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1 | California State Grants: | https://www.grants.ca.gov/ | Updated 9/21/23 | |||
2 | CA Department of Education Grants: | https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/ | ||||
3 | US Department of Education Grants: | https://www.grants.gov/web/grants | ||||
4 | Highlighted grants are local. Please check all links to ensure accuracy of dates. | |||||
5 | Funder with Link Embedded | Focus Area | Description | Amount | Due Date | Status |
6 | Mobil Beacon | Equity, internet access | Mobile Beacon wants to put the power of unlimited, anytime/anywhere internet access into the hands of nonprofits, schools, healthcare organizations, and libraries creating change. We believe community organizations play an essential role in making their communities more digitally inclusive, and we want to empower you with the resources you need to make that happen. You know the members of your community best, so our Wi-Fly Lending Launch Kit will give you the tools you need to harness the power of the internet and get it into the hands of those who need it the most.
If you’re ready to create a digital inclusion program in your community that will really soar, apply below. | Products and services valued at $10,000 | 9/30/2023 | New! simple application! |
7 | Teaching Garden Grant | School Garden | The American Heart Association is calling all schools and educational facilities interested in connecting children to gardens, addressing food access concerns in their neighborhoods, supporting health, nutrition, and environmental stewardship to be a part of our mission by joining our new Teaching Gardens Network. | $1,000 | 9/30/2023 | |
8 | P Buckley Moss Foundation | Arts with Learning Differences | The P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children’s Education offers grants to support new or evolving programs that integrate the arts into educational programming. The purpose is to aid and support teachers who desire to use the arts in teaching children who learn differently. The grant supports teachers in establishing or maintaining an effective learning tool using the visual arts within the school day. Projects must take place within schools serving all children, including students who learn differently. | $1,000 | 9/30/2023 | |
9 | 3rd Grade Cabbage Grant Program | Garden | Bonnie Plants distributes free cabbage plants to third graders across the country (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) to foster an interest in gardening and the environment. Students each get their own cabbage plant to take care of and harvest. These cabbages have oversized heads, making the process even more exciting for children. | equipment | 9/30/2023 | |
10 | Chef Ann Foundation | Healthy Food | Chef Ann Foundation’s Get Schools Cooking is an intensive three year assessment and strategic planning program that provides schools with the operational knowledge to transition from a heat and serve to scratch cook operational model. Program targeted outcomes include: increased knowledge surrounding scratch cooking, implementing operational changes to support scratch cooking, and support for districts working towards a scratch cooked meal program centered around fresh and whole foods. Eligible applicants must meet the following criteria: be firmly committed to working towards a scratch-cooked and fresh whole foods approach to their meal programs, demonstrate support for improvement from district leadership, participate in the National School Lunch Program, and run a self-operated food service program | Awards vary | 9/30/2023 | |
11 | Pitch in for Baseball and Softball | Sports equipment | Equipment grants for baseball and softball. | Equipment | 9/30/2023 | Funds expended for 2023 |
12 | Directing Change | Mental Health and Wellness | The Directing Change Program engages students to learn about suicide prevention, mental health and other critical health and social justice topics by creating short films and art projects that are used to support awareness, education, and advocacy efforts across the state, in their communities, and on their campuses. This free and evaluated program has been implemented in California schools for 10 years. | $1,500 | 9/30/2023 | |
13 | Classics for Kids | Musical Instruments | If your school or non-profit organization believes in the role of fine instruments in your program, and can show evidence of need and commitment to raising matching funds, you are a strong candidate for the Classics for Kids matching grant program. | $500 to $2,500 | 9/30/2023 | Available! |
14 | E2 Energy to Educate Grants | STEM | Grants fund projects designed to enhance students’ understanding of science and technology and to inspire them to think differently about energy. Successful projects should be hands-on, engage at least 100 students, and align with one of three energy knowledge and innovation focus areas: Smart Home, Electrification, and Clean Energy and Zero Waste. | $25,000 | 10/1/2023 | Available! |
15 | Arts - Teacher Resource Grants | Arts | Alum Rock, Belmont, Cabrillo, East Palo Alto, Franklin/McKinley, Menlo Park, Mountain View/Whisman, Pescadero, Redwood City, San Carlos | $500 | 10/1/2023 | Available! |
16 | Early Math - Teacher Resource Grants | Early Math | Infant, toddler, and preschool teachers in programs serving low-income families and public school teachers of grades TK-3 in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Limit of 3 grants per site for TK-3 schools, and all other sites will depend on classroom size; one grant per teacher each year. | $500 | 10/1/2023 | Available! |
17 | Environmental Science - Teacher Resource Grants | Environmental Science | Any TK-12 grade teacher working at a low-income (as determined by Title 1 status or percentage of students eligible for Free and Reduced-Price Lunch) public school in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Santa Clara, San Francisco or San Mateo County is eligible to apply. | $500 | 10/1/2023 | Available! |
18 | Science Resource - Teacher Resource Grants | Science | Any TK-12 grade teacher working at a low-income public school in Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, or Santa Clara County is eligible to apply. | $500 | 10/1/2023 | Available! |
19 | Project Green Challenge | Environmental Education | Project Green Challenge is a 30-day global challenge for high school and college students. Daily, environmentally themed challenges provide students with mentorship, advocacy, and leadership skills. Participants are challenged every day for 30 days to contribute to a healthy and thriving planet. Daily challenges consist of four levels, which must be completed in order, with the easiest challenge (Green Level) completed first. Students may participate individually or in teams of up to four students per school. Only students who are enrolled in a public, private, or charter high school, college, graduate school, or home schooled and are residents of the United States are eligible to win daily prizes and be selected as a finalist. Challenges must be submitted online. | $5,000 | 10/1/2023 | |
