Get $upport for your program
through Arizona Digging Deeper
...an education and funding opportunity for youth gardens from the USDA, Arizona Department of Education and the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Your program can receive:

• $1,000 in curriculum and other valuable resources
• $500 for garden program development
• 5 scholarships for Growing Awareness: Arizona Youth Gardening Conference in March, 2003
• Internet exposure and promotion via this website
  

Go to the Arizona Digging Deeper page for details!

Return to the top of the page.

APS/Phoenix Suns Energy & Environmental Mini-Grants

Once again, APS and the Phoenix Suns are offering educators up to $50,000 to implement an energy or environmental program in their classroom or at their school. Applications are now available and grants up to $1000 will be awarded in the fall.

The program is open to educators who teach in public schools in the APS service territory and is designed to encourage students and teachers to pursue projects linking energy and environmental education to core subjects such as math, science, language arts, literature, social studies and so on.

All mini-grants applications must be completed and postmarked no later than the third Friday in September. Send applications to:

Louise Moskowitz
APS
P.O. Box 53999, M/S 8528
Phoenix, AZ 85072-3999
Fax: (602) 250-2419

For additional information contact Louise.Moskowitz@PinnacleWest.com or visit:

http://www.aps.com/my_community/LearningCenter/LearningCenter_1.html

Return to the top of the page.

Funding for after-school programs available through the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust announces its streamlined application process, new summary form and helpful tips for applying for grants. (The Piper Fund supports programs that enrich the after school experience of youth and adolescents.) Here are some highlights:

• Nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for funding anytime throughout the year.
  
• Announcement of grants will be made quarterly.
• The Trust will consider only one application for funding each year and normally maintain only one active grant per organization. Simultaneous grants would be funded only on an exceptional basis.
  
• The Trust is now requesting applicants to submit a summary form with their initial letter of inquiry. This form can be found at www.pipertrust.org in the Grant Making section under "How to Apply."

The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust is committed to continuing Virginia G. Piper's legacy of making grants to nonprofit organizations whose work enhances the lives of people in Arizona, primarily in Maricopa County -- one of the nation's fastest growing counties with a population of more than 3,000,000 residents that includes the City of Phoenix. The Trust makes grants that continue Virginia Piper's decades of stewardship and commitment to improving the quality of life in Maricopa County through programs that support children, the elderly, arts and culture, healthcare and medical research, education and religious organizations.

Initially, the Trust will focus its support on programs that help families at three points in the life cycle when human vulnerability and opportunity are most acute: early childhood, adolescence and old age.

Return to the top of the page.

The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust recently awarded more than $1.9 million in grants to 22 Arizona agencies. Since the Trust began making grants in 1998, it has committed $31,620,728 to 221 non-profit organizations in Arizona.

This is the Trust's second funding round for the year 2002. For complete details, including a list of the grantees and brief descriptions of their awarded projects, you can visit:

http://www.azgrants.com/articles/artdetail.cfm?ArticleID=6.

The next deadline for preliminary applications is September 13, 2002. Applications may be obtained by:

• visiting the Trust's website: http://www.ninapulliamtrust.org
• writing to the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, 2201 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 600-B, Phoenix, AZ 85016
• calling 602-955-3000

Return to the top of the page.