Grants & Awards available to you!
The CCEA searches for grants and awards that you may benefit from. This information is updated frequently as it is of a time-sensitive nature.

New **Mickelson ExxonMobile Teachers Academy
Foundation recruiting 3rd to 5th grade teachers for 2011 academy

Math and Science projects wanted

 

The Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) is currently accepting applications for grants to support innovative projects designed by math and science teachers to make their own classrooms more exciting and successful for students.

 

Check out the deadlines for your grade level and download the application form and guidelines. Discuss your project ideas with your principal and call or e-mail TAF if you have questions about the process. We look forward to working with you!

 

Applications for grants of more than $5,000 for grades 7 to 12 are due August 2, 2010.

TAF requires applicants to follow its proposal format. Proposal guidelines and accompanying application forms are available for download by clicking here.


New **CVS Caremark
Enriching the lives of children with disabilities

The CVS Caremark Community Grants program awards funds to nonprofit organizations for programs targeting children with disabilities, programs focusing on health and rehabilitation services, public schools promoting a greater level of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular programs, and initiatives that give greater access to physical movement and play.

To ensure a positive impact, the 2010 Community Grants Program will focus on a few key areas. One area is on public schools for children with disabilities that promote a greater level of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular programs.

Through our Community Grants Program we work to ensure that students are not left behind in school. Proposed programs must be fully inclusive where children with disabilities are full participants in an early childhood, adolescent or teenage program alongside their typically developing peers.

Application Guidelines
Our process requires that all applicants answer a number of questions pertaining to the program for which they are applying before gaining access to the application. These simple questions help us determine if your program falls within our guidelines.
* All public schools applying for a Community Grant for this type of program ARE REQUIRED to provide their EIN number before they can begin the eligibility quiz.
* A CVS/pharmacy store must be located within the state where your community organization resides.
* All CVS Caremark Community Grant Applications must be submitted online.

Visit the CVS Caremark website for more information and to take the eligibility quiz. Deadline to apply is October 31, 2010.


New **Ezra Jack Keats Minigrants
Small grants help libraries encourage creativity

Public school libraries and public libraries that host programs encouraging literacy and creativity in children can apply for an Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant of $500. Programs focusing on the work of Ezra Jack Keats are welcome, but not required.

Ezra Jack Keats was the first American author/illustrator to give a Black child a central place in a children’s book. The Snowy Day featured a young African-American boy named Peter, and in 1963 it received the Caldecott Award for most distinguished picture book for children. Peter appeared in six more books, growing from a small boy to an adolescent.

Examples of successful minigrant applications include:
* Pen-pal projects bringing disparate communities together
* Multicultural portrait projects
* Art projects culminating in art shows, murals, or quilts
* Bookmaking
* Creation and performance of puppet shows
* Intergenerational journals

Winners are required to submit a final report describing the program funded by the grant.

Applications must be postmarked by September 15 of each year. For guidelines and a downloadable application form, visit the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation website.


New **Healthy Living School Grants

Matching funding for exhibits, healthy snacks, printed materials & more

Cabot Creamery, a cooperative of dairy farmers throughout Vermont and New England, invites you to participate in their school grant program. Cabot Creamery would like to see matching funds or in-kind contributions from another sponsor (such as parent groups, community organizations, or cooperatives) and get a feel for what your program is about.

If approved, the funds can be used for almost anything associated with your program, including: supplies for exhibits, healthy snacks, printed materials, or whatever your project needs.

Here are some examples of the kinds of programs that would be eligible for these grants:
* Wellness Fairs
* Nutrition Workshops for Coaches/Students/Parents
* Promoting Healthy Food Choices in Schools

Applications for grants are accepted year-round. Visit the Cabot Vermont website to learn more about this grant opportunity.

Assistance for college-age children of soldiers

 

The Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund honors the bravery and dedication exhibited by Americans in our Armed Forces who have sacrificed life or limb defending our country by providing educational scholarships to their children. Thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Guardsmen have been killed in the War on Terror.

 

Thousands more members of our Armed Forces have been permanently disabled, leaving their families in difficult financial situations. Their children – the sons and daughters of America’s military heroes – (many of whom are now young) will be eligible for a Freedom Alliance Scholarship in the years to come.

 

Freedom Alliance has established a permanent Scholarship Trust Fund to aid the children of these brave Americans so that we will be able to help the children of American heroes when it is their turn to attend college.

 

Through the generosity of so many patriotic Americans, the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund will provide scholarships for thousands of young Americans, reminding them that their parents’ sacrifice will never be forgotten by a grateful nation.

 

To be eligible for one-year scholarships, students must be high school seniors, high school graduates, or registered undergraduates at an accredited college or vocational institution. They must also be dependent sons or daughters of a military person who was killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty or currently classified as a POW or MIA. They must be under the age of 26.