20 | Herb Society of America | Garden | Grants of $300 to classroom teachers of grades three through six to create a school garden for educational purposes. Elementary classrooms with fifteen students or more may apply. Funding is intended to encourage an interest in gardening. The gardens may be indoor or outdoor. The purpose of the grants is to ensure that elementary school teachers continue teaching students about herbs. In addition to plants, grant funds may be used for supplies such as soil, plants trays, containers, child or youth sized tools, etc. | $300 | 10/1/2023 | |
21 | Literacy for Life | Agriculture Education | The Literacy for Life grants, sponsored by the Oreggia Family Foundation, are designed to help initiate new projects or expand existing ones that promote agricultural literacy. Grants of up to $500 are provided to California K-12 educators to support the integration of agriculture into regular classroom instruction. | $500 | 10/1/2023 | |
22 | Toshiba Teacher Grants: K-5 | STEM | Grants For Grades K - 5 Do you teach in an elementary school classroom? Do you have an innovative idea for improving Science, technology, engineering and math learning in your classroom? Is your idea project based learning with measurable outcomes? What do you need to make learning math and science fun for your students? K-5 grade teachers are invited to apply on-line for a Toshiba America Foundation grant of not more than $1,000 to help bring an innovative project into their own classroom. | $1,000 | 10/1/2023 | |
23 | Karma for Cara | Service | The Karma for Cara Foundation seeks to support young people throughout the U.S. in their efforts to contribute to society and help repair the world through volunteerism and community service. The Foundation's Microgrant Program provides youth, age 18 and under, with grants of between $250 and $1,000 to complete service projects in their communities. | $1,000 | 10/1/2023 | |
24 | Arts Ed Connect | Arts | 2023- 2024 The ArtsEdConnect partnership of the Santa Clara County Office of Education and SVCreates is pleased to announce that through the generosity of the Warmenhoven Family Foundation and the County of Santa Clara, arts education grants will be awarded again this school year. The ArtsEdConnect program awards grants to teachers in public and charter schools in Santa Clara County to support and encourage arts education in our schools. The grants are available to take students on arts field trips, bring artists into the classrooms, fund student performances, and create various art projects that foster creativity, innovation exploration, self-expression, and social and emotional learning. This year, we have three options: (1) Arts Experiences Grant – up to $2,500 per teacher, (2) Arts Materials and Supplies Grant – up to $500 per teacher, and (3) Arts Experiences & Materials Grant – up to $3,000 per teacher. Applications will be accepted between: SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 - OCTOBER 10, 2023. A single teacher may apply for a grant in their classroom or a group of teachers may apply for a joint arts experience. Educators from all levels and content areas are invited to create projects that support stand-alone arts experiences in the five arts disciplines (music, visual art, media art, dance, theater) or integrate science, technology, history, literature or social sciences with the arts. For more information about the grants and eligibility, and to apply, please visit: www.sccoe.org/arts/artsedconnect | Up to $3,000 | 10/10/2023 | AVAILABLE! |
25 | Young Arts | High school artists | Grants for young artists between the ages of 15 and 18 to earn up to $10,000 and receive recognition and support in performing, visual, or literary arts. The ten categories are: Writing, Design Arts, Visual Arts, Theater, Photography, Voice, Jazz, Film, Classical Music, and Dance. Writing encompasses creative nonfiction, novel, play or script, poetry, short story, and spoken word. Design Arts accepts portfolios in architecture, interior, product, graphic, and fashion design. | $10,000 | 10/14/2023 | |
26 | Hungry for Music | Music Education | Deadline is for Title I schools: Hungry for Music collects and distributes musical instruments, including brass, woodwinds, strings, electronic keyboards, drums, and other percussion instruments, as well as amps and accessories. Grants invite teachers to request donations of specific instruments for students. There are two teacher application periods, with one for music teachers in innovative after-school music programs and one from teachers in Title I schools with students who cannot afford musical instruments and would benefit from learning/improving instrumental music skills. In most cases, instruments are used and have been donated to Hungry for Music, which repairs them as needed. The application form requires the specific instrument and an explanation of the request. | Instruments | 10/15/2023 | |
27 | D’Addario Foundation | Music | The Foundation provides monetary and product support to high-quality sustainable music instruction programs on the frontline to improve access to music education. We support programs that bring music back into communities and schools and get kids playing as early and as frequently as possible. The D'Addario Foundation believes in the transformative power of music and that mentoring and building communities through music can positively affect social change. | Equipment | 10/15/2023 | |
28 | Justin J Watt Foundation | Middle School Sports uniforms and equipment | The Justin J. Watt Foundation is dedicated to providing afterschool opportunities for middle school-aged children throughout the U.S. to become involved in athletics so that they may learn the character traits of accountability, teamwork, leadership, work ethic, and perseverance while in a safe and supervised environment with their peers. Funding for uniforms and/or equipment is provided to approved schools that have an after-school athletic program for 6th to 8th graders and where over 60% of students are eligible for the Free/Reduced Lunch program. Schools must provide a secure place to store uniforms and equipment, as well as staff, transportation, and space for the after-school program. | Equipment | 10/15/2023 | |
29 | Bee Grant | Bee hive | The Bee Grant program allows for a school or non-profit organization to receive support for an educational live bee program. The purpose of this grant is to bring live bees to campuses across the country to engage students in pollinator education, enhance STEAM skills, and develop a life-time love of conservation and environmental stewardship. In addition to live bees hives, grant recipients receive curriculums, lesson plans, and other educational materials to bring the classroom into the heart of the hive! | Awards vary | 10/15/2023 | |
