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The Friday Report - Education
Upcoming K-12 Education Grant Deadlines Friday, October 26, 2007 [Sample Issue - Omits Links to Funding Sources] The Friday Report - Education is published weekly by Robert J. Miller & Associates, Inc. 124 Delaware Street, Tonawanda, NY 14150 Telephone 716-864-8100; rjma@rjma.com www.rjma.com Copyright 2007: All Rights Reserved |
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Description
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Deadline |
| National Institutes of Health | SCHOOL-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT OBESITY: This Program Announcement (PA) encourages the formation of partnerships between academic institutions and school systems in order to develop and implement controlled, school-based intervention strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of obesity in childhood. This initiative also encourages evaluative comparisons of different intervention strategies, as well as the use of methods to detect synergistic interactions between different types of interventions. | Ongoing through November 2, 2007 |
| U.S. Department of Education | Teaching American History Grant Program: The grant program supports projects that aim to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of traditional American history. Grant awards assist local educational agencies (LEAs), in partnership with entities that have extensive content expertise, to develop, implement, document, evaluate, and disseminate innovative, cohesive models of professional development. By helping teachers to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of traditional American history as a separate subject within the core curriculum, these programs are intended to improve instruction and raise student achievement. | November 9 |
| NEA | Books Across American Library - Book Awards: Grants support public schools serving economically disadvantaged students and their efforts to purchase books for school libraries. | November 12 |
| Braitmayer Foundation | Education Grants: The foundation supports curricular and school reform initiatives, and preparation of and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly projects that encourage people of high ability and diverse backgrounds to enter and remain in K-12 teaching. | November 15 |
| Children in Balance | Bringing Healthy Eating and Active Living to Children's Environments Project: Grants are available to help communities create an environment that provides children with healthier eating options and a focus on active living. | November 15 Letter of intent |
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| ACTE Headquarters | Career and Technical Education (CTE) - Public Service Announcement Contest: The funding program supports students' efforts to promote CTE month and its theme, "Discovering Skills for a Competitive Workforce," through a video public service announcement (PSA). | November 15 |
| Air Force Association | Educator Grants: The grant program aims to promote aerospace education activities in primary and secondary classrooms. The program encourages development of innovative aerospace activities within the prescribed curriculum. The program also encourages establishing an active relationship between the school and the local Air Force Association organization. | November 15 |
| The College Board | Bob Costas Grants for the Teaching of Writing: Grants are awarded to recognize exceptional teachers for the innovative methods they use to develop their students' writing skills. The College Board seeks teachers who are already doing an inspiring job of teaching their students to write and who will benefit most from a grant to enhance a successful project. Projects could be carried out in school, through an after-school writing workshop, or during a summer program. | November 16 |
| Surdna Foundation | Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program: Grants support teachers who design individualized courses of study that provide both immersion in their own creative work and the opportunity to interact with other professional artists in their fields. All permanently assigned full- and part-time arts faculty in specialized, public arts high schools who are at least in their fifth year of teaching arts in high school are eligible to apply. | November 16 |
| National Science Foundation | Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering: Funding supports the active involvement of K-12 teachers and community college faculty in engineering research in order to bring knowledge of engineering and technological innovation into their classrooms. The goal is to help build long-term collaborative partnerships between K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers, community college faculty, and the NSF university research community by involving the teachers in engineering research and helping them translate their research experiences and new knowledge of engineering into classroom activities. Partnerships with inner city schools or other high need schools are especially encouraged, as is participation by underrepresented minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. | November 19 |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
 Classroom
Grants:
Grants provide funding
for classroom demonstration kits and science supplies; math and science
software; graphing calculators; supplies for making flying objects;
supplies for robotic programs; and other materials to help teachers make
science, mathematics and technology come alive in the classroom. |
November 30 |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program: Grants support fire prevention activities, research and the development of improvements to firefighter safety. Fire prevention grants are designed to reach high-risk target groups and mitigate incidences of deaths and injuries caused by fire and related hazards. Fire Prevention and Safety grants are separated into two "activities". The projects that can be funded are: fire prevention and safety and firefighter safety research and development. | November 30 |
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| Seaworld Busch Gardens | Environmental Excellence Awards: This award recognizing the outstanding efforts of students and teachers across the country who are working at the grassroots level to protect and preserve the environment. | November 30 |
