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American Express Community Giving
American Express Foundation
Mission
It is our mission to support our customers, colleagues and communities by helping them achieve their aspirations and helping their communities thrive. This shapes our work as a responsible corporate citizen. We deliver high-impact funding and initiatives that support people, businesses and non-profit partners so that together, we can make a meaningful difference in the world.
Edison International: Community Grants Program
Edison International
NOTE: We're partnering with local nonprofits that have programs focused on education, the environment, public safety & emergency preparedness, and civic engagement. All grant applications are by invitation only. After reviewing our giving priorities below, if your nonprofit organization fits the eligibility criteria, please email a short description of your program.
Brightening Our Communities
Today, Edison International is one of the largest corporate philanthropic contributors in Southern California, we partner with local nonprofits and everyday community heroes to brighten our neighborhoods and build a better tomorrow.
Last year, we contributed $20 million in funding to support programs that help communities in our service area shine bright while tackling tough issues, such as improving air quality and access to clean energy solutions, increasing community resilience and disaster preparedness, advocating for increased diversity, equity & inclusion, and helping kids make a difference in the world by studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
More than 90% of our giving helps underserved residents, including diverse ethnic groups, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, women, LGBTQ+ populations and low-income families.
Grants to Make a Difference
Our grant funding aims to assist members of our communities that are often underserved, such as diverse ethnic groups, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, women, low-income and LGBTQ+ populations.
Our Giving Priorities
Education
We believe education has the power to change lives, communities, and the world. Education receives the most funding of our focus areas to support educational programs designed to help keep kids engaged in school while opening doors to higher education.
We look for education programs that emphasize science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in middle school, high school, and college levels, including tutoring, scholarships, and college-access programs.
The Environment
Our commitment to protecting the environment began decades ago and is deeply rooted in our company culture and focus to be a clean energy leader for our region and state.
We are uniting with nonprofits that have the passion and expertise to help shift environmental issues impacting our state and the world, such as improving Southern California's air quality, conserving green spaces for future generations, preserving and restoring habitats, and creating healthier communities by increasing access to green jobs and clean energy solutions.
Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Natural disasters can strike suddenly, anywhere and at any time. Earthquakes pose a real and ongoing threat, while wildfires have become an urgent problem with devastating consequences for all Californians.
Edison is committed to protecting our communities and helping families be prepared for natural and human-caused disasters. We support programs focused on electrical safety, emergency/disaster preparedness, community resiliency and wildfire safety and mitigation for our most vulnerable community members.
Civic Engagement
We believe that the ability to lead the transformation of the electric power industry toward a clean energy future relies on the diversity of our team and a society that enables all people to thrive.
To reflect our values, we partner with organizations that are deeply rooted in community advocacy and engagement while providing services such as workforce development and career pathway programs, professional and civic engagement leadership, youth mentoring, and capacity building for local nonprofits with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Nobbs Family Foundation Grant
Nobbs Family Foundation
The Foundation generally does not accept unsolicited applications. Invited organizations that provide education, scholarships, training, and mentoring for disadvantaged youth and young adults may be asked to submit an online Letter of Inquiry (LOI). The Foundation will review submissions and, if approved, may request that the applicant submit a Stage 2 Grant Application.
Nobbs Family Foundation
The mission of the Nobbs Family Foundation is to empower and enable disadvantaged but aspiring children and young adults to reach their dreams and become independent, productive, and self-sufficient.
The Nobbs Foundation funds organizations dedicated to empowering youth and young adults through education and mentoring. Through grants and scholarships, we enable people who aspire to reach their dreams to succeed.
Grantmaking
The Foundation's funding priorities include education, training, and mentoring for disadvantaged youth and young adults in Southern California.
LA84 Foundation Grant
LA84 Foundation
The LA84 Foundation believes in the transformational power of sport. As a legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games, the LA84 Foundation makes grants to organizations that focus on youth development through sport. The Olympic and Paralympic Values are fundamental to the work of the foundation and the organizations we support:
- Friendship;
- Respect;
- Excellence;
- Determination;
- Courage;
- Equality.
Funding Priorities
- The foundation welcomes applications from organizations and agencies throughout Southern California to support youth sports programs and activities.
- We believe in using the power of sports to help children and youth develop into healthy and happy productive adults.
- We focus our support on organizations that view sports as an integral way to develop children and youth to be healthy, happy, and engaged individuals.
- We support approaches that have a Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD) orientation in their work.
- Sports-based youth develop programs are often described as out-of-school programs that use a particular sport to facilitate learning and life skill development in youth.
- As part of our most recent strategic planning, we have more clearly centered equity as a guiding frame of our work and achieving equity in play as our North Star. Not all kids have equitable access to sport and play due in part to:
- Existing disparities in health, wealth, and education.
- Public policies that have not supported investments in park infrastructure, recreation, and sports opportunities.
The LA84 Foundation is guided by the following principles:
- Sport is an effective tool in positive youth development.
- Sport can improve the lives of young people through positive social-emotional, health, and educational outcomes, and has important lifelong impacts.
- Coaching education greatly improves the sport experience for young people and youth development outcomes.
- No sport is risk free, but the health and safety of young athletes is a top priority.
- We are a learning organization, and we know involvement in sports has long-term positive impacts for children and youth. We expect to work with grantees and learn about their successes so that we may share with leaders in the SBYD ecosystem.
In our grantmaking we prioritize:
- Youth under 18 years of age with a focus on youth of color, youth living in low-income households, and girls and young women.
- Youth that are overlooked and underserved including youth living with disabilities, and LGBTQ or gender nonconforming youth.
- Organizations that use a sports-based youth development approach in their service model.
- Organizations that center equity in their service model and work to address the inequities by prioritizing children and youth that lack access to sport and play.
Types of Grants
There are two types of grants, small and large.
- Small grants are grant less than $10,000. Small grants are awarded between February and November.
- Large grants are anything over that amount. For large grants there are two deadlines in 2023. The first deadline is January 23, 2023 and the other is in July 21, 2023.
JDF: FIRST LEGO League Discover
John Deere Foundation
NOTE:
- Teams must apply and get approval for the John Deere FIRST grant PRIOR to completing (paying for) registration. You can register with FIRST but SHOULD NOT PAY for your registration as you will forfeit receiving a John Deere grant.
- For FIRST teams that receive a John Deere grant, one of the requirements is for all coaches, lead mentors along with FTC & FRC students to take the free, three part, on-line FIRST Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion training with this link if not taken before. This will help your team to use the strategies for better recruitment and support.
John Deere FIRST
John Deere and FIRST are together committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion which encourages teams to be more innovation, creative, and make better decisions. We encourage your team to support and encourage diversity within your team.
John Deere grants are focused on increasing the participation and positive outcomes for students in John Deere home communities who historically have been underserved and underrepresented in STEM (Engineering, Computer Science/IT, and Manufacturing). This focus is supporting John Deere’s Bold Commitment of reaching at least one million underserved/underrepresented youth by 2030.
