American
Association of University Women: Bev
Morrison is Calvin's campus liaison.
The AAUW Educational Foundation, the largest source of funding exclusively
for graduate women in the world, supports aspiring scholars around
the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical
stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women
are underrepresented. |
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| American
Council of Learned Societies (ACLS): The mission of the
ACLS is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields
of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance
and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted
to such studies." |
| American
Chemical Society: The organization provides a broad range
of opportunities for peer interaction and career development, regardless
of professional or scientific interests.
Darla McCarthy, Ron Blankespoor, Karen &
Mark Muyskens, Kumar Sinniah |
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| American
Political Science Association: (resource for sabbatical
funding) The Association brings together political scientists
from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors
in order to expand awareness and understanding of political life.
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| American
Psychological Foundation: (Part of the American Psychological
Association) The Foundation has focused on advancing psychology through
fostering the best and the brightest students, supporting cutting-edge
research, and recognizing those psychologists whose excellent projects,
research, and careers light the way for what can be done to benefit
humanity. |
| American
Sociological Association: The American Sociological Association
provides funding
opportunities to graduate students of sociology and sociologists
with doctorates. |
| Arts
Council of Greater Grand Rapids: The Arts Council stresses
the values of artistic excellence, community impact, diversity, management,
collaboration, education, and outreach. Lois
Konyndyk, Jennifer Hoag, Gary Schmidt, Chris Overvoorde |
| Aspen
Institute: The Aspen Institute is a global forum for
leveraging the power of leaders to improve the human condition. |
| Association
for Institutional Research: Grants and scholarships supported
by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the National
Science Foundation (NSF) are available to staff and faculty of post-secondary
education institutions. The goals of the grant and scholarship program
are to provide opportunities for professional development, to foster
the use of federal databases in postsecondary education decision-making,
and to foster the use of the federal databases to inform research
on issues in postsecondary education. |
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| Association
of American Geographers: Grants and awards supporting
doctoral dissertation, writing, and research in the field of geography.
Other sponsors which fund projects outside of geography: East-West
Center Visiting Fellowships and National
Geographic Society- Committee for Research and Exploration Awards |
| AT&T
Foundation: invests globally in projects that are at
the intersection of community needs and AT&T's business interests.
Emphasis is placed on programs that serve the needs of people in communities
where AT&T has a significant business presence, initiatives that
use technology in innovative ways, and programs in which AT&T
employees are actively involved as contributors or volunteers. |
| Braitmayer
Foundation: The Foundation is interested in K-12 education
throughout the United States. Of particular interest are curricular
and school reform initiatives, and preparation of and professional
development opportunities for teachers, particularly those which encourage
people of high ability and diverse background to enter and remain
in K-12 teaching. |
| Barbara
Bush Foundation for Family Literacy: Their mission is
to establish literacy as a value in every home in America, by helping
every family in the nation understand that the home is the child's
first school, and that the parent is the child's first teacher, and
that reading is the child's first subject; and to break the intergenerational
cycle of illiteracy, by supporting the development of family literacy
programs where parents and children can learn and read together. |
| Bunting
Institute of Radcliffe College: The Mary Ingraham Bunting
Institute of Radcliffe College, a multidisciplinary residential research
center, offers fellowships for women scholars, scientists, artists,
and writers. |
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| Burroughs
Wellcome Fund: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent
private foundation established to advance the medical sciences by
supporting research and other scientific and educational activities. |
| Camargo
Foundation: The Camargo Foundation maintains a study
center in Cassis, France, for the benefit of scholars who wish to
pursue projects in the humanities and social sciences related to French
and francophone cultures. The Foundation also sponsors creative projects
by visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, video artists, composers,
and writers. Glenn
Fetzer |
| Campus
Compact: Campus Compact is a national coalition of more
than 740 college and university presidents committed to the civic
purposes of higher education. To support this civic mission, Campus
Compact promotes community service that develops students' citizenship
skills and values, encourages partnerships between campuses and communities,
and assists faculty who seek to integrate public and community engagement
into their teaching and research. Steve
Timmermans, Gail Zandee, Peggy Bendroth |
| Annie
E. Casey Foundation: Their mission is to foster public
policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more
effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
Working with neighborhoods and state and local governments, the Foundation
provides grants to public and nonprofit organizations to strengthen
the support services, social networks, physical infrastructure, employment,
self-determination, and economic vitality of distressed communities. |
Center
for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (site lists all
fellowships)
Visiting
Senior Fellowship Program Applications will be considered for
study in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting,
sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints
and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design,
etc.) of any geographical area and of any period. Applications are
also solicited from scholars in other disciplines whose work examines
artifacts or has implications for the analysis and criticism of physical
form. |
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| CCCU
Initiative Grants to Network Christian Scholars. The
purpose of this program is to enable small groups of Christian scholars
to network in ways that will lead to individual and collaborative
scholarship on focused themes of keen interest to the larger academy.
