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AKC Humane Fund: Women’s Shelter Grant

The AKC Humane Fund: Women’s Shelter Grant supports domestic violence shelters who provide housing for survivors’ pets and animal shelters who work in cooperation with domestic violence shelters.

Applications for up to $1,000 per year for 3 years are accepted on a continual basis. They may be completed online or as a hardcopy and mailed to:

The AKC Humane Fund, Inc. 

Attention: Grant Review Committee 

101 Park Avenue, 5th Fl. 

New York, NY 10178

Eligibility

This grant is open to nonprofit organizations who:

  • Provide temporary or permanent housing for domestic abuse survivors and their pets
  • Have an established relationship with at least one nonprofit domestic violence shelter to provide temporary or permanent housing for survivors’ pets

Preference will be given to organizations that allow survivors and pets to stay together.

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used for:

  • General operating expenses related to housing pets
  • Capital improvements to allow for the housing of pets

Application Requirements

All applications must include:

  • IRS Letter of Determination (if applicable)
  • Most recent financial statement (preferably audited)
  • Budget for the last completed fiscal year
  • Budget for the current fiscal year
  • List of primary sources of financial support
  • 3 professional references
  • Letter of referral from at least one domestic violence shelter (for pet only shelters)

Schools to Skills Grant

The Schools to Skills Grant helps U.S. high schools implement the Home Builders Institute Pre-Apprenticeship Certificate Training (PACT) curriculum. With funding from The Home Depot Foundation and the National Housing Endowment, schools can enhance their construction trades programs for two years.

Applications for up to $13,000 per school district plus $2,000 for each additional in-district high school, are due by December 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET.

Eligibility

This grant is open to public, private, and charter high schools who do not currently use the PACT curriculum.

Grantees must be able to implement the curriculum starting with the 2025-2026 school year. A qualified instructor must be able to start training by June – August 2025.

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used for:

  • Curriculum materials
  • Educator training
  • Ongoing support

Grant funds may not be used for:

  • Staff salaries
  • Tools
  • Materials

Business & Human Rights Accelerator

The Business & Human Rights Accelerator is a six month program to assist businesses participating in the UN Global Compact as they establish a human rights due diligence process.

Participants may join the program through one of 50 In-Country Tracks which are conducted in the local language and time zone, a Regional Track in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, or a Global Track conducted in English. Applications are due by December 20, 2024 and the program will start in February 2025.

Eligibility

Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to participate in the Accelerator. To be eligible, they must be:

  • Engaged with a Global Compact Country Network or willing to join
  • Willing to identify human rights risks and impacts within their business operations
  • Committed to developing an Action Plan to address the human rights risks identified
  • Able to appoint two representatives to attend sessions and participate in events
  • Able to appoint an executive-level representative to provide support and participate in high-level events
  • Committed to completing the program and incorporating what they learn into their strategies and operations

Program Benefits

Accelerator participants will learn how to:

Kress Foundation

The Kress Foundation supports scholarly projects in the History of Art, Conservation, and Digital Art History. Projects should promote the appreciation, preservation, and study of European art from antiquity to the early 19th century.

Letters of Inquiry for all grants programs will be accepted December 1-15, 2024. Past awards have ranged from $2,700 – $165,000 and must be spent on direct expenses.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.

Other applicants, including international organizations, will need a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)3 status.

Grant Types

History of Art

Judith with the Head of Holofernes From the Kress Collection

History of Art projects may include:

  • Archival projects
  • Development and dissemination of scholarly databases
  • Documentation
  • Museum exhibitions and publications
  • Photographic campaigns
  • Scholarly catalogues and publications
  • Technical and scientific studies
  • International exchanges
  • Professional meetings
  • Conferences and symposia
  • Consultations

Documentation of individual art museum collections are typically not approved.

Conservation

Conservation projects may include activities similar to History of Art projects.

Conservation treatment is typically funded for works in the Kress Collection and coordinated through the Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.

