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THE
ANNENBERG FOUNDATION
Founded in 1989 by publisher and former U.S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, Walter H. Annenberg,
the Annenberg Foundation supports projects to
improve America's public schools. It generally
limits its funding to projects likely to promote
beneficial change on a large scale. Currently,
the foundation does NOT award funds for the following:
individuals, for-profit organizations, general
operating expenses, capital construction, endowments,
political activities, scholarships, projects focused
exclusively on research, programs outside of the
United States or individual schools.
The foundation does not use a grant application
form. Send a two-page letter of inquiry to initiate
contact with the foundation. If interested, the
foundation may request a full proposal.
Funds: varies
Application Deadline:
accepts letters of inquiry year-round
Contact: The Annenberg Foundation,
2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90067, (310) 209-4560; lainfo@annenbergfoundation.org
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BRAITMAYER
FOUNDATION
The Foundation is interested in K-12 education throughout the United States. Particular interest are:
- Curricular and school reform initiatives.
- Preparation of and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly those which encourage people of high ability and diverse background to enter and remain in K-12 teaching.
The Foundation is pleased to have its grants used anywhere in the United States as seed money, challenge grants, or to match other grants to the recipient organizations. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals, multi year grants, nor grants for general operating, endowment purposes or building programs. Normally the Foundation does not make grants for childcare, pre-kindergarten, or after school programs nor for equipment including hardware, software, and books.
Funds: Small grants of up to $10,000 and
larger projects up to $35,000
Application Deadline:
Applications for small grants (up to $10,000)
are due by June 1st or November 15th. Applications
for large grants (up to $35,000) are due by June
1st.
Contact: Sabina Taj, 6470 Freetown Road, Suite 20087, Columbia, MD 21044; (410) 480-2799
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THE COCA-COLA FOUNDATION
To support scholarships, school drop-out prevention, access to education programs, and other education initiatives, per local business unit priorities.
Funds: varies, between $5,000 and $100,000
Application Deadlines: accepts applications year-round. Applications are reviewed quarterly.
Contact: The Coca-Cola Foundation, Grants Administration, 1 Coca Cola Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia, 30301; (404) 676-2568
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S.H.
COWELL FOUNDATION
The majority of Cowell grants support the induction and in-service professional development of teachers. Our purpose is to help schools develop effective, coherent and responsive instructional programs. It is vital that the plan for the grant project provide sufficient time and expert support for teachers to master new teaching and assessment methods, subject knowledge and ways of working together.
We also fund projects that support students' learning by strengthening connections among schools, families and other agencies in the community, and projects that link classroom lessons to carefully aligned and structured programs beyond the school. It's not unusual for projects to combine two or even all of these elements.
In general, we do not fund direct services to students, such as tutoring or technological interventions; instead, our focus is on the quality of interactions between students and their teachers.
The S.H. Cowell Foundation only
funds communities in northern and Central California.
The foundation requests that prospective applicants
call and speak with a program officer about their
grant idea before writing a proposal. The foundation
will invite letters of inquiry and full proposals
from those grant seekers whose projects best align
with the foundation's interests and initiatives.
Funds: range between $1,000 and $300,000
(based on funding needs and other sources of support)
Application Deadline:
accepts calls from grant seekers year-round
Contact: The S.H. Cowell Foundation, 120
Montgomery Street, Suite 2570, San Francisco,
CA 94104; (415) 397-0285
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GOLDMAN SACHS FOUNDATION
The Goldman Sachs Foundation is a global philanthropic organization funded by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The Foundation's mission is to promote excellence and innovation in education and to improve the academic performance and lifelong productivity of young people worldwide.
The Foundation focuses its grantmaking activities in three primary areas:
The foundation is committed to excellence in all projects it supports. Therefore, they only award a VERY SMALL number of large grants, thus providing significant resources for projects and organizations demonstrating exceptional promise, strong leadership, distinguished records of accomplishment, and the clear capacity to expend sizable grants wisely.
Unsolicited applications are rarely successful. Those interested in applying for a grant from the foundation are invited to explain their ideas informally by submitting to the foundation a short letter (of about two pages) describing the program or organization for which a grant is sought, its mission, accomplishments, budget size, and current funding needs. Documentation of results achieved to date is highly desirable . Submission of published program descriptions or brochures also is encouraged. On the basis of this information, staff will determine whether additional materials are required and contact prospective grantees accordingly.
Funds: varies
Application Deadline: accepts Letters of Inquiry year-round
Contact: The Goldman Sachs Foundation, 85 Broad Street, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10004
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND THE METLIFE FOUNDATION
The National Association of Secondary School Principals and the MetLife Foundation are calling for nominations for its Breakthrough Schools awards program. The grants will recognize best practices and outstanding results in high-achieving middle level and high schools-with the hope to inform other schools striving to improve student achievement.
