Make a Difference Day

http://usaweekend.com/diffday/aboutmadd.html

Each year in April, hundreds of good deeds done on Make A Difference Day are selected for honors, headlines and charitable donations.

$10,000 to 10 projects Paul Newman, who donates all after-tax profits from sales of Newman's Own products to educational and charitable purposes, continues his support of Make A Difference Day. Mr. Newman will donate $10,000 each to 10 selected projects.

If you want to participate, just help someone else on the next Make A Difference Day, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007.

To be considered for honors and so you will be counted among the millions of volunteers for the next Make A Difference Day on October 28, 2006, fill out an entry form after you have completed your Make A Difference Day project. Download Entry Form (PDF)
ORUpdate your project in our DAYtaBANK

NFL Grassroots Program -- 2007 Request for Proposals (RFP)

The NFL Youth Football Fund Grassroots Program is a partnership of the National Football League Youth Football Fund (NFL YFF) and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to provide non-profit, neighborhood-based organizations, middle schools and high schools with financing and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields.

The site offers proposal writing help and a telecast Experts Online -- Get in the Game!! Preparing your NFL Grassroots Proposal September 12, 2007; 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Deadline: November 30, 2007

http://www.lisc.org/section/areas/sec3/youth/request/

ING Unsung Heroes®

For more than 10 years, and with over $2.8 million in awarded grants, the ING Unsung Heroes program has proven to be an A+ program with educators. The program’s “alumni” have inspired success in the classroom and impacted countless numbers of students.

Applications for the 2008 awards are now available. The application deadline is April 30, 2008.

Blogroll

Thanks to a tutorial from Peter Bromberg, SJRLC blogger extradonaire, I've added a "blogroll" posted on the right of this page. All of the blogs are informative and many of them are entertaining as well; they let you know that you "ARE NOT ALONE!"

If you know of other grant related blogs that would be of value to the grant writing community at large, please send me a comment and I'll update the list accordingly.

CraigsList Foundation’s Nonprofit Boot Camp

Join Craigslist Foundation for a day of knowledge, resources and networking, all focused on how to start and run a vibrant nonprofit. Nonprofit Boot Camp is designed to educate and empower the next generation of nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs, connecting them with valuable industry resources, peers and potential supporters.

Saturday September 15, 2007
Brooklyn Academy of Music
8:30-5:30

Toshiba K-6 Math/Science Grants are here again!

Eligibility

Any K-6 teacher in a public or private (non-profit) school is eligible. Grants
will be awarded to the teacher’s school and will be restricted for use by the
teacher in his/her classroom. Only one application per teacher is allowed.


Project Eligibility
* Projects must advance the teacher’s science and math teaching
units in grades K-6.
* Projects must occur during the school day. Before-school,
after-school or take home projects are not eligible.
* Projects must be completed by May 1st so that a project final
report can be submitted by May 15th.
* Projects should take place over at least three class sessions.
* Projects should not be based solely on the purchase of a prepackaged
kit.

Deadline: October 1
Link: http://www.toshiba.com/tafpub/upload/page/100045/applic_K-6.pdf