What Do Grant Recipient Projects Look Like?
Supplies for a Visual Arts Teacher
Grant from: Adopt a Classroom
School: Patrick Henry High School, Minnepolis MN
This project enabled teacher Jaclyn Cairncross to supply materials to her visual arts class. She also helped explain how important art is to students, and the issue that a lack of funds for materials presents. Learn more.
Resources
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation provides grants to support those working hard in education to promote student-centered learning, specifically in high schools.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations funds and supports a variety of education-related projects, from building communities of forward-moving teachers, to providing resources for personalized learning and more. Learn about their current grant opportunities, how their grant process works, and view stories of their grant recipients.
The Barr Foundation grants to school in New England seeking ways to “rethink secondary education and build a variety of new school models.” Their goal is to helps students learn skills that will make them successful in their community and post-secondary life, be it in college or a career.
The Education Foundation of the Kennebunks and Arundel, EFKA, is a regional grant program that provides funding for schools who want to implement enrichment programs and improve staff professional development. Application is open to any student, teacher, department, district, ect.
DonorsChoose.org, like Adopt a Classroom, allows donor to search for classrooms in need, in their locality or otherwise. Teachers can sign up and post their project, and receive funds for their specific projects.
This grant is in memory of Chris Nelson, a passionate educator from New Hampshire. It provides funding for schools or school districts with a specific goal. It can provide funding for equipment, content, professional development, etc. Application for the 2017-2018 school year opens in March 2017.
The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation 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.