Grant Title |
Funding Amount |
Due Date |
Summary |
| Airborne Teacher Trust Fund |
$10,000 |
Ongoing |
Currently, the Airborne Teacher Trust Fund invites proposals for art and music programs that schools aren't able to fund. |
Allstate Foundation |
Varies |
Ongoing
|
Supports tolerance, diversity and inclusion; safe and vital communities; and economic empowerment
|
America the Beautiful Fund |
Free Seeds |
Ongoing |
Receive 100-2000 free flower, vegetable and herb seed packets to plant gardens. (small shipping & handling fee)
|
American Honda Foundation |
$20,000-$60,000 |
Rolling |
Supports K-12 education projects that are imaginative, scientific, & creative.
|
Bank of the West |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Supports basic skills education, after-school tutoring and mentoring, literacy & library program, arts and sciences.
|
Baseball Tomorrow |
Varies |
Rolling |
Requires a letter of inquiry
|
Best Buy Teach Awards |
Varies |
Applications availabe July 2009 |
Rewards schools that use technology to engage students
|
| Books Across America |
$1,000 |
Ongoing |
The National Education Assoication Foundation is seeking applications for its Books Across America. The program helps schools with economically disadvantaged students purchase books for their school libraries. Applicants must be pre-k-12 librarian, teacher or education support professional; at least 70 percent of students must be eligible for free or reduced lunch. |
California Fertilizer Foundation School Garden Program |
$1,200 |
June 15th of each year |
Supports awareness and understanding of plant nutrients and agriculture in California
|
California Pizza Kitchen |
Tours, Student of the Month Certificates & pizza passes |
Ongoing |
Offers restaurant tours, contact the CPK manager for complete details.
|
Coca Cola Foundation |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Drop-out prevention and/or supports access to exercise, physical activity and nutritional education programs, programs that motivate behavior modification, and programs that encourage lifestyle/behavioral changes
|
Corning Foundation |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Supports community service programs for students, curriculum enrichment, student scholarships, facility improvement and instructional technology projects for the classroom.
|
Disney Minnie Grants |
$500 |
Ongoing |
Minnie grants supports youth (5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community.
|
Educational Foundation of America |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Applicants are required to send an Inquiry form. Visit website for complete details.
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
Varies |
12/18/09 |
Supports environmental education.
|
Ford Motor Company Fund |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Commitment to innovative K-12 education, dedicated to projects creating enriching education opportunities, especially in the areas of science, engineering, math and business.
|
GTECH Corporation
Architects of Gaming |
Equipment |
Ongoing |
Awards of $15,000 in computers for a computer lab within an existing after school program.
|
Healthy Sprouts Award |
Supplies |
10/17/09 |
Simple online application, must demonstrate relationship between the garden program and nutrition and hunger issues. This grant comes around every October.
|
Hilton Hotels Corporation
|
Varies |
Ongoing |
Supports K-12 education
Click on giving link and then application for complete details. |
Kids in Need Foundation |
$200 to $500 |
May apply online between July 15th and Sept. 30 of each year |
Designed for K-12 classroom teachers who have innovative, meritorious ideas.
|
Leo Buscaglia Foundation
|
Varies |
January, May and September of each year |
Organizations seeking funding must demonstrate how their project will encourage the spirit of giving; specifically by showing how those individuals being helped will go on to help others. |
LOWE’S Education Foundation |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Will consider large scale requests and looks for support from local store and district management.
|
Mazda Foundation |
Vaires |
Accepts applications from May 1st through July 1st of each year. |
Supports technology, reading, professional development, and mathematics, Language Arts, Social Studies and Science.
|
The Melody Program
Mr. Holland's Opus
Foundation |
10,000 |
Ongoing |
Funds are for instrument repair and acquisition of new instruments.
|
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
$3,000 |
11/2/07 |
Purpose of this grant is to create (grades 7-12) lessons to increase mathematics content knowledge.
|
NEA Foundation
Learning & Leadership |
$2,000-$5,000 |
Rolling |
Funds individual’s participation in high-quality professional development experiences.
|
NEA Foundation
Student Achievement Grant |
$5,000 |
Rolling |
Supports programs or projects to improve the academic achievement of Pre K-12 students.
