Upcoming Events & Funding Opportunities (Week of Sept. 12, 2016)

Upcoming K–12 Grants

  • Lowe's Toolbox for Education

    Sponsor: Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
    Award: $5,000
    Number of Awards: Up to 1,000
    Qualification: Public schools only
    Application Deadline: Sept. 26
  • Project Learning Tree GreenWorks Grants 2016

    Sponsor: Project Learning Tree
    Award: $1,000
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Sept. 30
  • TAF Project-Based Learning Grants for Grades K–5

    Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
    Award: Two categories: Up to $1,000
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Oct. 1
  • NEA Learning & Leadership Grants

    Sponsor: National Education Association
    Award: $2,000 to $5,000
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Oct. 15
  • NEA Student Achievement Grants

    Sponsor: National Education Association
    Award: $2,000 to $5,000
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Oct. 15
  • SaveOnEnergy.com Teacher Grant

    Sponsor: SaveOnEnergy.com
    Award: $500
    Number of Awards: 6
    Application Deadline: Oct. 21
  • AIAA Foundation Classroom Grant

    Sponsor: AIAA Foundation (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
    Award: $250
    Number of Awards: Not specified (up to two grants per educator per year)
    Qualification: Teacher submitting proposal must be AIAA member (Educator Associate membership is free and includes other benefits); homeschool clubs of 25 or more students also eligible
    Application Deadline: Nov. 16 (submission period opens Oct. 1)
  • Verizon Innovative Learning app challenge

    Sponsor: Verizon
    Award: $5,000 plus technology for state-level winners; $15,000 additional cash, plus travel and support, for national winners
    Number of Awards: 102 state-level winners (one middle school and one high school team from each state, plus DC); nine national winners (four middle school and four high school, plus one "fan favorite" based on public voting)
    Application Deadline: Nov. 18
  • TAF Project-Based Learning Grants for Grades 6–12

    Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
    Award: Two categories: Up to $5,000 and more than $5,000
    Number of Awards: Not specified
    Application Deadline: Up to $5,000 awarded on a rolling basis; Feb. 1, 2017 deadline for applications for more than $5,000
  • Academic Enrichment Grants

    Sponsor: McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
    Award: $30,000 maximum ($10,000 over three years)
    Number of Awards: Not specified (five awarded last year)
    Application Deadline: April 15, 2017 (submissions open Jan. 15, 2017)
  • Teacher Development Grants

    Sponsor: McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
    Award: $30,000 maximum ($10,000 over three years)
    Number of Awards: Not specified (two awarded last year)
    Application Deadline: April 15, 2017 (submissions open Jan. 15, 2017)
  • Adopt a Classroom

    Deadline: Ongoing
  • Brinker International Grants

    Deadline: Ongoing
  • Brown Rudnick Community Grants

    Deadline: Ongoing
  • Corning Foundation Grants

    Deadline: Ongoing
  • DonorsChoose.org

    Deadline: Ongoing
  • Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants


    Deadline: Ongoing
    Award: No more than 10 percent of an organization's annual operating expenses or 25 percent of the total budget for the project being funded; awards have ranged from the hundreds to the millions of dollars.
    Number of Awards: Varies
    Qualification: Project should "directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, family economic stability (including microfinance) and childhood health."
  • Naiku Innovative Teacher Grant

    Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
  • Sony Grants for Education

    Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)

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