Children & Youth

Mission/Giving Statement:  CYFD protects abused and neglected children, rehabilitates delinquent and incarcerated youth and provides child care subsidies, promotes and supports quality child care and administers statewide domestic violence programs.

Grantmaking Program Areas:  Child Welfare; Juvenile Justice; Domestic Violence; Human Services

Application Instructions:  See specific RFP guidelines on website.

Notes:  See Domanica Foundation

Mission/Giving Statement:  The mission of Fidelity's charitable giving program is to provide funding and volunteer support to the Albuquerque-area community with particular emphasis on providing the coaches, tools and experiences necessary to help underserved students achieve school success and pursue their own unique path to college and work. 

Research tells us that students who stay in school not only contribute to a productive and viable workforce, but impact the economy in numerous positive ways.  Through Fidelity at School, the firm and its employees support efforts designed to change the path of a student, fund a critical school initiative, or develop a program that will generate a positive impact on future generations.

Fidelity Investments is dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where its clients and employees live and work.

Grantmaking Program Areas:   Education

Education:  Fidelity Investment's focus is on education.  Access to quality education is critical to the success of our children and the strength of our local communities.  Fidelity's main goal is to partner with programs designed to enhance educational opportunities for young people, who we believe represent the future of our communities, our economy, and our progress as a nation.

Type of Funding/Funding Restrictions:  Fidelity receives thousands of requests from many worthy causes and events, therefore it has established consistent criteria to objectively review requests.  Fidelity takes a long-term view, with the goal of committing its resources where they can have the greatest impact on local communities.  Fidelity works with organizations that are efficient and effective, doing work that is relevant, responsive to the needs of the community, sustainable and results-driven.  No individual, religious-focused, or team sponsorships.

Application Instructions:  Mail grant proposal.  To be considered, please follow these steps:

• Submit all sponsorship requests in writing.
• Include a cover letter outlining the details of the sponsorship on the organization's letterhead.
• Provide a description of the organization's background and mission statement.
• Include the organization's current year's financial statement, including 501(c)(3) tax exempt documentation from the IRS (if applicable).

Mission/Giving Statement: The Tony Hawk Foundation seeks to foster lasting improvements in society, with an emphasis on supporting and empowering youth. Through special events, grants, and technical assistance, the Foundation supports recreational programs with a focus on the creation of public skateboard parks in low-income communities. The Foundation favors programs that clearly demonstrate that funds received will produce tangible, ongoing, positive results.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Skateparks in Low-Income Areas

Skateparks in Low-Income Areas:  The Foundation primarily considers skatepark projects that:

• Are designed and built by qualified and experienced skatepark contractors.
• Include local skaters in the design process.
• Are in low-income ares, and/or areas with a high population of "at-risk" youth.
• Can demonstrate a strong grassroots commitment to the project, particulary in the form of fund-raising.
• Have a creative mix of street obstacles and transition/vert terrain.
• Don't require skaters or their parents to sign waivers.
• Encourage skaters to look after their own safety and the safety of others.
• Are open during daylight hours, 365 days a year.
• Don't charge an entrance fee.
• Are in areas that currently have no skateboarding facilities.

Types of Funding/Funding Restrictions: The Foundation's grants are highly competitive. If your proposed skatepark is not located in a low-income area, if you are not able to illustrate strong community and grassroots support for the project, and if you project does not meet the criteria listed on the Foundation's website, you are unlikely to receive a grant from the Foundation.

Application Instructions: Eligibility questionnaire and grant application instructions are available online.

Mission/Giving Statement: The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice works for social, racial and economic justice in the U.S. and interantionally. Its grantmaking and philanthropic advocacy programs help lesbians and allied communities challenge oppression and claim their human rights.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Emergency Fund; Movement Resource Fund

Grantmaking Program Area Descriptions:

Emergency Fund: Astraea’s Emergency Fund is a rapid-response grantmaking mechanism, providing timely support for organizations to address urgent and strategic political opportunities and crises affecting LGBTI communities.

Movement Resource Fund: Astraea’s Movement Resource Fund provides grants to enhance the capacity and effectiveness of LGBTI organizations to engage in movement building work. Grants are generally provided in three areas: Technical Assistance, Travel/Peer-to-Peer Learning and Historic Convenings.

Type of Funding/Funding Restrictions: Astraea makes US and International grants to both organizations and individuals. Although any organization that fits the funding criteria may apply, Astraea prioritizes its current grantee partners.

Application Instructions: Send one one page inquiries via email.

Mission/Giving Statement: The BNSF Railway Foundation will support and improve the general welfare and quality of life in communities served by BNSF and in which our employees live, work and volunteer through various health and human service, educational, civic, youth and cultural projects.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Health & Human Services; Education; Civic; Youth; Culture

Type of Funding/Funding Restrictions: 501(c)(3) organizations only.  Organizations must be on BNSF line or in BNSF service area.

Application Instructions: Grant application and instructions available online.

Notes: Best Method of Contact is email.

