Allen Foundations
http://www.pgafoundations.com/
Did you ever wonder what happened to the "other" Microsoft founder? One of the things Paul Allen is supporting is education. Here's the Allen foundation's current education funding interest: "The foundation primarily funds projects to produce digital content for education, including, but not limited to, multimedia instructional materials and instructional software. Grants support the design, testing and production of digital materials. The foundation also supports projects focused on the evaluation of online education in practice.
Allstate Foundation
http://www.allstate.com/foundation/
Founded in 1952, The Allstate Foundation is an independent corporation funded by contributions from Allstate Insurance Company. The Foundation works in concert with Allstate by aligning with the company's major focus areas: tolerance, inclusion and diversity, safe and vital communities and economic empowerment. Through a corporate committee and field office grant committees, The Foundation funds more than 1,000 programs each year and, in 2001, contributed $7.1 million to communities across the country.
Annenberg Foundation
http://www.whannenberg.org/
The current grantmaking focus of this private foundation is on pre-collegiate education, and specifically on public school restructuring and reform, grades K through 12. These areas are of particular interest:
- Public Education, K-12
- Early Childhood Education in relation to public education at the primary level
- Child Development and Youth Services
AT&T Foundation
http://www.att.com/foundation/programs/education.html
The AT&T Foundation has committed $50 million to help families, schools and communities use technology to enhance teaching and learning.
The AT&T Foundation supports programs that encourage family involvement in education, provide professional development opportunities for teachers, aid in the preparation of new teachers, and promote lifelong learning and community collaboration.
Carnegie Corporation of New York
http://www.carnegie.org/
Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." Under Carnegie's will, grants must benefit the people of the United States, although up to 7.4 percent of the funds may be used for the same purpose in countries that are or have been members of the British Commonwealth, with a current emphasis on Commonwealth Africa. As a grantmaking foundation, the Corporation seeks to carry out Carnegie's vision of philanthropy, which he said should aim "to do real and permanent good in this world."
Corning Foundation
http://www.corning.com/inside_corning/foundation.asp
The Corning Incorporated Foundation, established in 1952, develops and administers projects in support of educational, cultural, community and selected national organizations. Over the years, the Foundation has contributed more than $83,000,000 through its programs of giving. Resources are directed primarily toward initiatives, which improve the quality of life in and near locations where Corning Incorporated is an active corporate citizen. Each year, the Foundation fulfills approximately 225 grants totaling some $2,250,000. Support goes to institutions that are tax-exempt under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which are public charities as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code.
Dana Foundation
http://www.dana.org/grants/education/
Throughout its history, the Dana Foundation has supported advances in education. A continuing goal is to invest limited financial resources to achieve a significant, measurable impact. Since 1991, the Foundation's Education Grants Program has focused on disseminating implementation of well-tested innovations that have the potential to strengthen public school education in America, especially for students in their early years.
DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund
http://www.wallacefunds.org/frames/framesetprograms.htm
Fund grants are designed to improve services to children and youth in elementary and middle schools, in youth-serving organizations and through school-community collaboration.
Dirkensen Center Grants
http://www.dirksencenter.org/grants.htm
The Dirksen Congressional Center has an organizational commitment of long-standing to provide leadership in understanding Congress and its members and their role in the federal government through research and educational programs. Through three grants programs, The Center supports the work of others who share our interests.
Edward W. Hazen Foundation
http://www.hazenfoundation.org/
The Edward W. Hazen Foundation is a private foundation that seeks to assist young people, particularly minorities and those disadvantaged by poverty, to achieve their full potential as individuals and as active participants in a democratic society. The Foundation has a national grantmaking program focused on public education and youth development.
FinAid's Grant Links
http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/grants.phtml
Links for Grant seekers
Ford Foundation
http://www.fordfound.org/
The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Our goals are to:
Strengthen democratic values,
Reduce poverty and injustice,
Promote international cooperation, and
Advance human achievement.
Google Grant Search
http://www.google.com/search?q=education+grants
Follow this link to search for additional grant links at Google.com.
