APTS Grant Center Funding Newsletter-August 2010
August 12, 2010
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APTS Grant Center Webinar on Models for Funding Local News
Anticipated Department of Education Grants
Health Conversion Foundations
Summary of APTS Grant Center Conference Call on Health
Follow the APTS Grant Center on Twitter!
Share Your Success Stories With Us
Open Federal Funding Opportunities
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APTS Grant Center Webinar on Models for Funding Local News
Join us for a webinar on Tuesday, August 24 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
The transformations in journalism and media over the past 20 years have led to a sharp decline in local news reporting and outlets. Many public radio and television stations are interested in serving their communities by ramping up their local news coverage; some have been leading the way for years.
But expanding local news production costs money. What are some of the models available to fund – and sustain – local news reporting? In this webinar, we will hear from Kathy Merritt, Director of Radio Program Investments at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), about CPB’s decision to make a major investment in seven Local Journalism Centers around the country, and from KJZZ/Phoenix, one of the stations that is part of this initiative. We will also hear from KQED/San Francisco about the funding model for the California Report (launched in 1995) and about their new investment in KQEDNews.org.
We will record the webinar and post it to our website for those who are unable to attend.
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Anticipated U.S. Department of Education Grants for FY 2011
As you likely know the Labor-Health & Human Services-Education FY 2011 funding bill was approved on a voice vote by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Education. Funds still must be appropriated and grant solicitations drafted and released, but the following grant programs were authorized. We've linked to the profiles from the FY 2010 grant competition so that you can start to think about whether these are generally grants or partnerships you would like to pursue, assuming funds are appropriated for FY 2011.
• U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top ($675 million). Eligibility broadened to allow individual school districts to compete for the grants. Previously, only states were eligible to apply.
• U.S. Department of Education's High School Graduation Initiative ($50 million).
• U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation Fund ($250 million).
• U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund ($400 million).
We are in the process of identifying other competitive grant opportunities that may come from the bill, including partnerships with Head Start and adult job training programs, so stay tuned for more information.
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One of the biggest trends in health philanthropy in recent years is the development of nearly 200 health conversion foundations. These foundations are established when a nonprofit hospital or health care organization converts to for-profit status, usually because of a merger or acquisition. By law, all of the proceeds from the sale of tax-exempt entities must be directed to charitable purposes. The first health conversion foundation was established in 1973. Since that time, nearly 200 others have been set up, driving the largest transfer of charitable assets in history. Many of these foundations have very significant endowments.
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Summary of APTS Grant Center Conference Call on Health
On July 29, 2010, the APTS Grant Center hosted a conference call to discuss health funding opportunities. APTS Director of Government Relations Will Glasscock told participants that while funding opportunities from the recent federal health care bill are still being determined, APTS will be advocating for public television on Capitol Hill. Amie Miller, Foundation Development Advisor at DEI, explained that among foundations in 2008, health was the top giving area by share of grant dollars. Health programs received just shy of 23 percent of all foundation dollars in 2008. In 2009, the Gates Foundation, alone, gave $3 billion to health projects. Public broadcasting stations should note that health funding from most foundations supports projects and programs, not operational costs and many funding opportunities include a promotion and prevention component in their priorities. Many heath conversion foundations have been created recently as a result of a nonprofit organization becoming for-profit (because of a merger, for example). When this happens, all of the nonprofit's assets must be dedicated to charitable giving, which creates significant funding opportunities. There is a list of health conversion foundations on the Grant Center website.
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Follow the APTS Grant Center on Twitter!
It’s official. We’ve joined the masses. Please follow us on Twitter for the latest funding news, including new grant opportunities as they’re announced. Besides checking our homepage regularly, following us on Twitter is the best way to get real time information on funding.
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Share Your Success Stories With Us
Did your station receive a grant? Has the APTS Grant Center been helpful to your station in achieving its funding goals? How can we improve our service? Please let us know by clicking here and telling us your story.
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Open Federal Funding Opportunities
Minority AIDS Initiative Project
Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program
Environmental Literacy Grants for Formal K-12 Education
Weekly Primetime Television Series
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
Picturing America School Collaboration Projects
Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
Choice Neighborhoods
Bay-Watershed Education and Training Program
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Grant: Minority AIDS Initiative Project: Targeting Youth at Highest Risk for HIV, Other STD and Teen Pregnancy Among Cooperative Agreement Recipients of RFA-DP08-801 Improving Health and Educational Outcomes of Young People
Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Division: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Deadline: August 23, 2010
Description: This competition is only open to 16 local education agencies (LEAs) who are currently receiving funding from a previous CDC program, Improving Health and Educational Outcomes of Young People.