Current U.S. & Canada John Deere Inspire Home Communities
United States:
- California - Torrance
- Georgia - Augusta
- Illinois - Champaign & Quad Cities
- Iowa - Des Moines, Dubuque, Paton, Ottumwa, Quad Cities, & Waterloo
- Kansas - Coffeyville
- Louisiana - Thibodaux
- Missouri - Springfield
- North Carolina - Raleigh-Durham
- North Dakota - Fargo & Valley City
- Tennessee - Greeneville
- Wisconsin – Horicon
Canada:
- Alberta - Edmonton
- Manitoba - Altona
- Ontario - Grimsby
- Ontario - Oakville
- Saskatchewan - Regina
Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation Grant
The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation
The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation, established in 1963, is a private foundation incorporated under California law.
The mission of the Foundation is to improve the quality of life within the communities associated with the career and legacy of California pioneer Henry Mayo Newhall. These communities include San Francisco, the Santa Clarita Valley of Los Angeles County and the Santa Maria Valley in central California.
Funding Priorities
The Foundation accepts proposals for the following program priorities:
- Academic and cultural enrichment programs for children and youth (e.g., math and science; fine and visual arts; performing arts; computer literacy; tutoring and mentoring).
- Agriculture, animal welfare and conservation programs.
- College scholarship programs.
- Historical preservation programs.
- Outreach programs for the disadvantaged (e.g., homeless shelters, food banks, health centers, domestic violence shelters, care for the elderly).
Grants are typically awarded for one year in the range of $5,000 to $20,000 and may be renewed based on grantee performance and program effectiveness. The Foundation does not assume any obligation to provide continuing support to grantees beyond the initial grant.
The Foundation will consider requests for multi-year funding to facilitate effective program planning by supported institutions.
DevTo Support Foundation Grant
DevTo Support Foundation
About Us
The mission of the DevTo Support Foundation is to empower disadvantaged youth to become independent, self-sufficient, and productive community members and to enhance the physical, intellectual, spiritual, and emotional well being of youth, individuals and families in Southern California.
The Foundation supports programs in Orange County, the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas that
- Build strong families and communities
- Provide educational opportunities to the disadvantaged and underserved youth
- Support a nurturing and caring community
- Enhance the intellectual, spiritual, and emotional well being of the individual and family.
Funding priorities include:
- Mentoring and enrichment programs for disadvantaged and underserved youth
- Sports-related programs for youth
- Faith-based programs
- Drug and alcohol recovery programs
Grants will range from $10,000 to $75,000 on average. Exceptions may be made.
Grants shall generally be awarded for a single year.
PTCF: Community Fund Grants
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation
About Us
The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation (Parasol) is a non-profit, public charity that is dedicated to supporting the Lake Tahoe Region – now and into the future. We are building a more prosperous community by partnering with donors to make their charitable giving more meaningful, by supporting quality programs provided by local nonprofit organizations and by providing community leadership on emerging issues.
Core Values
- Integrity: We are transparent in all of our transactions and maintain our commitments to our donors, partners, and the community.
- Stewardship: We ensure the resources entrusted to our care are protected and invested in positive, sustainable outcomes for our community.
- Inclusivity: We value all members of our community and act with respect and kindness to all.
- Partnership: We work closely with our donors and partners to deliver positive community impact.
- Innovation: We seek and stimulate new approaches, perspectives, and ideas to address what matters most to the people and communities we serve.
Community Fund Grants
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation’s mission is to cultivate community philanthropy to enhance and preserve the quality of life at Tahoe. The Community Foundation offers competitive Community Fund grants on an annual basis to organizations serving the Lake Tahoe Basin in our five programmatic areas. These grants allow nonprofit organizations to request the support they need to better serve the Tahoe Region.The Community Foundation’s five programmatic areas include:- Arts, Culture and Heritage: arts education, historical preservation and a rich cultural experience
- Well-Being: enhanced quality of life through improved access to health care, critical services, food, housing and recreation
- Community Engagement: dynamic partnerships, civic initiatives, and faith-based causes
- Education and Youth Development: quality educational, training and mentoring opportunities for youth and adults
- Environment: environmental sustainability, healthy ecosystems and wildlife
JDF: FIRST Tech Challenge
John Deere Foundation
NOTE:
- Teams must apply and get approval for the John Deere FIRST grant PRIOR to completing (paying for) registration for the 2022-2023 FIRST season. You can register with FIRST but SHOULD NOT PAY for your registration as you will forfeit receiving a John Deere grant.
- For FIRST teams that receive a John Deere grant, one of the requirements is for all coaches, lead mentors along with FTC & FRC students to take the free, three part, on-line FIRST Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion training with this link if not taken before. This will help your team to use the strategies for better recruitment and support.
John Deere and FIRST are together committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion which encourages teams to be more innovation, creative, and make better decisions. We encourage your team to support and encourage diversity within your team.
John Deere grants are focused on increasing the participation and positive outcomes for students in John Deere home communities who historically have been underserved and underrepresented in STEM (Engineering, Computer Science/IT, and Manufacturing). This focus is supporting John Deere’s Bold Commitment of reaching at least one million underserved/underrepresented youth by 2030.
Current U.S. & Canada John Deere Inspire Home Communities
United States:
- California - Torrance
- Georgia - Augusta
- Illinois - Champaign & Quad Cities
- Iowa - Des Moines, Dubuque, Paton, Ottumwa, Quad Cities, & Waterloo
- Kansas - Coffeyville
- Louisiana - Thibodaux
- Missouri - Springfield
- North Carolina - Raleigh-Durham
- North Dakota - Fargo & Valley City
- Tennessee - Greeneville
- Wisconsin – Horicon
Canada:
- Alberta - Edmonton
- Manitoba - Altona
- Ontario - Grimsby
- Ontario - Oakville
- Saskatchewan - Regina
FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge students learn to think like engineers. Teams design, build, and code robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. Robots are built from a reusable platform, powered by Android technology, and can be coded using a variety of levels of Java-based programming
American Express Community Giving
American Express Foundation
Mission
It is our mission to support our customers, colleagues and communities by helping them achieve their aspirations and helping their communities thrive. This shapes our work as a responsible corporate citizen. We deliver high-impact funding and initiatives that support people, businesses and non-profit partners so that together, we can make a meaningful difference in the world.
Edison International: Community Grants Program
Edison International
NOTE: We're partnering with local nonprofits that have programs focused on education, the environment, public safety & emergency preparedness, and civic engagement. All grant applications are by invitation only. After reviewing our giving priorities below, if your nonprofit organization fits the eligibility criteria, please email a short description of your program.
Brightening Our Communities
Today, Edison International is one of the largest corporate philanthropic contributors in Southern California, we partner with local nonprofits and everyday community heroes to brighten our neighborhoods and build a better tomorrow.
Last year, we contributed $20 million in funding to support programs that help communities in our service area shine bright while tackling tough issues, such as improving air quality and access to clean energy solutions, increasing community resilience and disaster preparedness, advocating for increased diversity, equity & inclusion, and helping kids make a difference in the world by studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
More than 90% of our giving helps underserved residents, including diverse ethnic groups, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, women, LGBTQ+ populations and low-income families.
Grants to Make a Difference
Our grant funding aims to assist members of our communities that are often underserved, such as diverse ethnic groups, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, women, low-income and LGBTQ+ populations.
