Music Education Grants

Music Education Grants

Proposal Deadline:
Rolling

Description:
Reading, Writing, and Rhythm is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving music education in America's public schools. The charity donates musical instruments to U.S. small or rural school music programs and raises public awareness of the importance of music education. To apply, fill out the online request form.

Source: Reading, Writing & Rhythm

Free Books from First Book

National Book Bank

http://booksforkids.firstbook.org/

Proposal Deadline:
Rolling

Description:
The First Book National Book Bank distributes large quantities of publisher-donated brand-new books to programs serving children from low-income families. The books are free to organizations that are able to pick them up or just the cost of shipping to have them shipped. After registering with First Book, organizations will receive email notifications alerting them when book distribution applications are available. Eligible organizations must either be a Title 1 school, a specially-designated government institution, or a non-profit organization with at least 80% of the children coming from low-income families.

Source: First Book National Book Bank

NEA Student Achievement Grants

http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/knowledge-and-resources/grantee-resources/

Proposal Deadline:
Rolling

Description:
The NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students’ habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection.

Proposals for work resulting in low-income and minority student success with honors, advanced placement, or other challenging curricula are particularly encouraged.

Amount:
The grant amount is $5,000.

Grant funds may be used for resource materials, supplies, equipment, transportation, software, or scholars-in-residence. Although some funds may be used to support the professional development necessary to implement the project, the majority of grant funds must be spent on materials or educational experiences for students.

Restrictions:
Grant funds may not be used to:

• support after-school, weekend, or summer programs:
• pay indirect costs, grant administration fees, or salaries;
• pay stipends to the applicants;
• support conference fees for more than one person.

Funds may not be used for lobbying or religious purposes. Identical applications will not be considered.

Notification:
Applications may be submitted at any time. Applicants are encouraged to plan ahead. Applications are reviewed three times per year, every year.

Please give careful attention to the timeline of your grant. Applications that include activities scheduled prior to the date of notification will not be considered.

Duration:
Grants will fund activities for 12 months from the date of the award.

Eligibility:
Applicants must be practicing U.S:

• public school teachers in grades PreK–12;
• public school education support professionals, or
• faculty and staff at public higher education institutions.

Administrators may not apply for Student Achievement Grants. Preference will be given to members of the National Education Association.

The NEA Foundation especially encourages grant applications from:

• teachers with less than seven years of experience in the profession;
• education support professionals.*

*Education support professionals can be classifed as: para-educators, school bus drivers, maintenance and custodial staff, food services staff, school nurses and student services workers, clerical and office assistants, school security officers, and technicians.  

Employees, members of the board of directors, and immediate family members of the staff and board of the NEA Foundation are not eligible to receive grants. Employees of the National Education Association are not eligible to receive grants.

More Information:
Read the application instructions
Apply Online Now

Reading Resource Project

http://www.lefbooks.org

Proposal Deadline:
Rolling

Source: Literacy Empowerment Foundation (LEF)

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky

Community Grants

http://www.healthy-ky.org/

Proposal Deadline:
9/10/10

Eligibility:
School districts and individual schools are eligible to apply, as well as non-profits:

Description:
Community Grants RFP now available! Focus on policies to prevent youth smoking and substance abuse.  

Community Grants of up to $10,000 each for projects focused on environmental strategies for prevention of smoking and other substance abuse in Kentucky’s youth.

More Information:
Community Grants RFP  (PDF)
Community Grants Cover Sheet  (Word)
FAQ's (PDF)

Contact:
For additional information regarding grant opportunities through the Foundation, please visit the Grants portion of our website here. 

PTA Healthy Lifestyles Grant

http://www.pta.org/

Funded by:
PTA

Proposal Deadline:
9/10/10

Eligibility:
The applicant must be a PTA in good standing.

Description:
PTA Healthy Lifestyles promotes good nutrition and regular physical activity in order to address the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic. One-third of American children and youth are either obese or at risk of becoming obese. Increased access to high-calorie good-tasting, inexpensive foods, along with increasingly sedentary lifestyles, has contributed to the rise in childhood obesity. In addition, the reduction and elimination of recess in as many as 40 percent of U.S. school districts has limited students’ physical activity during the school day. The obesity epidemic may not only decrease quality of life with the onset of diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic diseases but also reduce the life expectancy of today’s children. Further, consistent findings show that obesity is often associated with poor levels of academic achievement.

