Deadline: September 1, 2009

Trees for Healthy Homes is a national honor given by the Alliance for Community Trees (ACT). The award recognizes cities and counties for improving the environmental health and livability of affordable housing through investments in trees and community forest stewardship. The goal of the award is to recognize and promote the utilization of trees as a strategic tool to improve the health of low-income residents' home environment. ACT will recognize as many applicants as are meritorious. We appreciate the work you do to earn this special recognition and your additional efforts to maintain such high standards.

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Deadline: September 15, 2009

Thanks to support from The Home Depot Foundation, the USDA Forest Service, and the National Tree Trust, the Alliance for Community Trees is able to offer extra support to make your local NeighborWoods Month events more memorable. NeighborWoods Month Mini-Grants are a package of professionally designed marketing materials worth $500, plus up to $500 in financial assistance. Grants should enable you to host a more successful event rather than be the determining factor in whether you organize an event. Eligible events involve the public during October in tree planting, tree care, education, and other activity that engages people in urban and community forestry, and are branded as NeighborWoods Month events.

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Win $500!
Deadline: October 31, 2009

Grab your camera and document urban forestry in action during NeighborWoods Month. Send us your most dramatic, artistic, and heartfelt photographs that capture the spirit of volunteerism through NeighborWoods. If we pick your image, you will win $500. In addition, we will post your winning photo on our website and on future NeighborWoods promotional literature. Photos can be landscape or profile, action or portrait, individual or group, etc. Before submitting, please be sure to read the contest rules.

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Deadline: July 15, 2009

Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-OW-OWOW-09-02
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 66.462

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants for projects that support and build state/tribal/local government wetland programs. Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) must be used by applicants to address one or more of the five National Priority Areas described in Section I.C. The five National Priority Areas of the WPDG program are: 1) State/Tribal Technical and Meeting Support; 2) Regulation; 3) Monitoring and Assessment; 4) Voluntary Restoration/Protection; and 5) Water Quality Standards for Wetlands.

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Deadline: July 22, 2009

The Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations Bill authorized EPA to administer a $10 million competitive grant program to assist local and tribal governments in establishing and implementing climate change initiatives. The overall goal of the Climate Showcase Communities grant program is to create replicable models of sustainable community action that generate cost-effective and persistent greenhouse gas reductions while improving the environmental, economic, public health, or social conditions in a community.

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Deadline: September 15, 2009

The Fund for a Just Society, a program of the Unitarian Universalist Association, provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and Canada that address issues of social and economic justice. Consideration is given to projects that are less likely to receive conventional funding because of the innovative or challenging nature of the work or the economic and social status of the constituency.

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Deadline: Rolling

The mission of the Environment Program at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is to respond to some of the most significant environmental challenges of our time. One of the program's focus areas is saving the great ecosystems of the North American West, including twelve states in the U.S. and three provinces in western Canada. In addition, the program provides support to organizations working to lower global emissions of greenhouse gases and traditional pollutants worldwide.

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Deadline: Rolling

The mission of the Kalliopeia Foundation is to contribute to the evolution of communities and cultures that honor the unity at the heart of life's rich diversity. The Foundation's Fostering a Global Consciousness of Oneness program supports projects which bring together the voices of those who are inspired to create and express an emerging consciousness of oneness through many areas of human endeavor.

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Deadline: April 30 or August 31, 2009

The Patagonia Environmental Grants Program provides support to small, grassroots activist organizations with provocative direct-action agendas, working on multi-pronged campaigns to protect the environment. Patagonia funds local groups working to protect local habitats.

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Deadline: August 30, 2009

With a total community action fund of $100,000, Tom's of Maine's "50 States for Good" initiative is celebrating and rewarding nonprofits from across the country whose efforts are focused on lasting, positive change in the community. Tom's of Maine is hoping to inspire participation from nonprofits of all sizes and is excited to hear about the community projects that matter most to them.

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Deadline: Rolling

The Oak Hill Fund focuses on promoting the principles of sustainable and affordable design in residential housing nationwide, advancing women's reproductive health and rights in the Southeastern U.S., and improving the quality of life within the greater Charlottesville, VA, community. The Environmentally Sustainable Affordable Design (ESAD) Program supports educational initiatives that encourage sustainability and affordability in residential housing design throughout the United States.

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Deadline: September 1, 2009

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., a diversified financial services company, is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations under the company's three philanthropic funding platforms - Meeting Basic Needs, Supporting Community Vitality, and Volunteer Driven Causes.

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Deadline: June 30, 2009

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Pulling Together Initiative
The Pulling Together Initiative, a program of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), supports nonprofit organizations and government agencies engaged in collaborations that will help control invasive plant species. To be competitive, a project must prevent, manage, or eradicate invasive and noxious plants through a coordinated program of public/private partnerships.

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Deadline: June 30, 2010

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) is soliciting applications for the EDA American Recovery Program under the auspices of PWEDA. Specifically, this pertains to applications for funding under EDA's Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance programs only. EDA will give priority consideration to those applications that will significantly benefit regions "that have experienced sudden and severe economic dislocation and job loss due to corporate restructuring," as stipulated under the Recovery Act.

