Weekly Federal grants for community-based organizations

Weekly funding update for faith- and community-based organizations. Find the funding announcements here.

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Capacity-building funding announcement – Grants up to $50,000 – Deadline April 10th

Nonprofits—including community and faith-based organizations and Tribal organizations—are invited to compete for grants of up to $50,000 through Health and Human Services’ Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) Targeted Capacity Building Program. All the information necessary to apply for these grants can be found here.
CCF Targeted Capacity Building grants are awarded to grassroots faith-based and community organizations [...]

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Taxpayer funded faith-based programs challenged in court

According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, since 2000, courts have ruled that more than a dozen federally financed efforts break the constitution’s ban on mixing government and religion, but such projects continue to receive money, reports The New York Times in special series on faith and government aid.
In an Iowa case, a judge ordered a [...]

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Supreme Court to hear “faith-based” funding case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case to determine if private citizens have the right to sue certain programs run through the White House’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, reports The New York Times.
I for one welcome the Court’s review of the federal incursion into direct funding for faith-based initiatives. [...]

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