Program Areas:
Health/PE

Recipients:
Public Schools, Private/Charter School

Average Amount:
$1,000.00

Availability:
All States 

Telephone:
800-307-4782

Email:
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Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program

http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org

Funded by:
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation

Proposal Deadline:
9/15/2010

Description:
The grants support programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children and may be used for activities such as: bringing in guest authors, illustrators, or storytellers; puppet making, book making, or other projects; book writing contests, etc. The application is online and must be printed and mailed to the address listed below.

Program Areas:
Arts, Library, Reading, All Other

Recipients:
Public Schools

Average Amount:
$500.00

Availability:
All States 

Address:
Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program
450 14th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215

National I Love My Librarian Awards

http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/

Proposal Deadline:
9/20/10

Description:
Nominations are now open for the 2010 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

The award program invites library users across the United States to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college, and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community.

Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association in library and information studies or a master's degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must be currently working in the U.S. in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university, or at an accredited K-12 school.

Up to ten librarians will receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque, and a $500 travel stipend to attend an awards ceremony and reception in New York City in December 2010.

Guidelines are available and nominations may be submitted at the I Love Libraries Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Arts and Culture

Geographic Funding Area: National

The Donald Samull Classroom

Herb Garden Grant

http://herbsociety.org/resources/

Proposal Deadline:
9/30/10

Description:
The Herb Society of America, as a recipient of a bequest from the estate of Donald Samull, has established two herb garden grants for teachers in grades 3 through 6. Mr. Samull was an elementary school teacher who used his love of herbs in the classroom with his 3rd-6th grade students. These grants will ensure that his tradition of using herbs with students will continue for years to come.

Public and/or private 3rd through 6th grade teachers, with classes of a minimum of 15 students may apply for an indoor or an outdoor herb garden grant.

The Herb Society of America in cooperation with Prepara® chef's performance tools will award five (5) schools each year indoor herb growing stations. The classrooms selected will receive four (4) Prepara® Power Plant pro indoor soil-less gardening stations and educational materials to use in the classroom. The Prepara® Power Plant pro gardening station is all that is needed to grow herbs indoors. Each gardening station will include the unit, grow sponge, nutrient, seeds and the grow lamp. The Herb Society of America will provide the educational materials.

The Herb Society of America will select four (4) schools/classrooms to receive $200 "Seed Money" to establish an outdoor herb garden. The funds may be used for supplies such as soil, plant trays, containers, child or youth sized tools, etc. The school may need to seek additional funding and support from other sources. The Herb Society of America will provide the educational materials and herb seeds.

Link to Complete Application:
Samull Grant Application (PDF)

Award Announcement:
November 1, 2010

Target Field Trip Grants

http://sites.target.com/

Proposal Deadline:
9/30/10

Description:
Good news—registration’s open for the Target Field Trip Grants program. We’ll be awarding 5,000 grants of $700 each to schools for the upcoming school year. Teachers can use a grant to fund a school field trip that connects their curriculum to out-of-school experiences. It’s a great way to engage and inspire students. You can apply any time before September 30, 2010. Best of luck and happy learning.

Contact:
Registration

Kids In Need Foundation

Teacher Grants

http://www.kidsinneed.net/grants/

Proposal Deadline:
9/30/10

Description:
The School, Home, & Office Products Association's Kids In Need Foundation offers Kids In Need Teacher Grants to provide K-12 educators in United States with funding to implement innovative learning opportunities for their students. The Kids In Need Teacher Grants are funded by retail and education credit union sponsors.

All certified K-12 teachers in the U.S. are eligible. Applications are judged on the basis of innovativeness and merit, clarity of objectives, replication feasibility, suitability of evaluation methods, and cost effectiveness.

Grant awards range from $100 to $500 and must be used to finance creative classroom projects. Typically, two hundred and three hundred grants are awarded each year.

Retail sponsors and designated education credit unions make the grant applications available at their outlets during the back-to-school season. Applications from the sponsors are also available on the Kids In Need Foundation Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Red Robin Foundation: U-ACT Program

http://www.redrobin.com/rrfoundation/

Proposal Deadline:
10/1/10

Description:
U-ACT, which stands for Unbridled Acts, or random acts of kindness, is a character-building initiative specifically for middle and junior high schools with grades 6-8, which aims to inspire and energize students about the value of being kind to others. Throughout the school year, participating schools are asked to share Red Robin's Unbridled culture with their students by participating in program that promote kindness. At the end of the year, schools are asked to submit a program binder outlining their efforts during the school year for a chance to earn a grant anywhere from $1,200-$15,000!

