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Opportunity Information: Apply for CNCS GRANTS 071307 001

• The Corporation for National and Community Service in the arts (see cultural affairs in cfda) community development disaster prevention and relief education environment health regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Volunteer Management" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 94.007 Program Development and Innovation Grants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 7, 2007 and posted on Jul 13, 2007.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 6, 2007 Please submit an email stating your intent to apply to [email protected] by August 15 by 500 p.m. Eastern Time. This is not required, but helps us plan the review of the applications. This Notice, with the complete application instructions and other relevant material, is available on the Corporations website at http://www.nationalservice.gov/fororganizations/funding/nofa.asp or by e mailing [email protected]. The deadline for applications is 500 p.m. Eastern Time on September 6, 2007. Applications submitted by e mail or fax will not be accepted. Applications are to be submitted electronically using eGrants, the Corporations integrated, secure, web based system for applications. You may access eGrants at http://www.nationalservice.gov/egrants/index.html. If you cannot submit an application electronically due to technical difficulties or limitations, submit a paper application, together with an electronic version of the application on a CD Rom postmarked by the September 6, 2007 to facilitate data entry into the eGrants system, to the following address Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue, N.W., Box Volunteer Management, Washington, D.C., 20525..
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $800,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Private institutions of higher education Independent school districts County governments Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education State governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) City or township governments.
• The Corporation wants to ensure that all eligible organizations are able to compete on an equal basis for federal financial assistance. Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to nonprofit organizations, including national intermediaries state commissions on service volunteer centers institutions of higher education national or regional education agencies educational institutions faith based and other community organizations and private foundations. We encourage applications from organizations not currently receiving Corporation funding as well as from organizations that are now receiving funds under the programs of the Corporation, including AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and Senior Corps. We expect the successful applicants will demonstrate how these grants and the proposed project will have a large scale scope and leverage significant impact within their organization s network or amongst a group of collaborating organizations. Organizations are encouraged to collaborate with existing volunteer connector organizations in planning and implementing their proposed activities. Volunteer connectors are organizations that specialize in assisting individuals or groups with finding appropriate volunteer opportunities while also providing organizations that use volunteers with services such as recruitment support and training and technical assistance related to volunteer management. We encourage submissions from organizations with little or no experience with federal grants, where our investment could dramatically improve volunteer management capacity and infrastructure. We encourage applicants to apply that have not received Corporation funding in the past. Eligible faith based and other community based organizations are encouraged to apply. Organizations that currently operate a Corporation funded program or are applying for other Corporation funding are eligible applicants. However, applicants must differentiate between this grant s proposed activities and those of the currently funded program or pending application.

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