October 2007
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Fiscal Year 2008 Federal Budget
Fiscal year 2008 began on October 1 with none of the 12 annual spending bills passed and enacted.
On September 29, President Bush signed a continuing resolution (HJ Res 52) to keep the government
operational at FY 2007 levels through November 16. The House passed the resolution on September 26,
while the Senate passed it on September 27.
The House of Representatives has passed all 12 of its FY 2008 appropriations bills. The Senate had
passed seven bills as of October 24. However, none of the measures passed by both chambers has been
finalized by a conference committee after negotiations, or been presented to the President for his
signature or veto. The President has threatened to veto anything above his FY 2008 appropriations
request. Any veto of appropriations bills will delay enactment of new funding legislation for a
significant length of time into the new fiscal year.
The FY 2008 deliberations will likely become more contentious and partisan than ever, as the
truncated primary and caucus schedule forces presidential contenders and their parties to stake out
campaign positions. The current and future continuing resolutions to fund agencies in the new fiscal
year will be accompanied by debates on individual FY 2008 appropriations bills or perhaps even
an omnibus measure.
Private Foundation Funding
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Emil Gumpert Award
http://www.actl.com
Deadline: November 16, 2007
The Emil Gumpert Award is presented to an organization or program that maintains and improves the
administration of justice while adhering to the principles of ethical and professional advocacy.
The program must serve an important public need and demonstrate the meaningfulness of the $50,000
award to its goals.
Past recipients of the award include Dakota Plains Legal Services of Mission, South Dakota (2005),
Legal Aid University of Boston (2006) and the National Center for Refuge and Immigrant Children,
a program of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants in Washington, D.C. (2007).
Detailed information about the Emil Gumpert Award, its past recipients and an application/nomination
form is on the
ACTL Web site.
- Impact Fund
http://www.impactfund.org/
Deadline: November 20, 2007 for Pre-Application; November 30, 2007 for Application
The Impact Fund, a public foundation dedicated to providing representation, technical assistance and
funding for complex public interest litigation, provides funding for out-of-pocket expenses in cases
with a potential broad impact and a demonstrated financial need.
Grants are awarded to nonprofit legal firms, private attorneys and/or small law firms which seek to
advance social justice in the areas of civil and human rights, environmental justice and/or poverty
law. The program seeks to provide funding for public-interest litigation that will potentially
benefit a large number of people, lead to significant legal reform, or raise public consciousness.
The Impact Fund awards grants four times per year, with the average grant size being $10,000 to
$15,000. The maximum grant amount awarded to any single applicant per year is $25,000. All new and/or
returning applicants are required to submit a pre-application proposal, prior to the submission of a
full proposal. Pre-applications should be no more than two pages.
- Brookdale Foundation
http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/relativesasparents.htm
Deadline:January 10, 2008 (local proposals); February 8, 2008 (state proposals)
The Brookdale Foundation has announced the Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) Local and State Seed
Grant Initiatives for the year 2008. RAPP is designed to encourage and promote the creation or
expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of
surrogate parenting when the biological parents are unable to do so.
RAPP awards seed grants of $10,000 over a two-year period in two categories: local agencies and
state public agencies.
Conference Announcements
- Social Networking and Nonprofit Online Strategies Symposium
http://www.ephilanthropy.org/symposium
Date: Saturday, November 10, 2007, 9:15 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Columbia University, 116th Street and Broadway, New York, NY
The ePhilanthropy Foundation is devoted to fostering the secure, private and ethical use of the
Internet for philanthropic purposes. The Social Networking and Nonprofit Online Strategies Symposium,
presented by the foundation, will offer a full day of training in fundraising, mobile technology,
social networking and community building in the Web 2.0 environment. This training includes
sessions on various aspects of ePhilanthropy; a highly interactive setting to learn new developments,
strategies and skills; and the opportunity to network directly with top experts and leaders in the
field.
- National Summit on Prisoner Reentry
http://www.dtiassociates.com/fbci/logisticsCA.cfm?location=CA
Date: Tuesday, November 27 and Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Location: The Westin St. Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA
Through the course of this two-day summit, experts and innovators in the field will explore together
the latest data, original research and promising models for combating recidivism and joblessness
among the formerly incarcerated.
This summit is part of a series of regional events the White House is hosting, along with the
Departments of Education, Commerce, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Health & Human Services,
Housing & Urban Development and Homeland Security; the Agency for International Development;
and the Small Business Administration, to support the work of effective faith-based and community
organizations.
Please register by Thursday, November 15th. The summit is free, but pre-registration is
required.
Funding Tip
Free Foundation Research Database Now Available
NOZA
, provider of the world's
largest searchable database of charitable donations, has unveiled a free grant research database
containing detailed information on nearly 900,000 grant awards. Although similar in function to the
grant searching features available at other Web sites, there is no fee and no registration required
to access this information. The grant awards data is compiled from Internet sources. In addition to
the free grant awards database, NOZA has an expanded database of more than 26 million donation
records for individuals and corporations available for a fee. The cost for this service starts at $25.
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