Language Arts & Curriculum Funding Opportunities
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Corning Inc. Foundation
SCOPE: Each year, the Corning Inc. Foundation awards about 225 grants to support educational, cultural, community and selected national organizations. K-12 schools are encouraged to apply for these education grants which, in the past, have funded community service programs for students, curriculm enrichment, student scholarships, facility improvement and classroom-based instructional technology projects.
DEADLINE: None
FUNDS: Average grant size is $10,000
CONTACT INFO: Click on link at right.
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Corning Inc. Foundation |
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Starbucks Foundation Offers Literacy Grants to Enhance Achievement
SCOPE: These opportunity grants support school (K-6) or community programs that compliment or enhance literacy curriculum and encourage individuals to make one-on-one commitments to tutoring or mentoring needy children around reading and writing.
The Foundation also offers Language of Hope grants which benefit writing programs for older youth aged 12-21.
To apply, organizations should review qualifying criteria and then submit a concept paper by the deadline dates.
ELIGIBILITY: Schools
DEADLINE: Unknown for 2009
FUNDS: Not given
CONTACT: Click on link at right.
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Starbucks Foundation |
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Dollar General Community Grants
SCOPE: Dollar General believes there is no greater gift than giving individuals the ability to empower themselves. The Community Grants Program focuses on youth literacy initiatives for the simple, but important reason that literacy is the foundation upon which all education and professional success are built.
DEADLINE: December 5th
FUNDS: Average grant size is $2,500 or less.
CONTACT INFO: Click on link at right. When you are at the site, click on Community.
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Dollar General |
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Target Corporation Early Childhood Reading Grants
SCOPE: These grants support programs that foster a love of reading and encourage children, from birth through age 9, to read together with their families.
DEADLINE: May 31, 2008.
FUNDS: Most grants average between $1,000 and $3,000.
CONTACT: Click on link at right.
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Target Local Store Grants |
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Newspaper Association of America Foundation
SCOPE: Encourages middle and high schools to partner with professional newspapers in their communities and seek funding to start, relaunch or revitalize student newspapers, whether online or in print.
ELIGIBILITY: All public and private schools serving grades seven through 12 and working in partnership with daily or nondaily professional newspapers are eligible to receive Student/Newspaper Partnership Grants from the NAA Foundation. Schools are also encouraged to seek a university or a college as an additional partner.
DEADLINE: May 16, 2008
FUNDS: The NAA Foundation will fund up to 12 partnerships in 2008-2009. Each partnership may receive up to $5,000 in Year One, plus an additional $2,500 in Year Two. Funding will come in four tiers over the two-year period.
CONTACT: Click on link at right.
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Student/Newspaper Partnership Grant |
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Children's Tylenol National Child Care Teacher Awards
SCOPE: These awards acknowledge the critical role of child care teachers in providing quality early care and education. As part of the application process, each applicant is asked to design an enhancement project for the children in their classroom illustrating the educational, social, and emotional benefits from the project.
ELIGIBILITY: Child care teachers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia are invited to apply.
DEADLINE: December 5, 2008.
FUNDS: Fifty teachers are selected for their commitment and dedication to the children they serve. Of the top ten recipients, one is selected to receive the Helene Marks Award. Award recipients receive $1,000 - $500 for the teacher's personal use and $500 to implement the project. The recipient of the Helene Marks Award™ receives an additional $1,000 and a shopping spree, courtesy of Bloomingdale’s King of Prussia.
CONTACT: Click on link at right.
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Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation |
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