**Where Can I Find Grant Money?? (Word Document)**

Contributed by Eileen Poling, MY NASA DATA workshop alumnus and
ambassador, as part of a presentation at NSTA Portland Regional
Conference, November 2008.

**Part I: Resources that Eileen has used to obtain funding:**

**Jordan Fundamentals Grant - \$2,500**

50% of students on free or reduced lunch

Deadline in April.

General information -
<http://www.nike.com/jumpman23/features/fundamentals/guidelines.html>

**Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Educator Grants - \$250**

Must be an educator member of the Civil Air Patrol

March and December cycles for applications.

VERY easy application.

General information - <http://level2.cap.gov/index.cfm?nodeID=5505>

Grant application -
<http://level2.cap.gov/documents/AFA_Educator_Grant_pdf.pdf>

**Parent volunteer matching funds** -- I had a parent who works for
Kingsford Charcoal. I filled out a form verifying his volunteer hours
for us and got a check for over \$300. It's worth checking into with any
corporations in your area to see if they have a similar program.

**Space Grant Consortium** -- Grants up to \$5,000. Expenses for student
programs (robotics, bottle rocket competitions). Expenses to attend
conferences. Find equipment to use in the classroom (used from colleges
and universities).

<http://www.nasa.wvu.edu/>

**Gear-Up** -- equipment, computers, after-school programs,
transportation to competitions, career-based activities.

**NASA Explorer Schools** -- Tremendous opportunities for teachers and
students and schools! Application is extensive. Getting teachers to
commit to the program can be difficult. If you're the lead teacher, be
prepared to do all the work. It's worth it.

[http://explorerschools.nasa.gov](http://explorerschools.nasa.gov/)

**Subscribe to email lists** --
[http://education.nasa.gov](http://education.nasa.gov/)

Information on materials that are available and workshops to apply for.

**Local endowment funds** -- small grants for specific subject areas

**NEA grants** -- a LONG list of many opportunities -
<http://www.nea.org/grants/archive.html>

**NEA Foundation** - <http://www.neafoundation.org/>

**Donors Choose** -- You go online and register and select a project.
People can go online to donate.

[http://www.donorschoose.org](http://www.donorschoose.org/)

**Dominion Power Education Grants** -
<http://www.dom.com/about/education/grants/grants.jsp>

**Honeywell activities for teachers**:

<http://www51.honeywell.com/hhs/>

Workshops at **Space Camp** for educators in June

**Northrup Grumman Weightless Flights of Discovery**

<http://www.northropgrumman.com/cgi-bin/WeightlessFlightsOfDiscovery.pl#2008_locations>

Fly in zero gravity!

**Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Awards**

<http://www.archcoal.com/community/teacherawards.asp>

Monetary gifts and grants for teachers in WV, Utah, and Wyoming

**US Space Foundation**

<http://www.spacefoundation.org/education/index.php>

Workshop opportunities

**GLOBE** -- Students enter data to use for science. Attend trainings
and get nice toys to use at school!

[http://www.globe.gov](http://www.globe.gov/) Register your school and
you're on your way!

**Target** - \$900 <https://targetfieldtripgrants.target.com/rules.php>

**Air Force Association** grants - \$250
<http://www.afa.org/aef/aid/educator.asp>

**AIAA grants** - \$200 -- Educators get free membership -
<http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=216>

**MY NASA DATA** -- wonderful experience for teachers and lesson plans
galore - <http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/>

**School of Rock** -- another wonderful experience for teachers -
<http://www.iodp-usio.org/Education/SOR.html>

**Part II: General sources for seeking grant funding**

**Great site to search for grants - School Grants website** -
<http://www.schoolgrants.org/welcome.htm>

**National Energy Technology Lab** -- A list of various partnerships on
carbon sequestration.

I received this information at a conference this past summer.

<http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/carbon_seq/partnerships/links.html>

**Carl Perkins funds** -
<http://www.acteonline.org/policy/legislative_issues/Perkins.cfm>

Six states were granted awards:

-   Indiana Department of Workforce Development, receiving \$125,000 for
    use in Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

-   New Hampshire Department of Education, receiving \$124,560 for use
    in Finance and Health Science

-   South Carolina Department of Education, receiving \$130,000 for use
    in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

-   University of Hawaii, receiving \$128,996 for use in Health Science

-   Nebraska Department of Education, receiving \$129,436 for use in
    Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

-   Florida Department of Education, receiving \$115,000 for use in
    Health Science/Biotechnology

> Towards the bottom of the page is a "Perkins Five-Year State Plans"
> coming soon feature.