| Verizon Foundation | Building Literate Communities: Grants support programs in literacy; domestic violence; and technology for healthcare and healthcare accessibility. Funding for literacy is designed to empower teachers, volunteers, parents, caregivers and students of all ages with the tools to advance literacy development. Domestic violence grants fund programs that move women from domestic violence shelters to the workplace. Grants for programs that focus on technology for healthcare and healthcare accessibility aim to support innovative technologies that enhance the efficiency and delivery of healthcare services, and improve access to information and services through technologies that address the needs of persons with disabilities. | November 30 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | NFL Youth Football Fund Grassroots Program: Grants are available toto improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields. | November 30 |
| Hidden Valley Ranch | Love Your Veggies: Grants are available to elementary schools across the United States to support increased access to, and consumption of, fresh vegetables during lunch. The grant program — the Love Your Veggies Nationwide School Lunch Campaign — was created to help schools implement a recent federally mandated local wellness policy that requires schools to develop and execute programs to improve their students' overall health and nutrition, and in response to the overwhelming shortage of funds available for the execution of these programs. | November 30 |
| American Library Association | H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant: The award is made to a library organization whose application demonstrates greatest merit for a program of staff development designed to further the goals and objectives of the library organization. | December 1 |
| A.L. Mailman Family Foundation | Education Grants: Funding supports the building of sustainable systems that provide access to high quality early learning experiences for all children. Grants may be used for the purposes of advocacy and strategic communication to inform and build public will; to create and disseminate curricula, materials or tools that promote quality; for applied research designed to inform policy and improve practice; and for collaboratives that expand learning and broaden the foundation’s sphere of influence. | December 1 |
| AMD | Classroom Instruction Grants: AMD's K-12 initiatives target programs that increase student interest and/or proficiency in literacy, math, science, and computer technology. Because great teachers are the key to successful learning, AMD also funds programs aimed at developing and supporting effective classroom instruction. | December 1 and May 1 Annually |
| The Character Education Partnership | National Schools of Character Awards: Funding honors exemplary schools and districts for their outstanding work in character education. Grants assist these schools and districts in showcasing their work and helping them to inspire, lead, and provide outreach (including staff development and mentoring) to other educators. | December 3 |
| American Library Association | "Light the Way: Outreach to the Underserved," This is a one-time grant of $5,000 for a library conducting exemplary outreach to underserved populations. | December 3 |
| National Center for Family Literacy | Toyota Family Literacy Program: Grants fund educators who support family literacy by demonstrating exemplary efforts to help parents and children achieve their academic and non-academic goals. | December 5 |
| The Nike — Changemakers Competition | Sport for a Better World Competition: Grants are available to find innovative solutions and catalyze a community of changemakers around the use of sport to improve community, accelerate development, and drive social change. | December 12 |
| Sam's Club |
Study Grants for Teachers to
Visit Fair Trade Farms in Brazil: A weeklong summer 2008
study grant opportunity is available for junior high and high school
teachers interested in teaching about fair trade. Teachers are invited to enter the national essay contest and apply to win one of ten expenses-paid trips to visit fair-trade cooperatives, farms, and communities in Brazil next summer. |
December 15 |
| Libri Foundation | Books for Children: The Libri Foundation is a nationwide nonprofit organization that donates new, high-quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries in the United States through its Books for Children program. The books donated through the Books for Children program are used for storytelling; toddler, preschool, and after-school programs; summer reading programs; "book buddy" programs, in which older children read to younger children; holiday programs; teacher check-out and curriculum support; early childhood development programs; school projects; and to just provide children with a "good read." | December 15 |
| Tyco Electronics | Pre-College Math and Science Grants: Product donations are available to support the needs of our technology-driven world and the future of Tyco Electronics Corporation, the Tyco Electronics Foundation focuses on education, with an emphasis on pre-college math and science. | December 15 (annually) |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program: This funding program supports projects to develop faculty and library leaders; recruit and educate the next generation of librarians; conduct research; attract high school and college students to consider careers in libraries; build institutional capacity in graduate schools of library and information science; and assist in the professional development of librarians and library staff. | December 17 |
| GenevaLogic Foundation | Visionary Educator Grants Program Grants support teachers and their use of computers to aid in student learning. The funding organization provides software that helps teachers mentor and interact with students in a technology environment. Both classroom and school grants are available. | December 28 |
| Captain Planet Foundation |
 Environmental
Youth Programs: Funding supports hands-on
environmental projects for youth. The foundation funds and encourages
innovative programs that empower children and youth around the world to
work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in
their neighborhoods and communities.
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December 31 |
| Waksman Foundation for Microbiology |
K-12
Microbiology Grants:
The Waksman Foundation for Microbiology supports projects that
encourage the use of microorganisms to teach science in the K-12
classroom. This program of support was developed in response to
increasing concern in the scientific community about
inadequacies of science teaching in American schools. Our
principal goal is raising public understanding of science and
demonstrating the importance that microorganisms play in our
lives. These concerns lie behind the high priority assigned by
the Foundation to professional development workshops for K-12
teachers. Related educational activities supported by the
Foundation have included the development of loan trunks, CD's
and websites.
