Three tech for social impact opportunities came across my desk this week:

Rising Voices Micro-Grants Applications due June 15

Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices, is now accepting project proposals for the first round of microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach projects. Ideal applicants will present innovative and detailed proposals to teach citizen media techniques to communities that are poorly positioned to discover and take advantage of tools like blogging, video-blogging, and podcasting on their own.

For more info read David Sasaki's blog post on Global Voices.

ZeroDivide Fellowship, Class III Nominations due June 29

The Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC) is requesting nominations for the ZeroDivide Fellowship. This program seeks to foster a network of community leaders who effectively engage technology tools, strategies and policies to impact social change in California. Additional support for the ZeroDivide Fellowship program is provided by AT&T, Hewlett Packard and Union Bank of California Foundation.

CTFC seeks nominations for community leaders who are interested in joining and shaping the community technology movement in the state of California. Nominees should share a commitment to CTFC’s mission and values, and have an interest in advocating for underserved communities in information and communications technology issues and policies. Individuals may nominate themselves.

For more info go to the Community Technology Foundation of California's web site.

Tides Foundation Pizzigati Prize Application Due August 1st.

Good deeds do get rewarded! If you know someone who’s been toiling in the open source vineyards, developing software that’s really helping a nonprofit succeed, check out the Tides Foundation Pizzigati Prize, a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest.

One special note: Last year’s inaugural Pizzigati Prize competition drew nominations from a variety of nationally recognizable open source talents. But you don’t have to have done work for a top-tier national nonprofit to be considered for Pizzigati Prize honors.

“We’re looking for people whose software is making a difference,” says Jason Sanders, the Tides Foundation philanthropic advisor who coordinates the Pizzigati Prize, “and that difference can be in any sized community.”

Apply for the prize online at www.pizzigatiprize.org.