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Lauren Ledbetter
310 Hoke Smith Annex
Athens Georgia 30602
Lauren1@uga.edu
Welcome to Extension Grants e-news! In this issue you will find quick
accessible information on grant announcements that relate to University of Georgia
extension activities. This newsletter will also feature extension grant success stories (p.4),
grant writing tools, and updates on Project Mission Fish. Control + Click on red/underlined
grant titles for contact and application information.
New Grants
Captain Planet Foundation
Children Youth and Families at Risk
Grant supports youth grades K-12 in hands-on
CSREES & USDA announce funding to improve
environmental projects in a variety of different
the quality and quantity of community based
areas. Applications are available online.
programs for at risk, children, youth and
Amount: From $250-$2500
families supported by Cooperative Extension
Deadline: Quarterly
Amount: 1.2 million available
Deadline: December 10, 2007
StudentCam Documentary Competition
Youth at the Center National Contest inviting middle and high
For youth to address a socially pressing issue school students to make a documentary up to
such as climate change, hunger, disease, 10 min about a current political topic using
nutrition, literacy, disaster relief, and more. CSPAN programming.
Encouraged to do a project on Youth Service Amount: $50,000 split with multiple awards
Day- can pursue funding for multiple years. Deadline: December 31, 2007
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: November 30, 2007 Champions for Healthy Kids
Grants program from General Mills for
community based groups that develop creative
ways for youth to have a balanced diet and
physically active lifestyle.
Amount: 50 grants of $10,000
Deadline: January 15, 2008
Technology Education Programs
Motorola Innovation Generation grants
awarded over 100 programs in 2007 that
created interest in technology and improved
problem solving skills in participants. They will
begin accepting applications in early 2008.
Amount: Awards of $5,000- $250,000
USDI Fish and Wildlife Service “Habitat
Deadline: June 15, 2008
Characteristics of Hardwood Hammock on Key
Largo” to Warnell School of Forestry and
Natural Resources $95,000 Youth Safe Tractor and Machinery Grant
Environmental Excellence Grants are available from USDA to conduct an
Awards to benefit an environmental project safe tractor and machinery operation training
that has made a significant impact on the with 14-15 yr. olds for agriculture production.
students, school, or community involved. Amount: Grants up to $300
Amount: $5,000-$10,000 Deadline: Ongoing
Deadline: November 30, 2007
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Lauren Ledbetter
310 Hoke Smith Annex
Athens Georgia 30602
Lauren1@uga.edu
Community Football Fields Grant
The National Football League grants to improve
the accessibility, quality, and safety of local
football fields.
Eligibility: non-profits, middle, & high schools
Deadline: November 30, 2007
Game Stop and Plum Grants
Each week “Do Something” will award a Game
Stop grant in 2007. These grants support local
activities generated by students and designed
to solve a community problem or issue.
Eligibility: People 25 and younger
Amount: $500 grants
Deadline: December 31, 2007 Local Business to Walton County
4-H Goat Club $6,000
Educational Foundation of America Grants
The Educational Foundation of America (EFA)
makes grants to qualifying non-profit American Honda Foundation
organizations provides grants for specific Through a program of responsible investment
projects related to the environment, the crisis in organizations meeting the needs of
of human overpopulation and reproductive American society in the areas of youth and
freedom, Native Americans, arts, education, scientific education, the American Honda
medicine, and human services. Applicants are Foundation strives to assist in creating lasting
required to send a Letter of Inquiry. benefits for society.
Amount: Varies Amount: Varies
Deadline: Rolling Deadline: Quarterly
Public Welfare Foundation Office of Rural Health Policy
Supports youth projects in employment, ORHP promotes better health care service in
training and alternative education; early rural America. Located in the Health Resources
intervention; youth leadership development; and Services Administration, Congress charged
violence prevention; and advocacy and policy the Office with informing and advising the
development. Department of Health and Human Services on
Eligibility: 501(c)(3)s. (Some exceptions.) matters affecting rural hospitals, and health
Amount: $20 million total. The average grant care, co-coordinating activities within the
in 2006 was nearly $49,000. department that relate to rural health care,
Deadline: Open and maintaining a national information
clearinghouse. ORHP works within government
Nickelodeon: Let’s Just Play at federal, state and local levels, and with the
Grant is for promoting playful activity for private sector -- with associations,
youth. Funds can use to market or actually foundations, providers and community leaders
purchase equipment such as: playground, PE – provides grant funding to seek solutions to
equipment, pedometers, or paying a coach. rural health care problems.
