Please check back as this list will be updated as new grants become available. If you know of other grants we can include on this list, please let us know by sending an e-mail to grants@galls.com.

TargetSafety/International Association of Fire Chiefs - VCOS Online Training Grant

Application Deadline: August 14, 2008 -- November 30, 2008.

Program Summary
TargetSafety, in partnership with the International Association of Fire Chiefs - Volunteer and Combination Officers Section, is providing a $1.5 million online training grant to volunteer and combination departments. This grant is available to volunteer and combination departments in the United States.

Departments who are awarded a grant will receive six months of TargetSafety’s services at no cost. Services include a customized training website, access to specific TargetSafety online training courses including NFPA firefighter courses, EMS continuing education, safety, human resource, HazMat and terrorism courses, as well as tools to track and manage training.

For full details, eligibility requirements and application guidelines, go to the TargetSafety homepage at http://www.targetsafety.com/newsite/about/grant/.

Special Program Assistance for Needed Tactical Officer Assets (SPANTOA)

Application Deadline: June 4, 2008

Program Summary
The program is designed to provide important life saving equipment to SWAT/tactical teams that may otherwise not be able to obtain this equipment.

All applicants are required and must have a valid team membership to be eligible for all grant programs. Applicants will be chosen up to and including: the completeness of the application, statistical data on operations, team size vs. department size vs. population served, and the narrative should be at least 1 paragraph (specific grants may have additional requirements).

Applicants will be chosen based on: the completeness of the application, statistical data on operations, and team size vs. department size vs. population served.  The narrative should be at least 300 words detailing why you should be selected – narratives should be detailed and specific as to how the equipment will help your team (specific grants may have additional requirements).

Separate grants are available for the following equipment:

• Blackhawk Products Group Grant
• Defensive Edge Grant
• Forced Entry Tactical Training Grant
• Tac View Grant: (1) 2600 Telescopic Pole Camera System
• Tactical Electronics Grant: (1) PCSS1-WMM and (1) MMV
• Taser International Grant: (15) X26 Taser Kits
• Trijicon Grant: (5) RX30 Reflex Sights
• Surefire Grant
• Falcon Tactical Grant

Eligibility
All applicants are required to have a valid NTOA Team Membership to be eligible for grant programs. NTOA Individual membership holders are not eligible for this program.

Sponsor
National Tactical Officers Association

Website
http://www.ntoa.org/grants.html

Previous SPA-NTOA Winners

Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program - Law Enforcement Grants Application

Deadline: June 11, 2008, 8 p.m. ET

Program Summary
The Byrne Competitive Program: National Initiatives, administered by the Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), helps local communities improve the capacity of local justice systems and provides for national support efforts including training and technical assistance programs strategically targeted to address local needs. Funds can be used for national scope replication, expansion, enhancement, training, and/or technical assistance programs. The FY 2008 Grant Announcement focuses on national initiatives to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system.

The FY 2008 program will focus on funding efforts of national significance within five major categories.

Category I: Preventing Crime and Drug Abuse
Category II: Enhancing Local Law Enforcement
Category III: Enhancing Local Courts
Category IV: Enhancing Local Corrections and Offender Reentry
Category V: Facilitating Justice Information Sharing

National significance refers to the value that may be gleaned or the applicability that may be seen in one project that may assist another project.

Eligibility
Applicants are limited to national, regional, state, or local public and private entities, including for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education, tribal jurisdictions, and units of local government that support national initiatives to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system.

Sponsor
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ)

For full details, eligibility requirements and application guidelines, go to http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/08ByrneCompSol.pdf

National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) Seed Grant

These funds are to be used for the express purpose of law enforcement agencies initiating at least one full-time officer to devote his/her time to the issues involving prescription drug abuse. Agencies that have a part-time officer involved in drug diversion investigations will still qualify. Although the grant period is initially one year, it is the hope that this new investigative service would continue beyond the initial year.

