Grant Opportunities

Please share any grant opportunities below:

Students:
April 15, 2015
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes celebrates inspiring, public-spirited, highly diverse young people from all across America. Each year, the Barron Prize honors twenty-five outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive difference to people and our environment. The top ten winners each receive a $5,000 cash award to support their service work or higher education. The primary goal of the Prize is to shine the spotlight on these amazing young people so that their stories will inspire others.
 
 
Teachers:
Teacher Development Grants (Online applications Jan. 15-Apr. 15 each year.)
 
April 15, 2015
The Teacher Development Grants support teachers in k-12 classroom instruction to provide opportunities for teachers to integrate fresh strategies that encourage critical inquiry and to observe their effects on students.  The Foundation awards grants to individuals in amounts up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of three years, provided the eligibility requirements continue to be met.
 
Champion Creatively Alive Children (June 15, 2015 was the deadline. Too late for this year, but need to check out deadline for next year)
 
June 22, 2015
Crayola offers 20 grants of $2500 (plus $1000 worth of products) to elementary programs that provide creative leadership team building in elementary schools.
School:
     
Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! grant (Deadline Sept. 30, 2013.  Too late this year, but good for next.)
 
September 30, 2015
Applying for a GreenWorks! grant allows for a school/community native plant garden, a forest improvement project, a streamside restoration plan, a recycling program, or energy conservation project to be made for your students. Get them involved in the outdoors at an early age and have them learn about the plants and nature all around them. 
 
Shade Structure Grant
November 25, 2015
The American Academy of Dermatology's shade structure program awards grants in the amount of $8,000 each for the purchase of permanent shade structures designed to provide shade and ultraviolet (UV) ray protection for outdoor areas. The AAD also provides a permanent sign to be displayed near the shade structure that promotes the importance of sun safety. The AAD receives support for this program from Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Co.
 
 (Good for teachers or board members)   Applications are due 2 months before project deadline.  The project deadline is Nov. 30, 2015, so too late this year.
 
Each business day we give a worthy organization $500 in promotional products to spread the word, recruit volunteers, thank donors, offer comfort to someone in need or in some other way turns one thing into something much more. If you are employed by, or serve on the Board of Directors of a 501(c)3 charity, religious organization or accredited school, and are working hard to make a difference in your community, we want to help.
   
 (Sept. 15 deadline-too late.)
 
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation believes that a carefully reasoned and systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society, when applied inventively and wisely, can lead to a better world for all. The Foundation makes grants to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economic performance; and to improve the quality of American life.  Though founded in 1934 by Alfred P. Sloan Jr., then-President and CEO of General Motors, the Foundation is an independent entity and has no formal relationship with the General Motors Corporation.
   
American Honda Foundation (Nov. 1 deadline)
With the mission to help meet the needs of American society in the areas of youth and scientific education by awarding grants to nonprofits, while strategically assisting communities in deriving long-term benefits, the American Honda Foundation engages in grant making that reflects the basic tenets, beliefs and philosophies of Honda companies, which are characterized by the following qualities: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward-thinking, scientific, humanistic and innovative. The America Honda Foundation supports youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in addition to the environment.
 
 (Past deadline-good for next year)
 
The Ben & Jerry's Foundation offers competitive grants to not-for-profit, grassroots community organizations throughout the United States and in Vermont, working to bring about progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems. The Employee Advisory Committee meets nine times a year to review proposals. There is no deadline for applying
 
 
Applications will be accepted January 1 - March 31, 2016.
 
The mission of the Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation is to make life more bearable for children, families and pets in need of the kindness of others. Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation will make grants to qualified non-profit organizations (either 501(c)(3) organizations or registered Canadian charities) that support the health and wellness of children and families, the care and welfare of animals and the promotion of literacy and education for all.
 
 
Deadlines: September 30th- typically for spring and summer projects January 31st- typically for fall and winter projects - See more at: http://captainplanetfoundation.org/apply-for-grants/#sthash.mi4KXmtS.dpuf

Our unique program of funding and supporting hands-on environmental projects is designed to encourage innovative initiatives that inspire and empower children and youth around the world as they work individually and collectively creating environmental solutions in their homes, schools and communities.
 
The Charlie Lovett Fund for Elementary Drama ($300 to theater departments in elem. schools; Deadline past for 2015)
 
The Charlie Lovett Fund for Elementary Drama awards grants to support production-based theater departments in Elementary Schools across the United States.
 (Deadline Oct. 31, 20150
 
Digital Wish Grants Digital Wish offers 43 different grants for digital camera hardware and software for your classroom. To apply, register your classroom at Digital Wish. You will be automatically entered to win a myriad of different technology grants, plus your class story will be publicly posted so that potential donors can make a contribution to your classroom. Then, Login and enter a lesson plan. Every lesson plan you enter will be automatically added to your class profile. All teachers who submit a lesson plan on Digital Wish will be automatically entered to win a Mobile Digital Camera Lab plus as many as 43 technology grants. Grants will be awarded on the 28th of every calendar month.
 
 
 (I could not find a deadline for applying.  Look at the website.  They have a diverse selection of qualified recipients.)
 
While giving can be easy, responsible giving is more challenging. The Farrell Family Foundation (FFF) is determined to make each gift with a sense of purpose and with the clear expectation of measurable outcomes. The preferred method of making major gifts is through "matching funds," as it encourages the receiving non-profit organization to work harder to solicit other gifts, while inspiring greater confidence in other donors. Funding focuses on: education with an emphasis on technology, healthy and human welfare, and the arts.
 
Gannett Foundation Grants (Past deadline)
Through its Community Grant Program, Gannett Foundation supports non-profit activities in the communities in which Gannett does business.
   
Lawrence Foundation Grant (Past deadline)
The foundation is focused on making grants to support environmental, human services and other causes although its interests are fairly diverse and may lead into other areas on an occasional basis. 
  
Toshiba America Foundation (Good for Sci. teachers)
 
 
Do you teach 6-12 science or math? Do you have a wish list of instructional equipment that will make learning more exciting for your students? If the answer is yes to these questions, Toshiba America Foundation would like to hear from you. Grade 6-12 applications for $5,000 or less are accepted on a rolling basis, throughout the calendar year. Grants requests of more than $5,000 are reviewed twice a year. Applications for grants of more than $5,00 are due August 1st and February 1st each year.

 

Loveday Foundation $1000 Grants For Innovative Teachers


These grants will be based on a creative, innovative, and original project to promote innovative activities to motivate students and to improve the teaching and learning process.
An innovative project is one that places the emphasis on the students and not the teachers. It should contain original and innovative ideas; should involve significant numbers of students; and it should have an impact which continues over time.
An innovative project is not one which has as its main focus teacher advancement, travel, or a teacher’s course of study.

Bright Ideas Teacher Grants


BrightIdeasFlintBright Ideas, a grant program sponsored by the Flint Energies Foundation and Flint Energies, your Touchstone Energy Cooperative, awards teachers money for innovative lessons and projects to energize learning in their students. In 2014, a total of $20,000 was awarded using participating Flint members’ small change through Operation RoundUp. Since 2006, nearly $115,000 has been awarded to fund 135 projects reaching more than 4,050 students in Middle Georgia.
The Bright Ideas program distributes money as grants of up to $1,000 for teachers who teach grades K-12 at public or private schools located in the co-op’s 17-county service territory. The grants are not for professional development or Smart Board purchases.

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