Funding Opportunties

Write grants for the additional funding you need. The following link is a good starting point for grant writing.
http://www.castletechnology.com/PDF/grantwriting.pdf

Funding Opportunities for Schools and Teachers

First Stops for Funding
Peruse all of the U.S. Department of Education’s active programs via this easy grants hub. Click on the first item listed, Discretionary Grant Application Packages, to go directly to current grant opportunities.
Web: http://www.ed.gov/funding.html

Public schools help to bind a community together. The Coalition for Community Schools offers links to likely funding sources, as well as the Sustainability Planning Checklist, a unique assessment tool for K–12 administrators on its highly informative and extensive Web site.
Web: http://www.communityschools
.org/funding.html

The National Youth Development Information Center has a searchable database of federal and state grants. It also covers awards programs from nonprofit foundations and corporate-giving efforts for youth development. K–12 schools commonly partner with such groups to fund educational initiatives, projects and more.
Web: http://www.nydic.org/nydic/funding.html

The Foundation Center offers its Foundation Finder, a free searchable database comprising basic and contact information for more than 60,000 foundations nationwide.
Web: http://fdncenter.org/
and choose the Finding Funders in the Quick Links box

At What Grantmakers Want Applicants to Know find 15 bulleted points detailing the funders’ side of the equation, from a November 2000 interview of nonprofits.
Web: http://www.guidestar.com/news/features/grantadvice.html

Target Stores’ Take Charge of Education (TCOE) initiative awards $1 million in staffdevelopment scholarships for teachers, plus another $2 million in college scholarships for high school seniors. Just enroll your school for free in TCOE. K–12 administrators, teachers or staff working 20 hours per week are eligible for $500 Teacher Scholarships, locally awarded by local stores. For Target’s All-Around Scholarships, well-rounded students with community
service, not test scores, are the priority. Two awards of $1,000 each are granted by every store, plus five national winners receive $10,000 each to attend a college, university or vocationaltechnical
school. School leaders should call to get their campus added to those receiving School Fundraising donations from the 1% designated by credit-card customers. Get rules and applications from stores, Target’s Web site or by phone. Contact: Target, Scholarships, (800) 537-4180; or Take Charge of Education and Fundraising (TCOE), (800) 316-6142.
Deadline: November 1, annually
Web: http://target.com/schools/scholarships.html

Plus: Target also offers separate Arts in Education grants; applications and guidelines are at local stores.

What a sweet harmony! Country-western singer Garth Brooks and Major League Baseball have formed the Touch’em All Foundation for needy and underserved children. Their educational grants tend to fund projects that improve areas of documented academic weakness, provide advanced learning opportunities to gifted children or similar efforts. Find application forms and details online.
Deadline: April 17, July 17 and November 16, annually
Web: http://promotions.yahoo.com/promotions/garth/grant.html

Note: This page was abstracted from the Big Deal Book of Technology, http://www.bigdealbook.com/samples/grants.htm