American Community Gardening Association

A valuable resource featuring articles and resources surrounding community gardens, a good way to save money while eating well.

http://communitygarden.org/

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

A database that maintains an additional list of low-income home energy assistance programs from utilities, federal, state, and charitable organizations.

http://liheap.ncat.org/profiles/Minn.htm

Greening Schools

The Student Conservation Association requests proposals for the Green Your School Contest. This is a national competition that awards projects that have, or will, improve the environmental health of the school. $10K available, 3 awards anticipated. Responses due 10/9/09. For more info, go to:

http://www.thesca.org/green-your-school (Foundation Center RFP Bulletin 5/29/09)

Grant Applications for Pathways Out of Poverty

Deadline: September 29, 2009.

$150 million in grant funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) for projects that provide training and placement services to provide pathways out of poverty and into employment within the industries described in the Supplementary Information, Part B of this SGA. Grantees selected from two separate types of applicants will be funded through this solicitation: (1) National nonprofit entities with networks of local affiliates, coalition members, or other established partners; and (2) local entities. ETA intends to fund grants ranging from approximately $3 to $8 million for national grantees, and grants ranging from approximately $2 to $4 million for local grantees

More details available at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-14928.htm