Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program
The Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program, created by Nike and Michael Jordan, supports teachers in underprivileged public schools who strive beyond challenges and limited resources to achieve excellence through instructional creativity and innovative teaching. Grants are provided to implement original lesson plans or thematic units that demonstrate high expectations for students. Eligible teachers must be employed by an accredited public school where at least 50 per cent of the school’s student population is eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program. Grants of $2,500 each are given to 400 teachers in grades one through twelve. The deadline is June 15, 2005. Visit the website listed above for application guidelines. http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=26&item=jordan

Washington Mutual Corporate Giving Program
The Washington Mutual Corporate Giving Program supports nonprofit organizations in communities where the company does business in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington. The company provides grants in the areas of affordable housing and community development, K-12 public education, and financial education.
Applications are accepted throughout the year. For more information about the grantmaking program, including regional contacts, visit the website listed above. http://www.wamu.com/about/community/support/givingguidelines/givingguidelines.htm”

Bank One Corporate Contributions Program
The Bank One Corporate Contributions Program supports nonprofit organizations that improve the lives of people in the communities served by Bank One in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Funding is provided for programs that focus on community asset development, youth education, and arts and cultural enrichment. Applications are reviewed throughout the year. For funding guidelines and local contact information, visit the Bank One website listed above. http://www.bankone.com/answers/BolAnswersSeg.aspx?top=all&segment= ABO&topic=CorporateContributions&item

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation focuses on projects with national scope that cultivate a renewed, healthier, and more vigorous sense of citizenship among the American people. The Foundation seeks to reinvigorate churches, families, schools and neighborhoods, and encourage decentralization of power and accountability away from centralized, bureaucratic, national institutions. Projects may address any arena of public life — economics, politics, culture, or civil society — where citizenship is an important issue. Community and state projects that improve the life in Milwaukee and Wisconsin will also be considered for support. Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year. The deadlines for invited proposals are March 1, July 1, September 1, and December 1, annually. Visit the website listed above for more information. http://www.bradleyfdn.org/”

Alcoa Foundation
The Alcoa Foundation invests in improving the quality of life in communities around the world where Alcoa operates. The Foundation primarily concentrates its grantmaking on community-based giving in locations where Alcoa has a presence, and secondarily on direct grants to U.S.-based or international organizations with a regional or multi-community/organization focus. The majority of the Foundation’s grants fit within one of the following areas: Conservation and Sustainability, Safe and Healthy Children and Families, Global Education and Workforce Skills, or Business and Community Partnerships. Deadlines vary by location for community-based giving. For direct grants, the deadline is July 31, 2005. For more information on the Foundation’s giving programs, visit the website listed above. http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/community/info_page/foundation.asp”