I'm looking for information on companies who may be interested in being written in for a grant to design a game for a non- profit that will teach children about emergency preparedness

Go into the job offers section and post there. Im sure a freelancer would do it for you (Id even do it for you but i wouldnt consider myself an expert programmer )

Well, you can learn yourself and teach your children. Learn from some tutorials. Such as

http://www.deitel.com/ResourceCenter...8/Default.aspx
http://nehe.gamedev.net/
http://javaboutique.internet.com/tut...e_Programming/

Or if you want more options, you can go and search for them in Google.