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January 1 and May 1 annually |
| Brookdale Foundation | Relatives as Parents Program: We are pleased to announce the Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) Local and State Seed Grant Initiatives for the year 2008. RAPP is designed to encourage and promote the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting when the biological parents are unable to do so. | January 10 |
| General Mills Foundation | Healthy Kids Grant Program: This national program will award fifty grants of $10,000 each to community-based groups across the United States that develop creative ways to help youth adopt a balanced diet and physically active lifestyle. | January 15 |
| Cable in the Classroom | Leaders in Learning Awards: Funding supports work that addresses important issues and needs facing the education of children and youth today. Awards will be given in five categories: Cable Partnerships for Learning; Pushing the Envelope with Cable Technology and Programming; Media Literacy Education; General Excellence; and Policymaker Excellence. Cable Partnerships for Learning Awards help leaders working in partnership with the cable industry to expand and enhance learning opportunities for children and youth. | January 16 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | We the People Bookshelf Program: The program will provide three thousand school (K-12) and public libraries across the United States with a set of classic books related to the "Created Equal" theme. | January 25 |
| Global Action Awards | U.S. High School Students for Global Poverty Efforts: U.S. high school students who have organized and led a project that has impacted people in poor countries, or raised awareness about global poverty in their own communities, will receive $5,000 for college or a charitable cause of their choice.... | January 31 |
| Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | Young Artist Awards for Pre-College Classical Musicians: The award identifies and nurtures talented young musicians whose lack of financial resources might otherwise impede their progress. Twenty-five student musicians are selected annually to receive Cooke Young Artist Awards. |
January
31, |
| Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. |
Music and Education
Grants: Funds are available to schools and
nonprofit organizations that effect improvements in areas of importance to
the Phish fan community. Our programmatic focus is music education for
children, defined as follows:
Education: Education may include the provision of instruments, texts, and office materials, and the support of learning space, practice space, performance space, and instructors/instruction. Mockingbird is particularly interested in projects that foster self-esteem and free expression, but does not typically fund music therapy which is not education or music appreciation which does not include participation. Children: Mockingbird is interested in targeting children eighteen years or younger, but will consider projects which benefit college students, teachers, instructors, or adult students. Mockingbird is particularly (though not exclusively) interested in programs which benefit disenfranchised groups, including those with low skill levels, income, or education; with disabilities or terminal illnesses; and in foster homes, shelters, hospitals, prisons, or other remote or isolated situations. |
February 1 and August 1 Annually |
| BMI Foundation |
General Grants for Music Programs:
Grants are available to promote the creation, performance, and study of
music. The program's emphasis is on classical, jazz, and the musical
theater genres and on contemporary American music in general. Applications may be submitted by publicly supported nonprofit organizations that have a history of substantial commitment to music. Applicants may request either general operating support or support for special projects. In general, the foundation supports organizations with budgets under $1.5 million, and grants typically range from $500 to $5,000 each. |
February 1 Annually |
| State Farm Foundation | Teacher Excellence Grants: Grants will be awarded to K-12 public schools fund the following: teacher excellence programs; service-learning programs; and programs that incorporate the Baldrige criteria into education systems. | February 15, June 15, and October 1, annually |
| Action for Nature | Young Eco-Hero Awards: Grants of up to $500 will be made to young people between the ages of 8 and 16 who have made a difference in environmental advocacy, environmental health, research, or protection of the natural world.... | February 28 |
| Starbucks Foundation | Youth Literacy Programs: Grants are available to organizations that work with underserved youth in one of two areas: 1) Arts & Literacy — programs that innovatively address literacy and learning for the 21st century, provide high standards of excellence in mastering basic skills, and promote youth voices through a variety of venues; and 2) Environmental Literacy — programs that offer place-based approaches to addressing environmental literacy and empower youth to be heroes for a sustainable environment in their own communities. | March 1 and September 1 annually (Letters of Intent) |
| Roads to Reading Initiative |
Book Donation Program: The initiative
makes book donations to school, after-school, summer, community, day-care,
and library reading and literacy programs. The applicant program must have
at least a six-month history; have a tutoring component or a strong focus on
remedial reading in a structured environment; hold meetings over a period of
time; and be continually and consistently under the direct supervision of
