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Allstate Foundation Grants

Organization: The Allstate Foundation
Eligibility:
Schools
Value:
Up to $10,000

Allstate LogoThe Allstate Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations, including public K-12 schools, for projects that are related to automobile and highway safety, homes and neighborhoods, and personal safety and security. Under the personal safety and security initiative, programs that raise awareness of poverty, child abuse, drugs, and violence prevention are eligible for consideration. Applicants should offer safeguards against gangs, guns, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. Grants typically range from $5,000 to $10,000. There are no deadlines.

Contact:   allfound@allstate.co

© Copyright 2006 Allstate Insurance Company. All rights reserved.
http://www.allstate.com/Community
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AMD Corporate Contributions

Organization: Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Eligibility:
K-12 schools and districts
Value:
Varies

AMD LogoAMD's K-12 initiatives target programs that increase student interest and/or proficiency in literacy, math, science, and computer technology. Because great teachers are the key to successful learning, AMD also funds programs aimed at developing and supporting effective classroom instruction.

Applications are due twice a year: May 1 and Dec. 1. Funding decisions are communicated no later than six months following the application deadline.

Contact:  http://www.amd.com

Copyright 2006    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/AboutAMD/0,,51_52_7697_7702,00.html
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Assisting At-Risk Youth
Organization: The Home Depot Foundation
Eligibility:
Schools and districts
Value:
Up to $25,000

Home Depot LogoThe Home Depot Foundation gives cash and materials to help provide young people with safe places to play and learn, leadership programs that teach skills through community engagement, and job readiness training. The Home Depot Foundation focuses its support on programs that serve at-risk youth ages 12 to 18. Grants typically range from $5,000 to $25,000.

The foundation gives first priority to organizations that have been invited to apply for a grant. However, the foundation also will consider unsolicited requests that match its eligibility requirements. The foundation will consider only one proposal from the same organization in a 12-month period. Applications are reviewed four times per year and are to be submitted online.

Contact:  http://www.homedepot
foundation.org

© 2003-2006 Homer TLC, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal/
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American Honda Foundation Grants
Organization: American Honda Foundation
Eligibility: Schools and youth-focused nonprofit organizations
Value: Between $10,000 and $100,000 per award

Honda LogoThe American Honda Foundation makes grants of $10,000 to $100,000 to K-12 schools, colleges, universities, trade schools, and other youth-focused nonprofit organizations for programs that benefit youth and scientific education.

The foundation is seeking programs that meet the following characteristics:

  • imaginative
  • scientific
  • creative
  • humanistic
  • youthful
  • innovative
  • forward-thinking.

Grant applications are accepted four times per year: Nov. 1, Feb. 1, May 1, and Aug. 1.

Contact:  http://corporate.honda.com/america/philan
thropy.aspx?id=ahf

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Education Spotlight Program
Organization: PLUS Vision Corp.
Eligibility:
Schools
Value:
Presentation equipment

PLUS Vision Corp.PLUS Vision Corp., a maker of ultra-portable projectors, has announced a new program called Education Spotlight. Through the program, PLUS Vision will donate one projector and an electronic copy board to a selected school each quarter, reflecting a commitment to increase the effective use of multimedia in K-12 education.

Applicants are asked to give a unique example of how the projector will be used when applying for the award. Recipients are chosen based on the creativity of their response, and PLUS Vision will share innovative applications with other educators on its web site.

Contact:  http://www.lightware.com/site/spotlight.html

© 1995-2004 PLUS Vision Corp. of America
http://www.buyplusdirect.com/site/index.html
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K-12 School Teacher Enhancement
Organization: Waksman Foundation for Microbiology.
Eligibility:
K-12 science teachers
Value:
Up to $20,000 per award

Professor WaksmanThe Waksman Foundation supports projects that enhance teachers' use of microorganisms to teach science in the K-12 classroom. Eligible projects are designed to enhance K-12 education through teacher training, course or curriculum development, construction of laboratory exercises, or innovative use of electronic media.

There are no fixed application deadlines, but proposals submitted by the end of September or January can be assured of action within a month or two. Applicants are encouraged to contact the foundation by telephone or eMail before submitting a proposal.

Contact: Nan Waksman Schanbacher, (610) 668-8644, nanws@juno.com

© Copyright 2005 Waksman Foundation For Microbiology
http://www.waksmanfoundation.org
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Congratulations
Congratulations to the following campuses for being awarded the Capital Investment Grant Cycle 15 for $50,000. Way to go!!!

McAllen Foundation Grant Winner of $1900.00

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"I Will LEARN Today!" Grant Program

Organization: LearningStation Inc.
Eligibility: K-12 schools or districts interested in using technology to enhance teaching and learning
Value: $500,000 total

LearningStation LogoLearningStation Inc., a provider of customized web-based desktops for teaching and learning, has initiated a grant program entitled "I Will LEARN Today!" Through this program, LearningStation will provide grants for schools to receive access to the company's Education Desktop.

