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A to Z Grantwriting Arts and Education Newsletter

NOVEMBER 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...

California Council for the Humanities Accepting Applications for California Story Fund, Deadline: Nov 15. Up to $10K for projects that tell the story of California's people. Info & app: http://www.calhum.org/guidelines/csf_2011_guidelines.htm

Media & Performing Artists and Nonprofit Organizations Collaborative Project Grants, Deadline: Dec 2. $40K for collaborative media projects and performing artists. Info & app: http://www.creativeworkfund.org/

MacArthur Foundation Open Call for Documentary Film Proposals, Deadline: Dec 2. From $50K - $200K for production & distribution of social-issue documentary films. Info & app: http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.943279/k.C2BD/General_Grant...

2012 National Medal for Museum and Library Community Service, Deadline: Dec 15. Nominations for museums and libraries honored for their extraordinary contributions . Info & app: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=13

Public-Private Partnership to Connect Latin American Performing Artists With U.S. Audiences, Deadline: Feb 10, 2012. Up to $25K to present performances by Latin American dance, music, & theater artist ensembles. Info & app: http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/Southern_Exposur...

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/

American Educational Research, Deadline: Various.
Up to $35K for research that use large-scale national/international data sets. Info & app: http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/index.html

CHS Foundation Mini-Grants to College Agriculture Clubs, Deadline: Open. Up to $1K for providing leadership & professional development programs. Info & app: http://www.chsfoundation.org/scholarshipprog.html#minigrants

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

Lexus and Scholastic 4th Annual Environmental Contest for Middle & High School, Deadline: Various. Up to $40K for student-led efforts to address local environmental issues. Info & app: http://www.scholastic.com/lexus/

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

Project Ignition Grants for High School Students to Address Teen Driver Safety, Deadline: Nov 15. $2K to public high schools (grades 9-12) in the US. Info & app: http://www.sfprojectignition.com/

Sandra Day O'Connor &Verizon Foundation National Civics Contest for Students, Deadline: Nov 30. Opportunity to win a virtual visit from retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Info & app: http://www.icivics.org/Impact-Challenge-2011

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

Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education 4th Annual Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge for K-12 Students, Deadline: Mar 15. $250K in prizes. Info & app: http://www.wecanchange.com/

ING Unsung Heroes Program 2012 Class Project Awards, Deadline: Apr 30, 2012. $2K to K-12 educators for an innovative and effective classroom project. Info & app: http://ing.us/about-ing/citizenship/childrens-education/ing-unsung-heroes

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

IN THE NEWS

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Commits $50 Million to Support Individual Artists. Believed to be the largest such effort in the nation, the Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative will invest in the development and future work of individual artists by providing unrestricted, multi-year cash grants. Press Release: http://www.ddcf.org/PageFiles/236/Doris%20Duke%20Performing%20Artists%20...

IN THE NEWS

RECOMMENDATIONS

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A to Z GRANTWRITING PRESENTER - ARTIST LINDA VALLEJO

Vallejo has recently been 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.