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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service FY 2005 Notice of Funding Opportunity





General Information

Document Type: Modification to a Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: CNCS-GRANTS-091404-001
Posted Date: Sep 29, 2004
Original Due Date for Applications: Oct 12, 2004
The deadline for eGrants submissions is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 12, 2004.  If you are unable to submit your application using eGrants, a paper application along with a diskette or CD Rom with an exact duplicate of your application must be received at the Corporation for National and Community Service, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20525 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on October 12, 2004.  
Current Due Date for Applications: Oct 12, 2004
The deadline for eGrants submissions is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 12, 2004.  If you are unable to submit your application using eGrants, a paper application along with a diskette or CD Rom with an exact duplicate of your application must be received at the Corporation for National and Community Service, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20525 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on October 12, 2004.  
Archive Date: Nov 11, 2004
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Community Development
Education
Environment
Food and Nutrition
Health
Housing
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Law, Justice and Legal Services
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Explanation of "Other" Category of Funding Activity: The direct service activities in connection with the King holiday may include, but are not limited to, the following: tutoring children or adults, training mentors and tutors, feeding the hungry, packing lunches, delivering meals, stocking a food or clothing pantry, repairing a school and adding to its resources, translating books and documents into other languages, recording books for the visually impaired, restoring a public space, organizing a blood drive, registering bone marrow and organ donors, renovating low-income or senior housing, building a playground, removing graffiti and painting a mural, renovating or creating safe spaces for children who are out of school and whose parents are working, establishing support structures for children whose parents are incarcerated; collecting oral histories of elders, running health fairs that provide health screenings, distributing immunization and health insurance information, gleaning and distributing fruits and vegetables, launching mentoring programs, etc.
Expected Number of Awards: 4
Estimated Total Program Funding: $600,000.00
Award Ceiling: $400,000.00
Award Floor: $100,000.00
CFDA Number: 94.007 -- Planning and Program Development Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Eligible Applicants

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education

Agency Name

Corporation for National & Community Service

Description

The purpose of the MLK Day of Service Grants is to mobilize more Americans to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday as a day of service in communities and to bring people together around the common focus of service to others.  To achieve this, depending upon appropriations provided by the Congress for the Corporation, we intend to disburse up to approximately $600,000 in grant funds to support approved service opportunities in conjunction with the Federal legal holiday honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 17, 2005. The Corporation will award 3-5 grants of a minimum $100,000 to eligible applicants who will in turn subgrant to eligible local organizations or fund separate events to plan and carry out at least 10 service project activities.

Link to Full Announcement

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service FY 2005 Notice of Funding Opportunity

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Roehm, George, eGrants System Administrator, Phone 202-606-5000-424, Fax 202-565-2850, Email groehm@cns.gov Roehm, George

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