The author of the application must be the highest ranking law enforcement officer of the agency (chief, sheriff, etc.), who must also pledge that he/she will be making this new full-time assignment for the period of at least one year, with one or more specific investigator/s.
The successful applicant will also provide NADDI with:

1. Quarterly reports of the progress that will include arrests, pharmaceutical statistics, prescription drugs seized, health professional investigations, and education/prevention provided to LE, health professionals, and the general public.
2. Methods of promotion of the new investigative services and an overall summary of the accomplishments and difficulties encountered during the process.
3. Quarterly reports detailing the expenditure of the funds

The grantee agency will receive a cash award of $25,000 to be used exclusively toward the drug diversion operation, in any way deemed fit by the applicant.

The grantee investigator will be provided all travel expenses to visit and review established drug diversion units. The grantee will provide the investigator with his/her usual salary and any overtime, if needed.

Eligibility
These funds are to be used for the express purpose of law enforcement agencies initiating at least one full-time officer to devote his/her time to the issues involving prescription drug abuse. Agencies that have a part-time officer involved in drug diversion investigations will still qualify.

Deadline
There are no deadlines for grant applications, but the grant will end for the year when funds are expended.

1. Size and number of LE agencies involved
2. Size and population of area covered by the drug diversion investigator
3. Discussing the prescription drug problem, and its extent within the applicant's jurisdiction
4. Overall plan for implementing the drug diversion investigations
5. Plans for promoting the new investigations through the media and other sources
6. Plans for drug diversion prevention/education offered to other LE agencies, health professionals, and the general public
7. Innovative ideas or additional plans

Applications for this grant should be mailed to:

NADDI LE "Seed" Grants
P.O. Box 531
Manchester, Maryland 21102

Website
http://www.naddi.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=923&Itemid=124

National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) Law Enforcement (LE) Grant Program

The NADDI LE Grant Program has been reinstated and NADDI is now accepting applications. Any applications received during the suspension of the LE Grant Program will also be reviewed.

Program Summary
The LE Grant initiative was developed through funding provided by Purdue Pharma, L.P. to help address prescription drug diversion and to put more resources in the hands of law enforcement to help fight Rx drug abuse and diversion.

NADDI shall use its best efforts to ensure that the LE Grant funds are awarded to law enforcement entities who demonstrate the greatest need as well as the commitment to use the resources appropriately, and who will be able to benefit most from the availability of the funds. NADDI agrees that it will consider the following factors in evaluating the merits of each LE Grant request:

1. the number of sworn law enforcement officers affiliate with the entity, including the number of officers in the detective division of such entity;
2. the nature and extent of prescription product diversion training that such officers have received;
3. the number of annual arrests of individuals associated with prescription product abuse and diversion;
4. the extent and nature of seizures in cases involving prescription product abuse and diversion;
5. the population and size of the entity's geographic jurisdiction;
6. the nature and extent of scheduled prescription product abuse and diversion within that geographic jurisdiction; and such other criteria as may be established by the individuals selecting LE Grant recipients as relevant in determining appropriateness for the award of a LE Grant.

Funding
The maximum grant amount is $10,000.

Eligibility
Applicants may be selected for work completed on a single case or on the basis of overall work completed over a period of time. Consideration will be given to all law enforcement efforts involving drug diversion that includes both plainclothes and uniform personnel. Although cases need not be resolved in court, the investigation should be completed, and all suspects arrested or under indictment. In order for an investigation to be eligible, it must have been completed within 18 months of the application date.

Requirements
NADDI requires that each LE Grant recipient provide written documentation setting forth how the grant funds were expended (within 120 days of the grant receipt).

NADDI shall not provide funds to any entity until NADDI has received adequate documentation from the requesting law enforcement entity including a Grant Request Letter which includes

• a statement describing the experience and training of the law enforcement entity's officers in handling cases involving abuse and diversion of prescription products, and
• the entity's need for the requested grant.