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Deadline: June 30, 2009

The Kodak American Greenways Program is administered by The Conservation Fund. This program recognizes both individuals and organizations for their leadership in preserving and enhancing national outdoor heritage in the United States.

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Deadline: June 26, 2009

Coastal wetlands are valued because they protect against flooding, help maintain water quality, and provide habitat for wildlife. Coastal environments are important economically, generating billions of dollars annually through such industries as commercial fishing and tourism. Thanks to the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act, US Fish and Wildlife Service is able to offer the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program to provide States with a means of protecting and restoring these valuable resources.

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Deadline: August 15, 2009

The Union Pacific Foundation's mission is to improve the quality of life in the communities served by Union Pacific Railroad, primarily in the midwestern and western United States. Through the Community-Based Grant Program, the Foundation provides support in the following categories: Community and Civic, Fine Arts, and Health and Human Services.

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Deadline: August 31, 2009

KIDS Consortium, with support from State Farm Youth Advisory Board, is offering mini-grants for "green" service-learning projects developed by K-12 schools in New England. Grants of up to $750 will support "green school" service-learning projects, such as energy efficiency and recycling, proposed by K-12 educators, students, and community organizations working with youth.

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Deadline: July 1, 2009

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Native Plant Conservation Initiative
The Native Plant Conservation Initiative, a program of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, supports projects that focus on the conservation of native plants and pollinators throughout the United States.

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Deadline: Rolling

Nickelodeon's Big Green Grants Program provides resources to schools and community-based organizations to support environmentally friendly projects that educate and inspire kids to take care of the environment, be active, live healthily and engage in community service.

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Deadline October 9, 2009

The Student Conservation Association's "Green Your School" contest is a national competition to stimulate conservation service projects designed by high school students that improve, restore, beautify, or conserve their high school environment. Prizes will be awarded to winning high schools and include one grand prize of $5,000 and two first prizes of $2,500.

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Deadline: Rolling

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation works to create neighborhood excellence in the communities served by the bank in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. While local community priorities determine how funding is allocated, grants typically fall into four main categories: Community Development, Education, Health and Human Services, and Arts and Culture.

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Deadline: August 12, 2009

The Skoll Foundation's mission is to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs. The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship support nonprofit organizations worldwide that are led by social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale influence on critical challenges of our time: environmental sustainability, health, tolerance and human rights, institutional responsibility, economic and social equity, and peace and security.

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Deadline: Rolling

HUD has issued application and eligibility guidance for its "Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing." The $250 million loan and grant program is funded by the economic stimulus bill enacted in February (P.L. 111-5). It is limited to properties receiving HUD project-based assistance. HUD will begin accepting applications on June 15, 2009 and will make awards on a first come, first served basis.

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Deadline: Rolling

The Citizens Bank Foundation Charitable Grants Program supports nonprofit organizations in the communities served by the bank in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The focus is on nonprofit organizations that develop innovative responses to basic human needs, promote affordable housing, encourage community-based services targeted to low- and moderate-income families, support community development initiatives that are catalysts for economically distressed areas, or target new ways to address issues of economic self-sufficiency.

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Deadlines: June 15, September 15, and December 15, 2009

The Home Depot Building Healthy Communities Grant Program provides support to nonprofit organizations, public schools, and public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their communities.

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Washington, DC (May 1, 2009)- Siemens Corporation has announced the 2009 Sustainable Community Awards winners. The award recognizes public-private coalitions for taking on the 21st challenge of sustainable development. A sustainable community is one that has committed to setting and achieving complementary economic, environmental, and social goals that will help build long-term competitiveness and success.

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Deadlines: June 5, August 28, and December 4, 2009

The mission of the Akonadi Foundation is to support the development of a powerful social change movement to eliminate structural racism and create a racially just society. The goal of the Foundation's Strategic Opportunity Support Fund is to encourage innovation in racial justice movement building through cross learning, alliance building, and strategic initiatives. The Fund will provide small one-time grants to timely efforts as they emerge on a local, regional, and national level.

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Deadline: July 13, 2009

Nominations for the L'OREAL Women of Worth program are now being accepted. This program will recognize ten exceptional women in the United States who have made significant volunteer contributions in their communities. L'OREAL will make two $5,000 donations on behalf of each honoree, one to the nonprofit organization of her choice, and a second to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. From among the honorees, one woman will be selected by the public as the National Woman of Worth and will receive an additional $25,000 donation for her cause.

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Deadline: Rolling

The RBC Blue Water Project, an initiative of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), will provide $50 million in grants through 2017 to support programs that foster a culture of water stewardship. The initiative's funding focus is Watershed Protection and Access to Safe Drinking Water.

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Deadline: May 18, 2009

California American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, has announced that it is accepting applications for its 2009 Environmental Grant Program. The company will award a total of $10,000 to innovative community-based environmental projects working to improve, restore, or protect watersheds and drinking water supplies within the state.

