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ACLS Digital Justice Grants

American Council of Learned Societies

ACLS Digital Justice Grants are awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies with funding from the Mellon Foundation. They support projects that advance  justice and equity in digital scholarly practice across the humanities and interpretative social sciences.

In addtion to the monetary award, all grantees will have the opportunity to collaborate with the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Applications for Digital Justice Seed Grants and Digital Justice Development Grants are due by December 3, 2024 at 9:00 PM ET.

Eligibility

Grant funds must be administered by an institution of higher education in the United States. At least one principal investigator must be a scholar in the humanities and/or the interpretative social sciences, but they do not have to have a PhD or a faculty position.

Eligible projects must:

  • Critically engage with the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized communities
  • Cultivate greater openness to new sources of knowledge and strategic approaches to content building and knowledge dissemination
  • Engage in capacity building efforts
  • Be made as widely available as intellectual property constraints allow

Grant Types

Seed Grants

Seed Grants of $10,000 – $25,000 are available for projects in the start-up or prototyping phase. Projects must explore or experiment with new materials, methodologies, and research agendas by way of planning workshops, prototyping, and/or testing products.

Development Grants

Development Grants of $50,000 – $100,000 are available for projects that can demonstrate  significant preliminary work and a record of engagement with and impact on scholarly and/or public audiences.

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used for:

  • Salaries and faculty release time
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Equipment and software
  • Digitizing or cataloging analog materials
  • Collaboration with international partners

Grant funds may not be used for:

  • Indirect costs
  • Purely pedagogical projects
  • Straightforward translations
  • Textbook writing and editing only
  • Creative works only

Addax & Oryx Foundation

The Addax & Oryx Foundation is a Swiss-based nonprofit that supports projects to help communities in Africa and the Middle East escape from poverty in a sustainable way. Their efforts are focused on four core areas: Health, Education, Community Development, and the Environment.

Applications for assistance are accepted on a continual basis and reviewed 3-4 times per year. Submitted projects should have a clear beginning and end.

Eligibility

This grant is open to registered nonprofit, nongovernment organizations:

  • With experience and competence in the proposed area of work
  • With a demonstrated ability to effectively use funds
  • Who are working to eradicate the root causes of poverty in Africa and the Middle East
  • Who focus on at least one of the four core areas*
  • Who create a measurable impact
  • Who establish a sustainable operation through empowerment and skill building

*Preference is given to projects that address two or more core areas.

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may not be used for:

  • Ongoing programs
  • Religious or faith-based projects, programs, or organizations
  • Research as the project’s sole purpose
  • Professional conventions, conferences, or seminars
  • Travel expenses only
  • Administrative and operating expenses only

Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples

The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples supports Native American led organizations through four grant programs: Community Vitality, the Flicker Fund, Thriving Women, and Land, Water, and Climate.

Applications for $500 – $50,000 are due by December 2, 2024 at 11:59 PM PT.

Eligibility

Seventh Generation grants are open to federally recognized Tribal Nations and 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations who:

  • Have 80% or more Indigenous Peoples leadership at the Board of Directors or other decision-making entity, an Indigenous Executive Director or Project leaders, and Indigenous Peoples engaged throughout all aspects of the organization.
  • Are grounded in and led by the Indigenous Peoples who are most impacted by the project.
  • Nurture and center the culture, language, traditional knowledge systems, and healthy lifeways of the Indigenous Peoples involved in the project.

Community Vitality

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Community Vitality projects involve cultural revitalization, knowledge sharing, cultural transmission, and intergenerational kinships. Pathways for culturally grounded practices and social justice include:

  • Traditional wisdom and cultural knowledge
  • Traditional foodways
  • Community-based healing
  • Language revitalization and creative expression

Flicker Fund

The Flicker Fund responds to the critical needs of Indigenous communities vulnerable to the impacts of crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Pathways for ensuring Native Peoples thrive include:

  • Basic and urgent health
  • Historic and cultural teachings 
  • Traditional healing practices and remedies

Thriving Women

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Thriving Women supports projects to prevent and address gender oppression, promote matrilineal centered traditional health and coming-of-age ceremonies, and develop the next generation of leaders. Projects focused on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit (MMIWG2S) are also encouraged.

Pathways for gender and social justice include:

  • Birthkeeping, motherhood, and kinship
  • Honoring the rights of Mother Earth
  • Reclaiming a world without violence against women, girls, and two-spirits
  • Women and girls’ cultural vitality and leadership

Land, Water, and Climate

Land, Water, and Climate grants support traditional land and water stewardship, advance the right of Free, Prior and Informed Consent, protect sacred spaces, and promote climate change adaptation. Pathways to ecological justice include:

  • Climate action for future generations
  • Land back – Water back
  • Renewable energies
  • Sacred places and sacred relationships

U.S. Small Business Administration Loans

The U.S. Small Business Administration works with local lenders and Certified Development Companies to provide loans to small business owners across the United States.

