APTS Grant Center Funding Newsletter-April
April 12, 2010
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Join Our NSDL Webinar TOMORROW Tuesday, April 13 at 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT
The Sparkplug Foundation: A Prospect for Community Radio
Open Federal Funding Opportunities
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Share Your Success Stories With Us!
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Join Our NSDL Webinar TOMORROW Tuesday, April 13
Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13 at 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT for a Webinar on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Grant Program. The NSDL grant aims to establish a national network of learning environments and resources for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at all levels. On this Webinar, NSDL Lead Program Director Dr. Lee Zia will tell us more about the program and how stations may play a part. Dr. Zia will be joined by two recent public broadcasting grantees, Maryland Public Television's Gail Porter Long and WGBH's Ted Sicker, who will share their success stories and take your questions.
RSVP for the Grant Center Webinar
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The Sparkplug Foundation: A Prospect for Community Radio
When approaching foundations, the trick is always to find the funders that are most like your organization in three key ways:
• Mission: what they say they do.
• Action: what they actually do – i.e., who they support.
• Spirit: how they view the world and their role in it.
The Sparkplug Foundation is a small foundation that is a good candidate for smaller, community-based radio stations. Note that the Foundation does not fund video/film. The Sparkplug Foundation supports grassroots, "on the ground" organizations in three areas: music, especially new voices and ideas, education and grassroots organizing. It focuses on providing start-up and capacity-building funds to new organizations and prefers to support small organizations that run on small budgets. The Foundation wants to make one-time grants that help organizations become more sustainable. It has a strong social justice orientation and looks for projects that fit into that framework. Grants are $10,000 and below.
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Open Federal Funding Opportunities
Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant Program (EMHE)
Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) Round 15
National Science Digital Library Grant
Digitizing Historical Records
Rural Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG)
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Grant: Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant Program (EMHE)
Agency: Department of Education
Division: Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Deadline: May 5, 2010
Description: The purpose of this program is to increase the capacity of institutions of higher education (IHEs) to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergency events.
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Grant: Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) Round 15
Agency: Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
Deadline: May 21, 2010
Description: The purpose of the DDF program is to support public television stations’ ability to deliver digital content, provide multicasting and other advanced digital tools, expand services and create efficiencies in operations.
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Grant: National Science Digital Library Grant
Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Division: Undergraduate Education
Deadline: May 26, 2010
Description: This program aims to establish a national network of learning environments and resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at all levels.
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Grant: Digitizing Historical Records
Agency: National Archives and Records
Division: National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Deadline: June 3, 2010
Description: The purpose of this project is to support projects that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history and culture.
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Grant: Rural Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG)
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Division: Rural Business Cooperative Service (RBS)
Deadline: June 28, 2010
Description: The RBOG program assists in the economic development of rural areas by providing grants for technical assistance, training, and planning for business and economic development. RBS is particularly interested in recruiting applications that will establish best practice projects in the area of regional economic and community development.
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Questions? Please email the Grant Center or call Ellen Holloway at 202-654-4214 or Ben Fleschert at 202-654-4207.
