Adobe
Systems
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/main.html
Paul G.
Allen Virtual Education Foundation
The purpose of the foundation to "advance
Internet-based distance learning [and to] support research and development
of technologies and instructional strategies for
computer-mediated instruction and distributed learning environments." The
Foundation is especially interested in projects that "explore ways
to achieve cost-effective production of innovative digital
content for online learning." The Foundation does not fund individual faculty
projects or capital improvements to information infrastructure or the development
of instructional management or delivery technology.
http://www.paulallen.com/foundations/
Ameritech
Education Resources
http://www.ameritech.com:1080/community/education/index.html
AOL Foundation
www.aolfoundation.org/grants/iei.html
AOL is launching an Interactive
Education Grants program open to K-12 teachers, education leaders,
parents, and other community leaders.
The grants will be awarded to
those who develop innovative and creative ways to enhance student
learning through the online medium.
Apple Education (K-12 and
Higher Education)
http://www.apple.com/education/
AT&T Foundation
Funds projects that explore
the role of technology in education and its ability to connect students,
teachers, classrooms, and institutions.
http://www.att.com/foundation/
Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/
welfare of disadvantaged children
and families
Arco
Foundation
http://www.arco.com/Corporate/reports/foundation/home.htm
Bayer-NSF Award for
Community Innovation
http://www.nsf.gov/bayer-nsf-award.htm
Deadline: January 31, 2000 to recognize middle
school students' creative, scientific solutions to community problems.
Challenge Grants
for Technology in Education
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/chalgrnt.html
The Chalkboard: A Classroom Corporate
Connection
http://thechalkboard.com/
resources for educators
Chevron Foundation
Currently the company focuses its
giving in the areas of math and science education, with an emphasis on
kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12); environmental conservation,
with an emphasis on habitat preservation, wildlife protection, and
environmental education programs;
http://www.chevron.com/community/index.html
Cisco Systems
information about their products,
training, solutions, technical support and their grant program.
http://www.cisco.com/
Coca
Cola Foundation
supports teacher-training programs, public
and private colleges and universities, elementary and secondary schools
http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/foundation/index.html
Computing EDGE
Center for Excellence in Education
matches the technology needs of schools with computer equipment and technology
of individuals and
corporations.
http://rsi.cee.org/
Computer Learning Foundation
http://www.computerlearning.org/
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
provides support
nationally for five primary program areas: private higher education, secondary
education, religion (graduate theological education), health
care (caring attitudes), and public television.
http://www.jvm.com/davis/
Digital Corporate Contributions
Program
promotes academic excellence
through the accessibility of technology in the classroom.
http://www.digital.com/quickindex.html
Disney Learning
Creative Learning Communities (CLC)
grant program provides grants to public elementary schools that seek, in
collaboration with
their local school districts, support
for designing and implementing creative teaching strategies that improve
student performance
http://disney.go.com/DisneyLearning/
Do Something
$500 grants for those under
30 who might have an idea for dealing with a community problem
http://www.dosomething.org
Dow Chemical Corporation
http://thechalkboard.com/corporations/dow/
Dow seeks to improve
the quality of North American K-12
education in math, science,
and technology.
J.C. Downing Foundation
supports innovative efforts and original
projects in five program areas: science and technology, sports and
athletics, education and child development, wildlife
research and preservation, and environmental
research and economics
http://www.jcdowning.org/
Education Funding Research
Council
http://www.grantsandfunding.com/
Information on Federal, corporate,
foundation and private funding .
Educational Funding Strategies
Consultants to educational and
other non-profit organizations.
http://www.icu.com/efs/home.htm
Educational
Grant Sponsors Index
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~seas/resdev/sponsors.html
Educational Renaissance
Grant Information
http://www.anovember.com/grants.html
Education's Unsung Heroes Awards
http://www.unsungheroes.com
Classroom teachers who have
developed and demonstrated a creative approach are eligible to
receive recognition AND a grant for their
innovative work. There
will be about eighty awards ranging from $2,000 to $25,000 to honor
innovative K-12 teachers
(and administrators, paraprofessionals,
and classified staff .
Electronic Industries Foundation
Innovation Grants promote new innovative
technology-based math and science classroom projects that tie classroom
work to real life situations.
Projects must focus on one or
more of the 5th through 8th grades and must be practical, simple
to understand and implement and easy to replicate in similar
settings.
http://www.eia.org/eif
Federal
Funding Sources
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/index.html
Acomplete and current listing of grants
announced through the Federal Registrar - U.S. Department of Education
Documents, visit the
The Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org
A web site for
grantmakers to present their information. Among
those listed at the site are:
Ford, Kellogg, Robert Wood Johnson, Annenberg, Rockefeller
Foundations, Pew Charitable
Trust, and the Lilly Endowment.
