The primary focus of this Grant Opportunities list is on 'community-friendly'
grants; i.e., those grants that organizations and special interest groups in small, underserved, struggling rural communities have a reasonable chance of competing for on a level playing field. |
| Title: |
Enriching the Lives of Youth, Protecting Wildlife and Habitat |
| Agency: |
Charlotte Martin Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants |
| Agency: |
Pay It Forward Foundation |
| Deadline: | 02/15/2010 & 08/15/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Meacham Foundation Memorial Grant |
| Agency: |
Meacham Foundation |
| Deadline: | 02/28/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Building Healthy Communities Grant Program |
| Agency: |
Home Depot |
| Deadline: | 03/01/2010; 07/01/2010; 11/01/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Projects That Are Led by And Benefit Women and Girls |
| Agency: |
Open Meadows Foundation |
| Deadline: | 02/15/2010 & 08/15/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Excellence in Summer Learning Award |
| Agency: |
National Summer Learning Association |
| Deadline: | 02/24/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes |
| Agency: |
The Barron Prize |
| Deadline: | 04/30/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Bezos Scholars Program |
| Agency: |
Bezos Family Foundation |
| Deadline: | 02/12/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
U.S. Community Grants Program |
| Agency: |
MAC AIDS Fund |
| Deadline: | 03/15/2010 Food & Nutrition; 06/15/2010 Housing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
CVS Caremark Community Grants |
| Agency: |
CVS Caremark |
| Deadline: | 10/31/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Mary Kay Ash Shelter Grant Program |
| Agency: |
The Mary Kay Ash Foundation |
| Deadline: | 07/30/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Assets for Independence Demonstration Program |
| Agency: |
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), USDHHS |
| Deadline: | 06/25/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Active Living Research and New Connections Grant Opportunities |
| Agency: |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) |
| Deadline: | 04/14/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Casey Family Scholarships |
| Agency: |
Orphan Foundation of America |
| Deadline: | 03/31/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Drug Free Communities Support Program |
| Agency: |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) |
| Deadline: | 03/19/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Broadband Initiatives Program (Round 2) |
| Agency: |
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) , USDA |
| Deadline: | 03/15/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Ronald McDonald House Charities Grant Program |
| Agency: |
Ronald McDonald House Charities |
| Deadline: | 03/05/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Assistance Program |
| Agency: |
U.S. Department of Justice |
| Deadline: | 02/18/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Section 538 Multi- Family Housing Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP) Demonstration Program |
| Agency: |
Rural Housing Service, USDA |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Rural Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance Program - Short-term Technical Assistance |
| Agency: |
Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Rural and Low-Income School Program |
| Agency: |
U.S. Department of Education |
| Deadline: | ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Community-Police Partnership Awards Program |
| Agency: |
MetLife Foundation |
| Deadline: | 02/26/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Montana's School Wellness Policy In Action Mini-Grant Program |
| Agency: |
Montana Office of Public Instruction |
| Deadline: | 03/05/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
CVS Caremark Community Grants |
| Agency: |
CVS Caremark |
| Deadline: | 10/31/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders |
| Agency: |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Amy's Courage Fund |
| Agency: |
National Network to End Domestic Violence |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs |
| Agency: |
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools |
| Deadline: | 02/26/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth |
| Agency: |
National Endowment for the Arts |
| Deadline: | 06/10/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Music Matters Grants |
| Agency: |
Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation |
| Deadline: | 02/05/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Summer Youth Philanthropy Program |
| Agency: |
The Heinz Endowments |
| Deadline: | 02/26/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Outreach Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program |
| Agency: |
USDA |
| Deadline: | 03/01/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Program and Conferences |
| Agency: |
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America |
| Deadline: | 02/26/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program |
| Agency: |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| Deadline: | 03/09/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
MT Natural Resources Youth Camp 2010 |
| Agency: |
Department of Interior |
| Deadline: | 02/08/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Native American Library Services: Basic Grants and Basic Grants with Education/Assessment Option |
| Agency: |
Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Deadline: | 03/01/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Building Rural Communities Program |
| Agency: |
Montana Community Foundation & Steele Reese Foundation |
| Deadline: | 02/12/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Five Star Restoration Program |
| Agency: |
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
| Deadline: | 02/11/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Social Entrepreneurship Awards |
| Agency: |
The Skoll Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
21st Century Museum Professionals |
| Agency: |
Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Deadline: | 03/15/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Shade Structure Program |
| Agency: |
American Academy of Dermatology |
| Deadline: | 04/12/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Learn and Serve America Higher Education FY 2010 |
| Agency: |
Corporation for National and Community Service |
| Deadline: | 03/09/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Public Skatepark Grants |
| Agency: |
Tony Hawk Foundation |
| Deadline: | 03/01/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program |
| Agency: |
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) |
| Deadline: | Ltr of Intent 01/21/2010; Appl Deadline 02/04/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
All Roads Seed Grants |
| Agency: |
National Geographic |
