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CTK Foundation Launches 2011 Heart and Soul Grant Competition

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Grants will support nonprofits, charities and voluntary organizations of all types in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand

Austin, Texas, March 1, 2011 — The CTK Foundation is proud to launch the 2011 Heart and Soul Grant Competition. Nonprofits of all sizes and types are invited to apply their creativity to win major grants of funds and technology.

Applicants are asked to submit an original four-to-eight-line poem that reflects the work and/or mission of the applicant nonprofit organization. This poem may be written by staff members, clients and/or volunteers of the submitting nonprofit, and must be wholly original.

The nonprofit organization grant award winners will then be selected by an international panel of independent artists and producers. The grant application window is from March 1st to March 28th, 2011. Winners will be notified by April 10th and the H&S Grant Award Gala will be the evening of April 14th in Austin, Texas.

This year, grant applicants may be located in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia or New Zealand< and there are several grant awards:

• 1st place award in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand< is a cash grant of $10,000 (US)
• 2nd place award in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand< is a cash grant of $5,000 (US)
• The 2011 Blogger’s Choice Award, whereby a randomly selected blogger participating in “spreading the word” among nonprofits about the H&S Grant Award Program will choose an applicant of his or her choice to receive a $1,000 cash grant
• 2 steel-stringed guitars, signed by all members of Los Lonely Boys, the Grammy Award winning, internationally-acclaimed band, for auction and fund raising
• Up to 20 technology grants, valued at $10,000, to nonprofits that indicate an interest

The 1st place award winner will also receive a professionally-produced song to be used in public education or awareness, based upon the selected nonprofit applicant lyrics.  This year, the song will be written and recorded by Bill Dillon and produced by Jim Tullio of Butcher Boy Studios – Chicago, Illinois.

Heart & Soul Award Partners

The Cipione Family Foundation, First Act Musical Instruments, Los Lonely Boys, Loophole Entertainment and Butcher Boy Studios are 2011 Heart & Soul funding partners. 

How to Apply

The only eligibility requirement is that the submitting nonprofit must be a registered 501(c)3, charity or voluntary organization and that all grant award guidelines regarding manner and timing of submission have been followed; these guidelines will be posted March 1st on the Foundation tab located on the www.communitytech.net website.

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MEDIA CONTACT: 

Juan A. Garcia Cid

Community TechKnowledge, Inc.

512-345-9090

Garcia@communitytech.net 

About the The CTK Foundation Fund

The CTK Foundation Fund, also known as the CTK Foundation, is registered with the Austin Community Foundation, which is classified as a public charity and is tax exempt as a 501(c)3 according to the Internal Revenue Code.