**Adobe Philanthropic Council** -
<http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/index.html>

Action grants, employee match program, software donation

**3-M Foundation** -
<http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/CommunityAffairs/CommunityGiving/US/K12/Grants/>

More than 24,000 elementary and middle school students around the nation
are getting a lot more involved in their science, math and economics
classes, thanks to the 3M Foundation and 82 inspired teachers.

These teachers (and their colleagues) received up to \$3,500 each for
professional development and supporting materials for their new ideas on
engaging student interest in science, math and economics. Totaling
\$232,500, these grants will reach 669 classrooms in 13 states.

**Teachers' Domain** - <http://www.teachersdomain.org/> Videos,
resources, mpegs, lesson plans

**Aetna Insurance** - <http://www.aetna.com/foundation/grants_qc/>
Health-related grants

**Alliant energy** -
<http://www.alliantenergy.com/docs/groups/public/documents/pub/p014765.hcsp>
The Alliant Energy service area

**Ashland Foundation** (Kentucky teachers)-
<http://www.ashland.com/commitments/education.asp>\\

**AT&T** - <http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=7736>
Appears to be mainly high school

**Bank of America** - <http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/>

**Progress Energy** (former Carolina Power and Light) -
http://www.progress-energy.com/community/

**Chevron Grants** -
<http://www.chevron.com/products/sitelets/richmond/pdfs/Grant_Application_Guidelines.pdf>
Priority to programs that support K-12 education, economic development
and jobs, health care and youth programs.

**IBM** - <http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/>

**Chipotle** - <http://www.chipotle.com/philanthropy/default.asp>
Children, education, youth sports, community improvement projects,
animal welfare, sustainable agriculture and the arts.

**Medtronic** -
<http://www.medtronic.com/foundation/foundation_grants.html>

**MetLife** -
[http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,4773,P296,00.html?FILTERNAME=@URL\\&FILTERVALUE=/WPS/](http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,4773,P296,00.html?FILTERNAME=@URL\&FILTERVALUE=/WPS/)

**Microsoft** -
<http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/us/communityinvestment/default.mspx>

**Millipore** - <http://www.millipore.com/foundation/mf3/grant_programs>

K-12 science in the Greater Boston area

**Mitsubishi** - <http://www.meaf.org/> Full inclusion of people with
disabilities

**National Semiconductor** -
<http://www.national.com/analog/community/education> Provides
professional development grants, classroom grants, higher education

**The Gap** -
<http://www.gapinc.com/public/SocialResponsibility/sr_community.shtml>
Youth ages 12-18 are our focus in the developed world

**General Motors and Discovery Education teacher awards**
--<http://www.gm.com/experience/education/news/2008/discover_030508.jsp>
"Live Green" grants for grades K-12

**H.E.Butt Grocery (Texas)** - <http://www.heb.com/education/>

**Hershey** -
[http://www.thehersheycompany.com/about/THC%20Common%20Funding%20Application.pdf](http://www.thehersheycompany.com/about/THC Common Funding Application.pdf)

**Toshiba** - <http://www.toshiba.com/tafpub/jsp/home/default.jsp>
Innovative projects in math and science

**Texas Instruments** -
<http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/csr/community/education/k12.shtml> Bunches
of different opportunities

**Sun Microsystems** -
<http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/comm_invest/giving/education.html> Have a
strategy for including economically disenfranchised and persons who are
under represented in technology fields

**Starbucks** - <http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/foundation.asp>

**Sprint** - <http://www.sprint.com/citizenship/education/index.html>
Character education programs

**Proctor and Gamble -**
<http://www.pg.com/company/our_commitment/grant_application_guidelines.shtml>
"Live, Learn, and Thrive" is their focus

**Lawrence Hall of Science** - <http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/>
Great professional development opportunities

**Walgreens** - <http://www.walgreens.com/about/community/default.html>

**Wendy's** - <http://www.wendys.com/community/> Awareness of adoption
and foster homes for children and animal welfare

**Annenberg Foundation** -
<http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/grants_database/> Grants to
volunteer organizations mainly on the West Coast

**Atkinson Charitable Foundation** -
<http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/what_we_fund?PROGRAM_ID=30> Early
childhood development

**Baraga County (Michigan) Community Foundation** -
<http://www.michiganfoundations.org/s_cmf/sec.asp?CID=516&DID=2541>

**Burroughs Science grants (North Carolina)-**
<http://www.bwfund.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=155&navID=161>

**Iowa and Illinois -- Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust** (Iowa and
portions of Illinois)- <https://www.carvertrust.org/>