Goal:
The goal of the Red Robin Foundation U-ACT Champion Program is to help foster and create a sense of neighborliness inside and outside of the school.

Program History:
Unbridled Acts are a core fundamental for Red Robin Team Members, who are recognized and celebrated for kind acts they bestow upon restaurant Guests and other Team Members. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers first launched the U-ACT Champion Program with the Colorado PTA in 2005 as a statewide program for Colorado middle and junior high school students. Seeing the tremendous value it had in Colorado schools, the program grew to include schools across the country.

Eligibility:
In order to compete, you must register your middle or junior high school (grades 6-8 are eligible) to participate in the U-ACT Program for the 2010-2011 school year by October 1, 2010. The program will be implemented from October 2010-April 2011. All U-ACT entries must be postmarked by April 8, 2011 to be eligible for consideration of an award.

Toshiba America Foundation

http://www.toshiba.com/taf/

Proposal Deadline:
10/1/10

Description:
Grants For Grades K – 5 up to $1000

• Do you teach in an elementary school classroom?
• Do you have an idea for improving math or science instruction in your classroom?
• What do you need to make learning math and science fun for your students?
• What instructional items or project materials are on your wish list?

K-5 grade teachers are invited to use Toshiba America Foundation's short application form to describe a set of lessons or a hands-on project they would like to introduce in their own classrooms.

With the Toshiba America Foundation grant, elementary teachers bring their best new teaching ideas to life.

More Information:
Click here for application information
Click here to see examples of successful projects

Touching Lives Through

Theatre Grants

http://www.TouchingLivesThroughTheatreGrants.com

Proposal Deadline:
10/1/10

Type: Foundations
Agency: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.

Eligibility:
Grants are available to accredited public or private schools in the US and Canada. The majority of participants must be of middle or high school age. · Applicants must have a designated faculty member sponsor for their theatre program. The school must have a drama program budget of $1,000 or less annually. Schools with no prior drama program are also eligible to apply. All applicants must include a plan for the sustainability of the theatre program. At least a portion of the $500 credit must be applied toward a production of a play or musical. Remaining funds may be used for additional productions or for other resources carried by Pioneer Drama Service, such as texts, DVDs and makeup. All material purchased through this grant is to remain school property and not the personal property of the faculty sponsor or administrator. Mail three copies of the application and a cover letter, postmarked by October 1, 2010. A performance must be staged and all funds used by June 15, 2011. Grant recipients must write a follow-up report and submit a CD of photos as well as a copy of the performance program by June 30, 2011.

Purpose:
Because Pioneer Drama Service believes so strongly in the power of theatre to make a difference in a student’s life, ten grants of $500 credit each will be awarded to qualifying middle and high schools. This grant is intended to strengthen or create a sustainable drama experience for students in a school and must be used to stage at least one theatrical production during the 2010-11 school year.

Maximum Award: $500 credit at Pioneer Drama Service
Number Of Awards: 10
Period: 2010-11 school year

More Information:
Steven Fendrich, Publisher
Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
PO Box 4267
Englewood, Colorado 80155-4267
Ph: 800-333-7262
Fx: 303-779-4315
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Melody Program

http://www.mhopus.org

Proposal Deadline:
10/1/10

Source:
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation

Description:
Sponsored by Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, the Melody Program will provide up to $10,000 to K-12 school instrumental music programs that take place during the regular school day. Programs should serve low-income communities. Public, private, and charter schools may apply, but must be able to demonstrate financial need. Schools should have an established instrumental music program that is at least three years old and have an existing inventory of instruments.

More Information:
Melody Program

Healthy Sprouts Awards

http://www.kidsgardening.com/

Proposal Deadline:
10/1/10

Description:
The Subaru Healthy Sprouts Award, which is administered by the National Gardening Association and sponsored by Subaru of America, recognizes and supports youth gardening programs that provide education about the environment, nutrition, and hunger issues in the United States.

