The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
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Serv sponsored by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authoritys Rural Funding
Coordination Project. These messages
provide information about current government and private grants, conference and
training opportunities, publications, and potential funding sources, with an
emphasis on rural Alaska.
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The State Department
of Education and Early Development is accepting requests for its Alaska Community Learning Center Program. The purpose of the program is to provide
competitive grants to organizations that are working in partnership within
their community and schools to provide expanded learning and enrichment opportunities
for children and adults outside of the regular school hours. Approximately 4 to 8 grants of between
$125,000 to $500,000 each will be available to organizations, school districts,
or other public or private agencies. The
deadline is March 12. For more
information, contact Cynthia LaVigne at 907-465-2304 or visit www.eed.state.ak.us.
The Denali Commission is committed to accelerating
the building of sustainable infrastructure in rural Alaska to enhance the
health and safety of rural residents. A
revised Draft Investment Policy will be posed on their
website in mid-February for further public review and comment. The deadline for written comments is March
31. For more information, contact Yuri
Morgan at 907-271-2372 or visit www.denali.gov.
The Federal Government has a new website that
provides information about how to find and apply to federal grant
programs. The site includes information
on more than 800 grant programs run by
26 federal grant-making agencies that together award more than $360 billion
annually to charities, universities, state and local government agencies, and
other organizations. To learn more about
the grant programs, visit www.grants.gov.
The Archstone
Foundation is
accepting nominations for its 2004
Award for Excellence in Program Innovation. The award aims to
identify best practice models in the field of aging and health. The deadline is April 2. For more information, contact Allan Goldman
at 404-657-5254 or visit www.archstone.org.
HCR Manor Care
Foundation
provides funding to organizations and programs that address the needs of the
elderly and individuals requiring post-acute care services. There is no deadline. For more information, contact Amy Kautz at
419-252-5989 or visit www.hcr-manorcare.org.
Alaska Communication
Systems (ACS) provides
donations to nonprofit organizations that provide programs and activities that
benefit communities around the state.
Emphasis is placed on unique programs, and those projects that benefit
the maximum number of Alaskans. There is
no deadline. For more information, contact
Jeff Tyson at 907-297-3000 or visit http://www.acsalaska.com/aboutacs/community.stm.
The Foundation
Centers Guide to Winning Proposals,
contains 20 grant
proposals that succeeded in getting support from foundations or companies. These collection of proposals sought support
for a variety of programs and services, including capital projects, endowments,
operating support, and special projects.
The program officer who awarded the grant introduces each proposal by
highlighting its strengths. The book
also includes several sample budgets and letters of inquiry. The cost is $34.95. For more information, call 800-424-9836 or
visit http://fdncenter.org/marketplace
The Traumatic Brain
Injury The New Frontier Conference will be held March 7-9 at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel. The goal of the conference is to assist
survivors of traumatic brain injuries and their families and to provide baseline
training for service providers. For more
information, contact Sharon Walluk at 907-269-3619 or email her at Sharon_walluk@health.state.ak.us.
The Foraker Group is dedicated to assisting nonprofits strengthen
their organizations in a variety of ways, including board and staff
trainings. Foraker is offering the
following workshops:
February 17 1:00-5:00
Basic Human Resources Barrow
February 23 9:00-11:00
High Performing Boards Kodiak
February 23 12:00-2:00
Building Relationships Kodiak
February 23 2:30-4:30
Cultivating Donors Kodiak
February 23 8:30-5:30
Proposal Writing Fairbanks
February 24 6:00-8:00
Building Relationships Anchorage
February 25 9:00-11:00
Performance Evaluation Anchorage
March 2 8:30-5:30
Business Planning Fairbanks
March 3 12:30-2:30
Volunteer Management Anchorage
March 4 6:00-8:00
Cultivating Donors Anchorage
March 10 2:30-4:30
Basics of Raising Money Anchorage
March 10 8:30-5:30
Business Planning Juneau
March 12 2:30-4:30
Nonprofit Financial Reporting Anchorage
For more information or
to register, contact Karma Tomlinson at 907-743-1205 or visit www.forakergroup.org.
The beneficiaries of
the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority include those Alaskans experiencing
mental illness; developmental disabilities; chronic alcoholism; or Alzheimers
disease or related dementia. You can learn
more about the Trust at www.mhtrust.org.
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority's Small Projects Funding program is
designed to create new services of direct benefit to Trust beneficiaries. These services are not normally funded by another
part of government. They can be
innovative, new program ideas, or substantially improve and
supplement existing activities. They can
also significantly increase the quality of ongoing projects. Each small project is limited to a maximum of
$10,000. The intent is to spend
half of the Small Projects Fund ($250,000 yearly) on high quality
rural projects.
The deadlines are February 1, June 1 and October 1. For more information,
call 907-269-7960 or visit www.mhtrust.org.
The Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority funds The
Foraker Group to offer free technical assistance to those organizations
that provide services for Trust beneficiaries in rural areas. For more information, contact Thea Agnew at
907-222-5424 or thea@agnewbeck.com.
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