Google.org Geo Challenge Grants for Nonprofit Organization's Map Projects
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.
Grants will be issued through an open application process. Public, charitable organizations with nonprofit status in their country of incorporation and a compelling idea about how maps can help them work more effectively are eligible to apply.
Through this program, Google.org will be offering grants valued between $5,000 and $100,000 each, either directly from Google.org, or through grant recommendations from the Google.org Fund of the Tides Foundation. Smaller mapping applications requiring only static data might receive $5,000 in funding, while development of tools that enable many organizations to create maps might receive $100,000. Google.org is partnering with Google Earth Outreach on this program to help evaluate proposals from a technical standpoint and to help ensure that the grants are successful.
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, develops and invests in tools and partnerships that can help bring shared knowledge to bear on the world's most pressing challenges in the areas of climate change, economic development, and global health.
Google.org intends to announce future submission rounds in the coming year; check the Web site for updates.
For complete program information, visit Google.org Geo Challenge Grants for Nonprofit Organization's Map Projects.
