Grant Information: Resources to Get You Started
The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit operating foundation and is not a grant-making organization.
We encourage visitors seeking grants or grant information to check our resource list below.
You might also consider contacting local community foundations, service organizations and businesses in your area, or your state department of education, which may provide school site-based grants in support of educational technology.
Web Sites with Grant Information |
Periodicals with Grant Information |
Corporate and Foundation Grants
Government Grants |
Technology Donation Programs
Web Sites with Grant Information
eSchool News online
This online version of a monthly magazine contains a grants section with regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development, and other funding opportunities for both educators and students.
- Email: info@eschoolnews.com
- Phone: (800) 394-0115
- eSchool News, 7920 Norfolk Avenue, Suite 900, Bethesda, MD 20814
FastWEB
The largest online scholarship search available, with 400,000 scholarships representing over one billion in scholarship dollars. Provides students with accurate, regularly updated information on scholarships, grants, and fellowships suited to their goals and qualifications at no cost.
- Email: webmaster@fastweb.com
- Phone: (847) 785-8000
- FastWEB, 2550 Commonwealth Avenue, North Chicago, IL 60064
The Foundation Center
An independent nonprofit information clearinghouse on grants available throughout the United States with headquarters in New York, and additional libraries in Washington, DC, Atlanta, Cleveland, and San Francisco. The center offers publications, including directories of foundation and corporate grantmakers, research advice, custom research, and database searching. The Web site includes online training in grantseeking, proposal writing, and funding research, as well as an online librarian.
- Email: library@fdncenter.org
- Phone: (800) 424-9836 or (212) 620-4230
- The Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003-3076
Grants.gov
Allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies, and encompasses over 900 grant programs offered by the twenty six Federal grant-making agencies. It streamlines the process of awarding over $350 billion annually to state and local governments, academia, not-for-profits, and other organizations.
- Email: support@grants.gov
- Phone: (800) 518-4726
- 200 Independence Avenue, SW, HHH Building, Room 739F, Washington, DC 20201
Grantsandfunding.com
Offers a complete listing of all Thompson Publishing Group publications that focus on grant and funding issues. Subscribers of the group's publications have access to a special section that provides resources such as grant deadlines, highlights of funding issues, and links to related Web sites.
- Email: service@thompson.com
- Phone: (800) 964-5815 or (813) 282-8807
- Thompson Publishing Group, Inc., 1725 K Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006
SchoolGrants
A collection of resources and tips to help K-12 educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects. The site offers fundraising ideas, sample proposals, grant writing tips, and scholarship information.
- Email: help@schoolgrants.org
Periodicals with Grant Information
MultiMedia Schools
This magazine addresses multiple technologies used in K-12 schools today. Selected full-text content is now available online. Includes a NewsWatch section, which posts technology-related funding news and links.
- Publisher: Information Today
- Phone: (609) 654-6266
Technology & Learning Online
The online version of this magazine contains a Grants and Contests section with a searchable database of regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development, and other funding opportunities for both educators and students. The site integrated with Gwen Solomon's Well Connected Educator, producing a more extensive site that includes an interactive forum, software reviews, and other resources. Published eight times a year.
- Publisher: Miller Freeman
- Phone: (800) 607-4410
- Miller Freeman, 600 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Corporate and Foundation Grants
Computing Science Exploration Grant Program
Fourier Systems launched its first grant in June to give "educators an opportunity to create and implement a science classroom supported by technology." Entry for this grant program is open until January 1, 2009. Fourier Systems will match the winner's technology contribution up to $7,500 and give them a $500 voucher for probeware. The three runners-up will also receive $500 vouchers for Fourier Systems probeware. Enter online.
Corning Foundation
The Corning Foundation educational grants support community-service programs for students, curriculum enrichment, student scholarships, facility improvement, and instructional-technology projects for the classroom. The foundation directs resources primarily toward initiatives that improve the quality of life near Corning Inc. locations. Each year, the foundation fulfills approximately 225 grants totaling some $2,25 million. 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.
