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Office of Grant Development Newsletter/Funding Opportunities

From : Michael Sonkowsky

Subject : Office of Grant Development Newsletter/Funding Opportunities

To : everyone

Wed, Jan 13, 2016 04:43 PM

All,

Happy New Year. On behalf of the School District of Philadelphia's Office of Grant Development, I am pleased to send you the most recent edition of the Office of Grant Development's Newsletter, with a listing of grant opportunities, for which individual teachers and schools may apply. (As a reminder, SRC policy encourages school level personnel to pursue grants up to $20,000, without requiring central office "approval," though I certainly urge you all to contact my office about any grant you may be pursuing.) The list includes opportunities for "Teachers, Students & Schools," as well as opportunities specifically geared toward nonprofit organizations. In addition to several "Ongoing" opportunities that do not have specific deadlines, our newsletter also includes a comprehensive listing of opportunities with specific deadlines, from now through April 2016.

Mike

Michael Sonkowsky Office of Grant Development School District of Philadelphia 440 N. Broad Street, Suite 326 (Office 3115) Philadelphia, PA 19130 Phone: 215/400-5738 Fax: 215/400-4513 Email: msonkowsky@

Office of Grant Development Newsletter ? January 2016

FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS

Fund for Teachers Fellowship from the Fund for Teachers- Believing the teacher knows best how they can make a better impact in their classroom, Fund for Teachers awards fellowships for self-designed professional growth to PreK-12 teachers who recognize the value of inquiry, the power of knowledge, and their ability to make a

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difference. Applicants must be employed full-time as a teacher (preK-12) with at least three years teaching experience and spend at least 50% of their work week in direct instruction with students, and must intend to continue teaching in the next school year. Grants will range from $1,000 to $10,000 Deadline: January 28, 2016 Address: 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77056 Telephone: 800-681-2667 Email: info@ Website:

Target Corporation Funds Arts and Education. The Target store chain is offering grants nationwide of up to $2,000 each to fund school arts programs, such as bringing arts and cultural experiences to schools, artist in residency programs and workshops in schools. Deadline: February 1, 2016 Website: Email: Community.Relations@

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. Teachers can obtain free classroom art kits from Toyota Financial Services to help their students design entries for the 2016 worldwide Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. Applicants are sorted into three age groups: 4-7; 8-11; 12-15. Judging is based on execution of concept; uniqueness and artistry. Deadline: February 1, 2016 Website:

Toshiba America Foundation Science & Math Education Grant. The Toshiba America Foundation requests proposals for its Grants for Grades 6-12 program. The program seeks to provide teachers with additional funds to support classroom science and math education. The foundation strongly encourages projects planned and led by individual teachers or teams of teachers for their own classrooms. Deadline: Rolling for requests up to $5,000; Feb. 1, 2016 for requests over $5,000. Address: Toshiba America Foundation, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10020. Telephone: (212) 596-0620 Website:

Lemelson-MIT Grants for Teen Inventors. The purpose of the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams award is to offer an opportunity for high school students to cultivate their creativity and experience invention. The InvenTeams experience involves students working together as teams with a teacher coach to integrate lessons they learned from science, technology, engineer and math (STEM) to develop invention prototypes. STEM educators in high schools are invited to apply. One grant of up to $10,000 will be awarded. Deadline: March 7, 2016 Website:

Essay Contest. The American Foreign Service Association seeks entrants for the

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2016 National High School Essay Contest. The contest asks students in grades 9-12 to imagine that they are a member of the U.S. Foreign Service, and to develop peacebuilding solutions to a particular conflict or crisis that threatens U.S. interests abroad. The Winner receives $2,500 & an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC from anywhere in the United States. The winner and his or her parents receive an all-expense paid educational voyage courtesy of Semester at Sea. The winner's school receives 10 copies of AFSA's"Inside a U.S. Embassy: Diplomacy at Work." Deadline: March 15, 2016 Address: 112 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10120 Telephone: Perri Green, coordinator for special awards and outreach: (202) 719-9700 Email: green@ Website: essay-contest

Gardening Grant. Evergreen Packaging and seeks entrants for the second annual Carton-2-Garden contest. The competition invites students (K-12) to repurpose milk and juice cartons to build creative gardens or enhance their schools' existing gardens. Schools must use at least 100 cartons. Winning projects will focus on the carton drive, uniqueness, STEM, sustainability emphasis and community involvement. Deadline: April 13, 2016 Email: carton2garden@ Website:

ONGOING DEADLINES

The Awesome Foundation This Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time. Each chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants. Micro-grants come out of the pockets of the chapter's "trustees" and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects. The Philadelphia chapter selects 2 winners, every other month, on the second Tuesday. Recent recipients include Philly #popscope which emphasizes astronomy education for Philadelphia public high school students and the Chester Arthur Elementary School Drum Club. Deadline: Rolling ? Recipients are chosen on the second Tuesday of every other month.

