NFL Network will award one Middle School a $10,000 grant to improve general Physical Education for all students throughout the school. The grant could encompass indoor and outdoor facility refurbishments, staff and salary supplements for in-school, before-school and after-school activities, new, improved or increased equipment, staff training, or any other ways of improving overall physical education at the school.
The 2009 Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) competition is now open The deadline for submission of applications is March 6, 2009. Applications may be submitted in paper format or online through www.grants.gov. Click here to review the RFP. The full RFP and application information will be posted on the Department of Education’s website. [...]
Youth Service America (YSA) is offering $1,000 grants to help you and your peers lead a service-learning project around childhood obesity. Your project has to take place in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee, or in the following specific areas: Florida-selected counties, Illinois-Chicagoland or Peoria; [...]
The General Mills Foundation, in partnership with the American Dietetic Association Foundation and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sport, developed the Champions for Healthy Kids grant program in 2002. Each year since inception, the General Mills Foundation awards 50 grants of $10,000 each to community-based groups that develop creative ways to help youth [...]
The National Gardening Association works with sponsoring companies and organizations to provide in-kind grants to projects that actively engage kids in the garden and improve the quality of life for their communities. To be eligible for these awards your school or organization must plan to garden with at least 15 kids between the ages of [...]
The General Mills Foundation, in partnership with the American Dietetic Association Foundation and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, developed the Champions for Healthy Kids grant program in 2002. Each year, the General Mills Foundation awards 50 grants of $10,000 each to community-based groups that develop creative ways to help youth adopt a balanced diet [...]
2008-2009 Grant Schedule Deadline Date: 5 Grants Awarded: June 13, 2008 August 13, 2008 December 12, 2008 February 12, 2009 The Saucony Run For Good Foundation, established to help end childhood obesity by providing financial support to nonprofits across the United States that support children’s running and fitness programs, is accepting applications for its grant [...]
The Skoll Foundation’s mission is “to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs.” The foundation’s Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship support social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale influence on critical challenges of our time: environmental sustainability, health, tolerance and human rights, institutional [...]
Applications Due: October 15, 2008 Statistics show that in many U.S. classrooms you’ll find children who are overweight sitting next to others wondering where their next meal will come from; many are not getting the right balance of nutrients in their diets or enough exercise. Research conducted at Texas A&M University supports the connection between [...]
Effective immediately, the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS), Office of Grants Management will no longer publish information about new competitive grant funding opportunities in the Federal Register. To obtain information about current grant funding opportunities, grantee organizations may visit GrantSolutions.gov where you will be able to view the opportunities and submit applications electronically. [...]