Our Giving Priorities
Education
We believe education has the power to change lives, communities, and the world. Education receives the most funding of our focus areas to support educational programs designed to help keep kids engaged in school while opening doors to higher education.
We look for education programs that emphasize science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in middle school, high school, and college levels, including tutoring, scholarships, and college-access programs.
The Environment
Our commitment to protecting the environment began decades ago and is deeply rooted in our company culture and focus to be a clean energy leader for our region and state.
We are uniting with nonprofits that have the passion and expertise to help shift environmental issues impacting our state and the world, such as improving Southern California's air quality, conserving green spaces for future generations, preserving and restoring habitats, and creating healthier communities by increasing access to green jobs and clean energy solutions.
Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Natural disasters can strike suddenly, anywhere and at any time. Earthquakes pose a real and ongoing threat, while wildfires have become an urgent problem with devastating consequences for all Californians.
Edison is committed to protecting our communities and helping families be prepared for natural and human-caused disasters. We support programs focused on electrical safety, emergency/disaster preparedness, community resiliency and wildfire safety and mitigation for our most vulnerable community members.
Civic Engagement
We believe that the ability to lead the transformation of the electric power industry toward a clean energy future relies on the diversity of our team and a society that enables all people to thrive.
To reflect our values, we partner with organizations that are deeply rooted in community advocacy and engagement while providing services such as workforce development and career pathway programs, professional and civic engagement leadership, youth mentoring, and capacity building for local nonprofits with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Nobbs Family Foundation Grant
Nobbs Family Foundation
The Foundation generally does not accept unsolicited applications. Invited organizations that provide education, scholarships, training, and mentoring for disadvantaged youth and young adults may be asked to submit an online Letter of Inquiry (LOI). The Foundation will review submissions and, if approved, may request that the applicant submit a Stage 2 Grant Application.
Nobbs Family Foundation
The mission of the Nobbs Family Foundation is to empower and enable disadvantaged but aspiring children and young adults to reach their dreams and become independent, productive, and self-sufficient.
The Nobbs Foundation funds organizations dedicated to empowering youth and young adults through education and mentoring. Through grants and scholarships, we enable people who aspire to reach their dreams to succeed.
Grantmaking
The Foundation's funding priorities include education, training, and mentoring for disadvantaged youth and young adults in Southern California.
LA84 Foundation Grant
LA84 Foundation
The LA84 Foundation believes in the transformational power of sport. As a legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games, the LA84 Foundation makes grants to organizations that focus on youth development through sport. The Olympic and Paralympic Values are fundamental to the work of the foundation and the organizations we support:
- Friendship;
- Respect;
- Excellence;
- Determination;
- Courage;
- Equality.
Funding Priorities
- The foundation welcomes applications from organizations and agencies throughout Southern California to support youth sports programs and activities.
- We believe in using the power of sports to help children and youth develop into healthy and happy productive adults.
- We focus our support on organizations that view sports as an integral way to develop children and youth to be healthy, happy, and engaged individuals.
- We support approaches that have a Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD) orientation in their work.
- Sports-based youth develop programs are often described as out-of-school programs that use a particular sport to facilitate learning and life skill development in youth.
- As part of our most recent strategic planning, we have more clearly centered equity as a guiding frame of our work and achieving equity in play as our North Star. Not all kids have equitable access to sport and play due in part to:
- Existing disparities in health, wealth, and education.
- Public policies that have not supported investments in park infrastructure, recreation, and sports opportunities.
The LA84 Foundation is guided by the following principles:
- Sport is an effective tool in positive youth development.
- Sport can improve the lives of young people through positive social-emotional, health, and educational outcomes, and has important lifelong impacts.
- Coaching education greatly improves the sport experience for young people and youth development outcomes.
- No sport is risk free, but the health and safety of young athletes is a top priority.
- We are a learning organization, and we know involvement in sports has long-term positive impacts for children and youth. We expect to work with grantees and learn about their successes so that we may share with leaders in the SBYD ecosystem.
In our grantmaking we prioritize:
- Youth under 18 years of age with a focus on youth of color, youth living in low-income households, and girls and young women.
- Youth that are overlooked and underserved including youth living with disabilities, and LGBTQ or gender nonconforming youth.
- Organizations that use a sports-based youth development approach in their service model.
- Organizations that center equity in their service model and work to address the inequities by prioritizing children and youth that lack access to sport and play.
Types of Grants
There are two types of grants, small and large.
- Small grants are grant less than $10,000. Small grants are awarded between February and November.
- Large grants are anything over that amount. For large grants there are two deadlines in 2023. The first deadline is January 23, 2023 and the other is in July 21, 2023.
JDF: FIRST LEGO League Discover
John Deere Foundation
NOTE:
- Teams must apply and get approval for the John Deere FIRST grant PRIOR to completing (paying for) registration. You can register with FIRST but SHOULD NOT PAY for your registration as you will forfeit receiving a John Deere grant.
- For FIRST teams that receive a John Deere grant, one of the requirements is for all coaches, lead mentors along with FTC & FRC students to take the free, three part, on-line FIRST Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion training with this link if not taken before. This will help your team to use the strategies for better recruitment and support.
John Deere FIRST
John Deere and FIRST are together committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion which encourages teams to be more innovation, creative, and make better decisions. We encourage your team to support and encourage diversity within your team.
John Deere grants are focused on increasing the participation and positive outcomes for students in John Deere home communities who historically have been underserved and underrepresented in STEM (Engineering, Computer Science/IT, and Manufacturing). This focus is supporting John Deere’s Bold Commitment of reaching at least one million underserved/underrepresented youth by 2030.
Current U.S. & Canada John Deere Inspire Home Communities
United States:
- California - Torrance
- Georgia - Augusta
- Illinois - Champaign & Quad Cities
- Iowa - Des Moines, Dubuque, Paton, Ottumwa, Quad Cities, & Waterloo
- Kansas - Coffeyville
- Louisiana - Thibodaux
- Missouri - Springfield
- North Carolina - Raleigh-Durham
- North Dakota - Fargo & Valley City
- Tennessee - Greeneville
- Wisconsin – Horicon
Canada:
- Alberta - Edmonton
- Manitoba - Altona
- Ontario - Grimsby
- Ontario - Oakville
- Saskatchewan - Regina
Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation Grant
The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation
The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation, established in 1963, is a private foundation incorporated under California law.
The mission of the Foundation is to improve the quality of life within the communities associated with the career and legacy of California pioneer Henry Mayo Newhall. These communities include San Francisco, the Santa Clarita Valley of Los Angeles County and the Santa Maria Valley in central California.
Funding Priorities
The Foundation accepts proposals for the following program priorities:
- Academic and cultural enrichment programs for children and youth (e.g., math and science; fine and visual arts; performing arts; computer literacy; tutoring and mentoring).
- Agriculture, animal welfare and conservation programs.
- College scholarship programs.
- Historical preservation programs.
- Outreach programs for the disadvantaged (e.g., homeless shelters, food banks, health centers, domestic violence shelters, care for the elderly).
Grants are typically awarded for one year in the range of $5,000 to $20,000 and may be renewed based on grantee performance and program effectiveness. The Foundation does not assume any obligation to provide continuing support to grantees beyond the initial grant.