HP Philanthropy
http://grants.hp.com/us/local/index.html
Every year HP donates large amounts of hardware and cash to education. For the U.S., they say "K-12 education is the primary focus of HP's U.S. National Grants, with an emphasis on math and science literacy and increasing opportunities for women and minorities."
Knight Foundation
http://www.knightfdn.org/default.asp?story=programs_grant_programs_insert.html
The Foundation's local grant making for education through the Community Initiatives and the national Education programs will support public and private institutions at all levels of education and seek a strategic balance between benefit to public school reform and the strengthening of higher education.
Mockingbird Charitable Funding
http://www.mockingbirdfoundation.org/funding/
Through our book and album projects, the Mockingbird Foundation has sought to celebrate the music of Phish and the spirit of their fans. By doing so in creative and productive ways, we fulfill our mission of giving back to the larger communities around us, in the name of those very same fans. In the first three rounds of funding, and through several one-time grants, the Foundation has contributed more than $170,000 to music education for children. The recipients of these grants have included schools, community centers, workshops, camps, and scholarship programs from Maine to California, from Appalaicha to the Southwest, and from Kentucky to Kosovo.
National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.fed.us/
Welcome to the National Endowment for the Humanities. We are a federal agency that supports learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities. We fund research, education, museum exhibitions, documentaries, preservation, and activities in the states.
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
http://www.nfie.org/grants.htm
The NEA Foundation supports a variety of efforts by teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to improve student learning in the nation's public schools, colleges, and universities.
National Geographic's Education Foundation
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/teacher_community/get_grant.html
Our mission is to revitalize the teaching and learning of geography in the nation's K-12 classrooms. We currently award more than three million dollars in grants annually to programs nationwide. The Society continues to solicit individual and corporate contributions to help support its educational goals.
National Institutes of Health -- Funding Opportunities
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm
Welcome to the NIH Grants Page. Managed by the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER), it is service for researchers, research administrators, research organizations and others interested in NIH grant programs.
NSF Funding Opportunities and Awards
http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants.htm
The NSF funds research and education in science and engineering, through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. The Foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.
Office of Special Education Programs
http://www.cec.sped.org/fd/minigapp.html
Discretionary Grants and Contracts: This database contains descriptions of over 1200 projects currently funded by the Research to Practice Division of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Funding for these projects is authorized by the discretionary program provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
http://www.rbf.org/
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) is a philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the well-being of all people in the transition to global interdependence. On July 1, 1999, the RBF and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation merged. Under the name of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the major grantmaking programs of both foundations will be continued.
ScienceWise.com
http://www.sciencewise.com/
ScienceWise Alert services deliver research and education funding opportunities from federal agencies, foundations, corporations, and the European Union.
SMARTer Kids Foundation
http://www.smarterkids.org/
The SMARTer Kids Foundation is a private organization that provides opportunities for students and teachers to learn new skills and grow in self-confidence by placing technology, grants and programs at their service. The Foundation helps equip classrooms with technology products and generates practical research on the impact and effectiveness of technology in the classroom. The challenges and opportunities that teachers and students face in accessing and using technology drive us to ensure our efforts make a difference in education.
Toyota Tapestry Grants for Teachers
http://www.nsta.org/programs/tapestry/
A partnership program of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and the National Science Teachers Association, the Toyota TAPESTRY grant program offers grants to K–12 science teachers. Grants are given to innovative projects that enhance science education in the school and/or school district. Middle and high school science teachers must spend at least 50% of their classroom time teaching science. Elementary school teachers must teach some science in the classroom.
UNO Links to Grants and Funding Information
http://cba.unomaha.edu/econ/funding.htm
Provided by the University of Nebraska at Omaha
US Department of Education - Grants & Contracts
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCFO/gcsindex.html
The place to start when looking for a federal education grant.
Verizon Foundation
http://foundation.verizon.com/
Verizon Foundation supports programs that create innovative eSolutions, help bridge the digital divide, foster basic and computer literacy, help enrich our communities, and create a skilled workforce. Verizon Foundation promotes partnerships in technology with organizations serving the needs of diverse communities, people with disabilities, and the economically and socially disadvantaged.
Yahoo! Education:Financial Aid:Grants
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/financial_aid/grants/
Grant Links from Yahoo!
