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Comment by Elizabeth Asahi Rising-Sun Sato on August 21, 2009 at 6:53pm

Sojourns is The Regence Foundation’s signature program to improve the care and quality-of-life for people with life-threatening or terminal illness and their supporting family members throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah.

Through Sojourns, The Regence Foundation works to:

Recognize leadership and innovation in end-of-life and palliative care
Expand access to high-quality palliative care that meets the needs of patients and families across the care continuum
Sojourns is comprised of two programs:

The Sojourns Award is a regional award honoring leadership and innovation in end-of-life and palliative care. More details about the Sojourns Award will be announced in early October 2009.
Sojourns Pathway Program offers comprehensive support including funding and best-practices training and mentoring to nonprofit and public hospitals and partnering community-based organizations interested in developing, implementing and enhancing palliative care services.

For more information, please contact:

Michelle L. McClellan, Sojourns Program Officer
E-mail: mxmccle@regence.com
Phone: (503) 721-7171

Comment by Elizabeth Asahi Rising-Sun Sato on August 21, 2009 at 6:53pm

Commonwealth Fund Offers Fellowship for Health Services Researchers to Conduct Work in United States

The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to spend up to twelve months in the United States conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts.

Fellows are expected to publish the results of their fellowship research in a peer-reviewed journal and/or in a report for health ministers and senior government officials. Fellows' research findings are also formally presented at the Harkness Fellows' annual final reporting seminar.

The Harkness Fellowship Award provides up to $107,000 in support for each fellow. The award provides round-trip airfare to the United States, a fixed monthly stipend for the fellows' living expenses, funds to attend the Commonwealth Fund program of fellowship seminars, funds for project-related travel and other research expenses, health insurance coverage while in the U.S., and payment of U.S. federal and state withholding taxes. An additional family supplement is provided to fellows accompanied by a partner and/or children.

Visit the Commonwealth Fund Web site for complete program information, including suggested project themes.

Comment by Elizabeth Asahi Rising-Sun Sato on August 21, 2009 at 6:52pm

Anna Lalor Burdick Program Offers Support for Human Reproduction Education

An initiative of the Lalor Foundation, the Anna Lalor Burdick Program seeks to educate young women about human reproduction in order to broaden and enhance their options in life.

The program focuses particularly on young women who have inadequate access to information regarding reproductive health, including the subjects of contraception and pregnancy termination, and as such may be particularly lacking options in their lives.

The funding program emphasizes support for projects that demonstrate realistic plans to achieve greater financial self-sufficiency; support for new or smaller organizations, including grassroots efforts; support for collaborative efforts among nonprofit organizations; and support for new ideas, initiatives, and demonstration projects that may be successfully replicated or provide multiple benefits. The program has no geographic limits.

The program annually awards a small number of grants in the range of $10,000 to $50,000 each. Grants are generally awarded for one year only.

Eligible U.S. applicants must be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code and defined as "not a private foundation" under section 509(a) of the Code. Applicants not located in the U.S. and not already classified by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service should contact the foundation office for further information.

Concept papers are accepted twice a year. For the November 1 deadline, concept papers may be submitted between September 1 and November 1. For the May 15 deadline, concept papers may be submitted between March 15 and May 15.

Complete program guidelines are available at the Lalor Foundation Web site.

Comment by Elizabeth Asahi Rising-Sun Sato on August 21, 2009 at 6:51pm

Open Society Institute Seeks Entries for Moving Walls 17 Documentary Photography Exhibition

The Open Society Institute invites photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 17 group exhibition.

Moving Walls is an exhibition series that features in-depth explorations of human rights and social issues. Thematically linked to OSI's mission, Moving Walls is exhibited at OSI's offices in New York and Washington, D.C. The show will feature the work of seven photographers.

Any emerging or veteran photographer who has completed a body of work on a human rights or social justice issue may apply. Work in progress may be submitted as long as a substantial portion of the work has been completed. The program will accept any genre of photography that is documentary in nature and is not staged or manipulated. In addition, priority will be given to work that addresses issues and geographic regions of concern to OSI.

OSI will support Moving Walls photographers' budgets for printing, dry mounting, and other production costs. In addition, selected photographers will receive a $2,000 royalty payment. To support the professional advancement of photographers who have not received much exposure, an additional travel grant will be provided to select Moving Walls photographers to attend the opening in New York and meet with local photo editors and relevant NGO staff. Recipients must apply for the travel grant after being chosen for inclusion in the Moving Walls exhibition.

For complete guidelines, visit the OSI Web site.

Comment by Elizabeth Asahi Rising-Sun Sato on August 21, 2009 at 6:50pm

FINRA Investor Education Foundation Offers Funding for Research and Education Projects

The FINRA Investor Education Foundation supports innovative research and educational projects that give investors the tools and information they need to better understand the markets and the basic principles of saving and investing.

Of particular interest to the foundation are projects that expand the body of knowledge and/or provide practical materials that will have a positive impact on investor education or protection; that study methods to improve disclosure to investors about investments and financial services; that encourage investors to check the background of financial professionals prior to doing business with them; that empower young people that are about to enter the workforce to meet their financial goals; that better prepare older Americans for handling their finances during retirement; that encourage women and minority populations to take control of their financial future through investor education; and that advance practice, policy, and thought in the fields of investor education and protection.

The foundation awards grants to tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations and to state and other public colleges and universities.

There is no set minimum or maximum grant amount.

The first step in applying for a FINRA Foundation grant is the submission of the Project Concept Form. Forms can be submitted at any time during the year. Forms received by November 5, 2009, will be entered into the application process for a June 2010 funding decision.

Complete program guidelines are available at the foundation Web site.

