Grants Giving Organizations

The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

http://www.cafritzfoundation.org/applicant/app_guidelines.asp

The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation is the largest independent grant making foundation focused exclusively on the Washington Metropolitan area. The funding priorities of the foundation are Arts & Humanities, Community Service, Education, and Health. In the 2007-2008 fiscal year, the foundation awarded over $13 million in grants to roughly 400 non-profit organizations. Grants range from $10,000 to over $100,000.

Deadlines: Application deadlines are at 4:00pm on March 1, July 1 and November 1.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/grantseeker

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently funding programs that evaluate local technology needs, purchase equipment, train library staff, and help libraries build public support for long-term funding.

Deadlines: Vary – Check website for proposal requests and applications

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/index.html

The program supports and disseminates innovative reform projects that promise to be models for improving the quality of postsecondary education and increasing student access. The U.S Department of Education, which administers these funds through the Office of Postsecondary Education, offers many other funding opportunities that may also be of interest.

Deadlines: Vary – See Website for More Details.

Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

http://www.imls.gov/

IMLS offers funding to libraries through four areas of competition:

Education and Training, Research and Demonstration, Preservation or Digitization of Library Materials, and Model Programs of Library and Museum Cooperation.

Deadlines: Vary - See Website for More Details

J. Paul Getty Trust

http://www.getty.edu/grants/

Getty grants funding for projects related to museums, art, architectural conservation, and the history of art. The Getty Trust is currently granting funding for projects on research, conservation, and educational and professional development. Application procedures and deadlines vary by grant category. Grant amounts generally range from $25,000 to $250,000; the majority of grants are under $100,000.

Deadlines: Vary Depending on Grant Category – See Website for More Details

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

http://www.wkkf.org/

The Kellogg Foundation makes grants to organizations that embrace a similar mission of creating communities, systems, and nations in which all children have an equitable and promising future – one in which all children thrive. The foundation provides grants to public and private organizations that work on the following: implements practical solutions, discovers new approaches, and holds promise for wider application. The higher education initiatives for the 2009-2010 fiscal year are engaging Latino communities for education.

Deadlines: Rolling – Application is Available on Website

National Historical Publication and Records Commission (NHPRC)

http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) promotes the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The NHPRC supports projects to research and develop means to preserve authentic electronic records, assist archives through a network of state partners, preserve and make accessible records and archives, publish papers documenting America's founding era, publish papers documenting other eras and topics important to an understanding of American history, and improve professional education for archivists and historical documentary editors.

Deadlines: Varies with Grant Type – See Website for Available Grants and Application

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

http://www.nea.gov

Provide various federal grants in theater, arts, literature, and museums. The Arts Endowment seeks to sustain and nurture a multiplicity of American literary traditions by ensuring that literary presses and magazines, community-based organizations, and national literary centers complement the trade publishing sector in the shaping of contemporary American letters, supporting organizations that nurture emerging and mid-career writers and provide assistance to nascent literary organizations, and supporting endeavors to provide America's readers with direct access to contemporary writers.

Deadlines: Varies with Grant Type – See Website for Available Grants and Application

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

http://www.neh.gov/

NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

Deadlines: Varies with Grant Type - See Website for More Details

National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF)

http://www.filmpreservation.org/

The NFPF awards grant that support film preservation and access to preserved films.

Deadlines: Registration for Basic Preservation Grants - February

Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) (IMLS)

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/top/index.html

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