The Future Fisherman Foundation (F3), the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation (RBFF), and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) are requesting proposals for the 2007/2008 school year under the Physh Ed National Fishing and Boating Education Grants Initiative. Proposals must incorporate quality, viable fishing and boating programs into curriculum-based K-12 physical education classes during school hours. The main overall objectives must emphasize the relationship between fishing/boating and lifetime physical/mental health.

The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, is designed to restore reading to the center of American culture by bringing together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.
Colleges and universities are eligible to apply to The Big Read. School districts, high schools, and middle schools are encouraged as community partners, but they are not eligible applicants.

Approximately 160 organizations in communities of varying sizes in all 50 states will be selected through two selection cycles to participate in The Big Read in 2007. The minimum grant amount is $5,000. Matching grants of up to $20,000 may be available through the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Guidelines and an RFP will available in February 2007.

Innovating Worthy Projects Foundation was founded to provide financial grants for structuring, developing or modifying special-needs children’s programs of organizations recognized as charities by the US Internal Revenue Service.

All applicant institutions must be qualified for exemption under Section 501(c )(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. An agency or entity applying for funding must state whether it is a member of any branch of the Federal, or any State, County or local Municipal government.

The Foundation accepts grant requests over $5,000 from January 1 through August 31 of each year. Grant requests for less than $5,000 may be submitted at any time. Final action on grant requests usually occurs at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees, held each January.

Mantis sponsors this award program in support of charitable and educational garden programs that enhance the quality of life in their host communities. NGA will select 25 gardens to receive a Mantis Tiller/Cultivator. We welcome applications from all nonprofits; past winners include community gardens, schools, ministries, colleges, master gardening groups, and hospices.

Deadline: March 31, 2007

Classroom hydroponics offers eager students loads of opportunities to explore concepts across the curriculum, from biology to economics. Our generous sponsors are giving more schools the opportunity to enjoy these benefits by doubling the number of award packages for 2007- to 24! Winning programs receive a compact hydroponics package that includes everything required to grow plants successfully indoors. This award is sponsored by the The Grow Store in conjunction with the Progressive Gardening Trade Association.

Deadline: September 30, 2007

Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper, and National Geographic Explorer! classroom magazine have partnered to create an outdoor classroom grant. The goal is to provide schools with additional resources to improve their science curriculum by engaging students in hands-on experiences outside the traditional classroom. All K-12 public schools in the United States are welcome to apply.

Deadline: Rolling

Grant Wrangler is a free grants listing service that makes it easy for teachers to find funding. To see the full list of funding opportunities, and to subscribe to the monthly e-newsletter, visit the Grant Wrangler Web site.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Deadline: 06/11/2007

The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to providing leadership in arts education by inspiring all young Americans through rich arts experiences. A high quality education in the arts opens a critical gateway to a lifetime of appreciation and engagement. For two reasons, learning in the arts is an indispensable part of American education: children celebrate and participate in their cultural inheritance, and academic and social maturity follow directly from arts education experiences.

The Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth category offers funding for projects that help children and youth acquire knowledge and understanding of and skills in the arts. Projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art. Projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art. Funded projects apply national or state arts education standards.

Maximum Grant Size: $150,000

Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501 ©(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. Applicants may be arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, local education agencies (school districts), and other organizations that can help advance the goals of the Arts Endowment.

Applications Now Available

Imagine all of your students becoming excited about writing and keyboarding, because every one of them has an AlphaSmart Neo laptop of their very own to use in class, at home-anywhere! Now imagine that this wonderful addition to your class comes to you at no cost whatsoever!

That could happen to you and your students, if you are one of the two AlphaGrant recipients to be chosen for the 2007-2008 school year. But you can't be chosen if you don't apply by the March 14th deadline! Read on for further details...

Each AlphaGrant Award includes:

• One AlphaSmart Neo SmartOption Mobile Lab with 30 AlphaSmart Neo units valued at $7,450
• One day of onsite professional development valued at $2,400
• Three remote, one-hour instructor-led sessions valued at $447

Eligibility

K-12 institutions, including public, non-profit, charter, and private schools are eligible to apply, as are institutions of higher education working with eligible K-12 institutions.

Timeline

• Request for Applications announced January 30, 2007
• Application deadline March 14, 2007
• Awards announced April 13, 2007
• Program begins July 1, 2007
• Preliminary Report due December 14, 2007
• Program ends Last Day of Your School Year
• Final Report Due 30 Days Later

Click here or call toll free 888-274-0680, ref. #9745 for more details and to access AlphaGrant application materials.

The RGK Foundation funds innovative projects in the areas of health, education, human services and community affairs. The Foundation’s primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.

Grants are made only to nonprofit organizations certified as tax exempt under Sections 501 ©(3) or 170© of the Internal Revenue Code and are classified as “not a private foundation” under Section 509 (a). Hospitals, educational institutions, and governmental institutions meetings these requirements are eligible to apply. There are no geographic restrictions to the Foundation’s grantmaking program.

Most grant awards are for $25,000 or less.

There are no deadlines for submission of letters of inquiry. All applications must complete an electronic Letter of Inquiry from the Web site as the first step. RGK Foundation will entertain one electronic Letter of Inquiry (LOI) per organization in a twelve-month period.

For more than 26 years, the Jostens Foundation has supported organizations in their work to create strong communities and healthy families and children. The Jostens Foundation is communities and healthy families and children. The Jostens Foundation is committed to ensuring that its strategy best serves the needs of its customers and plant communities, as well as its employees and sales representatives. The Foundation’s focus is on youth and education and programs that help young people become healthy, productive adults.

Jostens Foundation provides grants to 501 ©(3) tax exempt organizations. The Foundation does not make grants to schools, school districts, school programs, Annual giving is $500,000. Grants range from $500 to $10,000.

Applications are accepted quarterly. Deadlines in 2007 are:

• March 5
• June 4
• September 4
• December 3.

The American Library Association Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award recognizes excellence in humanities programming in elementary and middle school libraries that serve children K-8.

Maximum Award: $4,000

Eligibility: elementary or middle school (public or private) libraries; or any school library program in the United States that serves children in any combination of grades K-8.

Kaplan Early Learning Company has been a leader in the early childhood industry for over 30 years by offering quality products and services such as furniture, educational toys and games, literature, curriculum, assessment, educator resources, playground equipment, and professional development training. Kaplan offers age-appropriate products that enhance the early learning experience as well as benefit educators, directors, and families. For more information about Kaplan, visit their website at http://www.kaplanco.com.