Funding Sources for
Tangible Love Ministries

Links to funding sources are arranged by category.  Links  that appear in red indicate funders that only accept proposals from specific geographic locations.
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At-Risk Youth, Elderly, and Families Children and Youth Community Development Economic Justice Education and Adult Literacy Environment Food, Hunger, Nutrition Health and Human Services Homeless, Housing, Temporary Shelter Human Rights

Immigrant and Ethnic Assistance International Needs Job Skills and Training Peace and Social Justice Prison and Released Inmates Ministries Reconciliation and Mediation Special Needs Substance Abuse Technology Training Women Web sites with Multiple Grant Notices (RFP) listed by category Scroll through all categories

Education and Adult Literacy

http://www.albertsons.com/abs_inthecommunity/ Albertsons and its family of stores (Acme Markets, Jewel-Osco, Osco Drug, Savon, Shaws) believe in being a good neighbor by contributing to the quality of life in the diverse communities we serve. They own and operate 19 distribution centers located throughout a 31-state operating area. Areas of charitable giving include Health and Nutrition and Education and the Development of our Youth.

http://www.cargill.com/about/citizenship/giving.htm Cargill Foundation provides direct grants to help socio-economically disadvantaged youth develop leadership skills, increase access to and innovation in education, and demonstrate responsible stewardship of natural resources. Corporate giving occurs in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America.

http://www.dollargeneral.com/community/dgliteracy.aspx Dollar General Literacy Foundation supports non-profit organizations within Dollar General's market area that are established for public use and have an active 501(c)(3) status under the Internal Revenue Service Code. Eligible organizations must be committed to improving the functional literacy of adults, youth, and/or families and must provide direct literacy services within their community.

http://www.hpdavis.org/index.htm The Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation is open to multiple project areas including health and medical, education, human services, civic and community, disabilities, elderly, faith and religion, and youth development.

http://www.fordfound.org/about/mission.cfm  The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Specific goals for more than half a century are to: * Strengthen democratic values, * Reduce poverty and injustice, * Promote international cooperation and * Advance human achievement.  Three broad programs areas are: Asset Building and Community Development, Peace and Social Justice, and Knowledge, Creativity, and Freedom - education, sexuality, religion, media, arts, and culture.

http://www.thekrogerco.com/corpnews/corpnewsinfo_charitablegiving.htm Kroger Company's Family of Stores includes The Kroger Co. Foundation, The Fred Meyer Foundation, and The Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation. Kroger focuses its charitable giving in several key areas: hunger relief; K-12 education; grassroots service organizations; women's health; and advancement for women and minorities.

http://www.medtronic.com/foundation/programs_hs.html Medtronic Foundation grantmaking supports human service programs that help individuals become more self-sufficient. Programs reach out to a wide range of people--from young families seeking support services to the elderly in need of transitional housing assistance. Grants accepted in the following areas: Arizona--Temple/Maricopa County; California--Santa Barbara/Ventura Counties, San Fernando Valley, Orange County, Sonoma County; Colorado--Louisville, Denver metro area; Florida--Jacksonville; Indiana--Kosciusko County; Massachusetts--Beverly/Danvers/Middleton/Peabody/Salem & other North Shore Communities; Puerto Rico--Humacao/Juncos/Villalba vicinity; Tennessee--Shelby County; Texas--Fort Worth; Washington--King & Southern Snohomish Counties.

http://www.knightfdn.org/default.asp?story=cpp/index.asp Knight Foundation concentrates its local funding on the 26 U.S. communities. The main focal points are education, at-risk youth and families, economic and community development, and cultural vitality for youth and adults.

http://www.mott.org/about/programs.aspx The Charles Mott Foundation has four priority programs - Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area, and Pathways Out of Poverty. The Pathways Out of Poverty Mission: To identify, test and help sustain pathways out of poverty for low-income people and communities. This includes improving school readiness and performance, expanding economic opportunity, and strengthening and sustaining low-income community organizational structure. In addition to the four programs, there is an Exploratory and Special Projects (XSP) fund.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml  The Philanthropy News Digest (PND) is a service of The Foundation Center and provides up-to-date announcements on Requests for Proposals (RFPs) in the categories of: children and youth, community, disabled, education, environment, health, human services, international affairs, substance abuse, and women.

