Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers - Grants available for K-12 science teachers. Amount of award is up to $10,000. Deadline in is Jan. 28 2008 for submission of on-line application.
ELIGIBILITY: K-12 science teachers for innovative projects that enhance science education in the school and/or school district. The project director must be a middle or high school science teacher who teaches a minimum of two science classes per day or an elementary teacher who teaches some science in the classroom. All applicants must have a minimum of at least three years science teaching experience in a K-12 school not including the current school year.
Notes: The project staff may consist of educators of any discipline, administrators, parents, students or anyone who will be directly involved in the project. An individual teacher or a team of up to five people may submit a proposal. The Project Director will be the contact person for the team and will be the sole administrator of the grant money. Applications must be submitted online.
http://ecommerce2.nsta.org/toyota/
Toshiba America Foundation - Grants available for K-6. Amount of award is up to $1,000. Deadline in is Oct. 1st 2007.
ELIGIBILITY: Any K-6 teacher in a public or private (non-profit) school is eligible. Grants will not be awarded to general operations, capital projects, endowments, conferences, independent study, fund raising events, or similar activities. No grants to individuals. Summer projects or after-school programs cannot be considered. Salaries, facility maintenance, textbooks, computers, classroom sets of calculators, video production, audio-visual equipment and education research will not be funded.
Notes: Projects funded by the Foundation enable forward thinking teachers to use science and mathematics to engage students in positive and challenging learning experiences. Grants will be awarded to the teacher's school for use by the teacher in his/her classroom. Only one application per teacher is permitted each year.
www.taf.toshiba.com
Program Office
TOSHIBA AMERICA FOUNDATION
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 41st FLoor
New York, NY 10020
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation - National Minigrant Program. Amount of award is $500. Sept. 15 postmark. Awards announced in Dec.
ELIGIBILITY: Public schools and libraries. Funds will not be granted for:
- general operating costs
- administrative costs
- transportation of the audience
- purchase of books, tapes, software or equipment unrelated to a specific program described.
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/contact/index.html
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
450 14th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215-5702
Staples Foundation for Learning - Learning Grants to teach, train and inspire. Amount of Awards is $5,000-$25,000. Deadline is Dec. 7 for Jan. 2008 award.
ELIGIBILITY: Non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) designation from IRS.
Notes: Staples Foundation for Learning aims to teach, train and inspire:
- Teach - Aim to encourage children of all ages and backgrounds to discover the joy of growth through study and academic achievement.
- Train - Armed with the right vocational skills, children can truly make a difference - both in their own lives and the lives of friends and family, so Staples supports assistance and training for individuals who choose to use their hands, hearts and minds to be contributing members of their communities.
- Inspire - The greatest gift we can give all children is hope for the future. By setting an example of achievement, and supplying the means for inspiration and encouragement, we endeavor to provide them with a solid basis for learning and growth.
http://www.staplesfoundation.org/foundinspire.html
Do Something - Brick Awards, and Plum, Smart Driving and GameStop Grants. Amount of award is $500. No deadlines.
ELIGIBILITY: Individual youth age 25 and under, with entrepreneurial/socially innovative ideas
Notes: Do Something awards hundreds of mini-grants per year to individual youth with ideas for improving their communities and schools. Go to website for more information.
www.dosomething.org
Sparkplug Foundation - Grant. Amount of award is up to $6,000. A Fall funding cycle will be announced online. Check website regularly.
ELIGIBILITY: Individuals or non-profit organizations for activities which create sustainable organizing and communities. While recognizing the importance of developing individual cultures, Sparkplug favors projects that promote diversity.
Sparkplug gives preference to projects run on small budgets, projects of smallish organizations, and projects that are less likely to receive corporate, institutional or government funding.
Notes: Sparkplug seeks to promote living environments in which learning is a natural activity and a habit, rather than a periodic task. The foundation values critical and investigative thinking, and supports projects which address class disparities in educational access.
We try to fund projects that build leadership rather than deliver services, and projects that create ongoing work rather than providing one-time opportunities.
www.sparkplugfoundation.org
Sparkplug Foundation
Park West Finance Station
P.O. Box 20956
New York, NY 10025
Captain Planet Foundation - Deadline of Sept. 30, Dec. 31.
ELIGIBILITY: Public or private schools, and non-profit organizations. Projects must:
- Promote understanding of environmental issues
- Focus on hands-on involvement
- Involve children and young adults 6-18 (elementary through HS)
- Promote interaction and cooperation within the group
- Help young people develop planning and problem solving skills
- Include adult supervision
- Commit to follow-up communication with Foundation (specific requirements are explained once grant has been awarded)
- General operations expenses
- Capital or building campaigns
- Scholarships to attend summer camps
- Field trips that are not supplemented by a semester long (minimum) lesson plan
- Expensive equipment used by only a small number of children
- Salaries
- Transportation costs
Captain Planet Foundation
133 Luckie Street, 2nd Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Project Learning Tree - Green Works! Grants. Up to $5,000 (see "Eligibility" on requirements for grants up to $1000 and over $1000). Deadline is is Oct. 31.
