; 1 award for $1.5 million

 Eligibility: State sexual assault coalitions and Indian/Native American Tribes that receive the Sexual Assault Coalition Grants funded through the Violence Against Women Act

 Letter of Intent Deadline: 06/03/2009

 Application Deadline: 06/18/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission. The website listed is the Search Grant Opportunities page of Grants.gov, Enter CDC-RFA-CE09-903 in the Funding Opportunity Number field, Click on the title of the grant, then on the next screen, click on Full Announcement to retrieve the full text of the grant

 Website: Building Capacity to Prevent Sexual Violence through Resources, Training and Technical Assistance

 Funding: Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse

 Administering Agency: Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPE)

 Program: This program provides funding to support the design and development of a website for research and evaluation studies on low-income employment and family self-sufficiency.

 Award: Total available funding: $1 million; 1 award at $500,000 per budget period

 Eligibility: Eligibility is open to all types of domestic applicants other than individuals

 Letter of Intent Deadline: 05/29/2009

 Application Deadline: 06/29/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse

 Funding: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 – Strengthening Communities Fund – Nonprofit Capacity Building Program

 Administering Agency: Office of Community Services

 Program: The purpose of this program is to provide nonprofit organizations serving as project partners, with capacity building training, technical assistance, and competitive financial assistance. Lead organizations will assist grassroots organizations working in distressed communities with capacity building activities in five areas: organizational development, program development, collaboration and community engagement, leadership development and evaluation of effectiveness.

 Award: Total available funding: $34 million, 34 awards at $1 million each per project period of 24 months; Grantees must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved cost of the project

 Eligibility: State, county, city or township governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, Indian/Native American Tribal governments (Federally recognized and other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations, small businesses, special district governments

 Application Deadline: 07/07/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 – Strengthening Communities Fund – Nonprofit Capacity Building Program

 Funding: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 - Strengthening Communities Fund - State, Local, and Tribal Government Capacity Building Program

 Administering Agency: Office of Community Services

 Program: The purpose of this grant is to build the capacity of government offices or their authorized designee that provide outreach to community and faith-based organizations and to assist nonprofit organizations in addressing the broad economic recovery issues present in their communities, including helping low-income individuals secure and retain employment, earn higher wages, obtain better-quality employment and gain greater access to state and Federal benefits and tax credits.

 Award: Total available funding: $12 million; 48 awards averaging $250,000 each per budget period; Grantees must provide at least 20 percent of the total approved cost of the project

 Eligibility: State, county, city or township governments, Indian/Native American Tribal governments (Federally recognized), nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) IRS status (other than institutions of higher education)

 Application Deadline: 07/07/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 - Strengthening Communities Fund - State, Local, and Tribal Government Capacity Building Program

 Funding: Community Services Block Grant Training and Technical Assistance Program – National Training for Financial Management and Administrative Governance

 Administering Agency: Office of Community Services

 Program: The purpose of this program is to support a 1-year program to refine the national technical assistance strategy and create a strengthened infrastructure to assist Community Services Block Grant entities with financial management and administrative governance needs.

 Award: 1 award for $250,000 for a 12-month project and budget period

 Eligibility: Community Services Block Grant eligible entities, consisting of statewide or local organizations or associations, and non-profit organizations with demonstrated expertise in providing training to individuals and organizations on methods of effectively addressing the needs of low-income families and communities, and knowledge of and experience with the Community Services Network

 Application Deadline: 06/26/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Community Services Block Grant Training and Technical Assistance Program – National Training for Financial Management and Administrative Governance

 Funding: Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) Demonstration Program

 Administering Agency: Office of Community Services

 Program: The goal of the CCF Demonstration program is to help grassroots faith-based and community organizations maximize their social impact as they provide services to those most in need including low-income individuals seeking to gain greater access to State and Federal benefits and tax credits; low-income individuals seeking to secure and retain employment, earn higher wages, and obtain better-quality jobs; low-income individuals and families in need of financial education, credit counseling, and access to individual development accounts and other asset building strategies; the homeless; elders in need; at-risk youth, including Native American youth; and families in transition from welfare to work.

 Award: Total available funding: $17.2 million; 35 awards averaging $490,000 per project period

 Eligibility: State, county, city or township governments; institutions of higher education; Indian/Native American Tribal governments (Federally recognized and other than Federally recognized); nonprofits with/without 501(c)(3) IRS status; private institutions of higher education; for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); small businesses; special district governments; independent school districts

 Application Deadline: 06/22/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) Demonstration Program

 Funding: Basic Center Program

 Administering Agency: Family & Youth Services Bureau

 Program: The purpose of the Basic Center Program (BCP) is to provide runaway and homeless youth with a safe and appropriate shelter, individual, family, and group counseling as appropriate, and aftercare.