Classroom Help for Teachers ? Digital Wish is a nonprofit that helps teachers (K-12) solve technology shortfalls in their classrooms. All teachers who submit a technology-based lesson plan on Digital Wish will be automatically entered to win as many as 50 technology grants. Deadline: Rolling - Grants are awarded on the 15th of every calendar month Address: P.O. Box 1072, Manchester Center, VT 05255 Telephone: (866) 344-7758 Email: orders@

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Karma for Cara Foundation Community Service Youth Micro-Grants. Young people 18 and under are invited to apply to help finance a service project in their communities. Project should be connected to a school or other organization. Whether the project is turning a vacant lot into a community garden, refurbishing a school playground or helping senior weatherize their homes, the foundation is interested in hearing what young people are passionate about. Micro-grants range from $250 to $1,000 and are distributed as gift cards to home goods stores, office supply stores, grocery stores, and toy stores. Deadline: Ongoing

Pathway to Financial Success Discover's grant program seeks to help high schools incorporate financial education into the curriculum. Amounts vary by program and scope. Special consideration is given to first-time applicants and schools that have a stand-alone curriculum. Deadline: Ongoing

2015 3rd Grade Cabbage Program by Bonnie Plants The program offers free cabbage plants to students in the 3rd grade. This is a unique, hands-on gardening experience through growing colossal cabbages. Students with the biggest cabbages at the end of the growing season can win "best in state" and receive a $1,000 scholarship from Bonnie Plants. Deadline: Rolling

Little Kids Rock Since 2009, Little Kids Rock music programs have been taught by 26 teachers to 2,541 Philly school children. Isn't it time to bring a rockin' music program to your school? K-12 teachers apply to be trained on an innovative and transformational methodology. After training is complete, teachers receive a donation of curricula, instruments, and other resources so they can launch music programming for students at their schools. Deadline: Rolling

Fender Music Foundation The Foundation awards instruments and equipment to eligible music instruction programs. Items are gently used, blemished and have been collected by manufacturers and retailers. Foundation is currently awarding acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars and the equipment necessary to play these instruments. A qualified eligible program must be: 1) an in-school music class, in which students make music, 2) after-school music program not run by the school, 3) community music programs or 4) music therapy programs. Deadline: Rolling

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Charlie Lovett Fund for Elementary Drama Supports production based theatre arts programs at the elementary school level. Average grant size is $300. If your application is received after the funds are exhausted that year, you will be invited to reapply for the following year. Deadline: Rolling basis beginning in August of each school year

FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Arts Awards for After School Programs Deadline: February 1, 2016 The National Arts and Humanities Youth Program (formerly the Coming Up Taller Award) recognizes afterschool arts and humanities programs for K-12 students, especially those from underserved communities. Successful applications must involve children and youth as active participants in the arts or humanities experience. Afterschool and out-of-school arts and humanities programs, libraries, performing arts organizations, educational institutions, businesses and governments are encouraged to apply. Twelve awards of approximately $10,000 will be awarded.

The Awesome Foundation Deadline: Monthly This Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time. Each chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants. Micro-grants come out of the pockets of the chapter's "trustees" and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects. The Philadelphia chapter selects 2 winners, every other month, on the second Tuesday. Recent recipients include Philly #popscope which emphasizes astronomy education for Philadelphia public high school students and the Chester Arthur Elementary School Drum Club.

The Harry Chapin Foundation Deadline: Board of Directors meets three times a year The Foundation funds three types of programs: community education, arts-in-education and agricultural and environmental programs. Grants are awarded for one year with a maximum request of $10,000. Nonprofits with a 501(c)3 are eligible to apply.

Kinder Morgan Foundation Deadline: Ongoing The foundation's K-12 giving focuses especially on academic programs, including tutoring, arts education, and environmental education programs that work with schools and support curriculum. Nonprofits with a 501(c)3 are eligible to apply. munity

Henry E. Niles foundation Inc.

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Deadline: Rolling This Foundation offers grants a few thousand to $100,000. The Foundation's Board is currently interested in education, economic self-sufficiency and health & independence. Nonprofits with a 501(c)3 are eligible to apply.

PNC Foundation Deadline: Rolling The PNC Foundation has earmarked funds for grants to nonprofit organizations which work to directly improve children's school readiness by providing support in one of the following key areas: early childhood education and economic development. Nonprofits with a 501(c)3 are eligible to apply.

Waste Management Deadline: Applications are accepted year-round Waste Management is committed to enhancing our communities through programs that help make them cleaner and better places to live. They prefer to support environmental education programs for middle and high school students. Nonprofits with a 501(c)3 are eligible to apply.

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