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Character Education

Teaching Tolerance Grant Program (Rolling)
Teaching Tolerance offers grants of $500 to $2500 to preK-12 classroom teachers for projects designed to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools and/or support educator professional development in these areas. Proposals from other community organizations and houses of worship will be considered on the basis of direct student impact.
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/grants/guide.jsp

National Schools of Character
[posted from Public Education Network newsblast]  
The National Schools of Character (NSOC) Awards program has a twofold purpose: 1) To identify exemplary schools and districts to serve as models for others; and 2) To help schools and districts improve their efforts in effective character education. Maximum Award: $2000. Eligibility: To be eligible, a school must have been engaged in character education for a minimum of three full years, starting no later than December 2002 for the 2006 awards. Districts need to have been engaged in character education for a minimum of four full years, starting no later than December 2001. Smaller administrative units that maintain a separate identity within a large district may apply in the district category, e.g., a school pyramid or cluster. Deadline: December 05, 2005.
http://www.character.org/eventsawards/nsoc/files/2006_nsoc_awards.pdf

Pay It Forward Mini-Grants
Pay-It-Forward grants are a one-time grant for up to $500. The proposed activity must benefit the school, community or neighborhood based on the “pay it forward” idea: one good service is done for another who then does something good for someone else – ad infinitum. It is essential that the “pay it forward” idea is clearly expressed in the project’s plan.
Deadline: January 15, April 15, October 15
Link: http://www.payitforwardfoundation.org/educators/grant.html

First Amendment Schools
http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/involve/projectprofiles.aspx
This First Amendment Schools (FAS) project is looking for its third class of Project Schools. This round of schools will receive $10,000 for the 2005-2006 school year. Those grants will be subject to review and renewal in August 2006 and 2007, pending available funds and each school's progress toward its goals. Call for Project School applications: http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/pdf_files/PSgrant_application (pdf)
Deadline: April 29, 2005.
First Amendment Center: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/

Grants: Building Relationships Between Muslim High School Students and the US
The Youth Programs Division, Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for grants to support exchanges and relationship building between high school students from countries with significant Muslim populations and people of the United States. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) and public institutions may submit proposals to recruit and select students and to carry out projects for an academic year or semester of study in the United States, incorporating themes promoting civil society and mutual understanding.
For more details, visit
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/State/ECA/IIP-EX-EM/ECA-PE-C-PY
-05-26/listing.html

Funds for Nonviolent Social Change
The A.J. Muste Memorial Institute supports projects that promote the principles and practice of nonviolent social change. Funded projects must be concerned with one or more of the following areas: peace and disarmament, social and economic justice, racial and sexual equality, and the labor movement. The Regular Grant Program provides grants of up to $2,000 for international, national, and local projects that seek to advance nonviolent grassroots education and action for social and economic justice. The International Nonviolence Training Fund provides grants up to $3,000 for nonviolence training projects outside the United States, and within Native nations in the U.S. The next application deadlines for the Regular Grant Program are February 18 and April 29, 2005.
Applications for the International Nonviolence Training Fund are accepted throughout the year.
http://www.ajmuste.org/

Character Education Partnership National Schools of Character Awards
The Character Education Partnership ( http://character.org/)annually presents the National Schools of Character awards to recognize K-12 schools and districts demonstrating outstanding character education initiatives that yield positive results in student behavior, school climate, and academic performance.Selected schools and districts will receive a cash award of $2,000, national recognition, and a featured position in CEP's National Schools of Character publication.
Deadline: December 6, 2004
RFP Link: http://character.org/eventsawards/nsoc/

Peace Development Fund Offers Funding Through Challenge of Peace Program
The Peace Development Fund ( http://www.peacedevelopmentfund.org/) is seeking proposals for its Challenge of Peace initiative, a one-time funding effort to support grassroots organizations working around four themes in the peace and social justice movements: erosion of civil liberties; immigrant detention; the United State's role in the global community; and the human and economic cost of war. Applicant organizations must be U.S.-based, and proposals must meet PDF's application guidelines to be considered. Grants are expected to be in the $1,000 to $10,000 range.
Deadline: November 12, 2004
RFP Link: http://www.peacedevelopmentfund.org/grant/-grnntrn.htm