 Award: Total available funding: $13,377,274, 91 awards with the average award amount of $150,000 per budget period

 Eligibility: Public and nonprofit private entities and coordinated networks of such entities

 Application Deadline: 07/13/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Basic Center Program

 Funding: Criminal Justice Electronic Crime Technology Center of Excellence

 Administering Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

 Program: NIJ seeks qualified applicants to establish and operate a Criminal Justice Technology Center of Excellence to support its research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E) process in the areas of electronic crime and digital evidence. The center will support the NIJ RDT&E process by providing scientific and technical support to NIJ's research and development efforts, supporting the demonstration, transfer, and adoption of appropriate technology into practice by law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies, assisting in the development and dissemination of technology guidelines and standards and providing technology assistance, information, and support to law enforcement and other appropriate criminal justice agencies.

 Award: 1 award at approximately $1 million for 12 months

 Eligibility: States and Territories, local governments (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions), nonprofit and profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and certain qualified individuals

 Grant Managment System Deadline: 06/19/2009

 Application Deadline: 06/19/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Criminal Justice Electronic Crime Technology Center of Excellence

 Funding: Criminal Justice Technology Regional Centers

 Administering Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

 Program: The purpose of this funding is to provide improved access to and awareness of relevant scientific and law enforcement technology-related information to state and local criminal justice practitioners.

 Award: $4.5 million for multiple awards

 Eligibility: States and Territories, local governments (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions), nonprofit and profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and certain qualified individuals

 Grant Managment System Deadline: 06/19/2009

 Application Deadline: 06/19/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Criminal Justice Technology Regional Centers

 Funding: Evaluation of the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) Program

 Administering Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ

 Program: This solicitation is intended to support a national evaluation including State-level analyses of the SAVIN program leading to a promising practices toolkit to aid the continued development, implementation, and enhancement of comprehensive victim notification programs within individual States and territories. In addition to the evaluation focus, NIJ hopes to advance both theory and practice related to victims through this research.

 Award: 1 award up to $2 million

 Eligibility: States and Territories, local governments (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions), nonprofit and profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) and certain qualified individuals.

 Application Deadline: 07/20/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Evaluation of the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification (SAVIN) Program

 Funding: Women Offenders: Gender Responsive Approaches to Risk and Need Assessment

 Administering Agency: National Institute of Corrections (NIC)

 Program: This solicitation funds further support, development and dissemination of the Women’s Risk and Need Assessment Instruments. The selected service provider will disseminate the instruments to interested parties, provide technical assistance to jurisdictions considering use of the tools, assist with implementation of the instruments and conduct research to validate and refine the assessment instruments.

 Award: One award; funds allocated will be based on the best ideas regarding the accomplishments of the scope of the work and the related costs for achieving the objective of the grant

 Eligibility: State or unit of local government, a private agency, an educational institution or a consortium of eligible entities

 Application Deadline: 06/24/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Women Offenders: Gender Responsive Approaches to Risk and Need Assessment

 Funding: Methodological Research to Support the Redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey: Screening Questions

 Administering Agency: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

 Program: The National Crime Victimization Survey provides data about crime, its victims and the consequences of victimization that inform the public and support innovative strategies and approaches for dealing with the challenges that crime presents. The purpose of this project is to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the current and pre-redesign crime screening questions.

 Award: 1 award

 Eligibility: Non-profit organizations, for-profit (commercial) organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher learning, and consortiums with demonstrated organization and community based experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including tribal for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, tribal colleges and universities, and tribal consortiums

 Application Deadline: 07/14/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Methodological Research to Support the Redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey: Screening Questions

 Funding: Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships

 Administering Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

 Program: NIJ is seeking applications for funding to support criminal justice researcher-practitioner collaborations. This solicitation will fund three areas: capturing of past and current accounts of criminal justice research-practitioner partnerships, junior faculty grant program to promote criminal justice researcher-practitioner partnerships, and criminal justice researcher-practitioner fellowship placement program.