30 | Tanger: TangerKids Grant Program | Learning Environments | Through our TangerKids Grant program we invite teachers and leaders in education to request funding to help enhance programs and better serve students. From modernizing literature and libraries, to purchasing adaptive and more inclusive equipment, the grants awarded through the TangerKids Grant Program allows students and teachers access to the resources needed to succeed in today’s classroom. Phone: 336.856.6100 Email: support@tangeroutlets.com Description: TangerKIDS Grants provide funding for school programs that meet Tanger’s goal of supporting education, students’ futures, and fun in learning environments. Funding priorities include creating and implementing school-wide programs; purchasing new equipment or refurbishing existing equipment; increasing academic materials; and supporting athletic teams, band programs, and academic clubs. Teaching resources, uniforms, garden projects, special programs, and technology or related educational tools are also eligible for funding. Previous grants have supported purchase of a cloud-based subscription to a music composition curriculum that enhances students’ ability to compose music; creation of a reading sanctuary with 13 different book collections; improvements to an existing butterfly garden; creation of vegetable gardens and a bird-habitat area; acquisition of stability balls for seating to promote focus, posture, and movement; and purchase of costumes and props for a local dance competition. Eligible applicants are prekindergarten through grade 12 teachers, guidance counselors, principals, and other school employees in schools located near Tanger Outlet Centers in the United States. Applications must be submitted using the online system. Eligibility: Public, Private, Charter Award(s): Grants up to $2,500 are awarded. Deadline(s): Applications are accepted August 14 through October 15, 2023. Focus: Academic/Early Career Research, Facilities/Maintenance, General Education, Sports/Esports/Recreation, Technology Equipment/Devices Grade Level(s): PreK, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 Content Area(s): Arts, Physical Education State(s): National | $2,500 | 10/15/2023 | New! |
31 | CA PTA Cultural Arts | Cultural Arts | The California State Parent Teacher Association (PTA) annually awards Cultural Arts Grants for student-centered cultural arts programs focused on quality arts education. The programs and projects should focus on expanding the students’ awareness and appreciation of the field of cultural arts or enriching and enhancing arts education programs. Program examples include performing arts assemblies, arts communications brochures, demonstrations, storytellers, read-a-thons, and docents. Eligible applicants are a unit, council, or district PTA in good standing in California. | $500 - $2,000 | 10/15/2023 | Available! |
32 | CA PTA Parent Education | Parent Education | The California State Parent Teacher Association (PTA) annually awards Parent Education grants. Eligible applicants must be a unit, council, or district PTA in good standing in California. | $500 - $2,000 | 10/15/2023 | Available! |
33 | CA PTA Outreach Translation | Translation | The California State Parent Teacher Association (PTA) annually awards Outreach Translation Grants to translate PTA written materials and oral presentations in an effort to involve every member of the school community. Program grant possibilities include translating written materials into other languages, providing translations at meetings and events, offering school community activities, enhancing partnerships, and engaging non-English speaking families. Eligible applicants must be a unit, council, or district PTA in good standing in California. | $500 - $2,000 | 10/15/2023 | Available! |
34 | CA PTA Healthy Lifestyles | Health | The California State Parent Teacher Association (PTA) annually awards Healthy Lifestyles Grants to develop, promote, and implement programs, projects, and activities that will improve the overall health of children and adults. Grant program possibilities include classes, health fairs, awareness events, walking and running programs, sun safety initiatives, and depression awareness efforts. Eligible applicants must be a unit, council, or district PTA in good standing in California. | $500 - $2,000 | 10/15/2023 | Available! |
35 | D’Addario Foundation | Music | The Foundation provides monetary and product support to high-quality sustainable music instruction programs on the frontline to improve access to music education. We support programs that bring music back into communities and schools and get kids playing as early and as frequently as possible. The D'Addario Foundation believes in the transformative power of music and that mentoring and building communities through music can positively affect social change. | $2,500 | 10/15/2023 | Available! |
36 | Teacher Incentive Grants - National Art Education Foundation | Art Education | Teacher Incentive Grants (up to $3,000) (Refer to pages 16-17 of RFA): NAEF invites proposals for grants for support of projects that promote the improvement of the teaching of art. Teaching of art includes, but is not limited to, classroom-based action research in the following areas: the instructional process; curriculum; student learning; student assessment; classroom behavior, management, or discipline; or other practices relating to instructional interaction and the achievement of student learning. Applicants for a Teacher Incentive Grant may NOT apply for a Halvorsen Grant, even if the proposals are for different projects. Must be a NAEF member for 1 year prior to applying for funding. | $3,000 | 10/16/2023 | Available! |
37 | Budding Botanist Grant | School Garden | The Klorane Botanical Foundation is committed to supporting programs to teach respect for the environment and protect nature through the preservation of plant species and biodiversity. Designed to further their mission, the Budding Botanist Grant will help our youngest citizens learn about plants, explore their world and inspire them to take care of the life they discover in their local ecosystems. | $500 | 10/20/2023 | Available! |
38 | Samsung: Solve for Tomorrow Education Contest | STEM contest | The Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest is back! The 14th annual contest is now open. Public school teachers in grades 6-12 can apply now to submit their students’ projects to the 2023-2024 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, for a chance at winning their school $100,000 in Samsung tech products and classroom materials. Click here to apply now! Teachers apply to the contest by submitting the entry form describing their students' project due Oct. 27. Visit our judging criteria for more information. How it works Each year, Samsung hosts a $2 million national competition for public schools grades 6 – 12 in which student are asked to consider how science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) can be used to create change in their communities. Their teacher will apply on their students’ behalf to the contest and compete to win up to $100,000 in prizes for their school. Scroll down to see the contest prize tiers and contest timeline Who is eligible? Public and charter school teachers serving students in grades 6–12 are eligible to enter. Only schools that are at least 50% publicly funded are eligible to compete. See FAQs for more information. | $2,500 - $100,000 | 10/27/2023 | New! |
39 | Lawrence Foundation | Environnment | Grants to public schools and libraries to support charitable causes. Funding is intended for, but not limited to the focus area of the environment. The Foundation accepts both program and project requests and operating grant requests. Funding is not typically awarded for the following: computers, designing/producing videos, and music or physical education programs. | $5,000 to $10,000 | 10/31/2023 | Available! |
