We’ve been having a record setting year for the number of
grants submitted by school-based staff—over 600 (and it is just mid-March!). It
is wonderful to see your creative ideas for helping our students learn and
thrive, and to see so many people taking the initiative write grants. As you
and your colleagues receive notification from funders, please let us know by
sending us a copy of the award email or letter. We currently have about 130
grants still pending, and we are eager to know whether or not they receive
funding.
Grant Alerts
The WCPSS Board of Education approved the following grant
opportunity at their meeting on March 15:
Best Buy Community
Grants
Application:
https://corporate.bestbuy.com/community-grants-page/
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Funding
Level: Up to $10,000
Deadline:
June 29, 2016
Don't forget about the Wake Ed Partnership Teacher Innovation grant, offering $1000 for individuals or $3,000 for teams. Grant writing workshops are being held on March 22 and April 7. For details, visit http://www.wakeed.org/programs/teacher-innovation-grants/
Other Upcoming Deadlines include:
- Raleigh Moms Care is offering a grant of $500 to Wake County teachers. The deadline is March 30.To access the application form, click here.
- The Actuarial Foundation provides up to $10,000 for STEM education, deadline 3/31, http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/teachers/what_asa_grant.shtml
- Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers grants of up to $500 for literacy work at school libraries, deadline March 31, http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/section/ezra-jack-keats-mini-grant-program-for-public-libraries-public-schools/.
- NC Farm Bureau – Ag in the Classroom grant provides $500 for agricultural education, deadline April 15, https://goo.gl/VZg0Ke
Details about these and more grant opportunities can be found
in our current Grant Alerts, located in three places:
- On the Intranet at http://www2.wcpss.net/departments/grants/alerts.htm
- In the Office of Grants Blackboard course, click on “Grant Alerts in the left hand navigation bar
- 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 (click here to access the form). Don't hesitate to be in touch if
you have any questions.
PS. Check us out
on FaceBook and Twitter! We post grant updates, highlight upcoming deadlines,
celebrate grants received in the district. To follow us on FaceBook, click
here. Our Twitter
handle is @WcpssGrants.