 Award: NIJ anticipates funding multiple awards in each area; a total of up to $1 million may become available for awards

 Eligibility: States, Territories, local governments, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions, nonprofit and profit organizations, tribal nonprofit and profit organizations, institutions of higher education, tribal institutions of higher education, and certain qualified individuals

 Application Deadline: 07/20/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships

 Funding: Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice, and Technology

 Administering Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

 Program: NIJ seeks applications for funding of specific innovative, high-payoff projects and activities fostering the adoption into practice of new, cutting-edge policy, practice, and/or technology related to: courts, crime and crime prevention, drugs and crime, forensic sciences, law enforcement, relevant technology and tools, and victims and victimization: increasing understanding of crime and justice issues, establishing a law enforcement research agenda, development of video standard, systematic assessments of extant criminal justice research, corrections technology demonstration, improving the accessibility and utility of research for policymakers, forensic science education for policymakers, forensic science education for law enforcement decision-makers, identifying technology, evaluation of low-cost aviation options for law enforcement, and corrections technology evaluation and assessment

 Award: Total available funding: $2 million; approximately $250,000 per award

 Eligibility: States, Territories, local governments, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions, nonprofit and profit organizations, tribal nonprofit and profit organizations, institutions of higher education, tribal institutions of higher education, and certain qualified individuals

 Application Deadline: 07/06/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Advancing Criminal Justice Policy, Practice, and Technology

 Funding: FY 2009 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking

 Administering Agency: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

 Program: This program will provide timely, comprehensive services to pre-certified victims of severe forms of human trafficking and enhance interagency collaboration and coordination of the provision of such services. Grantees under this program are required to coordinate with an existing anti-human trafficking law enforcement task force.

 Award: Awards of up to $300,000

 Eligibility: Eligible applicants include those seeking continuation funding for existing OVC trafficking victim service initiatives and those from the specific geographic regions identified in the “Eligibility” section of this solicitation that can demonstrate that they have the support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance-funded Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force and the U.S. Attorney in their region. Cooperative agreements under this program may be awarded to states, Indian tribes, units of local government, tribal governments, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations

 Grant Managment System Deadline: 07/13/2009

 Application Deadline: 07/16/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: FY 2009 Services for Victims of Human Traffickingt

 Funding: FY 2009 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking

 Administering Agency: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

 Program: The purpose of the grant is to identify promising practices in the delivery of comprehensive services to victims of sex and labor trafficking who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents under the age of 18. Each demonstration site will provide comprehensive services to domestic minor victims of human trafficking; develop, enhance, or expand the community response to domestic minor victims; participate in a process evaluation funded through the National Institute of Justice (NIJ); and produce a final report that may be disseminated through OVC to the victim’s field.

 Award: 2 awards of up to $800,000 each

 Eligibility: States, Indian tribes, units of local government, tribal governments, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations

 Grant Managment System Deadline: 07/13/2009

 Application Deadline: 07/16/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: FY 2009 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking

 Funding: Native American Housing Block Grant Program (NAHBG) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

 Award: Total available funding: $242,250,000 for multiple awards; grant ceiling for each award is based on the amount of funds each tribe/TDHE received under the Recovery Act formula component.

 Eligibility: Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities

 Application Deadline: 07/13/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Native American Housing Block Grant Program (NAHBG) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

 Funding: FY 2009 Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICBDG) Program

 Administering Agency: Office of Public and Indian Housing

 Program: ICDBG funds may be used to improve housing stock, provide community facilities, improve infrastructure, and expand job opportunities by supporting the economic development of communities, especially by nonprofit tribal organizations or local development corporations.

 Award: Total available funding: $61,040,000; Eastern/Woodlands-$6,928,975, Southern Plains-$13,095,381, Northern Plains-$8,701,356, Southwest-$22,737,279, Northwest-$3,105,735, Alaska-$6,471,274, Imminent Threats-$3,960,000

 Eligibility: Indian/Native American tribes or tribal organizations on behalf of Indian/Native American tribes

 Application Deadline: 08/07/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: FY 2009 Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICBDG) Program

 Funding: 2010 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC)

 Administering Agency: Taxpayer Advocate Service

 Program: LITCs represent low-income taxpayers before the IRS in audit, appeals, and collection issues and federal tax litigation for free or for a nominal charge. The clinics also provide educational workshops on tax issues to taxpayers for whom English is a second language.

 Award: Grants up to $100,000 each

 Eligibility: Organizations exempt from tax under IRC Section 501(a) that represent low-income taxpayers in tax disputes, clinical programs at accredited law, business or accounting schools whose students represent low income taxpayers in tax disputes with the IRS

 Application Deadline: 07/07/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: 2010 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC)

 Funding: 2010 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC)

 Administering Agency: Taxpayer Advocate Service

 Program: LITCs represent low-income taxpayers before the IRS in audit, appeals, and collection issues and federal tax litigation for free or for a nominal charge. The clinics also provide educational workshops on tax issues to taxpayers for whom English is a second language.

