2009-2010 GRANT APPLICATION: The Ed. Fund 2009-2010 mini-grants and school-wide grants online application is no longer available. The deadline to submit your application was Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.
Please note that we are accepting only this online form for all applications this year. There is no need to send us a handwritten or printed copy. You may download this tutorial in order to help you fill out the online application.
Grants awarded directly to teachers and schools support creative projects and programs that make learning come to life for students. Grant projects offer an opportunity for teachers and others to make their creative ideas come to fruition in support of students' academic, social, and emotional growth. We have moved to an online application!!
GRANT TYPES (one application for both)
- Mini Grants: up to $500 to support a project in one classroom
- School-wide Grants: up to $1000 to support a project impacting multiple classrooms
- All teachers (including new teachers) and principals. Parents, students or other employees working with teachers or principals
- Principals or teams of at least 3 teachers may apply for school-wide grants
- Principals and teachers who received Ed. Fund grants during the 2008/2009 school year and did not submit their grant evaluations in June 2009 must submit their grant evaluations for those grants no later than Friday, September 18, 2009 to be eligible for 2009-2010 grants.
- Development of literacy and math skills
- The Arts
- Science
- Physical fitness and good nutrition
- Student community involvement and leadership
- Professional Development
- Violence prevention
- History/social science
- Technology
- Cultural responsive instruction/building cultural understanding
- Special education
- Innovative, exciting projects
- High student impact
- Clear connection to standards, integration with curriculum, and support of District educational goals
NOTE:
If two teachers from a school intend to apply for the same mini-grant project, the teachers must submit one application and not request more than $500. If 3 or more teachers work together, they may submit a School-wide Grant Application for $1,000. One school may receive more than one grant, but not for replications of the same project. Requests for field trip funds must clearly indicate how the field trip is an essential and integral component of the curriculum and must show how the field trip will be woven into the curriculum. Grant funds may not be used to fund teachers' salaries, to purchase required materials for required curriculum, or to provide food for celebrations, parties, festivals or programs. The Ed. Fund tends not to fund the purchase of hi-tech equipment. The Deadline to submit your application is Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.
2008-2009 GRANT WINNERS: To see a list of our 2008-2009 grant winners, click here .
2008-2009 Grant Evaluation Form: Click here to download the 2008-2009 Grant Evaluation Form. If you were a grant recipient in 2008-2009, you must have submitted this form no later than September 18, 2009, before you can apply for a 2009-2010 grant.