The requesting law enforcement entity must also certify that receipt of the requested grant does not violate any local, state or federal law, regulation, statute, ordinance or ethical policies.

Application Process
The application process is fairly easy. NADDI has developed a Grant Request Letter that you can download by clicking the link below. This Letter must be edited to describe your department and submitted on your department letterhead. The following supporting documents must accompany the Grant Request Letter:

-- Investigative reports (Affidavits of warrants, etc.)
-- Media releases or media coverage of the investigation
-- W-9 Form

Grant Request Letter (for download) from the NADDI LE Grant website.

There is no deadline for filing the grant, and awards will be given out until the funds are exhausted in 2008. Please mail completed grants to:

NADDI LE Grant Program
P.O. Box 531
Manchester, MD 21102

Questions:
If you have any questions about the LE Grant Program, please contact:

John Burke
President, NADDI
burke@naddi.org
513-623-3278

Charlie Cichon
Executive Director, NADDI
ccichon@naddi.org
443-398-625

Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade - Fire/Rescue Grants

Application Deadline: ONGOING

Program Summary
Inspired by the efforts of our nation's firefighters - including the many Georgia-Pacific employees serving their communities as volunteer firefighters - we have tapped into the inspirational history of firefighting to create the Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade™

As a "thank you" for supporting Georgia-Pacific's neighbors and helping to keep our facilities safe, fire departments in communities where GP operates are eligible to participate in the GP Bucket Brigade program. The program supports firefighters in GP communities with:

• Grants which are co-sponsored by the Georgia-Pacific Foundation and local GP facilities
• Continuing education programs and materials that will help spread the word about fire safety, and keep firefighters and the families they serve safe
• Product donations, as well as volunteers, to help fill the needs of firefighting units

Professional and volunteer firefighters should contact their area Georgia-Pacific facility to determine how that facility is participating in the GP Bucket Brigade program.

Eligibility
A requirement for receiving funding from the GP Bucket Brigade program is that the fire department must serve a community in which a Georgia-Pacific facility is located or where GP employees reside. Click here for information about GP facilities.

For full details, eligibility requirements and application guidelines, go to the Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade homepage at http://www.gp.com/aboutus/bucketbrigade/help.html.

The Jeremiah Lucey Grant Program - Fire Grants

Program Summary
The Jeremiah Lucey Grant Program, named in honor of Denis Leary's cousin who perished in a catastrophic fire in Worcester, Massachusetts, provides financial support ($25,000 - $50,000) for the training and equipment needs of uniformed firefighters in board-designated geographic areas.

The Board of Directors of the Leary Firefighters Foundation invites grant requests from professional, uniformed Fire Departments in New York, Massachusetts, and areas affected by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast.

The Leary Firefighters Foundation is a 501(c) 3 organization founded by actor Denis Leary in 2000 to provide support for the training and equipment needs of uniformed firefighters. To date, the Leary Foundation’s grants have been made in New York City, Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts.

Application Deadline: ONGOING

Eligibility
Applicants must be a Fire Department in New York, Massachusetts, or a Gulf Coast area affected by Hurricane Katrina.

For full details, eligibility requirements and application guidelines, click on one of the following links:

TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE FOR RURAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

Program Summary
This technology institute, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and hosted by the Rural Law Enforcement Technology Center, is designed for the command staff of rural and small law enforcement agencies containing less than 50 sworn officers. Law enforcement personnel will learn about and discuss technology initiatives and issues affecting the rural and small law enforcement community. Participants will receive information and assistance on existing and developing technologies, work through problems relating to technology implementation, and exchange technology lessons learned, that are of importance to the rural and small law enforcement community. The institute takes place October 26-30, 2008, in Coronado (San Diego), California.

FUNDING:
There is no registration cost and all travel, food, and lodging expenses are paid. Eligibility Command staff of rural and small law enforcement agencies containing less than 50 sworn officers are eligible. However, only 35 individuals will be selected to attend. Previous attendees of the Rural Law Enforcement Technology Institute or NIJ's Law Enforcement or Corrections Technology Institutes are not eligible to re-attend.

