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October, 2005 |
$2,500.00 2005 Jordan Fundamental Grant Winner - Regina Reyna at Memorial
Wal-Mart empowers its Associates to determine how its Wal-Mart stores, Sam’s Clubs, and Distribution Centers will be involved in the local community. Many of the company’s community involvement programs require and encourage their Associates to be directly involved with the community non-profit organizations that receive funding for their projects.
Cash donations through Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the Wal-Mart & SAM’S CLUB Foundation exceeded a record $170 million in 2004. They matched $61 million in grants for organizations in 3,500 communities, helping to support organizations large and small, from local schools, YMCA and other youth programs, fire departments, libraries and more. In addition, over $4 million was given to honor 3,500 teachers and schools through the Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year program.
Eligible organizations are:
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501 (c) (3) organizations – The agency must be in good standing with the IRS and will be verified electronically through the IRS website.
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Schools – Public, parochial and private. (501 (c) 3 guideline restrictions may apply.)
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Religious Organizations – Funding is directed to projects whose activities impact the general community, not a single group.
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Government Agencies – A funding confirmation letter from government body may be requested.
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Civic and Veterans Groups – Organizations must have a valid 501 (c) (4), 501 (c) (19) or 501 (c) (6) tax id number. Funds must be used for a project benefiting the community.
All requests for funding must be directed to the Good Works Coordinator at your local Wal-Mart store, SAM’S CLUB, Neighborhood Market or Distribution Center. Proposals mailed directly to the Wal-Mart Foundation will not be considered.
Vernier and NSTA Offer Technology Opportunity for Teachers
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and Vernier Software & Technology will give out seven awards to teachers for innovative use of data collection technology in the classroom. The technology used for data collection includes a computer, graphing calculator, or another handheld device. The awards will be split into categories, with one award going to an elementary (K-5) teacher, two awards to teachers at the middle level (6-8), three awards to high school (9-12) teachers, and one award to an instructor at the college level.
Awards are valued at $3,000 each, and will include a $1,000 cash prize, $1,000 worth of Vernier technology equipment, and $1,000 for the expenses of travel and lodging for the annual NSTA convention.
Download your application at http://www.vernier.com/grants.nsta.html. Educators may nominate themselves or may be nominated. The deadline for applications is Oct. 14, 2005. The application requirements are as follows:
►Submit the completed and signed application form.
►Prepare a 250-words-or-less abstract of your application.
►Describe your program’s philosophy and goals.
►Describe an actual innovative lab activity you have undertaken or plan to do in your classroom, as well as how it affected or will affect students, other teachers, and community members.
►Include vital information on the nominee’s teaching experience, education, activities, awards, and published material.
►Submit a letter of nomination along with three support letters from people or groups familiar with applicant’s work.
►Submit the completed NSTA Awards Checklist. The deadline for applications is Oct. 14, 2005.
The Disney Teacher Awards program gives extraordinary teachers who find creative ways to stimulate curiosity, engage the imagination, and pass on the joy of learning the recognition they deserve.
Only full-time teachers are eligible to receive the awards.
Each Honoree will receive $10,000 from The Walt Disney Company and a trip to Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., from July 23-28, for a week of festivities that includes an awards gala, professional development and fun in the theme park. In addition, each Honoree’s school will receive $5,000 from Disney.
Nominations will be accepted through October 15, 2005.
(Go to http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/learning/teacherawards/index.html to see the 2005 Disney Teacher Award winners.)
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Innovation Fund provides grants to nonprofit organizations to spark the creation or expansion of innovative education programs that provide individualized mentorships and/or internships for high-achieving, low-to-moderate income high school or college-age students.
Innovation Fund grants is available to 501(c) (3) public charities in the US. Public and private nonprofit colleges and universities are eligible. Innovation Fund grants may not be issued to government entities, for-profit entities, individuals, or school districts. The Foundation encourages these entities, such as schools, to coordinate with community nonprofit organizations in applying to the Innovation Fund.
Each grant will total up to $150,000 which
may cover one or two years of program work. The Foundation
expects to award three grants. (In 2004, the Foundation received
over 500 proposals and made 4 awards.)
http://jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/home.aspx?page=Main
McAllen - The McAllen Chamber of Commerce and the Rio Grande Valley Arts Council have been working effectively to promote art within the Valley. This year, the two organizations would like to award grants to artists and organizations that are seeking funding for particular projects.
They will be awarding grants up to $2,000 to various artists and organizations throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Last year, the McAllen Chamber of Commerce and the Rio Grande Valley Arts Council awarded 10 grants to local artists and organizations. Since 2002, the McAllen Chamber and the RGV Arts Council has awarded $16,600 in grants to individual artists and art organizations.
“We hop to aid with some funding to artists and organizations toward the completion of their projects. These projects should be helping an underserved community appreciate art,” said Nancy Millar, Vice President of the McAllen Chamber of Commerce.
Organizations that have received grants in prior years have been CineSol Latino Film Festival, the Boys & Girls Club of McAllen, McAllen Independent School District, and the International Museum of Arts & Science.
“Artists and organizations do not have to be a 501c3 to apply,” said Beth Freeland, Acting Cultural Arts Coordinator for the McAllen Chamber of Commerce. Freeland continued, “It is really difficult for many individual artists and organizations that do not have a non-profit status to get funding for particular projects. We try to offer an opportunity for those organizations to receive funding.”
Applications may be picked up at the front desk at the McAllen Chamber of Commerce. For more information on the funding available through these grants contact Beth Freeland at the McAllen Creative Incubator at 687-2787.
Since 10/01/2005