 Award: Grants up to $100,000 each

 Eligibility: Organizations exempt from tax under IRC Section 501(a) that represent low-income taxpayers in tax disputes, clinical programs at accredited law, business or accounting schools whose students represent low income taxpayers in tax disputes with the IRS

 Application Deadline: 07/07/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: 2010 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC)

 Funding: 50 States for Good

 Administering Agency: Tom’s of Maine

 Program: This initiative is recognizing and rewarding nonprofits whose efforts are focused on lasting positive change in the community. Finalists are judged on immediate achievability, positive impact in the community, and engagement and mobilization among members of the community.

 Award: 5 awards of $20,000 each

 Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations

 Application Deadline: 08/30/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: 50 States for Good

 Funding: Jenny’s Heroes

 Administering Agency: Jenny Jones Foundation

 Program: The program funds projects that promise long-term community benefits. The project must benefit a number of people, not just one individual.

 Award: $25,000

 Eligibility: US citizens 18 years of age or older

 Application Deadline: No closing date

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Jenny’s Heroes

 Funding: 2009 Shelter Grant

 Administering Agency: Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation

 Program: Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation observes National Domestic Violence Awareness Month by awarding grants to women’s shelters across the United States. For 2009 the foundation will award a grant to at least one shelter in every state of the United States. Any remaining funds will be distributed based on state population

 Award: Varies (In 2008 the foundation awarded grants of $20,000 each to over 150 shelters)

 Eligibility: US domestic violence shelter

 Application Deadline: 07/30/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Go to the website (http://www.mkacf.org) and click on Women and Violence from either the drop-down menu or from the left-side menu. Select Shelter Grant Program for additional information on the grant and for an application.

 Website: 2009 Shelter Grant

 Funding: Defending Basic Freedoms

 Administering Agency: Herb Block Foundation

 Program: The foundation will accept proposals to safeguard the basic freedoms guaranteed in our Bill of Rights, and to help eliminate all forms of prejudice and discrimination and to assist government agencies to be more accountable to the public. Anti-discrimination projects that involve joint efforts of two or more organizations are encouraged. The Herb Block Foundation will also consider contemporary societal issues that may arise.

 Award: Grants range from $5,000 to $25,000

 Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations

 Letter of Intent Deadline: 10/08/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Defending Basic Freedoms

 Funding: Allstate Foundation Program Grants

 Administering Agency: Allstate Foundation

 Program: The Allstate Foundation supports national and local programs that fit within three focus areas: safe and vital communities, economic empowerment, and tolerance, inclusion and diversity. The safe and vital communities programs should address catastrophe response, youth anti-violence, neighborhood revitalization, and teen safe driving. The economic empowerment programs should address financial and economic literacy, insurance education, and empowerment for victims of domestic violence. The tolerance, inclusion and diversity programs should address teaching tolerance to youth, ending hate crimes, and alleviating discrimination.

 Award: Varies

 Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Allstate Foundation Program Grantst

 Funding: Neighborhood Excellence Initiative

 Administering Agency: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation

 Program: This program recognizes, nurtures, and rewards community-based organizations and local heroes working to improve their communities. Neighborhood Builders and Local Heroes are components of the Neighborhood Excellence Initiative. The Neighborhood Builders program provides unrestricted grant funding in addition to leadership training for 2 local nonprofits working to promote vibrant neighborhoods. The Local Heroes program recognizes 5 community heroes whose achievements and leadership on local issues contribute significantly to neighborhood vitality.

 Award: Neighborhood Builders Award: $200,000 in unrestricted grant funding and leadership training; Local Heroes Award: five $5,000 contributions to an eligible nonprofit chosen by the community heroes

 Eligibility: Neighborhood Builders - Nonprofits/charitable organizations; Local Heroes - individuals who have special and significant impact on individuals, families, or communities.

 Application Deadline: 06/30/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Neighborhood Excellence Initiative

 Funding: Community Relations Giving Program

 Administering Agency: Ameriprise Financial

 Program: Grant applications are being accepted from nonprofit organizations under the company's three philanthropic funding platforms: meeting basic needs, supporting community vitality, and volunteer driven causes. Meeting basic needs category, the company supports programs and services that help at-risk populations stabilize their lives and become more self-sufficient. Consideration will be given to programs that help provide food, shelter, and self-sufficiency. The supporting community vitality category supports programs and services that build strong communities by creating economic vitality and cultural enrichment. Support is provided in the areas of community development, cultural enrichment, civic leadership, disaster response and recovery, and environmental awareness. The volunteer driven causes category allows Ameriprise employees, advisors, and retirees to help determine where and how a portion of the grants are directed.