40 | APC K-12 Server Room Makeover Contest | Technology | APC by Schneider Electric sponsors the APC K-12 Server Room Makeover Contest that supports information technology (IT) upgrades in US schools. APC awards the winning school a choice of IT equipment to meet the school’s needs, with options that include power protection devices, routers, servers, chromebooks, tablets, and touch screen monitors. | $25,000 | 10/31/2023 | Available! |
41 | Honda Education Pillar Awards (Options 1 & 2) | STEAM | Honda Education Pillar Awards Opportunity 1: Seeking programs that provide education/workforce pipeline opportunities for the full scope of the manufacturing industry (design, engineering, production, IT, etc.). Types of audiences may include but are not limited to K-12, post-secondary students, and adult re-entry programs. Applications may include but are not limited to hands-on training, design challenges, experiential learnings, exposure programs and/or certifications. Opportunity 2: Seeking partnerships with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) education not-for-profits that provide education/workforce support and/or services to a network of subsidiaries and/or other organizations to address local education and workforce needs within Honda’s communities. Types of audiences may include but are not limited to K-12, post-secondary organizations, and adult re-entry programs. Applications may include but are not limited to national or regional events or programs that conduct design challenges, team programs, hands-on activities, through local chapters or subsidiaries. | $25,000- $100,000 | 10/31/2023 | Available! |
42 | Honda USA Foundation Environmental Pillar Award | Environmental Education, conservation, water, air, land | The Honda USA Foundation supports society in the areas of Education, Environment, Mobility and Traffic Safety by strategically collaborating with like-minded organizations to drive sustainable change in marginalized communities throughout the nation where Honda operations are located. The Honda USA Foundation is currently accepting applications from organizations in the pillar award categories listed below for the 2024-2025 funding cycle. The application window is open from September 1 through October 31, 2023, at 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time). Eligible organizations seeking support between April 2024 and April 2025 are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to programs that support marginalized communities. Review award criteria here. Recipients will be notified in Spring 2024. Please carefully review the Honda USA Foundation pillar award category descriptions below. Horizon The Honda USA Foundation Environment Pillar Award Awards will be given to programs that educate youth and communities on how to build a sustainable future through environmental education and conservation initiatives, with an emphasis on water, air, and land. Applications may include but are not limited to education and conservation programs that restore marine ecosystems, reduce air pollution and safeguard land in its natural form. | $25,000- $100,000 | 10/31/2023 | Available! |
43 | Honda USA Foundation Mobility Pillar Award | Students with Disabilities, accessibility | The Honda USA Foundation Mobility Pillar Award
Awards will be given to programs that provide the joy of mobility by removing barriers and expanding access for youth with disabilities and/or critical illnesses. Applications may include but are not limited to therapeutic or recreational camps, comprehensive care programs and/or programs that provide modifications and/or accommodations for youth with limited mobility. | $25,000 - 100,000 | 10/31/2023 | Available! |
44 | Honda USA Foundation Traffic Safety Pillar Award | Traffic safety education and resources | The Honda USA Foundation Traffic Safety Pillar Award
Awards will be given to programs that ensure youth feel safe on and off the road through awareness programs that promote bicycle, automobile, motorsports and/or pedestrian safety. Applications should include traffic safety programs for youth (ages 0 through pre-driver’s permit), such as providing child restraint systems, bike helmets, and/or awareness programs that promote bike, motorsports, car and/or pedestrian safety. | $25,000 - 100,000 | 10/31/2023 | Available! |
45 | Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences | Geology/ Paleontology | The David Kronen Casting and Molding Grant is a $1,000 grant created to support the casting, molding, and/or 3D scanning and printing of commercially collected paleontological specimens. It is available to any interested party working on a commercially collected specimen, with the condition that replicas of the specimen be used to further public education and/or research. At least one replica must be donated to a public museum, school, or university. | $1,000 | 11/1/2023 | Available! |
46 | Mathematics Education Trust National Council of Teachers of Mathematics | Math | The purpose of this grant is to create high school classroom materials and/or lessons that involve mathematical modeling and interdisciplinary curricular connections. SUPPORTED BY: Theoni Pappas Fund GRADES: 9-12 GRANT AMOUNT: Maximum of $4,000 DEADLINE: November 1 The applicant must be a current (on the day of the application) Essential OR Premium member of NCTM. Contact information: Phone: 800.235.7566; 703.620.9840 Email: nctm@nctm.org | $4,000 | 11/1/2023 | New! |
47 | WHALE TAIL® Competitive Grants Program | Coast and Watershed Experiential Education | WHALE TAIL® Grants help people connect to the California coast and its watersheds through experiential education, stewardship, and outdoor experiences. With a goal of increasing understanding of and caring for the coast, marine life, and waterways that connect to the coast, the grants focus on communities that are poorly served in terms of marine and coastal education. The program strives for broad geographic distribution in California. | Up to $50,000 | 11/6/2023 | Available! |
48 | Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education | School Garden | The Wild Ones environmental organization annually awards small grants through the Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education (SFE) Fund. Projects must focus on appreciation for nature through the use of and teaching about native plants. Projects must involve students and volunteers in planning and carrying out the project. Projects must increase the site’s educational value. Project examples include: restore a native habitat in an outdoor learning site such as prairie, woodland, or wetland; develop and maintain a nature trail at a public library landscaped with native plants; establish a pollinator garden and engage students in citizen science activities; install a rain garden to study the effects of native vegetation on local water quality; and age appropriate gardens such as preschool sensory and color trails and middle school courtyards. | $500 | 11/15/2023 | Available! |
49 | McDonalds | K-12 Education | Grants to K-12 schools in the Bay Area: Qualifying activities include the following, as long as need is demonstrated: Arts activities, Education initiatives, COVID-19 relief-related efforts, Mentorship and empowerment programs, After-school programs, Community service, Sports activities, Technology | $2,500 | 11/30/2023 | Available! |
