Established in 1994, the Nasdaq Foundation works to connect business, capital, and innovative ideas to advance global economies and local communities to champion greater access in investor engagement. Driven by Nasdaq’s purpose to advance economic progress for all, the Nasdaq Foundation works with organizations that promote and support under-resourced communities by reimagining investor engagement and equipping communities with the financial knowledge needed to share in the wealth that markets create.

The foundation invites applications to its quarterly grant program. The foundation will award funding in the following focus areas:

1) Empower organizations that equip under-resourced communities with the financial knowledge and confidence they need to share in the wealth that markets can create. Grants will be given in this area to organizations and programs that deliver impact in one or more of the following ways: enhancing financial literacy among under-resourced communities, with an element of teaching participants how to invest in the capital markets; and improving access to knowledge and tools for investing and wealth creation among under-resourced communities

2) Support entrepreneurs from under-resourced communities with the resources to strengthen and scale those businesses and contribute to the prosperity of society. Grants will be given in this area to organizations and programs that deliver impact in one or more of the following ways: equip under-resourced founders with mentoring and resources, and improve access to capital for under-resourced founders.

While there is no set minimum or maximum grant amount, the average size of a grant made by the foundation is $75,000.

Eligible applicants include tax-exempt organizations as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and for-profit businesses or consultants acting on behalf of a qualified tax-exempt entity. If a grant is awarded, a representative of the tax-exempt entity must sign the grant agreement, and the grant will be paid to the tax-exempt entity.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Nasdaq Foundation website.

Deadline: August 1, 2025

The mission of the Sompo Foundation is to impact positive and sustainable change in the areas of education, health, and wellness.

The foundation invites applications for its inaugural grant cycle and aims to uplift and invest in organizations that prioritize equitable access and resources, particularly for underserved populations. The foundation is particularly interested in learning from organizations with missions and programs that align with the following:

Education: Education at all stages of life is a cornerstone to opportunity. The foundation will consider organizations that foster learning for those who are underserved or underrepresented.

Health and Wellness: Disease Prevention is critical to a long and healthy life. The foundation will consider organizations that provide access to safe, clean, and healthy environments, options, and education. Mental Health plays an essential role in our quality of life and overall health and well-being. The foundation will consider partners that provide access to supportive systems, mental health resources, and awareness and prevention programs.

Award amounts will depend on project scope and impact, and grant requests should range from $10,000 to $100,000. Funds can be used for operating, administrative, and/or programmatic expenses, capital projects, and other related expenses.

To be eligible, applicants must be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit or international equivalent, show proven success in programs aligned with priority areas, and operate in the Sompo Foundation geographic focus areas of Asia Pacific, Bermuda, Brazil, Europe, North America, or the United Kingdom.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Sompo Foundation website.

Deadline: July 31, 2025

The Clif Family Foundation was established in 2006 to support grassroots groups led by people with vision and commitment.

Foundation priorities include regenerative and organic farming, food production workers’ health and safety, climate justice, healthy food access, inclusive outdoor access, and indoors and outdoors safe from pollution. Typical grants range from $5,000 to $50,000 and last for one year

The foundation invites applications for its grants program, which supports general operating costs or specific projects. Priority is given to applicants that advance the foundation’s strategic priorities and align with its values, focus their work primarily in the United States and its unincorporated territories, demonstrate strong community ties, have operating budgets under $3 million, and operate at the grassroots level to implement change at the local, state, or national level.

Applicants must be based in the United States and be tax-exempt as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or have a fiscal sponsor with such status.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Clif Family Foundation website.

Deadline: August 1, 2025

The Emerging Climate Champions Award is a $25 million global open call sponsored by the Enlight Foundation and The Patchwork Collective and managed by Lever for Change that will provide flexible, multiyear gifts of $1 million each to youth-led organizations advancing climate solutions across the globe. Informed by feedback from young climate leaders around the world, the award directly takes into account youth perspectives, as well as cultural and localized contexts for climate work.

This award aims to shine a spotlight on climate organizations with youth leadership. For this open call, youth is defined as ages 15 to 35, and leadership pertains to youth who hold an executive staff position or a board member position in an organization.

The award welcomes eligible organizations working across a full spectrum of climate issues and solutions, including but not limited to areas such as education, movement building, climate justice, science/technology, economic opportunity, community resilience, conservation, advocacy, sustainable agriculture, disaster preparedness, and others. The award invites applications from organizations with at least two years of operation (as of the registration deadline) that are community-led and that have demonstrated experience, impact potential, and measurable results in advancing durable climate solutions in the communities they serve.

Organizations from all around the world are encouraged to apply, including those from historically under-resourced and/or under-represented communities, such as Indigenous-led organizations, women-led organizations, and grassroots organizations.

