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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 USDA Rural
Development Alaska State Office is dedicated to providing rural Alaskans with a wide
variety of programs and services to meet the needs of their communities. Some of the programs include loans and grants
for individual entrepreneurs, cooperatives, and entire communities; and rural
housing programs for home improvement and repairs. Grants are also available to repair health or
safety hazards for people over 62 who do not have the ability to repay
loans. For more information, contact
Bill Allen at 907-761-7705 or visit www.rurdev.usda.gov/ak/programs.htm.
The Center for Mental
Health Services
is accepting applications for its Statewide
Family Network Grants Program. This program
provides funds to increase the capacity of mental health and/or substance abuse
service systems that support programs and services. These grants are intended to act as “Agents
of Transformation” in developing effective service delivery which is consumer
and family driven. The grants are also
designed to enhance State capacity and infrastructure
to be more oriented to the needs of children and adolescents with serious
emotional disturbances and their families.
The deadline is February 27. For
more information, contact Elizabeth Sweet at 301-443-1333 or visit www.samhsa.gov.
The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation
is soliciting proposals for its Active
Living Research Program. The $12.5 million program is
designed to stimulate and support research that will identify environmental
factors and policies that influence physical activity. Findings are expected to change public
policies to promote active living among Americans. The deadline is February 18. For more information, contact James Sallis at
619-260-5534 or visit www.rwjf.org.
The Independent Sector is accepting nominations for
its John W. Gardner Leadership Award
that honors an
individual working in the voluntary sector who has organized people,
strengthened an institution, or brought attention to a cause. The winner will receive a $10,000 honorarium
supported by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The deadline is January 31. For more information, contact John Thomas at
202-467-6100 or visit www.independentsector.org/about/gardneraward.htm.
The Wal-Mart
Foundation
provides grants to nonprofit organizations, schools, churches, and city
governments. They focus their giving on
family health and welfare needs, especially youth, volunteerism, and
community-based programs. There is no
deadline. For more information, contact
Kathy Cox at 800-530-9925 or visit www.walmartfoundation.org.
Premera CARES supports nonprofit
organizations and programs that address prevention and treatment of major
diseases such as diabetes, children’s health, behavioral health, smoking
cessation, and special regional community health needs. There is no deadline. For more information, call 907-677-2406 or
visit http://www.premera.com.
A Seat at the
Table: Keeping the “Public” in Public Policy discusses the importance of public policy
activities as it relates to neighborhood organizations. The publication suggests ways in which grant
makers can support the advocacy efforts of grassroots groups. It also explains the IRS guidelines on making
grants to nonprofit groups that perform advocacy work. The cost is $10. For more information, call 202-833-4690 or
visit www.nfg.org.
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:
January 16 – 8:30 to
5:30 – Proposal Writing –
January 16 –
January 16 –
January 20 – 8:30 to
5:30 – Proposal Writing -
January 21 – 11:00 to
1:00 – Human Resources –
January 26 –
January 29 –
February 4 – 1:00 to
5:00 – Beginning Human Resources – Palmer
February 5 – 8:30 to
5:30 – Proposal Writing – Homer
February 5 – 6:00 to
8:00 – Nonprofit Financial Health -
For more information or
to register, contact Karma Tomlinson at 907-743-1205 or visit www.forakergroup.org.
The beneficiaries of
the
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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