Grant+and+Funding+Sources

You may know how to write a proposal, but how do you find the right organization to ask for funding? As a classroom teacher, asking for a relatively small grant, there are countless organizations from which to request. Thousands of grants are constantly rolling over – this page will help you find one that’s right for you. By no means an exhaustive list, this page offers some prominent sources of education funding.

Because available grants are continuously turning over, it is impossible to keep a truly current log of available grants without ongoing and frequent updates. As such, the information on this page is only an introduction to your grant search – part of getting your grant money is logging the hours scouring these sources for the perfect grant. Good luck!

Grant sources can be organized along a variety of lines: federal/state/local, public/private, and by topic. When possible, this page tells whether each site listed is searchable and how each site organizes its lists of available grants.

//Meta-sites: Sites that aggregate grants and grant sources//
Fundsnetservices.com - Searchable - Organized on a variety of lines Grants.gov - Searchable - This site lists available grants from all branches of the federal government. As such, it takes some work to sift out the education-related grants from the grants related to all other government concerns. - The resources on this site tend to be bogged down by large chunks of bureaucratic and legal prose. Grantsalert.com - Not searchable - Organized by grant source (Foundations, Federal, Corporate, State, Fellowships) Grantwrangler.com - Searchable - Organized by subject area (STEM, Arts & Humanities, Health & Phys Ed, Libraries, More) Publiceducationgrants.com - Not searchable - Organized by topic and location. Schoolgrants.org - Grants for K-12 educators at @http://k12grants.org/grant_opps.htm - Not searchable - Organized by grant source and region (Federal, State, Nationwide – With Deadlines, Nationwide – No Deadlines, Midwest, New England/Middle Atlantic, Rocky Mountain/Pacific Coast, South/Southwest, Hawaii/Alaska) TeachersCount.org - Not searchable - Organized by subject area (Art, Character, General, History/Social Studies, Innovation, Lifestyle, Literature/Language, Math, Music, Regional, Science/Technology) Donorschoose.org - This site works at project funding from a different direction. You post a project or resource need and donors come to you and decide whether or not to fund your project rather than a grant source stipulating specific requirements..

//National/Federal Sources//
U. S. Department of Education - Grants for educators at @http://www.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html Most of what you'll probably want to look at it is listed under discretionary grants. The NEA Foundation - Grants for educators at @http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grant-programs/grant-application/ - Offers “Student Achievement Grants” – money for you to use to help your students. - Offers “Learning and Leadership Grants” – money for professional development. NEA - Affiliated with NEA Foundation. Grants for students and educators [] - Divided into students/teachers as well as grade level and subject area National Science Foundation - Grants for k-12 educators at @http://www.nsf.gov/funding/education.jsp?fund_type=4

//Sources in Oregon//
Oregon Department of Education - Grants for educators at @http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=69 Oregon Education Association -Hodge-podge of grants. Many from different organizations and businesses. @http://www.oregoned.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dKKKYMDH&b=1556127 Fundsnetservices.com - Aggregates Oregon grants at @http://www.fundsnetservices.com/searchresult/43/Oregon-Grants.html Publiceducationgrants.com - Aggregates Oregon grants at @http://publiceducationgrants.com/public-education-grants-in-oregon.html //Grants with a Specific Focus// - In addition to these sources, there are thousands of grants targeted to specific purposes or demographics. Just a few examples: - Healthy Kids Learn Better is an Oregon organization that funds initiatives to better link physical health and the public education system. - The Oregon School Safety Association offers Safety Funding Grants earmarked for safety related projects in schools. - The Advanced Technological Education program funds curriculum and professional development related to training students to be technicians in high-technology fields. There is no limit to the number of these topic-specific grants; it’s up to you to search and find the particular grant that matches your needs.