http://www.staplesfoundation.org/  Staples Foundation for Learning™ considers educational funding to be an investment in the future of communities. Their goal is to help local groups, many of which include customers and associates, with programs and services that will positively impact their community every day. The Mission and Giving Focus of Staples Foundation for Learning, Inc. is to provide funding to programs that support or provide job skills and/or education for all people, with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth.

http://www.publicwelfare.org/  The Public Welfare Foundation is a non-governmental grant-making organization dedicated to supporting organizations that provide services to disadvantaged populations and work for lasting improvements in the delivery of services that meet basic human needs. Grants have been awarded in the areas of criminal justice, disadvantaged elderly and youth, environment, population, health, community and economic development, human rights and technology assistance.

http://target.com/common/page.jhtml?content=target_cg_local_giving  Target Stores fund programs that promote a love of reading or encourage children to read together with their families. Reading is an essential element of each child's educational process. They particularly focus on programs that inspire young readers (birth through third grade) and also support after-school programs.

http://www.tolerance.org/teach The Teaching Tolerance project of the Southern Poverty Law Center offers grants of up to $2,000 to K-12 classroom teachers for implementing tolerance and youth activism projects in their schools and communities. Proposals from other educators such as community organizations and churches are considered on the basis of direct student impact.

http://foundation.verizon.com/index.shtml  Verizon Foundation supports programs that create innovative community technology development, help bridge the digital divide, foster basic and computer literacy, and create a skilled workforce. Verizon has an extensive employee incentive program as well.

http://www.lilly.com/products/access/foundation.html  Eli Lilly and Company Foundation support Indianapolis and Communities with a Significant Lilly Presence. Eli Lilly and Company's goal is to make annual charitable contributions based on a percentage of average consolidated income before taxes over the past three years. The formula is designed to annually place Lilly among the top 10 most generous companies in the world.

http://www.nmefdn.org/Foundation/OrganizationInformation.aspx The Nellie Mae Education Foundation, whose mission is to serve as "a proactive, transformational force across all levels of education in New England," has announced funding and support in each of the initiative areas. Awards are in the form of program grants, technical assistance or evaluation grants, research studies, and advocacy activities.

• LiFELiNE -- Literacy and Family Education Linked Across New England -- focuses on programs that transition GED graduates into college, and programs that contain explicit strategies to foster intergenerational, adult and family literacy.
• The Minority High Achievement initiative seeks to close the minority achievement gap and increase the number of New England students from under-represented minority groups who achieve at the highest levels by supporting high-quality academic support and intervention programs that serve minority students from middle school to post-secondary education.
• The Out-of-School Matters! initiative is designed to improve the academic preparedness and achievement of underserved middle school students in New England by expanding and strengthening out-of-school programs. (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)

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Environment

http://www.altria.com/responsibility/4_6_environmentagriculture.asp  The Altria Group, Inc. believes a healthy environment is fundamental to the well-being of any community. A majority of their operating companies are agriculturally based and understand the environment provides for most basic human needs.

http://www.cargill.com/about/citizenship/giving.htm Cargill Foundation provides direct grants to help socio-economically disadvantaged youth develop leadership skills, increase access to and innovation in education, and demonstrate responsible stewardship of natural resources. Corporate giving occurs in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America.

http://www.epa.gov/ogd/  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes that lack of adequate funding may hamper the establishment of new or threaten existing environmental developing activities. For this reason, EPA developed this grant tutorial program to help those communities and non-profit organizations identify financial assistance opportunities for their environmental-oriented development programs.

http://www.fordfound.org/about/mission.cfm  The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Specific goals for more than half a century are to: * Strengthen democratic values, * Reduce poverty and injustice, * Promote international cooperation and * Advance human achievement.  The program area of Asset Building and Community Development includes environment.

