Funding Sources

PS³ 2006 Summer Institute

Funding Your Classroom Materials

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Classroom materials can be funded through grants and donations. Here are some ideas of places to go to apply for grants and donations.

Peninsula Community Foundation Teachers Fund (go to http://www.pcf.org/community_grants/teachers_fund.html )
Small Grants Up to $2,100 are available for individual teachers or teams of teachers who want to initiate new and creative classroom projects. Collaborative Grants Up to $5,000 support teams of professionals to create and implement exciting new learning opportunities for children. Partnerships may include teams of teachers, resource experts, community representatives and parents; however, a school-based classroom teacher must lead the team and submit the application.

Teachers in public elementary, middle and high schools in San Mateo County, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View and Palo Alto are eligible to apply. Reading specialists, resource specialists and other teaching staff who work directly with students in a classroom setting are eligible.

Philanthropic Ventures foundation ( go to http://www.venturesfoundation.org/grantmaking/index.html)
Quick 1-page application, 48-hour turn around. Grants up to $500 available to K-12 public school teachers in 7 Bay Area Counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz) for classroom materials and field trips related to conservation science projects. Supported by funding from the David & Lucile Packard Foundation.

Grant Wrngler (http://www.grantwrangler.com/)
This web site provides information about potential grants.

Schoolgrants .org (http://www.schoolgrants.org/)
This web site provides information about potential grants. Some of the information look good, some looks out of date.

Donors Choose (go to http://www.donorschoose.org/)
At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. "Citizen Philanthropists" choose projects to fund. this may take a while.

Last Updated: July 1, 2006

PS³ 2006 Summer Institute Funding Your Classroom Materials
Ecology Institute Homepage PS3 Homepage Anagnos Homepage

	Classroom materials can be funded through grants and donations. Here are some ideas of places to go to apply for grants and donations. Peninsula Community Foundation Teachers Fund (go to http://www.pcf.org/community_grants/teachers_fund.html ) Small Grants Up to $2,100 are available for individual teachers or teams of teachers who want to initiate new and creative classroom projects. Collaborative Grants Up to $5,000 support teams of professionals to create and implement exciting new learning opportunities for children. Partnerships may include teams of teachers, resource experts, community representatives and parents; however, a school-based classroom teacher must lead the team and submit the application. Teachers in public elementary, middle and high schools in San Mateo County, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View and Palo Alto are eligible to apply. Reading specialists, resource specialists and other teaching staff who work directly with students in a classroom setting are eligible.
	Philanthropic Ventures foundation ( go to http://www.venturesfoundation.org/grantmaking/index.html) Quick 1-page application, 48-hour turn around. Grants up to $500 available to K-12 public school teachers in 7 Bay Area Counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz) for classroom materials and field trips related to conservation science projects. Supported by funding from the David & Lucile Packard Foundation.
	Grant Wrngler (http://www.grantwrangler.com/) This web site provides information about potential grants.
	Schoolgrants .org (http://www.schoolgrants.org/) This web site provides information about potential grants. Some of the information look good, some looks out of date.
	Donors Choose (go to http://www.donorschoose.org/) At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. "Citizen Philanthropists" choose projects to fund. this may take a while.





Last Updated: July 1, 2006