• CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS AWARDED!!!!!

• Congratulations te@ch (Best Buy) Award Winning Teachers!!!!!

• State Farm Companies Foundation

• Target - Arts and Reading Grants

• The LeapFrog SchoolHouse Matching Grant

• Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation Children’s Initiative

The LeapFrog SchoolHouse Matching Grant
 

DEADLINE: March 17, 2005
 

The LeapFrog SchoolHouse ™ Matching Grant program was established to recognize outstanding teaching and instructional creativity in preschools, elementary schools, and libraries.  The LeapFrog SchoolHouse Grants Department invites educators and librarians to apply for a Matching Grant in order to implement LeapFrog SchoolHouse programs or products in their classrooms and/or libraries.  Applicants are asked to submit a proposal outlining a creative project that includes the use of LeapFrog SchoolHouse technology-based programs.  Proposals should incorporate a detailed project description including goals, objectives, and an evaluation plan.

Successful applicants will be awarded a $500 matching grant.  Applicants will match the awarded funds by at least $500 applied toward a minimum purchase of $1,000 of LeapFrog SchoolHouse products.

Visit the web sit for guidelines and application at:

http://www.leapfrogschoolhouse.com/do/list
FundingSources
 

Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation Children’s Initiative

The Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation Children’s Initiative provides funding for local programs that strengthen the social, physical, intellectual, and emotional functioning of young children in significant and measurable ways.

The Initiative will consider programs that:

• Serve children from the pre-natal stage to 6 years of age;
   

• Deliver services to children in non-office or non-traditional settings;
  
   AND
   

• Involve parents or guardians in the planning, delivery or evaluation or the program.

Although there is no official limit on the size within this program, applicants should be aware that the average grant size for the Initiative is $15,000.  Filing a 2-page (maximum) Letter of Intent is the first step in the application process.  Letters of Intent for the Children’s Initiative program must be received by the foundation office no later than April 1, 2005.
 

http://www.wfamilyfoundation.org/ (click on “Children’s Initiative’ in left-hand index)

All the 5 grants submitted for Cycle 14 – Capital Investment, each totaling $50,000 were awarded!!!

Thigpen  -   $50,000

Crockett  -    $50,000

McHigh   -    $50,000

Wilson   -    $50,000

McAuliffe  -   $50,000

Roland Garza – De Leon MS $2,500

Alvarez Elementary - $2,500

John Larson – DeLeon MS - $2,500

Lynn McCormick – Cathy MS $2,500

Regina Reyna – Memorial HS $2,500

Margarethe Weideman – Travis MS $2,500

Joe West – DeLeon $2,500

Look for the te@ch application round during the Spring 2005.  Visit Best Buy Co. Inc. for more information.

The State Farm ® Companies Foundation is committed to meeting the needs of the communities where their employees live and work by focusing their educational giving in two areas: 1) K-12 Public Schools and 2) Priority Schools grants for colleges and universities.

The following types of grants for K-12 Public Schools will be considered by the Foundation:

• Teacher excellence programs that improve teacher quality

• Service-Learning programs that integrate core classroom curriculum with service to the community

• Programs that incorporate the  criteria into education systems to improve overall effectiveness.

The State Farm Companies Foundation makes charitable contributions to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations under Section 501 (c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Canadian charitable organizations, and educational institutions.

Proposals received by January 15 will be approved by April 30; those received by May 16 will be approved by August 31 and those received by September 1 will be approved by December 31.

http://www.statefarm.com/foundati/foundati.htm

Receiving a grant from Target is unique because it begins and ends at the store level.  Your local Target Store Team Leader is your initial contact when making a grant request.  These grants focus on arts and reading programs.

Arts Grants

A grant from Target makes it affordable for the entire family to participate in different arts and cultural experiences.  Programs that bring the arts to schools or children to the arts are of particular interest.  Examples of Arts Grants are: school touring programs, field trips to the theater or symphony, or artist residencies and workshops in schools.

Reading Grants

Grants will be made to schools, libraries and nonprofit organizations with programs promoting a love of reading or encouraging families to read together.  Target is particularly interested in programs that inspire the youngest readers (birth through third grade).  Examples of Reading Grants are: Saturday Superstars Book Club, Readers for Life, After School Read Aloud and Families Read Together.

Arts Grants and Reading Grants will range from $1,000 to $3,000.  Applications are available at Target stores and outline at Target.com.

Grant applications will be accepted between March 1 and May 31, 2005.

http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/arts_in_education_grants.jhtml