 Award: The minimum request amount is $5,000. Proposals will be evaluated based on the merit of the request and level of Ameriprise Financial volunteer involvement.

 Eligibility: Nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) IRS status or 509(a)(1, 2, or 3)

 Application Deadline: 09/01/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Community Relations Giving Program

 Funding: 2009 Community Action Projects Grants

 Administering Agency: Do Something

 Program: The purpose of this grant is to help young people implement or expand a community action project, program, or organization.

 Award: 52 awards at $500 each

 Eligibility: Applicants must be 25 or under and a US or Canadian citizen

 Application Deadline: No closing date

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: 2009 Community Action Projects Grants

 Funding: 2009 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation

 Administering Agency: Drucker Institute

 Program: This award is presented to social-sector organizations that show “change creates a new dimension of performance”. Programs must be highly effective and have made a difference in the lives of the people they serve.

 Award: 3 awards, First place: $100,000; Second place: $7,500; Third place: $5,000

 Eligibility: Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations

 Application Deadline: 07/01/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: 2009 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation

 Funding: Falk Foundation – Innovation and Development Grants

 Administering Agency: Falk Foundation

 Program: The Falk Foundation supports proposals for examining the root causes of injustice through academic research, educating the public and policymakers about equity issues, designing approaches for the prevention of injustice, and implementing practices that promote equal access and opportunity. The Innovation and Development Grants are small flexible grants that are intended to be highly responsive to current events and provide seed funding for short-term activities.

 Award: Up to $2,500

 Eligibility: 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

 Application Deadline: No closing date

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Falk Foundation – Innovation and Development Grants

 Funding: The Arcus LGBT Program

 Administering Agency: Arcus Foundation

 Program: The goal of the Arcus LGBT Program is to advance social justice inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity and race. It supports organizations, programs and projects working in the following areas: advancing LGBT rights locally, nationally, and internationally; religion and values; and racial justice, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

 Award: Varies-grants awarded in 2008 to date: 40 grants totaling $11,458,592

 Eligibility: United States applicants must be tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations; non-U.S. applicants must have U.S. 501(c)(3) equivalent status

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: The Arcus LGBT Program

 Funding: Microsoft Unlimited Potential–Community Technology Skills Program

 Administering Agency: Microsoft Corporation

 Program: Microsoft Corporation provides technology training, cash donations, software and curriculum and technical support to create community-based technology and learning centers in order to bridge the "digital divide" and eliminate technology illiteracy.

 Award: Non-cash support; software

 Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations or foreign nongovernmental organizations that hold charitable status in their country, that provide services to schools and communities during non-school hours, or that are supported and operated by the government

 Application Deadline: No closing date

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Microsoft Unlimited Potential–Community Technology Skills Program

 Funding: Google Grants Program

 Administering Agency: Google

 Program: This is an advertising grant within the Google AdWords™ program. AdWords is an online self-managed advertising program where an organization will manage its advertising campaign by creating and monitoring text ads that run on Google.

 Award: In-kind online advertising account that can be used for general outreach, fundraising activities, and recruitment of volunteers.

 Eligibility: United States organizations must have 501(c)(3) status, organization must have its own website, and its ads must link to a page on its website, keywords must be relevant to the organization’s programs and services, the organization’s website cannot display revenue generating ads, such as Google AdSense or affiliate advertising links, while participating in Google Grants and the active management of the advertising campaign is the organization's responsibility once the account is active.

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Google Grants Program

 Funding: A Brighter Future for Children and Youth: 2009-2012

 Administering Agency: General Board of Global Ministries, Women’s Division

 Program: This program provides grants for projects and programs that address the needs of children and young people between the ages of 5 and 18 in the areas of violence prevention, anti-abuse, and relationship abuse.

 Award: Grants of up to $4,000 with the average grant of $2,500; approximately 10% of the applicants receive funding each year

 Eligibility: This is a one-time grant. New or existing projects are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to projects that significantly involve women and youth at the grassroots level, demonstrate the ability to raise additional funds from other sources, provide direct and comprehensive services to young people, promote respect for racial and ethnic diversity, and cultivate spiritual lives and values.

