Funding Opportunities
Government and Private Grant Sources for Education Programs
May 20, 2005
The information in
Funding Opportunities
comes from a variety of sources and is
compiled by the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Grants Management,
Grants Development Office to help Florida’s education communities serve students.
Be sure to verify availability, eligibility, and instructions with the
funding source before preparing proposals.
In this issue
Funding Source – Government
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC)
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Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth / National Endowment for
the Arts (NEA)
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Youthbuild / Housing and Urban Development
Funding Source - Foundations/Private
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EInstruction’s Engaging Kids to Learn
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Wachovia Teachers and Teaching Initiative
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities
(HSIAC)
Assisting Colleges and Universities While They Help Communities
PROGRAM:
The Hispanic Serving Institutions Assisting Communities
(HSIAC) program will help colleges and universities expand their role and
effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their
communities, including neighborhood revitalization and housing and
economic development.
DEADLINE:
June 13, 2005.
FUNDING:
No more than $600,000 for a 3 year period.
ELIGIBILITY:
Accredited, degree-granting public or private nonprofit
institutions of higher education with at least a 25 percent full-time
undergraduate, low-income, Hispanic, student enrollment. See website for
more specific eligibility requirements.
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CONTACT:
Madelyn Wohlman-Rodriguez, HSIAC, (202) 708-3061 Ext.
5939. You may visit the website at http://www.oup.org/about/hsiac.html.
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth / National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Incorporating Arts in Education
PROGRAM:
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is committed to
bringing art education into the lives of children and youth. The NEA states
that for people to understand and appreciate the arts, they must have a
quality education in the arts. Learning in the Arts requires the following
components in all projects: experience, study, performance, and
assessment.
DEADLINE:
June 13, 2005.
FUNDING:
Awards range from $5,000 to $150,000; matching funds
required.
ELIGIBILITY:
Nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations, units of state or local
government, federally-recognized tribal communities or tribes.
CONTACT:
National Endowment for the Arts, Nancy Hanks Center, 1100
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20506-0001, (202) 682-5521.
You may visit the website at
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP06/LearningintheArts.html.
Youthbuild / Housing and Urban Development
Helping Communities Grow
PROGRAM:
The Youthbuild program focuses on a few different areas;
assisting low-income children in completing high school, providing on-site
construction training experiences which result in housing for low-income and
homeless families, fostering leadership skills, and promoting economic self-
sufficiency.
DEADLINE:
June 21, 2005.
FUNDING:
Varies.
ELIGIBILITY:
Nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations, state/local housing agencies
and state/local governments.
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CONTACT:
Ms. Phyllis Williams, Community Planning and Development
Specialist, Office of Economic Development, Office of Community Planning
and Development, U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7149, Washington, DC 20410–7000, (202)
708–2035. You may visit the website at
http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/nofa05/grpyouth.cfm.
EInstruction’s Engaging Kids to Learn
Bringing Technology to the Forefront
PROGRAM:
EInstruction makes real-time, interactive, wireless response
pads for classrooms. They are making their technology available through
grants to schools and they are having a huge impact in classrooms around
the world.
DEADLINE:
Open.
FUNDING:
36 Classroom Performance Systems (CPS), 9 per quarter to 3
elementary, middle and high schools. The award will consist of 32 CPS
Chalkboard and content containing thousands of CPS questions from Prentice
Hall and Scott Foresman to supplement the winner’s teaching subject.
ELIGIBILITY:
Educators, whether already a CPS user or just learning about
it.
CONTACT:
You may visit the website at
http://www.einstruction.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Grants.Display&Menu=G
rants&content=showArticle&id=72.
Wachovia Teachers and Teaching Initiative
Providing Funds to Help Communities
PROGRAM:
Wachovia is one of the largest financial institutions in the
country, and it is committed to helping the communities it serves. One of
the focus areas of the Wachovia Foundation’s commitment is education, and
the Wachovia Teachers and Teaching Initiative is a program that clearly
supports education. The purpose of this program is to fund organizations
that boost K-12 teacher recruitment, development, support, and retention.
Ultimately, the goal of improving teaching is to improve student
achievement.
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DEADLINE:
Applications by invitation only; if you feel your organization
qualifies, you may write to Wachovia at 225 Water Street, Jacksonville,
Florida 32202-0670.
FUNDING:
From $50,000 to $250,000.
ELIGIBILITY:
Nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations in one of the following
states: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland,
Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or Washington, D.C.
CONTACT:
Teachers and Teaching Initiative at tti@wachovia.com. You may
visit the website at
http://www.wachovia.com/inside/page/0,,139_414_430_6336.html.
Visit the FLDOE Grants Management Website at
http://www.firn.edu/doe/grants/grants.htm.
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