The Education Desktop gives students and teachers access to a comprehensive suite of instructional programs, software content, and professional development programs of their school's choice; schools can choose from more than 12,000 programs from 75 content publishers. This desktop portal also gives administrators tools to track and report on program use, features password-protected access to all content titles, and includes features for file storage, eMail, and many other functions.

LearningStation will provide $500,000 worth of subscriptions to this web service to K-12 schools or districts chosen to receive the grant. The number of LearningStation subscriptions grant recipients will get varies according to their circumstances.

Contact:  http://www.learningstation.com/grantapp

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AT&T Foundation Grants

Organization: AT&T Foundation
Eligibility:
K-12 and higher education
Value:
Varies

AT&T LogoThe AT&T Foundation awards grants to education projects that focus on improving the quality of teaching and learning through the effective use of technology; developing workforce skills for the information technology industry; and advancing diversity in education and the workplace, especially in the fields of science, math, engineering, and technology.

Accredited public and private elementary and secondary schools, accredited public and private two- and four-year institutions of higher education, and educational nonprofit organizations are eligible for consideration. AT&T funds are typically distributed through invitational programs or through projects that it proactively develops with nonprofit organizations. Unsolicited applications are reviewed, but rarely are supported.

Those who wish to submit an unsolicited proposal should send a brief letter of introduction and description of their organization and project to: Secretary, AT&T Foundation, 32 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10013.

Contact:  http://www.att.com/foundation

© 2006 AT&T Knowledge Ventures. All rights reserved.
http://www.att.com/foundation/
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Books for Children

Organization: The Libri Foundation
Eligibility:
Rural libraries in the United States
Value:
Up to $700 per award

Mother reading a book to her sonThe Libri Foundation is a nationwide nonprofit organization that donates new, high-quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries in the United States through its Books for Children program. The books donated through the Books for Children program are used for storytelling; toddler, preschool, and after-school programs; summer reading programs; "book buddy" programs, in which older children read to younger children; holiday programs; teacher check-out and curriculum support; early childhood development programs; school projects; and to just provide children with a "good read."

Applicants' Friends of Library programs or other local initiatives are expected to contribute up to $350 toward the project, which the Libri Foundation will match on a 2-to-1 ratio. The foundation awards grants three times a year. The application deadlines are March 15, July 15, and Dec. 15.

Contact: librifdn@teleport.com

© 1996-2006 The Libri Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
http://www.librifoundation.org
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Coca-Cola Foundation Grants

Organization: The Coca-Cola Foundation
Eligibility: Schools, higher ed
Value: Varies

Coca-Cola LogoThe Coca-Cola Foundation supports high-quality education and encourages new solutions to the problems that impede educational systems today. It also supports programs that have been proven to work. The foundation makes grants to public and private colleges and universities, elementary and secondary schools, teacher training programs, educational programs for minority students, and global educational programs. The Coca-Cola Foundation Board of Directors reviews funding proposals in quarterly meetings. All requests receive a written response when the review process is complete.

Contact:  http://www2.coca-cola.com/citizenship/foundation_coke.html

© 2003 The Coca-Cola Company, all rights reserved
http://www2.coca-cola.com/index.html
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Computers for Learning

Organization: The federal government
Eligibility: Schools
Value: Surplus computers

Smiling GirlThrough its Computers for Learning program, the federal government has placed hundreds of thousands of surplus computers in schools across the country on a needs-first basis. Schools register and request equipment on the Computers for Learning web site, and federal agencies match their surplus equipment to schools with those needs.

Most, but not all, of the available computers are Windows-based PCs rather than computers made by Apple. Most of the donated machines are older models, but as the government continues to upgrade its computer systems, the number of surplus Pentium computers will sharply increase. Computers and equipment are not refurbished by the government before being shipped to schools, nor are they covered by warranty.

Contact: (202) 501-3846, computers.learning@gsa.gov

©2005 GSA - Computers For Learning (CFL)
http://www.computers.fed.gov
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Program for 7-12 Math and Science Education
Organization: Toshiba America Foundation
Eligibility: Educators in grades 7-12
Value: $5,000 per award; number of awards varies

Toshiba LogoThe Toshiba America Foundation is a nonprofit grant-making organization dedicated to supporting science and math education in the U.S. The foundation contributes to the quality of science and mathematics education by investing in projects designed by classroom teachers to improve instruction for students in grades 7-12. The foundation awards grants of $5,000 on a rolling basis. For grants of more than $5,000, applications are due Feb. 1 and Aug. 1 of each year.

Contact: http://www.toshiba.com/taf/25964_Executive.pdf

Copyright Toshiba America Inc.
http://www.toshiba.com/taf/
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Grant News is published monthly by the McAllen Independent School District, Grant Development and Compliance Office.  Anjanette I. Gonzalez-Garza, Grant Writer, Jane Lopez, Grant Clerk.  2200 Tamarack, McAllen, Texas 78501.  Phone: 632-8407, FAX: 972-5655.

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