News Kellogg Foundation Steps Up Commitment to Grand Rapids Over the last five years, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan, has boosted its funding for Grand Rapids nonprofits working to improve education, health, family economic security, civic engagement, and racial equity in the city.... Posted: 2/08/12 Community Foundation Update (2/04/12) News and staff announcements from community foundations around the country.... Posted: 2/04/12 Wallace Foundation Awards $7.8 Million to Bolster Afterschool Programs in Nine Cities Nine cities will each receive up to $765,000 over four years to integrate the work of municipal agencies, schools, nonprofits, and other institutions working to expand access to high-quality afterschool programs.... Posted: 2/02/12 MacArthur Foundation, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Announce Private-Public Partnership The MacArthur Foundation and U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will each provide $1 million over two years to four organizations working to reform the juvenile justice system in four target areas.... Posted: 1/30/12 Community Foundation Update (1/28/12) News and staff announcements from community foundations around the country.... Posted: 1/28/12 More youth news...

Requests for Proposals Nominations of Young Volunteers Invited for Gloria Barron Prize Deadline: April 30, 2012 Twenty young people in the United States between the ages of 8 and 18 will receive a $2,500 award in honor of their service on behalf of their communities or the environment.... Posted: 2/09/12 First Nations Development Institute Seeks Letters of Intent for Native Youth and Culture Fund Deadline: March 02, 2012 (Letters of Intent) Funding will be awarded to tribal governments, tribal programs, and Native nonprofits for projects that focus on youth and incorporate culture and tradition to address social issues... Posted: 2/01/12 National Gardening Association's KidsGardening and Jamba Juice Accepting Applications for It's All About the Fruits and Veggies Grant Program Deadline: February 15, 2012 Gardening supplies, curriculum materials, and plants will be awarded to schools, community organizations, and nonprofits working to create engaging nutrition and gardening experiences for children between the ages of 3 and 18.... Posted: 1/26/12 Foundation for Youth Investment Offers Funding to Connect Underserved Youth to Outdoors in Northern and Central California Deadline: March 01, 2012 Grants of up to $15,000 are available to organizations with annual budgets of less than $250,000 for programs that connect youth between the ages of 13 and 18 with outdoor experiences within or near their communities.... Posted: 1/25/12 Youth Service America Invites Young Change-Makers to Apply for Disney Friends for Change Grants Deadline: February 29, 2012 Grants of $1,000 are available for volunteer projects led by children and youth (ages 5 to 18) in the United States.... Posted: 1/10/12 More youth RFPs...

Newsmakers Douglas W. Nelson, President, Annie E. Casey Foundation: Leveraging Resources to Help Disadvantaged Families PND spoke with the president of the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation about the impact of the economic slowdown on the outcomes for kids in the U.S., the foundation's Making Connections initiative, and the philanthropic response to 9/11.... Posted: 10/30/02 Geoffrey Canada, President/CEO, Harlem Children's Zone, Inc.: Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth Through a Place-Based Strategy PND spoke with HCZ president Geoffrey Canada about the crisis facing low-income kids and the lessons he has learned over a twenty-year career dedicated to improving outcomes for children and youth.... Posted: 10/17/02 Michael Bailin, President, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation: A High-Engagement Approach to the Field of Youth Development The EMCF president spoke with PND about the foundation's decision to depart its longstanding program areas, its new high-engagement approach to grantmaking, and the similarities and differences between that approach and venture philanthropy.... Posted: 9/27/02

Connections No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration Posted: 12/20/11 All Children Matter: How Legal and Social Inequalities Hurt LGBT Families Posted: 11/11/11 100 Best Communities for Young People Posted: 10/24/11 AfterZone: Outcomes for Youth Participating in Providence's Citywide After-School System Posted: 8/31/11 A Reasoned Approach: Reshaping Sex Offender Policy to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Posted: 8/07/11

Off the Shelf Kids Taking Action by Pamela Roberts. Posted: 4/08/03 The Season of Hope: A Risk Management Guide for Youth-Serving Nonprofits by Barbara B. Oliver, John C. Patterson. Posted: 10/22/02

On the Web Reading Is Fundamental http://www.rif.org/ Posted: 2/07/12 The DuSu http://thedusu.com/ Posted: 10/11/11 GenerationOn http://generationon.org/ Posted: 1/04/11 Pathfinder http://www.afterschoolpathfinder.org/ Posted: 9/21/10 Museum of Science and Industry http://www.msichicago.org/ Posted: 5/25/10

NPO Spotlight Raising A Reader Posted: 7/26/11 National Summer Learning Association Posted: 6/07/11 Break the Cycle Posted: 5/31/11 Girls Write Now Posted: 3/29/11 Playworks Posted: 11/30/10

Special Issues Funding for Children & Youth Posted: 10/01/02