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Dear Education Leaders, This free Grants Newsletter is published monthly by Education World®, the largest free, independent resource on the Web for educators. If you enjoy this newsletter, please feel free to forward it to others. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, you may sign up to receive it at http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml. To unsubscribe, see instructions at the bottom of this email. Education World remains a free resource thanks to the support of our advertisers -- so please click on ads of interest and visit our advertisers' sites. Thank you. ================================================================== This week's newsletter is sponsored by University of Chicago Press.   UCP education journals consistently publish theory, research, and practical analyses that inform new developments in the field. 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I have a list of seven or eight steps I usually recommend for finding and completing a successful grant application. Today, I just want to remind you of the steps you need to take to find an appropriate grant to write. The very first step in finding a good grant has nothing to do with grants. You must take a close look at your district, your campus, or your classroom and find a problem that needs to be solved in order for students to achieve at a higher level. Of course, if you find a problem that your district has already allotted money to solve, you don't need to write a grant. You need to find a problem that needs to be solved and one that has either no funding or inadequate funding. So far, you have a problem at your district, campus, or classroom, and you have no money to fix that problem. It's time to find the very best grant database in order to match your problem with any grant money that is available. Of course if you can find a free grant database, use it. Free is always good. The problem is that many free grant databases are not comprehensive and they are not usually updated properly. In the event that you don't find what you need in a free database, you should go to The School Funding Center Grant Database. It is comprehensive and up-to-date. In fact, it contains every federal, state, foundation, and corporate grant available to U.S. schools. It contains 30 categories from which to choose, so you are likely to find grant money that is simply not listed elsewhere. Again, as with any database you use, you are looking to match your need with grantors who are interested in helping you. Another good choice is the Foundation Center. It lists all the foundation grants available to schools. It, too, is comprehensive and reasonably current. It, however, does not list any grants other than foundation grants. If you are looking specifically for a federal grant, you should go to either Grants.gov or the U.S. Department of Education. If you are looking for a state grant, you should go directly to your state education Web site. You can find all 50 of those links at Ed.gov. If you don't have a legitimate problem at your school, you're not likely to find grant money. If you don't use a grant database of some sort, you are not likely to find an appropriate grant to help you solve your problem. That's where all successful grant applications should start. It is easiest to find the grant money you need using the following grant databases: http://www.schoolfundingcenter.net (all school grants of all types) http://www.grants.gov (all federal grants for schools) http://www.foundationcenter.org (all foundation grants for schools) 50 state education agency sites (state grant listings for schools in that state) Don Peek is former educator and past president of the training division of Renaissance Learning. He now runs The School Funding Center, a company that provides grant information and grant-writing services to schools. Learn more about The School Funding Center at the bottom of this newsletter.   Grant Name: Captain Planet Foundation Education Grants Funded by: The Captain Planet Foundation Description: The foundation supports projects that: 1) Promote understanding of environmental issues; 2) Focus on hands-on involvement; 3) Involve children and young adults 6-18 (elementary through high school); 4) Promote interaction and cooperation within the group; 5) Help young people develop planning and problem solving skills; 6) Include adult supervision; 7) Commit to follow-up communication with the foundation (specific requirements are explained once the grant has been awarded). Program Areas: Community Involvement/Volunteerism, General Education, Science/Environment, Social Studies, All Other Recipients: Public School, Private School, Other Proposal Deadline: 5/31/12 Average Amount: $250.00 - $2,500.00 Email: tarynm@captainplanetfdn.org Website: http://www.captainplanetfoundation.org Availability: All States ================================================================== Grant Name: Learning & Leadership Grants Funded by: The NEA Foundation Description: These grants support public school teachers, public education support professionals, and/or faculty and staff in public institutions of higher education for one of the following two purposes: 1) Grants to individuals fund participation in high-quality professional development experiences, such as summer institutes or action research. 