[Nfb-fundraising] Possible Mentor Program Funding: Motorola Celebrates Lessons from Abraham Lincoln's Life with Dedicated Grant Program

[Everett Gavel]

Hello,

I believe this grant opportunity below, worth up to 
$750,000, is a good fit for the NFB Mentoring program.

The criteria below states things like, "using new 
technologies to educate students or their broader 
communities," and, "Preference will be given to those 
integrating lessons from Lincoln's life." As well as, 
"Leadership Skills: Lincoln's legacy as an agent of 
change will be honored with support of organizations 
that are creating change -- of perceptions or 
actions -- in their communities with leadership 
programs for young people or the underserved that are 
based on collaboration, problem-solving, and 
project-management skills."

Sounds like a good fit for Mentorship program funding 
to me.  You never know what you can achieve, until you 
try.  ;-)


To Your Funding Success!
Everett
www.everettgavel.com



Motorola Celebrates Lessons from Abraham Lincoln's Life 
with
Dedicated Grant Program

Deadline: March 30, 2008; and July 30, 2008

The Motorola Foundation (
http://www.motorola.com/giving/ ), the philanthropic
arm of global communications company Motorola (
http://www.motorola.com/ ), will partner with the
Chicago History Museum (
http://www.chicagohistory.org/ ) to commemorate the
200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Working
in collaboration, the groups will identify projects
developed by civic, educational, and cultural
organizations that actively engage the public in
lessons drawn from Lincoln's life.

The $750,000 grant program will fund programs that
focus on three themes:

1) Bringing History into the Future: Grants will
support individuals or organizations using new
technologies to educate students or their broader
communities -- particularly in civics, history, and
social studies -- or disciplines such as the fine arts.
Preference will be given to those integrating lessons
from Lincoln's life.

2) Engaging in Current Events: In recognition of
Lincoln's engagement of the public in shaping policy,
these grants will support programs that engage young
people or community members in national and local
public policy issues and provide creative forums and
innovative tools to facilitate debate and dialogue in
the online and physical worlds.

3) Leadership Skills: Lincoln's legacy as an agent of
change will be honored with support of organizations
that are creating change -- of perceptions or
actions -- in their communities with leadership
programs for young people or the underserved that are
based on collaboration, problem-solving, and
project-management skills.

The awards will fund curriculum design, speech
competitions and debates, community programming
developed by educators in schools, community
organizations, museums, arts and culture organizations,
and other nonprofits exploring themes such as
diversity, freedom history, and leadership.

Grants will be awarded in two cycles: organizations
must apply for spring grants by March 30, 2008; the
fall application deadline is July 30, 2008.

To submit an application or for more information on the
Lincoln grant program, visit the program's Web site.

RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10011463/cybergrants