Kids Run the Nation Grant Fund

Small grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 will be awarded to youth running programs across the U.S.What Kids Run the Nation grants may fund:

• Marketing materials, brochures, posters, fliers, and other printed or digital materials informing parents about the program
• Advertising the program in a community newspaper or website
• Hosting a program website
• Permit or usage fees to use a local park or running track
• Hydration supplies, including water bottles, cups, or coolers
• Snacks and meals for program participants
• Incentives and awards such as Toe Tokens®, ribbons, shirts, water bottles, backpack tags, patches, etc.
• Mileage logs, worksheets, and other written and digital materials for program participants
• Other items that the RRCA Grant Selection Committee sees fit to fund

Eligibility: Running clubs, events, or other organizations with the IRS 501(c)(3) designation are eligible to apply. Elementary and middle schools that provide an organized after-school running program are eligible as well. No grants will be given to individuals under any circumstances. All applicants must be an official 501(c)(3), school, parent booster club, PTA, or a similar entity. Please review the following criteria before submitting your grant application:

• Your running program should be more than just a one-time event. It should be a structured running program that ideally utilizes the RRCA’s Kids Run the Nation youth running curriculum. The goal of your program should be to have kids running regularly, more than once each week for multiple weeks, as opposed to participating in a single event. However, the program may culminate in a goal fun run or other organized running event.
• Your program may be a start-up program or a pre-existing program.
• Your program must be gender-inclusive, encouraging and welcoming participation by children of all genders. The program may not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnic origin, or economic status. The program may outline age groups and may indicate a minimum and maximum age for participation.
• Your program should focus on participation, but may include competitive running activities or events.
• Your running program must maintain policies and procedures that ensure the safety of the participants and outline expectations of program leaders. Your program should meet SafeSport Act requirements, including completion of sexual abuse awareness and reporting training and requiring criminal background checks on all adult program staff and volunteers.

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Expanded Learning Opportunity Grant

To provide grants to community-based organizations defined the same as in federal statute for the 21st Century Community Learning Center program -The first priority of the new state program is to continue existing federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers The second priority is to support new expanded learning opportunities in areas of the state with a high percentage of at-risk children not currently served by a federal 21st Century Community Learning Center - Working in partnership with schools in high-need school districts, which are defined as a school in which 40% or more qualify for free and reduced price meals - To provide expanded learning opportunity programs, which means a schoolcommunity partnership that provides participating K-12 students and their families with programming and other support activities/services: -That complement but do not duplicate school-day learning -That create opportunities to strengthen school-community partnerships to provide support to be successful in school - That are provided after school and on weekends, holidays, and other hours when school is not in session

Eligibility: Partnerships must include a school district and at least one community-based organization, agency or business. Eligible afterschool sites must have been in operation at least five years and receiving funding from a 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Continuation Grant.

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Grants for Arts

Grants for Arts Projects is the National Endowment for the Arts' principal grants program for organizations based in the United States. Through project-based funding, the program supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of excellent art, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life.The Arts Endowment encourages applications from a variety of eligible organizations, e.g., with small, medium, or large budgets, and from rural to urban communities. Similarly, projects may be large or small, existing or new, and may take place in any part of the nation's 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Numerous afterschool programs have received to provide arts programming during the afterschool and summer hours.

Eligibility: Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. Applicants may be arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, local education agencies (school districts), and other organizations that can help advance the goals of the National Endowment for the Arts. To be eligible, the applicant organization must:1. Meet the National Endowment for the Arts’ "Legal Requirements" including nonprofit, tax-exempt status at the time of application. (All organizations must apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal sponsor are not allowed). 2. Have completed a three-year history of arts programming prior to the application deadline. 3. Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all National Endowment for the Arts grant(s) previously received.