Comment by Elizabeth Asahi Rising-Sun Sato on August 5, 2009 at 8:52pm

Nominations Open for the 2010 Purpose Prize Honoring Older Social Innovators

A program of Civic Ventures, the Purpose Prize annually provides five awards of $100,000 each to people over 60 who are working to address society's biggest challenges.

To be eligible for the prize, a nominee must be at least 60 years old by the deadline of March 5, 2010 and be a legal resident of the United States (including U.S. territories). Nominees should have initiated important innovations (in a new or ongoing organization) in an encore career. "Encore careers" are those that combine personal meaning and social impact with continued work in the second half of life. Nominees must currently be working in a leadership capacity in an organization or institution (public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit) to address a major social problem in the United States or abroad. Nominees should have demonstrated recent creativity and leadership with the promise of more to come.

Elected officials are not eligible for the prize. Individuals working in faith-based service organizations that have a broader social mission are eligible and encouraged to apply, but the purpose of their project cannot be strictly religious or sectarian.

Nominations are welcome from any organization or individual with knowledge of a potential candidate. Self-nominations are accepted.

Visit the Purpose Prize Web site for complete program guidelines.

Comment by Elizabeth Asahi Rising-Sun Sato on August 5, 2009 at 8:50pm

Social Equity Venture Fund Announces Second Annual Open Enterprise Solutions to Poverty Request for Proposals

The SEVEN (Social Equity Venture) Fund, a nonprofit organization that works to promote enterprise-based solutions to poverty, has published its second annual open Enterprise-based Solutions to Poverty Request for Proposals. This competition is supported initially by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, and is expected to be held annually.

The aim of SEVEN Fund sponsored research is to answer the question of whether wealth-creation may be the most effective solution to alleviate poverty. The fund invests its resources in finding, researching, and documenting examples where entrepreneurial success is shown to have led to poverty alleviation. In the process, the fund seeks to inspire entrepreneurs in developing countries with advice, investments, role models, and other services.

The fund's Request for Proposals is limited to research in economics, government policy, and business strategy, insofar as the research bears directly on questions in enterprise-based solutions to poverty.

Anyone may submit an initial proposal for funding — there are no geographic or other limitations on program eligibility. Applicants may include think tanks, economists, professors from business schools as well as other departments, researchers, entrepreneurs, business experts, strategy experts, graduate and post-graduate student researchers, economic development experts, business strategists, and nongovernmental organizations.

The fund will award up to two research grants of up to $100,000 each for up to twelve months through the RFP competition.

For the complete RFP and examples of projects that have previously been funded by the SEVEN Fund, see the fund's Web site.

Comment by Elizabeth Asahi Rising-Sun Sato on August 5, 2009 at 8:49pm

Open Society Institute Seeks Applications for Soros Justice Fellowships

A program of the Open Society Institute, the Soros Justice Fellowships fund outstanding individuals working to implement innovative projects that advance OSI's efforts to reform the U.S. criminal justice system. OSI's strategy takes aim at two overarching ills: the over-reliance on incarceration and harsh punishment, and the lack of equal justice, especially for people of color and the poor.

Fellows receive funding through the following two programs:

Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships fund outstanding individuals — including lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, activist academics, and others with important perspectives - who initiate innovative policy advocacy projects at the local, state, and national levels that will have a measurable impact on one or more of OSI's U.S. criminal justice priorities. Advocacy fellowships are eighteen months in duration and may be implemented in conjunction with a host organization. Advocacy Track I fellowships, designed for new and emerging leaders, provide a stipend of $75,000; Advocacy Track II fellowships, aimed at individuals with a demonstrated record of achievement and expertise in their fields, provide a stipend of $105,000.

Soros Justice Media Fellowships support writers, print and broadcast journalists, filmmakers, and other individuals with distinctive voices proposing to complete media projects for local, regional, and national markets. Media fellowships are one year in duration, and fellows are expected to make their projects the primary focus of their work during the term of the fellowship. Media fellowships provide a stipend and project budget of $45,000.

Complete fellowship guidelines are available at the Open Society Institute Web site.

Comment by Elizabeth Asahi Rising-Sun Sato on July 17, 2009 at 11:14pm

Individual donors can be a tremendous financial resource for any 501C3. It is important to start building a database of supporters. You do not need anything fancy at all--a simple Excel spreadsheet will work. In that spreadsheet or database start accumulating information about would-be donors. The simple fact of the matter is--if you do not ASK--you will never know. You will be amazed at who actually donates. Start with family, friends and acquaintences--people who know you, trust you and want to support you will want to help out even with a minimal donation. You can start with a simple appeal letter or develop an elaborate appeal packet but I would start simple and build your donor strategy one step at a time. Remember to always track who is donating, how much, why and thank them right away. If you are a Nonprofit or Ministry leader--you will have to overcome the shyness or reluctance to ask. There is nothing wrong with asking for support especially if you are doing something meaningful and helpful. How did I get over the shyness-well I just asked and asked and asked. I got over my initial rejections--by (when it was comfortable) asking why--it is important to understand why-not because most donors truly want to help but cannot at the time or need some time. The other thing I recall is inundating your potential donors with appeals does not always work. It is mych more effective to utlize a strategic appeal that encompasses updates about your organization, a straightfoward ASK and keep it all short, sweet and simple.When you get over your reluctance or fear of asking (and believe me we ALL go through this) you will discover there are many folks out there willing to support you.

Comment by Stacy Bayton on July 3, 2009 at 10:33pm

OK ladies help me out here...I have run successful ventures in the past and even done some grant writing and fundraising, but I am new to the whole non profit world and it is a whole other ballgame. Question for you...how best do you handle requests for individual donations? I feel like I am pressuring people and I do not like it at all, but truth be told when you are starting out you need people to give. Help please!!!!

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