Grant Links: Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Oshkosh, WI:  Oshkosh Area Community Foundation - Community Impact Grants

WI:  Forest Fire Protection (FFP) Grant Program

WI:  Leopold Conservation Award to Honor Wisconsin Farmers for Land Stewardship (pdf)

WI:  Tourism Information Center Grant Program

US:  Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics

US:  Hawk Migration Association of North America Research Award

US:  Small Change Collective Micro-Grants

World:  2011 Tourism Cares Worldwide Grant Program

Grant of the Week: Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation

Grants for Youth Educational and Cultural Programs should:

"* Target K-12 and college students
* Expose students to career opportunities
* Develop skills in new technologies
* Leverage teacher/administrator, parental, and community involvement
* Include hands-on program activities
* Lead to comprehensive, systemic change on a regional and/or national basis
* Involve collaborative partnerships
* Demonstrate capacity to gain continuing support
* Will result in dissemination and replication of lessons learned
* Have broad and positive impact on diverse populations with a special emphasis on women, minorities, and at-risk students" (http://www.tommy.com/opencms/opencms/corporate/foundation/aboutthefoundation.html/)

Proposals are due by October 1, 2008 to be eligible for funding January 15.

Grant amounts range between $10,000 - $25,000.

For complete details and application information, visit http://www.tommy.com/opencms/opencms/corporate/foundation/applicationprocess.html/.

Grant of the Week: Home Depot - Affordable Housing Built Responsibly

Letters of Inquiry are due July 1, 2007, for the Home Depot "Affordable Housing Built Responsibly" Grant.

The Home Depot Foundation whose mission it is to help "creat[e] healthy, livable communities through the integration of affordable housing built responsibly and the preservation and restoration of community trees," makes grants to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charities and its Canadian equivalent only.

Full applications must be completed and submitted online by September 15, 2007. "Preference is given to proposals that include community engagement that result in the production, preservation, or financing of housing units for low- to moderate-income families..."

For more information regarding this request for proposals, visit: http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/support_housing_apply.html.