Deadline: August 1
- Health (national).Applications for grants from the Alzheimer's Foundation of America. Grants will be awarded to organizations that wish to develop or enhance programs or services that improve the lives of people with dementia and their families. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: AFA member organizations.Contact: AFA 322 Eighth Avenue, Sixth Floor, New York, N.Y. 10001; (866) 232-8484; fax (646) 638-1546 http://www.alzfdn.org/services/apply-grant.shtml
- Children and Youth (D.C., Md.). Applications for grants from the Community Grants Program, sponsored by Ober/Kaler. One $25,000 grant and two grants of $10,000 each will support programs in Baltimore or Washington that provide clothes, education, food, or shelter to needy youths. Additional information is available on the company's Web site. Who may apply: organizations in Baltimore or Washington that are classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Churches, parochial and public schools, and synagogues are also eligible if their umbrella organizations are tax-exempt. Programs must be secular.Contact: CGP, Ober/Kaler 120 East Baltimore Street, Suite 800, Baltimore, Md. 21202; (410) 685-1120; fax (410) 547-0699 info@ober.com; http://www.ober.com/grants
- Sports and recreation (national).Applications for grants from the National Trails Fund, administered by the American Hiking Society, with support from L.L. Bean, Mountain Safety Research, Nature Valley, and Therm-a-Rest. Two types of grants awarded through the fund will support projects that establish, protect, and maintain foot trails. American Hiking Society Trail Grants range from $500 to $4,999 each. Ten Nature Valley Trail Grants of $5,000 each will be awarded through an online vote. Additional information is available through the society's Web site. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Grants will not support political causes, private foundations, and religious organizations.Contact: Ira Levin, AHS 1422 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring, Md. 20910; (301) 565-6704, ext. 208; fax (301) 565-6714 ilevin@americanhiking.org; http://www.americanhiking.org/NTFApp.aspx
- Film and media (national).Applications for development grants from the America's Media Makers program, administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Grants may range from $100,000 to $800,000 over a maximum of three years and will support producers who wish to collaborate with scholars on developing content for a digital-media, radio, or television project that explores, in a new and creative way, significant events or figures in the humanities. Additional information is available on the organization's Web site. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and local and state government agencies.Contact: America's Media Makers, NEH 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 426, Washington, D.C. 20506; (202) 606-8269 publicpgms@neh.gov; http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_development.html
- Film and media (national).Applications for production grants from the America's Media Makers program, administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Grants may range from $100,000 to $800,000 over a maximum of three years and will support the preparation of a digital-media, radio, or television project for distribution that explores a significant event or figure in the humanities. Additional information is available on the organization's Web site. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and local and state government agencies.Contact: America's Media Makers, NEH 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 426, Washington, D.C. 20506; (202) 606-8269 publicpgms@neh.gov; http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_production.html
- Film and media (national). Applications for grants from the Small Grants Project, administered by the Social Science Research Council. Grants of up to $7,500 each will support the research of nonprofit advocacy groups that advance public-interest efforts to change the structure, practices, policies, or content of telecommunications and other such media. Additional information is available on the council's Web site. Who may apply: advocacy and community organizations that are classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or fiscally sponsored by such groups. Applicants must collaborate with an academic researcher at a college, university, or other research institution. Applications must be submitted online. Contact: SSRC 810 Seventh Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10019; (212) 377-2700; fax (212) 377-2727 info@ssrc.org; http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/small-grants-project/index_html
- Housing (U.S., Canada).Applications for grants from the Housing Impact Grants program, administered by the Home Depot Foundation. Grants of up to $3,000 each will support low-cost housing projects built or renovated with efficient, environmentally-friendly materials. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Canadian groups must be registered nonprofit organizations with a corporate identification number. Preference will be given to projects that engage local communities and build homes for individuals and families earning 80 percent or less of the area's median household income. Contact: HDF 2455 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Ga. 30339; (770) 384-3889 or (866) 593-7019; fax (770) 384-3908 or (866) 593-7027 housing_impact@homedepot.com; http://homedepot.com/impactgrants
- Technology (national).Applications for noncash support from Data-Scribe. Nonprofit organizations will each receive assistance, valued at $2,500, to develop or improve their Web sites. Additional information is available on the company's Web site. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or have 501(c)(6) status. Awards will not be given to groups that support political candidates or work to influence legislation. Contact: Data-Scribe P.O. Box 15361, Rio Rancho, N.M. 87174; (505) 896-9379 info@datascribe.biz; http://www.socialmissionwebhost.com/home2
- Sports and recreation (national).Applications for grants from the Tony Hawk Foundation. Grants of up to $25,000 each will support the construction of public parks for skateboarders in low-income neighborhoods or areas with needy youths that currently have no skateboarding facilities. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) and qualified under Section 170(b)(1)(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. State and local agencies, including public-school systems, are also eligible. Applications must be submitted online and may not be sent by fax or e-mail. Contact: THF 1611-A South Melrose Drive, Number 360, Vista, Calif. 92081; (760) 477-2479 contact@tonyhawkfoundation.org; http://www.tonyhawkfoundation.org/grant_application.asp
- Education (national). Applications for student-achievement grants from the NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education. Grants of $5,000 each will support individuals whose work engages students in critical thinking and problem solving that increase their knowledge of curricular subject matter. Proposals that focus on enrolling low-income or minority students in advanced coursework are especially encouraged. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: teachers at public schools, education-support professionals at public schools, and faculty and staff members at public colleges or universities. Teachers and staff members with less than seven years of experience and education-support professionals are encouraged to apply. Grants will not support conference fees; after-school, weekend, or summer programs; indirect costs; or stipends. Contact: NEA Foundation 1201 16th Street, N.W., Suite 416, Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 822-7840; fax (202) 822-7779 http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/StudentAchievement_Guidelines.htm