iMentor Interactive is fortunate to featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s “Conference Notebook” section, with an interview with our very own Dana Saxon conducted right at our Science Fair exhibitor booth!
Click here to read the article and listen to Dana’s interview!
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Many thanks to everyone who stopped by the iMentor’s booth at last night’s NTC Science Fair! Dana and I talked to many great organizations and potential members, and we’re really enjoying NTEN’s conference so far! In just an hour we’ll be hold the session “Next Gen Mentoring“…wish us luck!
With all of this new interest in iMi and the RFP, I’d like to annouce the the NEXT iMi DEMO WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 30th (that’s this Thursday!) at 3PM. This is the LAST demo session that will be available to those applying for the RFP, but is also appropriate for anyone who wants to learn more about iMi.
Please email me at lauren (at) imentor (dot) org to sign up for the demo!
If you’d like to network with other professionals interested in e-mentoring, join our LinkedIn group. This is a great way to connect with others in the field and learn more about its latest developments.
There are just two weeks until the OJJDP grant application deadline: April 30.
And there are only two iMentor Interactive demos left before the deadline – you must attend one of them if you wish to apply.
To sign up for the next demo (Tuesday, April 21 | 3-4 PM EST), just click here.
If you’re interested in obtaining iMentor Interactive for your organization but need financial support,
you may want to try a strategy that several of our members have employed: Writing a grant request that demonstrates the impact iMi can generate for your mentoring program.
To help you with this pursuit, we’ve put together some sample 
language that you can easily incorporate into your request. And feel free to include screenshots from our website to illustrate the platform’s features. Or direct your funder to our video demonstration.
Granted, it’s a tough funding environment right now. But we’re happy to help support your grant in any way we can.
Good luck!
If you belong to as many mailing lists as we do, you’ve no doubt received a deluge of emails talking about OJJDP grant funding, new stimulus funds for school-based initiatives, and other mentoring grant opportunities.
But the questions remains: How can mentoring programs take advantage of these funds? The following mentoring grant opportunities have deadlines within the next month, and are offering funds to youth mentoring organizations.
The most prominent federal funding initiative comes from the U.S. Department of Justice, the OJJDP FY 09 Recovery Act National Youth Mentoring Programs. This funding is designated for organizations have a national impact with their youth mentoring programs. The deadline for this opportunity is APRIL 20, 2009.
As we mentioned in a previous post, the National Science Foundation is currently accepting applications for organizations “outstanding mentoring efforts that enhance the participation of groups (i.e., women, minorities, and persons with disabilities) that are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.” Applications are due APRIL 21, 2009.
The U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention release a Request for Applications (Drug Free Communities Mentoring Program) for mentoring programs that seek to “reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.” Applications are due on APRIL24, 2009.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver’s Choice is an ongoing federal initiative which is provided in partnership with the National Mentoring Partnership. The program offers funds for mentoring relationships involving children with at least one parent/guardian who is currently incarcerated. **This is related to the Administration for Children’s Services Mentoring Children of Prisoners grant program, which is not accepting applications at this time.
These are the major initiatives currently accepting applications, but as we’re learning new funding is becoming available all the time. We’ll update the blog as info becomes available, but there are a number of great resources to keep you informed about funding updates:
Grants.gov : Keyword search for mentoring
National Mentoring Partnership
EdMentoring.org (you can sign up for the MentorExchange listserve here)
Do you have a resource or funding opportunity that you’d like to share? Please leave it in the comments!
Categories: funding · iMiLauren
Tagged: federal funding, stimulus, youth mentoring
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Categories: From the Mouths of Mentees · iMiLauren
Tagged: iMentor NYC
iMentor has just put together a video overview of iMentor Interactive, our e-mentoring platform. The video features interviews with our members, testimonials from our mentors and mentees, and footage of all of the platform’s many features.
Like what you see? Sign up for a live, web-based demo next Wednesday from 3pm-4pm EST.