Digital Art History

Portait of a Young Woman From the Kress Collection

Digital Art History projects should foster new forms of research and collaboration and novel approaches to teaching and learning. This may include:

  • Digitization of important visual resources
  • Digitization of primary textual sources
  • Promising initiatives in online publishing
  • nnovative experiments in the field of digital art history

Digitizing museum object collections are generally not supported.


GriffinHarte Foundation

The GriffinHarte Foundation supports educational and research projects on civility, civil discourses, and civil practices.

Applications for up to $1,000 are due by December 15, 2024.

Eligibility

This grant is open to individuals, agencies, etc. learning about, teaching, and exploring how civility works in today’s complex world.

Application Requirements

All applications must include:

  • Applicant’s complete resume
  • Names and contact information for three references
  • Statement of approval from the Human Subjects Review committee (if relevant)

Temper of the Times Foundation

The Temper of the Times Foundation supports wildland ecosystem advertising campaigns in the United States. Awards are typically $5,000 – $15,000.

Applications are usually due annually on December 15th. In 2024, the 15th is a Sunday, so submissions will be due December 16th.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used for:

  • Producing print, radio, or television ads
  • Buying advertising space or airtime
  • Producing and distributing pamphlets, books, videos, or press packets

Grant funds may not be used for:

  • General operating expenses
  • Staff salaries
  • Producing organization newsletters
  • Membership campaigns

Review Criteria

All applications will be reviewed based on:

  • Ecological importance of issue
  • Timeliness of issue
  • Level of detail and creativity
  • Likely impact
  • Track record of organization

Projects that will have a measurable impact on wildland ecosystem conservation and restoration will receive priority over those that are only educational.

School Enterprise Challenge

The School Enterprise Challenge is an international entrepreneurship program for primary and secondary schools. Participants are guided through the process of creating a school-based business, teaching them valuable skills and establishing a means to raise funds for other school programs.

Registration is open and flexible. Schools may start the program at any time and run it as a part of the curriculum or as an extracurricular activity. Teams will also have the chance to enter competitions throughout the year for cash prizes.

Eligibility

This program is open to primary and secondary schools. The application must be submitted by a teacher or Head Teacher/Principal.

Program Steps

Step One

During Step One, teams complete the provided worksheets to assess available resources and brainstorm business ideas. The chosen idea should address a community need and be feasible based on the resources available. Finally, they will decide how the profits from their business will be spent.

Step Two

In Step Two, teams create a business plan. First, they do market research to learn what potential customers want from the service or product the business will provide. From this information, they then create a marketing plan to promote the business.

During this step, teams will also create a budget and an operational plan to designate roles and responsibilities. After it is completed, a business expert will look at and provide feedback on the plan.

Step Three

In Step Three, teams launch their business and begin making their product or providing their service. As they gain on-the-job experience and interact directly with customers, adjustments can and should be made.

Teams will be expected to submit an Annual Report which reflects on the challenges they faced and what they learned. Financial reports must also be included, so it’s essential to maintain careful bookkeeping from the start of the business.

Competitions

Throughout their participation, teams will have the chance to participate in competitions for monetary prizes. Mini-competitions occur regularly and every year there are awards for Best Business Idea, Best Business Plan, and Best Business Implementation.

Upcoming competition deadlines:

  • Business Idea – October 22, 2024
  • Business Plan – December 3, 2024
  • School Business Implemented – December 3, 2024 and March 11, 2025

Wyeth Foundation for American Art

The Wyeth Foundation for American Art supports  research, conservation, and exhibition programming in American art through their grant program. Awards are typically $5,000 – $25,000 over 2 – 3 years.

Applications are due by December 15, 2024.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.

