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Lamar Bruni Vergara Trust (Grant)
Submitted by arreba on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 12:43.Laredo, Texas 78041 United States
The foundation primarily supports organizations in Laredo, Texas.
The foundation does not award grants to individuals.
An application form is not required.
$500,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Laredo; $75,108 to Christ Church Episcopal; $20,000 to United Way of Laredo; $10,000 to Sacred Heart Children's Home
Garmar Foundation (Grant)
Submitted by arreba on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 11:28.Dodge Center, Minnesota 55927-7750 United States
The foundation does not award individual grants.
Faith based groups
Education
Youth
Adventists
Bangledesh Missionary Efforts
Health Care Efforts
The foundation provides support for pre-selected organizations.
Adventist Laymans Services and Industries (ASI), Maryland 2004: $615,000
Gospel Outreach, WA 2004: $212,500
Missionary Partners, CA 2004: $14,300
Alan B. Slifka Foundation, Inc. (Grant)
Submitted by arreba on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 17:15.New York, New York 10022 United States
Primarily funds organizations based in New York, but has a history of funding organizations located in the following states: Pennsylvania, Connecticut, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Montana, Illinois, Vermont, Ohio, South Carolina, Florida, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, New Hampshire, Alabama, and Arkansas.
The Foundation has also funded organizations based in the countries of Israel and England.
Please contact the Foundation for more details.
Zionist
Seminary
Please contact the Foundation for more information.
Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, New York 2004: $2,000
Colel Chabad, New York 2004: $500
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, New York 2004: $1,000
Hartford Seminary, Connecticut 2005: $25,000
Marin Community Foundation (Grant)
Submitted by pure.imagination on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 10:32.Novato, California 94949-8263 United States
The Marin Community Foundation limits their giving to organizations in the Marin County, CA area. However, they do give nationally and internationally with an emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Marin Community Foundation does not award grants to individuals, unless they are scholarship recipients. For more limitations, please refer to the foundation's website.
The Marin Community Foundation is interested in organizations focused on religion, art, education, community development and other human and environmental needs.
The Marin Community Foundation requires an application form from all applicants. For application resources and procedures, please see the foundation's website.
$1,000 to Zion Church in Jesus Christ, $5,000 to Trinity Church, $1,100 to the Inner City Scholaship Fund-Archdiocese of New York, $5,000 to City Harvest Inc.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Grant)
Submitted by arreba on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 14:30.Chicago, Illinois 60603-5285 United States
Funds via the following areas and departments:
Program of Global Security and Sustainability
The Program of Human and Community Development
The General Program that is responsible for supporting public interest related items such as the media (i.e.--public radio, documentary programming, etc.) and work that explores the use of digital technologies that aid in reaching and engaging the public.
The MacArthur Fellows Program which awards five year, unrestricted fellowships to individuals that show strong merit and promise in academia
International issues (i.e.--human rights, international justice, peace and security, etc.)
Issues that primarily affect the United States such as community and economic development and housing
Interest media such as public radio, documentary based programming, and works that explore the use of digital technologies that reach and engage the public
Fellowship based funding for students that exhibit great promise and potential
The foundation asks that all letters of inquiries should NOT be sent by fax. Send it by mail to the office of Grants Management or by E-mail. Direct applications for MacArthur Fellows programs are also not accepted. Grants increasingly initiated by the board.
Application form not required.
Must submit a letter of inquiry that includes a cover sheet. According to the MacArthur foundation website, the cover sheet should have the following information:
- Information regarding who will carry out the work
- Name of your organization (and acronym if commonly used)
- Name of parent organization, if any
- Name of chief executive officer or person holding similar position
- Organization’s address (and courier address if different)
- Organization’s phone number, fax number, and e-mail address, if any
- Name and title of the principal contact person, if different from the above
- Address (and courier address if different), phone number, and fax number of principal contact
- E-mail address of principal contact
- Web address, if any.
$5,000,000 to Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; $160,000 to the Child In Need Institute; $70,000 to the OneWorld International Foundation;
Laffey-McHugh Foundation (Grant)
Submitted by arreba on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 15:43.Wilmington, Delaware 19899 United States
Appears to primarily provide funding for organizations based Delaware, but has a history of allocating funds to organizations in the following states: Maryland, California, Pennsylvania, New York, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, and Texas.
Grants are not allocated, nor considered for individuals.
Lutheran
Animal Rights and Advocacy
All applicants must submit a descriptive and specific two page letter.
All applicants should include background information about their organization, as well as the goals of their organization's project and the amount requested. In addition, the applicant should include a listing of the organization's other funding sources and proof of their IRS tax exemption status.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware 2006: $25,000
Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Delaware 2005: $10,000
Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, 2005: $10,000
Wege Foundation (Grant)
Submitted by arreba on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 16:00.Grand Rapids, Michigan 49516 United States
Appears to grant funding in the Michigan area, but has a history of granting funding in the following states: New York, Illinois, Washington D.C., and Georgia.
Generally fund organization's located in the Western Michigan area; preference given to projects in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.
Will generally consider capital projects that seek LEED certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s guidelines
Must complete and submit a preliminary grant form
The Foundation may conduct a site visit to the organization to determine if they meet their foundation's eligibility requirements
Health Care
Human Services
Art and Culture
Environment
Must submit a preliminary application
Saint James Mercy, MI 2005: $10,000
Saint Francis Xaviar Church and School, MI 2005: $25,000
Saint Marys Doran Fund, MI 2004: $65,000
The Flatley Foundation (Christian Grant)
Submitted by pure.imagination on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 10:25.Braintree, Massachusetts 02184-8754 United States
The Flatley Foundation limits it's giving to organizations in Massachusetts.
The Flatley Foundation does not award grants to individuals. Also, the foundation gives to pre-selected organizations.
The Flatley Foundation is interested in Christian organzations that serve communities in the realms of education and health.
As the Flatley Foundationonly gives to a serlect group of organizations, interested applicants should contact the foundation for details on application procedures.
$50,000 to Sacred Heart Parish, $5,000 to Quincy Interfaith Sheltering Coalitiion, $250,000 to My Brother's Keeper, $100,000 to Legionaires of Christ
Baton Rough Area Foundation (Grant)
Submitted by arreba on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 14:24.Baton Rouge, Alabama 70802 United States
Appears to allocate funds in the Lousiana area, but has a history of providing grants to organizations in the following states; Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Texas, New York, California, Wyoming, Iowa, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Georgia, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, Mississippi, Utah, North Carolina, Colorado, Maine, Missouri, Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
Only non profits that have an IRS (c)(3) designation can apply for grants.
All applications are due by a designated deadline date; this deadline depends on the type of grant the organization is applying to.
According to the foundation's website, "if the deadline date falls on a holiday, requests are due on the business day prior to the holiday."
All grants must be submitted by 5 p.m. (or 4 p.m. on Fridays) on there respective deadline dates.
Please see website for more information
Hope Ministry of Pointe Coupee, LA 2006: $15,752
Trinity Episcopal Church, Louisiana 2006: $24,400
Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, Loisiana 2006: $22,000
Lilly Endowment Inc. (Grant)
Submitted by Miki on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 22:22.Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-0068 United States
The Lilly Endowment's grants are limited to Indiana with special focus on Indianapolis.
The foundation seeks to award grants to community development projects such as those promoting the arts, capital building, and social services. Individual grants are not generally given except in cases for : 1) fellowships that are awarded under special programs 2) endowments (except for Indiana-based community foundations)
The foundation does not support healthcare programs, mass media projects, libraries or for individual schools (elementary and secondary).
For more detailed information, please visit the foundation website.
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