The SBA offers a Lender Match service, as well as three loan types: 7(a) Loans, 504 Loans, and Microloans. There are no deadlines and available funding varies by loan type.

Eligibility

Regardless of the type of loan, all applicants must be:

  • An officially registered for-profit business
  • Operating in the United States or its territories
  • Creditworthy
  • Unable to obtain similar financing from non-government sources
  • Able to meet size requirements for a small business
  • Eligible based on federal regulations

Lender Match

SBA will match you with a lender and allow you to compare your options with Lender Match. You simply answer a few questions about your business and they will give you a list of interested lenders.

Lenders will typically expect applicants to have:

  • A business plan
  • Specifics on how much funding will be needed and how it will be used
  • Collateral
  • Financial projections
  • Credit history

7(a) Loans

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The majority of SBA loans are through the 7(a) program. The maximum loan amount is $5 million, but it is only open to business that are already in operation.

Loan funds may be used for:

  • Purchasing, refinancing, or redeveloping property
  • Purchasing furniture, fixtures, and supplies
  • Purchasing and installing machinery and equipment
  • Short and long-term working capital
  • Refinancing business debt

504 Loans

504 Loans are long-term, fixed rate loans available through Certified Development Companies. The maximum 504 loan amount is $5.5 million and it is only open to businesses with a tangible net worth of less than $15 million and an average net income of less than $5 million.

Loan funds may be used for:

  • Purchasing or redeveloping existing buildings or land
  • Building new facilities
  • Purchasing long-term machinery and equipment with a remaining useful life of at least 10 years
  • Improving streets, utilities, parking lots, and landscaping

504 loan funds may not be used for:

  • Working capital or inventory 
  • Consolidating, repaying, or refinancing debt 
  • Speculation or investment in rental real estate
  • Financing AI-related working capital, intellectual property, or consulting services soft costs

Microloans

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Microloans are $50,000 or less for start up and expansion costs for small businesses and certain not-for-profit childcare centers. Microloans are available through intermediary lenders and may be used for:

  • Inventory
  • Machinery 
  • Equipment 
  • Supplies
  • Furniture 
  • Fixtures 
  • Working capital

Microloan funds may not be used to pay existing debts or purchase real estate.

Turtle Conservation Fund

The Turtle Conservation Fund supports conservation and research projects on endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles. Grants of up to $5,000 are available for full scale projects. Seed grants under $1,000 are also available for pilot projects or young conservationists from developing nations.

Applications are due by June 1st or December 1st and should be sent to DoubleHQ@aol.com, RhodinCRF@aol.com, and vivianpaez1@gmail.com.

Eligibility

Applicant

This grant is open to research organizations and individuals affiliated with a research institution.

Species

Projects may focus on tortoise and freshwater turtle species who:

Funding Limitations

Grant funds may be used for direct research and conservation expenses only. Indirect and overhead costs are not permitted.

Publishing

Grantees must contract with either Re: wild or the Chelonian Research Foundation to produce the proposed work. They are also encouraged to publish partial or full results in Chelonian Conservation and Biology.

The Sorenson Legacy Foundation

The Sorenson Legacy Foundation was founded to improve the lives of other people and the world we live in. They fund projects in four focus areas: Education, Innovation, Health Care, and Community.

Applications are accepted on a continual basis and reviewed quarterly. Deadlines each year are March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1.

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations
  • Municipalities
  • Public schools

Preference is given to applicants in Utah.

Focus Areas

Education

  • Promoting education and job training
  • Fostering the arts, including arts education in schools
  • Supporting performing arts organizations
  • Helping young artists

Innovation

  • Protecting and enhancing the environment
  • Advancing work in science, culture, and recreation
  • Developing parks and green spaces
  • Enhancing quality of life for everyone

Health Care

  • Medical research
  • Developing innovative medical technology
  • Easing pain and suffering

Community

  • Promoting community development and security
  • Promoting adequate, affordable housing
  • Helping disenfranchised members of society
  • Providing youth with alternatives to destructive behavior

Application Requirements

All applications must include:

  • A list of the Board of Directors and Officers
  • A copy of the organization’s 501(c)3 determination letter from the IRS (if applicable)
  • The most recent audited financial statement, balance sheet and annual operating budget
  • Relevant pamphlets or brochures
  • At least two letters of support
  • Photographs and/or and 8 1/2 x 11 architect’s rendering for construction or restoration projects

Global Fund for Community Foundations: Grants to Foster Community Philanthropy

The Global Fund for Community Foundations is a virtual organization based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Since 2006, they have been building networks and funding organizations to shift power to people-led development.