http://www.mott.org/about/programs.aspx The Charles Mott Foundation has four priority programs - Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area, and Pathways Out of Poverty. The Pathways Out of Poverty Mission: To identify, test and help sustain pathways out of poverty for low-income people and communities. This includes improving school readiness and performance, expanding economic opportunity, and strengthening and sustaining low-income community organizational structure. In addition to the four programs, there is an Exploratory and Special Projects (XSP) fund.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_environment.jhtml  The Philanthropy News Digest (PND) is a service of The Foundation Center and provides up-to-date announcements on Requests for Proposals (RFPs) in the categories of: children and youth, community, disabled, education, environment, health, human services, international affairs, substance abuse, and women.

http://www.peacedevelopmentfund.org/who/-whowe.htm  The Peace Development Fund makes grants to organizations and projects working to achieve peaceful, just and interdependent relationships among people and nations. They believe the change in values needed to establish a more just and peaceful world will come about only if it is strongly rooted in local communities. Projects that emphasize transnational organizing among workers in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and efforts from indigenous communities in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. that are working to address local, regional, national, or international challenges are priorities in three key program areas.* BASE: Building Action for Sustainable Environments: A comprehensive, multi-year funding program designed to support environmental justice efforts,* Criminal Justice, and * Cross Border.

http://www.publicwelfare.org/  The Public Welfare Foundation is a non-governmental grant-making organization dedicated to supporting organizations that provide services to disadvantaged populations and work for lasting improvements in the delivery of services that meet basic human needs. Grants have been awarded in the areas of criminal justice, disadvantaged elderly and youth, environment, population, health, community and economic development, human rights and technology assistance.

http://www.pseg.com/community/overview.jsp  Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Good corporate citizenship is one of PSEG's core values and an integral part of the company's way of doing business. PSEG's Corporate Contributions Program and the PSEG Foundation fund various community initiatives throughout New Jersey. PSEG's Contributions Program supports nonprofit organization proposals that address three funding principles: Children and Families, Community and Economic Development, and the Environment.

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Food, Hunger, Nutrition

http://www.CofChrist.org/grantwriting/hunger.asp  NEXT STEPS funding opportunities for World Hunger grant applicants/recipients are listed here.  The vision of Community of Christ World Hunger Ministries is a world in which the abundance of food that God has provided is fairly and justly distributed, all are fed, and there is peace in all the earth.

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Health and Human Services

http://www.aetna.com/foundation/index.htm  The Aetna Foundation's heritage is visible in its initiatives to help people help themselves. Aetna has emerged, as a company focusing solely on health care and health philanthropy is the primary focus of its foundation. Aetna volunteers are devoted to educating people about preventing disease and improving their health.

http://www.albertsons.com/abs_inthecommunity/  Albertsons and its family of stores (Acme Markets, Jewel-Osco, Osco Drug, Savon, Shaws) believe in being a good neighbor by contributing to the quality of life in the diverse communities we serve. They own and operate 19 distribution centers located throughout a 31-state operating area. Areas of charitable giving include Health and Nutrition and Education and the Development of our Youth.

http://www.altria.com/responsibility/4_5_contributions.asp  The Altria Group, Inc. believes a healthy environment is fundamental to the well-being of any community. A majority of their operating companies are agriculturally based and understand the environment provides for most basic human needs.

http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org  Covering Kids and Families works to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults who are eligible for public healthcare coverage programs but are not enrolled.

http://www.hpdavis.org/index.htm The Hilda & Preston Davis Foundation is open to multiple project areas including health and medical, education, human services, civic and community, disabilities, elderly, faith and religion, and youth development.

http://www.fordfound.org/about/mission.cfm  The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Specific goals for more than half a century are to: * Strengthen democratic values, * Reduce poverty and injustice, * Promote international cooperation and * Advance human achievement.  Three broad programs areas are: Asset Building and Community Development including reproductive and HIV/AIDS health issues; Peace and Social Justice, and Knowledge, Creativity, and Freedom.