professionals, para-professionals, or volunteers. To be eligible to apply, nonprofit organizations must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and an annual operating budget of less than $95,000. (Schools and libraries are exempt from this budget requirement.) The community where the organization is located must be underserved and have a population of less than 50,000. |
March 15 and October 15 annually |
| Starbucks Foundation |
Youth Leadership
Grants:
The
Starbucks Foundation makes grants to local, non-profit organizations
that serve low-income, at-risk youth. Through our Youth Leadership
grants, we fund innovative programs, particularly those in traditionally
underserved communities, that embrace cultural diversity and involve
families, schools and/or neighborhood organizations. Grants range from
$5,000 to $20,000 and focus primarily on two major areas of emphasis: Power Of Literacy benefits programs that stimulate personal development and encourage commitment to social equity, justice and environmental awareness through writing, literacy and the promotion of the voices of youth in public forums. Leaders In Diversity supports programs that teach the value of societal diversity, with an emphasis on the development of leadership skills to build bridges of understanding between individuals, groups and communities. |
April 1 and October 1 Annually |
| Hitachi Foundation |
Yoshiyama Awards
Honoring Youth Community Service: The award recognizes
exemplary service and community involvement rather than academic
achievement. Activities must foster longer term community change and be
focused in socially and/or economically isolated communities. The award is accompanied by a gift of $5,000. Recipients are invited to participate in a special award ceremony in Washington, D.C., and a retreat with other awardees. High school seniors from the United States and U.S. territories are eligible to be nominated for the award. |
April 1 (Annual) |
| Mailorder Gardening Association | KIDS GROWING WITH DUTCH BULBS: This grant, sponsored by the Mail order Gardening Association and administered by the National Gardening Association, awards 500 schools with a package of 200 premium Dutch flowering bulbs. Selection criteria include student involvement, curriculum integration, and administrative support. Applications are available in January each year. | April 1 (Annual) |
| Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation, Ltd. | Environmental Curriculum Grants for Teachers: We provide grants of $1000 to educators to develop or implement environmental curricula. | April 4 (Annually) |
| U.S. Potato Board | School Wellness Grants: Ten grants of $2,500 each will be awarded to public elementary schools in the United States for equipment and/or educational programs that help move children toward healthier diets and improve their overall wellness. The grant program allows schools to allocate funds toward the improvement of either the nutrition or physical activity of students — or both — depending on what their students need the most. Grant award recipients can apply the grant toward food service equipment for the healthful preparation of fresh or processed potatoes; physical activity equipment, such as for use on the campus playground or during physical education programs; or development or execution of nutrition or physical activity educational programs. | April 15 |
| Lindbergh Foundation | Education - Humanities and Arts: Lindbergh Grants are made in the following categories: education - including humanities/education, the arts, and intercultural communication; exploration; agriculture; aviation/aerospace; conservation of natural resources - including animals, plants, water, and general conservation (land, air, energy, etc.); health - including biomedical research, health and population sciences, and adaptive technology; and waste minimization and management. A Jonathan Lindbergh Brown Grant may be given to a project to support adaptive technology or biomedical research which seeks to redress imbalance between an individual and his or her human environment. | 2nd Thursday of June (annually) |
| American Legion |
Youth Grants: Grants are
available for projects that meet one of the following two basic
purposes: 1) to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and
spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge
about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to
benefit youth; and 2) to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional,
and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge
already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that
such information can be adequately used by society. Grants must have the potential of helping American children in a large geographic area ( than one state). The foundation's grants are awarded for one year. In the past, grants have ranged from $1,500 to $70,000, and have averaged about $32,000. |
July 1 Annual |
| Honda | Innovative Education Grants: The American Honda Foundation makes grants of $10,000 to $100,000 to K-12 schools, colleges, universities, trade schools, and other youth-focused nonprofit organizations for programs that benefit youth and scientific education. The foundation is seeking programs that meet the following characteristics: imaginative, scientific, creative, humanistic, youthful, innovative, and forward-thinking. |
August 1 and November 1 annually
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| National Council of Teachers of English |
Teacher Professional Development Grants: Teacher Tribute funds will provide professional development experiences and/or teaching materials for colleagues who would not otherwise be able to afford them. All funds will be dispersed in the form of a credit to each recipient to be used toward products and services offered solely by NCTE.