Participants will give brief (no more than 15 minutes) presentations on a technology issue that their departments have encountered or are in the process of implementing (e.g., implementation of a crime mapping program, new communications system, automated booking station). The presentation can be either on an "issue to be dealt with" or a "lessons learned" and must be submitted on CD-ROM with the application.

DEADLINE
August 1, 2008.

To Obtain an Application, vsit http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/events/rural-institute.htm

For Further Information Contact: Scott Barker, Deputy Director - Rural Law Enforcement Technology Center, at 866-787-2553 or by email at ruletc1@aol.com

911 Cell Phone Bank

The National Association of Triads, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Sheriffs' Association, announced its partnership with RMS Communications Group, Inc., an international cell phone recycling company. Under this partner agreement, NATI will promote RMS's 911 emergency cell phone program, the 911 Cell Phone Bank, to Triads, sheriffs' offices and other law enforcement agencies nationwide. To learn more, call the Program Manager at 352-274-3215 or visit www.911cellphonebank.com.

Free Body Armor Program from the National We Care Foundation

Officers receive assistance in purchasing required body armor. For agencies that do not supply or reimburse for this personal expenditure, applying can be as easy as sending a brief letter to the foundation.  One winner is chosen daily, Monday through Thursday, and announced on the Law Enforcement Training Network (and notified by mail). For more information and eligibility requirements, go to http://www.wecarefoundation.org/

Operation Ranger – Polaris 6 x 6 Utility Vehicle Donation Program

Vehicles are awarded through a competitive application process overseen by a review committee. Award criteria are identified on the application form itself. The application is not lengthy or complicated, so complete answers, organization and neatness are appreciated.  Because the program is intended to help improve emergency response, the review focus will be on the life-saving, property protection and emergency personnel assistance roles that applicants describe. For more information and eligibility requirements, go to http://www.ussmokeless.com/operation_ranger.cfm or you can request a mail-in application by calling (203) 622-3368.

Wal-Mart Safe Neighborhood Heroes Grant

Throughout the month of October, each of the U.S. Wal-Mart stores, Neighborhood Markets, SAM'S CLUBS and distribution centers nationwide recognize the efforts of their hometown fire, police, rescue and EMS teams with direct financial donations.The Safe Neighborhood Heroes grants touch all U.S. communities where there is a local Wal- Mart store, SAM'S CLUB or Wal-Mart distribution center. Each facility can provide up to $3,000 toward the emergency response unit of its choice. This year's grants will bring the total dollars contributed to emergency responders through this annual program to $25 million since 2002. For more information go to http://www.walmartfoundation.org/wmstore/goodworks/scripts/index.jsp and click on Community.

RadioShack StreetSentz Community Grant

The RadioShack StreetSentz Community Grant program is designed to offer answers – answers that bring community impact through programs or projects conducted by local nonprofit organizations. Our program currently focuses on two areas: prevention of family violence/abuse and/or child abduction. Visit http://www.radioshackcorporation.com/cc/

Foundations With Funding for Justice Programs

• American Greetings Corporate Giving Program
  10500 American Road
  Cleveland, OH 44144-2388
  (216) 252-7300

The American Greetings Corporate Giving Program offers grants in the areas of substance abuse, domestic violence, and other programs benefitting women in American Greetings communities (i.e., Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas). The company will only accept proposals that are associated with women children, and families.


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• Bingham Foundation
  20325 Center Ridge
  Suite 629
  Rocky River, OH 44116
  

The Bingham Foundation offers grants to non-profit organizations for projects relating to family services, youth, education, and substance abuse.




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• Boeing Company Contributions Program
  P.O. Box 3707
  Mailstop 14-04
  Seattle, WA 98124
  (206) 655-0023

The Boeing Company Contributions Program offers funding to non-profit organizations in the areas of substance abuse, at-risk youth, and domestic violence. The majority of grants awarded by this program primarily focus on education, but funding is offered to other projects as well.

