The annual Drucker Award is granted to a social-sector organization that demonstrates Peter Drucker’s definition of innovation — “change that creates a new dimension of performance.” In addition, the judges look for programs that are highly effective and that have made a difference in the lives of the people they serve.

Applicants must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations.

Funded by a grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation, the first-place prize is $100,000. The second-place award is $7,500, and the third-place prize is $5,000.

Complete program guidelines, an FAQ, the online application form, and information about previous awardees are available at the Drucker Institute Web site.

The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for International Photography is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization committed to fostering positive social discourse in underrepresented communities throughout the world by encouraging emerging and established photographers working in developing nations to keep their lenses fixed on the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. Headquartered in New York, with a presence in Paris and Zurich, the foundation serves the international photographic community through exhibitions, publishing, grants, education, and other curatorial projects.

For the second year, the foundation has announced that it is seeking entries of outstanding work in social documentary photo reportage.

Photographers around the world are encouraged to submit entries focusing on lives and populations ravaged by war, famine, poverty, religious persecution, political oppression, forced migration, and other social injustices. The winning submission will be awarded a grant of $5,000 to be utilized for the production or completion of a social documentary project.

Photographers of all nationalities who are at least 18 years of age are encouraged to apply.

Submission details, entry rules, and information on last year’s grant recipient are available at the foundation Web site.

The NPCI program funds multi-stakeholder projects that focus on the conservation of native plants and pollinators under any of the following six focal areas: conservation, education, restoration, research, sustainability, and data linkages. There is a strong preference for “on-the-ground” projects that provide plant conservation benefits according to the priorities established by one or more of the funding federal agencies and according to the PCA strategies for plant conservation.

Eligible applicants include 501(c) nonprofit organizations and local, state, and federal government agencies. For-profit businesses and individuals are not eligible to apply directly to the program but are encouraged to work with eligible applicants to develop and submit proposals. Organizations and projects that have received funding and concluded their work successfully under this program are eligible and encouraged to re-apply.

It is anticipated that the initiative will award a total of $380,000 this year. Individual awards typically range from $15,000 to $65,000, with some exceptions. Projects require a minimum 1:1 non-federal match by project partners, including cash or in-kind contributions of goods or services (such as volunteer time).

The complete Request for Proposals and application instructions are available at the NFWF Web site.

The award is presented each year to a young person (or persons) with a deep commitment to human rights and social justice and a proven ability to transform this commitment into effective action. The recipients should have demonstrated leadership ability, creativity, and integrity. Preference will be given to candidates who have not been widely recognized and do not have personal privilege or a strong institutional base of support.

To be eligible, nominees must be between the ages of 16 and 26; engaged in activism for social change related to peace, human rights, economic or social justice, or freedom of expression; working within the context of an organization, social movement, or larger community effort; and considered by others within that context as an inspirational leader or motivating force. The nominees’ work must be based in the United States.

Anyone may nominate a candidate, including members of the general public.

The award carries a cash prize of $6,000, to be divided equally between the prize-winner and an organization of his or her choosing. The award will be presented at an award ceremony in Berkeley, California (travel expenses paid).

Complete program guidelines and the nomination form are available at the Mario Savio Memorial Lecture Fund Web site.

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However, dollar amounts allocated to the public libraries have been revised, specifically for San Juan, Sandoval and San Miguel counties.

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The one-year fellowship program is designed primarily to support previous FPF Community Spirit Award recipients in sharing their unique cultural contributions with their communities. Fellowship recipients are master artists who have ten or more years’ experience creating art and who are grounded in the rich cultural heritage of their tribal nations.

The artist applicant must be a past FPF Community Spirit Award recipient, a Community Spirit Award nominee finalist, or a member of a Northern Great Plains tribe located in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, western Minnesota, Nebraska, or the Eastern Plateau region of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington; a tribe from the Great Lakes Region of Minnesota, Michigan, or Wisconsin; a tribe from any Eastern Seaboard state; or a Hawaiian or Alaska Native. Affiliated Canadian First Nations artist applicants are eligible. Applicants also may be invited by FPF or nominated by a Community Spirit Award recipient.

Up to seven artists will be awarded grants of $5,000. The program seeks to aid artists in developing local networks for leveraging other resources and will provide technical assistance and capacity-building support as needed by the master artist/teacher.

Visit the FPF Web site for complete program guidelines and application materials.

To help advance its mission, the foundation annually provides funding to nonprofit organizations that contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or programs designed to benefit youth; and/or contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be used more adequately by society.

Applications are invited from nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for programs that have the potential to help American children in a large geographic area (more than one state). Grants may not be used for the normal day-to-day operating expenses of the grantee or for special operating expenses connected with the grant.

Visit the foundation Web site for complete program guidelines, information on previous grant awards, and the application form.

PTI grants provide an opportunity to initiate working partnerships and demonstrate successful collaborative efforts such as the development of permanent funding sources for weed management areas. To be competitive, a project must prevent, manage, or eradicate invasive and noxious plants through a coordinated program of public/private partnerships and increase public awareness of the adverse impacts of invasive and noxious plants.

Successful proposals will focus on a particular well-defined area such as a watershed, ecosystem, landscape, county, or weed management area; incorporate on-the-ground weed management, eradication, or prevention; target a specific and measurable conservation outcome; be supported by private landowners, state and local governments, and the regional/state offices of federal agencies; have a project steering committee composed of local cooperators who are committed to working together to manage invasive and noxious plants across their jurisdictional boundaries; have a clear, long-term weed management plan based on an integrated pest management approach using the principles of ecosystem management; include a specific, ongoing, and adaptive public outreach and education component; and integrate an early detection/rapid response approach to response to invasives.

Applications will be accepted from private nonprofit 501(c) organizations; federally recognized tribal governments; local, county, and state government agencies; and from field staff of federal government agencies. Individuals and for-profit businesses are not eligible to receive PTI grants, but are encouraged to work with eligible applicants to develop and submit applications.

It is anticipated that the initiative will award a total of $1 million this year. The average range of award amounts is typically $15,000 to $75,000, with some exceptions. Applicants must provide a 1:1 non-federal match for their grant request.

Visit the NFWF Web site for complete program guidelines and application procedures.

The program is open to all communities in the U.S., large and small, urban and rural. The prize is rooted in the idea that every community is on a unique journey toward better health and that communities’ stories of success are as diverse as their populations. Judges will assess each community individually, looking for tangible signs of improvement relative to current health status and available resources.

The award is a place-based prize that will honor whole communities. Only one prize will be given per community, so collaboration on applications within communities is strongly encouraged. For the purposes of the prize, “community” is defined as one of the following: town, city, county, region (such as contiguous towns, cities, or counties), and tribe or tribal community.

Applicant communities will select a local entity to submit the application and serve as the primary contact application on their behalf. These “community-designated contact organizations” may be formal or informal entities within a community; examples include but are not limited to businesses, coalitions, government agencies, hospitals or healthcare organizations, local foundations, public health departments, schools, or social service agencies.

Each applicant community also will be asked to designate a local governmental or tax-exempt charitable nonprofit entity to accept the $25,000 cash award that comes with the prize, should it win, on its behalf. The community-designated contact organization may serve this role, if eligible.

Up to six communities will be honored with the prize in early 2013.

Visit the Roadmaps to Health Web site for complete program information and application materials.