Explore the latest funding opportunities, grants, resources and updates from Urban Awareness USA.
National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) is offering grants up to $500 to educators for supplies and materials to aid in classroom instruction. The purpose of funding is to assist teachers in providing additional opportunities to their students and classrooms. Applicants must register as members of the funding source organization prior to applying.
National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) is offering grants up to $1,000 to educators to improve the instruction of advanced placement classes. Interested applicants must register as an educator with the funding source prior to applying. Funding is intended to support field trips, supplies, materials, and other items that will help supplement the delivery of courses throughout the academic year. Funds may be used to assist high school teachers in any subject.
Jane Goodall Institute is offering grants up to $200 to individuals, teachers, and leaders for community-based initiatives. Applicants must register with the funding source prior to applying. Funding is intended to support valuable work in local communities benefitting residents, animals, or the environment.
The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation is offering grants up to $25,000 to nonprofit organizations for projects addressing financial education. Funding is intended for projects that make the topic of economics more interesting and those that can easily be taught in schools and colleges. Projects that help students and adults often identified as “at-risk” of not participating in the market economy are encouraged.
Tomberg Family Philanthropies is offering grants up to $15,000 to nonprofit organizations, government entities, and public institutions for impactful projects. Focus areas for programs include the alleviation of poverty and education. The Foundation seeks opportunities such as pilot programs, support of a new program, capacity building, a demonstration project, an evaluation, an expansion of an existing project.
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans offer fellowship opportunities to immigrants and children of immigrants for graduate school support. The program is intended for applicants under the age of 31 who are pursuing graduate studies in any advanced degree-granting program and any field throughout the country. Each Fellow receives $25,000 in stipend support a year (all stipend awards are capped at $50,000 per year), as well as 50 percent of required tuition and fees, up to $20,000 per year, for one to two years.
No Starch Press Foundation is offering grants up to $10,000 to nonprofit organizations, groups, and individuals for STEM activities benefiting computer technology experts. Funding is intended to encourage education related to computer science and to advance knowledge of STEM topics.
J. M. Kaplan Fund is offering grants up to $15,000 to nonprofit organizations and colleges and universities, museums, civic institutions, and trade publishers for financial assistance to produce and publish non-fiction books. Funding is intended for publications on the subjects of art, architecture and design; cultural history, the city and related public issues; and conservation and preservation.
TD Bank is offering grants up to $1 million to nonprofit organizations for projects that address inequities that have been worsened by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The 2021 TD Ready Challenge seeks to provide financial support to organizations that have designed innovative, scalable and/or replicable solutions to help address the predicted pandemic-caused learning loss in math and reading faced by disproportionately impacted students in grades K-12 in communities across North America.
Finance of America (FOA) Cares is offering grants up to $5,000 to nonprofit organizations to create goal-oriented solutions that improve the quality of life in local communities. Funding is intended for programs in human services, youth empowerment, and veterans’ services.
