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A to Z Grantwriting Arts and Education Newsletter

JUNE 2011

FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS

Federal Grants Wire http://www.federalgrantswire.com/

Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/

FirstGov http://www.firstgov.gov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml#resources

FundsNet http://www.fundsnetservices.com/

Arts and Culture

National Endowment for the Arts - http://www.nea.gov/

State Arts Agencies - http://www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/aoa/aoa_contents.shtml

Artdeadline - http://artdeadline.com/

Art Deadlines List - http://artdeadlineslist.com

Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities - http://arts.endow.gov/federal.html

Target Arts in Education Program - http://target.com/schools/grants.asp

FundsNets – Arts and Humanities - http://www.fundsnetservices.com/arts2.htm

Ford Foundation Social Issue Film Funding Initiative, Deadline: Open. Approx $16M to filmmakers & mediamakers making documentaries. Info & app: http://www.fordfoundation.org/issues/freedom-of-expression/justfilms#201...

Sappi Fine Paper North America Ideas That Matter Design Grant Program, Deadline: Jul 15. Up to $50K to designers: agencies, instructors, and students. Info & app: http://www.na.sappi.com/ideasthatmatterNA/learn.html

California Council for the Humanities Story Fund, Deadline: Jun 15. Up to $10K to story-based projects related to California history & meaning of democracy. Info & app: http://www.calhum.org/guidelines/guidelines_csf.htm

Int’l Research Funders Humanities and Social Sciences Data Challenge, Deadline: Jun 16. Up to $175K to team research on how "big data" changes the landscape. Info & app: http://www.diggingintodata.org/

Tournées Festival Program, Deadline: Jun 30; Oct 1. Up to $2,300 to provide college campuses a film festival with a French-American cultural exchange. Info & app: http://www.facecouncil.org/tournees/index.html

ASCAP Foundation Music Grant Program, Deadline: Aug 1. Up to $3K to provide music education & talent development programs. Info & app: http://www.ascapfoundation.org/grants.html

First Peoples Fund for Artists in Business Leadership Program, Deadline: Sept 1. Up to $5K plus opportunities to Native American artists to develop skills for a self-sustaining arts-based business. Info & app: http://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/artists_artist_in_business_leadership.html

Tony Hawk Foundation Skatepark Grants, Deadline: Oct 1. $25K & assistance to organizations to build in low-income areas. Info and app http://www.tonyhawkfoundation.org/skatepark-grants/apply/

Education

US Department of Education Forecast of Funding Opportunities http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html

California Department of Education UPCOMING DEADLINES http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/

The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/texis/events/searchdeadlines?q=fellow*,grant*'&s=type&d=1&pg=gf

GrantsAlert UPCOMING EDUCATION DEADLINES http://grantsalert.com/

NAMM Foundation Wanna Play Instruments Grants, Deadline: Rolling. Grants for musical instruments to schools and community organizations to expand or reinstate music education for low-income and special-needs students. Info & app http://www.nammfoundation.org/grant-information/apply-grant-and-scholarship

Lexus and Scholastic School Environmental Contest, Deadline: Various. Grants up to $40K to middle and high schools in recognition of student-led efforts to address environmental issues. Info & app: http://www.scholastic.com/lexus/

National Resource Center for First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Deadline: Jul 1. $5K to research student transition into higher education. Info and app: http://sc.edu/fye/research/grant/index.html

National Endowment Financial Education Grants, Deadline: Dec 6. Support for financial literacy research projects. Info & app: http://www.nefe.org/tabid/127/Default.aspx

Journalism/Media

Getty Images Editorial Photography and Nonprofit Work, Deadline: Various. Up to $20K to photographers & filmmakers working to create socio-political, & cultural stories. Info & app: http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/overview.aspx

USC Annenberg Knight Grants Reporting on Religion & American Public Life, Deadline: Jul 1. Up to $20K residency to 2 journalists exploring how religion shapes responses to social issues in the US. Info & app: http://annenberg.usc.edu/knight-grants/

Philanthropy and Voluntarism

L'Oreal 6th Annual Women of Worth Awards, Deadline: Jun 30. Up to $35,000 to women age 18+ who are dedicated to Volunteerism & Community. Info & app: http://www.womenofworth.com/home/home.aspx

IN THE NEWS

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( http://www.sloan.org/) is a major proponent of using arts to expand the public's understanding of science and technology, the New York Times reports. The New York -based foundation awarded $5M this year to commission, develop, and present plays, films, television shows, and books with a science-related theme, plus $5M to support public radio and television. Full Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/07/theater/sloan-foundation-grants-help-b...

JOIN US FOR AN UPCOMING “A TO Z GRANTWRITING†INTENSIVE SEMINAR or WORKSHOP

**June 13, 14 & 15, 2011 (Mon-Tues-Wed), “A to Z Funding Your Passion†3-Day Seminar at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. Call Peggy Dobreer, Community Outreach Coordinator for details, fees and registration at (310) 338-1971

**June 18, 2001 (Sat), A to Z Grantwriting “How to Secure Large Grants for Schools†1-Day Workshop with Linda Vallejo & Spike Dolomite Ward, GO TO www.atozgrantwriting.com for details, fees, and registration or call Spike Dolomite Ward at 818-224-9091 or spike@spikedolomite.com

A to Z GRANTWRITING PRESENTER - ARTIST LINDA VALLEJO

In 2010 Vallejo presented a forty-year retrospective, “Fierce Beauty,†curated by Betty Ann Brown at Plaza de la Raza. A solo exhibition of her newest work “Make ‘Em All Mexican†curated by Karen Mary Davalos is currently on view at Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park. She included in The California/International Arts Foundation’s new encyclopedia “L.A. Rising: SoCal Artists Before 1980†compiled by Lyn Kienholz and supported in part by the Getty Foundation. Her work is schedule for inclusion in two exhibitions of the Getty Foundation’s city-wide initiative, Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980. Vallejo will appear in “Mapping Another LA: The Chicano Art Movement†curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Tere Romo, and Chon Noriega opening October 2011 at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. This exhibition is part of “L.A. Xicano,†a unique collaboration between UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and three museums. Vallejo will also be included in “Doin’ It in Public: Art and Feminism at the Woman’s Building†in October 2011 at the Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art. For further information visit http://www.lindavallejo.com/