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Second Chance Law: Now, It’s About the Funding

By Erika Fitzpatrick As expected, President Bush signed into law the Second Chance Act, which authorizes $360 million over the next several...

Last Chance to Fight the President

Just weeks after Congress enacted a fiscal 2008 appropriations law that some youth advocates viewed as short-changing many kids’ programs, they were...

New Federal Budget Gives and Takes

Congress finally finished fiscal 2008 appropriations the day after Christmas, again packing the budget with pet-project presents. But many in the...

New Grants to Stabilize Nonprofits

The plan doesn’t have a catchy name, but the New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) hopes that a new “Growth...

Reality Charity

http://www.realitycharity.com/index.php Called the “eBay of fundraising” by the media, Reality Charity eliminates the middleman by allowing charities to post appeals directly to...

For Juvenile Justice, A Panel of One

One grant proposal was to improve evaluations of state juvenile justice programs. The two Justice Department reviewers loved it, each giving it...

Flood of Federal Grants Released

Amy Nakamoto, executive director of DC Scores – an after-school program in Washington – figured there was "no way" she’d win a...

Grants Awarded for November 2007

Following are selected federal grantees from lists released at the end of the fiscal year. More will be add to our site...

YouthBuild Grants Up, Slightly

YouthBuild programs must wait out another funding cycle to see if a long-hoped-for budget increase will come through in the new fiscal...

UNICEF’s New Tricks Yield Treats

A costumed vampire reaches for the doorbell and squeals, “Trick-or-Treat!” In one hand he holds a candy bag; in the other, an...

Boys & Girls Clubs Get Whacked

The Capitol Hill-financed juggernaut that has been the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for over two decades has stalled in the...

Investing in Children

Urban Institute/The New America Foundation/The Partnership for America’s Economic Success Federal investment in children is likely to decline over the next 10...

Department of Justice Conference Expenditures

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General An audit by the inspector general found that sponsors and planners for 10...

FedSpending.org

http://www.federalspending.org Created by federal watchdog group OMB Watch, the site offers a free, searchable database of more than $14 trillion in government...

Grants Awarded for Octoober 2007

Surdna FoundationNew York, N.Y.(212) 557-0010http://www.surdna.org • Artists for Humanity, Boston, $250,000 for a youth arts program. • Baltimore School for the Arts,...