• Junior League of Mcallen Grantees

• Dollar General Literacy Foundation

• Teaching Tolerance Pays Off for Anti-Hate Projects

• MetLife Foundation Partners in Arts Education Project

• Horace Mann Scholarship Program for Educators

• MetLife Foundation Bridge Builders’ Grant

• Albertsons Community Support Grant

• Playground Funding

• Research on Technology Effectiveness and Implementation for Children With Disabilities

• Upcoming Deadlines!

MetLife Foundation Bridge Builders’ Grant

The National Association of Secondary School Principals is accepting proposals for $5,000 mini-grants from public middle level and high schools serving large numbers of low-income students and underrepresented minorities (greater than 40% of student body).  Projects must be aimed at strengthening ties between their schools and their students’ neighborhoods and communities.

Proposals must be postmarked by April 16, 2005.
 

http://www.principals.org/s_nassp/sec.asp
?CID=568&DID=48228

Community Support Grant

Albertsons provides grants to nonprofits in its operating communities.  Priority areas are environmental affairs; hunger relief; health and nutrition; and youth and education.

There is no application deadline.  It takes from six to eight weeks for grant requests to be processed.
 

http://www.albertsons.com/abs_inthecommunity/
community_support/how_to_grant.asp

Playground Funding

One of the top requests I get each month is for information about where to find funding to build new or renovate old, unsafe playgrounds.  More funders are interested in helping children learn to read and write or excel in math and science than in providing for recreation and physical education.  Research is pointing toward the need for physical fitness and the part it plays in helping children make greater achievement gains in core academic subjects.

The National Program for Playground Safety has a fact-filled web site that includes information about potential funding sources for playground equipment.  School Grants also has some information and links pertinent to funding for playgrounds.
 

http://www.playgroundsafety.org/resources/
funding.htm

The purpose of the program is to: (1) Improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2) support educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities; and (3) provide support for captioning and video description that is appropriate for use in the classroom setting.

Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies (SEAs); local educational agencies (LEAs); public charter schools that are LEAs under State law; institutions of higher education (IHEs); other public agencies; private nonprofit organizations; outlying areas; freely associated States; Indian tribes or tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations.

One award of $600,000 will be made.

Applications must be transmitted by April 15, 2005.

http://tinyurl.com/6oyvl

April 15

• Summer Academy Scholarship

• Playwright Discovery Teacher Award

• Playwright Discovery Award for Students

April 16

• MetLife Foundation Bridge Builders’ Grant

April 22

• MetLife Foundation Partners in Arts Education Project

April 28

• Nonprofit Innovation Award

May 2

• Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

May 7

• JOIN HANDS DAY Excellence Awards

May 13

• 3-A-Day of Dairy Nutrition Education Grants

May 14

• Horace Mann Scholarship Program for Educators

May 31

• Target Arts and Reading Grants

June 15

• Jordan Fundamentals

June 15

• The Nature of Learning Grants Program

June 24

• Schools as Centers of Community: A National Search for Excellence

July 8

• Samuel Harris Fund For Children’s Dental Health Dentistry Grant Program

to all grantees for $250.00 from the Junior Leaque of Mcallen:

• Pamela Olivares
  Instruction & Guidance Center
  “Let’s Talk About The Weather”
   

• Ester Lara, Lisa Guerra, Norma Gonzalez, Irasema Romero
  Alvarez Elementary
  “Building Reading Fluency”
   

• Brenda Greagrey
  Convenant Christian Academy
  “Colonial Holiday”
   

• First Grade
  Rayburn Elementary
  “Project Fitness Funatics”
   

• Rafael Garza
  Rayburn Elementary
  “Bridging Math & Science”
   

• Tamie Martinez
  Rayburn Elementary
  “Economics 4 Kids”
   

• Alice McMurry
  Rayburn Elementary
  “Making Text To Visual Media Connections Through Literature”
   

• Juanita Olivarez
  Milam Elementary
  “A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words”
   

• Ann Allen, Lynn McCormick
  Cathey Middle School
  “Literary Magazine”
   

• Terri Duarte, Maria Ingram
  DeLeon Middle School
  “A Walk Through Time”
   

• Chris Moore
  DeLeon Middle School
  “Through Picasso’s Eyes”
   

• Lynn Whelan
  McAllen High School
  “Green Thumb”

Since 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has increased the functional literacy of adults by providing grants to non-profit organizations dedicated to the advancement of literacy through programs designed to serve adults or families in need of literacy services.

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation considers and funds applications in one of the two following program areas:

• Literacy instruction for adults, including:

• Adult Basic Education

• GED preparation

• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

• Family Literacy

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards grants in the amount of $15,000 or less ($8,000 was the average award made last year).  Projects requiring more than 50% of the total project funding from the grant will not be considered.

Organizations that are eligible to apply:

• Are recognized as non-profit charitable entities with 501 ( c ) 3 status from the Internal Revenue Service;

• Provide literacy-based programs and services to adults or families in the thirty (30) states where Dollar General stores are located;

• Have not received a grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation twice in the last two years;

• Have met all reporting requirements from their most recent Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant;

Proposals must be received by April 8, 2005.  Download the grant guidelines and application here: http://www.dollargeneral.com/community/2005RFPFoundation.doc
 

http://www.dollargeneral.com/community/dgliteracy.aspx

Classroom teachers of grades K-12 can apply for grants up to $2,000 for projects to promote tolerance and fight hate.  The Teaching Tolerance project of the Southern Poverty Law Center accepts proposals for projects that will involve students and promise the most direct student impact. 

Projects should:

• Promote acceptance of diversity;

• peacemaking, or community service;

• Be clearly defined and suited to a particular community;

• Be economically responsible; and

• Be sustainable in some way;

http://www.tolerance.org/teach/grants/guide.jsp

The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts and Metlife Foundation will fund projects that improve teaching and learning in the arts by advancing sustainable partnerships between community schools of the arts (CSAs) and public schools.  The goal of the program is to support exemplary CSA/K-12 public school partnerships that address a recognized need; prioritize student learning and achievement; provide pedagogically sound arts education experiences; and address national, state, or local arts education standards.

Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, and nonprofit community schools of the arts that are members in good standing of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.

Awards up to $15,000 are available.

The deadline for applications is April 22, 2005.

http://www.nationalguild.org/pdfs/MetLifeGrantGuidelines.pdf

Horace Mann Scholarship Program for Educators

The Horace Mann Companies is offering $30,000 in scholarships for public and private school educators to take college courses.  Scholarship money will be paid directly to each recipient’s college or university for tuition, fees and other educational expenses.

Scholarship applicants will be judged on a written essay, school and community activities, and letters of recommendation.  Financial need is not a consideration, but applicants who have all educational expenses paid through other scholarships and/or grants are ineligible.

Educators must have at least two years of teaching experience and be currently employed by a U.S. public or private school district or college/university and planning to enter a two-or four-year accredited college or university.

One recipient will receive $5,000 in scholarship funds payable over four years, and fifteen other recipients will receive $1,000 each in scholarship funds payable over two years.  Twenty additional recipients will each receive one-time $500 awards.

Applications must be received by no later than May 14, 2005.

https://www.horacemann.com/edscholarship/