International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
A professional association for technology-education teachers who teach problem-based learning using math, science, and technology principles. The Grants/Scholarships/Awards section provides information on support programs offered by the Foundation for Technology Education and ITEA. Opportunities are available to ITEA members only.
- Email: itea@iris.org
- Phone: (703) 860-2100
- ITEA, 1914 Association Drive, Suite 201, Reston, VA 20191-1539
NEC Foundation of America
The NEC Foundation of America supports programs with national reach and impact in assistive technology for people with disabilities. Application deadlines are March 1 and September 1. The application process takes six months.
- Email: foundation@necfoundation.org
- Phone: (631) 232-2212
- NEC Foundation of America, 2950 Express Drive South, Suite 102, Islandia, NY 11749-1412
Sun Microsystems Foundation Open Gateway Grants Program
Provides hardware and software grants, training, and technical support to assist schools, particularly in economically disadvantaged communities, in making the transition to network computing, assist schools in utilizing network-based tools to implement new teaching strategies that improve instruction and student outcomes, and promote the full integration of technology into curriculum to help ensure that students are prepared to become information workers of tomorrow.
- Email: corpaffrs@corp.sun.com
- Phone: (650) 336-0487
- Sun Microsystems, Corporate Affairs Dept., 901 San Antonio Road, M/S UPAL01-462, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Toyota USA Foundation
Committed to improving K-12 education, the Foundation offers grants to nonprofit organizations for projects which increase the productivity of students and/or educators primarily in the areas of math and science. Applications are reviewed continually (no deadline).
- Phone: (800) 331-4331
- Foundation Administrator, Toyota USA Foundation, A404, 19001 S. Western Avenue, Torrance, CA 90509
Government Grants
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The NSF supports research and education in science and engineering through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, and other research and/or education institutions in all parts of the United States. The foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.
- Email: info@nsf.gov
- Phone: (703) 292-5111, (800) 877-8339
- TDD: (703) 292-5090
- National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230
U.S. Department of Education Funding Opportunities
Funding opportunities in individual offices and programs of the U.S. Department of Education (Bilingual Education and Minority Languages, Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration, Postsecondary Institutions, Migrant Education, and so on). Links to grants and contracts information, department guidelines and regulations, and Federal Register documents (invitations for grant applications, requests for comments, and so on).
Technology Donation Programs
Computer Recycling Center (CRC)
Through its Recycling Computers for Education program, the CRC has been placing refurbished computers in California schools for the past five years. With its new "One Hundred for One Hundred" national campaign, the CRC's goal is to inspire one hundred groups, businesses, or individuals to collect one hundred computers each over the course of one hundred days, and then place these computers in schools within each community.
- Email: info@crc.org
- Phone: (888) 887-3372
- 1275 4th St., lockbox 200 PMB, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Computers for Learning
The Computers for Learning program donates surplus federal computer equipment to schools and educational nonprofit organizations, giving special consideration to those with the greatest need. Any public, private, or parochial school or home school serving preK-12 students in the United States or its territories is eligible.
- Hotline: (866) 472-9161
Gifts In Kind International
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.
- Phone: (703) 836-2121
- Gifts In Kind International, 333 North Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Comments & Responses
I have been using a
I have been using a smartboard for two years and I love it. Since you are a media specialist, when seeking a grant don't forget to mention that you will also be exposing your faculty to this diverse teaching tool.
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i have a chance to go to denmark for a language study abroad but i need some body to grant me $7500 to cover my trip expense.
Travel Monies Needed for China Delegation on Music Education
I've been invited to serve on a delegation of music educators who will participate in a citizen ambassadors' program in China. This trip is in December.
Being only an adjunct instructor at a community college in Texas, the $5500.00 is prohibitive.
I want to accept the invitation but need some type of assistance for the travel to make it happen.
Thank you.
