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KAB UNIFY & BEAUTIFY COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM

Keep America Beautiful®, (KAB) the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, will soon be announcing the next round of KAB Community Grant Program awards. These grants support communities and our 700-member affiliate network in preventing littering, promoting recycling, and building clean, green, and beautiful neighborhoods.
Through a coalition of corporate sponsors, Keep America Beautiful seeks innovative grant applications for programs that will unify communities as they address their community improvement needs.
Keep America Beautiful encourages applicants to use this grant opportunity to leverage local resources and encourage volunteers to sign up and take action in their community.

Eligible Recipients:
The COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM is designed to support the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Affiliate network, other nonprofit organizations, and community groups to implement programs or projects designed to build clean, green, and beautiful places for all to thrive and enjoy.

Eligible Projects:

Keep America Beautiful is committed to fostering community diversity, unity, and environmental sustainability. Funding is available independently or collectively to:

  • promote public space recycling collection
  • build strong neighborhoods within and along Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards
  • beautification through tree planting,
  • and prevent littering by addressing cigarette litter and collecting litter from the nation’s waterways.

Funding Amount:
Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to develop a comprehensive PROGRAM approach, rather than project-specific activities by leveraging the funding available through the various grant applications. After completing basic information common to all the applications, applicants will be given the option to apply for one or several of the community improvement grant offerings.

Funding Deadline:
THE KAB COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION PERIOD OPENS IN THE FALL.

Contact:

Jason Smith, jsmith@kab.org

More Information:
https://kab.org/grants/

Forest Legacy Program – Northeast

The Forest Legacy Program is a partnership between States and the USDA Forest Service to identify and help conserve environmentally important forests from conversion to nonforest uses. The main tool used for protecting these important forests is conservation easements.

Eligible Recipients:
Landowners with property which lies partially or entirely within a designated Forest Legacy Area.

Eligible Projects:
Participation in the program is entirely voluntary. The primary method of protection is with conservation easements in which landowners sell a portion of the property rights and retain ownership of the land. The use of conservation easements allows the land to remain in private ownership and ensures that important public values such as wildlife habitat, natural areas, forest resources, and outdoor recreation opportunities are protected. Participating landowners may prefer to sell the property outright in which case the land would be owned by the State and managed as State Forest land.

Funding Source:
USDA Forest Service, NYSDEC, local and private sources

Funding Amount:
Varies

Matching Requirements:
Federal Funding: 75%
State, Local or Private Funding: 25%

Deadline:
Recurring

Contact:
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Lands and Forests
625 Broadway, 5th Fl.
Albany, NY 12233
518-402-9405
Fax: 518-402-9028
lflands@gw.dec.state.ny.us

More Information:
www.dec.ny.gov/lands/63117.html

The Community Fund

The Community Foundation seeks to invest in programs that provide services to residents of Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, and/or Tioga counties. Grant proposals should address a specific charitable, educational or cultural need, promote cooperation among agencies with similar programs, and incorporate a plan for tracking predicted outcomes.

Eligible Recipients:

  • Any 501(c)(3) where a grant will benefit significantly (but not necessarily exclusively) residents of the Foundation’s service area: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, and/or Tioga counties.
  • Certain local government agencies, municipalities and public school systems within the Foundation’s service area.
  • Organizations requiring a 501(c)(3) as a fiscal sponsor may be eligible to apply.

Eligible Projects:

  • Program—proposals that address a specific program need.
  • Capital—proposals for property purchase, equipment purchase, facilities improvement, and capital campaigns.
  • Operating Support—proposals from established organizations (minimum of 10 years) that are in financial distress due to a reduction in traditional funding sources for operations (e.g. individual contributions, event revenue, federal/state/local  budget reductions).

Funding Source:
The Community Foundation for South Central New York

Funding Amount:
$1,000 to $15,000

Deadline:
Varies

Contact:
Robert Jensen
607-772-6773
jensen@stny.rr.com

More Information:
http://donorswhocare.org/grant-seekers/the-community-fund.html

Capital Grant Program

The Ford Motor Company Fund is committed to building stronger communities and capacity within the non-profit community to meet increasing needs in many areas.

Eligible Recipients:
Requests will only be considered to support the existing priorities of the Fund:

  • Education
  • Automotive safety
  • Community needs
  • The Arts

For the purposes of this program, the Ford Motor Company Fund defines capital as a physical infrastructure, construction of new and/or renovated space, and related equipment purchases. The Fund will not consider endowment funding as a part of this program. Vehicle purchases will also not be considered.

Funding Source:
Ford Motor Company Fund

Funding Amount:
The maximum grant amount that can be awarded per organization for any one year will be $100,000.

Deadlines:
Check website for new deadlines

Contact:
FordMotor@Easymatch.com

More Information:
http://corporate.ford.com/company/community.html

Toyota USA Foundation

The Foundation is committed to enhancing the quality of education by supporting innovative programs and building partnerships with organizations dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Eligible Recipients:
In order to be eligible, organizations must be classified as a 501(c) (3) public charity by the Internal Revenue Service, be both located within the United States and have a national scope. Additionally, programs requesting funding must focus on education specifically in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Funding Source:
Toyota USA Foundation

Funding Amount:
Except when otherwise indicated, grants, of a minimum of $50,000 per year, are available to support the development and implementation of programs.

