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Small Grants to Libraries: Louisa May Alcott
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announces funds to support bringing traveling exhibitions and other types of humanities public programming to libraries across the country. The focus of this program is Louisa May Alcott.

Eligibility: City or township governments, county governments, state governments and nonprofit organizations.

Funds: Awards range up to $2,500.
 
Better Health for Living grantmaking program
This program will donate grants to non-profit organizations that strive to improve in significant and measurable ways the health care needs of those without health insurance or those in need of health insurance supplements.
Funding will be targeted to applicants within the states of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Tennessee.
 
Retirement Research Foundation
The foundation is devoted to serving the needs of older persons in the United States. Through its General Grants Program, RRF supports direct service, advocacy, education, and training programs for professionals working directly with elders as well as research to improve quality of life and independence for vulnerable older adults.
 

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What's Next for Philanthropy: Acting Bigger and Adapting Better in a Networked World
We at Monitor worked on our own and with others to create additional portraits of the future of philanthropy and social investing: the new demands on community foundations; the promise of impact investing; the power of social innovation; and the transformative potential of shifting to a technologically enabled, networked mindset. And we have had the privilege of working with some of the most ambitious and innovative philanthropists in the world as they try to blend existing best practices with emerging next practices.
 
Key Facts on Social Justice Grantmaking
This 2010 report looks at the recent spike in donations to Social Justice causes, ranging from community and economc development to health to the environment. This report is meant to provide funders and practitioners with objective, quantitative benchmarking of foundation support for social justice-related activities.
 
Turning Passion into Action: giving while living
This report examines the growing practice of donating funds, skills, and time over the course of one's lifetime. The report explores motivating factors for giving while living, and describes how to set up and execute a giving-while-living program. The publication also offers a list of issues to consider when setting up such a program, including problems to focus on, geographic areas of concentration, and determining what is achievable.
 
Nonprofit Operations Toolkit
This practical toolkit helps established nonprofits run more effectively and save money by implementing important operational procedures.
 
Donors Choose: Connecting donors to classrooms in need
Donors Choose is an online charity which seeks to connect students and teachers in need with donors. Teachers can post what they need, such as pencils, math books, or microscope slides and then potential donors can browse the project requests and give any amount to the one that they choose.
 

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