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Grant and Support Programs
Government Funding
Programs
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Department of Agriculture
- Rural Community Development Initiative provides a program of
technical assistance to recipients to develop or increase their
capacity to undertake projects in the areas of housing, community
facilities, and community and economic development in rural areas.
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Department of Education
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The Community Technology Center Grant program funds local community
technology centers that demonstrate the educational value of
technology in urban, rural and economically distressed communities.
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Department of Health & Human Services - Community Services Block
Grant. States must submit an application for funds. The
application requires an annual or biannual plan. The following
13 assurances must be adhered to in the formulation of the plan.
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FirstGov -
The first ever government Web site to provide
the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal
Government resources.
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National
Telecommunications and Information Administration - The Technology
Opportunities Program provides matching grants
to improve public access to education, health care, public safety,
and other community-based services.
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Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS): IMLS grant programs fund projects that promote
literacy, provide free public access to the Internet, train
individuals to use computers effectively and provide educational
content on the Web.
- Texas Commission on the Arts provides a comprehensive grants program for arts and arts-related organizations.
(Texas only)
Corporate Funding Agencies
- Annie E. Casey Foundation - The Casey Foundation makes grants, funds demonstrations, provides
services and disseminates data and analyses aimed at helping
states, cities, and neighborhoods support children and families.
- AOL/Time Warner
Foundation - AOLTWF supports programs that use the Internet to
improve the lives of families, children and the disadvantaged.
- AT&T Foundation
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This Foundation invests in education, civic and community service,
and the arts in communities where AT&T has a significant business
presence.
- BellSouth
Foundation - This Foundation funds education reform activities
in the Southeast that will have an impact on a substantial number
of students in school systems or post-secondary institutions, or
across communities, states or regions.
- Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation - The Gates Foundation assists public libraries in
ensuring community access to the Internet, and training library
personnel in the use of emerging communications technologies.
- California Wellness Foundation
- CWF provides grants for organizations dedicated to improving
community health. (California only)
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Cisco Foundation - provide
grants to organizations with long-lasting, local or global
impact. They make these grants in communities in which Cisco
Systems, Inc. has a significant business presence.
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IBM Philanthropy
Grants and Fund for Community Service - Teaming for Technology
is working with social service agencies in communities across the
US to help enhance their competency in technology to better deliver
services, manage costs, and maximize their effectiveness
- Intel
Education - The Intel Foundation provides grants to support
science, math and technical education, improve the effective
utilization of technology in classroom teaching, and increase the
number of people, especially women and minorities, pursuing
technical careers.
- Kellogg Foundation's
Managing Information with Rural America - A grant to help people
in rural communities determine how technology can be used to
address economic development, education, health and leadership.
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MarcoPolo - This collaboration of
MCI and major
education institutions, provides innovative standards-based
curricula to teachers. They also support a grant program targeted
at school districts.
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Markle
Foundation - The Foundation has three active program areas:
Policy for a Networked Society, Interactive Media for Children, and
Information Technologies for Better Health. They also maintain an
Opportunity Fund, but we do not accept unsolicited proposals for
this fund,
- Microsoft Giving
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Microsoft Giving is focused on creating greater access to
information technology in disadvantaged communities worldwide. This
is accomplished through the support of higher education, youth
programs, nonprofit technology solutions, public libraries and the
creative community.
- National Cristina Foundation
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This group provides computer technology and training for people
with disabilities, students at risk and economically disadvantaged
persons.
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SBC Foundation - The SBC Foundation supports education,
community economic development, health and human services and the
cultural and arts arenas.
In addition to the programs noted above, subsidies and discounts are also available:
Take the time to review these programs: they have been created to help you get the funding you need.
If you know of any other programs that should be listed here, please
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