| Deadline: | 03/15/2009 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Sprint Character Education Grant Program |
| Agency: |
Sprint |
| Deadline: | 02/05/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Project Orange Thumb Grant |
| Agency: |
Fiskars |
| Deadline: | 02/19/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Family Respite Care Grant |
| Agency: |
Alzheimer's Foundation of America |
| Deadline: | 05/01/1010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Captain Planet Foundation Grants |
| Agency: |
Captain Planet Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
School Garden Funding Program |
| Agency: |
Welch's and Scholastic Parent & Child |
| Deadline: | 02/06/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Starbucks Shared Planet Youth Action Grants |
| Agency: |
Starbucks Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grassroots Exchange Fund (GXF) |
| Agency: |
Common Counsel Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing beginning 02/2009 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Toolbox for Education |
| Agency: |
Lowe's |
| Deadline: | 02/12/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Big Read |
| Agency: |
National Endowment for the Arts |
| Deadline: | 02/02/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Music Education for Children Grants |
| Agency: |
The Mockingbird Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ltr of Inquiry 02/01/2010 |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Challenge Grant |
| Agency: |
The Kresge Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Singing for Change |
| Agency: |
Jimmy Buffet |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Teaching Tolerance Grants Program |
| Agency: |
Southern Poverty Law Center |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants for Youth Development, Education, and Social Entrepreneurship |
| Agency: |
The Jenesis Group |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants for Sustainable Music Programs in the United States |
| Agency: |
Fender Music Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Walmart Store and Sams Club Giving Programs |
| Agency: |
Wal-Mart Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
CIGNA Foundation Grants |
| Agency: |
CIGNA Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Health Grants |
| Agency: |
William Randolph Hearst Foundations |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Champ-A Champion Fur Kids Grants |
| Agency: |
Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Community Grants |
| Agency: |
The Regal Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Community Grants and Partnerships |
| Agency: |
JP Morgan Chase |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Advertising Support for Nonprofits |
| Agency: |
Google |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Jenny's Heroes |
| Agency: |
Jenny Jones Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants to Assist Children |
| Agency: |
Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open - call or submit letter of inquiry |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Social Change Projects |
| Agency: |
Ben & Jerry's Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open - Must submit electronic Letter of Inquiry |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Business and Communities Grants |
| Agency: |
Hitachi Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Plum Grants for Youth |
| Agency: |
Do Something |
| Deadline: | ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants in the Broad Areas of Education, Community and Health |
| Agency: |
RGK Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open - Must submit electronic Letter of Inquiry |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Capital Challenge Grants for Health, the Environment, Arts and Culture, Education, Human Services and Community Development |
| Agency: |
The Kresge Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants for Integrating People with Disabilities into All Aspects |
| Agency: |
Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Community Grants |
| Agency: |
Singing for Change |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Support for Projects Benefiting Women and Girls |
| Agency: |
Avon Hello Tomorrow Fund |
| Deadline: | Weekly |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Health and Well-Being of Individuals, Families and Communities |
| Agency: |
CIGNA Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants for Education, Arts and Culture, Health and Human Services, Civic and Community Outreach and Volunteerism |
| Agency: |
Sony USA Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Community Improvment Programs in the US & Canada |
| Agency: |
Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Consumer Electronics Recycling Grant |
| Agency: |
E4 Partners and Best Buy |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
The Targeted Grant Process |
| Agency: |
CIGNA Foundation |
| Deadline: | Rolling |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Women's Scholarship Program |
| Agency: |
AARP Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants for Communities |
| Agency: |
Allstate Foundation |
| Deadline: | Ongoing |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Education Grants |
| Agency: |
RGK Foundation |
| Deadline: | Submit Letter of Inquiry via Web site |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Equine Fund Grant Program |
| Agency: |
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| Deadline: | Monthly |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants for Community Development, Education and Human Services |
| Agency: |
Wells Fargo Foundation |
| Deadline: | Rolling |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Foreclosure Pets Grants for Member Organizations |
| Agency: |
American Humane Association |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Local Grants Program |
| Agency: |
The Allstate Foundation |
| Deadline: | Rolling |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Helping Outreach Programs to Expand (HOPE) Grant Program |
| Agency: |
Office for Victims of Crime |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants for Families Struggling with Child Health-Related Costs |
| Agency: |
United Healthcare Children's Foundation |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Unsolicited Proposals |
| Agency: |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) |
| Deadline: | Open |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Social Responsibility Grants |
| Agency: |
FedEx |
| Deadline: | Requests accepted year-round |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Make It Matter |
| Agency: |
Reader's Digest |
| Deadline: | Rolling |
| URL: | More information |
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| Title: |
Grants for Grassroots Community Projects |
| Agency: |
Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation |
| Deadline: | Begin application process by taking eligibility test online |
| URL: | More information |
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