Before applying, applicants are invited to complete the Organization Readiness Tool and refer to the Open Call Rules to help determine eligibility and to ensure that their organization is a strong fit. Interested organizations must register to apply by August 15, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. ET. Complete applications are due by September 22, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Lever for Change website.

Deadline: August 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET (Register to apply)

This presentation, a partnership between the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO) and The Lapin Group, will share key findings and insights from Giving USA’s Annual Report on Philanthropy 2025 (a review of philanthropy in 2024).

Giving USA is the longest-running, most comprehensive, and most highly respected report on philanthropy in America, published by The Giving USA Foundation. Avrum Lapin, President of The Lapin Group, Board member of The Giving Institute, and member of PANO’s Consultant Collaborative, will share the highlights of the report and updates, with implications for you and your organization.

Date and Time: Tuesday, July 15, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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We hope the information we gather will contribute to the creation of knowledge about how centers can create and maintain intentional CABs. Our goal is to write a white paper and potentially share this information at future Community Engagement conferences. We’ve had some amazing interviews so far and are hoping to find a few more folks willing to share their expertise and wisdom!

If you work with a center who has a Community Advisory Board and would be willing to participate in our research study, please reach out to Sarah Farbo at sef020@bucknell.edu or Melissa Intindola at mli004@bucknell.edu.

We’re also excited to share our new Impact Report website. We took a closer look at our impact in 2024, and here’s what we found:

• 90% of campuses reported that ALL IN’s structure, support, and recognition positively impacted their campus efforts.
• Campuses highly engaged in ALL IN programming have voter turnout rates that are 5 percentage points higher than their peers.
• 86% of campuses reported that their institution promotes civic learning for an engaged citizenry to a moderate or great extent, up from 80% in 2020.
• 88% of campuses reported that their institutions promote nonpartisan voter registration, education, and turnout, up from 86% in 2020.

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When polling places close, it becomes more difficult for voters to access the ballot box. That’s why Power the Polls is working to recruit a new generation of poll workers excited to serve their communities, help their neighbors vote, and ensure safe access to the ballot box for years to come. Over one million people have signed up with Power the Polls since 2020.

Power the Polls was launched in June 2020 by a coalition of businesses and nonprofits, including Civic Alliance, Civic Responsibility Project, Comedy Central, Fair Elections Center, Pizza to the Polls, MTV Entertainment Group, and Center for Secure & Modern Elections. Power the Polls relies on objective data about poll worker requirements and applications collected from over 5,000 jurisdictions assembled by the non-partisan Fair Elections Center.

HELP STAFF YOUR LOCAL POLLING PLACE: Our elections depend on ordinary people who make sure voting runs smoothly and everyone’s vote is counted—people like you.

You can make sure we have safe, fair, efficient elections for all: step up and become a poll worker for the next election in your community today.

Learn more and sign up.

This workshop will cover how to use trauma informed facilitation practices to plan, create and design. Using trauma informed principles of facilitation, we will cover the structure and format of facilitated experience, review how to create an agenda, design a facilitated experience, and how to handle disclosures, disruptions, and other facilitation challenges. This workshop is for facilitators and trainers who lead community-based conversations with adults where difficult topics may arise or in-depth discussions may occur. Participants in this workshop will learn how to better navigate situations that may arise with adult participants in a facilitated experience. Please come to this training thinking about specific gatherings, workshops, orientations or trainings where you want to integrate these approaches.

Dates and Time: August 13, 20, & 27; 2:00-3:30 PM

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Special discount code friend10 for all series training.

Host Amy Meuers, National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) CEO, explores how young people are using their ideas, creativity, and passion to shape a better world and how educators can utilize the power of service-learning to redesign education. This podcast is perfect for young people who want to change the world, and for adults who want to foster youth innovation and imagination through real-world education.

Learn more and listen.

Whether you’re looking for lighter, self-paced student activities or content-rich resources for for-credit courses, iCivics has you covered this summer. Discover convenient, fun-filled resources perfect for independent, student-paced learning or as exciting supplements to summer fun.

Your students will have fun soaking up essential civics and history knowledge all summer long!

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CIRCLE’s recent report, How Does Gen Z Really Feel About Democracy?, published in partnership with the nonpartisan nonprofit Protect Democracy, highlighted the precarious relationship between trust in institutions and young people’s civic development. One major finding: the most civically engaged young people, who we say show a Hostile Dissatisfaction toward democracy, tend to be less trusting of institutions. This aligns with past CIRCLE research, that highlights a connection between young people who are paying attention to and engaging with institutions and a certain degree of cynicism and disillusionment. Our research also found that only 16% of 18- to 29-year-olds believe democracy is working well for young people.