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Deadline: June 15, 2009

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is accepting applications from organizations interested in initiating the Nature of Learning in their communities. The Nature of Learning is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System's community-based environmental education initiative that seeks to use National Wildlife Refuges as outdoor classrooms to promote a greater understanding of local conservation issues, encourage an interdisciplinary approach to learning, utilize field experiences and student-led stewardship projects to connect classroom lessons to real world issues, and involve a partnership among local schools, community groups, natural resource professionals, and local businesses.

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Deadline: June 5, 2009

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council announces the posting of two U.S. Forest Service Challenge Cost Share Special Focus grants: Outreach Scholarships and Storm Event Protocol.

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Deadline: July 7, 2009

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the first program solicitation for Urban Long-Term Research Area (ULTRA) Exploratory Awards (ULTRA-Ex). The program solicitation is co-sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service. This new program, with anticipated funding of $4,800,000 over two years, will provide for up to 16 awards across the United States.

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Deadline: May 29, 2009

On April 13, 2009, Governor David A. Paterson called for projects to be submitted for a new grant program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and designed to promote water conservation, energy efficiency, green infrastructure and other green innovation projects. The new Green Innovation Grant Program will provide at least $38 million for local projects. There may be opportunities for communities and urban forestry groups to tap into these Stimulus funds coming from EPA through the State Environmental Facilities Corporation to support local green infrastructure projects that involve urban forestry, trees, and green space.

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Deadline: May 26, 2009

DOE announced last week that it plans to invest $3.2 billion in energy efficiency and conservation projects in U.S. cities, counties, states, territories, and tribal lands. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will provide formula grants for projects that improve energy efficiency and reduce fossil fuel emissions.

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Deadline: May 6, 2009

The Multistate Conservation Grant Program (MSCGP) is soliciting Letters of Intent for the 2010 cycle of this competitive grant program. Up to $6,000,000 is available each calendar year for one to three year projects (CFDA Number 15-628). Projects must benefit at least 26 states, or the majority of states in a USFWS region or a regional association of state fish and wildlife agencies. Projects must also benefit sport fish, wild birds and/or wild mammals.

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Deadline: Various

Through its Regional Community Health Grants Program, the Aetna Foundation will award grants in support of philanthropic initiatives focused on fighting obesity and increasing health literacy in selected communities across the United States.

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Deadline: June 30, 2009

The Conservation Fund, in partnership with Eastman Kodak and the National Geographic Society, provides small grants to stimulate the planning and design of greenways in communities across the United States. The annual grants program is designed to help establish a national network of greenways.

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Deadline: June 1, 2009

The Water Environment Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization that manages independent scientific research on water quality concerns affecting the environment and human health, is offering $100,000 through the Paul L. Busch Award to encourage researchers working in wastewater, water reuse, bio-solids, stormwater, watersheds, and other areas to use their imagination, take risks, and explore new directions for addressing ongoing water quality issues.

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Deadline: June 5, 2009

The National Forest Foundation (NFF) was established by Congress to support the USDA Forest Service in its management of America's National Forests and Grasslands. The Foundation's Matching Awards Program provides challenge cost-share grants to nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. to engage in on-the-ground conservation and citizen-based monitoring initiatives directly benefiting National Forests and Grasslands.

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Deadline: May 29, 2009

The Highway Safety Research Center has funding available for up to ten communities or neighborhoods to pilot test the use of "A Resident's Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities", a newly developed guidebook that details ways to improve pedestrian safety and the walkability of local neighborhoods.

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Deadline: June 30, 2009

Enterprise Community Partners and the Freedom Forum are accepting entries for the 2009 Excellence in Urban Journalism Award. The award is intended to encourage and recognize quality reporting on major issues facing urban areas in the United States, particularly inner cities. ACT members should consider encouraging journalists with whom they work to submit an entry including a letter of support from you.

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Deadline: April 20, 2009

Green Communities is a five-year, $555 million commitment by Enterprise Community Partners to build more than 8,500 healthy, efficient homes for low-income people and to make environmentally sustainable development the mainstream in the affordable housing industry. Green Communities provides funds and expertise to enable developers to build and rehabilitate homes that are healthier, more energy efficient, and better for the environment.

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Deadline: April 30, 2009

Youth Service America, the YSA National Youth Council, and State Farm have announced that they are offering five grants of up to $2,000 each to individual youth or teams of youth (ages 12-25) to plan and implement semester-long service-learning projects with a service-learning coordinator or educator.

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Deadline: April 30, 2009

The Office Depot Foundation supports local nonprofit organizations that make a positive impact on the quality of life in company communities around the world.

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Deadline: Rolling

The Wallace Genetic Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations nationwide that believe in the long-term conservation of the soil and of the environment, rather than exploitation of natural resources for temporary profits. Specific areas of interest include: sustainable agriculture, protection of farmland near cities, plant genetic research, biodiversity protection, and environmental education and media.

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Deadline: April 15, 2009

Applications for the second year of TogetherGreen, National Audubon Society's newest conservation initiative, are being accepted. This program is one key part of a larger series to build conservation leadership, engage people in conservation action, and achieve lasting conservation results.