Example Projects

Grant funds may be used for projects such as:

  • Innovative exhibitions of new research on American art
  • Significant museum catalogs and books
  • Conservation and restoration of American masterpieces

Required Attachments

All applications must include:

  • IRS Letter of Determination
  • Most recent annual report 
  • Most recent audited financial statement
  • Most recent IRS Form 990
  • CV for project directors
  • Checklist and reproductions, if appropriate

AAD Shade Structure Grant Program

The American Academy of Dermatology is dedicated to improving the diagnosis and treatment of skin, hair, and nails. They promote sun safety through their public health programs and their Shade Structure Grant Program.

Applications for up to $8,000 are available to install permanent shade structures where children learn and play. Submissions are due by December 15, 2024. Grantees will also receive a sign with sun safety tips to install near the structure.

Eligibility

This grant is open to organizations that provide services and programs to youth 18 and under, such as:

  • 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations
  • Schools
  • Daycares
  • Publically owned parks

Applicants must also have had a sun safety and/or skin cancer awareness program in place for at least one year prior to submission. Use of AAD-branded materials is not required, but will receive bonus points

Requirements

Application

All applications must include:

  • A letter of recommendation from an AAD member
  • Two color photographs of the area to be shaded

Shade Structure

Shade structures are expected to follow specific guidelines.

  • Structures must be made of shade cloth, metal, or wood and provide significant protection from ultraviolet radiation.
  • Fabric structures should block at least 94% of UV radiation; 96.7% is preferred. Solid metal or wood will block 100% of UV radiation.

Ineligible structures include:

  • Slat-roofs
  • Slat-roof/trellis gazebos
  • Trellis roofs designed for future plant coverage
  • Shade trees
  • Small cap-roof structures for playground equipment

UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation

The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation provides medical grants to kids in the United States for expenses that aren’t covered by insurance. Applicants may receive up to $5,000 per year and $10,000 over their lifetime.

Applications are accepted on a continual basis and reviewed monthly. Families may be reimbursed for expenses incurred up to 90 days before the application is completed. All funds must be expended within one year of the grant approval date.

Eligibility

Eligible children must:

  • Be 16 years old or younger at the time of the application
  • Have a Social Security Number
  • Have primary insurance coverage by a commercial health plan. Medicaid or CHIP may be a secondary, but not primary, provider.
  • Be receiving care, medical services, treatments and/or therapies from  a licensed medical professional in the United States.

The family must not have exceed the following maximum eligible incomes, as documented on their IRS Tax Form 1040:

  • Family of 2 – $65,000 or less
  • Family of 3 – $100,000 or less
  • Family of 4 – $135,000 or less
  • Family of 5 or more – $170,000 or less

Required Documents

All applications must include:

  • Most recently filed IRS Form 1040. If the child is not listed because they were born or adopted in the current year, a copy of the child’s birth certificate and social security card must also be included.
  • An electronic copy of the front and back of the current commercial or private insurance card.
  • A completed and signed Physician Certification of Medical Condition Form
  • Proof of non-coverage, such as a copy of the benefit summary’s exclusions list highlighting no coverage, a denial letter from the insurance company, or an Explanation of Benefits that shows no benefits are available.

Funding Limitations

Grant funds may not be used for:

  • Dental and orthodontics, unless they are related to a serious medical condition, such as cleft palate or cancer
  • Drugs not approved by the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Drugs not purchased in the United States
  • Over-the-counter medications or products
  • Vitamins or supplements
  • Medications not filled at a pharmacy or prescribed by a licensed professional
  • Biofeedback/biomedical consultations and Neurofeedback
  • Clinical trials and investigational or experimental treatments
  • Heavy metal toxicity testing or chelation therapy, unless there is a proven medical indication of lead, copper, or iron toxicity
  • Hyperbaric oxygen treatment
  • Herbal testing
  • Relationship Development Intervention (RDI)
  • Listening therapy
  • Vision therapy
  • Hippotherapy or equine therapy
  • Music therapy
  • Play therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Family therapy
  • MeRT (Magnetic Resonance Therapy)
  • Social skills therapy
  • Therapy program fees
  • Gas
  • Flights
  • Food
  • Mileage
  • Hotel/motel stays