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Non-Specific
Education Funding Research Council: Education Funding News
http://www.grantsandfunding.com
Education World: Grants Center, including Grant Resources, Grant Writing, and Featured Grants
http://www.education-world.com/grants/
The Foundation Center: publishes numerous directories of grants offered worldwide, some specific to arts, and provides proposal writing tips online, 800/424-9836.
http://www.fdncenter.org
Fundsnet Services Online: links to grants and grant services
http://www.Fundsnetservices.com
Grantsmanship Center: Federal, state, community, foundation, and international grants
http:// www.tgci.com
The Kennedy Center: ArtsEdge: Newsbreak, list of Grants and Funding links
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/artsedge.html
Pitsco Launch to Grants:
click on Resources for Educators and Grants and Funding
for a long list of websites.
http://www.pitsco.com
Schoolgrants: resources for K&endash;12 grants, including monthly newsletter
http://www.schoolgrants.org
The Society of Research Administrators: click on GrantsWeb for an index of government, general, and private resources, policy information and regulations, 703/741-0140.
http://www.srainternational.org
Yahoo (Internet search engine): click on Education and then Financial Aid .
http://www.yahoo.com
Target Corporation: offers funding and scholarship activities, some specific to the arts, click on take charge of education or Community Giving .
http://www.target.com
Federal
General Services Administration: Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance, compendium of federal programs, products, services and activities which benefit the public, 202/708-5126.
http://www.cfda.gov
National Endowment for the Arts: click on Cultural Funding, 202/682-5400. NOTE: Per the NEA, Grants to individuals are limited to Literature Fellowships in poetry and prose (and the translation of each). , however, the Web site may be useful for those seeking school grants.
http://www.arts.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities: Grants and Applications, including Challenge Grants, Education, Preservation and Access, Public Programs, and Research, 202/606-8400
http://www.neh.gov
Thompson Publishing Group: Federal Grants and Funding Publications, including Grants Management sites, Guide to Federal Fund Education, and News Briefs, 800/964-5815
http://www.dc.thompson.com
US Department of Education: .look under Most Requested Items and choose Discretionary Grant Applications , click on Funding Opportunities , or click on Topics A-Z for the site index and look for financial aid , grants , etc., 800/USA-LEARN.
http://www.ed.gov
Helpful hints:
Office of Special Education Programs, www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/, 202/205-5507
Office of Educational Technology, www.ed.gov/Technology
Office of Educational Research and Improvement, www.ed.gov/offices/OERI, Technology Innovation Challenge Grants
Office of Chief Financial Officer, http://ocfo.ed.gov, 202/401-0085
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Grants Net list of grants links, 202/205-0475
http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet
Regionally Specific
Paul G. Allen Foundations, The Allen Foundation for Music and The Allen Foundation for the Arts: offer grants for organizations located in or serving the Pacific Northwest (including AK, WA, OR, ID, MT).
http://www.paulallen.com/foundations
EDS: specializes in technology grants, click on About EDS , and then Community .
http://www.eds.com
Grantsmanship Center: State Government Funding Sources , 213/482-9860
http://www.tgci.com
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies: 202/347-6352
http://nasaa-arts.org
National Endowment for the Arts: links to state, regional, and jurisdictional arts agencies
http://arts.endow.gov/artforms/RAO_SAAs.html
Target Corporation: offers funding and scholarship activities, some specific to the arts, click on take charge of education or Community Giving .
http://www.target.com
Private
Chamber Music America: CMA Grants and Awards, including Grants, Awards, and Other Funding, 212/242-2022
http://www.chamber-music.org
Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices: Links and Publications on inclusion, 202/205-8888
http://www.asri.edu/CFSP/brochure/abtcons.htm
The Dana Foundation: The
Dana
Foundation
is
a
private philanthropic organization that supports innovative
programs leading to improved teaching in the performing
arts in public schools.
http://www.dana.org
Grantmakers in the Arts: consortium of private, family, corporate, and community foundations.
http://www.giarts.org
Grants Alert.com:
Resource for finding many types of grants.
http://www.grantsalert.com
Knight Foundation: grants in education and the arts, 305/908-2600.
http://www.knightfdn.org
Mockingbird Foundation :
MFI is particularly interested in
projects that encourage and foster creative expression
in any musical form (including composition, instrumentation,
vocalization, or improvisation), but also recognizes broader
and more basic needs within conventional instruction.
MFI encourages applications associated with diverse or
unusual musical styles, genres, forms, and philosophies.
http://www.mockingbirdfoundation.org
National Music Foundation: American Music Education Initiative , 800/USA-MUSIC
http://www.nmc.org/amei.html
Philanthropic Research: GuideStar: The Donor Guide to the Charitable Universe: grant search engine, 757/229-4631
http://www.guidestar.org
Presser
Foundation: Guidelines & Application: Corporate
Website. See
your school's grant person. Deadline: None •
Purpose: Supports
music scholarships, music education, and music equipment
and instruments
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc. (The Recording Academy): grants for organizations and individuals, for various advancement efforts such as archiving, research, and the well-being of music professionals , click on Member Services or Grammy Foundation , 800/423-2017
http://www.grammy.com
The Texaco Foundation: What We Support, grants for Early Notes: The Sound of Children Learning and Musical Roots: Hearing Our Heritage
http://www.texaco.com
Donated Instruments
Lonely Instruments for Needy Kids: refurbishes used instruments for donation (may be regionally specific).
c/o Buddy RogerÕs Music
6891 Simpson Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45239
513/729-1950
http://www.buddyrogers.com
The Mr. HollandÕs Opus Foundation: promotes instrumental music through partnerships and providing instruments for schools and students, honors music educators.
15125 Ventura Blvd., Suite 204
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
818/784-6787 fax 818/784-6788
info@mhopus.org http://www.mhopus.org
Reading, Writing and Rhythm: The Chely Wright Foundation: raises money to help schools by donating instruments and equipment.
P.O. Box 297
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
732/723-3504
http://www.rwandr.org
VH1 Save the Music: works with public schools on campaigns, instrument drives, and fund-raising in an effort to restore music programs
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
888/VH1-4MUSIC
http://www.vh1.com
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