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Deadline: April 22, 2009

Help NAAEE recognize individuals and organizations that excel in environmental education by nominating them for one of our annual awards, including The Walter E. Jeske Award. Also consider a young student for the 2nd annual Sierra Club-NAAEE Green Youth Leader Award.

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Deadline: April 17, 2009 (Brief Summary)

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is accepting proposals for a new competitive research program to determine whether the policy case for affordable housing can be strengthened by rigorous empirical research that determines whether and how housing affects the well-being of families, children, communities, and their local economies.

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Deadline: June 1, 2009

The American Psychological Foundation, the giving arm of the American Psychological Association, provides financial support for innovative research and programs that enhance the power of psychology to elevate the human condition and advance human potential both now and in generations to come.

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Deadline: March 31, 2009

The Home Depot Foundation's Awards of Excellence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly program is designed to identify, recognize, and showcase the outstanding and innovative work of nonprofit organizations across the United States working in the areas of affordable housing and public-private partnerships that use urban forestry to create healthier and more vibrant communities.

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Deadline: June 15, 2009

The Garden Crusader Awards were created by Gardener's Supply to honor individuals across the United States who are improving their communities through gardening. Awardees are enthusiastic men and women who are planting trees and flowers, growing food, creating new green spaces, and teaching their friends and neighbors about the rewards of gardening.

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Deadline: April 20, 2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program seeks to provide environmental job training grants to projects that will promote job creation and economic development by facilitating the assessment, remediation, or preparation of brownfields sites and is a part of the government's stimulus package.

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Deadlines: May 1 and November 1, 2009

The Fund for Wild Nature provides grants to grassroots organizations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico for campaigns to save and restore native species and wild ecosystems, including actions to defend wilderness and biological diversity.

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Deadline: April 6, 2009

NACo is proud to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2009 competition for the Coastal Counties Restoration Initiative. The Coastal Counties Restoration Initiative (CCRI) is a partnership between NACo and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help counties restore coastal ecosystems and remove barriers to fish migration. This grant program provides financial assistance on a competitive basis for innovative high quality county-led or supported projects.

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Deadline: May 15, 2009

The Earth Island Institute's annual Brower Youth Awards honor young people ages between the ages of 13 and 22 living in North America for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy.

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Deadline: May 1, 2009

The Wells Fargo Housing Foundation is committed to increasing homeownership through the development of affordable housing throughout the United States. The Foundation's Homeownership Grant Program supports local nonprofit housing organizations that help create homeownership opportunities for low- to moderate-income families. Grants are provided for the construction or rehab of owner-occupied homes, homebuyer education programs, or subsidies that help struggling families purchase or retain their homes. In addition, support is provided to organizations that help low- to moderate-income homeowners make necessary repairs and upgrades.

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Deadline: March 23, 2009

The USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism will award ten fellowships to ethnic media journalists to enable them to report on the complexities of urban environmental justice with clarity, depth, and context. The program is funded by the McCormick Foundation. Contact the journalist(s) in your city who cover urban forestry and alert them to this opportunity. A letter of support from your organization could make the difference in their application.

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Deadline: May 15 and September 15, 2009

The Burger King Corporation's Have It Your Way Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that have long-term positive impact on the U.S. communities served by the company. The Foundation focuses the majority of its support on organizations that alleviate hunger, prevent disease, and provide youth programs.

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Deadline: July 7, 2009

Local Funding Partnerships (LFP)- a collaborative program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grantmakers- supports innovative, community-based projects throughout the United States. Through LFP, a local grantmaker proposes a funding partnership with RWJF to provide seed money for a new project that addresses the health or health care problems of people who are not reached by traditional health and social services or for whom existing services are insufficient.

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Deadline: June 30, 2009

The Council on Foundations created the Critical Impact Awards in 2006 to recognize grantmaking foundations whose grants or programs have made a significant difference and share with the public examples of philanthropy at its finest. The awards program is currently accepting nominations of community foundations. In addition to individual funders, groups of funders that collaborated on specific projects are eligible. Grantees can nominate funders, and funders may nominate themselves.

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Deadline: April 1 and September 1, annually

Acres for America, a partnership between Wal-Mart Stores and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, provides funding for projects that conserve important habitat for fish, wildlife, and plants through acquisition of interest in real property. The goal of the Acres for America program is to offset the footprint of Wal-Mart's domestic facilities on at least an acre-by-acre basis through these acquisitions.

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Deadline: March 31, 2009

Entergy Corporation, an energy company serving customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, is accepting applications for its 2009 Community Partnership Grant Program. Through the program, Entergy seeks to partner with nonprofits, schools, and civic organizations to help build stronger, more productive communities.

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Deadline: Rolling

Living Lands & Waters' (LL&W) MillionTrees Project began in 2007. The purpose of this project is to reestablish native, nut-bearing, hardwood trees along waterways and within our communities. Benefits of this project are to increase biodiversity, help reduce erosion and run-off, improve water and air quality, and provide shelter and a viable food source for wildlife and migratory birds.