Their grants provide financial support to community-level philanthropic organizations. Concept notes may be submitted at any time in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, or Russian. Full applications for grants ranging from $7,000 – $20,000 are by invitation only.

Eligibility

Location

This grant is open to organizations in:

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • The Middle East
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Latin America and the Caribbean

Applicant

This grant is open to local-level philanthropic organizations such as:

  • Community foundations
  • Women’s funds
  • Environmental funds
  • Grassroots grantmakers

Allowable Activities

Grant funds may be used for activities including, but not limited to:

  • Feasibility studies to assess local giving trends, opportunities, and barriers
  • Piloting new strategies
  • Documenting practices and quantifying outcomes to bolster evidence for community philanthropic efforts

Centene Foundation

Centene Foundation

The Centene Foundation supports programs in the U.S. focused on three drivers of health: Healthcare Access, Social Services, and Education. They prefer to form long-term partnerhsips rather than make one time awards.

Applications are accepted March 1 – May 31 and September 1 – November 29.

Eligibility

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

Funding

Funds may be used for:

  • General operating expenses
  • Specific programs and initiatives
  • Event sponsorships to benefit the organization

Required Documents

All applications must include:

  • IRS Determination Letter
  • Form 990
  • W-9 Form (dated within 12 months of the current date)
  • Relevant program materials

Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Grant Program

The Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Grant Program from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency supports lead reduction projects in disadvantaged communities. Awards will be made in two National Priority Areas: Reduction of Lead Exposure in the Nation’s Drinking Water Systems through Full Lead Service Line Replacements and Treatment Improvements and Reducing Children’s Exposure to Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Childcare Facilities.

Applications are due by December 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. Applicants may submit more than one application, but each application may only address one priority area. There is no cost matching requirement.

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • State and municipal governments
  • Interstate and intermunicipal agencies
  • Community water systems
  • Water systems in Native American tribal areas
  • Non-transient, non-community water systems
  • Qualified nonprofit organizations servicing public water systems

Program Objectives

Projects under this program should:

  • Benefit one or more disadvantaged community
  • Benefit a drinking water system with at least one lead action level exceedance within the last three years OR address lead levels in drinking water in schools/childcare facilities
  • Support the Justice40 Initiative

National Priority Areas

National Priority Area One: Reduction of Lead Exposure in the Nation’s Drinking Water Systems through Full Lead Service Line Replacements and Treatment Improvements

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EPA expects to make 2-4 awards of $5 – $10 million for up to four years under this priority area. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to:

  • Replacing publicly, privately, or jointly-owned lead service lines (including goosenecks, pigtails and/or other lead components) and/or replacing partial lead service line remnants from previous partial replacement efforts.
  • Replacing galvanized pipes downstream of a lead service line.
  • Improving corrosion control to reduce lead in drinking water through installation or re-optimization of corrosion control treatment.
  • Developing and maintaining the drinking water system’s service line inventory to accurately track existing lead service lines and replacements of full or partial lead service lines.
  • Conducting risk mitigation and remediation follow-up monitoring, public education, and related outreach.

National Priority Area Two: Reducing Children’s Exposure to Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Childcare Facilities

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EPA expects to make 3-5 awards of $2 – $5 million for up to four years under this priority area.

Eligible activities include, but are not limited to:

  • Removing or replacing drinking water fixtures, fountains, or outlets determined to be sources of lead in schools and/or childcare facilities’ drinking water.
  • Replacing plumbing materials determined to be sources of lead in schools and/or childcare facilities’ drinking water.
  • Conducting follow-up monitoring, public education, and outreach.
  • Providing filters and replacement cartridges certified to remove lead.


Eduporium Educational Technology Grant

Every month, Eduporium awards two Educational Technology Grants valued at $500 each to educators in the U.S.

Applications are accepted the first of each month through the 20th, and recipients may choose from products available in the Eduporium store. Funds must be used within 90 days of the award date.

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • K-12 educators
  • Principals and administrators
  • Librarians
  • After school program facilitators
  • Makerspace leaders
  • Museum employees
  • Scout leaders
  • 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations
  • College educators

Available Products

Grant recipients may choose from:

  • Robotics and Coding Kits
  • Drones
  • 3D Printers
  • Virtual Reality Systems
  • Makerspace Tools
  • Engineering Tools