 Application Deadline: 07/01/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: A Brighter Future for Children and Youth: 2009-2012

 Funding: A Brighter Future for Children and Youth

 Administering Agency: General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church

 Program: The Women's Division of the United Methodist Church's General Board of Global Ministries offers grants for projects and programs addressing the needs of children and young people between the ages of 5 and 18 in the areas of violence prevention, anti-abuse and relationship abuse.

 Award: Approximately 10% of applicants receive funding each year, with the awards averaging $2,500.

 Eligibility: Small-scale, community- and church-based programs and projects may apply for funding. Groups affiliated with national organizations, hospitals and organizations with budgets totaling more than $3 million do not normally receive funding. New and existing projects are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to projects that significantly involve women and youth at the grassroots level, demonstrate the ability to raise additional funds from other sources, provide direct and comprehensive services to young people, promote respect for racial and ethnic diversity, and cultivate spiritual lives and values.

 Application Deadline: 07/01/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: A Brighter Future for Children and Youth

 Funding: The Death Penalty Mobilization Fund

 Administering Agency: Tides Foundation

 Program: DPMF is a Tides Foundation funding collaborative that supports strategic collaborations of local, regional or national nonprofits working to abolish the death penalty at the state and/or federal levels. Projects supported by the Fund may also focus on intermediate steps such as specific reforms to the death penalty system, moratoria on executions, or study commissions.

 Award: Eight (8) awards ranging from $40,000 to $80,000 each year for 2 years

 Eligibility: State-based activist organizations working on death penalty reform

 Application Deadline: 08/17/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: The Death Penalty Mobilization Fund

 Funding: 2009 Women Helping Others Grant

 Administering Agency: W.H.O. Foundation

 Program: Grants will be awarded to nonprofits serving the overlooked needs of women, children, and families in the United States and Puerto Rico; preference will be given to organizations that do not rely on government grants.

 Award: Varies

 Eligibility: Tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charities that have been incorporated for at least three years and that have total organizational budgets of $3 million or less

 Application Deadline: 09/08/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: 2009 Women Helping Others Grant

 Funding: 2009 Women of Worth

 Administering Agency: L'Oréal Paris

 Program: Program which recognizes women volunteers for their commitment to their communities by donating up to $25,000 to the charity of their choice.

 Award: Each Honoree’s award consists of a $5,000 donation in the Honoree's name to an accredited 501(c) 3 non-profit. L'Oréal Paris will also make a $5,000 contribution in each Honoree's name to The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Also, the award for the National Honoree shall consist of a $25,000 donation in her name to an accredited 501(c) 3 non-profit organization.

 Eligibility: Award nominees must be women; legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia; consent to be nominated and 18 years of age or older at the time of nomination.

 Application Deadline: 07/13/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: 2009 Women of Worth

 Funding: Open Meadows

 Administering Agency: Open Meadows Foundation

 Program: The Open Meadows grant funds projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls, reflect the diversity of the community served by the project in both its leadership and organization, promote building community power, promote racial, social, economic and/or environmental justice and have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding.

 Award: Awards of up to $2,000

 Eligibility: Tax exempt organizations; organizations that have a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(C)3 organization; organizations with budgets of no more that $150,000

 Application Deadline: 08/15/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Open Meadows

 Funding: Peaceful Pathways: Reducing Exposure to Violence

 Administering Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships

 Program: The purpose of this program is to fund projects to reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location.

 Award: Total available funding: up to $1 million; up to 8 matching grants of between $50,000 to $200,000 each

 Eligibility: Projects must be new, community-based and culturally appropriate, reflecting how language skills, significant cultural differences, education, income and discrimination affect health outcomes. Community members should be engaged in planning and leadership. A diversity-focused funder that is principally concerned with the population to be served and nonprofit applicant 501(c) (3) organizations must nominate applicants

 Application Deadline: 12/31/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Peaceful Pathways: Reducing Exposure to Violence

 Funding: Mental Health Consequences of Violence and Trauma (R01)

 Administering Agency: National Institute of Mental Health

 Program: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites research grant applications for investigator-initiated research to enhance scientific understanding of the etiology of psychopathology related to violence and trauma, as well as studies to develop and test effective treatments, services, and prevention strategies in this area.

 Award: Varies

 Eligibility: Public/state controlled institution of higher education; private institution of higher education; nonprofit with/without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (other than institution of higher education); for-profit organization (other than small business); state government; U.S. Territory or Possession; Indian/Native American Tribal Government (federally recognized); Indian/Native American Tribal Government (other than federally recognized); Indian/Native American Tribally designated organization; non-domestic entity; Hispanic-serving institution; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian serving institutions; regional organization; eligible agencies of the federal government; faith-based or community-based organizations.

