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Home Depot Accepting Applications for Building Healthy Communities Grant Program   The Home Depot's Building Healthy Communities Grant Program awards grants of up to $2,500 to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, public schools, and tax-exempt public service agencies in the United States that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are made in the form of Home Depot gift cards for the purchase or tools or materials.

Do Something Awards to Honor Young Social Change Activists   Since 1996, Do Something has honored some of America's best young "world-changers" (age 25 and under) with the Do Something Awards (formerly the Brick Awards). The Do Something Award is for individuals. Partnerships or larger groups should select an individual they believe would best represent the project for the application. The applicant must be 25 or under, and must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen.

Powered by Service Offers Funding to Seed Youth-Led Service Projects  

Honor the Earth Seeks Funding Proposals for Building Resilience in Indigenous Communities Initiative Honor the Earth is a native-led organization established in 1993 to address the two primary needs of the native environmental movement — the need to break the geographic and political isolation of native communities, and the need to increase financial resources for organizing and change.

  National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Invites Nominations for 2010 Budweiser Conservationist of the Year Award  

Nature of Learning Grant Program Offers Support for Outdoor Classroom Programs The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is accepting applications from organizations interested in initiating a Nature of Learning program in their communities.

Water Environment Research Foundation Offers Funding for Water Quality Research

Request For Proposal Quaker Oats Announces New Grant Program to Help Combat Hunger As part of its Quaker Go Project, Quaker Oats has announced a new grant program to support people working to combat hunger at the community level.

Institute for Justice and Journalism Seeks Ethnic Media Journalists for Environmental Justice Fellowships The USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism will award ten fellowships to ethnic media journalists to enable them to report on the complexities of urban environmental justice with clarity, depth, and context. The program is funded by the McCormick Foundation.

National Geographic and Changemakers Announce Geotourism Innovation Competition National Geographic and Ashoka Changemakers have announced the second annual global Geotourism Challenge. This year's theme is Power of Place — Sustaining the Future of Destinations.