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Deadline: March 20, 2009

The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) is soliciting proposals that address barriers to asset building for owners of manufactured homes. Organizations may apply in one or both of two categories: Development- new or replacement development projects in the construction phase (including in existing manufactured housing communities) and Policy- to advance the goals of the I'M HOME policy agenda.

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Deadline: April 23, 2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the eighth annual National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. This competition is open to public-sector or private sector applicants that have used the principles of smart growth to create better places. Private-sector applicants are encouraged to submit applications for projects that demonstrate a significant public-private partnership.

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Deadline: No unsolicited proposals

Environmental conservation is one of The Kresge Foundation's nine overarching values. They believe the effects of climate change on the natural world is among the paramount concerns of our time, one that presents formidable challenges and risks as well as opportunities for innovation. Their Environment Program works in partnership with like-minded organizations to protect the planet and promote its long-term sustainability for future generations.

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Deadline: April 1, 2009

Taking Root Mini-Grants support innovative tree-positive interventions throughout the U.S. Community groups, nonprofits, and individuals are encouraged to apply. In the spirit of Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement, community groups, nonprofits, and individuals may apply for modest mini-grants to support tree-related activities.

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Deadline: Rolling

2005-2006 marked the 40th Anniversary of the America the Beautiful Fund and the 25th year of the Operation Green Plant Program, which has provided free seeds to: save more than 800 tons of seeds and 7 million flower bulbs from going to waste in landfills (free plant seeds), grow 1.75 billion pounds of food for the hungry (free vegetable seeds), and beautify roadways, parks and neighborhoods in 20,000 communities in all 50 states (free flower seeds). Now they invite you to join in the America the Beautiful Fund dream by making your own community more beautiful.

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Deadline: May 12, 2009

The William T. Grant Foundation, which focuses its work on improving the lives of youth between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States, has announced a new Request for Proposals on Understanding the Acquisition, Interpretation, and Use of Research Evidence in Policy and Practice.

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Deadline: April 23, 2009

Free technical assistance available! Smart Growth Implementation Assistance 2009 Request for Applications The Development, Community, and Environment Division in EPA's Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation is seeking applications for technical assistance from communities that want to incorporate smart growth in their future development to meet environmental and other community goals.

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Deadline: April 8, 2009

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Games Research: Advancing Effectiveness of Interactive Games for Health is a national program that funds research designed to enhance the quality and impact of interactive games that are used to improve health.

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Deadline: Rolling

The Blue Moon Fund seeks to improve the human condition by changing the relationship between human consumption and the natural world. Support is provided to nonprofit organizations in the United States, Latin America, and Asia that have developed innovative approaches to improving human quality of life in harmony with the natural world.

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Deadline: March 13, 2009

The National Scenic Byways Program is a grassroots, collaborative effort established to help recognize, preserve, and enhance selected roads throughout the United States. The Secretary of Transportation makes grants to States and Indian tribes to implement projects on highways designated as National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads, or as State or Indian tribe scenic byways- based on one or more archaeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational and scenic intrinsic qualities.

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Deadline: March 9, 2009 (Phase 1); April 6, 2009 (Phase 2)

Do Something and Mountain Dew Voltage have announced a new grants program for groups of young volunteers working to improve their communities. The Do Something Awards (formerly the BR!CK Awards) identify exceptional young social entrepreneurs, activists, and community leaders who have significantly changed the world for the better. By celebrating young world-changers who are the pivotal "do-ers" in their cause, issue, or field and empower their work through community grants, knowledge, and support. Organizations with strong volunteers support might particularly benefit from this opportunity.

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Deadline: February 1, 2009

Planet Connect is looking for creative ideas to fix local environmental problems and will award 25 students aged 14-19 $1,000 each to support their ideas and provide them with local environmental internships. This is an ideal opportunity for ACT members who work with schools. Pass this along to the teachers and kids you work with. Presumably, a student could apply to get money to help pay for a tree planting at their campus or to remove invasives, etc.

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Deadline: February 20 and June 30, 2009

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has announced that it will allocate $20 million in 2009 to its signature Neighborhood Excellence Initiative (NEI). Now in its sixth year, the initiative recognizes, nurtures, and rewards people and organizations working to strengthen and revitalize their communities in forty-five of the bank's largest markets. Much of the funding is unrestricted, enabling organizations to use the awards for operating expenses and capacity building while contributing to a region's economic vitality. Local bank and community leaders identify organizations in each community that are best positioned to address the most pressing issues in that community.

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Deadline: Various

Committed to supporting hands-on environmental projects for young people, the foundation provides grants from $250 to $2,500 to school and community groups.

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Deadline: February 13, 2009

The Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award is awarded annually by the National Environmental Education Foundation to an outstanding educator who has successfully integrated environmental education into his or her daily education programs. The award is given to a 5-12 grade educator who can serve as an inspiration and model for others. A $5,000 cash award is provided for the recipient to continue his or her work in environmental education.

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Deadline: April 10, 2009

To assist organizations in creating sun-safe outdoor areas, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has announced the availability of grant applications for its Shade Structure Program. Any U.S. nonprofit organization or educational institution may apply for permanent shade structures for outdoor areas not protected from the sun, such as playgrounds, pools, and eating areas.