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The Next Generation Foresight Practitioner – Young Voices (NGFP-YV) Awards aims to showcase the voices of our youth 12-17 years of age. The first-place winner receives a USD $1000 prize to help realize their future-focused project and catapult their idea into action. Three runner-ups receive a USD $500 prize. Six top finalists are being recognized for their ideas and effort included as part of the top 10. Seventeen projects will be highlighted as representing one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The recent survey, conducted by Seven Letter Insight, the firm used by nationally recognized polling expert Frank Luntz, found that nearly seven out of ten Republican voters in Pennsylvania believe the state should increase funding for public education, challenging the notion that education funding is a partisan issue.

“These findings clearly demonstrate that support for our public schools transcends political divides,” said Donna Cooper, Executive Director of Children First, a PA Schools Work partner organization. “A strong majority of Republican voters believe the current level of state funding for public education is insufficient, confirming that Pennsylvania voters from all political backgrounds recognize that investing in our students is investing in our future.”

Key findings from the poll include:

• Nearly three-quarters of Republican voters (72%) agreed that “adequately funded public schools are essential for economic growth and development in Pennsylvania communities,” with 77% agreeing that well-funded schools are essential for workforce development.
• Two-thirds of Republican voters (63%) support increasing state funding to reduce the burden on local property taxpayers.
• A strong majority (58%) of Republican voters believe that “state funding should address inequities between wealthy and under-resourced districts.”

The poll revealed several additional insights about Republican voters’ attitudes toward public education funding in Pennsylvania:

• More than two-thirds of Republican voters (68%) support increasing teacher salaries to attract and retain quality educators.
• Seven out of ten Republican voters (71%) believe that adequately funded schools lead to stronger property values in their communities.
• Three-quarters of Republican voters (74%) support increased funding for special education services.

“What we’re seeing is that Republican voters, like voters across the political spectrum, understand the value of strong public schools in their communities,” said Cooper. “They recognize that education funding isn’t about politics – it’s about providing opportunities for Pennsylvania’s children and strengthening local economies. And overwhelmingly, these voters believe that state funding should address inequities between wealthy and under-resourced districts.

The poll comes as Pennsylvania lawmakers debate education funding priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. PA Schools Work advocates hope these findings will encourage bipartisan cooperation on education funding issues.

“This data sends a clear message to legislators on both sides of the aisle: your constituents, regardless of party affiliation, want to see more investment in our public schools,” added Marc Stier, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center, a PA School Work partner organization. “We urge our elected officials to heed this call and work together to ensure all Pennsylvania students have access to the quality education they deserve.”

View poll toplines here.

As we mark ten years of the STEM Ecosystems Initiative, we invite you to a landmark convening that honors our journey and propels us into a future of boundless possibility. This pivotal event brings together champions of change—visionaries, educators, industry leaders, and community catalysts—to reflect on a decade of transformation and collaboratively design the next chapter of STEM innovation. In this era of rapid technological evolution and societal change, our work has never been more critical.

Join over 500 visionary partners from schools, businesses, and community groups as we transform how people learn and work in STEM. Connect with pioneers who are breaking down silos and building bridges between education and industry. Learn practical ways to strengthen your local STEM initiatives and create lasting impact. See firsthand how collaborative networks are preparing tomorrow’s innovators through groundbreaking approaches that will reshape STEM education for years to come.

Help us in writing the next chapter of STEM education, where every idea has the potential to transform lives and communities.

Early Bird registration is open until July 15th.

Learn more and register.

This session will feature national leaders and partners to delve into Advance CTE’s newest national policy landscape State of CTE report on trends for state structures and processes for identifying, evaluating, incentivizing, and connecting data to credentials of value. Additionally, attendees will receive a demonstration of supplemental data tools, as well as recommendations for ‘leveling up’ processes no matter what condition your credential system is in!

Date and Time: July 23, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM

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At Mastery, we’re on a mission to provide all students with the academic and personal skills they need to succeed after graduation and pursue their dreams. Student achievement is not just a goal for our organization; it’s the reason we exist, and every member of our team is dedicated to securing student success. We are also committed to pursuing equity, actively disrupting systemic racism, and addressing the disparities that limit our students’ choices.

Learn more about available positions and apply.

If you’re interested, please complete the Partner with us for Philly STEMFest 2025 form by July 10, 2025.

For more information, contact Jalonda Combs, Director of STEM at OIC of Americ at jcombs@oicofamerica.org.

NIWL’s pre-apprenticeships provide awareness of career paths, opportunities to build workplace skills, and access to the education and training needed to succeed. Through pre-apprenticeships, youth can explore career options while practicing essential skills in career and workplace readiness.

Through 40 hours of guided, interactive learning, young people aged 16 and up explore careers in youth services or mental healthcare while developing essential workplace skills. Facilitators, navigators, and counselors can access the curricula for free following a brief prep session.

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