Any discipline is encouraged to submit a proposal which demonstrates
potential for Christian perspectives on the theme to make an important
contribution to conversations in the academy. |
| Coca-Cola
Foundation: Their mission is to improve the quality of
life in the community and to enhance individual opportunity through
education. They support educational programs primarily within three
main areas: higher education, classroom teaching and learning, and
international education. |
| Cummings
Fund The Cummings Fund supports entrepreneurial solutions
to social problems, eliminating dependence on governmental programs
by actively aiding groups with measurable and sustainable long-term
gains for individuals in need. |
| Arthur
Vining Davis Foundation: Programs include Private Higher
Education, Secondary Education, Religion (Graduate Theological Education),
Health Care (Caring Attitudes), and Public Television. Lois
Konyndyk |
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| Department
of Education (US):
Fund
for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): FIPSE's
mandate is to "improve postsecondary educational opportunities"
across a broad range of concerns. Steve
Vander Leest, Lois Konyndyk |
| Department
of Education (State of Michigan):
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
for Mathematics & Science: ENC's mission is to identify
effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional
development materials, and disseminate useful information and products
to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. |
| Department
of Career Development (Michigan)
4-S Program:
The Select Student Support Services (4-S) Program is a competitive
grant program that supports universities in the development and
institutionalization of innovative retention programs for academically
and economically disadvantaged students. Jacque
Rhodes, Steve Timmermans, Karen Hollebeek, Jane Hendriksma
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| Camille
and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: for chemistry, chemical
engineering & biochemistry
Faculty Start-Up Grants
Scholar/Fellow Program
Roger DeKock, Ron Blankespoor, Kumar
Sinniah
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| Earhart
Foundation Fellowship Research Grants are awarded,
upon direct application, to individuals who have established themselves
professionally. |
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| Erasmus
Institute: The Erasmus Institute was founded to foster
research grounded in Catholic intellectual traditions and focused
on significant issues in contemporary scholarship. Its mission is
not to advance study of the church or theology as such but, rather,
to bring resources from two millennia of Catholic thought to bear
on problems in the humanities, social sciences, and arts. John
Hare, Ruth Groenhout |
| Environmental
Protection Agency: Grants
and fellowship information |
| Fetzer
Institute: The Fetzer Institute is a nonprofit
private operating foundation that supports research, education, and
service programs exploring the integral relationships among body,
mind, and spirit. Our current program focus includes the areas of
science, leadership, integral practice, and philanthropy. |
| Folger
Shakespeare Library: The Folger Shakespeare Library offers
a limited number of residential fellowships for periods of six to
nine months. Successful candidates will be advanced scholars who have
made substantial contributions in their fields and whose research
projects are appropriate to the collections of the Folger Library.
Susan Felch |
| Freedom
Forum: The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan, international
foundation dedicated to free press, free speech, and free spirit for
all people. The foundation focuses on four main priorities: the Newseum,
First Amendment freedoms, newsroom diversity, and world press freedom.
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| Fulbright:
Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other
countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university
lecturing, advanced research, graduate study, and teaching in elementary
and secondary schools. Dave
Van Baak, Joel Adams
Traditional
Program
Scholar-in-Residence
The Occasional
Lecturer Program
Student Awards
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| Helene
Fuld Health Trust: The Helene Fuld Health Trust is the
nation's largest private funder devoted exclusively to nursing students
and nursing education. Cheryl
Feenstra |
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| Ford
Foundation (NY):The Ford Foundation is a resource for
innovative people and institutions worldwide. Its goals are to strengthen
democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international
cooperation, and advance human achievement.