Individuals may apply for amounts up to $500, and groups (comprised of six teachers or from the same school/district) may apply for up to $3000. |
October 1 Annually |
| Nike | Bowerman Track Renovation Program: Funding supports the refurbishment or construction of a running track. Proposals should demonstrate how access to the the track will be available to neighboring communities; and how funds will be matched through additional resources. | Ongoing through May 31, 2009 |
| Lexus | Environmental Program: Grants are available to educate and empower students to take action to improve the environment. The program encourages middle and high school students across the United States to develop and implement environmental programs that positively impact their communities. | Ongoing |
| Google Grants: Grants support organizations demonstrating a philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Grant recipients can use their award of free AdWords advertising on Google.com to raise awareness and increase traffic to their respective site. | Ongoing | |
| Actuarial Foundation | Advancing Student Achievement: Grants are available to bring together actuaries and educators in local classroom environments with the belief that interaction with real-world mentors will boost students interest and achievement in math. The Actuarial Foundation can provide a local network of actuaries ready to participate, as well as suggestions on how to integrate math concepts from the workplace into the classroom. Groups applying for grants will be given wide latitude in designing programs that enhance learning and create a “love of math” in each student. | Ongoing |
| Comcast Foundation | Diversified Funding: Funding aims to provide workforce development and job training, teach literacy, develop youth leaders, and promote volunteerism and community service all in an effort to help raise the cultural awareness of the diverse groups in the Comcast service areas. | Ongoing |
| Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation |
Pet Education Grants: Funding
supports organizations that focus on such issues as animal welfare, pet
rescue, and pet education. |
Ongoing |
| Lego Systems, Inc. | Lego Children's Education Fund: The fund will award grants to qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations including educational organizations with specific, identifiable needs primarily in these areas of support: early childhood education and development; technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities; and sport or athletic programs that concentrate on underserved youth. | Ongoing |
| Youth Venture | mtvU Grants: Grants are available to help fund a new student-run community service organization, or a new project being undertaken by an existing organization. Funding aims to support original ideas about how to make the world, or your campus, a better place. | Ongoing |
| The Guitar Center Music Foundation | Music Grants: The foundation aims to assist nonprofit music programs across America that offer music instruction in an effort to encourage and promote the joy of making music. Preference will be given to applications that demonstrate an interest in enhancing the state of music education in the United States. | Ongoing |
| The Actuarial Foundation | Advancing Student Achievement: Funding aims to bring together actuaries and educators in local classroom environments with the belief that interaction with real-world mentors will boost student’s interest and achievement in math. The foundation can provide a local network of actuaries ready to participate, as well as suggestions on how to integrate math concepts from the workplace into the classroom. Funding supports the development of viable mentoring programs involving actuaries in the teaching of mathematics to children in private and public schools. | Ongoing |
| Do Something | GameStop Youth Grants: Grants will be given out weekly and will support programs and services initiated by youth that address concerns or causes in their respective communities. | Ongoing |
| EDS | The EDS Technology Grant Program awards grants of $1,500 to teachers and library media specialists through a competitive application process. The program challenges teachers and librarians to explore technology-related products and services and creatively apply these tools and resources in the classroom to enrich student learning. |
Various: Check website
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| International Paper |
Education Grants: The foundation primarily addresses existing and emerging educational needs, as well as short-term, critical civic needs within the communities where International Paper has operating facilities. It also supports those organizations where its employees actively volunteer. Its primary concerns are with the following:
Education - environmental education programs for young children such as outdoor classrooms, forestry and air and water quality programs.
Literacy - literacy programs that enhance the reading skills of children or teach English as a second language.
Minority Career Development - education programs targeted to women and minorities that emphasize careers in manufacturing, engineering or forestry and outreach education programs for college potential minority youth.
New Critical Community Needs - seed money on a one-time, non-recurring basis for new, critical community initiatives. |
Various: Check website |
| Bayer Foundation | The Arts, Art Education and Culture: The arts stimulate a society to examine its values and ideals. Like science, the arts emphasize imagination, creativity, self-discipline and critical thinking skills. The Bayer Foundation has been a longtime proponent and sponsor of programs designed to integrate science and the arts. The Foundation is also interested in unique arts education programs designed to reach young audiences so as to create future patrons of the arts. | Various: Check website |
| Digi-Block, Inc. | The Kohlberg Grant for Professional Development: Grants support participation in a one- to three-day professional development workshop offered by Digi-Block’s inventor and founder, Dr. Elon Kohlberg. The presentation will focus on conveying why many young children encounter difficulty in learning arithmetic, and how those difficulties can affect their future mathematics experiences. The presentation facilitator, Dr. Kohlberg, will elaborate on the fundamentals and nuances of The Digi-Block program to illustrate how it teaches and clarifies the language of mathematics for students of any age. Applicants are not required to have experience with Digi-Block. Preference will be given to early applications, as the deadline is rolling. | Ongoing |
| Qwest |
Educational
Programming Grants: The foundation supports K-12
educational programming that: effectively uses technology to improve
public school instruction; promotes innovative models to strengthen
public school education; improves the skills and leadership of educators
and parents; and promotes innovative early childhood education programs. |
Ongoing |
| Tolerance.Org | Teaching Tolerance Grants: Grants support projects designed by teachers that aim to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools, and support educator professional development in the areas of prejudice and tolerance. | Ongoing |
