Author Archives: Jeremy Chase

Military Families

www.fisherhouse.org The Fisher House Foundation, a private-public partnership that supports America’s military in times of need, is accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations for the 2014 Newman’s Own Awards for creative ideas to improve the quality of life of service members and their families. Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded in recognition of the

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K-12 Education

www.rgkfoundation.org The RGK Foundation is inviting grant proposals in the broad areas of education, community, and health and medicine. The foundation’s primary education interests include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly math, science, and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education. Within its community area, the foundation supports a broad range of human

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Community Policing

www.lisc.org The MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation are partnering for the thirteenth year to recognize, sustain, and share the innovative efforts of community groups and police departments working to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization. The Community-Police Partnership Awards program aims to recognize partnerships that exhibit tangible accomplishments in their efforts to advance

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Independent Living

www.christopherreeve.org The Christopher Reeve Foundation is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations for programs that improve the daily lives of people with paralysis caused by spinal cord and other injuries, diseases, and birth conditions, including (but not limited to) stroke, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Quality of Life grants are intended

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Social and Environmental Change

www.singingforchange.org Singing for Change was created by Jimmy Buffett in 1995 and initially funded with contributions from his summer concert tour. Since then, SFC has offered competitive grants to progressive, nonprofit organizations working to address the root causes of social or environmental problems. Priority will be given to organizations that keep their overhead low, include

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Social and Environmental Justice

www.benandjerrysfoundation.org The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation supports organizations working to bring about progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems. The foundation will award one-year grants of up to $20,000 to nonprofit, grassroots community-organizing groups in the United States to further social and environmental justice and support sustainable and just-food

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Shakespeare in American Communities

www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org Shakespeare in American Communities, a national theater program of the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest, brings performances and educational activities to audiences across the country. The program reaches middle- and high-school students in underserved schools throughout the United States with high-quality, professional productions of Shakespeare’s plays.  Arts Midwest invites

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