Steve Timmermans, Randal Jelks |
| German
Academic Service (DAAD): The activities of the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)—today one of the world's largest
and most respected intermediary organizations in its field—illustrate
the terms of reference within which academic exchange and international
cooperation in science and art progress as part of the essential creative
forces of the modern world. Their development is determined by individuals
and their study and research projects, by the scientific community,
and by the expectations and views of society, as well as and also
by what is technically possible, coupled with economic interests and
political goals. Lambert
Zuidervaart |
| Wm
T Grant Foundation: The goal of the William T. Grant
Foundation is to create a society that values young people and enables
them to reach their full potential. The Foundation supports basic
and applied research on youth development, program evaluations, policy
analyses, research sysntheses, and communications research. Priority
areas for research are youth development; programs, policies, and
institutions affecting young people; and adults' attitudes about and
perceptions of young people, focusing on young people age 8 - 25. |
| William
Randolph Hearst Foundation: The charitable goals of the
two Foundations are essentially the same, and reflect the philanthropic
interests of William Randolph Hearst -- Education, Health, Social
Service and Culture. Within these four areas, the Foundations assist
institutions in providing opportunities to underserved and underrepresented
populations. Lois
Konyndyk |
| Herrick
Foundation Lois
Konyndyk, Engineering Dept. |
| William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation: The Foundation concentrates
its resources on activities in conflict resolution, education, environment,
family and community development, performing arts, population, and
U.S.-Latin American relations. |
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| American
Honda Foundation: Funding programs related to youth
and scientific education |
| Housing
& Urban Development: - COPC
Lois Konyndyk, Steve
Timmermans, Carol Rienstra |
| Howard
Hughes Medical Institute: The Institute's grants program
is helping to enhance science education for students at all levels,
from the earliest grades through advanced training. By invitation
only. David DeHeer
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| Institute
of International Education |
| Japan
Foundation: committed to promoting stronger ties between
Americans and Japanese by supporting projects that foster mutual knowledge
and education, deepen understanding, create effective channels of
communication, and address common concerns in an increasingly interdependent
world. |
| Jewish
Community Fund of Grand Rapids Gary
Schmidt |
| Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation: concentrated grantmaking in
four areas: to ensure that all Americans have access to basic health
care at reasonable cost; to improve care and support for people with
chronic health conditions; to promote healthy communities and lifestyles;
and to reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused by substance
abuse—tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. |
| SC
Johnson Fund Biology
and Chemisty Depts. |
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| Wm.
F. Keck Foundation: The Keck Foundation's priorities
are science, engineering, and medical research; secondary interests
include liberal arts and, in Southern California, community services,
healthcare, pre-collegiate education, and the arts. Lois
Konyndyk |
| W.
K. Kellogg Foundation: A non-profit that focuses on improving
communities' quality of life in the United States, Latin America and
the Caribbean, and Southern Africa through the practical application
of knowledge and resources. Funding is focused toward food systems
and rural development; youth and education and higher education; and
philanthropy and volunteerism. Within these focal areas, funding is
also provided for leadership; information systems/ technology; efforts
to capitalize on diversity; and family, neighborhood, and community
development programming. Steve
Timmermans |
| William
R. Kenan Charitable Trust |
| Knight
Foundation: It is dedicated to service to community,
the highest standards of journalistic excellence and the defense of
a free press. Lois
Konyndyk |
| Kresge
Foundation: The Kresge Foundation Science Initiative
is a challenge grant program to upgrade and endow scientific instrumentation
and laboratories in colleges and universities, teaching hospitals,
medical schools, and research institutions. Lois
Konyndyk |
| Land
Conservancy of West Michigan: Randy
Van Dragt |
| Library
of Congress offers Kluge
Center Fellowships for Humanistic and Social Science Research.
The Kluge Center especially encourages humanisitic and social science
research that makes use of the Library's large and varied collections.
Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or multilingual research is particularly
welcome. Further information about the Library's collections can
be found at the Library's web site)
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| Lilly
Endowment: It supports the causes of religion, education,
and community development, and is interested in initiatives that
benefit youth, foster leadership education among nonprofit institutions,
and promote the causes of philanthropy and volunteerism. Lois
Konyndyk, Steve Timmermans, John Witvliet, Shirley Roels |
Louisville
Institute: The fundamental mission of the Louisville
Institute is to enrich the religious life of American Christians and
to encourage the revitalization of their institutions, by bringing
together those who lead religious institutions with those who study
them, so that the work of each might stimulate and inform the other.