| University of Phoenix | Project REACH: Funding aims to help recruit and retain individuals who are interested in becoming certified or licensed teachers, in an attempt to increase the number of highly qualified teachers teaching in high-need schools, and provide high quality coursework and mentoring to qualified recipients. Consideration may be given for outstanding academic achievement, commitment to teaching in a high-need area, and district recommendation. | Ongoing |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. | Classroom Grant Program: Competitive grant program aims to educate students about math, science, technology, and engineering. Grants can be used for items such as: classroom demonstration kits and science supplies; math and science software; graphing calculators; supplies for making flying objects; supplies for robotic programs; and other materials to help you make science, mathematics, and technology come alive in the classroom. | Ongoing |
| The Herbalife Family Foundation | Children Nutrition Grants: The foundation provides financial support to organizations around the world dedicated to improving the lives of children. Funds support programs that: improve nutrition; support children and families; provide early intervention; correct problem behavior and enhance self-esteem; prevent substance abuse; prevent physical/emotional abuse; create better home environments; and promote physical and emotional health. | Ongoing |
| Prudential Foundation | Ready to Learn, Work and Live Grants: The foundation provides support to innovative direct-service programs that address the needs of communities in three areas: Ready to Learn, Ready to Work, Ready to Live. The Ready to Learn program aims to fund initiatives that strengthen public education through systemic school reform; improving teacher and educational leadership skills; increasing parental involvement; arts education; early childhood care and education; and bolstering literacy in the early years. | Ongoing |
| Adopt-A-Classroom | Adopt-A-Classroom - Resource Grants: Grants, supported by individuals, businesses, and private foundations, are available to teachers/schools that register online. Once a classroom is adopted, the teacher will have full discretion to purchase resources and materials for the classroom from a network of online vendors affiliated with the program. Every donor receives information about the classroom it has adopted, including an itemized list of what teachers bought so donors can see the impact of their donation. | Ongoing |
| Airborne, Inc. |
Teacher Trust Fund Program for School Art and Music Programs:
Grants are available to fund art and music programs in elementary and
middle schools that are in jeopardy of being lost or have already been
eliminated due to budgetary limitations. The fund awarded its initial grants to elementary and middle-school teachers in California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Missouri. The ten new eligible states are Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah. The company plans to award a total of $250,000 in grants for the 2006-07 school year. |
Ongoing |
| Barnes & Noble Foundation | Corporate Contributions Program: Barnes & Noble's corporate contributions program supports programs focused on literacy, the arts or education. Barnes & Noble is also committed to literary-based sponsorships and partners with organizations that focus their core businesses on higher learning, literacy and the arts. Barnes & Noble considers requests at national, local and regional levels. | Ongoing |
| The Guitar Center Music Foundation | Music Grants: The foundation's mission is to aid nonprofit music programs across America that offer music instruction so that people can experience the joys of making music. | Ongoing |
| Rosie's For All Kids Foundation | Early Childhood Centers: Funding aims to support direct service organizations focused on childcare and early childhood education. Funding supports four different types of grants: tuition subsidies; small renovations, supplies and equipment upgrades; playground construction; and staff development opportunities. First priority is given to experienced, community-based programs serving children in low-income, major urban areas, where many families struggle to find affordable, high-quality early education and care. | Ongoing |
| Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) |
Funding for Education Programs in Southern States CGP will provide funding for small-scale education initiatives in southern states. CGP's education program seeks to increase awareness and understanding of Japan in these states through support of teacher training and related programs addressing the needs of the K-12 student and teacher community. All projects must include an event component. |
Ongoing |
| American Eagle Stores |
 Support
for Youth/Teen Development Programs:
The AE Foundation,
through its FREE initiative, provides support for projects that improve
the quality of life where AE associates and customers live, work and
play. The foundation funds teen and college student programs that
contain one or of the FREE values - foster civic engagement; render
safe and nourishing places for teens; embrace diversity; and encourage
youth/teen development.
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Ongoing
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| Carnegie Foundation | Literacy and Teacher Reform Grants: The foundation's support for education is focused on advancing literacy, urban school reform and teacher education reform. Within these areas the foundation seeks to increase access to quality education and provide an educational experience for all students that will prepare them for success in today’s knowledge-based economy. | Ongoing |
| Dollar General Stores | School Library Relief Program: The fund will provide grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 each for books, media, and/or equipment that support learning in a school library environment. First priority for the initial grants will be given to school libraries impacted by hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma — either through direct loss or through an increase in enrollment due to displaced students. | Ongoing |
| Spencer Foundation |
Education Research Program: Funding is
provided for investigations that promise to yield new knowledge about
education in the United States or abroad. The foundation funds research
grants that range in size from smaller grants that can be completed
within a year, to larger, multi-year endeavors. Of particular interest
are the following areas of inquiry:
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Ongoing |
| Qwest Foundation |
K-12 Education Grants: The Qwest
Foundation awards grants that generate high impact and measurable
results through community-based programs, including K-12 education
and economic development. The foundation supports selected
innovative programs in the following areas:
Education - The
foundation will consider programs that support innovative models to
strengthen K-12 public school education; improve the skills and
leadership of educators; and provide for the effective use of
technology to improve K-12 public school instruction.