The purpose of this supplemental solicitation is to increase the availability of school-based HIV, other sexually transmitted disease (STD) and teen pregnancy prevention communication programs targeting youth at highest risk that leverage the expertise and reach of schools but are delivered outside the traditional health education classroom.
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Grant: Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program
Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Deadline: August 23, 2010
Description: The program will place a priority on investing in partnerships, including nontraditional partnerships (e.g., arts and culture, recreation, etc.) that translate the Livability Principles into strategies that direct long-term development and reinvestment, demonstrate a commitment to addressing issues of regional significance, utilize data to set and monitor progress toward performance goals, and engage stakeholders and citizens in meaningful decision-making roles.
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Grant: Environmental Literacy Grants for Formal K-12 Education
Agency: U.S. Department of Commerce
Division: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Deadline: Required pre-proposals are due September 8, 2010, and full applications are due January 12, 2011.
Description: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Environmental Literacy Grants program provides support to improve environmental literacy among citizens and to promote a diverse workforce in ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather and climate sciences, with the goal of encouraging stewardship and increasing informed decision making. The program supports Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education through a focus on Earth Systems Science and Environmental Education.
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Grant: Weekly Primetime Television Series
Agency: Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Division: Diversity and Innovation Fund
Deadline: September 15, 2010. Proposals will be accepted beginning July 26, 2010.
Description: The Diversity and Innovation Fund is soliciting proposals to provide the National Program Service (NPS) with a new weekly primetime series – content that will expand viewership and usage, reaching an adult audience on-air and online that reflects the diversity of the 40-64 year old population in the U.S.
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Grant: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Division: Office of Digital Humanities
Deadline: October 5, 2010 for projects beginning March 2011.
Description: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants support projects that employ digital technology to improve humanities research, education, preservation, access and public programming. Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants result in plans, prototypes or proofs of concept for long-term digital humanities projects prior to implementation. Digital Humanities projects include a wide range of topics, such as open access to materials, intellectual property rights, tool development, digital libraries, data mining, born-digital preservation, multimedia publication, visualization, digital reconstruction, study of the impact of technology on numerous fields, technology for teaching and learning, sustainability models and many others.
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Grant: Picturing America School Collaboration Projects
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Division: Division of Education
Deadline: October 7, 2010, for projects beginning no earlier than April 2011
Description: Building on the national distribution of Picturing America, the National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals for local and regional projects that foster collaboration between K-12 teachers and humanities scholars to encourage engagement with the rich resources of American art to tell America's story. Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grants are designed to help teachers incorporate Picturing America images into the teaching of core subjects. This grant program requires awardees to plan and implement conferences that will help K-12 teachers incorporate the Picturing America portfolio into their lesson plans.
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Grant: Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Division: Preservation and Access
Deadline: November 16, 2010, for projects beginning July 2011
Description: Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting preventive conservation measures that mitigate deterioration and prolong the useful life of collections. Libraries, archives, museums and historical organizations across the country are responsible for collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and historical objects that facilitate research, strengthen teaching and provide opportunities for life-long learning in the humanities.
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Grant: Choice Neighborhoods
Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Deadline: This competition is not currently open and no deadline has been established. In preparation for the competitive process to award funding, HUD has issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) Pre-Notice. When the NOFA is released, later this summer, the deadline will be announced and updated.
Description: Choice Neighborhoods will employ a comprehensive approach to community development centered on housing transformation. The program aims to transform neighborhoods of poverty into viable mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities by revitalizing severely distressed public and assisted housing and investing and leveraging investments in well-functioning services, effective schools and education programs, public assets, public transportation and improved access to jobs.
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Grant: Bay-Watershed Education and Training Program
Agency: U.S. Department of Commerce
Division: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Education
Deadline: Deadlines vary regionally; see regional program websites for specific deadlines.
Description: NOAA Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) is an environmental education program that promotes locally relevant, experiential learning in the K-12 environment. The primary delivery of B-WET is through competitive funding that promotes Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs). B-WET currently serves six areas of the country: California, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, New England and the Pacific Northwest. NOAA has invested over $40 million to support more than 530 projects in six regions of the country. In 2008, the BWET program reached over 125,000 students and 6,000 teachers through 130 projects.
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Questions? Please email or call Ellen Holloway: eholloway@apts.org, 202-654-4214, or Karen Spitzfaden: kspitzfaden@apts.org, 202-654-4207, or visit our website: www.apts.org/grantcenter
