Grants, Foundations and Awards for Teachers and Students of Pre-K through 12th Grade to Support ELF Program Funding for Schools

Disclaimer: Please be sure to double check all information, as funding amounts and guidelines can change yearly!

For Teachers

The A. D. Henderson Foundation.
$1500 - $35,000 for education, wildlife preservation, child development, and youth services in Vermont and Florida. For guidelines, send letter to: The A. D. Henderson Foundation, c/o Karen Pfeiffer, PO Box 14096, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33302. Deadline: Quarterly

America the Beautiful Fund – Operation Green Planet. 100 – 2000 seed packets free to help start or expand vegetable and flower gardens for schools and communities. Deadline: Open http://www.america-the-beautiful.org

The Byrne Foundation, Inc.
$1000 - $10,000 to projects that support education in the upper valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. For guidelines, send letter to: The Byrne Foundation Inc. 3 Laramie Road, PO Box 599, Etna, NH 03750. Deadline: Open
www.byrnefoundation.org

Captain Planet Grants.
$500 - $2500 for support of hands-on environmental projects that empower young people and improve neighborhoods and communities. Deadline: Quarterly http://www.captainplanetfdn.org/appProcess.html

Greenworks! Grants.
$50 - $1000 for Project Learning Tree trained pre-K to 12th grade educators to implement community action and service learning projects addressing an environmental issue. Deadline: Spring http://www.plt.org/greenworks/grantinfo.cfm

The Green Mountain Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation $100-$2000 for education projects in Lamoille county. Deadline: rolling. http://www.vermontcf.org/green-mountain-fund

Hewlett Packards Technology for Teaching Grant.
PC, projector, digital camera and $500 for K-12 grade teachers who believe that technology, when used effectively in teaching, can have a positive impact on student learning. http://grants.hp.com/us/programs/tech_teaching/index.html

$750 for K-12 teacher to defray costs of attending a workshop or conference on visual learning and technology in education. Deadline: January 27th http://www.inspiration.com/prodev/index.cfm?fuseaction=scholarship

Jo-Ann & SHOPA's Kids in Need Program.
$100-$500 funding for hands-on craft projects that enhance student learning. For teachers of K through 12th grade. Deadline: September 30th. http://www.kidsinneed.net

Jordan Fundamentals.
$2500 to 1st-12th grade teachers with an “original lesson plan or thematic unit that demonstrates high expectations for students.” Deadline: June 15th http://nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=26&item=jordan

Kelsey Trust of the Vermont Community Foundation $2500-$10,000 Supports environment, education, children at risk, and health programs serving the communities within the Lake Champlain Basin. Deadline: Feb. 1 and Sept. 1 http://www.vermontcf.org/kelsey-trust/

Maurice R. Robinson Mini-Grants.
$500 for K-12 service learning projects.
http://www.crf-usa.org/network/crf_robin.html

Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Fund.
$1000 for K-12 teachers to develop “environmental curricula that integrates hands-on ecology exercises into the classroom.” Deadline: April 9th http://www.mgaef.org

National Education Association Professional Development Grants
$2000 for individuals or $5000 for groups to help fund professional development or collaborative efforts. Deadline: Feb 1, June 1, Sept 15. http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/Learning&Leadership_Guidelines.htm

National Geographic Society's Teacher Community Grants.
Up to $5000 for K-12 teachers promoting geographic knowledge through education or promoting stewardship of cultural and natural resources. Deadline: June 10th http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/teachercommunity/getgrant.html

National Wildlife Federation Schoolyard Habitats Program.
$250 to create or add on to a school garden. Deadline: 1st of each month http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/

Staples Foundation Grant for Disadvantaged Youth.
$25,000 for public schools that give education and job skills. Deadline: March 28, June 28, September 27th http://www.staplesfoundation.org

Stonyfield Farm, Inc. Corporate Giving Program.
Profits for the Planet Program funds K-12 education that helps protect and restore the environment. Product donations of yogurt also available. Deadline: Open http://www.stonyfield.com/EarthActions/GivingProfitstothePlanet.cfm

Stratton Foundation The Stratton Foundation makes grants for projects which bring people and resources together to solve a problem, meet a need and have a lasting impact in the southern Vermont towns surrounding Stratton Mountain. Deadlines: April 1 and Oct. 1 http://www.strattonfoundation.org/grants/index.shtml

Toshiba America Foundation Grants.
Up to $5000 for grades 7 – 12 teachers in public or private schools developing projects that “have the potential to improve classroom teaching and learning of science, mathematics, and technology.” Deadline: February 1st and August 1st http://www.toshiba.com/taf/apply.html

Toyota Tapestry Grant.
$10,000 for K-12 science teachers with innovative environmental education or physical science student project proposals. Deadline: January 16th http://www.nsta.org or http://www.nsta.org/programs/tapestry/index.htm

Walt Disney Company DisneyHand Teacher Awards.
$10,000 to pre-K – 12th grade teachers who “demonstrate innovative teaching methods that actively engage students in learning.” Deadline: Jan 3rd http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/learning/teacherawards/index.html

For Students

Columbus Foundation Community Grant.
Trip to Walt Disney World and $25,000 to winning 6th-8th grade student team who has used science to solve a problem in their community. http://www.christophercolumbusawards.com

Do Something BRICK Awards for Young Community Leaders.
(19-25 years old) $10,000 for a dynamic young leader who has “devised and implemented innovative solutions to problems in their local communities in the areas of community building, health, and the environment.” Deadline: Open http://www.dosomething.org/brickapplicationguide

International Young Eco-Hero Awards (8-16 years old) $500 “…whose personal actions have significantly improved the environment.” Deadline: February 28th http://www.actionfornature.org/eco-hero/index.html

Additional Websites with Grant Resources Lists

Vermont Community Foundation http://www.vermontcf.org/sustainable-future-fund

The Foundation Center http://fdncenter.org/funders

SchoolGrants http://www.k12grants.org/grant_opps.htm

National Science Teacher's Association http://www.nsta.org/awardscomp

e-School News http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/funding

US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/fund/data/award/grntawd.html

For Education Technology Leaders http://www.techlearning.com/resources/grants.php

TakingITGLobal http://www.takingitglobal.org/resources

List revised June 2007 Vermont Institute of Natural Science

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