The Foundation will consider requests for multi-year funding to facilitate effective program planning by supported institutions.
DevTo Support Foundation Grant
DevTo Support Foundation
About Us
The mission of the DevTo Support Foundation is to empower disadvantaged youth to become independent, self-sufficient, and productive community members and to enhance the physical, intellectual, spiritual, and emotional well being of youth, individuals and families in Southern California.
The Foundation supports programs in Orange County, the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas that
- Build strong families and communities
- Provide educational opportunities to the disadvantaged and underserved youth
- Support a nurturing and caring community
- Enhance the intellectual, spiritual, and emotional well being of the individual and family.
Funding priorities include:
- Mentoring and enrichment programs for disadvantaged and underserved youth
- Sports-related programs for youth
- Faith-based programs
- Drug and alcohol recovery programs
Grants will range from $10,000 to $75,000 on average. Exceptions may be made.
Grants shall generally be awarded for a single year.
PTCF: Community Fund Grants
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation
About Us
The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation (Parasol) is a non-profit, public charity that is dedicated to supporting the Lake Tahoe Region – now and into the future. We are building a more prosperous community by partnering with donors to make their charitable giving more meaningful, by supporting quality programs provided by local nonprofit organizations and by providing community leadership on emerging issues.
Core Values
- Integrity: We are transparent in all of our transactions and maintain our commitments to our donors, partners, and the community.
- Stewardship: We ensure the resources entrusted to our care are protected and invested in positive, sustainable outcomes for our community.
- Inclusivity: We value all members of our community and act with respect and kindness to all.
- Partnership: We work closely with our donors and partners to deliver positive community impact.
- Innovation: We seek and stimulate new approaches, perspectives, and ideas to address what matters most to the people and communities we serve.
Community Fund Grants
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation’s mission is to cultivate community philanthropy to enhance and preserve the quality of life at Tahoe. The Community Foundation offers competitive Community Fund grants on an annual basis to organizations serving the Lake Tahoe Basin in our five programmatic areas. These grants allow nonprofit organizations to request the support they need to better serve the Tahoe Region.The Community Foundation’s five programmatic areas include:- Arts, Culture and Heritage: arts education, historical preservation and a rich cultural experience
- Well-Being: enhanced quality of life through improved access to health care, critical services, food, housing and recreation
- Community Engagement: dynamic partnerships, civic initiatives, and faith-based causes
- Education and Youth Development: quality educational, training and mentoring opportunities for youth and adults
- Environment: environmental sustainability, healthy ecosystems and wildlife
JDF: FIRST Tech Challenge
John Deere Foundation
NOTE:
- Teams must apply and get approval for the John Deere FIRST grant PRIOR to completing (paying for) registration for the 2022-2023 FIRST season. You can register with FIRST but SHOULD NOT PAY for your registration as you will forfeit receiving a John Deere grant.
- For FIRST teams that receive a John Deere grant, one of the requirements is for all coaches, lead mentors along with FTC & FRC students to take the free, three part, on-line FIRST Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion training with this link if not taken before. This will help your team to use the strategies for better recruitment and support.
John Deere and FIRST are together committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion which encourages teams to be more innovation, creative, and make better decisions. We encourage your team to support and encourage diversity within your team.
John Deere grants are focused on increasing the participation and positive outcomes for students in John Deere home communities who historically have been underserved and underrepresented in STEM (Engineering, Computer Science/IT, and Manufacturing). This focus is supporting John Deere’s Bold Commitment of reaching at least one million underserved/underrepresented youth by 2030.
Current U.S. & Canada John Deere Inspire Home Communities
United States:
- California - Torrance
- Georgia - Augusta
- Illinois - Champaign & Quad Cities
- Iowa - Des Moines, Dubuque, Paton, Ottumwa, Quad Cities, & Waterloo
- Kansas - Coffeyville
- Louisiana - Thibodaux
- Missouri - Springfield
- North Carolina - Raleigh-Durham
- North Dakota - Fargo & Valley City
- Tennessee - Greeneville
- Wisconsin – Horicon
Canada:
- Alberta - Edmonton
- Manitoba - Altona
- Ontario - Grimsby
- Ontario - Oakville
- Saskatchewan - Regina
FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge students learn to think like engineers. Teams design, build, and code robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. Robots are built from a reusable platform, powered by Android technology, and can be coded using a variety of levels of Java-based programming
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American Express Community Giving
American Express Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Grant amount: Unspecified amount
Fields of work: Academic Success & Enrichment Vocational & Trade Education STEM Education Financial Literacy Entrepreneurship Climate Change Resilience Disaster Relief / Humanitarian Aid Reentry Services Minority Services LGBTQIA+ Services Immigrant Services Green Economy & Jobs Workforce Preparation & Job Readiness Indigenous Services Homelessness Services Military & Veterans Services Disability Care & Services Renewable/Sustainable Energy Show all
Applicant type: Nonprofit, Government Entity
Funding uses: Project / Program, Training / Capacity Building, Education / Outreach
Location of project: Preferred: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom, Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, New York, Utah Other eligible locations: Anywhere in the world
Location of residency: Preferred: Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom, Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, New York, Utah Other eligible locations: Anywhere in the world
Overview:
Mission
It is our mission to support our customers, colleagues and communities by helping them achieve their aspirations and helping their communities thrive. This shapes our work as a responsible corporate citizen. We deliver high-impact funding and initiatives that support people, businesses and non-profit partners so that together, we can make a meaningful difference in the world.
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
Eligibility:
- Eligible organizations must:
- Certify tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1), (2) or (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Organizations outside the U.S. must be able to document nonprofit status.
- Not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
- Grant Criteria
- Backing Equal Futures
- Programs that provide skills and pathways to prepare youth (ages 13 - 30) for long-term success and the future of work. (Including the green economy, STEAM and digital futures)
- Programs may include school-based, college, trade school, public service or workforce-related training or mentoring to support skill-building, education, the transition to meaningful employment and self-sufficiency for underrepresented populations.
- Eligible organizations for “in need”, “at risk” or “underrepresented communities”, include those supporting racial, ethnic, and indigenous minorities, women, refugees, incarcerated/formerly incarcerated, unhoused and formerly unhoused people, veterans/VET families, people with disabilities and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Advocacy to support education and workforce development in underrepresented communities
- Eligible organizations for “in need”, “at risk” or “underrepresented communities”, include those supporting racial, ethnic and indigenous minorities, women, refugees, incarcerated/formerly incarcerated, unhoused and formerly unhoused people, veterans/VET families, people with disabilities and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Programs may include school-based, college, trade school, public service or workforce-related training or mentoring to support the transition to meaningful employment and self-sufficiency for underrepresented populations.
- Programs that provide skills and pathways to prepare youth (ages 13 - 30) for long-term success and the future of work. (Including the green economy, STEAM and digital futures)
- Backing Small
- Support for diverse small business owners and entrepreneurs through our 'Backing Small' initiative including grants, mentoring support, and technical assistance issued through established community partnerships.
- Financial literacy education, training, and mentoring for underrepresented individuals and families to build financial awareness, fiscal acumen and success (including at school age grades 5-12, during higher education, or when individuals are entering/re-entering the workforce.
