GRANT AND FUNDING INFORMATION

Staples Foundation for Learning Grants
The Staples Foundation for Learning will award public schools and other community non-profits individual grants of $5,000 to $25,000 to fund a broad range of job training and education programs for disadvantaged youth and/or students with disabilities. All public schools and 501(c)(3) organizations in the United States are eligible to apply. Application Deadlines: 8/2/2004, 9/30/2004. http://www.staplesfoundation.org/foundapplication.html

Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants
The National Weather Association will award grants of $500 to individual K-12 teachers with proposals to educate their students in meteorology. Past recipients have used the funds to purchase scientific materials or equipment for the classroom, attend a relevant workshop or conference, or take an accredited course in atmospheric sciences. All K-12 teachers in the United States are eligible to apply. Application Deadline: 8/1/2004. http://www.nwas.org/solhirsch.html

Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Grants
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers "mini-grants" of $350 to school and public libraries for programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children. Programs that will be considered include innovative or noteworthy workshops, lectures and festivals, as well as programs targeted at parents and pre-school children. Special priority will be given to any programs relating to the work of Ezra Jack Keats. Applications forms are available online, and can be printed out and then mailed to the foundation. All K-12 schools and public libraries in the United States are eligible to apply. Application Deadline: 9/15/04. http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrants.htm

Braitmayer Foundation Grants
The Braitmayer Foundation offers grants of up to $10,000 to fund a broad range of K-12 education programs, with a particular interest in curricular reform initiatives and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly those encouraging people of high ability and diverse background to enter and remain in K-12 teaching. All K-12 schools in the United States, as well as independent 501(c)(3) organizations with an interest education, are eligible to apply. Application Deadline: 11/15/2004. http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/guid.htm

Barbara Bush Foundation Grants
The Barbara Bush Foundation’s 2005 National Grant Cycle will offer grants of up to $65,000 to schools and other nonprofits to fund the development and/or expansion of literacy programs designed to build families of readers. Proposal components should include: reading instruction for parents or primary caregivers, literacy or pre-literacy instruction for children, and intergenerational activities where parents and children learn and read together. All schools and other nonprofits that have operated literacy programs for 2 or more years are eligible to apply. See website for more eligibility details. Application Deadline: 9/10/04. http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/nga.html

Department of Education Forecast of Funding
This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department of Education has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards for FY 2004 and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. The lists are in the form of charts -- organized according to the Department's principal program offices -- and include programs and competitions we have previously announced, as well as those they plan to announce at a later date. Note: This document is advisory only and is not an official application notice of the Department of Education. They expect to provide updates to this document through July 2004. http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html

Information on Grants for School Health Programs & Services
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/funding/index.htm

Grantionary
The Grantionary is a list of grant-related terms and their definitions. http://www.eduplace.com/grants/help/grantionary.html

GrantsAlert
GrantsAlert is a website that helps nonprofits, especially those involved in education, secure the funds they need to continue their important work. http://www.grantsalert.com/

Grant Writing Tips
SchoolGrants has compiled an excellent set of grant writing tips for those that need help in developing grant proposals. http://www.schoolgrants.org/tips.htm

FastWEB
FastWEB is the largest online scholarship search available, with 600,000 scholarships representing over one billion in scholarship dollars. It provides students with accurate, regularly updated information on scholarships, grants, and fellowships suited to their goals and qualifications, all at no cost to the student. Students should be advised that FastWEB collects and sells student information (such as name, address, e-mail address, date of birth, gender, and country of citizenship) collected through their site. http://www.fastweb.com/

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE website. http://www.ed.gov/free/

Fundsnet Online Services
A comprehensive website dedicated to providing nonprofit organizations, colleges, and Universities with information on financial resources available on the Internet. http://www.fundsnetservices.com/

eSchool News School Funding Center
Information on up-to-the-minute grant programs, funding sources, and technology funding. http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/funding/

Philanthropy News Digest
Philanthropy News Digest, a weekly news service of the Foundation Center, is a compendium, in digest form, of philanthropy-related articles and features culled from print and electronic media outlets nationwide. http://fdncenter.org/pnd/

School Grants
A collection of resources and tips to help K-12 educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects. http://www.schoolgrants.org