2) Grants to groups fund collegial study, including study groups, action research, lesson study, or mentoring experiences for faculty or staff new to an assignment. Applicants must be practicing U.S. public school teachers in grades K-12, public school education support professionals, or faculty and staff at public higher education institutions. Preference will be given to members of the National Education Association. The NEA Foundation encourages grant applications from teachers with less than seven years of experience in the profession, and education support professionals. Applicants: Mail the original and five (5) copies of your application to the address listed below. Please do not staple or bind your application. Applications that do not comply with the guidelines or that include materials not specifically requested by The NEA Foundation will not be reviewed. Applications sent by e-mail or fax, or incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Program Areas: General Education, Professional Development Recipients: Public School, Higher Education Proposal Deadline: 6/1/12 Average Amount: $2,000.00 - $5,000.00 Email: info-neafoundaiton@list.nea.org Website: http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/Learning&Leadership_Guidelines.htm Availability: All States ================================================================== Grant Name: Student Achievement Grants Funded by: The NEA Foundation Description: The NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students' habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection. Proposals for work resulting in low-income and minority student success with honors, advanced placement, or other challenging curricula are particularly encouraged. Applicants must be practicing U.S. public school teachers in grades PreK-12, public school education support professionals, or faculty or staff at public higher education institutions. Preference will be given to applicants who serve economically disadvantaged students. Preference will also be given to members of the National Education Association. The NEA Foundation especially encourages grant applications from teachers with less than seven years of experience in the profession and education support professionals. Applicants: Mail the original and five (5) copies of your application to the address listed below. Please do not staple or bind your application. Applications that do not comply with the guidelines or that include materials not specifically requested by The NEA Foundation will not be reviewed. Applications sent by e-mail or fax, or incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Program Areas: Math, Professional Development, Reading, Science/Environment, Social Studies, TAG, Technology Recipients: Public School, Higher Education Proposal Deadline: 6/1/12 Average amount: $5,000.00 Email: info-neafoundation@list.nea.org Website: http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/StudentAchievement_Guidelines.htm Availability: All States ================================================================== Grant Name: Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants Funded by: National Weather Association Description: Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants are awarded annually to teachers/educators of grades K-12 to help improve the education of their students, school and/or community in the science of meteorology. Program Areas: Science/Environment Recipients: Public School, Private School, Other Proposal Deadline: 6/1/12 Average Amount: $750.00 Website: http://www.nwas.org/grants/solhirsch.php Availability: All States ================================================================== Grant Name: Humana Foundation Grants Funded by: The Humana Foundation, Inc. Description: Education support with no geographical limitations. Program provides financial assistance to the children of employees of Humana Inc., who plan to pursue a college degree. The foundation also supports the arts and library sciences. No support for political, non-school, or religious organizations. No grants for start up needs. Program Areas: Arts, Early Childhood, Family Services, General Education, Health/PE, Library Recipients: Public School, Private School, Higher Education Proposal Deadline: 6/15/12 Telephone: 502-580-3613 Average Amount: $5,000.00 - $75,000.00 Email: bwright@humana.com Website: http://www.humanafoundation.org Availability: All States ==================================================================   In each issue, Don Peek recommends a Web resource, book, software program, or another useful tool of interest to the grants community. This month's pick is a Web site: Grant Wrangler. This site is free and has a fairly decent list of grants along with their deadline dates. It has the shortcomings of any free database, but it might just contain a grant that fits your situation. Grant Wrangler http://www.grantswrangler.com This site provides one of the better free school grant databases. It is by no means large or comprehensive, but it is free.   The Education World Grants Newsletter is written by Don Peek, former educator and past president of the training division of Renaissance Learning. He now runs The School Funding Center, a company that provides grant information and grant-writing services to schools. The School Funding Center Grant Database attempts to list every grant available to schools across the United States. It is updated daily and currently contains more than 110,000 grant opportunities worth more than $6.5 billion. If you are serious about getting grant money for your school, you may want to subscribe to The School Funding Center Grant Database. 12-month subscription: $397.00 6-month subscription: $249.00 2-month subscription: $ 99.00 When you order the 12-month subscription, you get a copy of Write Successful Grants for Your School: A Step-by-Step Guide, a grant-writing manual by Don Peek, free with your subscription. Order your subscription today! Use a credit card to order your subscription online Call in your credit card order to 1-877-856-7400 Fax your order to 1-903-856-5272 (signed purchase order required) Mail your order to The School Funding Center, 449 Rusk Street, Pittsburg, TX 75686 Don't forget that you can do limited free searches in our huge school grant database by going to http://www.schoolfundingcenter.com. ================================================================== If you enjoy this Education World Grants Newsletter, please feel free to forward it to others. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, you may sign up for it -- and any of the other Education World newsletters -- at http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml.   Education World now incorporates new.SchoolNotes.com ~ "everybody on the same page!" The leading school-to-home communications platform, with FREE pages for teachers and automatic notification of parents and students when new homework is posted. 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