Nancy Staples
Elem. Gr. 4 Science Lab grant; Gr. 3/4/5 Science Fair grant
I have a fabulous opportunity to help to open a brand, new elementary (P-5) school this coming year in Douglas County, Georgia! I will be teaching fourth grade, and have been designatd the school's grades 3/4/5 science chairperson (building rep). I have been offered two classrooms in which to house grade 4 science labs. I will need lab tables, chairs, 2 teacher podiums, several microscopes and slides, laptop computers and flashdrives and CD/DVDs, 2 printers and ink cartridges, printer paper, various upper-elementary science materials and equipment, and 2 Smart Boards to get the lab rooms off to a highly productive, 21st Century lift-off! Helping to open this school is like being on a team to launch a space shuttle for NASA ~ it is going to be an amazing mission! I don't know how I could be more excited!
I also will coordinate the school's first upper-elementary science fair in May, which will require additional necessecities, such as science display boards, model and experiment materials, ribbons, trophies, prizes, and a school digital photo/video camera to record the students' project progress and outcome. I successfully coordinated ten annual science fairs at my previous school, with impressive results. Every year, the students have astonished me, and those attending, with their outside-of-the-box scientific inquiry and knowledge! Kids are naturally curious, and love science!
I would very much appreciate being considered for assistance with any of the above-mentioned items/materials, as I continue to plan out my coming first year at this new school. I would like to take all of the students that I teach into the next galaxy with this opportunity! Thanks for your help! SCIENCE TAKES YOUR IMAGINATION INTO THE NEXT GALAXY!
Mrs. Colleen Hunt, Teacher, Grade 4
Mason Creek Elementary School
3400 Johnston Road
Winston, Georgia 30187
(770)-651-4900
(770)-920-4282 Fax
colleen_hunt@douglas.k12.ga.us
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As the visionary leader of
As the visionary leader of Hilliard Leadership Academies for Boys, I have assembled a team of professionals who are providing some pro bono assistance to the first of what we expect to be numerous all male elementary schools beginning at Junior kindergarten and going to eighth grade. The instructional program will be rigorous and is specifically designed to address the incredibly high dropout rate among the most affected racial populations. Currently, we are completing the entire school design (i.e. curriculum, leadership and instructional staff requirements, etc.). The research is clear about what's required to reverse the tide of failure among the most at risk populations. Once the entire proposal is complete, we will prepare an accompanying business plan. We're seeking $5M (i.e. in grants to support school buildout, startup and working capital, and we have begun an outreach initiative to introduce prospects to our school concept. Our five (5) year projected goals are to have a student population of 360 per school, with schools located in Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan, Gary, Indiana, Oakland and Los Angeles, California and other urban/inner cities as the need is identified. The schools will be either chartered or regular public schools (i.e. public schools that school districts agree to contract to our education management organization. ALL INFORMATION IS VERIFIABLE
Delegation to China
Along with the other delegation members for the China trip, I am also looking for grant information. The trip costs over $6,000.00. I am an English Language Development teacher in Lynwood, California (a small city southeast of Los Angeles). Thanks.
I have been using a
I have been using a smartboard for five years and absolutely love it. I think your idea of highlighting student generated media is great. Since you are a media specialist, when seeking a grant don't forget to mention that you will also be exposing your faculty to this diverse teaching tool.
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Grant for Student Travel to the Pantanal in Brazil
A science teacher at Fenway High School in Boston and I are seeking grants to fund a trip to the Pantanal in Brazil for six urban high school students. These students will participate in a two-week research effort sponsored by Earthwatch.
Fenway is a public high school in Boston and the students are working to raise some of the funds on their own but need support from outside funders.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Carol Lazarus
Grant for attending IRA Delegation to China in November
I have been invited to attend the International Reading Association Delegation to China in November and I am seeking grant support for the trip. The trip cost is over $6000 plus other expenses. I am currently a reading teacher and assistant principal and wondering if anyone knows of a grant that supports this opportunity.
Thank you.
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