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Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Formula Grants

OJJDP's Formula Grants Program supports state and local delinquency prevention and intervention efforts and juvenile justice system improvements. Within the program purpose areas, states can provide job training, mental health and substance abuse treatment, community-based programs and services, reentry/aftercare services, and school programs to prevent truancy. OJJDP provides funds directly to states to help them implement comprehensive juvenile justice plans based on the needs in their jurisdictions.Purpose areas can be found here: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs/formula-grant-areas

Eligibility: To be eligible to receive a formula grant under JJDPA Title II, Part B, Formula Grants program, a state must (1) satisfy 33 statutory state plan requirements, (2) designate a state agency to prepare and administer the state’s comprehensive 3-year juvenile justice and delinquency prevention plan, (3) establish a State Advisory Group to provide policy direction and participate in the preparation and administration of the 3-year plan, and (4) commit to achieve and maintain compliance with the four core requirements of the JJDPA: deinstitutionalization of status offenders, separation of juveniles from adult inmates, removal of juveniles from adult jails and lockups, and addressing racial and ethnic disparities.

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Education, Innovation and Research (EIR)

The EIR program, established under section 4611 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (ESEA), provides funding to create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based (as defined in this notice), field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students and to rigorously evaluate such innovations. The EIR program is designed to generate and validate solutions to persistent education challenges and to support the expansion of those solutions to serve substantially more students. Absolute Priority 3—Field-Initiated Innovations—Promoting Equity in Student Access to Educational Resources and Opportunities: STEM. Projects that are designed to— (a) Create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students; and (b) Promote educational equity and adequacy in resources and opportunity for underserved students, including through out-of-school time programs

Eligibility: (a) An LEA; (b) An SEA; (c) The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE); (d) A consortium of SEAs or LEAs; (e) A nonprofit (as defined in this notice) organization; and (f) An LEA, an SEA, the BIE, or a consortium described in clause (d), in partnership with— (1) A nonprofit organization; (2) A business; (3) An educational service agency; or (4) An IHE.

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Walter Cerf Community Fund

The Walter Cerf Community Fund (WCCF) makes grants to address charitable needs in the state of Vermont. Priority interests are the arts, education, historic preservation, and social services, reflecting the pattern of giving established by Mr. Cerf over many years. Within these issue areas, there is a strong desire to support work that addresses the needs of underserved populations. The WCCF prefers proposals that encourage cooperation, collaboration, and community building. We highly value the input of the Preservation Trust and strongly encourage grantseekers for historic preservation projects to consult with the Trust before submitting an application. The WCCF will rarely fund an entire project, but favors projects which have support from a variety of sources.

Eligibility: Grant applications will be accepted from organizations that are located in or serve the people of Vermont. Organizations must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or be a public agency, school, or municipality in the state of Vermont. Nonprofit organizations or community groups who do not have 501(c)(3) status may apply for grant awards if another eligible organization acts as a fiscal sponsor.

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TRIO - Student Support Services

Through a grant competition, funds are awarded to institutions of higher education to provide opportunities for academic development, assist students with basic college requirements, and to motivate students toward the successful completion of their postsecondary education. The goal of SSS is to increase the college retention and graduation rates of its participants.

Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and combinations of institutions of higher education may apply.

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Rural Community Development Initiative

Rural Community Development Initiative grants are awarded to help non-profit housing and community development organizations, low-income rural communities and federally recognized tribes support housing, community facilities and community and economic development projects in rural areas. Rural Community Development Initiative grants may be used for supporting child care facilities.

Eligibility: Public bodies, non-profit organizations, qualified Private (for-profit) organizations may apply

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Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).

The Child Care and Development Fund is a multibillion-dollar federal and state partnership administered by Office of Child Care to promote family economic self-sufficiency and to help children succeed in school and life through affordable, high-quality early care and afterschool programs.

Eligibility:

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Data Science Corps

Supports data science education and training by engaging students in real-world implementation projects in partnership with organizations and communities — helping to build a strong national data science infrastructure and workforce.

Eligibility: Institutes of Higher Educationd and Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities.

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