Foundation for Exceptional
Children
http://www.cec.sped.org/fd/minigapp.htm
Minigrant awards of up to $500.00
will be made for innovative education-related projects which
benefit gifted children or youth
and/or children and youth with disabilities.
Funding for Educational Technology
http://www.mcrel.org/
Mid-continent Regional Educational
Laboratory maintains a web site with numerous
references and resources to
funding for educational technology.
Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Education/
Gateway
Foundation
http://www.gateway.com/about/info/foundation.shtml
Grants and Contests
Search at Technology & Learning Online
http://www.techlearning.com/grants.shtml
Grants and Other
People's Money
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/top/grants.html
produced as part of NASA K-12 Internet
Initiative.
Hewlett-Packard
Philantropy Project
http://webcenter.hp.com/grants/us/index.html
Hewlett-Packard has earmarked
over $500,000 for K-12 projects stressing hands-on science and math
programs.
IBM Corporate Giving
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/
education, environment, human capital
ICONNect
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/icprize.html
For School Media specialists
- Collaborative teams of AASL members and classroom teachers can apply
for one of the five
$1000 ICPrizes awarded annually
that encourage the use of Internet resources to develop meaningful
curriculum connections.
ICPrize for Collaboration
through Technology
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/icprize.html
For information on the five
$1,000 minigrants, ICPrize for Collaboration through Technology .
Intel Foundation
http://www.intel.com/intel/community/grants.htm
Intel funds programs that advance
math, science,or technology education, promote science
careers among women and under
represented minorities where Intel has a major
facility: Arizona, California,
New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, or Washington
Internet Scholars Program
Description and submission guidelines
for mini-grants available to classroom teachers for developing
Internet based activities for
kids.
http://www.yam.regulus.com/
Information
Sources for Higher Education
http://www.york.ac.uk/services/library/subjects/highered.htm
International Reading Association
- Teacher as Researcher Grant
This grant supports classroom teachers in their inquiries
about literacy and instruction.
http://www.reading.org/
W.K.Kellogg Foundation
http://www.wkkf.org/
rural development, education
George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://glef.org/
A.L. Mailman Foundation
http://www.mailman.org/
children and families, early childhood
education
Mainfuntion.com
Microsoft sponsors the Curriculum Grant Program for middle
schools, high schools, and secondary level vocational/technical schools
to encourage the development of computer science, programming, web development,
and information systems curricula
http://www.mainfunction.com/grants/default.asp
Medtronic Foundation
- Science and Technology are Rewarding (STAR) program
http://www.medtronic.com/foundation/star.html
K-12 science education)
NEC Foundation of America
provides grant support for programs
that promote science and technology education, with the primary focus on
secondary level efforts and applications of
technology that assist people with disabilities.
http://www.nec.com/company/foundation/
National Council for
Social Studies
annual Grant for the Enhancement of
Geographic Literacy awards $2,500 to an educator who is promoting geographic
literacy through integrating geography
into the social studies curriculum/classroom.
http://www.ncss.org/awards/grants.html
National Endowment for Humanities - Focus
Grants
Educators are invited to propose a study
of a humanities topic during the summer or academic year with colleagues
from their own school
building, school district, college
or university.
www.neh.gov/html/forms.html
NSTA (National Science Teachers
Association) Awards and Competitions
http://www.nsta.org/programs/
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
http://www.packfound.org/
science, population, conservation,
the arts, education, community
Pew Charitable Trusts
http://www.pewtrusts.com/
ulture, education, environment, public
policy, health and human services, religion
Pfizer Foundation
http://www.pfizer.com
Grants under $10,000 can be
requested for K-12 science and math projects dealing with teacher
training, informal science and math
resource providers, and technology
applications in the science and math classroom
PowerUp
http://www.powerup.org
emphasis is on integrating technology into
after-school programs
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
http://www.rbf.org/index.html
sustainable resources and world security,
nonprofit sector, education
SAMI (Science and Math Information)
Funding Sources
http://www.learner.org/sami/
School Grants
One stop site for K-12 grant
opportunities.
http://www.schoolgrants.org
School to Work Foundation
- awards grants for teacher inspired and school
sponsored School to Work projects, as well as donating start up funds to
worthy ventures. Funds can be used for materials, personnel, and
venture capital for developing projects.
http://www.stwnews.org/hello.htm
Arthur B. Schultz
Foundation
Located in Incline Village, Nevada, the
Arthur B. Schultz Foundation supports "improve understanding between
nations of previously differing political systems through trade in an
interdependent global economy; education of a new generation of students
within the framework of an interdependent global economy and environment;
and organizations and initiatives promoting environmental protection
and natural resource conservation." Grants support improved facilities
and specific programs in "visionary educational institutions", and
also support environmental conservation, with priority given to habitat
protection.
http://www.absfoundation.org/
Sega Foundation
http://www.sega.com/central/foundation/index.html
Project Get SMARTer
This project focuses on researching the
impact and effectiveness of technology on learning.
http://www.smarttech.com/
Scholastic's Ms. Frizzle Award
http://www.scholastic.com
Spencer Foundation
http://www.spencer.org/
a private foundation to support research
contributing to the understanding and improvement of education.