It seeks to enhance understanding of American religion and to encourage
the vitality of American religious institutions through a program
of conferences and grantmaking, with particular attention to the situation
of Protestantism, Catholicism, historic African-American churches,
and the Hispanic religious experience. Quentin
Schultze, Dale Cooper, Neal Plantinga, Peggy Bendroth
The Louisville
Institute Religious Institutions Sabbatical Grants Program. |
| Clare
Booth Luce Fund: The Clare Boothe Luce Program promotes
the advancement of American women through higher education in the
sciences, engineering, and mathematics. |
| The
Henry Luce Foundation: Areas of focus include the interdisciplinary
exploration of higher education; increased understanding between Asia
and the United States; the study of religion and theology; scholarship
in American art; opportunities for women in science and engineering;
and contributions to youth and public policy programs. John
Witvliet |
| Maclellan
Foundation: The purpose of the Maclellan Foundation is
to serve strategic international and national organizations committed
to furthering the Kingdom of Christ and select local organizations
that foster the spiritual welfare of the community. |
| Franklin
J. Matchette Foundation Kelly
Clark |
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| Ronald
McDonald House Children's Charities: Ronald McDonald
House Charities provides comfort and care to children and their
families by supporting Ronald McDonald Houses in communities around
the world and by making grants to other not-for-profit organizations
whose programs help children in need. Lois
Konyndyk |
McGregor
Fund: Offers grants to relieve misfortune and promote
well-being. Focus areas are human services, education, health care,
arts and culture, and public benefit. Primary focus is metropolitan
Detroit. Lois Konyndyk
View the latest press release |
| Medtronic
Foundation: Focus areas: education, health, and community.
Priority is given to programs that benefit people who are socio-economically
disadvantaged. Provides community grants for programs benefiting Medtronic
communities: Minneapolis, MN; Anaheim, CA; Danvers, MA; Parker, CO;
Humacao, Puerto Rico; Grand Rapids, MI; Tempe, AZ; Irvine, CA; Milaca,
MN; San Diego, CA; Villalba, Puerto Rico Gary
Schmidt, David DeHeer, Lois Konyndyk |
| Andrew
Mellon Foundation: Makes grants to institutions in higher
education, in cultural affairs and the performing arts, in population,
in conservation and the environment, and in public affairs. |
| Merck:
An unrelenting focus on breakthrough science has helped Merck researchers
bring many important medicines to market. Research is the foundation
of Merck's success and the heart of its overall strategy. Its research
is conducted in a broad range of therapeutic categories. |
| Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA): The Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs serves to encourage, develop,
and facilitate an enriched environment of artistic, creative cultural
activity in Michigan. |
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| Michigan
Campus Compact: Michigan Campus Compact promotes the
education and commitment of Michigan college students to be civically
engaged citizens, through creating and expanding academic, co-curricular
and campus-wide opportunities for community service, service-learning,
and civic engagement. |
| Michigan
Department of Education: See
Department of Education (Michigan)
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| Michigan
Sea Grant: Michigan Sea Grant sponsors a competitive
funding program open to researchers at all Michigan universities and
colleges, supporting investigation of Great Lakes aquatic resources.
These researchers employ biological, engineering, and social disciplines
to address Great Lakes problems such as maintaining healthy fisheries,
alleviating the impacts of coastal erosion, and developing safe and
ecologically sound marine engineering technologies. |
| Milton
Center |
| Mitsubishi
Electric: The Mitsubishi Electric American Foundation
welcomes concept papers that meet the Foundation's mission of helping
young people with disabilities, through technology, to maximize their
potential and participation in society. Preference is given to organizations
and projects that reflect collaboration among groups, and that actively
involve people with disabilities in the planning and implementation
of activities. |
| Charles
Stewart Mott Foundation: The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
affirms its founder's vision that each of us "is in a partnership
with the rest of the human race"—that each individual's
quality of life is connected to the well-being of the community, both
locally and globally. The C.S. Mott Foundation's program areas are
Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area, and Pathways Out of Poverty.