|
NEA FOUNDATION
BOOKS ACROSS AMERICA LIBRARY BOOKS |
$1,000 |
11/12/07 |
The NEA Foundation supports the purchase of books for school libraries serving economically disadvantaged students. |
| Oracle Education Foundation |
Equipment |
4/2/08 |
The foundation provides its ThinkQuest program for students 9-19 years to connect studies worldwide and engage them in project based learning using technology.Students must work together to create Web sites on education topics. |
Pay It Forward Foundation |
$500 |
Ongoing |
Mini-grants designed to fund service oriented projects identified by children to benefit the youth’s school, neighborhood, or community.
|
| NIKE FOUNDATION |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Focuses on programs that support youth and physical activity-whether it's soccer or basketball camp, passion of dance or jumping rope. |
PG&E Charitable Contributions Program |
$1,000-$25,000 |
Ongoing |
Pre-school to grade 12 for teacher training, after-school programs, and safety programs.
|
Plus Vision Corporation “Education Spotlight” |
Equipment |
Ongoing |
This program will awards one multimedia projector and electronic copy board. Easy online application.
|
| "Remember Me" Rose Garden |
Rose Bushes |
12/15/07 |
Presented by the National Gardening Association to help schools establish gardens to honor the lives of thos who perished during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The goal is to teach students skills to seek and achieve fair and peaceful solutions. |
S.H. Cowell Foundation |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Supports student achievement and parent and community involvement. Suggests applicants call foundation to discuss project idea.
|
SAM’S Club Foundation
Good Neighbor Environmental Grant |
$500 |
Ongoing |
Supports projects such as environmental education, recycling, planting of trees and shrubs, pollution control and clean air/water efforts.
* Requires applicants to see community involvement coordinator at the local SAM’s Club.
|
Staples Foundation for Learning |
Varies |
Rolling |
Provides funding to programs that support or provide job skills and/or education for all people, with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth.
|
Starbucks California Giving Program |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Projects must be designed to nurture children in California.
|
State Farm Insurance |
Varies |
Rolling |
Grants for K-12 school programs that improve student achievement as they apply to service learning programs.
|
| Target Field Trip Grants |
$1,000 |
11/1/07 |
Field trips may involve going to mseums;trips relating to environmental or science projects; outings for artistic and cultural experiences; taking part in civics or community service projects. Teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified school staff may submit online applications |
Target Supporting Education in Arts & Reading |
$1,000- $3,000 |
Ongoing |
Target particularly focuses on reading programs that inspire the youngest of readers (birth through 3rd grade). Target supports school touring groups, field trips to the theater symphony, or artist workshops at schools.
|
Teaching Tolerance Grants |
$2,000 |
Ongoing |
Supports K-12 projects that combat hate, intolerance, and discrimination through education.
|
| TOMMY HILFIGER FOUNDATION |
$10,000-$25,000 |
4/1 & 10/1 yearly |
Believes for America to remain competitive in the marketplas, a stronger emphasis should be placed on experiences in education and career-relate opportunities preparing students for today's global society. |
Toshiba America |
$5,000 |
Ongoing |
Supports math, science and technology. No equipment purchases allowed.
|
| Toyota TAPESTRY Grant |
$10,000 |
1/28/08 |
Toyota Motor Sales and the National Science Foundation offers grants to middle and high school teachers who teach at least two science classes a day and elementary teachers who teach at least some science in the classroom. |
Vulcan Materials Company Foundation |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Focus is on proposals designed to help maintain student’s curiosity and excitement about the world of math and science and explore the world of industry and business.
|
Verizon Foundation |
$5,000-$10,000 |
Ongoing |
Focus is on literacy, workforce development, and community technology development.
|
| VONS (Safeway) |
Varies |
Ongoing |
No specific focus
|
Walgreen’s |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Supports health and education such as one on one tutoring.
|
Wal-Mart |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Supports Education
*Requires applicants to see community involvement coordinator at the local SAM’s Club.
|
Washington Mutual |
$10,000 |
Ongoing |
Focus is on professional development for K-12 teachers and principals and school improvement strategies.
|
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Youth in Education Program |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Focus is on innovation, supporting new ideas about how to engage students in learning new ways to bring together community-based systems that promote learning.
|
Wells Fargo |
Varies |
Ongoing |
Funds K-12 academic achievement for low and moderate income students in math, science, literacy or history of the American West.
|
| Youth at the Center |
$2,000 |
11/30/07 |
Youth Service America (YSA) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice are offering $2,000 grants to help youth in addressing the world's most pressing social issues, such as climate change, hunger, disease, nutrition, literacy, disaster relief, poverty and more |