50 | The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries Grants | School Library | The Laura Bush Foundation awards grants to the nation’s neediest prekindergarten through grade 12 schools to update, extend, and diversify the book and print collections of their libraries. The foundation aims to encourage students to develop a love of reading and learning. Title I public and charter schools are eligible to apply. | Awards vary | NOT Yet Available Opens late 2023 | |
51 | Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences | Geology/ Paleontology | Grants to promote the education of high school students in geology and paleontology. Funding is intended for the purchase of rock, mineral, or fossil specimens for teaching, as well as field trips to educate young people in the wonder and beauty of rocks and fossils. Eligible applicants are high school teachers and educators of geology and paleontology. | $1,000 | 12/1/2023 | |
52 | American Rocketry Challenge | STEM, Rockets | Grants to Title I schools to participate in a rocketry competition. Funding and support are intended to assist schools in initiating a program to build, design, and launch model rockets. The purpose of the program is to encourage in students in grades 6-12 to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The American Rocketry Challenge is the world’s largest student rocket contest, with nearly 5,000 students nationwide competing annually, and a key piece of the aerospace and defense industry’s strategy to build a stronger U.S. workforce in STEM. The contest gives students the opportunity to design, build, and launch model rockets and gain hands-on experience solving engineering problems. | $2,000 | 12/1/2023 | Available! |
53 | Youth Garden Grant | School Garden | Any nonprofit organization, public or private school, or youth program in the United States or US Territories planning a new garden program or expanding an established one that serves at least 15 youth between the ages of 3 and 18 is eligible to apply. Previous Youth Garden Grant winners are not eligible. We prioritize the following when selecting winners… The selection of winners is prioritized based on demonstrated need and program impact. KidsGardening considers a variety of factors when determining need, including….Economic & Demographic Factors: Does the program exist within or engage an under-resourced community? Is program leadership representative of youth participating in the program? Program Funding and Support: Does a program have limited access to resources and/or consistent monetary support, including recent grant funding? Impact: Will grant funding expand learning opportunities for program participants? Does the intended impact of the program reflect the needs of the community? | $250 and equipment | 12/15/2023 | Opens 11/3/23 |
54 | Calm Room Grants for Schools | Wellness | The Calm Room Grant requires that each school have a plan to open a new safe space in their school building within the 2022-23 school year and have matching funds for its installation of $5,000 or above. | $5,000 in matching funds | 12/15/2023 | |
55 | AFA Educator Grants | Aerospace Education | The Air & Space Forces Association’s Educator Grants promote aerospace education activities in U.S. classrooms from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Each year, grants of up to $500 are provided to 40 educators for projects that will significantly influence student learning. Development of innovative aerospace activities within the prescribed curriculum is encouraged. | $500 | 12/15/2023 | |
56 | Seed Money | Garden | Grants to schools and groups for a wide variety of public garden projects. Funding is intended for food garden projects that serve community members in need. Funder offers grants, on a sliding scale, to food garden projects through a 30-day crowdfunding challenge running from Nov 15 to Dec 15. The size of a grant a project can receive depends on how much it is able to raise over the 30-day period compared to other projects participating in the challenge. | Up to $1,000 | 12/15/2023 | NOT Yet Available Opens 11.15.23 |
57 | Silicon Valley Clean Energy | Climate Change Education | The Education Fund: Projects supported by the Education Fund address climate change and expand education and outreach. Projects can range from art installations and student-led events to videos, journalism projects, student competitions, robotics and more. Recent projects included a podcast, art competition, video creation, leadership training, climate education for youth, building a prototype electric vehicle and more! Students attending schools in Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Saratoga, Sunnyvale and unincorporated Santa Clara County communities are eligible to apply. | Up to $10,000 | 12/22/2024 | NOT Yet Available |
58 | JAMS Foundation-ACR Initiative for Students and Youth | Conflict Resolution | The JAMS Foundation/ACR Initiative for Students and Youth provides grants for conflict prevention and dispute resolution programs for pre-K-12 students and for adults working with youth populations in ways that directly transfer conflict resolution education skills from adults to youth. | $15,000 to $40,000 | 2024 | NOT Yet Available |
59 | President’s Environmental Youth Award | Environment | The President’s Environmental Youth Award recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship projects developed by US elementary and secondary level students, school classes and clubs, youth camps, and youth organizations. Applications are accepted for a wide variety of kindergarten through grade 5 or grades 6 through 12 projects within the following themes: agricultural practices; climate change; environmental justice; food waste in school cafeterias; lead in drinking water; ocean litter; recycling; school gardens; water infrastructure; and using science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in environmental education. Competitive applications use creative and innovative approaches to achieve positive results and engage local communities. Goals are to encourage young people to promote environmental awareness and action in schools and communities that protect the nation’s air, land, water, and ecology. | Recognition | 2024 | NOT Yet Available |
60 | Applied Materials | Education | Applied Materials and the Applied Materials Foundation make grants to the areas of education, civic engagement, arts and culture, and the environment. The majority of kindergarten through grade 12 education grants are directed to neighborhoods with the greatest need. Applied Materials has a special interest in funding education grant proposals that benefit students in kindergarten through grade 12; focus on traditional skills such as reading, writing, mathematics, science, technology, and other subjects that prepare youth for college and career; address critical education needs through innovative approaches to learning; expand existing efforts in order to reach more students or a wider geographic area; and actively partner with other nonprofit groups to create, implement, or evaluate shared programs. | $30,000 | 1/15/24 | Annual due dates: Jan 15 & June 15 |