In addition to these four programs, they also fund Exploratory and
Special Projects that may lead to a program area over time, or unexpected
opportunities that address significant international and/or national
problems. |
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| National
Aeronautics & Space Administation (NASA) Jim
Clark |
| National
Endowment for the Arts: The NEA's mission is to serve
the public good by nurturing human creativity, supporting community
spirit, and fostering appreciation of the excellence and diversity
of our nation's artistic accomplishments. We carry out that mission
through grantmaking; leadership initiatives; partnerships with state
arts agencies, regional arts organizations, other federal agencies,
and the private sector; research; and public information. Arts
education programs addresses children and youth in the general
age range of early childhood through age 18, both in school and outside
the regular school day and year. Grants are offered in the following
three categories: early childhood, school-based, community-based.
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| National
Endowment for the Humanities: NEH is an independent
grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to
supporting research, education, and public programs in the humanities.
Lambert Zuidervaart, Steve Evans, Garth
Pauley Fellowships: Steve Evans, Lambert Zuidervaart Summer
Stipends: Garth Pauley Focus Grant: Henry Luttikhuizen
Summer Seminars & Institutes: many faculty from many
departments
Summer
Stipends
NEH
Faculty Humanities Workshops conference
call notes
$75,000 grant opportunity: grants will support professional development
programs in the humanities for K-12 teachers and faculty at post-secondary
institutions.
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National
Institutes of Health: (home
page) There are 21 Institutes and Centers within the NIH.
By law each must be funded, and each is committed to certain domains
of medical science (e.g., cancer, heart disease, aging, mental health).
John Ubels
AREA grants:
AREA grants support individual research projects in the biomedical
and behavioral sciences conducted by faculty, and involving their
undergraduate students, who are located in health professional schools
and other academic components that have not been major recipients
of NIH research grant funds. |
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| National
Research Council: The National Research Council has
become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy
of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing
services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering
communities. The National Research Council is administered jointly
by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. |
National
Science Foundation: (home
page) Opportunities for research and education funding
in all areas of science and engineering. David
DeHeer, James Turner, Gerard Venema, Joel Adams, Kumar Sinniah, Mike
Stob, James Turner, Matt Walhout, Paul Moes
Programs of interest: REU
SBE |
| John
M. Olin Foundation: the general purpose of the Foundation
is to provide support for projects that reflect or are intended to
strengthen the economic, political and cultural institutions upon
which the American heritage of constitutional government and private
enterprise is based. The Foundation also seeks to promote a general
understanding of these institutions by encouraging the thoughtful
study of the connections between economic and political freedoms,
and the cultural heritage that sustains them. |
| Office
of Naval Research: Search under "funding" for
current programs. Keith
Vander Linden, Rich DeJong |
| Open
Society Institute: OSI's US Programs have three broad
aims: to challenge the intrusion of the marketplace into inappropriate
areas; to deal with the inequities in distribution of wealth and social
benefits that arise from "market fundamentalism;" and to
address the adverse unintended consequences of perhaps well-intended
policies. |
| David
& Lucile Packard Foundation: The Foundation provides
grants to nonprofit organizations in the following broad program areas:
conservation; population; science; children, families, and communities;
arts; and organizational effectiveness and philanthropy. The Foundation
provides national and international grants, and also has a special
focus on the Northern California Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara,
Santa Cruz, and Monterey. |
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| Pew
Charitable Trusts: The Pew Charitable Trusts support
nonprofit activities in the areas of culture, education, the environment,
health and human services, public policy and religion. Based in
Philadelphia, the Trusts make strategic investments that encourage
and support citizen participation in addressing critical issues
and effecting social change. Susan
Felch, Steve Evans, Lois Konyndyk, David Hoekema |
| Pfizer,
Inc: Pfizer, Inc. is a research-based, global pharmaceutical
company. Its mission is to discover and develop innovative health
care products that lead to healthier and more productive lives. Wayne
Wentzheimer, Jennifer Van Antwerp, Jeremy Van Antwerp, Lois Konyndyk |
| Public
Welfare Foundation: The Public Welfare Foundation is
a non-governmental grant-making organization dedicated to supporting
organizations that provide services to disadvantaged populations and
work for lasting improvements in the delivery of services that meet
basic human needs. |
| Research
Corporation: Supports research in physics, chemistry,
and astonomy at US and Canadian colleges and universities. The foundation
makes between 200 and 300 awards annually under programs that encourage
beginning faculty members, original ideas, and the involvement of
students in scientific investigation. Darla
McCarthy, Eric Arnoys, Debra Haarsma, Kumar Sinniah, Lawrence Molnar |
| Retirement
Research Foundation: The Foundation seeks innovative
solutions to the challenges facing older Americans. They support programs
that: improve services and care for the elderly, seek answers to diseases
prevalent in the older population, educate policymakers about the
needs and capacities of America’s seniors, attract and train
skilled professionals to serve older adults, expand employment and
volunteer opportunities for older persons, and identify and address
concerns of older Americans. |
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| Rotary
Foundation: The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit
corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to
achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian,
educational, and cultural exchange programs. Evert
VanDerHeide |
|
SBC Foundation: SBC Foundation places primary emphasis
on supporting initiatives that enhance education and community vitality
through technology. |
| Dr.
