Grant Wrangler: A Grant Index for Teachers
Grant Wrangler is a grants listing service available at no charge. We
make it easier for teachers to find funding, and help grant-giving
organizations more effectively promote grants to teachers and schools.
Use this site to search for the latest classroom and teacher grants or
sign up for our monthly bulletin.
Donors Choose
Grant -- Have a project you need funding for? Here is a
great resource to get it funded. DonorsChoose is an online marketplace
where teachers and citizens connect to give students the resources they
need to learn.
Best Buy Te@ch
Awards - Technology in K-12 classrooms
Eligibility: Accredited non-profit K-12 public, private,
parochial, magnet and charter schools
Award: Best Buy gift cards in amounts ranging from $1,000
to $5,000
Deadline: October 12, 2008 (submitted online by 11:59 p.m.
Eastern DST)
The Best Buy Teach Award program recognizes creative uses of
interactive technology in K-12 classrooms. Winning programs
focus on kids using technology to learn standards-based
curriculum, rather than on teaching students to use technology
or educators using technology that children aren't able to use
hands-on. The purpose of the Best Buy Teach Award program is to
reward schools for the successful interactive programs they have
launched using available technology. Please do not be
discouraged from applying if your school does not have the most
current equipment. Interested educators must begin the
electronic online application process by clicking on the
Register as an Applicant link.
Winners of Best Buy Teach Awards will be announced
March 2, 2009, online at
www.BestBuy.com/teach.
Best Buy Te@ch Awards - 9th grade initiative
Eligibility: Accredited non-profit public,
private, parochial, magnet and charter schools that
serve 9th grade students
Award: $10,000 (up to 15 awards)
Deadline: October 12, 2008 (submitted
online by 11:59 p.m. Eastern DST)
$10,000 Best Buy Teach Awards will be granted to up
to fifteen (15) schools serving 9th grade students that
display the greatest creativity in their
programs/projects and the clearest vision of how to
increase the school's use of interactive technology. The
emphasis on 9th grade classrooms aligns with Best Buy's
new @15™ philanthropic focus.
Interested educators must begin the electronic
online application process by clicking on the
Register as an Applicant link. Winners of
Best Buy Teach Awards will be announced
March 2, 2009, online at
www.BestBuy.com/teach.
Lowe's Toolbox for Education: K-12
projects
Eligibility: Public K-12 school
or parent group
Award: Up to $5,000 per school
Deadline: October 17, 2008
Increase parent involvement? Build stronger
community spirit? Create a new school tradition?
The ideas are endless. Whatever goals and dreams
you have for your school, Lowe's can help you
fulfill them!
There is a preference for funding requests that
have a permanent impact such as facility
enhancement (both indoor and outdoor) as well as
landscaping/clean up type projects. Projects
that encourage parent involvement and build
stronger community spirit will be favored.
The Fall 2008 cycle is now open. Click
here for information on submitting an
application.
Sylvan
Dell Publishing Resource Grant - Cross-curricular
learning
Eligibility: One elementary
school per district; open to every district in the United States
Award: One-year site license (value $599) providing unlimited
access to Sylvan Dell eBooks
Deadline:
Ongoing
This grant is for a free, one-year
(school year 2008/2009), site license (value $599) providing unlimited
access to all 35 (soon to be 45) Sylvan Dell eBooks, featuring
flipviewer technology with selectable English and Spanish text and
audio. The license can be used on all school computers and may be placed
on secure school websites, enabling students and their families to login
and have access from their homes.
All that is needed is broadband
internet access. The eBooks will display with Windows or Mac operating
systems and do not require special software, plug-ins or eBook reading
devices.
Click
here
for the online application.
Laura Bush
Foundation for America's Libraries - Gulf Coast School Library Recovery
Initiative
Eligibility: Schools
affected by the 2005 Hurricanes or
schools that are being built in the areas affected by the 2005
hurricanes
Awards: Amount varies
The
deadline for the next round of application has not been released as of
September 16, 2008. Please check the Laura Bush Foundation website for
information on the next deadline.
Many schools in the Gulf
Coast region were destroyed or severely damaged by the 2005 hurricanes,
and part of the destruction was the loss of the schools’ libraries.
As a response to Mrs. Bush’s concern for the students of these affected
schools, the Laura Bush Foundation established a special fund to help
re-establish the book collections for the school libraries. Click
here for on online application.
Student Achievement Grants - Improvement of academic achievement in
any subject area
Eligibility: Applicants must be
practicing U.S public school teachers in grades PreK–12, public school
education support professionals, or faculty or staff at public higher
education institutions
Deadline: Applications are accepted at
any time and are reviewed three times a year; the next deadline for
review is October 15, 2008 for notification
by January 15, 2009.
Awards: $5,000
The NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the
academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public
higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work
should engage students in critical thinking and problem
solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject
matter. The work should also improve students’ habits of inquiry,
self-directed learning, and critical reflection. Proposals
for work resulting in low-income and minority student success with
honors, advanced placement, or other challenging curricula are
particularly encouraged. For information on submission timelines,
grant restrictions, and application instructions, visit the
NEA Foundation website.
Goody's
Good Deeds for Schools -
PreK-12 Programs
Eligibility: PreK-12 Schools
Deadline: November 1, 2008
Eligibility: Must be located in a community where Goody's
stores are located
Funds: Fifty (50) $10,000 awards
Could your school use some help keeping up the good work? If so, then
Goody's would love to hear about it. Good Deeds for Schools
is a grant program designed to help schools pay for the things they
really need but can't afford through regular education funding.
With this program, Goody's will award $10,000 each to 50 schools in
communities where Goody's stores are located. Imagine your
classroom or school receiving a grant for $10,000 to spend on things
that were previously pipe dreams. Click
here
to begin the process of making your dreams for your school a reality.
Matching Book
Grant - Classroom Libraries
Eligibility: Elementary
Teachers/Librarians
Deadline: November 30, 2008 (EXTENSION)
Awards: Matching awards of up to
$20,000
The Literacy Empowerment
Foundation (LEF) has increased the size of the matching grants available
to $20,000.00 per school. A school can now order $40,000.00 worth of
books and pay only $20,000.00. (Any amount purchased from $100.00 to
$20,000.00 will be matched.) The Matching Book Grant Program offers
Guided Reading and Independent Reading Collections. Guided Reading
Collections consist of 6 copies each of 18 titles. Independent Reading
Collections consist of one copy each of 108 titles. With each set of
Guided Reading and/or Independent Reading Collections purchased at the
regular price, an additional set of your choice will be included free of
charge. No special screening or application required; click
here for a
list of collections and an online order form.