Tools for Teachers

Current Education Grants and Resources

 

Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education Launch Fourth Annual Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge for K-12 Students

Deadline:  March 15, 2012

The Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge invites students in the U.S. to team up with classmates under teacher/mentors to solve environmental problems in their school (grades K-5), community (grades 6-8), and world (grades 9-12).

http://www.wecanchange.com/

 

National Gardening Association: Subaru Healthy Sprouts Awards 

Deadline:  October 1, 2011

The National Gardening Association (NGA) is dedicated to promoting home, school, and community gardening as a means to renew and sustain the essential connections between people, plants, and the environment. The NGA Subaru Healthy Sprouts Awards support school and youth garden programs throughout the country that use gardens to teach youth about the environment, nutrition, and the issue of hunger in the United States. Fifty programs will receive a $500 gift certificate from the Gardening with Kids catalog as well as lessons and literature from NGA. Applicants must plan to garden in 2012 with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years. The application deadline is October 1, 2011. Application guidelines and forms are available at:  http://www.kidsgardening.org/grants/2011-subaru-healthy-sprouts-award

Lowe’s Toolbox for Education K-12 Public School Improvement Projects

Deadline: October 14, 2011

Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to U.S. public K-12 schools or affiliated parent groups working to improve their schools through facility enhancement, cleanup programs, and projects to encourage parent involvement and community spirit…. http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/

 

Target Accepting Applications for K-12 Field Trip Grants Program

Deadline: October 3, 2011

Over five thousand grants of up to $700 are available to education professionals employed by K-12 schools in the United States to bring students to museums, historical sites, and cultural organizations….
http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031880

 

UnitedHealth HEROES Grants

Deadline: October 17, 2011

The UnitedHealth HEROES program is a service-learning, health literacy initiative that awards grants to help youth, ages 5-25, create and implement local, hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. The grants encourage semester-long projects that launch on MLK Day of Service  and culminate on Global Youth Service Day. Schools, service-learning coordinators, non-profits, and students in the health professions located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply for the $500 – $1,000 grants. Learn more at www.YSA.org/HEROES

 

FirstEnergy Math, Science, and Technology Education Grants in New Jersey

Deadline:  Monday, September 19, 2011

FirstEnergy Corp.’s New Jersey operating company — Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) — is offering math, science, and technology grants to educators and youth group leaders.  The grants of up to $500 each are available to teachers in pre-K through grade 12 to support classroom projects and teacher development initiatives.

Any creative project dealing with math, science, and technology is eligible. Preference will be given to projects that focus on electricity and electricity production; improve, advance, and enrich student learning; are flexible and appropriate for the targeted stage of student development; range from formative ideas that explore learning concepts to fully tested models ready to be adopted and disseminated; and enable networking, mentoring, interdisciplinary, or team-teaching as well as teacher training and professional development.  Find out more…


KaBOOM! Let’s Play Spruce Grants

Deadline: September 15, October 15, November 15, 2011

With support from Dr Pepper Snapple Group, KaBOOM! will be awarding grants of $750 each to communities this year who wish to make their playgrounds cleaner, safer and more inviting. Communities must demonstrate that they have maintained their playspace and they have led an improvement project in the last 60 days. Communities that demonstrate this will receive a $750 gift card to further enhance or improve their playspace. http://bit.ly/qNmqCs

 

Light Up A Landmark for Lights On Afterschool Contest

Deadline: September 23, 2011

Thanks to longtime afterschool champion jcpenney, afterschool programs have another reason to get revved up for Lights On Afterschool this October 20: Tell us what you can light up for your Lights On Afterschool celebration and you may win up to $5,000! Start by registering for Lights On Afterschool and using the Event Planning Kit Eleven event winners will be selected nationwide: one Megawatt award winner: $5,000 and ten Spotlight award winners: $1,000. http://bit.ly/ouOxGF

 

The Global Green USA’s Green School Makeover Competition

Deadline: September 30, 2011

Would you like to give your school a ‘Green School makeover’? If so, Global Green USA wants to hear about it! To enter ‘The Global Green USA’s Green School Makeover Competition’, work on an essay with a teacher, a parent, or your school’s PTA. The winner of the contest will win the grand prize, a $65,000 ‘Global Green USA Green Makeover’ for their school. Global Green USA will also award four finalists $2,500 to be used on green projects within their school. http://bit.ly/mxlHiY 

 

Home Depot Community Impact Grants Program

Deadline: October 31, 2011

Proposals for the following community improvement activities will be considered: repairs, refurbishments, and modifications to low-income and/or transitional housing or community facilities, weatherizing or increasing energy efficiency of low-income and/or transitional housing or community facilities; planting trees or community gardens and/or landscaping community facilities; and development of community parks or green spaces. Grants of up to $5,000 are made in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services. http://bit.ly/eIis5T

 

 

For More Grants Information

GrantStation - An online funding resource for organizations seeking grants throughout the  world. Providing access to a comprehensive online database of grantmakers, as well as  other valuable tools, GrantStation can help your organization make smarter, better-informed fundraising decisions.www.grantstation.com

GrantWrangler - A free grants listing service that helps teachers find classroom grants for school funding.www.grantwrangler.com
YouthToday Grants Today - A national source for news, views and important developments in the youth  service field from a nonprofit organization.  www.youthtoday.org/grants.cfm

 

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Funding Opportunities -  Information on current funding opportunities in the service-learning and national service communities

www.servicelearning.org/funding-opportunities

 

Grants Alert - A website dedicated to making life a little easier for those who devote their time to searching for education grants and identifying new funding opportunities for their organizations, schools, districts, consortia and state education agencies. www.grantsalert.com 


Programs of Interest

Make Service Count Challenge:

Students, groups or entire schools can earn recognition for community service projects between October 15, 2011 and April 15, 2012.  For more information:  www.sianj.com.

Teachers Who Can Help

The following 4th grade Teachers (T) and Media Specialists (MS) are willing to share their experience with new teachers in the program.  Please feel free to email them for advice or to ask questions about implementing the program in your school or classroom.