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• Annie E. Casey Foundation
  701 St. Paul Street
  Baltimore, MD 21202
  (410) 547-6600
www.aecf.org


The primary mission of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that help build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. In pursuit of this goal, the Foundation makes grants which assist states, cities, and neighborhoods with the development of more innovative, cost-effective responses to these needs.


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• Common Counsel Foundation
  1221 Preservation Park Way
  Suite 101
  Oakland, CA 94612-1206
  (510) 834-2995
  www.commoncounsel.org

The Common Counsel Foundation is a consortium of family foundations which offers grants in the areas of family service and substance abuse to non-profit organizations.


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• Commonwealth Fund
  One East 75th Street
  New York, NY 10021-2692
  (212) 535-0400

The Commonwealth Fund offers grants for programs which address violence prevention and healthy development in children minorities, and seniors.


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• Hearst Foundation
  888 Seventh Avenue
  45th Floor
  New York, NY 10106-0057
  (212) 586-5404

Programs to aid poverty-level and minority groups, educational programs with emphasis on private secondary and higher education, health delivery systems, and cultural programs with records of public support. Organizations serving larger geographic areas are generally favored over those of a narrow community nature.


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• Joyce Foundation
  135 South LaSalle Street
  Suite 4010
  Chicago, IL 60603-4886
  (312) 782-2464
  www.joycefdn.org/home.htm

Based in Chicago, the Joyce Foundation supports efforts to strengthen public policies in ways that improve the quality of life in the Great Lakes region (i.e., Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin). Its program areas include education, employment, environment, gun violence, money and politics, and culture.


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• John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
  One Biscayne Tower
  Suite 3800
  Two South Biscayne Boulevard
  Miami, FL 33131-1803
  (305) 539-0009
  www.knightfdn.org

Established in 1950, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation makes national grants in journalism, education, arts and culture, and community initiatives. Included within the community initiatives are grants which help support the development of local comprehensive strategic plan to address youth violence.


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• Nationwide Insurance
  One Nationwide Plaza
  Mailstop 1-22-05
  Columbus, OH 43215-2220
  (614) 249-4310

Nationwide Insurance funds non-profit organizations in the areas of substance abuse and domestic violence. A preference is given to organizations located in Ohio or those that have a recommendation for funding from a state office.


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• Open Society Institute
  U.S. Justice Fund
  400 West 59th Street
  New York, NY 10019
  (212) 548-1940
  www.soros.org/initiatives/justice

The Center on Crime, Communities, and Culture supports programs that foster critically needed innovations in public safety services and systems.


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• Packard Foundation
  300 2nd Street
  Suite 200
  Los Altos, CA 94022
  (650) 948-7658
  www.packard.org

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation offers grants to regional or national non-profit organizations with an emphasis on children, including juvenile crime and domestic violence prevention. In addition, the foundation also provides opportunities in the area of law enforcement.


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• Public Welfare Foundation
  2600 Virginia Avenue, NW
  Suite 505
  Washington, DC 20037-1977
  (202) 965-1800

The foundation provides grants in the United States and abroad with an emphasis on environment, population, the elderly, youth underclass, and criminal justice. Programs must serve low-income populations, with preference to short-term needs.


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• Washington Foundation
  P.O. Box 7067
  Missoula, MT 59807-7067
  (406) 523-1300

The Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation offers funding in the areas of substance abuse prevention, youth centers and clubs, juvenile delinquency programs, and family services in California, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, and Washington.


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• William T. Grant Foundation
  570 Lexington Avenue
  18th Floor
  New York, NY 10022-6837
  (212) 752-0071

The William T. Grant Foundation supports research in any medical or social-behavioral scientific discipline on the development of school-age children, adolescents, and youth. The foundation is especially interested in interdisciplinary research employing multiple methods to investigate several problems simultaneously.