 Application Deadline: 11/06/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Mental Health Consequences of Violence and Trauma (R01)

 Funding: AHRQ Grant Program for Large Conference Support (R13) and (U13)

 Administering Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

 Program: This program supports conferences that include plans and strategies for disseminating conference materials and products to other audiences, beyond the participants attending the event. The types of conferences eligible for support include: research development - conferences where issues or challenges in the delivery of health services are defined and a research agenda or strategy for studying them is developed; design and methodology - conferences where methodological and technical issues of major importance in the field of health services research are addressed or new designs and methodologies are developed; dissemination conferences and research training, infrastructure and career development conferences.

 Award: $100,000

 Eligibility: Public or non-profit private institution, such as a university, college, or a faith-based or community-based organization, for-profit organizations for U13 applications only, unit of local or State government, unit of local Tribal government or State Tribal government

 Application Deadline: 08/12/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: AHRQ Grant Program for Large Conference Support (R13) and (U13)

 Funding: 2009 Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research

 Administering Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

 Program: This program supports research that takes a multidisciplinary perspective that can enhance the understanding of the complex health challenges facing the United States and fund innovative ways to address these challenges while informing the policy-making process.

 Award: Approximately 10 awards at up to $335,000 each

 Eligibility: Educational institutions or 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations located in the United States, or its territories on behalf of investigators in fields such as anthropology, business, demography, economics, engineering, ethics, genetics, health and social policy, health services research, history, journalism, law, medicine, nursing, political science, psychology, public health, science policy, social work, sociology and others who are affiliated with the applicant institution

 Letter of Intent Deadline: 03/25/2009

 Application Deadline: 07/28/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: 2009 Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research

 Funding: The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF)

 Administering Agency: Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)

 Program: The LHF program was established to define, study and educate lesbians and their health care providers about lesbian health issue and to improve the health of lesbians and their families through investigation and research. Current research goals include: determination of rates and risk.

 Award: Grants range from $500 to $10,000

 Eligibility: Open

 Application Deadline: 10/31/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF)

 Funding: The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R21)

 Administering Agency: National Institutes of Health

 Program: This program funds research studies that are qualitative, quantitative, and combined methods; that examine the mechanisms, mediators, and moderators by which religious and spiritual beliefs develop and are transmitted across generations; and whether and how these beliefs influence early sexual behaviors and alcohol or other drug use that may facilitate the transmission of HIV in children and adolescents.

 Award: The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, costs, and mechanism number of the applications received; the maximum amount allowed in direct costs per year is $200,000

 Eligibility: For profit or non-profit organizations; public or private institutions; units of state and local governments; eligible agencies of the federal government; domestic or foreign institutions/organizations; faith-based or community-based organizations; Indian/Native American Tribal Government (federally recognized); Indian/Native American tribal government (other than federally recognized); and Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations.

 Application Deadline: 09/07/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R21)

 Funding: The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R03)

 Administering Agency: National Institutes of Health

 Program: This program funds research studies that are qualitative, quantitative, and combined methods; that examine the mechanisms, mediators, and moderators by which religious and spiritual beliefs develop and are transmitted across generations; and whether and how these beliefs influence early sexual behaviors and alcohol or other drug use that may facilitate the transmission of HIV in children and adolescents.

 Award: Direct costs of up to two $25,000 modules, or $50,000 per year

 Eligibility: For profit or non-profit organizations; public or private institutions; units of state and local governments; eligible agencies of the federal government; domestic or foreign institutions/organizations; faith-based or community-based organizations; Indian/Native American Tribal Government (federally recognized); Indian/Native American tribal government (other than federally recognized); and Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations.

 Application Deadline: 09/07/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R03)

 Funding: Evaluation of OVC FY09 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking

 Administering Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

 Program: NIJ seeks proposals to conduct an evaluation of human trafficking demonstration programs that will be funded by the Office for Victims of Crimes (OVC) under a concurrent FY09 solicitation. The successful grantee will conduct a participatory process evaluation of two OVC demonstration programs that will be chosen based on their promising strategies to deliver a comprehensive array of services to child victims (i.e., under age 18) of human trafficking who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.