Sprint
Foundation
http://www.sprint.com/sprint/overview/commun.html
Sun
Micro Systems
Alliance for K-12 Schools
Technology for All Americans
Project
A project to develop national
standards for K-12 technology education.
http://www.iteawww.org/TAA/TAA.html
ThinkQuest Junior
http://www.thinkquest.org
Deadline: January 31, 2000 for cash and
technology prizes to 4th-6th graders for creative web site designs.
Technology Donation Programs
Computers for Learning
http://www.computers.fed.gov
Hotline: (888) 362-7870
The computers for Learning program donates surplus federal computer equipment
to schools and
educational nonprofits, giving special consideration to those with the
greatest need. Any public, private,
or parochial school or home-school serving pre-K through 12 students in
the U.S. or it's territories is
eligible.
Computer Recycling Center, Inc. (CRC)
http://www.crc.org
E-mail: info@crc.org
Phone: (408) 327-1800
Computer Recycling Center, Inc., 2971 Mead Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051
Through its "Recycling Computers for Education" program, CRC has been placing
refurbished
computers in California schools for the past five years. With its new "One
Hundred for One Hundred"
national campaign, CRC's goal is to inspire 100 groups, businesses, or
individuals to collect 100
computers each over the course of 100 days, and then place these computers
in schools within each
community.
Detwiler Foundation
www.detwiler.org
http://www.computersforschools.org
E-mail: tedu@detwiler.org
Phone: (800) 939-6000
Detwiler Foundation, 470 Nautilus Street, Suite 400, La Jolla, CA 92037
Nonprofit foundation accepts, repairs, and places donated computer equipment
into K-12 schools in 22
states. Their goal is to reduce the national ratio of students-to-computers
to one computer for every five
students-a goal that can be accomplished if just ten percent of the computers
taken out of service each
year were donated.
PEP Site: National Computer
Recycling Programs
http://www.microweb.com/pepsite/
A state, national and international directory of agencies that facilitate
donations of used computer
hardware for schools and community groups. Provides annotations and contact
information for
programs such as the National Cristina Foundation, the East West Education
Development
Foundation, and the National Education Technology Initiative, among others.
Gifts In Kind International
http://www.giftsinkind.org
Phone: (703) 836-2121
Gifts In Kind International, 333 North Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Each year, thousands of companies contribute hundreds of millions of dollars
in newly manufactured
products through Gifts In Kind International to a network of over 50,000
charities around the world. To
receive product donations and discounts, registration with Gifts In Kind
International's Agency Partner
program is required. The annual cost is $125 if your revenue is less than
$1 million and $250 if your
budget is more than $1 million.
ThinkQuest
http://www.thinkquest.org/teach/index.shtml
ThinkQuest is an annual contest
for students grade 7-12 to use the Internet as a collaborative,
interactive teaching and learning
tool.
Toshiba America Foundation
The Toshiba America Foundation is dedicated
to supporting teacher-led classroom projects designed to improve
science, mathematics, and
technology-related education in grades
seven through 12.
http://www.toshiba.com/new/taf.shtml
Toyota TAPESTRY
http://www.nsta.org/programs/toyota.htm
Toyota TAPESTRY is one of the
largest national K-12 science teacher grant programs. TAPESTRY
provides 50 up to
$10,000 one-year grants to science
teachers for innovative classroom science projects in the field
of physical science application
or environmental education.
Toyota
TIME
http://www.nctm.org/about/toyota/index.html
Toyota's Investment in
Mathematics Excellence, is a teacher grant program for K-12 teachers
of mathematics.
U.S. Department of Education
Grants and Contracts Service
http://gcs.ed.gov/
offers information about current
contract and grant opportunities.
Utah Funding Resources for Utah K-12 educators
Wells Fargo and Co.
pre-K through grade 12 education,
with a focus on math, literacy, and the history of the American West;
and human services, especially organizations whose work
in child care, health services and education...
http://wellsfargo.com/cra/contrib/
Westinghouse Foundation
http://www.westinghouse.com
Westinghouse supports projects
that strengthen science and math education in the public schools.
E.L. Wiegand Foundation (no web page found)
Provides grants to:"develop
and strengthen programs and projects at educational institutions
in the academic areas of science, business, fine
arts, law and medicine." Schools
must be located in Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah,
Arizona or Washington.
DeWitt Wallace-Reader's
Digest Fund
to improve services
to children and youth in elementary and secondary schools, youth-serving
organizations, and
school-community
collaborative projects.
http://dewittwallace.org/