Here’s a reminder about some grant deadlines coming up between now and November 15:

Lee Brothers Side Kick Foundation

Application: http://www.leebrothers.com/Side-kick-foundation.html

Subject: Miscellaneous projects and funding needs

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: October 31, 2014

NOTE: Eligible schools include Baileywick Elementary, Brassfield Elementary, Carroll Middle, Daniels Middle, Durant Road Elementary, Durant Road Middle, East Millbrook Middle, Enloe High, Fox Road Elementary, Green Elementary, Hilburn Drive Elementary, Hunter Elementary, Jeffreys Grove Elementary, Lead Mine Elementary, Leesville Road Elementary, Leesville Road High, Leesville Road Middle, Lynn Road Elementary, Millbrook Elementary, Millbrook High, North Forest Pines Elementary, North Ridge Elementary, Pleasant Union Elementary, Sanderson High, Sycamore Creek Elementary, Wakefield Elementary, Wakefield High, Wakefield Middle, West Millbrook Middle, Wildwood Forest Elementary, York Elementary

Office Depot Foundation

Application: http://officedepotfoundation.org/?page_id=214

Subject: Miscellaneous projects and funding needs

Funding Level: Up to $3,000

Deadline: October 31, 2014

Whole Kids Foundation

Application: https://www.wholekidsfoundation.org/schools/programs/school-garden-grant-program

Subject: Miscellaneous projects and funding needs

Funding Level: Varies

Deadline: October 31, 2014

The Lawrence Foundation

Application: http://www.thelawrencefoundation.org/grants/guidelines.php

Subject: Miscellaneous projects and funding needs

Funding Level: Averages $5,000

Deadline: November 1, 2014; April 30, 2015

National Dairy Council – Fuel Up to Play 60

Application: http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/funds/introduction.php

Subject: Health and nutrition

Funding Level: Up to $4,000

Deadline: November 5, 2014

Westinghouse Grants

Application: http://westinghousenuclear.com/About/Community-and-Education/Educational-Grant

Subject: STEM

Funding Level: Up to $3,000

Deadline: November 14, 2014

NC Farm Bureau – Ag in the Classroom

Application: http://www.ncagintheclassroom.com/portals/1/pdf/grant_GoingLocal.pdf

Subject: Agriculture concepts

Funding Level: Up to $500

Deadline: November 15, 2014

NC Foundation for Public School Children

Application: http://ncfpsc.org/programs/professional-development/

Subject: Professional development

Funding Level: $1,000

Deadline: November 15, 2014

Details about these and more grant opportunities can be found in our current Grant Alerts, located in three places:

1)      On the Intranet  at http://www2.wcpss.net/departments/grants/alerts.htm

2)      In the Office of Grants Blackboard course, which can be accessed by from offsite by going to the WCPSS internet site, and at the bottom of the page, under “Staff Links”, click on “Blackboard.”  Sign in, and then enter the Office of Grants course.

3)      At the Office of Grants Google site which can be accessed from anywhere with no sign in required.  https://sites.google.com/a/wcpss.net/wcpss-grants-office/calendar

 Should you decide to apply for a grant, please let the Office of Grants know by submitting an Intent to Apply form, available at any of the three locations mentioned above.  Some folks have been having difficulty getting the form to save their data, so we have added instructions in the upper left hand corner.  If you follow the instructions there, all should work well.

Introduction to Grant Alerts

This blog is designed to help people within the Wake County Public School System learn about grants--how to find them, write them, develop them, manage them, and report on them.  It is also written to provide information about the WCPSS grants process, so that folks within the system will understand and be able to follow Wake County Board of Education policy about grants.  We will use the Grant Alerts blog primarily to provide Grant Alerts--updates on the latest opportunities and upcoming deadlines.

A bit of background information that might be helpful:

The primary source of information about grants in WCPSS is the Office of Grants intranet site: http://www2.wcpss.net/departments/grants/. This site is home to most everything you need to know about grants, from a listing of Board approved grant opportunities (Grant Alerts) to policies, procedures, and forms. Currently the intranet is only available while you are connected to a WCPSS network, which generally means you need to be on a school campus or at a WCPSS facility to connect to it. 

We realize that folks may need or want information about grants while away from WCPSS facilities.  There are two options available to access grants information from offsite:

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 1) The Office of Grants hosts a course on Blackboard, and the course houses information that mirrors the information found on the intranet site. To access Blackboard while offsite, go to the WCPSS internet site, and at the bottom of the page, under “Staff Links”, click on “Blackboard.”  Sign in, and then enter the Office of Grants course.

2) Office of Grants Google site: We created a Google site that can be accessed from anywhere with no sign in required.  This site includes a Grants Forecast Calendar, Grant Alerts, lists of grant opportunities by topic, information about the grants process, and forms. The link to the site is https://sites.google.com/a/wcpss.net/wcpss-grants-office/calendar . We are still developing this site, so please send me any ideas on how we could make it meet your needs more fully.