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At Calcasieu Teachers & Employees Credit Union we love our teachers! We know that teachers are always looking to pursue excellence in the classroom – but it can be expensive. That’s why we are excited to offer three $250 teacher classroom grants beginning in October 2019 and continuing through April 2020. Grants will be awarded to teaching staff for any qualified¹ school in Calcasieu Parish and will assist teachers with classroom needs.

About half way down there will be a variety of grants and additional information about Art funding.

Art funding $10,000-$100,000

How to Secure Funding for Your Social Impact Project

Adopt-A-Classroom is a nonprofit organization that pairs donors with teachers to raise money for their classroom needs. 100% of the funds received are made immediately available to the teacher through an online credit.

Celestron Optics is providing binoculars to classrooms participating in citizen-science projects. Whether you’re watching a bird feeder, going out on regular bird walks, or participating in a bio blitz, share with us how your students are scientists and what you could accomplish with a classroom set of binoculars. This grant will be distributed on a rolling basis until all binoculars have been distributed. Grant recipients will be selected at the end of each month. If you are a mini-grant recipient, you will be required to share your grant experience through the BirdSleuth Action Map.

The CITGO Fueling Education Sweepstakes

When students have better opportunities to learn, we all win. And during the Fueling Education “You Win/Teachers Win” Sweepstakes, you could win a $100 CITGO Gift Card and a $100 voucher for school supplies to share with a teacher of your choice.

Other opportunities range from $1,000 - $5,000

Farmers Insurance and Thank America's Teachers offers a way to show appreciation to America's teachers. Throughout the year, they will give away more than $1 million dollars in educational grants to teachers, supporting proposals and projects that can make a difference in the lives of students. This year, one-hundred and eighty teachers will receive $2,500 grants to fund their classroom projects, and six will be awarded $100,000 educational grants! To learn more about the program, thank a teacher, submit a proposal, or vote for a teacher click on the link.

Fund for Teachers provides grants to teachers that allow them to “pursue self-designed professional learning experiences.” Eligibility is open to PreK-12 teachers, who apply by submitting detailed descriptions of their proposed fellowships.

Award:$5,000 - $10,000 for educator teams

Grant Wrangler makes it easier for teachers, librarians, and parents to find funding, including grants and awards for arts, mathematics, science, history, and more.

The SPARK Grant-Finder Tool helps you locate funding for your Physical Education, After school, Early childhood or Coordinated School Health program. Grants can be used for curriculum, teacher training, or equipment.

Grants Alert shares information on educational funding opportunities that help our teachers and schools with free access to up-to-date announcements of corporate, state and federal funding opportunities.

Grants4Teachers is a complete online resource for information related to K-12 grants. Search for grants and sign up for their free weekly emailed newsletter for grant alerts.

Ideas and tools for ED Tech Leaders. Includes a Grants Calendar and Directory for 2013-2014.

Eligibility: schools
Award: $5,000 - $250,000
Deadline: quarterly cycles -
Feb 15, May 15, Aug 15, Nov 15

The Aetna Foundation focuses its grant-making on issues that improve health and the health care system in the following three areas: Obesity; Racial and Ethnic Health Care Equity; and Integrated Health Care.

Eligibility: schools & communities
Award: N/A
Deadline: Applications accepted between January 1 and October 31 annually

The goals of CVS Caremark is to ensure that students are not left behind in school. Proposed programs must be fully inclusive where children with disabilities are full participants in an early childhood, adolescent or teenage program alongside their typically developing peers.

Eligibility: schools & communities
Award: N/A
Deadlines: Annually February 1, May 1, August 1 (must be submitted no later than one month prior to the deadline.)

Thriving communities depend on self-sufficient, productive citizens. At Entergy, we believe that an essential element to healthy, thriving communities is creating an environment where every individual has basic reading and writing skills.

Eligibility: K-12 schools
Award: $500
Deadline: Annually March 15

The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers minigrants of $500 to schools and public libraries for programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children. Programs related to the work of Ezra Jack Keats are welcome, but not required.

Eligibility: K-12
Award: N/A
Deadline: N/A

The Halliburton Foundation makes direct donations to U.S.-based elementary and secondary schools and colleges and universities. Grant requests are reviewed on a quarterly basis.