- Backing Low-Carbon Communities
- Innovative programs, partnerships, and action focused on urban energy transition, emissions reduction and efficiency that have measurable environmental and social impacts.
- Community-led climate projects focused on nature-based or clean energy initiatives, including those led by diverse or underrepresented groups.
- Engage American Express colleagues in local environmental initiatives through our Green2Gether program
- At home energy efficiency initiatives
- Local volunteering options to advance climate solutions, including 2-3 key environmental activations/year
- Disaster relief and resilience building programs and initiatives in extreme weather prone areas and other locations where our colleagues and customers live and work to provide both immediate and/or long-term relief and community preparedness to natural and man-made disasters.
- Backing Equal Futures
Preferences:
- Priority locations - your organization will have a better chance of receiving funding if it’s located in the following geographic areas:
- United States
- Arizona
- New York
- Utah
- California
- Florida
- Washington D.C
- Around the World
- Australia
- Canada
- China
- France
- Germany
- India
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- Singapore
- United Kingdom
- United States
Ineligibility:
- Please do not submit funding requests for:
- Individual needs, including scholarships, sponsorships and other forms of financial aid.
- Fund-raising activities, such as galas, benefits, dinners and sporting events.
- Goodwill advertising, souvenir journals or dinner programs.
- Travel for individuals or groups.
- Sectarian activities by religious organizations.
- Political causes, candidates, organizations or campaigns.
- Books, magazines or articles in professional journals.
- Endowments or capital campaigns, except restoration projects.
- Traveling exhibitions (we will only consider each venue on its own).
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Edison International: Community Grants Program
Edison International
Deadline: Rolling
Grant amount: Unspecified amount
Fields of work: Career/College Preparation Art Education Disaster Preparedness STEM Education Environment Renewable/Sustainable Energy Energy Efficiency & Conservation Parks & Public Spaces Marine/Ocean Conservation Land/Habitat Conservation Air Quality Volunteerism & Philanthropy Workforce Preparation & Job Readiness Show all
Applicant type: Nonprofit
Funding uses: Education / Outreach, Project / Program
Location of project: Counties in California: Fresno County, Imperial County, Inyo County, Kern County, Kings County Show all
Location of residency: Counties in California: Fresno County, Imperial County, Inyo County, Kern County, Kings County Show all
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NOTE: We're partnering with local nonprofits that have programs focused on education, the environment, public safety & emergency preparedness, and civic engagement. All grant applications are by invitation only. After reviewing our giving priorities below, if your nonprofit organization fits the eligibility criteria, please email a short description of your program.
Brightening Our Communities
Today, Edison International is one of the largest corporate philanthropic contributors in Southern California, we partner with local nonprofits and everyday community heroes to brighten our neighborhoods and build a better tomorrow.
Last year, we contributed $20 million in funding to support programs that help communities in our service area shine bright while tackling tough issues, such as improving air quality and access to clean energy solutions, increasing community resilience and disaster preparedness, advocating for increased diversity, equity & inclusion, and helping kids make a difference in the world by studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
More than 90% of our giving helps underserved residents, including diverse ethnic groups, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, women, LGBTQ+ populations and low-income families.
Grants to Make a Difference
Our grant funding aims to assist members of our communities that are often underserved, such as diverse ethnic groups, seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, women, low-income and LGBTQ+ populations.
Our Giving Priorities
Education
We believe education has the power to change lives, communities, and the world. Education receives the most funding of our focus areas to support educational programs designed to help keep kids engaged in school while opening doors to higher education.
We look for education programs that emphasize science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in middle school, high school, and college levels, including tutoring, scholarships, and college-access programs.
The Environment
Our commitment to protecting the environment began decades ago and is deeply rooted in our company culture and focus to be a clean energy leader for our region and state.
We are uniting with nonprofits that have the passion and expertise to help shift environmental issues impacting our state and the world, such as improving Southern California's air quality, conserving green spaces for future generations, preserving and restoring habitats, and creating healthier communities by increasing access to green jobs and clean energy solutions.
Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Natural disasters can strike suddenly, anywhere and at any time. Earthquakes pose a real and ongoing threat, while wildfires have become an urgent problem with devastating consequences for all Californians.
Edison is committed to protecting our communities and helping families be prepared for natural and human-caused disasters. We support programs focused on electrical safety, emergency/disaster preparedness, community resiliency and wildfire safety and mitigation for our most vulnerable community members.
Civic Engagement
We believe that the ability to lead the transformation of the electric power industry toward a clean energy future relies on the diversity of our team and a society that enables all people to thrive.
To reflect our values, we partner with organizations that are deeply rooted in community advocacy and engagement while providing services such as workforce development and career pathway programs, professional and civic engagement leadership, youth mentoring, and capacity building for local nonprofits with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion.
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
Eligibility:
- We're partnering with local nonprofits that have programs focused on education, the environment, public safety & emergency preparedness, and civic engagement.
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Nobbs Family Foundation Grant
Nobbs Family Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Grant amount: Up to US $12,000
Fields of work: Education Tutoring & Mentoring Workforce Preparation & Job Readiness Youth Development & Leadership
Applicant type: Nonprofit
Funding uses: Project / Program, Education / Outreach, General Operating Expense, Capital Project
Location of project: Orange County, California
Location of residency: United States
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The Foundation generally does not accept unsolicited applications. Invited organizations that provide education, scholarships, training, and mentoring for disadvantaged youth and young adults may be asked to submit an online Letter of Inquiry (LOI). The Foundation will review submissions and, if approved, may request that the applicant submit a Stage 2 Grant Application.
Nobbs Family Foundation
The mission of the Nobbs Family Foundation is to empower and enable disadvantaged but aspiring children and young adults to reach their dreams and become independent, productive, and self-sufficient.
The Nobbs Foundation funds organizations dedicated to empowering youth and young adults through education and mentoring. Through grants and scholarships, we enable people who aspire to reach their dreams to succeed.
Grantmaking
The Foundation's funding priorities include education, training, and mentoring for disadvantaged youth and young adults in Southern California.
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
Eligibility:
- Applicant must be a public charity, organized under IRC sec. 501(c) (3), and qualified under IRC sec. 170(b) (1) (a).
- Applicant organization is aligned with the mission of the Foundation and serves disadvantaged youth, individuals or families in Orange County or surrounding communities.
- Grants funds may be used for program expenses, operating expenses or capital expenses.
- Grants shall generally be awarded for a single year.
Ineligibility:
- Generally, grants will not be made to fund endowments.
- Grant funds may not be used for organizational start-up expenses, although the Foundation will consider supporting start-up programs within an existing organization.
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LA84 Foundation Grant
LA84 Foundation
Next deadline: Jan 23, 2024 (Letter of inquiry)
Later deadlines: Jul 21, 2024 (Letter of inquiry), Jan 23, 2025 (Letter of inquiry)
Grant amount: Up to US $10,000
Fields of work: Sports & Athletics
Applicant type: Nonprofit
Funding uses: Project / Program, Capital Project
Location of project: Counties in California: Imperial County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County Show all
Location of residency: United States
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The LA84 Foundation believes in the transformational power of sport. As a legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games, the LA84 Foundation makes grants to organizations that focus on youth development through sport. The Olympic and Paralympic Values are fundamental to the work of the foundation and the organizations we support:
- Friendship;
- Respect;
- Excellence;
- Determination;
- Courage;
- Equality.