Eligibility: Nonprofits and schools. Amount: Varies
Amount: $300,000 split into $5,000 awards Deadline: Varies
Deadline: Monthly awards until January 2008
Fall 2007 Vol.2 Issue 2 2
Lauren Ledbetter
310 Hoke Smith Annex
Athens Georgia 30602
Lauren1@uga.edu
Environmental Education Grants
The Grants Program sponsored by EPA's
Environmental Education Division (EED), Office
of Children's Health Protection and
Environmental Education, supports
environmental education projects that enhance
the public's awareness, knowledge, and skills
to help people make informed decisions that
affect environmental quality.
Amount: $2-3 Million in annual funding most
applications receive $15,000 or less
Deadline: December 30, 2007
NRA Foundation to Emanuel 4-H Project Nike Youth Activity Grants
SAFE, $3,673.00 Part of Nike's corporate giving focuses on
programs that support youth and physical
USDA Rural Development activity, and the positive effects of the two
Our financial programs support such essential when they are truly in sync. Programs should
public facilities and services as water and increase and promote physical activity in some
sewer systems, housing, health clinics, way - indoor, outdoors or both.
emergency service facilities and electric and Amount: Pledged to give $315 million - 2011.
telephone service. We promote economic Deadline: Open
development by supporting loans to
businesses through banks and community- The Libri Foundation
managed lending pools. We offer technical The Libri Foundation was established in 1989
assistance and information to help for the sole purpose of helping rural libraries
agricultural and other cooperatives get started acquire new, quality, hardcover children's
and improve the effectiveness of their member books they could not otherwise afford to buy.
services. And we provide technical assistance Since October 1990, the Foundation has
to help communities undertake community donated over $2,800,000 worth of new
empowerment programs. children's books to more than 2,200 libraries in
Amount: Varies per project 48 states. The Foundation supports the
Deadline: Ongoing concept that children who learn to enjoy
reading at an early age continue to read
Open Meadows Foundation throughout their lives
For projects that promote community power Eligibility: Rural Libraries
and justice that benefit women and girls. Amount: Unspecified
Eligibility: Small and start-up organizations Deadline: January 15, 2008
are encouraged to apply.
Amount: $2,000. Public Welfare Foundation
Deadline: February 15, 2008. Supports youth projects in employment,
training and alternative education; early
The Coca-Cola Foundation intervention; youth leadership development;
For youth educational opportunities, support in violence prevention; advocacy and policy
higher education, classroom, and international development.
education. Programs support scholarships for Eligibility: 501(c)(3)s.
aspiring students; encourage and motivate Amount: $20 million total. The average grant
young people to stay in school; and foster in 2006 was nearly $49,000.
cultural understanding. Deadline: Open
Amount: Varies
Deadline: Ongoing
Fall 2007 Vol.2 Issue 2 3
Lauren Ledbetter
310 Hoke Smith Annex
Athens Georgia 30602
Lauren1@uga.edu
activities related to conservation tillage.
Extension Grant Success Stories The field day portion provided participates
with information on conservation tillage
equipment and field research investigating
the affects of various cover crops on the
soil moisture content in crop production.
A second part of the grant, provided funds
to host six Conservation Security Program
(CSP) Workshops. The CSP program is
administered by USDA-NRCS to reward
those farmers that have been long time
users of conservation practices. The
workshops were set-up to provide farmers
already in the program with information
on the more advanced practices that they
may be able to incorporate on their farms.
Dr. Gary L. Hawkins, Biological and Agricultural
The more advanced aspect of the training
Engineering Department, received a $94,000 grant
from the USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation was geared towards UGA Extension agents
Grants Program to install and demonstrate a solar and NRCS personnel to get them familiar
powered irrigation system at a pecan farm in Pierce with practices that can be used on farm to
County. The system irrigates 45 pecan trees from a
increase conservation of resources.
pond adjacent to the building shown in the picture.