Eligibility:
School or organization must plan to garden in 2011 with at least fifteen children between the ages of three and 18. The selection of winners is based on the demonstrated relationship between the garden program and education related to environmental, nutrition, and hunger issues.

Thirty schools or organizations will be selected to receive a $500 gift certificate to the Gardening with Kids catalog and online store for basic youth gardening supplies as well as supporting educational materials, NGA's Eat a Rainbow Kit, and a literature package from NGA.

Visit the NGA Kidsgardening Web site for information.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Kentucky Hybrid Diesel/Electric School

Buses (Cycle 2) Request for Application

and Call for Reviewers

http://www.education.ky.gov/

Proposal Deadline:
10/13/10

Description:
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has received approximately $12.98 million in ARRA funding for project proposals from school districts to purchase approximately 213 diesel/electric hybrid school buses. The grant is to achieve maximum dispersal of school buses across the Commonwealth to test the practicality of hybrid technology in all geographic regions and pupil densities as this technology applies to Kentucky.

Note:
Approved projects will provide reimbursement to school districts for the cost difference between a standard diesel bus and a hybrid bus.

More information:
http://www.education.ky.gov/

State Farm Good Neighbor

Service-Learning Grant

http://www.ysa.org

Proposal Deadline:
10/15/10

Description:
State Farm is proud to team up with Youth Service America to offer grants of up to $1,000 for youth-led service learning initiatives is all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Eligible programs will engage youth in service-learning, an effective teaching and learning strategy that promotes student learning, academic achievement, workplace readiness, and healthy communities.  State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants encourage semester-long projects (following YSA's Semester of Service framework) that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011).

Eligibility:
Candidates include teachers, service-learning coordinators and students in a public school, or staff and youth in a community-based organization working with a public school. Applications must be submitted by midnight, October 15, 2010. Learn more and access the application at www.YSA.org/goodneighbor.

Lowe’s Toolbox for Education

http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/

Proposal Deadline:
10/15/10

*The deadline for submitting applications for this grant cycle is October 15, 2010. However, if 1500 applications are received before the application deadline, then the application process will close.

Description:
Lowe’s will donate $5 million to public schools and public school parent teacher groups - at more than 1,000 different public schools per school year. Click here to see if you are eligible!

Raise up to $5,000 for your school in minutes.

It’s almost that easy when you take advantage of Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant program. Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation (LCEF) knows how hard you work for your kids and your community and we’re dedicated to helping your parent-teacher group achieve even more for your school. Apply for our Toolbox for Education Grant now and build on your already impressive parent group success with Lowe’s.

More Information:
Now in its 5th year of helping build better schools and communities, the Lowe's Toolbox for Education program has provided more than $20 million to nearly 5,000 schools across the country.

UnitedHealth HEROES

http://www.ysa.org

Proposal Deadline:
10/22/10

Description:
UnitedHealth HEROES is a service-learning, health literacy initiative designed to encourage young people, partnering with schools and nonprofits, to create and implement local hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. Educators, nonprofit leaders, and students are encouraged to apply for grants of up to $1,000 to engage youth in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Youth participants raise awareness around their work by culminating their service projects on Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), April 15-17, 2011, an international day of service that occurs in all 50 states and in more than 100 countries.

Applications must be submitted online before midnight October 22, 2010. Grant recipients will be notified in December and January. To obtain an application, visit www.YSA.org/HEROES.

More Information:
Applicants can find additional information about the grant, service-learning, and childhood obesity at www.YSA.org/HEROES, including "First Responders: Youth Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Service Learning," a step-by-step manual that helps youths, parents, teachers, and other volunteers deploy YSA service-learning models to fight childhood obesity in their communities.

Service-Learning Grants to Fight

Childhood Obesity

http://www.ysa.org/HEROES

Proposal Deadline:
10/22/10

Description:
Youth Service America and UnitedHealth Group are encouraging youth to create and implement programs addressing childhood obesity in their local communities through the Heroes program.

The Heroes program is a service-learning, health literacy initiative designed to encourage young people to partner with schools and nonprofits to create and implement local hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity.

Now in its third year, the Heroes grants have funded 361 programs, engaged more than 20,000 youth, and contributed more than 436,000 volunteer hours. Youth participants will raise awareness around their work by culminating their service projects on Global Youth Service Day, April 15-17, 2011, an international day of service that occurs in all fifty states and in more than a hundred countries.