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Deadline: March 2, 2009

Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) is a voluntary program intended to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies while leveraging Federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection, in conjunction with agricultural production. Under CIG, Environmental Quality Incentives Program funds are used to award competitive grants to non-Federal governmental or non-governmental organizations, Tribes, or individuals.

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Deadline: April 23, 2009

The Development, Community, and Environment Division in EPA's Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation is seeking applications for technical assistance from communities that want to incorporate smart growth in their future development to meet environmental and other community goals. Eligible entities are tribal, local, regional, and state governments, and nonprofit organizations that have a demonstrated partnership with a governmental entity.

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Deadline: February 26, 2009

Communities Creating Healthy Environments is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that aims to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color. The program is designed to advance RWJF's efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 by supporting diverse, community-based organizations and federally chartered tribal nations in the development and implementation of effective, culturally competent policy initiatives that address childhood obesity at the local level.

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Deadline: Rolling

Over the course of 2009, Do Something will award fifty-two grants of $500 each to help young people implement or expand a community action project, program, or organization. To be eligible, applicants must be no older than 25 and a U.S. or Canadian citizen. Do Something grants cannot be used to fund travel costs, individual sponsorships, shipping costs, individual school fees, or fundraising expenses.

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Deadline: February 13, 2009

The Lowe's Toolbox for Education grant program supports parent groups in the United States working to improve their children's schools across the nation. Any nonprofit school or parent group associated with a nonprofit public K-12 school is eligible to apply.

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Deadline: April 1, 2009

These awards will be presented annually to groups and organizations that are making a difference in their communities. This includes community groups who are committed to improving their local environment by planting trees, bushes, and shrubs to make their communities a better place to live.

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Deadline: March 6, 2009

In partnership with The Home Depot Foundation, the Alliance for Community Trees is pleased to announce the availability of funds to support NeighborWoods investments in your community. NeighborWoods is a nationwide initiative that engages the public in meaningful hands-on action to produce tangible improvements to community health through tree planting and stewardship.

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Deadline: Rolling

The mission of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation is to promote a sustainable and just social and natural system. Their funding priorities are shaped by a view of the Earth as one community, an interconnected web of life in which human society is an integral part. They prefer to make general support grants and do not limit the number of renewal grants.

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Deadline: February 17, 2009

After more than a decade of grant-making, the National Urban and Community Advisory Council (NUCFAC) will overhaul their criteria for the U. S. Forest Service's Urban and Community Forestry challenge cost share grant program for 2009. The new Urban and Community Forestry challenge cost share grant program will implement new procedures that reduce the paperwork burden on potential grantees. As in the past, a 50 percent match is required from all successful applicants of nonfederal funds, in-kind services, and/or materials.

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Deadline: January 16, 2009

The loss of connection between children and nature is an issue that incites passion and shared commitment among Forest Service employees. Establishing and renewing a child's affinity to nature is a shared responsibility that transcends all agency functional areas. In 2007, they initiated a funding opportunity "More Kids in the Woods" for cost share projects to emphasize that continuing commitment to children.

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Deadline: March 16, 2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making nearly $3 million available in 2009 to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is a community-based program that builds partnerships to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources.

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Deadline: Rolling

TechSoup is proud to partner with ESRI, a leader in GIS (geographic information system) modeling and mapping software. ESRI is offering its sophisticated ArcView GIS software so eligible U.S. nonprofits and public libraries can create, analyze, and display spatial data. For example, organizations have used ArcView to analyze accessible parks per capita, measure the impact of sea level rises, and understand the distribution of infectious diseases.

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Deadline: March 1, 2009

JustDoOne.org, an online community for sustainable living, has issued a global call for personal green solutions. The Just Do One organization invites ideas for more sustainable living, summarized in short YouTube-style videos. The organization will share the entries online, and the best video entry, as judged by an expert panel, will win $5,000.

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Deadline: Rolling

Talk show host and philanthropist Jenny Jones has announced that she will donate an additional $1 million to continue her Jenny's Heroes community grant program. The Jenny's Heroes program awards grants to individuals who submit the best ideas for tangible, lasting community projects.

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Deadline: March 9, 2009

The Purpose Prize, administered by Civic Ventures, provides awards to people over 60 who are taking on society's biggest challenges. The prize recognizes those with the passion and experience to discover new opportunities, create new programs, and make lasting change. Five awards of $100,000 and five awards of $50,000 will be given to exceptional individuals who are channeling their creativity and talent to address critical social problems at the local, regional, national, or international level.

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Deadline: February 3, 2009

The primary goal of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: Supporting Community Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity, an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is to implement healthy eating and active living policy and environmental initiatives that can support healthier communities across the United States. The objective of the current Call for Proposals is to provide support for community initiatives that will increase opportunities for physical activity and improve access to affordable healthy foods for children and families.

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Deadline: Rolling

Ben & Jerry's Foundation provides support to nonprofit, grassroots organizations throughout the United States that facilitate progressive social change. Grant applicants need to demonstrate that their projects will lead to societal, institutional, and/or environmental change; address the root causes of social or environmental problems; and lead to new ways of thinking and acting.