UGA collaborators included John Ed Smith, Bacon
County Extension, James Jacobs, Pierce County The grant provided materials to distribute
Extension and Kerry Harrison, Biological and information to over 225 persons, and
Agricultural Engineering. Mr. Dane Smith with
plans are being made to continue this type
USDA-NRCS was the local contact for the project. In
the picture you can see the installed solar panels, Dr. of training in 2008 to a new target
Hawkins, left, and the farm owners, Mr. and Mrs. audience in Georgia.
Lamar Smith.
Conservation Workshops & Field Days
By: Dr. Gary Hawkins
In 2006 Dr. Gary Hawkins, Biological and
Agricultural Engineering Department
received a $15,237 grant to provide
Conservation Workshops and Field Days
for farmers, UGA Extension Agents,
Colquitt County Program Assistant
NRCS personnel and general citizens.
The grant was used to host and provide
Innovative Award 2007
materials for a Conservation Tillage
By: Zona Medley
Workshop and Field Day in Tifton. The
workshop and field day was divided into Due to the increase in 4-H enrollment and
two parts with the workshop portion being 4-H programming, the need for additional
classroom style providing up-to-date staff was necessary. After brainstorming
information on current research and
Fall 2007 Vol.2 Issue 2 4
Lauren Ledbetter
310 Hoke Smith Annex
Athens Georgia 30602
Lauren1@uga.edu
options for funding a position, I wrote a GYSD will receive priority on grants
proposal seeking United Way funding. In administered through Youth Service
2006-2007, I requested $4, 000 for America.
programming and camp scholarships and
received $2, 500 for Colquitt 4-H. A program of Youth Service America,
Global Youth Service is the largest youth
For the second United Way proposal, I service event in the world. Global Youth
requested $6, 500 to use for funding a Service Day is a year-round effort to
part-time Program Assistant. I met expand the impact of the youth service
several times with United Way committee movement. The initiative launches new
members and pleaded my case by service organizations, policy changes, and
presenting success reports, impact sustainable service programs to create a
statements, the numbers of youth in culture of engaged youth. State Farm
Colquitt County served and the many Companies Foundation is the presenting
extra hours involved in operating a 4-H sponsor. More than 120 national partners
program of this size. I also presented our and 75 lead agencies throughout the
vision of how many more youth we could United States organize campaigns.
impact with the additional man power. Overseas, national lead agencies in more
than 100 countries participate. Click here
As of October 1, 2007, the first ever for more general information on GYSD.
United Way fully funded part-time
Program Assistant position was filled.
Colquitt County 4-H received the entire
KUDOS CORNER
amount requested to fund this position.
This is a nine month, nineteen hour
weekly position that will enable me to
better serve the increasing numbers of
youth in Colquitt County.
Global Youth Service Day
By: Jeff Buckley
We are pleased to announce that Georgia 2007 Urban & Community Forestry
4-H has been selected as one of four Grant $9,100 Awarded
Lead Agencies in Georgia for the 2008 Todd Hurt, Training Coordinator for the UGA Urban
Global Youth Service Day (GYSD). As a Ag Center and Bob Westerfield, Extension
part of this international initiative, Georgia Horticulturist were awarded a grant from the GA
Forestry Commission to develop a chapter titled
4-H hopes to engage a total of 600
“Tree Protection during Construction and
volunteers in at least ten different Landscaping Activities” that will be included in the
counties in service learning projects GA Certified Landscape Professional materials and
during the Global Youth Service Day exams. A Web CT module, two page color Extension
Fact Sheet, promotional poster, and Power Point
weekend, April 25th -27th, 2008. As a lead
presentation will also be developed by August 2008.
agency, the Georgia 4-H Foundation will
receive a $2000 grant. In addition, Pictured: Todd Hurt and Joan Scales, Partnership
County 4-H Clubs who plan events on Coordinator, Georgia Forestry Commission
Fall 2007 Vol.2 Issue 2 5
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