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Ongoing |
| Symantec |
Education Grants: The majority of Symantec grants are focused on strengthening the education system, with a particular interest in those programs that incorporate technology in teaching and that work to engage minorities and women in the technological sciences. Special emphasis is also placed on programs designed to better the lives of young people. The company will also consider support for charitable organizations working to provide solutions to other unmet social needs. |
Ongoing |
| HSBC Foundation | K12 Grants for Disadvantaged Schools: The foundation defines education in its broadest terms and concentrates on those in less fortunate circumstances - underprivileged young people and schools in economically deprived areas. Focus is on K-12 public schools, post secondary institutions and adult education such as public library and welfare to work programs. | Ongoing |
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High School Amateur Radio Grants: The ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Foundation supports the development of amateur radio among high-school age (or younger) youth by providing mini-grants to groups that demonstrate serious intent to promote participation in amateur radio by youth and enrich the experience of radio amateurs under the age of 18. Funds can be used for securing equipment for antennas for club stations, purchasing training materials, supporting local service projects that bring favorable public exposure and similar activities. | Ongoing |
| Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership |
Funding Opportunity for
Education Initiatives in the Southern United States:
Grants are available for small-scale education initiatives in the
Southern United States. CGP’s Education Program seeks to increase
awareness and understanding of Japan in these states through support of
teacher training and related programs addressing the needs of the K-12
student and teacher community. Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded for projects conducted in the current Japanese fiscal year (through March 31, 2006). Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia are eligible to apply. |
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| Wachovia |
Wachovia Teachers and Teaching Initiative: This initiative provides funding to organizations that enhance teacher recruitment, development, support and retention, with the goal of increasing student achievement. The program ultimately seeks to increase student achievement in pre-K–12 public education by building and supporting teachers and the teaching profession in scalable and sustainable ways. Funding is available to provide high-quality development opportunities and supports for educators; create world-class learning environments that are responsive to the needs of students from diverse backgrounds; and strengthen the infrastructure of the teaching profession through leadership and best practices by hiring and securing high-performing educators. |
Ongoing |
| National Education Association |
Aid for Public School Employees, Students and Schools Affected by Hurricane Katrina: Support is provided for the various personal needs of public school employees such as housing, food, clothing, etc. NEA will also provide grants to public schools that have enrolled the estimated 300,000 students affected by the storm. The NEA support can be used to help purchase school supplies, textbooks and other materials needed to accommodate increased enrollment. The NEA grants will also be made available to public schools and their employees to assist displaced children with personal needs such as clothing. |
Ongoing |
| Walton Family Foundation |
Charter Schools Planning Grants: The foundation targets states and communities where charter schools may be of some benefit. Support is provided for planning, development and growth of quality charter schools; state charter school associations and resource centers; monitoring, promoting and disseminating information concerning quality and accountability issues; and organizations which may leverage investments in creating access to financing of charter schools. |
Ongoing |
| Barnes and Noble | Literacy and K-12 Education: Grants are available to support programs that focus on literacy, the arts or education (K - 12). Literary-based sponsorships and partnerships with organizations that focus their core businesses on higher learning; literacy and the arts also are considered. Partnerships should foster community good will and promote the Barnes & Noble brand. Sponsors can be both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. | Ongoing |
| Milagro Foundation | Literacy Programs for Underprivileged Children (National, San Francisco Area): Grants are available to help children and youth live healthy lives through education and prevention of disease; literate lives through learning; and culturally enriched lives through arts education. | Ongoing |
| Waksman Foundation | K-12 Teacher Enrichment Grants. Teacher enrichment grants are designed to enhance K-12 education through teacher training, course or curriculum development, construction of laboratory exercises or the innovative use of electronic media. | Ongoing |
| M.J. Murdock Foundation | General Education Grants: Support is provided for projects and programs that are primarily educational in nature and offered in both formal and informal settings. Emphasis is placed on program enhancement or expansion and new approaches consistent with the institution's mission and resources. | Ongoing |
| Lumina Foundation for Education | Education Access Grants: Grants are available to support direct pre-collegiate access services to young people in their communities. | Ongoing |
| Prudential Foundation |
Ready to Learn: Grants are available to support innovative direct-service programs that address the needs of communities in three areas: Ready to Learn, Ready to Work and Ready to Live.
