The Afterschool Alliance and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation are seeking nominations for afterschool programs that have excelled in providing literacy support to middle school students to receive $10,000 in the first ever Dollar General Afterschool Literacy Award. The award seeks afterschool programs with demonstrated success improving the literacy skills—including reading, writing and comprehension—of middle school program participants to serve as examples of the power of the out-of-school space. Program staff and directors are allowed and encouraged to nominate their own program, but nominators can also be unaffiliated with the program. The nomination deadline is August 15, 2014.

The Fidelity Foundation's grant program, designed to strengthen the long-term effectiveness of nonprofit institutions, funds projects that help nonprofits build the organizational capabilities they need to better fulfill their missions and serve their constituencies. The Foundation primarily invests in projects in the areas of arts and culture, community development and social services, health, and education. Grants are made to fund only significant, transformative projects usually budgeted at $50,000 or more. Letters of Inquiry are accepted on a rolling basis.