TASC

6th Annual Conference on Children's Health and the Environment

TASC — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Guitar Center Music Foundation Grants

TASC — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:30:00 GMT

The Guitar Center Music Foundation, the giving effort of the music store chain, provides funding for nonprofit music programs offering instruction. Music programs must be established, ongoing, and sustainable and provide music instruction to people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music.

2008 Math Hero Awards

TASC — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:30:00 GMT

The annual awards reward and celebrate teachers and tutors for promoting math achievement to students in a fun and challenging learning environment. Math Heroes demonstrate an enthusiastic and creative approach to math, often using new and innovative ideas in working with their students. Parents, students, or other teachers are invited to nominate their Math Hero.

Hooked on Hydroponics Grants

TASC — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:15:00 GMT

The grant program is designed to help young people learn how to grow plants hydroponically (without soil) and to explore related topics in botany and environmental science. The program will select thirty-six schools or organizations to receive hydroponic garden systems and indoor light systems as well as curricula and reference books.

Quickball Grants

TASC — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:15:00 GMT

The Foundation provides equipment and Quickball grants to organizations nation-wide that provide character development or athletic programs that help at-risk and disadvantaged youth take positive steps toward a successful lifestyle. Quickball is a national baseball enhancement program that allows children to learn the basics of baseball in a fun, fast-paced way. Grant awardees can use the funds to purchase equipment and operate programs.

Community and Youth Development Grants

TASC — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT

The Gannett Foundation is awarding grants to invest in the future of the communities in which Gannett does business. Preference is given to projects that take a creative approach to fundamental issues such as education and neighborhood improvement, economic development, youth development, community problem-solving, assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation and cultural enrichment.

Beyond School Hours Conference

TASC — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT

TASC eNewsletter - June 2008

TASC — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:30:00 GMT

The TASC eNewsletter is published every month and contains legislative analysis, funding opportunities, information resources, jobs, and practice ideas.

TASC Annual Report Asks What Did You Do After School?

TASC — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:15:00 GMT

Star achievers from TV and film to science share their memories.

TASC Annual Report 2007-2008

TASC — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:45:00 GMT

The TASC 2007-2008 Annual Report features highly accomplished people, from star chefs and astrophysicists to playwrights and tech entrepreneurs, sharing memories of what they did after school. The report describes one of the most transformative public-private initiatives in New York City history, which increased public funding for daily after-school programs from $60 million to $295 million over ten years, and increased the number of kids served annually from 10,000 to 140,000.

More Time for Learning: ELT Initiatives & Enrichment Opportunities

Collaborative for Building After-School Systems — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:45:00 GMT

The Collaborative for Building After-School Systems (CBASS) published this policy brief to explore Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiatives, a school reform strategy that lengthens the traditional school day or year to increase learning time.

The Open Meadows Foundation Grants

TASC — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:45:00 GMT

The Foundation is led by and benefits women and girls, offers grants to projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls, reflect the diversity of the community served by the project, promote community power, as well as racial, social, economic, and environmental justice. The Foundation seeks individuals who have limited access to financial resources or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding.

Successful High School Apprenticeship Program Goes National

TASC — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:45:00 GMT

MetLife Foundation has awarded TASC a grant to expand an exemplary Chicago high school apprenticeship program to New York and two additional cities.

Lodestar Foundation Collaboration Prize

TASC — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT

The Lodestar Foundation and its partner organizations have created the Collaboration Prize to recognize collaborations among two or more nonprofit organizations that would otherwise provide the same or similar programs or services and compete for clients, financial resources, and staff. The program also seeks to build an information base of effective practice models that can be studied and used by academics, nonprofit leaders and grantmakers to inspire and advance their work. For the purposes of the prize, collaboration means joint programming, administrative consolidations or mergers among two or more organizations that would otherwise compete.

American Honda Foundation for Education

TASC — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:45:00 GMT

Educational institutions, including K-12, college and universities, community colleges and trade schools are eligible, as well as nonprofit organizations and other foundations. Programs pertaining to academic or curriculum development which emphasize innovative educational methods and techniques are recognized.