Afterschool.Gov Finding Federal Dollars

One of the major barriers that after-school and youth development programs face is difficulty in obtaining secure and sufficient funding. Funding can come from many sources – small family foundations; large, national non profit organizations; and state and local government. In addition, one crucial source of after-school and youth development funding is the federal government. This database gives you one stop for information about more than 100 sources of federal funding for after-school and youth development programming.
> www.afterschool.gov/feddollar1.html

Allstate Foundation

Education grants are in the area of personal safety and security and include after-school programs with initiatives that safeguard against gangs and delinquency, fire safety, child safety advocacy, and anti-drinking and driving programs. Public schools and private/charter schools, but not private secondary schools, have received grants.
> www.allstate.com/foundation/funding.html

Cooke Foundation (Jack Kent) Innovation Grants

Priorities are talent identification, scholarship provision and out-of-school programs in the arts, language, writing, science. Program areas include after-school, arts, general education, reading, and science. Average grants fall between $100,000 and $200,000.
> www.jackkentcookefoundation.org

Funding for Afterschool

Courtesy of Promising Practices in Afterschool.
> www.afterschool.org/funding.cfm

Time Warner Foundation

The Foundation makes grants to: * National and community-based after-school organizations which engage creative and media arts and prepare underserved teens for college; * Organizations that work to raise awareness of the need for quality after-school programs. * Efforts to foster leadership opportunities for public school students in selected cities. For more information contact:
1 Time Warner Center
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: (212) 275-2893).
> www.timewarner.com/corp/citizenship/education/

J.C. Penney Corporate Giving Program

J.C. Penney grants focus on improvement of K through 12th grade education through curriculum-based after school care, with a priority on JCPenney Afterschool. Funding is not given to individual schools unless the company has a relationship with them. Higher education funding is limited to those with whom the company has a business or recruiting relationship. Grants usually range from $100 to $5000.
> www.jcpenney.net/company/commrel/contributions.htm