61 | Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists | Environment | YLACES - Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists offers grants to environmental educators for instruments and supplies to facilitate youth environmental research and data collection and to equip the rising generation with scientific thinking abilities. Grantees must commit to coaching students in doing research projects and sharing their observations and reports. | $1,250 | 2/28/2024 | July 31st and February 28th, annually |
62 | Justin J Watt Foundation | Middle School Sports uniforms and equipment | The Justin J. Watt Foundation is dedicated to providing afterschool opportunities for middle school-aged children throughout the U.S. to become involved in athletics so that they may learn the character traits of accountability, teamwork, leadership, work ethic, and perseverance while in a safe and supervised environment with their peers. Funding for uniforms and/or equipment is provided to approved schools that have an after-school athletic program for 6th to 8th graders and where over 60% of students are eligible for the Free/Reduced Lunch program. Schools must provide a secure place to store uniforms and equipment, as well as staff, transportation, and space for the after-school program. | Equipment | 1/15/24 | For sports starting in March, April, or May |
63 | Mockingbird Foundation | Music | The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. offers grants to public schools and nonprofit organizations to support projects in music education. The primary focus is students, ages 18 and younger, with particular interest in projects that target underserved children. The foundation funds projects that foster creative expression and promote self-esteem in any musical form (including composition, instrumentation, vocalization, or improvisation), and encourages applications associated with diverse or unusual musical styles, genres, forms, and philosophies. Grants may be used to obtain instruments, texts, and other materials, and for the support of learning space, practice space, performance space, and instructors or instruction. | $100 to $10,000 | 1/15/2024 | Available! |
64 | Peter R. Marsh Foundation - Middle School Music Programs | Music Programs | Grants to middle school music education programs to support projects that develop students’ social and emotional intelligence through community service centered on music. Awardees must plan and present a minimum of three musical performances for senior audiences in their local community. All music students should participate in at least one performance. Concerts may be vocal or instrumental and take place at care and living facilities, senior events, locations of religious or military/veterans’ organizations, and other venues. | $1,000 | 1/20/2024 | Available! |
65 | Fund for Teachers | Professional Growth | Fund for Teachers strengthens instruction by investing in outstanding teachers' self-determined professional growth and development in order to support student success, enrich their own practice, and strengthen their schools and communities. | $5,000 to $10,000 | 1/20/2024 | Will be posted 10/1/23 |
66 | American Chemistry Society | Professional Learning | The ACS-Hach Professional Development Grant supports high school chemistry teachers as they identify and pursue opportunities that advance their professional development and enhance the teaching and learning of chemistry in their classrooms. | $1,500 | 1/21/2024 | Opens 10/15/23 |
67 | Arbola Foundation | Trees | The mission of the Arbola Foundation is to engage ten million children to plant one million trees in the United States and its territories. The Foundation provides grants of $500 to schools, nonprofit organizations, veterans groups in partnership with children’s groups, and other child-friendly organizations to bring kids together from different backgrounds, regions, religions, creeds, colors, and sexual orientations for tree planting activities. All grantees should expect to plant their trees sometime during the week of Earth Day, April 22, of each year. | $500 | 1/31/2024 | Opens in January 2024 |
68 | The Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity | Library | The Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity honors a librarian who faces adversity with integrity and dignity. Previous honorees include school and public librarians that have faced extreme illness, natural disasters, impact of community unrest, and violence and have continued their work with extraordinary capacity and diligence, protecting others and serving their school or larger communities. | $10,000 | 2/1/2024 | |
69 | Teichert Foundation | Education | The Teichert Foundation makes grants in the areas of education, arts, youth, environment, civic improvement, community and social services, and health services. Previous grants were used to fund schools, arts education, youth services, and reading programs. Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Cycle One Period Opens: January 2, 2023 Application Deadline: February 3, 2023 Decisions Announced: June 1, 2023 Cycle Two Period Opens: July 3, 2023 Application Deadline: August 4, 2023 Decisions Announced: December 1, 2023 | $7,500 | 2/3/2024 | Opens 1/2/24 |
70 | Snapdragon Book Foundation | School Library | The Snapdragon Book Foundation was started in December, 2008 to provide funds to improve school libraries for disadvantaged children. Grants will be awarded to public, private, and experimental schools. Founded by a former school librarian, this foundation exists to put books in the hands of kids. In a time when many schools are reallocating their funds to technology and audiovisual equipment, we hope to make sure that school libraries are still offering children good books to read. | $2,500 to $10,000 | 2/5/2024 | Opens November 2023 |
71 | GroMoreGood Grassroots Grant | Garden | The GroMoreGood Grassroots Grant, brought to you by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and KidsGardening, is designed to bring the life-enhancing benefits of gardens to communities across the United States. The Grassroots Grants are part of The Scotts Miracle-Gro’s larger GroMoreGood initiative, which will bring the life-enhancing benefits of gardens and greenspaces to 10 million children by the end of 2023. In 2023, 160 programs will receive funding to start or expand their youth garden or greenspace. A total of $95,000 will be awarded. | $1,500 | 2/10/2024 | Not yet posted |
72 | Trust for Meditation | Mindfulness | The type of projects we fund includes: Meditation courses, workshops, lectures or retreats. Meditation curriculum development. Books, supplies and equipment for meditation programs. | $3,000 to $5,000 | 3/1/2024 | |
73 | Toshiba Teacher Grants: 6-12 (under $5,000) | STEM | Grants For Grades 6 - 12 Do you teach in a middle and high school classroom? Do you have an innovative idea for improving STEM (Science, technology, engineering and math) learning in your classroom? Is your idea project based learning with measurable outcomes? What do you need to make learning STEM subjects fun for your students? | less than $5,000 | 3/1/2024 | |
74 | Whole Kids Garden Grants (K-12) | Garden | The Whole Kids Foundation Garden Grant Program will open on February 1, 2023. This program supports schools and non-profit organizations turn outdoor spaces into powerful hands-on learning gardens that connect kids with food, spark their curiosity and support classroom curriculum. | $3,000 | 3/1/2024 | |
