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Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program – Application deadline: Nov 28, 2012
Grants to plan or implement food projects designed to meet the needs of low-income individuals and increase community self-reliance concerning food and nutrition.

Great American Main Street Awards (GAMSA) – Application deadline: Dec 3, 2012
Grants to recognize exemplary and innovative revitalization achievements in revitalization of historic and older neighborhood commercial districts using a community-driven, historic-preservation based approach.

Shubert Foundation Accepting Theater Grant Applications – The foundation is accepting applications for general operating support funding from not-for-profit professional resident theater companies in the United States….Deadline: December 3, 2012

General Mills Foundation Accepting Applications for Champions for Healthy Kids – Fifty grants of $10,000 will be awarded to community-based nonprofit groups in the United States for programs to improve youth nutrition and physical fitness behavior…. Deadline: December 3, 2012

THE NATIONAL GARDENING ASSOCIATION is offering Youth Garden Grants through Home Depot. Five winners will receive gift cards valued at $1,000, and 95 winners will receive $500 gift cards, to purchase gardening materials and supplies from their local Home Depot store specific to the needs of their program. Deadline: 12/3/2012. Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities and inter-generational groups throughout the United States are eligible. Applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years. For more information about these grants, click here.

Chesapeake Bay Trust Invites Applications for Community Engagement and Restoration Grant Programs
Grants of up to $50,000 are available for community engagement and restoration projects that address watershed challenges in and around the Chesapake Bay…. Deadline: December 7, 2012

Chesapeake Bay Trust Accepting Entries for Annual Awards Program – Awards, grants, and scholarships will honor students, teachers, individuals, communities, and organizations for their work to help restore the Chesapeake Bay…. Deadline: December 20, 2012

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Invites Grant Proposals for Public Health Services and Systems Research – Grants of up to $450,000 are available for both short-term and more complex studies that examine the organization, finance, and delivery of public health services…. Deadline: December 18, 2012 (Brief Proposals)

Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation Invites Applications for William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students
The fellowship, which includes a stipend of up to $4,000, is designed to introduce undergraduate and graduate students of color to issues and challenges affecting the social sector…. Deadline: December 14, 2012

American Hiking Society Offers Support to Maintain and Protect Hiking Trails
Grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 are available to grassroots nonprofit organizations working to establish, protect, and maintain foot trails in the United States…. Deadline: December 15, 2012

Home Depot Foundation Accepting Applications for Community Impact Grants Program
Grants of up to $5,000 in the form of Home Depot gift cards are available for projects by community volunteers to improve the physical health of their communities, with an emphasis on housing and services for veterans…. Deadline: December 12, 2012

Fiskars Project Orange Thumb – Application deadline: Dec 15, 2012
Funding for gardens and/or gardening projects geared toward community involvement, neighborhood beautification, sustainable agriculture, and/or horticultural education.

Annie’s School Garden Grants – Application deadline: Dec 15, 2012. Offers grants to develop school garden projects.

THE MARY BYRON PROJECT is accepting applications for the Roth Award for Domestic Violence Programs Focused on Underserved Populations. A nonprofit or government program focused on reaching underserved victims of domestic violence will be honored with an award of $10,000. Deadline to apply: 12/21/2012.  For more information on this award, click here.

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