Educators, nonprofit leaders, and students are encouraged to apply for grants of up to $1,000 each to engage youth in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Grant guidelines and application are available at the YSA Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Children and Youth

Geographic Funding Area: National

CVS Caremark

Community Grants

http://info.cvscaremark.com/community/our-impact/community-grants/public-schools

Type: Foundations
Agency: CVS Caremark Foundation

Proposal Deadline:
10/31/10

Eligibility:
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 publics 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.

Purpose:
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. Additionally, some contributions are made to organizations that provide uninsured individuals with needed care, in particular programs where the care received is of higher quality and delivered by providers who participate in accountable community health care programs

Maximum Award: Up to $5000
Number Of Awards: Multiple
Period: One year

Youth Garden Grant Program

http://assoc.garden.org/grants/

Proposal Deadline:
11/1/10

Description:
The National Gardening Association awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations across the United States with child-centered garden programs.

In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of the following: educational focus or curricular/program integration; nutrition or plant-to-food connections; environmental awareness/education; entrepreneurship; and social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning.

Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups in the United States are eligible to apply. Applicants must plan to garden with at least fifteen children between the ages of 3 and 18. Previous Youth Garden Grant winners who wish to reapply may do so but must wait one year and have significantly expanded their garden programs.

This year a hundred recipients will receive a $500 gift card from program sponsor the Home Depot and educational materials from the National Gardening Association.

The top five winners will also receive a $500 gift certificate to Gardening With Kids.

Visit the Gardening With Kids Web site for complete program information and application guidelines.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Children and Youth

Geographic Funding Area: National

Surdna Arts Teachers

Fellowship Program

www.surdna.org/artsteachersfellowship

Proposal Deadline:
11/12/10

Description:
The Surdna Foundation is pleased to announce the eleventh round of the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers.  Eligibility guidelines now include arts teachers working in specialized public arts high schools AND arts-focused magnet and charter high schools*.  Eligible teachers can apply for grants of up to $5,500 in support of artistic growth, with a complementary grant of $1,500 provided to each Fellow's school for post-fellowship activities.  We are asking you to help disseminate the attached program brochure to eligible arts teachers, schools, and leaders in the fields of arts and education in your region.

Surdna's goal is to help arts teachers in public arts high schools increase their effectiveness as they guide and train young people for careers or advanced study in the visual, performing, and literary arts.  The Foundation believes that if teachers can immerse themselves in their own creative work and interact with professional artist/colleagues, they will bring new ideas and practices into the classroom.  Twenty awards of up to $5,500 each will be made.

Contact:
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State Farm’s Project Ignition

http://www.sfprojectignition.com/

Proposal Deadline:
11/15/10

Sponsored by:
State Farm® and coordinated by the National Youth Leadership Council® (NYLC), Project Ignition returns for another exciting year!

Description:
It’s a grant program that uses service-learning to help address teen driver safety issues.

Here’s our challenge to students in grades 9 through 12 and their teachers or advisors:

Work together to develop a campaign to address the issue of teen driver safety in your community.

How you choose to do that is completely up to you! With any service-learning project, the goal is to make an impact in your community in the most creative way possible. The only limit is your imagination.

We are proud to announce significant enhancements to Project Ignition for the coming school year, including opportunities to participate at two levels:

Tier 1:

• Any public school in the U.S. and in the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick can apply. Applications will be due mid November, 2010.
• Twenty-five schools will be chosen in December, 2010 to receive $2,000 grants to support implementation of their programs in the Spring semester.

Tier 2:

• Ten of the Top 25 schools from Tier 1 will be chosen as “National Leader Schools,” and given an opportunity to submit plans to go deeper with their campaigns the following school year.
• Once their plans are approved, these ten “Leader Schools” will receive $2,500 to support implementation of their plans, along with $5,000 to sponsor their participation in the National Service Learning Conference the following spring.

Interested? Check out the School Showcase for a glimpse of the creativity, passion, and power students bring to Project Ignition.

Come on — put your school in the driver’s seat for Project Ignition 2010-11. Help prove that what young leaders are learning in school can improve the world and even save lives!

SeaWorld & Busch Gardens

Environmental Excellence Awards

http://www.swbg-conservationfund.org/

Proposal Deadline:
12/1/10

*This is an awards program -- not a grant program; however, it may be something you’re interested in or can strive for this next school year.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010.