Scholl Foundation |
| Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation: The Foundation's programs and interests
fall into the following areas: Science and Technology, Standard of
Living and Economic Performance, Education and Careers in Science
and Technology and Selected National Issues and Civic Program |
| Smithsonian
Institution |
| Spencer
Foundation: The foundation is intended to investigate
ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around
the world. |
| Starr
Foundation: The Starr Foundation funds programs in a
wide range including culture, public policy, human needs, medicine
and healthcare, and education. |
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| State
of Michigan - Michgian
Community Service Commission:
Volunteer
Investment Grants: VIG is designed to: empower communities
with an ongoing source of funds to create or increase the self-sufficiency
of a local volunteer resource center, build the center's coapacity,
and increase the number of citizen volunteers involved in community
problem-solving. Jeff
Bouman
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| Supreme
Court Judicial Fellows Commision: Seeking outstanding
individuals from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds who are interested
in the adminstration of justice and making a contribution to the judiciary. |
| Surdna
Foundation: The Foundation has four program areas for
primary attention: biological diversity and the human communities
that depend on it, human systems, transportation and urban/suburban
land use, and energy. |
| Templeton
Foundation: Through its programs, the Foundation seeks
to encourage the world to catch the vision of the tremendous possibilities
for spiritual progress in an open and humble approach to life; encourage
institutions of learning to incorporate training towards excellence
in character in their efforts to prepare the next generation for service;
to encourage growth in appreciating the potential of free societies;
and to promote the understanding of the significant responsibilities
associated with freedom in its several aspects, moral, spiritual,
political and economic. Steve
Evans, Howard VanTill, Susan Felch |
| Towsley
Foundation: While the Foundation's initial goals were
typical of general family foundations, its mission later became focused
on programs promoting education, health care, shelter, and nutrition
for children. As its assets grew, its areas of concentration expanded
into college and university education, medical education, planned
parenthood, and interdisciplinary programs with the schools of law
and social work. Lois
Konyndyk |
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| US
Department of Agriculture (USDA): USDA Mission: Enhance
the quality of life for the American people by supporting production
of agriculture: ensuring a safe, affordable, nutritious, and accessible
food supply caring for agricultural, forest, and range lands supporting
sound development of rural communities providing economic opportunities
for farm and rural residents expanding global markets for agricultural
and forest products and services and working to reduce hunger in
America and throughout the world. |
| US
Institute of Peace: The United States Institute of Peace
is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded
by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful
resolution of international conflict. |
| Kurt
Weill Foundation for Music: Each year, the Foundation's
Grants Program gives financial support to individuals and not-for-profit
organizations for projects in the following categories: Research and
Travel; Publication Assistance; Dissertation Fellowships; Professional
and Regional Performance and Production; College and University Performance
and Production; Recording Projects; and Broadcasts. Stephanie
Sandberg |
| Wabash
Center: The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in
Theology and Religion seeks to strengthen and enhance religion &
theology education in North American theological schools, colleges
and universities through initiating studies, workshops and conferences;
supporting the initiatives that enhance teaching; encouraging reflection
by faculty members on the special contribution of each discipline
within religion & theology; enabling those preparing to become
teachers to reflect upon, clarify and strengthen their sense of vocation;
helping faculty members and institutions to keep abreast of appropriate
technology that will enhance teaching and learning. Kendra
Hotz |
| Wenner-Gren
Foundation for Anthropological Research |
| Whiting
Foundation: Lois
Konyndyk |
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