Voya Foundation

February 15th, 2018|Grant Opportunities, STEM|

Description: The Voya Foundation supports programs with well-defined metrics and measurable outcomes that all work toward the same goal — to help create financially resilient youths.

Deadline: Ongoing.

Funds: Grant requests must be a minimum of $2,500.

Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations.

Areas: The foundation seeks to:

• Provide innovative and experiential K-8 STEM learning opportunities to promote an early interest in STEM career fields and improve teachers’ capabilities in STEM.

• Provide financial education curriculum to grade 9-12 students focused on navigating major financial milestones, including student debt, credit, home ownership, financial products and financial capability, and family needs.

Contact: See website for online contact form.

Web: http://corporate.voya.com/corporate -responsibility/investing-communities/voya -foundation-grants

Evergreen Packaging, KidsGardening.org

February 1st, 2018|Environment, Grant Opportunities, STEM|

Deadline: April 16, 2018.

Funds: Awards range from $1,000 – $5,000.

Eligibility: PreK-12 public and private schools.

Description: Evergreen Packaging and KidsGardening.org seeks entries for the spring 2018 Carton 2 Garden contest.

The contest asks schools to collect used milk cartons and to design and construct purposeful garden items and structures using them.

Contact: See website for online contact form.

Web: https://kidsgardening.org/spring-2018-carton-2-garden-contest

ALDI

November 7th, 2017|Athletic Programs, Community Engagement, Grant Opportunities, Health/Nutrition, The Arts|

Deadline: Rolling.

Funds: Grants range from $100 – $5,000.

Eligibility: Communities within geographic areas where ALDI has stores, offices or warehouses, and conducts business.  See website for searchable database.

Description: ALDI solicits applications for the ALDI Smart Kids Program.  The program provides funding and gift cards to organizations that promote kids being active and healthy.

Examples include physical activity, nutrition, socializing, education, and the arts.

Email: giving@aldi.us

Web: https://corporate.aldi.us/en/corporate-responsibility/aldi-smart-kids/

Pitch In For Baseball

October 23rd, 2017|Athletic Programs, Grant Opportunities|

Deadline: Ongoing.

Funds: In-Kind donations of gloves, bats, balls, bases, catcher’s gear, and uniforms.

Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and school-based programs.

Areas:  Proposed projects must serve economically disadvantaged kids (18 and under).

Description: Pitch In For Baseball seeks applicants for its equipment grants program.  The program seeks to give kids the joy of baseball and softball.

Additional Information:  Should your group be awarded an equipment grant, you must be able to cover the cost of shipping and related customs, taxes, or fees (international projects),

Email: info@pifb.org

Web: http://pifb.org/receive-equipment

DiscoverE

October 5th, 2017|Grant Opportunities, STEM|

Deadline: Ongoing.

Funds: $1,000 grants.

Eligibility: College students, working engineers, educators, and volunteers.

Description: DiscoverE solicits applications for the DiscoverE Collaboration Grants Program. The program seeks to facilitate collaboration within the engineering community and to engage youths (particularly underserved K-12 students) with hands-on learning experiences and events that inspire an interest and understanding of engineering.

Areas:  Funding may be used for programmatic support, such as site rental, food (lunches for students, etc.), bus transportations, photography, educational materials, and essential project supplies.

Email: info@discovere.org

Web: www.discovere.org/about-us/outreach-grants/collaboration-grants

Micro Center

August 29th, 2017|Classroom Technology, Grant Opportunities, STEM|

Deadline: September 2, 2017.

Funds: Winner will receive a Flashforge Finder FDM 3D Printer and a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. In addition, the winning student’s school will receive a Flashforge Finder FDM 3D Printer and Raspberry Pi 3 Model B units for an entire classroom of up to 30 students.

Eligibility: Students age 13 and older.

Areas: Entrants must use @ microcenter and #RuleTheSchool as their tags when they post their response to the question.

Description: Micro Center solicits applications for the 2017 Micro Center Maker Student Contest. The contest invites students to tweet or post a response to the question “What would you make with a 3D printer and Raspberry Pi?

Contact: See website for online contact orm.