Description:
A program of the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, the 2011 SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Environmental Excellence Awards will recognize the outstanding efforts of students and teachers across the U.S. who are working at the grassroots level to protect and preserve the environment.

The Environmental Excellence Awards program provides school and community groups with a monetary award and other prizes in honor of their environmental projects. The program is an awards program, not a grant program. Project applicants should be able to demonstrate significant accomplishments that have occurred prior to the submission deadline. Previous award-winning projects have tackled a wide variety of environmental problems including but not limited to habitat restoration, school yard beautification, energy and waste reduction, environmental education and community outreach, wildlife protection, and natural resource conservation.

For the 2011 awards program, eight groups will be selected to receive a $10,000 award to benefit their project, an all-expenses-paid trip for three students and one adult leader to a SeaWorld or Busch Gardens park for a special awards event, and an award trophy and participation certificate for the project leader.

From the eight winning groups, one outstanding environmental educator/leader will be selected to receive a $5,000 award, an all-expenses-paid trip for themselves and one guest to a SeaWorld or Busch Gardens park for a special awards event, an all-expenses-paid trip to the National Science Teachers Association 2011 national conference, and an award trophy and certificate.

All K-12 schools (public, private, and licensed home schools) in the U.S. are eligible to apply. Projects must be sponsored by a formally recognized school group, such as a grade level, classroom, or club. Community-based projects, such as those managed and operated by community service organizations, public recreation centers, 4-H clubs, and other public, nonprofit groups working to protect the environment at the grassroots level are also eligible. Individual student projects are not eligible.

Visit the SeaWorld Web site for information.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Education

Secondary Subject(s): Children and Youth, Environment

Geographic Funding Area: National

Walmart Store and Sam's

Club Giving Program

http://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving

Proposal Deadline:
12/31/10

Type: Foundations

Eligibility:
The following organizations are eligible to seek funding from the Walmart Store and Sam’s Club Giving Programs: Organizations with current tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3), (4), (6), or (19) of the Internal Revenue Code and must be listed in the most current IRS 50 State Master File at the time of application. Recognized government entities: State, County and City agencies, including law enforcement and fire departments. Volunteer Fire Departments with current tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or that operate as an entity of a recognized government agency, as demonstrated by primary funding and documented by a letter from that agency. K-12 Public Schools/Districts, Charter Schools, Community/Junior Colleges, State Colleges and Universities. Private schools and colleges with current tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Churches and other faith based organizations with propose projects that address and benefit the needs of the community at large. Examples of such projects include: Food Banks Shelters Job Skills Training

Purpose:
The Walmart Foundation strives to provide opportunities that improve the lives of individuals in our communities including our customers and associates. Through financial contributions, in-kind donations and volunteerism, the Walmart Foundation supports initiatives focused on enhancing opportunities in our four main focus areas: Education Workforce Development / Economic Opportunity Environmental Sustainability Health and Wellness The Walmart Foundation has a particular interest in supporting the following populations: veterans and military families, traditionally underserved groups, the disability community and people impacted by natural disasters.

Maximum Award: $250-Varies
Number Of Awards: Multiple
Period: One year

More Information:
Organizations that meet the eligibility requirements for these programs can request an application at their local Walmart Store or Sam’s Club. Applications for the Walmart Store and Sam’s Club Giving Programs are accepted Feb. 1 through Dec. 31. FAQs

ING Unsung Heroes®

http://www.ing-usa.com/us/aboutING/CorporateCitizenship/Education/INGUnsungHeroes/

Proposal Deadline:
04/30/11

Eligibility:
Accepting applications for the 2011 awards

Are you an educator with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential? Do you know a teacher looking for grant dollars? ING Unsung Heroes® could help you turn great ideas into reality for students.

Description:
For more than 10 years, and with $3.0 million in awarded grants, ING Unsung Heroes has proven to be an A+ program with educators. The program’s “alumni” have inspired success in the classroom and impacted countless numbers of students. Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000

Applications for the 2011 awards are now available. The application deadline is April 30, 2011. To make it easier for applicants to fill in the required information, the non-essay portion of the application is now a fillable PDF. All that an applicant needs to do is download the PDF and type in that information directly. Applicants still need to complete the essay and budget sections in a separate Word document or other word processing program, and submit all application materials following the process outlined in the application.