75 | Hershey Heartwarming Young Heroes GYSD Grants | Community service | Youth Service America (YSA) awards Hershey Heartwarming Youth Heroes Grants for youth-led service projects and community-building activities for Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), April 28-30, 2023. Project ideas should “come from the heart” to build connections that create more inclusive, empathic, and kind communities. Suggested project areas include celebrating diverse cultures and building racial equity to promote inclusion; teaching empathy through creating kinder communities and protecting mental health; and fostering meaningful connections by building intergenerational relationships and addressing social isolation. | $100, $250, or $500 | 3/5/2024 | Not yet posted 2024 |
76 | It Gets Better School Grants | LGBTQ+ | Grants of up to $10k will be awarded from a $500K fund to at least one middle and/or high school in every U.S. state, including U.S. territories. We want to support educators, administrators, and LGBTQ+ clubs that prioritize the empowerment and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ youth while at school. | $10,000 | 3/15/2024 | Not yet posted 2024 |
77 | After-Prom & Graduation Grant | Substance Free After Prom/ Graduation Events | Herren Project is proud to support schools and communities grants for safe, substance-free events to celebrate prom and graduation. These high school grants range from $500-$2,000. They help cover costs of after-prom and after-graduation parties that encourage healthy choices and inspire substance-free fun. | $2,000 | 3/17/2024 | Not yet posted 2024 |
78 | Hungry for Music | Music Education | Deadline is for After School Programs: Hungry for Music collects and distributes musical instruments, including brass, woodwinds, strings, electronic keyboards, drums, and other percussion instruments, as well as amps and accessories. Grants invite teachers to request donations of specific instruments for students. There are two teacher application periods, with one for music teachers in innovative after-school music programs and one from teachers in Title I schools with students who cannot afford musical instruments and would benefit from learning/improving instrumental music skills. In most cases, instruments are used and have been donated to Hungry for Music, which repairs them as needed. The application form requires the specific instrument and an explanation of the request. | Instruments | 3/31/2024 | |
79 | Classics for Kids | Musical Instruments | If your school or non-profit organization believes in the role of fine instruments in your program, and can show evidence of need and commitment to raising matching funds, you are a strong candidate for the Classics for Kids matching grant program. | $500 to $2,500 | 3/31/2024 | |
80 | Riley's Way Call for Kindness | Equity, social justice | The Call For Kindness offers teens the chance to participate in a dynamic leadership development fellowship and win up to $3,000 in funding for a project of their own that inspires kindness and strengthens their local, national, or global communities. Over the past three years, we have created an incredible community of young changemakers, and we are excited to see what 2022 brings. Teens can submit new ideas or tell us how they want to expand an existing project, as individuals or in a group. | $3,000 | 4/2/2024 | |
81 | Youth Access to Nature Fund | Environment Equity | Through the Youth Access to Nature Fund specifically, we aim to fund work that is at the intersection of racial justice, youth, and the environment. This could include a variety of activities, such as recreation and experiential education programs, environmental justice, conservation, climate justice, environmental advocacy work, cultural and ancestral practices and education, and much more. Additionally, applicants do not need to have a 501c3 status nor a fiscal sponsor to apply. | Up to $20,000 | 4/10/2024 | |
82 | Funds for Fuel Up to Play 60 | Physical Fitness | Fuel Up to Play 60 is a national in-school initiative to promote healthy eating and 60 minutes of physical activity daily to help encourage today’s youth to lead healthier lives. The funding program provides grants to public and private schools to support Fuel Up to Play 60 projects and activities. Applications must include plans that engage students in raising awareness and making lasting improvements in nutrition and physical activity at school, such as ensuring that students have more opportunities to choose nutrient-rich foods throughout the school campus and to be physically active. Funding requests must be equal for both healthy eating and physical activity plans. Schools should check the funding guidelines carefully for exemptions, particularly with regard to physical activity programs. | $4,000 | 4/13/2024 | |
83 | McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation | Education | Offers Academic Enrichment Grants designed to develop in-class and extra-curricular programs that improve student learning. The Foundation considers proposals that foster understanding, deepen students’ knowledge, and provide opportunities to expand awareness of the world around them. The Academic Enrichment Grants provide funding for programs that nurture the intellectual, artistic and creative abilities of children from low-income households. | $10,000 | 4/15/2024 or until 350 applications received | |
84 | Learning for Justice Educator Fund | Social justice, anti-bias | The LFJ Educator Fund supports three types of projects: classroom level, school level and district level. For all project types, we seek to fund initiatives that culminate in measurable student outcomes and sustainable systems change. Priority will be given to eligible proposals operating in the SPLC’s core states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. All Learning for Justice Educator Fund projects must utilize at least one Learning for Justice resource, framework or publication. Applicants must also demonstrate how the endeavor addresses one or more of the following key outcomes: Restorative discipline: an increase in schools and districts shifting from punitive discipline policies to restorative discipline policies; Youth civic engagement: an increase in student civic engagement, especially supporting the rights of marginalized students and communities; Dismantling oppressive narratives: an increase in schools and districts shifting from white supremacist or oppressive policies and curricula to policies and curricula that are anti-racist or support the safety and self-determination of all students. Our aim is to build, over time, a network of educators who are enthusiastic about learning from each other and sharing their experiences with the broader Learning for Justice community. | Classroom: $500 to $2,500 School/District: $2,500 to $25,000 | 4/14/2024 | |
85 | Justin J Watt Foundation | Middle School Sports uniforms and equipment | The Justin J. Watt Foundation is dedicated to providing afterschool opportunities for middle school-aged children throughout the U.S. to become involved in athletics so that they may learn the character traits of accountability, teamwork, leadership, work ethic, and perseverance while in a safe and supervised environment with their peers. Funding for uniforms and/or equipment is provided to approved schools that have an after-school athletic program for 6th to 8th graders and where over 60% of students are eligible for the Free/Reduced Lunch program. Schools must provide a secure place to store uniforms and equipment, as well as staff, transportation, and space for the after-school program. | Equipment | 4/15/24 | For sports starting in August, September, or October |