 

Deadline is Saturday, July 31, 2010. For more information, click here.

**Pay It Forward Mini-Grants
One Kind Act Can Multiply Exponentially

Pay It Forward Mini-Grants of up to $500 are designed to fund one-time-only service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community.

Projects must contain a "pay it forward" focus - that is, they must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially. If you are not familiar with the Pay It Forward concept, please read the book Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde, or read one of the excerpts posted at the Web site before submitting an application.

Grant applications are accepted year round, however, they are reviewed at specific times:

* Applications received by September 15 will be considered for first semester funding on or about October 1.

* Applications received by February 15 will be considered for second semester funding, on or about March 1.

For more information and a downloadable application, visit the Pay It Forward Foundation at http://www.payitforwardfoundation.org/educators/mini-grant.html.

**The NEA Foundation Grants
New Web-Based Application Process Saves Time and Paper, Is Easier To Complete

The NEA Foundation has introduced a Web-based application process for its $2,000 and $5,000 grants to support public school educators' ideas to improve teaching and learning.

Applicants can link directly to the application from The NEA Foundation's website (http://www.neafoundation.org/). After responding to three questions that determine eligibility, applicants complete the process in five simple steps. They are prompted when they've left out any required information, and they are allowed to save their application if they need more time. The process also allows repeat applicants the opportunity to save personal and school information, cutting down on time spent on the administrative portion of the application and allowing more time for the narrative section.

Learning & Leadership Grants

These grants provide opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to engage in high-quality professional development and lead their colleagues in professional growth. The grant amount is $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups engaged in collegial study.

Application deadlines: October 15, February 1, June 1

Student Achievement Grants

These grants provide $5,000 to improve the academic achievement of students by engaging in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students' habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection.

Application deadlines: October 15, February 1, June 1

** The Fender Music Foundation
Providing opportunities for music instruction

The Fender Music Foundation accepts electronic grant applications throughout the year from 501(c)3 or governmental organizations. Qualifying applicants are established, ongoing and sustainable music programs in the United States, which provide music instruction for people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music.

The intent of the program must be music instruction, not music appreciation or entertainment, and the participants/students cannot be professional or career musicians.

Selected programs fall into the following categories:

* In-school music classes, in which the students make music
* After-school music programs that are not run by the school
* Music therapy programs, in which the participants make the music

Almost all of the grants awarded are for traditional instruments and the equipment necessary to play them. In order to be eligible for a grant, the instruments and/or equipment must stay in the program for the life of the instrument/equipment and must be played/used by the participants.

Applications are received all year long, and reviewed three times a year. Grant awards range from $500 to $5,000 in value. Applicants are notified by mail if a grant is awarded or denied.

For more information and to complete the online application, visit http://www.fendermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info .

** Mini Grant Program Offered in Clark County
Foundation offers opportunity to try new approaches to learning in local schools

The CCEA Community Foundation Opportunity Grants program stimulates innovation by providing teachers and the community with resources to develop creative ideas. The competitive grants allow teachers and community groups throughout Clark County opportunities to experiment with new materials, new approaches to learning, and new ways to bring energy and excitement into their school and neighborhood.

Opportunity grants are awarded throughout the year (up to $500 per grant). Emphasis is put on activities that support Clark County youth so they may access school and community resources (regardless of ability to pay) as they grow into healthy and productive adults.

To download an application or to apply online, click here.

**Science & Math: SWEPT – Summer Program for Teachers

Providing scientific work experiences for teachers

Scientific Work Experience Programs for Teachers (SWEPTS) are summer programs in which elementary and secondary science and math teachers work with scientists or engineers to do supervised, paid work in areas that are relevant to subjects that they teach. Returning to the classroom, educators integrate their newly acquired knowledge and skills into their teaching.

SWEPT Benefits:

SWEPT experiences provide teachers with:

* insight into work environments and the skills necessary for student success after graduation;

* examples to make science, mathematics, and technology instruction more relevant;

* connection to a larger professional community; and

* paid summer work experience.

SWEPTs provide industry, labor, government, higher education, alliances, and other community groups with cost-effective methods of contributing to systemic reform that promotes better science, mathematics, and technology education. For host organizations, SWEPT involvement leads to linkages with teachers and students, better understanding of the challenges faced by schools and teachers, and closer relationships with schools.

Applications received year-round. For more information visit http://www.triangle-coalition.org/swept/swept.htm.

Other available include ...

http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_grants.asp
www.teacherscount.org
www.neafoundation.org/grants.htm
http://e-grants.ed.gov/egHome.asp
http://www.learningis4everyone.org/component/option,com_bookmarks/Itemid,36/
www.k12grants.org/newsletter.htm
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/business/grants.html