**Foundation Directory** (search for certain types of grants) -
<http://foundationcenter.org/>

**Coleman Foundation** (Chicago only) -
<http://www.colemanfoundation.org/general_education.html>

**Cooper Foundation** (Nebraska only) -
<http://www.cooperfoundation.org/guide.html>

**Crail-Johnson Foundation** (greater Los Angeles area)-
<http://www.crail-johnson.org/intro.htm>

**Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation** (New Jersey)-
<http://www.grdodge.org/education/index.htm>

**Ford Foundation** - <http://www.fordfound.org/> Fellowships,
organization grants, search for grants

**Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation** -
<http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ForGrantSeekers/> Good FAQ for grants
you might be interested in

**Heinz** - <http://www.heinz.org/grants.aspx> Many different
opportunites

**Howard Hughes** - <http://www.hhmi.org/grants/> Enhancing science
education for students

**Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation** (Missouri and Kansas)-
<http://www.kauffman.org/education.cfm>

**Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation** -
<http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/grants/index.php> To men and women
whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines
furthers the Lindberghs\' vision of a balance between the advance of
technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment

**A.L. Mailman Family Foundation** -
<http://www.mailman.org/fund/index.html> Quality early care and
education

**McCarthy Foundation** - <http://www.mccarthyfamilyfdn.org/guide.html>
K-12 science education

**McCormick Foundation** (Chicago early care)-
<http://www.rrmtf.org/education/education.aspx>

**McGregor Fund** (Detroit) - <http://www.mcgregorfund.org/>

**Meyer Memorial Trust** (Oregon and SW Washington) -
<http://www.mmt.org/>

**Charles Stewart Mott Foundation** -
<http://www.mott.org/about/programs.aspx> Youth leadership opportunities

**Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation** (North Carolina) -
<http://www.zsr.org/>

**Jackie Robinson Foundation** (Student Scholarships) --
<http://www.jackierobinson.org/apply/index.php>

**Rockefeller Brothers Fund** - <http://www.rbf.org/grants/> Supports a
variety of charitable projects in the U.S. and abroad seeking to expand
knowledge, clarify values and critical choices, nurture creative
expression, and shape public policy

**Spencer Foundation** - <http://www.spencer.org/> Research grants and
fellowships

**John Templeton Foundation** -
<http://www.templeton.org/funding_areas/core_themes/> Lots of spiritual
stuff

**Triangle Community Foundation** (North Carolina)-
<http://www.trianglecf.org/>

**Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds** -
<http://www.wallacefoundation.org/GrantsPrograms/> Positive school
climate

**Energy Education Resources**

**Air and Waste Management Association** -
<http://www.awma.org/enviro_edu/resources1/index.html>

**The Alliance to Save Energy** -
<http://www.ase.org/section/_audience/educators>

**America Coal Foundation** - <http://www.teachcoal.org/aboutus.html>

**Project Learning Tree grants** -
<http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/21_22_21.html>

American Geological Institute -
<http://www.agiweb.org/geoeducation.html>

American Petroleum Institute - <http://www.classroom-energy.org/>

American Plastics Council -
<http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_plastics/sec_content.asp?CID=1123&DID=4277>

American Wind Energy Association - <http://www.awea.org/education/>

Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Park - <http://www.wcs.org/sw-education>

Charles Edison Fund -
<http://www.charlesedisonfund.org/Experiments/experiments.html>

Colorado Energy Science Center -
[http://smartenergyliving.org/cm/Youth%20Programs/Home.html](http://smartenergyliving.org/cm/Youth Programs/Home.html)

The Consumer Aerosol Products Council - <http://www.nocfcs.org/>

Educational Dividends - <http://www.educationaldividends.com/#Top>

Florida Power and Light Encounters -
<http://www.fpl.com/community/learning/energy_encounter_overview.shtml>

General Atomics Sciences Education Foundation -
<http://fusioned.gat.com/>

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity -
<http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/dceo/Bureaus/Coal/Education/>

Institute for Chemical Education -
<http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/Overview.htm>

Keep America Beautiful, Inc. -
<http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tools_teachers>

National Arbor Day Foundation - <http://www.arborday.org/>

National Education Energy Development (NEED) - <http://www.need.org/>

National Geographic - <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/>

New York State Geological Survey/State Museum
-<http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/education/>

Nuclear Information and Resource Service -
<http://www.nei.org/careersandeducation/educationandresources/education/>

Science Screen Report - <http://www.ssrvideo.com/index.html>

Steel Recycling Institute -
<http://www.recycle-steel.org/education.html>

NOAA Education - <http://www.education.noaa.gov/>

Los Alamos National Laboratory -
<http://www.lanl.gov/education/index.shtml>

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory -
<http://science-ed.pnl.gov/index.stm>

Women in Mining Education Foundation -
<http://science-ed.pnl.gov/index.stm>