86 | Dollar General Literacy Foundation | Summer Reading | These grants support the creation or expansion of summer reading programs. Local nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries are eligible to apply if their programs meet the following criteria: -Target Pre-K – 12th grade students who are new readers -Target below grade level readers -Assist readers with learning disabilities | $2,000 | 4/27/24 | |
87 | Voya Unsung Heroes Program | Education | Applicants to the Voya Unsung Heroes Awards Program must be: Employed by an accredited K-12 public or private school located in the United States. Full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff with effective and innovative projects that improve student learning. | $2,000 to $25,000 | 4/28/2024 | |
88 | Toshiba Teacher Grants: 6-12 ($5,000+) | STEM | Grants For Grades 6 - 12 Do you teach in a middle and high school classroom? Do you have an innovative idea for improving STEM (Science, technology, engineering and math) learning in your classroom? Is your idea project based learning with measurable outcomes? What do you need to make learning STEM subjects fun for your students? | $5,000 and up | 5/1/2024 | Updated! (ongoing) |
89 | National Issues Forums Institute | Civic Education | The Elizabeth “Libby” Kingseed Teaching with Deliberation Memorial Award recognizes the commitment that she had to civic education, especially her support of teacher networking, experimentation, and reflection on the use of deliberation in the classroom. We anticipate presenting up to three awards to eligible K-12 educators engaged in deliberative practices. This $500 award is open to any K-12 teacher who is inspired to implement deliberation or deliberative pedagogy in the classroom and who is new to using the practices. The teacher should have a demonstrated commitment to fostering the civic development of students, though it is not necessary that they be a civics or social studies teacher. All K-12 teachers are encouraged to apply. | $500 | 5/1/2024 | |
90 | Sherlock Holmes Literacy Grant | English | The Beacon Society Jan Stauber Grant provides needed financial assistance to persons and organizations developing literacy programs and other educational experiences that will introduce young people to Sherlock Holmes. Goals of the program include: encouraging young people to read; introducing young people to Sherlock Holmes and, in particular, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories; providing needed financial support in the form of grants to support projects introducing more young people to Sherlock Holmes; reaching out both to current Holmes fans and non-Sherlockians, encouraging them through financial assistance to develop such projects; and honoring Jan Stauber’s work introducing young people to Sherlock Holmes. | $750 | 5/1/2024 | |
91 | Toshiba Teacher Grants: 6-12 ($5,000+) | STEM | Grants For Grades 6 - 12 Do you teach in a middle and high school classroom? Do you have an innovative idea for improving STEM (Science, technology, engineering and math) learning in your classroom? Is your idea project based learning with measurable outcomes? What do you need to make learning STEM subjects fun for your students? | $5,000+ | 5/1/2024 | |
92 | Music Teacher Enrichment Grant | Music Teachers | To provide assistance, of up to $750, to music teachers for private study, specific college-level course work or other projects that will enhance the performing and teaching skills of the applicant. Teacher Enrichment Grants support Pillar Two of the MTNA mission: “Sustain the Profession,” by supporting programs/activities designed to “ensure the long-term future of the profession.” | $750 | 5/3/2024 | |
93 | Harbor Freight | Trade Teachers | The Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence annually awards more than $1 million to 18 outstanding skilled trades teachers and programs in public high schools in the United States. | $50,000-$100,000 | 5/5/2024 | |
94 | California Fertilizer Foundation | School Gardens | Our goal is to put a garden in every interested school. The California Fertilizer Foundation (CFF) provides cash grants to California schools to support the continuation or implementation of a school garden. The foundation’s goal is to increase the understanding and awareness of agriculture and plant nutrients. At the end of the year, schools that have received grants from CFF are invited to apply for a progress grant and a free agricultural field trip. | $1,200 | 5/26/2024 | |
95 | High School Chemistry Classroom Grant | Chemistry | CS-Hach High School Chemistry Classroom Grants support ideas that enhance classroom learning, foster student development, and reveal the wonders of chemistry. | $1,500 | 6/1/2024 | |
96 | Pets in the Classroom | Classroom Pets | Grants to Pre-K (per funder, Pre-K begins at age 3) through 9th grade public school teachers to offset the costs of current pet maintenance or for the purchase of new pets for the classroom | $125 and in kind | 6/1/2024 | |
97 | Toshiba Teacher Grants: 6-12 (under $5,000) | STEM | Grants For Grades 6 - 12 Do you teach in a middle and high school classroom? Do you have an innovative idea for improving STEM (Science, technology, engineering and math) learning in your classroom? Is your idea project based learning with measurable outcomes? What do you need to make learning STEM subjects fun for your students? | $5,000 | 6/1/2024 | |
98 | William F. and Edith R. Meggers Project Award of the American Institute of Physics | Physics | The William F. and Edith R. Meggers Project Award of the American Institute of Physics is a biennial award designed to fund projects for the improvement of high school physics teaching in the United States. The competition objective is to support projects at the high school level that will raise the level of student interest in physics and boost the quality of physics precollege education. | $25,000 | 6/15/2024 | |
99 | Organization for Autism Research (OAR) | Peer Education | Grants to schools and school districts for programs to educate students on autism, to enhance acceptance and awareness amongst students. Funding is intended for programs designed for K-8 students, given that children who learn about autism spectrum disorders develop better, more inclusive relationships with their autistic peers. Teachers, administrators, parents, youth group organizers, and autism professionals interested in organizing an autism awareness initiative at a school using OAR’s Kit for Kids peer education program may apply. | $500 - $5,000 | 6/16/2024 | |
100 | California National Archery in the Schools Program Equipment Grant | PE | Teach Archery to Students in Grades 4-12: The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) is an international-style archery program taught by teachers and delivered to students in physical education classes in grades 4-12. | $320 and starter kit | 6/30/2024 | |