Deadlines:
Applications accepted year-round

Contact:
ToyotaPhilanthropy@Toyota.com

More Information:
https://www.toyota.com/usa/community/grant-guidelines-applications/overview.html

Organizational Capacity Building Grants

The mission of the foundation is to foster just and sustainable communities in the United States with a core focus on “sustainable environments.”  The organizational capacity building grants are aimed at strengthening the organizational capacity of nonprofit organizations.

Eligible Recipients:
Nonprofit organizations

Eligible Projects:
Projects may address issues including, but are not limited to:

  • Board/staff development
  • Marketing
  • Strategic planning
  • Strategic restructuring
  • Communication
  • Energy efficiency
  • Sustainable transportation networks
  • Urban water management
  • Artistic and economic development

Funding Source:
Surdna Foundation, Inc.

Funding Amount:
Varies

Contact:
(212) 557-0010
200 Madison Ave.
25th Floor
New York, NY 100176
grants@surdna.org

More Information:
https://surdna.org/prospective-grantees/

Rockefeller Family Fund

This is a grant that is awarded to advocacy efforts that are action-oriented and likely to lead to tangible public policy results.

Eligible Recipients:
Nonprofit

Eligible Projects:

  • Environment
    reduce carbon emissions; disrupt the coal life cycle from mining and burning to ash disposal and exporting; bring diverse and compelling new voices into the climate debate; and examine how special interests are distorting science and delaying constructive steps to deal with this impending global crisis.
  • Institutional Accountability and Individual Liberty
    This program encourages the active participation of citizens in government, seeks to make government and private institutions more accountable and responsive, and supports efforts to ensure that individuals’ rights and liberties under the Constitution are protected. Past grants have included support for work to overcome roadblocks to registration and voting; efforts to expand access to government information; advocacy to promote electronic disclosure of campaign contributions; and a broad range of program initiatives aimed at holding government agencies and public officials accountable for their actions.
  • Economic Justice for Women
    The Family Fund’s program for women’s economic justice seeks to improve the quality of life for working women and their families by advocating for equitable employment opportunities and updated employment standards. Working at the national, state and local levels, we support research, training, public education campaigns and advocacy efforts.

Funding Source:
Rockefeller Family Fund

Funding Amount:
Unspecified

Contact:
Rockefeller Family Fund
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 900
New York, NY 10115
Phone: +1 (212) 812-4252
Fax: +1 (212) 812-4299
http://www.rffund.org/contact

More Information:
http://www.rffund.org/grants

Carton 2 Garden

The Carton 2 Garden Grant supports educational garden projects that enhance the quality of life for students and their local communities.

Eligible Recipients:
Any Pre K-12 public and private school planning a new garden program or expanding an established one that serves at least 15 youth between the ages of three and 18 is eligible to apply.

Eligible Projects:
Winners will be selected based on their implementation of an innovative garden creation featuring creative and sustainable uses for repurposed milk and juice cartons.

Funding Source:
Kids Gardening

Funding Amount:
Fourteen schools will be awarded prize packages, including a grand prize worth $5,000

Deadline:
March 25, 2019

Contact:
132 Intervale Road
Burlington, VT 05401
info@kidsgardening.org

More Information:
https://www.kidsgardening.org/garden-grants/

Corporate Grant Funds

Tyson Foods is one corporation that has established a fund for community-based projects. It provides charitable investments in communities through a strategic grant process.

Eligible Recipients:
Nonprofit

Eligible Projects:

  • Hunger Relief
  • Health and Nutrition
  • Education: seeking to support K-12, post-secondary and nonprofit programs related to the education and promotion of the following fields of study: Technical or STEM-related, Agriculture, English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL)/Diversity, and Food Safety/Research.
  • Community Development
  • Environment and Sustainable Agriculture: seeking to support programs that promote healthy and productive soil, water and air through conservation and rehabilitation efforts; programs that support food system partners to reduce emissions, materials, and waste at various points across the food supply chain (farm-to-table).

Funding Source:
Tyson Foods

Funding Amount:
$25,000
Requests of $50,000 and above will be reviewed by the Tyson Foods Corporate Charitable Giving Committee.

Deadline:
April 1, 2019

Contact:
Annetta Young
Director, Corporate Philanthropy
P.O. Box 2020, CP061
Springdale, AR 72765-2020
Phone: +1 (479) 290-4813
charitablegiving@tyson.com

More Information:
https://www.tysonfoods.com/who-we-are/giving-back/corporate-giving

The St. Andrews Prize for the Environment

The St Andrews Prize for the Environment is an international initiative by the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the independent exploration and production company, ConocoPhillips. The award recognizes significant contributions to environmental issues and concerns. Research projects will not be considered.

Eligible Recipients:
Applications are invited from individuals, multi-disciplinary teams, non-profits, or community groups.

Eligible Projects:

  • Waste and recycling
  • Sanitation
  • Air quality
  • Solar power
  • Food supply
  • Community regeneration
  • Communication and education
  • Environmental justice
  • Reducing human-animal conflict
  • Water and biodiversity initiatives
  • Be related to sustainable development and be aligned with the UN Goals for Sustainable Development – explain the alignment.

Funding Source:
University of St. Andrews and ConocoPhillips

Funding Amount:
$25,000 to $100,000

Deadline:
Closed for 2019

Contact:
The St. Andrews Prize for the Environment Office
University of St Andrews
91 North Street
St Andrews
KY16 9AJ
Tel +44 (0) 1334 461911
Fax +44 (0) 1334 462543
prize@st-andrews.ac.uk

More Information:
http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/