Funding Priorities
- The foundation welcomes applications from organizations and agencies throughout Southern California to support youth sports programs and activities.
- We believe in using the power of sports to help children and youth develop into healthy and happy productive adults.
- We focus our support on organizations that view sports as an integral way to develop children and youth to be healthy, happy, and engaged individuals.
- We support approaches that have a Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD) orientation in their work.
- Sports-based youth develop programs are often described as out-of-school programs that use a particular sport to facilitate learning and life skill development in youth.
- As part of our most recent strategic planning, we have more clearly centered equity as a guiding frame of our work and achieving equity in play as our North Star. Not all kids have equitable access to sport and play due in part to:
- Existing disparities in health, wealth, and education.
- Public policies that have not supported investments in park infrastructure, recreation, and sports opportunities.
The LA84 Foundation is guided by the following principles:
- Sport is an effective tool in positive youth development.
- Sport can improve the lives of young people through positive social-emotional, health, and educational outcomes, and has important lifelong impacts.
- Coaching education greatly improves the sport experience for young people and youth development outcomes.
- No sport is risk free, but the health and safety of young athletes is a top priority.
- We are a learning organization, and we know involvement in sports has long-term positive impacts for children and youth. We expect to work with grantees and learn about their successes so that we may share with leaders in the SBYD ecosystem.
In our grantmaking we prioritize:
- Youth under 18 years of age with a focus on youth of color, youth living in low-income households, and girls and young women.
- Youth that are overlooked and underserved including youth living with disabilities, and LGBTQ or gender nonconforming youth.
- Organizations that use a sports-based youth development approach in their service model.
- Organizations that center equity in their service model and work to address the inequities by prioritizing children and youth that lack access to sport and play.
Types of Grants
There are two types of grants, small and large.
- Small grants are grant less than $10,000. Small grants are awarded between February and November.
- Large grants are anything over that amount. For large grants there are two deadlines in 2023. The first deadline is January 23, 2023 and the other is in July 21, 2023.
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
Eligibility:
- We support the following types of organizations and programs:
- Organizations or programs focusing on sport that are school-based or -linked. Because children spend most of their days in school settings, we believe this is an ideal place to expand and enhance education through sport and play. We support programs in high need communities. High need communities can be as defined using several factors including:
- Designation as a Title 1 school
- A high number of participants that qualify for free or reduced lunch
- Organizations or programs focusing on sport that are school-based or -linked. Because children spend most of their days in school settings, we believe this is an ideal place to expand and enhance education through sport and play. We support programs in high need communities. High need communities can be as defined using several factors including:
- Our grants can be used for the following:
- Program costs, including staffing
- Purchase of sports equipment
- Renovation of sports facilities
- SBYD programs that seek to test out new models, programs, or ideas.
- Organizations must provide structured sports activities for youth under 18 years of age.
- Organizations must provide programs and activities in one of Southern California’s eight counties:
- Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, or Ventura.
- Organizations must be certified as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code and not as a private foundation, as defined in section 509(a) of that code.
- Organizations must be in good standing with the California Franchise Tax Board through the California Secretary of State.
- Organizations must be committed to keeping youth healthy, safe, and free from harm and must have a written policy that addresses this commitment.
- Written policy must seek to prevent, recognize, and respond to situations that in any way compromise a child’s safety, both on and off the playing field.
- Organizations or programs applying for a grant to support any of the following sports soccer, hockey, lacrosse, boxing, rugby, martial arts, or football, must follow sport-specific standardized guidelines. Please click here for additional guidelines.
Preferences:
- We give special consideration to organizations and efforts that can impact at scale children and youth.
- This includes school district-wide or multi-school efforts.
- Programs that are free or very low cost and focus on providing exposure to sports and play.
- Because sport activities can become quite costly, we prioritize those programs that work to reduce or eliminate financial barriers completely.
- We also believe exposure to sport is more beneficial than deep specialization in any one sport.
- Finally, we pay particular attention to “non-traditional” sports that aim to expose children and youth of color in sports where people of color or are underrepresented.
- Programs that increase access to sport and play for girls and young women.
- While much progress has been made to advance sport for young women and girls, there is still work to be done.
- Many girls begin playing sports and drop off around middle school which can lead to long-term negative educational and health outcomes.
- For young women of color, the drop off rate is even greater. Because we know the lifelong benefits of sport and play, we support programs that focus on girls engaging and sustaining involvement in sports.
- We also know how important an adult mentor or coach is for young women, so we also support programming that works to increase the number of female coaches.
Ineligibility:
- We do not support single schools but rather look to systems level programming and approaches to support in our grantmaking.
- While we support youth exploring and engaging in all sport and play, LA84 Foundation will not provide funding to organizations or programs that offers to children 14 years of age or younger rugby, football, boxing, soccer, or martial arts and allow, tackling or concussive injuries to the head.
- This is in response to increased understanding of the long-term impacts of head injuries.
- Grants are not made to:
- Organizations that, in the delivery of programs and services, discriminate against certain groups or individuals based on race, religion, national origin, gender, or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or disability.
- Individuals
- Individual public or private schools, or single-school sites
- Travel outside of California
- Purchase land
- Recover debt or debt liability
- Create endowments
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JDF: FIRST LEGO League Discover
John Deere Foundation
Next deadline: Jan 28, 2024
Later deadlines: Jan 28, 2025
Grant amount: Unspecified amount in in-kind support
Fields of work: STEM Education Educational Access & Equity
Applicant type: Nonprofit
Funding uses: Project / Program, Education / Outreach
Location of project: Canada, Los Angeles County, California, Richmond County, Georgia, Counties in Illinois: Champaign County, Henry County Show all
Location of residency: Canada, Los Angeles County, California, Richmond County, Georgia, Counties in Illinois: Champaign County, Henry County Show all
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- Teams must apply and get approval for the John Deere FIRST grant PRIOR to completing (paying for) registration. You can register with FIRST but SHOULD NOT PAY for your registration as you will forfeit receiving a John Deere grant.
- For FIRST teams that receive a John Deere grant, one of the requirements is for all coaches, lead mentors along with FTC & FRC students to take the free, three part, on-line FIRST Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion training with this link if not taken before. This will help your team to use the strategies for better recruitment and support.
John Deere FIRST
John Deere and FIRST are together committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion which encourages teams to be more innovation, creative, and make better decisions. We encourage your team to support and encourage diversity within your team.
John Deere grants are focused on increasing the participation and positive outcomes for students in John Deere home communities who historically have been underserved and underrepresented in STEM (Engineering, Computer Science/IT, and Manufacturing). This focus is supporting John Deere’s Bold Commitment of reaching at least one million underserved/underrepresented youth by 2030.