Eligibility: K-12 schools, districts
Award: $20,000 - $60,000
Deadlines: Annually Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1, Nov 1

Grants are provided in the fields of youth education in the areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Eligibility: K-12 schools, libraries
Award: In kind donations of books, periodicals, and literacy resources
Deadline: Ongoing

Kids Need to Read provides books, periodicals, and literacy resources to schools, libraries, and other organizations that administer literacy programs to children and adolescents.

Eligibility: early education
Award: $500 to $5,000
Deadline: Grants awarded quarterly, submit proposals by April 15, July 15, Oct 15, and Jan 15

The Foundation awards grants for specific, identifiable needs primarily in areas that support early childhood education and development that is directly related to creativity, and technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities.

Eligibility: libraries
Award: $500-$3000
Deadline: Annually June

The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation, Inc., annually awards grants for purchasing books published for young people (PK-12). Grants range from $500 to $3000 and are specifically for children's book purchases.

Award: Not specified
Deadline: Rolling

The Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust makes grants to librarians who "promote the free reading of teenagers.

Eligibility: Title 1 Schools - Grades 1-5
Award: Magic Tree House books and Fact Trackers
Deadline: Rolling

The Gift of Books program provides teachers at eligible schools with books and learning aids for their classrooms. Schools may request books for multiple classrooms within the school, as long as the participating teachers sign a letter of commitment to implement the projects in their classrooms.

Award: $500+
Deadline: Rolling

The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation seeks to fund projects that directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, childhood health, and family economic stability.

Eligibility: K-12
Award: $500
Deadline: Annually Jan 15, Apr 15, Oct 15

The foundation supports activities designed by teachers to implement, support, or improve their ability to provide quality music education for their students.

Eligibility: K-12 Title I
Award: $1000-$12,000
Deadline: February - annually

The Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation’s mission is to redefine and support music education. Music Matters Grants for 2010 will focus on educational reform in school music programs and independent music programs.

Eligibility: K-12
Award: various
Deadline: Annually Feb. 1, June 1, Oct. 15

The NEA Foundation supports new ideas and practices to strengthen teaching and learning. Their goal is to fund and share successful strategies to educate and prepare children for bright and rewarding futures.

Eligibility: Pre K-6 classrooms
Award: $50 - $150
Deadline: ongoing

Pet Care Trust seeks to support pets or aquariums in the classroom for the purpose of teaching children to bond with and care for their pets responsibly.

Eligibility: K-12 classroom teachers, schools
Award: $500 for 10 hours of volunteering per employee once a year
Deadline: Submit forms by March 31st of current year
Forms may be downloaded here.

PPG Give is a grants incentive program to encourage PPG employee and retiree involvement in volunteerism.

Eligibility: K-12 schools
Award: Varies
Deadline: April 15 Annually

The Snapdragon Book Foundation provides funds to improve school libraries for disadvantaged children.

Eligibility: K-12 schools
Award: $2,000
Deadline: annually between Mar 1 and Apr 30

The Arts, Culture & Design Grants provide funding for in-school arts programs that enhance students' classroom curricula by bringing the arts and cultural experiences to schools, such as in-school performances, artist-in-residency programs and workshops in schools.

Eligibility: K-12 schools
Award: $2,000
Deadline: annually between Mar 1 and Apr 30

The Early Childhood Reading Grants provide funds to support programs such as after-school reading events and weekend book clubs. Target funds programs that foster a love of reading and encourage young children, preschool through third grade, to read together with their families.

Eligibility: K-12
Award: $100 - $5,000
Deadline: unspecified

The foundation provides support for projects that encourage and foster creative expression in any musical form; music education; and programs which benefit disenfranchised groups.

Eligibility: K-5 classroom teachers
Award: up to $1,000
Deadline: October 1 Annually
 
Eligibility: 6-12
Award: more than $5000
Deadlines: Aug 1 Annually
 
All other grade 6-12 requests (less than $5,000) are evaluated on a rolling basis.
The foundation encourages projects with potential for improving classroom teaching and learning in science and mathematics. The foundation strongly encourages projects planned by individual teachers or teams of teachers for their own classrooms.