Web: www.microcenter.com/site/content/MakerStudentContest.aspx?rd=1

Kinder Morgan Foundation

July 25th, 2017|Grant Opportunities, Music, STEM|

Deadline: Rolling

Funds: $1,000 (Min) / $5,000 (Max)

Eligibility: 501 (c)(3) non profit organizations, Public and private schools, and libraries

Description: The purpose of this program is to provide youth with opportunities to learn and grown, thus helping today’s science, math, and music students become the engineers, educators, and musicians who will supports the funding agency’s diverse communities for many years to come. This program funds projects that promote the academic and artistic interests of young people. Projects must benefit only K-12 children.

The program’s focus areas are academic projects, including tutoring, and arts education projects.

Funds must be used for project support only; however, libraries may apply for capital projects.

Eligibility is limited to applicants serving areas where Kinder Morgan operated. Refer to the Eligibility section for additional information.

Contact: Program Staff

(303) 914-7655

Mailing Address: Kinder Morgan Foundation, 370 Van Gordon Street, Lakewood, CO 80228

Email: km_foundation@kindermorgan.com

Contact Notes: Questions should be directed to the program staff.

Applications must be mailed or emailed to the appropriate address provided.

Information regarding the funding agency’s board of directors can be found online at

https://www.kindermorgan.com/pages/about_us

National Cristina Foundation

July 25th, 2017|Classroom Technology, Grant Opportunities, Other Resources|

Deadline: Rolling

Funds: Unspecified

Eligibility: Local Governments, Non Profits, Schools/School Districts, and State Government

Description: The purpose of this program is to place eligible nonprofit and public agencies in a network to connect them to donors of used computer equipment. Equipment must be used to provide education, rehabilitation, job development, or training services to individuals with disabilities, the economically disadvantaged, or at-risk students. The funding agency encourages applicants to provide computer equipment to eligible individuals who might otherwise not have home access to computers.

Partners in the Cristina Foundation network are not guaranteed immediate placement of donated equipment.

Contact: Program Staff

(203) 863-9100

Mailing Address: National Cristina Foundation, 339 Lea Dr., West Chester, PA 19382

Email:  www.cristina.org/contact-us

Website:  www.cristina.org/become-partner

 

Halliburton Foundation

July 24th, 2017|Community Engagement, Grant Opportunities|

Deadline: Rolling

Funds: Unspecified

Eligibility: Local Government, Academic Institutions, Non Profits, and Schools/School Districts

Description: The purpose of this program is to support educational efforts, health-related projects, and health-related social service projects. Projects must demonstrate a benefit to the Halliburton Company and its employees, communities, and customers. Strong preference is given to organizations in areas where Halliburton has a significant presence as measured by facilities, employees, and customers. Refer to the Eligibility section for additional information.

Contact: Program Staff (713) 839-4818

Agency Address: Halliburton Foundation, Program Administrator, Plaza 1, 3320T, 3000 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. E, Houston, TX 77032

Web:  www.halliburton.com/en/-US/contact/default.page

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fender Music Foundation

July 5th, 2017|Grant Opportunities, Music, The Arts|

Deadline: Rolling

Funds: Unspecified

Eligibility: Non Profits and Schools/School Districts

Description: The purpose of this program is to provide musical instruments and equipment for music instruction programs. Awarded items will be lightly used, blemished, or otherwise imperfect, and will have been collected from manufacturers and retailers. Awarded items may include acoustic guitars, electric guitars, acoustic-electric guitars, bass guitars , and the equipment necessary to play these instruments. In addition, traditional string instruments, woodwind instruments, brass instruments, percussion instruments, keyboards, and voice equipment.

To qualify for the program, participants must be learning how to make music. Participants may be of any age.

Programs needing support must fit into one of the following categories:

  • In-school music classes, in which the students make music
  • After-school music programs that are not run by the school
  • Community music programs that offer music instruction to community members
  • Music therapy programs, in which the participants make the music

Programs must also meet the following requirements:

  • No individual may be denied participation based on musical ability.
  • If participants are charged fees, these fees must be considerably less than the fair market value.
  • The program has been functioning smoothly for at least one year.
  • Each program participant must receive music instruction at lease once a week for at least eight months per year.
  • Applicants must demonstrate that with or without the award, programs will exist for the foreseeable future.