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Deadline: January 15, 2009

Youth Service America, in partnership with UnitedHealthcare, is offering the UnitedHealth Heroes service-learning grants up to $1,000 support teachers, service-learning coordinators, and students in the health professions to engage youth ages 5 to 25 as volunteers in implementing projects that address childhood obesity. Ideally, the grants also support youth-led community education projects.

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Deadline: December 1, 2008

The Taproot Foundation specializes in awarding capacity-building service grants to other nonprofit organizations. The foundation seeks to provide high-potential nonprofits with the tools and services necessary to maximize the impact of their work.

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Deadline: December 31, 2008

MTV Switch, MTV Networks International's global climate change campaign, and Ashoka GenV are inviting young people to submit their creative ideas for improving the environment through the "Dream It. Do It" challenge.

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Deadline: Rolling

The mission of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is to support efforts that promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society. Letters of inquiry for all four grant programs are accepted throughout the year.

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Deadline: January 15, 2009

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is rooted in the Jewish tradition and committed to democratic values and social justice, including fairness, diversity, and community. The Foundation seeks to build a socially and economically just society that values nature and protects the ecological balance for future generations, promotes humane health care, and fosters arts and culture that enrich communities.

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Deadline: Rolling

The Allstate Foundation provides support to national programs as well as local programs in company communities throughout the United States. Proposals must address needs within one of the following three focus areas: Tolerance, Inclusion, and Diversity, including teaching tolerance and ending discrimination and hate crimes; Safe and Vital Communities, including youth anti-violence, neighborhood revitalization, and teen driving safety; and Economic Empowerment, including financial education and empowerment for domestic violence victims.

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Deadline: February 17, 2009

Launched in 2003, Fiskars' Project Orange Thumb has awarded more than 100 community groups, schools, churches, and other organizations more than $300,000 in total grants for their garden programs.

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Deadline: December 7, 2008

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Neotrope- a brand identity, PR, and marketing firm- will donate public relations and newswire services worth $25,000 to smaller nonprofit and charitable organizations. Neotrope has provided discounted or free services to various nonprofits for more than 20 years.

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Deadline: January 31, 2009

The Garden Club of America is accepting applications for a national fellowship in urban forestry. The fellowship supports advanced undergraduate and graduate students. With this fellowship, The Garden Club of America seeks to forward their goal of advancing our knowledge of urban forests and increasing the number of scientists in the field of urban forestry. Applications are reviewed by a selection committee at Virginia Tech composed of practicing urban forestry scientists and professionals in related fields. Final selection is endorsed by The Garden Club of America.

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Deadline: Rolling

The Energy Foundation is focused on advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy policy in the United States and China, the largest and fastest growing energy markets in the world. The Foundation is unable to support local projects, unless they have been designed for further replication or have broad regional or national implications.

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Deadline: Rolling

The Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock supports programs that foster the growth and development of the denomination and that increase the involvement of Unitarian Universalists in social action. The Veatch Program also supports nonprofit organizations in the United States whose goals reflect the principles of Unitarian Universalism.

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Deadline: February 12, 2009

New Voices, administered by J-Lab and supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is a pioneering program to seed innovative community news ventures in the United States. Projects can produce news and information for a geographic area such as a small town, city, county, state, or region, or they can serve a community of interest.

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Deadline: January 9, 2009

During the week of December 1, 2008, the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) will invite public park and recreation agencies to submit applications to become ACHIEVE Healthy Communities demonstration sites. NRPA, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), plans to award $30,000 each to 10 public park and recreation agencies.

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Deadline: December 22, 2008

Google.org has announced a pilot program of Geo Challenge Grants, small grants to help charitable organizations aligned with Google.org's core initiatives take advantage of online mapping tools that will enhance their work and impact. The program is designed to help nonprofit organizations use well designed maps to operate more effectively, convey the importance of their cause in a visual and compelling way, and give individuals from around the world a chance to experience their work.

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Deadline: January 30, 2009

The John W. Gardner Leadership Award was established in 1985 to honor outstanding Americans who exemplify the leadership and the ideals of John W. Gardner (1912-2002), American statesman and founding chair of Independent Sector. Independent Sector presents the award each year to an individual whose leadership in or with the nonprofit community has been transformative and who has mobilized and unified people, institutions, or causes that improve people's lives.

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Deadline: June 15, 2009

The Humana Foundation supports charitable activities that encourage decisions promoting healthy lives and healthy communities in locations where the company has a meaningful presence, with emphasis on Louisville, KY. The Foundation focuses its funding priorities on the interrelationship among: educational institutions that promote academic achievement and improvement in education (mind), human service agencies engaged in the promotion of healthy bodies and healthy lifestyles (body), and civic and cultural development organizations that seek to inspire communities (spirit).

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Deadline: Rolling

Wells Fargo is committed to improving the bank's local communities in 23 states through grants and volunteer activities. The funding priorities of the Wells Fargo Charitable Contributions Program vary from state to state; however, the bank generally supports the following areas of interest: community development, including housing, job training, economic development, and programs for small businesses and farms; education, including K-12 education with an emphasis on math/science and financial literacy programs; human services, including childcare, healthcare, and basic needs; and arts, culture, and civic projects.

