A Good Time for Software Grants

Apparently, it’s a good time (or at least a better time than usual) to be looking for funding for software projects. Three different applicable awards and grants have been announced recently:

AT&T Nonprofit Technology Grant Program (AT&T)
AT&T announces the launch of the fifth year of their grant program that supports projects that use technology to build stronger communities in 13 different states. Proposals are due by July 5th.

Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration (Andrew W Mellon Foundation)
The Mellon Foundation invites nominations for an award which will recognize institutions that contributed to the collaborative development of open source software of benefit to higher education, libraries, museums and arts organizations, and nature conservation. The deadline for nominations is Friday, 4 August.

The Antonio Pizzigati Prize For Software in the Public Interest (The Tides Foundation)
The Tides Foundation will award The Antonio Pizzigati Prize to a software developer who has made, in the spirit of open source computing, an outstanding contribution to the nonprofit world
and the ongoing work of social change. Online applications must be submitted by July 5, 2006.