Mission/Giving Statement:  Cardinal Health is a Fortune 18 company that improves the cost-effectiveness of health care.  Cardinal Health and Cardinal Health Foundation support programs that improve healthcare efficiency, quality and cost-effectiveness and that promote healthy and vibrant communities. 

Grantmaking Program Areas:  Essential to Healthcare; Essential to Wellness; Essential to Community  

Grantmaking Program Area Descriptions:

Essential to Healthcare:  Enhancing healthcare efficiency, quality and cost-effectiveness and preventing abuse and misuse of prescription and over-the-counter medications.

Essential to Wellness:  Preventing the abuse and misuse of prescription medications, encouraging health literacy and promoting active, healthy lifestyles. 

Essential to Community:  Encouraging employee involvement, contributing to vibrant communities and supporting humanitarian relief. 

Type of Funding/Funding Restrictions:  List of restrictions available online.

Application Instructions:  Eligibility quiz and grant application available online.

Mission/Giving Statement: "Pay It Forward" is a book written by Catherine Ryan Hyde, but it's also an idea. It's an action plan within a work of fiction. The Pay It Forward Foundation was established in September 2000 by author Catherine Ryan Hyde and others to educate and inspire students to realize that they can change the world, and provide them with opportunities to do so.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Pay It Forward In the Classroom

Grantmaking Program Area Descriptions:

Pay It Forward In the Classroom: The concept of "paying it forward" comes from an extra credit assignment given to Trevor in school His teacher asks the students to "Think of an idea for world change, and put it into action." Work with a teacher at your local school to develop a PAY IT FORWARD assignment. The Pay It Forward Foundation can provide supportive educational materials and seed money to those who qualify, through the Pay It Forward Mini Grant Program.

Type of Funding/Funding Restrictions: Pay It Forward Mini Grants are designed to fund one-time-only service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community. Projects must contain a "pay it forward" focus - that is, they must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially. The Foundation does not give general education grants for the improvement of schools or the purchase of educational materials, etc.

Application Instructions: Grant application instructions available online.

Mission/Giving Statement: The mission of the Corporation for National and Community Service is to improve lives, strengthen communities and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Senior Corps; AmeriCorps; Learn & Serve America

Grantmaking Program Area Descriptions:

Senior Corps: Senior Corps connects today's over 55s with the people and organizations that need them most. The Corporation helps them become mentors, coaches or companions to people in need, or contribute their job skills and expertise to community projects and organizations.

AmeriCorps: AmeriCorps offers 75,000 opportunities for adults of all ages and backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups. AmeriCorps members can tutor and mentor disadvantaged youth, fight illiteracy, improve health services, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, clean parks and streams, manage or operate after-school programs, help communities respond to disaster or build organizational capacity.

Learn & Serve America: Learn & Serve America supports and encourages service-learning throughout the United States, and enables over one million students to make meaningful contributions to their community while building their academic and civic skills. Learn and Serve America provides direct and indirect support to K-12 schools, community groups and higher education institutions to facilitate service learning projects.

Type of Funding/Funding Restrictions: The Corporation for National and Community Service provides grants to national and local nonprofits, schools, government agencies, faith-based and other community organizations and groups committed to strengthening their communities through volunteering. See individual grants for eligibility and restrictions.  

Application Instructions: The Corporation requires that all applicants submit applications electronically via its web-based application system, eGrants. Applicants are also encouraged to submit a Notice of Intent to Apply via email prior to submitting an application; further instructions are included on the particular funding opportunity announcement. Please note, applications must include a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and register with the Central Contractor’s Registry (CCR). It is suggested that this be completed at least 30 days in advance of the application due date.  

Note: Under "For Organizations" on the Corporation's website is information on "New Funding Opportunities." Visit this page for grant information and to access their eGrants system.

Mission/Giving Statement: The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization of Phish fans, founded to raise money for charity.

Grantmaking Program Areas: Music; Education; Children

Grantmaking Program Area Descriptions:

Music: Mockingbird 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. Mockingbird encourages applications associated with diverse or unusual musical styles, genres, forms, and philosophies.

Education: Education may include the provision of instruments, texts, and office materials, and the support of learning space, practice space, and instructors/instruction. Mockingbird is particularly interested in projects that foster self-esteem and free expression, but does not typically fund music therapy which is not education or music appreciation which does not include participation.

Children: Mockingbird is interested in targeting children eighteen years or younger, but will consider projects that benefit college students, teachers, instructors, or adult students. Mockingbird is particularly (thought not exclusively) interested in programs which benefit disenfrachised groups, including those with low skill levels, income, or education; with disabilities or terminal illnesses; and in foster homes, shelters, hospitals, prisons or other remote or isolated situations.

Type of Funding/Funding Restrictions: The Foundation offers competitive grants to schools and nonprofit organizations that effect improvements in areas of importance to the Phish fan community. It is particularly interested in organizations with low overhead, innovative approaches, and/or collaborative elements to their work. List of restrictions online.

Application Instructions: Initial inquiry form and instructions online.