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Deadline: January 21, 2009

The Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund was established to promote and enable wildlife conservation through partnerships with scientists, educators, and organizations committed to preserving earth's biodiversity. The Fund supports programs and projects around the world, including North America, Africa, Asia, South America, and marine environments.

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Deadline: November 21, 2008

The Town Creek Foundation is dedicated to a sustainable environment, a strong democracy, and a peaceful world. The Foundation supports national nonprofit organizations that strengthen the environmental movement, and those that are working to reduce the pressure on forests from the paper products industry. The Foundation also encourages advocacy work devoted to protecting the public's interest in the national media system. Along with national grants, the Foundation provides support to Maryland organizations that promote the protection of the Chesapeake Bay.

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Deadline: December 1, 2008

Echoing Green sparks social change by identifying, funding, and supporting some of the world's most extraordinary emerging social entrepreneurs and the organizations they launch. Each year, Echoing Green awards 20 two-year fellowships to help social entrepreneurs launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions.

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Deadline: November 1, 2008

Target is helping teachers bring learning to life for students through its Target Field Trip Grants program. Educators across the country recognize the importance of taking their students on field trips and are in need of additional funding to enhance regular classroom studies. This is a great opportunity to help teachers find funds to teach students about urban ecology by bringing them to your urban forestry educational facilities.

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Deadline: November 21, 2008

The Trust for Public Land and the National Association of Counties (NAC) have issued a call for applications for a national award recognizing leadership in countywide land conservation. The County Leadership in Conservation Awards recognizes NAC members who demonstrate leadership, innovation, and excellence in local land conservation and park creation by county leaders across America. Programs for on-going park maintenance and stewardship are not eligible.

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Deadline: March 15, 2009

Middle school students across the United States are invited to submit their solutions to environmental problems in their communities for the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, a national sustainability education initiative. The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, and the National Science Teachers Association have partnered for this initiative to educate, empower, and engage students, teachers, and communities to become "agents of change" in improving their community.

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Deadline: October 30, 2008

The Walt Disney Company and Youth Service America are accepting applications for grants of up to $500 to support child-led service projects. Disney Minnie Grants support children (between the ages of 5 and 14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. Teachers, older youth (15-25), and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply if they engage younger children in planning and implementing the project.

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Deadline: October 15, 2008

With the support of the State Farm Companies Foundation, Youth Service America is offering the annual State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth across the United States and in Alberta, New Brunswick, and Ontario, Canada. These grants of up to $1,000 support youth (ages 5-25), teachers, or school-based service-learning coordinators in implementing service-learning projects that address an important issue in their communities.

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Deadline: December 1, 2008

The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, a nonprofit private charitable foundation created by the Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks to support wildlife and habitat conservation, research, education, and animal rescue in countries around the world, is accepting grant applications through its new online application system. In 2008, the fund awarded grants totaling more than $1.5 million to 151 environmental and research organizations worldwide.

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Deadline: Rolling

Thanks to support from The Home Depot Foundation, the USDA Forest Service, and the National Tree Trust, the Alliance for Community Trees is able to offer extra support to make your local NeighborWoods Month events more memorable. NeighborWoods Month Mini-Grants are a package of professionally designed marketing materials worth $500, plus up to $500 in financial assistance. Grants should enable you to host a more successful event rather than be the determining factor in whether you organize an event. Eligible events involve the public during October in tree planting, tree care, education, and other activity that engages people in urban and community forestry, and are branded as NeighborWoods Month events.

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Deadline: September 19, 2008

EPA and the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) are accepting applications for the Ninth Annual Clean Air Excellence Awards Program. Winners are honored for outstanding accomplishments in programs, projects or technologies that reduce air pollution emissions. The CAAAC is an independent policy committee that provides advice to EPA on air issues.

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Deadline: October 31, 2008

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, sponsored by Prudential Financial and administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, are designed to honor middle and high school students for volunteer community service. Eligible applicants include any young person in the United States who is in grades five through twelve and who has engaged in a volunteer activity that occurred at least partly during the 12 months prior to the date of application.

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Deadline: October 24, 2008

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Education announced it is accepting proposals for its Global Climate Change Education project. The program is designed to improve global climate change and Earth system science education at the elementary, secondary and undergraduate levels.

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Deadline: September 30, 2008

The mission of the William C. Kenney Watershed Protection Foundation is to preserve watersheds in the Western United States, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The Foundation accepts applications for the following two types of grants: Discretionary Grants and Policy Grants.

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Deadline: Quarterly (2008: Feb.15, May 15, Aug.15, Nov.1)

U.S. Cellular's corporate giving program, Connecting with Our Communities, is currently accepting applications from nonprofit organizations in company communities. U.S. Cellular focuses its charitable contributions on programs serving economically disadvantaged youth, families and seniors- connecting people with opportunities for a better life.

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Deadline: November 14, 2008

These grants may be used to address sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including ha