Contact: The Fender Music Foundation P.O. Box 67 Agoura Hills, CA 91376

(818) 706-8742

Email: fendermusicfoundationgrants@gmail.com

Web: www.fendermusicfoundation.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors

Hopey’s Heart Foundation

July 5th, 2017|Athletic Programs, Grant Opportunities, Health/Nutrition|

Deadline: Rolling

Funds: Unspecified

Eligibility: Local Government, Non Profits, Other, Schools/School Districts and State Government

Description: The purpose of this program is to prevent sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) from claiming the lives of promising student athletes and to improve sports safety by raising awareness of SCA. To support this goal, this program provides automated external defibrillators (AEDs), health education, and medical equipment for the prevention of heart and other injuries among student and amateur athletes in schools and community and recreational centers.

Agency Address: HopeyÂ’s Heart Foundation P.O. Box 340551 Jamaica, NY 11434

(347) 330-3045

Email: info@hopeysheart.org

Web: www.hopeysheart.org

Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores

July 5th, 2017|Grant Opportunities, Health/Nutrition, The Arts|

Deadline: Rolling

Funds: Unspecified

Eligibility: Local Government, Non Profits, Schools/School Districts

Description: The purpose of this program is to support local community and national causes that align with the charitable tenets of the funding agency. Specifically, this program will support projects in the areas of:

  • Arts and education
  • Health and wellness
  • Military support

Agency Address: Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores, 5555 Darrow Road Hudson, OH 44236

Web: http://www.joann.com/givinglp.html

Windgate Charitable Foundation

July 5th, 2017|Grant Opportunities, The Arts|

Deadline: Rolling

Funds: Unspecified

Eligibility: Academic Institutions, Non Profits, Schools/School Districts, Tribal Organizations/Institutions

Description: The purpose of this program is to support initiatives focused on visual arts, arts and crafts, and art history preservation efforts, as well as the development and support of art instructional projects. Projects that show promise of developing children and youth into moral, productive, and human citizens and committed family members are encouraged. The provision of program support over capital funding is strongly preferred by the funding agency.

Projects which serve the established charitable purposes of the funding agency will be supported. Educational organization applicants may request funding support of scholarships and effective instructional programs.

The funding agency prefers projects of its own initiative rather than funding unsolicited awards.

Agency Address: Windgate Charitable Foundation P.O. Box 826 Siloam Springs, AR 72761

(479) 0524-9829

Email: contact@windgatefoundation.org

Web: windgatefoundation.org

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

June 29th, 2017|Grant Opportunities, Professional Development, STEM|

Deadline: November 3, 2017

Funds: Grants up to $3,200.

Eligibility: Teachers of grades 9-12.

Areas: Primary emphasis is placed on appropriate mathematics content courses. Mathematics education courses may also qualify if a suitable rationale is provided by applicant.

Description: The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics solicits applicants for the Mathematics Graduate Course Work Scholarships for Grades 9-12 Teachers.

The scholarships provide financial support for improving teachers’ understanding of mathematics by completing graduate course work in mathematics.

Email: nctm@nctm.org

Web: http://www.nctm.org/Grants-and-Awards/Grants/Mathematics-Graduate-Course-Work-Scholarships-for-Grades-9%E2%80%9312-Teachers/

 

SpreadMusicNow

June 26th, 2017|Grant Opportunities, Music, The Arts|

Deadline:  Rolling.

Funds: Unspecified.

Eligibility: Academic Institutions, Non-Profits, Schools/School Districts.

Description:  The purpose of this program is to fund music programs that foster continual learning and put students on a clear path to college, career, and life success.  Through this program, the funding agency seeks to modernize music education initiatives by supporting projects aligned with the following strategic priorities:

  • Expanding access to high-quality music education in and out of school
  • Building awareness and support for music and arts education
  • Strengthening the capacity of the nonprofit and public music education sectors

In addition to demonstrating a commitment to funding agency strategic priorities, supported projects should build strong connections between in-school and out-of-school learning experiences, which contribute to a child’s overall well-being as well as the development of musical skills.

Contact:  SpreadMusicNow, P.O. Box 1330, Redding, CT 06875, (203) 938-9000.

Email:  admin@spreadmusicnow.org

Web: www.spreadmusicnow.org/advisory-board.html