 Award: 1 award for $500,000

 Eligibility: States, Territories, local governments, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions, nonprofit and profit organizations, tribal nonprofit and profit organizations, institutions of higher education, tribal institutions of higher education, and certain qualified individuals

 Application Deadline: 07/27/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Evaluation of OVC FY09 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking

 Funding: Field - Initiated Grants Program

 Administering Agency: William T. Grant Foundation

 Program: The William T. Grant Foundation supports research that enhances its understanding of (1) how settings work, how the affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and (2) when, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policy and practice that affect youth, and how its use can be improved. For example: How do welfare policies affect family processes and, in turn, youth's well being? The foundation's current research interests include understanding how social settings such as families, schools, peer groups, and organizations work; how hey affect youth; and how they can be improved. The foundation's interests also focus on when, how and under what conditions research evidence is used in policy and practice that affect youth, and how its use can be improved.

 Award: Field-Initiated Grants usually range from $100,000 to $600,000 for the duration of the award. Newly initiated experiments in which settings (e.g., classrooms, schools, youth programs, etc.) are randomly assigned to condition usually have higher awards ranging up to $1.5 million.

 Eligibility: Be employed at a nonprofit institution, either in the United States or abroad (this institution must have 501(c)(3) tax-exemption), submit a project that is consistent with the Foundation's Current Research Interests, address issues that have compelling relevance for theory, policies, and/or practices affecting the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States or a vulnerable subpopulation of those youth, reflect high standards of evidence and rigorous methods, commensurate with the proposal's goals.

 Letter of Intent Deadline: 09/09/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Field - Initiated Grants Program

 Funding: Request for Research Proposals: Understanding the Acquisition,Interpretation, and Use of Research Evidence in Policy and Practice

 Administering Agency: William T. Grant Foundation

 Program: The Grant Foundation, whose interest is in policy and practice directly relevant to youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States, will support research on the factors that affect policymakers’ and practitioners’ acquisition, interpretation, and use of research evidence. Both newly initiated studies and add-on studies to existing projects will be considered.

 Award: Total available funding: $1.5 million per year; award amounts will range from $100,000 to $600,000 each

 Eligibility: 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, primary investigator must be a full-time employee of the applying 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization

 Letter of Intent Deadline: 05/12/2009

 Application Deadline: 10/06/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: Request for Research Proposals: Understanding the Acquisition,Interpretation, and Use of ResearchEvidence in Policy and Practice

 Funding: William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship

 Administering Agency: Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)

 Program: This fellowship introduces the students to issues and challenges affecting philanthropy, social enterprise, nonprofit organizations and other people/organizations in the social sector. The Hearst Fellow will perform research, writing, logistical, and administrative support for PSI’s leadership initiatives, public programs, and meetings.

 Award: Fellowship grant of $2,000

 Eligibility: A continuing graduate or undergraduate student from an underrepresented community of color with a demonstrated interest or experience in nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and the social sector, excellent research and writing skills, demonstrated financial need and US citizenship or US permanent residency

 Application Deadline: 07/15/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship

 Funding: FY 2009 Victim Assistance Professional Development Fellowship Program

 Administering Agency: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

 Program: The selected Fellows are to provide direct operational assistance to crime victim organizations and agencies; design and develop innovative initiatives; develop and deliver training programs; and assist with evaluation and capacity building efforts. Fellowships specifically address victim assistance and compensation, tribal communities, underserved crime victims, and evidence-based training and technical assistance.

 Award: $80,000 to $125,000 for each of up to 4 fellowships

 Eligibility: Open to individuals who must demonstrate a specific ability and strong desire to support the technical assistance, training and other educational needs of providers who respond to crime victims. For the tribal fellowship only, OVC will favor applicants who can demonstrate experience relevant to the unique demands of working with tribal communities, including experience living or working in tribal communities or Indian Country.

 Grant Managment System Deadline: 07/08/2009

 Application Deadline: 07/09/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: FY 2009 Victim Assistance Professional Development Fellowship Program

 Funding: 2009-2010 William T. Grant Scholars Program

 Administering Agency: William T. Grant Foundation

 Program: This program supports promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines, who have demonstrated success in conducting high-quality research and are seeking to further develop and broaden their expertise.

 Award: Four to six scholars will be selected to receive a five-year, $350,000 grant

 Eligibility: Applicants must be employed at a nonprofit institution, either in the United States or abroad, and have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application. The award may not be used as a postdoctoral fellowship. International applicants are eligible if their research focuses on youth in the United States.

 Application Deadline: 07/08/2009

 Application Guidelines/Submissions: Visit the website for complete application guidelines/submission.

 Website: 2009-2010 William T. Grant Scholars Program