Current U.S. & Canada John Deere Inspire Home Communities
United States:
- California - Torrance
- Georgia - Augusta
- Illinois - Champaign & Quad Cities
- Iowa - Des Moines, Dubuque, Paton, Ottumwa, Quad Cities, & Waterloo
- Kansas - Coffeyville
- Louisiana - Thibodaux
- Missouri - Springfield
- North Carolina - Raleigh-Durham
- North Dakota - Fargo & Valley City
- Tennessee - Greeneville
- Wisconsin – Horicon
Canada:
- Alberta - Edmonton
- Manitoba - Altona
- Ontario - Grimsby
- Ontario - Oakville
- Saskatchewan - Regina
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
Eligibility:
- Teams supported by John Deere last season (2022 – 2023) must submit a John Deere post season survey in a timely manner BEFORE submitting a grant request for 2023 – 2024.
- Teams must be associated with a school (public or private) or 501(c)(3) non-profit in the U.S. (i.e. 4-H, Girl Scouts, Boys & Girls Clubs, etc.) or a registered charity outside the U.S.
- Be located within a 40 mile (65-kilometer) driving distance from the closest John Deere Inspire U.S. and Canada locations except for Austin, Chicago, and Torrance (Los Angeles) which need to be within 15 miles.
- Be in any U.S. or Canada location and have a John Deere employee that they has confirmed they are committed to actively (40 volunteer hours or more) supporting their team in person for the 2023 - 2024 season.
- The makeup of the active students on the team must meet one of the following three criteria:
- 50% or more underserved based on low income. In the U.S. this is based on the % eligible for free and reduced lunch for the school or non-profit overall.
- 50% or more underrepresented in STEM which in the U.S, includes Hispanic/Latinx, Black/African American and girls and globally girls, Indigenous, youth that have a disability or identify as LGBTQ+.
- Rural teams - In the U.S as classified by NCES as Rural - Distant (42) or Rural – Remote (43).
- FRC teams that don’t meet the requirements for underserved/underrepresented or rural and have one or more confirmed John Deere mentors that are committed to supporting the team (40 hours or more) for the 2023 – 2024 season in person are eligible to apply for a grant noting the following five items:
- Team needs to confirm when applying, they are already supporting one or more new or returning teams with 50%+ underserved students.
- This applies to supporting one or more FIRST LEGO League Challenge teams, three or more FIRST LEGO League Explore teams, or one FIRST Tech Challenge teams.
- The requested support is through volunteerism with mentoring and coaching with a minimum commitment of 40 hours or more by the team.
- FRC Teams are not expected to provided funding with separate grants available from John Deere for the supporting underserved/underrepresented teams.
- When applying for a John Deere grant, provide the team number(s), team name(s), and team contacts (name, email) for teams supporting and grant number if supported by John Deere.
- These grant application will be reviewed starting on 3Oct23. Note: Priority is given to teams meeting the underserved, underrepresented and rural criteria.
- Team needs to confirm when applying, they are already supporting one or more new or returning teams with 50%+ underserved students.
- FIRST teams that don’t meet the grant eligibility requirements above and have one or more confirmed active John Deere mentors, can apply to be a John Deere team.
- If approved, no funding will be provided upfront with potential funding provided if the team qualifies for the FIRST World Championships.
- Oher funding for the team is available via the updated, generous John Deere's Dollars for Doers program through the John Deere mentors.
Preferences:
- Although not required, a preference will be given to teams that have a John Deere confirmed mentor or request a John Deere mentor with the grant request.
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Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation Grant
The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation
Next deadline: Mar 15, 2024
Later deadlines: Sep 15, 2024
Grant amount: US $5,000 - US $20,000
Fields of work: Animal Welfare - General Basic Human Needs Senior Services Agriculture Environmental Conservation Health & Medicine Art Education Tutoring & Mentoring Academic Success & Enrichment Environmental Education Historic Preservation Supportive Housing & Shelters Academic Scholarship Programs Health Facilities & Clinics Food Delivery & Distribution Services Show all
Applicant type: Nonprofit
Funding uses: Education / Outreach, Project / Program
Location of project: Counties in California: Fresno County, Los Angeles County, San Francisco County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County Show all
Location of residency: United States
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The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation, established in 1963, is a private foundation incorporated under California law.
The mission of the Foundation is to improve the quality of life within the communities associated with the career and legacy of California pioneer Henry Mayo Newhall. These communities include San Francisco, the Santa Clarita Valley of Los Angeles County and the Santa Maria Valley in central California.
Funding Priorities
The Foundation accepts proposals for the following program priorities:
- Academic and cultural enrichment programs for children and youth (e.g., math and science; fine and visual arts; performing arts; computer literacy; tutoring and mentoring).
- Agriculture, animal welfare and conservation programs.
- College scholarship programs.
- Historical preservation programs.
- Outreach programs for the disadvantaged (e.g., homeless shelters, food banks, health centers, domestic violence shelters, care for the elderly).
Grants are typically awarded for one year in the range of $5,000 to $20,000 and may be renewed based on grantee performance and program effectiveness. The Foundation does not assume any obligation to provide continuing support to grantees beyond the initial grant.
The Foundation will consider requests for multi-year funding to facilitate effective program planning by supported institutions.
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
Eligibility:
- The Foundation accepts grant proposals only from nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable institutions as defined under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Grants are made in the Santa Clarita Valley, San Francisco, and Santa Maria Valley areas of California.
Preferences:
- The Foundation prefers to award matching or challenge grants that leverage its support with funding from other donors.
Ineligibility:
- The Foundation does not award grants, loans or scholarships to
individuals.
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DevTo Support Foundation Grant
DevTo Support Foundation
Predicted deadline: Jun 1, 2024 (Letter of inquiry)
Grant amount: US $10,000 - US $75,000
Fields of work: Academic Success & Enrichment Education - K through 12 Family Services Youth Services Child Welfare Services Addiction & Substance Use Disorders Tutoring & Mentoring Sports & Athletics Show all
Applicant type: Nonprofit
Funding uses: Project / Program, Education / Outreach, General Operating Expense, Capital Project
Location of project: Counties in California: Orange County, Riverside County
Location of residency: Counties in California: Orange County, Riverside County
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The mission of the DevTo Support Foundation is to empower disadvantaged youth to become independent, self-sufficient, and productive community members and to enhance the physical, intellectual, spiritual, and emotional well being of youth, individuals and families in Southern California.
The Foundation supports programs in Orange County, the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas that
- Build strong families and communities
- Provide educational opportunities to the disadvantaged and underserved youth
- Support a nurturing and caring community
- Enhance the intellectual, spiritual, and emotional well being of the individual and family.
Funding priorities include:
- Mentoring and enrichment programs for disadvantaged and underserved youth
- Sports-related programs for youth
- Faith-based programs
- Drug and alcohol recovery programs
Grants will range from $10,000 to $75,000 on average. Exceptions may be made.
Grants shall generally be awarded for a single year.
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
Eligibility:
- Applicant must be a public charity, organized under IRC sec. 501(c) (3), and qualified under IRC sec. 170(b) (1) (a).
- Applicant organization is aligned with the mission of the Foundation and serves Orange County or the Coachella Valley.
- Grants funds may be used for program expenses; operating expenses or capital expenses.
Ineligibility:
- Grant funds may not be used for organizational start-up expenses, although the Foundation will consider supporting start-up programs within an existing organization.
- Generally, grants will not be made to endowments.