Funds: $5,000
Application Deadline: Varies from year to year. Check website.
Contact: Josephine Franklin, Associate Director for Research and Information Resources, NASSP, 1904 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191 (703) 860-7281; email: franklin@principals.org
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PACIFICARE FOUNDATION
PacifiCare Foundation's mission is to improve the quality of lives of the disadvantaged or under served in areas where PacifiCare Health Systems does business.
The foundation accomplishes its mission primarily through four focus areas including:
- Child/Youth - Including child care, youth activity programs, programs to support at-risk youth and counseling programs.
- Education - Including school programs that promote self-esteem, encourage academic achievement and the development of specific skills, literacy programs, and training programs.
- Human/Social Services - Including programs that provide housing, shelters, education, community development, crime prevention, food, transportation and other social services for targeted populations.
- Senior - Including senior social services, nutrition, education, volunteer, and adult daycare programs.
Proposal requirements are outlined in the foundation's grant guidelines available online http://www.pacificare.com/vgn/images/portal/cit_60701/127503Guidelines_for_Charitable_Giving.pdf
Funds: $2,000 to $10,000
Application Deadline: the foundation has established two annual funding cycles. Proposals must be received either by January 1 or July 1.
Contact: Riva Gebel, Director, PacifiCare Foundation, P.O. Box 25186, Santa Ana, CA 92799; (714) 825-5233
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THE STUART FOUNDATION
The Stuart Foundation is committed to schools that serve our neediest students. And we believe that today's schools must not only help students reach standards for learning but also support their social, emotional, and ethical development.
A growing body of research is confirming what common sense tells us – that educators can make a profound difference in the educational success of their students. And so we invest in policies and practices to promote a public education system that develops excellent educators and supports them in vibrant schools that educate students well.
We aim to invest strategically so that Foundation resources help accomplish things that could not be accomplished by other means. We invest in work that has the potential to generate widespread change through:
- Policy: state and local policy development
- Demonstration: developing, implementing, and evaluating promising practices to inform and influence wider change
- Implementation: getting effective reforms and proven models adopted on a meaningful scale
- Information: data collection, research, evaluation, and communications
- Connecting and convening: bringing people together to get things done.
Funds: $5,000 to $500,000
Application Deadline: accepts Letters of Inquiry year-round. The foundation will notify you if they would like you to submit a full proposal.
Contact: Stuart Foundation, 500 Washington Street, 8th floor, San Francisco, CA 94111; (415) 393-1551
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WALTER S. JOHNSON FOUNDATION
The Walter S. Johnson Foundation seeks to help youth become successful adults by preparing them to participate fully in their education, their workplaces and their communities.
- EDUCATION: The Education program seeks to prepare young people, ages 14–24, who are not on track to graduate or are first generation college-goers, to complete high school and obtain post-secondary credentials.
- YOUTH: The Youth program seeks to help underserved youth, ages 14–24, to make successful transitions to adulthood.
Funds: Varies
Application Deadline: initial contact is through a letter of inquiry. The foundation accepts letters of inquiry year-round. If interested, the foundation will invite grantseekers to submit full proposals.
Contact: Walter S. Johnson Foundation, 525 Middlefield Road, Suite 160, Menlo Park, CA 94025; (650) 326-0485
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WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION EDUCATION
GRANTS
Grants in the Education Program promote long-term institutional or field development, reform, or knowledge creation in four priority areas: improving achievement, improving educational outcomes in California, the open educational resources initiative, and opportunity.
The foundation seeks projects that
achieve greater quality and equality of educational
opportunity with respect to the following goals:
IMPROVING ACHIEVEMENT: Increase student achievement by developing, demonstrating, evaluating, and disseminating approaches to systematically improve K-12 classroom instruction in urban school systems. Please note, we are not accepting unsolicited LOIs or proposals in this area.
IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN CALIFORNIA: Improve the quality of K-12 education in California and strengthen the California community college system, while altering transitions between high school and college to eliminate barriers to student attainment.
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INITIATIVE: Improve access to exemplary educational content by making high-quality open educational resources freely available on the Web. Demonstrate the capacity of open educational resources to transform teaching and learning.
OPPORTUNITY: At the Foundation's initiative only , Opportunity grants are made that support the overall goals of the Foundation yet are not directly aligned with one of the other three program areas. Please note, we are not accepting unsolicited LOIs or proposals in this area.
Grants under the foundation's Education
Program support projects that promote long-term
institutional or field development, reform, or
knowledge development in the areas just described.
Funds: varies
Application
Deadline: accepts letters of inquiry year-round.
does not accept unsolicited grant proposals.
Contact: The William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 2121 Sand Hill Road,
Menlo Park, CA 94025; (650) 234-4500
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