| School Grant Spotlight
 
                    
Educators and parent groups have less than three weeks  to apply for $2,000 to $5,000 grants from the Lowe's Small Toolbox for Education grant program. The focus for the 2017–2018 funding cycle is school improvement centered on one of four areas: technology upgrades, STEM programs, facilities improvements and safety enhancements. The program, funded through the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation, has provided more than $54 million to schools to date. Over the last 12 funding cycles, more than 12,000 schools have received funding from the foundation. For this year's funding cycle, there will be a maximum of 1,500 applications accepted, so it's possible the grant program will close sooner than its formal deadline of Sept. 29. Complete application details can be found at toolboxforeducation.com.More
 
 
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                    The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee has unanimously approved a funding bill for fiscal year 2018 that includes $68.3 billion in discretionary funding for the United States Department of Education, a $29 million increase over the previous year's budget.More
 
                    
                       Upcoming K–12 Grants
    
    Sponsor: Lowe's Charitable and Educational FoundationAward: $2,000 to $5,000
 Number of Awards: Maximum of 1,500
 Application Deadline: Sept. 29
    
    Sponsor: Project Learning TreeAward: Two categories: Up to $1,000
 Number of Awards: Not specified
 Application Deadline: Sept. 30
    
    Sponsor: Constellation EnergyAward: Two categories: $25,000 for grades 6–12, $50,000 for college and university
 Number of Awards: Not specified (historically 12 to 17 per year)
 Application Deadline: Oct. 1
    
    Sponsor: Toshiba America FoundationAward: Two categories: $1,000
 Number of Awards: Not specified
 Application Deadline: Oct. 1
    
    Sponsor: Toshiba America FoundationAward: 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; Nov. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000
    
    Sponsor: SparkFunAward: STEM/STEAM-releated prize packages, event and team sponsorships and other types of support
 Number of Awards: Varies
 Application Deadline: Ongoin: third Thursday of each month; awards announced on the last business day of each month
    
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 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."
    
    Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
    
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