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PTCF: Community Fund Grants
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation
Predicted deadline: Jun 5, 2024 4:00pm PDT
Grant amount: US $10,000 - US $20,000
Fields of work: Art & Culture Art Education Historic Preservation Community Culture & Heritage Wellness & Healthy Living Health Care Access & Delivery Food Access & Hunger Real Estate & Housing Recreation Human & Social Services Civic Affairs Religion & Spirituality Community Development & Revitalization Education Youth Development & Leadership Tutoring & Mentoring Environment Sustainability Habitat & Ecosystem Restoration Wildlife Health Wildlife Management Show all
Applicant type: Nonprofit
Funding uses: Project / Program, Education / Outreach, Training / Capacity Building
Location of project: Counties in California: El Dorado County, Placer County, Counties in Nevada: Carson City, Douglas County, Washoe County
Location of residency: California, Nevada
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About Us
The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation (Parasol) is a non-profit, public charity that is dedicated to supporting the Lake Tahoe Region – now and into the future. We are building a more prosperous community by partnering with donors to make their charitable giving more meaningful, by supporting quality programs provided by local nonprofit organizations and by providing community leadership on emerging issues.
Core Values
- Integrity: We are transparent in all of our transactions and maintain our commitments to our donors, partners, and the community.
- Stewardship: We ensure the resources entrusted to our care are protected and invested in positive, sustainable outcomes for our community.
- Inclusivity: We value all members of our community and act with respect and kindness to all.
- Partnership: We work closely with our donors and partners to deliver positive community impact.
- Innovation: We seek and stimulate new approaches, perspectives, and ideas to address what matters most to the people and communities we serve.
Community Fund Grants
- Arts, Culture and Heritage: arts education, historical preservation and a rich cultural experience
- Well-Being: enhanced quality of life through improved access to health care, critical services, food, housing and recreation
- Community Engagement: dynamic partnerships, civic initiatives, and faith-based causes
- Education and Youth Development: quality educational, training and mentoring opportunities for youth and adults
- Environment: environmental sustainability, healthy ecosystems and wildlife
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
Eligibility:
- Be recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt organization that has held its tax-exempt status for two years or more; 501(c)(3) public charity or school in good standing.
- Be incorporated in California or Nevada; in good standing with the respective state.
- Directly provide more than 50% of services in the Tahoe Basin.
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JDF: FIRST Tech Challenge
John Deere Foundation
Predicted deadline: Sep 30, 2024
Grant amount: Unspecified amount in in-kind support
Fields of work: STEM Education Robotics
Applicant type: Nonprofit
Funding uses: Project / Program, Education / Outreach
Location of project: Los Angeles County, California, Richmond County, Georgia, Counties in Illinois: Champaign County, Cook County, Rock Island County Show all
Location of residency: Canada, United States
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NOTE:
- Teams must apply and get approval for the John Deere FIRST grant PRIOR to completing (paying for) registration for the 2022-2023 FIRST season. You can register with FIRST but SHOULD NOT PAY for your registration as you will forfeit receiving a John Deere grant.
- For FIRST teams that receive a John Deere grant, one of the requirements is for all coaches, lead mentors along with FTC & FRC students to take the free, three part, on-line FIRST Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion training with this link if not taken before. This will help your team to use the strategies for better recruitment and support.
John Deere and FIRST are together committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion which encourages teams to be more innovation, creative, and make better decisions. We encourage your team to support and encourage diversity within your team.
John Deere grants are focused on increasing the participation and positive outcomes for students in John Deere home communities who historically have been underserved and underrepresented in STEM (Engineering, Computer Science/IT, and Manufacturing). This focus is supporting John Deere’s Bold Commitment of reaching at least one million underserved/underrepresented youth by 2030.
Current U.S. & Canada John Deere Inspire Home Communities
United States:
- California - Torrance
- Georgia - Augusta
- Illinois - Champaign & Quad Cities
- Iowa - Des Moines, Dubuque, Paton, Ottumwa, Quad Cities, & Waterloo
- Kansas - Coffeyville
- Louisiana - Thibodaux
- Missouri - Springfield
- North Carolina - Raleigh-Durham
- North Dakota - Fargo & Valley City
- Tennessee - Greeneville
- Wisconsin – Horicon
Canada:
- Alberta - Edmonton
- Manitoba - Altona
- Ontario - Grimsby
- Ontario - Oakville
- Saskatchewan - Regina
FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge students learn to think like engineers. Teams design, build, and code robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. Robots are built from a reusable platform, powered by Android technology, and can be coded using a variety of levels of Java-based programming
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.
Eligibility:
- Teams supported by John Deere last season (2022 – 2023) must submit a John Deere post season survey in a timely manner BEFORE submitting a grant request for 2023 – 2024.
- Teams must be associated with a school (public or private) or 501(c)(3) non-profit in the U.S. (i.e. 4-H, Girl Scouts, Boys & Girls Clubs, etc.) or a registered charity outside the U.S.
- Be located within a 40 mile (65-kilometer) driving distance from the closest John Deere Inspire U.S. and Canada locations except for Austin, Chicago, and Torrance (Los Angeles) which need to be within 15 miles.
- Be in any U.S. or Canada location and have a John Deere employee that they has confirmed they are committed to actively (40 volunteer hours or more) supporting their team in person for the 2023 - 2024 season.
- The makeup of the active students on the team must meet one of the following three criteria:
- 50% or more underserved based on low income. In the U.S. this is based on the % eligible for free and reduced lunch for the school or non-profit overall.
- 50% or more underrepresented in STEM which in the U.S, includes Hispanic/Latinx, Black/African American and girls and globally girls, Indigenous, youth that have a disability or identify as LGBTQ+.
- Rural teams - In the U.S as classified by NCES as Rural - Distant (42) or Rural – Remote (43).
- FRC teams that don’t meet the requirements for underserved/underrepresented or rural and have one or more confirmed John Deere mentors that are committed to supporting the team (40 hours or more) for the 2023 – 2024 season in person are eligible to apply for a grant noting the following five items:
- Team needs to confirm when applying, they are already supporting one or more new or returning teams with 50%+ underserved students.
- This applies to supporting one or more FIRST LEGO League Challenge teams, three or more FIRST LEGO League Explore teams, or one FIRST Tech Challenge teams.
- The requested support is through volunteerism with mentoring and coaching with a minimum commitment of 40 hours or more by the team.
- FRC Teams are not expected to provided funding with separate grants available from John Deere for the supporting underserved/underrepresented teams.
- When applying for a John Deere grant, provide the team number(s), team name(s), and team contacts (name, email) for teams supporting and grant number if supported by John Deere.
- These grant application will be reviewed starting on 3Oct23. Note: Priority is given to teams meeting the underserved, underrepresented and rural criteria.
- Team needs to confirm when applying, they are already supporting one or more new or returning teams with 50%+ underserved students.
- FIRST teams that don’t meet the grant eligibility requirements above and have one or more confirmed active John Deere mentors, can apply to be a John Deere team.
- If approved, no funding will be provided upfront with potential funding provided if the team qualifies for the FIRST World Championships.
- Other funding for the team is available via the updated, generous John Deere's Dollars for Doers program through the John Deere mentors.
Preferences:
- Although not required, a preference will be given to teams that have a John Deere confirmed mentor or request a John Deere mentor with the grant request.
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