http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/ The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides the GrantsNet site as an access portal to current funding opportunities within HHS agencies, grants policies and regulations, and additional grant resources.

http://www.hrsa.gov/default.htm  Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) directs programs that improve the nation's health by expanding access to comprehensive, quality health care for all Americans. Through its four Bureaus (key program areas), HRSA works to 1) improve and extend life for people living with HIV/AIDS, 2) provide primary health care to medically underserved people, 3) serve women and children through state programs, and 4) train a health workforce that is both diverse and motivated to work in underserved communities. Click on HRSA Preview grant index to view current funding opportunities.

http://www.knightfdn.org/default.asp?story=community/index.html  Knight Foundation concentrates its local funding on the 26 U.S. communities. The main focal points are education, at-risk youth and families, economic and community development, and cultural vitality for youth and adults.

http://www.levistrauss.com/Citizenship/LeviStraussFoundation.aspx The Levi Strauss Foundation and the company seek to reflect the voices of the communities where Levi Strauss and Co. has a business presence and make a difference by having the courage to address tough social issues. The first key priority is a belief in empowerment--the rights of women and youth including economic and educational opportunities. The second is a resolve to address social biases and their impact on youth and women whether due to racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, or HIV/AIDS including preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS.

http://www.medtronic.com/foundation/  Medtronic Foundation grantmaking supports human service programs that help individuals become more self-sufficient. Programs reach out to a wide range of people--from young families seeking support services to the elderly in need of transitional housing assistance. Grants accepted in the following areas: Arizona--Temple/Maricopa County; California--Santa Barbara/Ventura Counties, San Fernando Valley, Orange County, Sonoma County; Colorado--Louisville, Denver metro area; Florida--Jacksonville; Indiana--Kosciusko County; Massachusetts--Beverly/Danvers/Middleton/Peabody/Salem & other North Shore Communities; Puerto Rico--Humacao/Juncos/Villalba vicinity; Tennessee--Shelby County; Texas--Fort Worth; Washington--King & Southern Snohomish Counties.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/index.jhtml  The Philanthropy News Digest (PND) is a service of The Foundation Center and provides up-to-date announcements on Requests for Proposals (RFPs). To see all related RFPs, select "Health" or "Human Services" on this site's left menu bar.

http://www.rwjf.org/applications/index.jsp  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans. They make grants according to their goals and within interest areas related to both health and health care.

http://www.publicwelfare.org/index.html  The Public Welfare Foundation is a non-governmental grant-making organization dedicated to supporting organizations that provide services to disadvantaged populations and work for lasting improvements in the delivery of services that meet basic human needs. Grants have been awarded in the areas of criminal justice, disadvantaged elderly and youth, environment, population, health, community and economic development, human rights and technology assistance.

http://www.omhrc.gov/ The Office of Minority Health (OMH) advises the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on public health issues affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders, Blacks/African Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos. The mission of OMH is to improve the health of racial and ethnic populations through the development of effective health policies and programs that help to eliminate disparities in health. Funding sources are identified at: http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?1v1=2&1v1ID=1

http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/richs/foundat.htm  USDA Rural Information Center features a master list of funding opportunities with current funding programs and a master list for foundations. This is a great resource.

http://www.os.dhhs.gov/grants/index.shtml  The United States Department of Health and Human Services offers grants through a variety of different offices. The funding availability varies from one office to the next and is dependent upon legislative action each year.

http://www.wheatridge.org/site/c.khLSKZPDLoF/b.2144589/k.9ED5/APPLY_FOR_A_GRANT.HTM   Wheat Ridge Ministries (originally called the Wheat Ridge Foundation) is an independent Lutheran charitable organization that offers a variety of grant programs to seed new ministries of health and hope in the name of the healing Christ. Collaboration with a Lutheran congregation or agency is a necessary bonus.

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