Ready to Learn initiatives strengthen public education at the elementary school level. Emphasis is put on systemic school reform; improving teacher and educational leadership skills; increasing parental involvement; arts education; early childhood care and education; and bolstering literacy in the early years. |
Ongoing |
| LearningStation | I Will learn Today: LearningStation has initiated a program entitled "I will LEARN today!" that emphasizes the importance of authentic engagement, as well as the role of technology in supporting engaged learners. As part of this program, LearningStation will be providing grants to participating districts in order to subsidize the purchase of technologies acquired through LearningStation in order to further student achievement. | Ongoing |
| New York Life |
Nurturing the Children initiative: Grants are available to support programs that (1) provide safe havens during non–school hours; (2) that prepare young people for higher education or the workplace and equip them to be responsible citizens; and (3) that offer young people sustained relationships with caring adults and/or peers who serve as positive role models. |
Ongoing |
| Roche Pharmaceuticals | Math & Science Teacher Enrichment Grants: Grants are available to support domestic, charitable non-profit organizations where Roche has a significant presence and interest and which are engaged in initiatives that are closely aligned with the business objectives of the company which include K-12 science and math education focusing on teacher enrichment. | Ongoing |
| National Science Foundation | Research Experience for Teachers: Grants ara available that will enable K-12 science educators to participate in projects funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) at the National Science Foundation (NSF). The goal of the Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) activity is to enhance the professional development of K-12 science educators through research experience at the emerging frontiers of science in order to bring new knowledge into the classroom. | Ongoing |
| BMW Group | K-12 Education Grants: We believe education is the backbone of society and so the BMW Group is concerned with advancing education at all levels, from the very young to those pursuing advanced degrees. Our grant making focuses on three areas: · intercultural learning for students and their teachers in grades K-12 · automotive technology, mechanics, career and repair programs in high schools, technical schools and community colleges · research in the areas of safety design, ergonomics, and new materials. | Ongoing |
| eBay |
eBay Fundraising:
eBay Giving Works is an innovative fundraising program
designed specifically to meet the needs of nonprofit organizations.
Whether you are a large, national organization with hundreds of chapters
or a small, community-based effort, eBay Giving Works offers a great
solution for you.
Two Ways To Fundraise Through eBay Giving Works Direct Selling Your nonprofit organization can list items for sale on eBay. You collect the proceeds from the buyers, and you are responsible for providing a receipt, if applicable. |
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| The McKenzie Foundation | Early Childhood Education: The purpose of The McKenzie Foundation is to encourage and support non-profit programs primarily in the areas of education, health, human services, and cultural and environmental concerns. | Ongoing |
| Starr Foundation |
Education
Scholarships: Education has traditionally been one of the
largest areas of giving for the Foundation, because of Mr. Starr's
personal interest in providing scholarships to deserving students. The
Foundation has endowed C.V. Starr Scholarship Funds at than 100
colleges and universities and selected secondary schools. Applications for
an endowed scholarship fund are accepted from schools on an
invitation-only basis. In addition, the Foundation funds organizations that provide need-based financial aid to students seeking to attend secondary and post-secondary schools. |
Ongoing |
| Yawkey Foundation | Youth Education and Sports (Baseball) Grants: Tom and Jean Yawkey were best known for their longtime ownership of the Boston Red Sox. quietly, but with just as much passion and dedication, the Yawkeys were engaged in an unwavering dedication to their community. In Boston and beyond, they were deeply involved in charitable work and philanthropic giving. In particular, the Yawkeys were committed to organizations focused on youth and amateur athletics, education, health care, social services, arts and culture and conservation. | Ongoing |
| C-SPAN | The C-SPAN Archives Grants are awarded to middle and high school teachers and college/university professors who submit creative proposals for using the network's programming in the classroom or in research projects. | Ongoing |
| The Student Guide | Student Aid on the Web: Our improved Web site, now called Student Aid on the Web, allows you to find on federal student aid, access FAFSA on the Web (the online version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid [FAFSA]), obtain a PIN (needed to apply electronically), or look up the status of your federal student loan. You can access federal student aid publications (in English and Spanish). You can even use the site to help you decide on a career and locate schools that offer majors in that field. Then “tour” various schools and apply to them online without leaving the site. With the feature, “MyFSA,” you can create a personalized folder to record your interests, career and college searches, and any relevant personal information. Track your progress in the college planning and application process, pre-populate fields on the FAFSA before applying, and compare financial aid award letters when deciding on a final school. | Ongoing |
| Classroom Connection |
Classroom Connection
is a vehicle for the dissemination and adaptation of exemplary educational
programs. This "teacher led" network recognizes and rewards creative
teachers by promoting the exchange of good teaching techniques, Classroom
Connection serves as a catalyst for focusing attention and resources
on issues concerning education, and on the pivotal role teachers play in
this process. The program is available to teachers throughout the service
territory of Xcel Energy in Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, New Mexico Oklahoma
and Kansas. C | |