Are you interested in using online maps to help tell your story, communiticate about your services, or show supporters your work?   Well, Google.org is accepting applications for its Geo Challenge Grants.

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With this program, Google.org hopes to enable more nonprofit organizations to leverage the power of maps to enhance thier work and impact.

 At Google.org, we believe maps are a powerful tool for non-profits of all kinds to communicate issues, understand needs, and create more effective implementation plans. Many of you have come to us with compelling ways that maps can help you and your organization increase impact, and we want to help you make your mapping ideas a reality.

Geo Challenge Grants pilot program will offer grants ranging between $5,000 - $100,000 either directly from Google.org, or through grant recommendations from the Google.org Fund of Tides Foundation, for organizations working in areas related to Google's core initiatives.

These grants will be issued through an open application process - legally qualified, public charitable organizations with a compelling idea about how maps can help them work more effectively are eligible. Smaller mapping applications requiring only static data might receive US$5,000 in funding, while development of tools that enable many organizations to create maps might receive US$100,000. We're partnering with Google Earth Outreach on this program to help evaluate proposals from a technical standpoint and to help us ensure the grants are successful.

Details

• Deadline to apply:   December 22nd, 2008
• Who's eligible: any organization with public charitable status
• How do I apply: apply online here
• Learn more about the Grants in FAQ  
• Visit Google.org's Geo Challenge Grants for more info