Classroom and Library

Grants Title	Funding Amount	Due Date	Summary
ABC For Fitness	Materials	Ongoing	David L. Katz, M.D. is offering a free downloadable manual that provides instruction for teachers interested in incorporating physical activity in the classroom.
Adopt-A-Classroom	$500	Ongoing	Adopt-A-Classroom partners donors with teachers so you can have funds to purchase critical resources and materials for your classroom.
Air Force Association Grants	$250	Ongoing	Provides small grants to educators to encourage the development of innovative aerospace education programs.
Arbor Day Foundation	Free Video & Poster	Ongoing	The Arbor Day Foundation will give a free video and poster to educators who want to inspire their students to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees.
Beyond Question	Varies	Open	Student response systems are designed to increase interactivity in the classroom while also providing the teacher with valuable time saving tools and automatic grading.
Campbell's Inc.	Varies	Ongoing	Labels for Education Program gives schools free educational equipment in exchange for labels from Campbell products.
Carnegie/New York Times	$5,000	Varies	Encourages library users to recognize exceptional public, academic, and school librarians.
ClassWish	Varies	Ongoing	ClassWish is an exciting new nonprofit, helps teachers and schools attract donations to provide supplies from parents, local businesses, alumni and others in the community.
Coca Cola Foundation	Varies	Rolling	The Coca-Cola Company and Foundation are interested in funding organizations in these areas: Water stewardship, Healthy active lifestyles, Community recycling, and Education.
EdTech Conference Grants	$3,500	Open	Teachers Will Learn Best Practices To Effectively Integrate Different Types Of Technology And How To Leverage Your Existing Technology To Optimize What You Already Have.
Entertainment Software Association	$2,000	5/15/13	The Entertainment Software Association Foundation is seeking proposals for projects that use innovative technology and/or computer and video games to positively shape the lives of youth in the United States.
First Book National Book Bank	Books	Rolling	Distributes large quantities of publisher-donated brand-new books to programs serving children from low-income families.
Fruit Tree 101	Materials	Rolling	The FTPF and the Stretch Island Fruit Co. are giving free fruit trees, materials, and orchard installation design work to K-12 schools.
Funding Factory	Varies	Open	Environmental Reclamation Services, LLC is giving cash or new technology to schools and nonprofits that recycle empty printer cartridges, cell phones, and other small electronics.
Gale/Library Media Connections Team	$2,500	6/30/13	The Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS Award Recognizes And Encourages The Critical Collaboration Between The Teacher And Media Specialist To Promote Learning And Increase Student Achievement. The Awards Are Given Every Two Years.
Grammy's Music Educator Award	$1,000-$11,000	4/15/13	Current educators in the U.S., who teach music in public or private schools — Kindergarten through College. Teachers in after-school, private studios, or other educational settings are not eligible.
Green Your School Challenge	$5,000	4/22/13	For schools making an effort to reduce their carbon footprint.
Hamburger Helper	$15,000	Open	Grants are made available for projects such as: lights or bleachers for baseball, soccer or football fields; repairs to band shells; computers in schools or libraries; playground equipment for parks; holiday decorations; money for choir, band or science trips; new uniforms for little league teams and many others.
Hewlett Packard	Materials	Rolling	Hewlett Packard and Scholastic offer free dynamic skill building materials to students in grades 4-6 that raise awareness of the impact of electronics on the environment.
Hungry For Music	Free Musical Instruments	Ongoing	Hungry for Music is giving free musical instruments to individuals, schools, and community music programs who cannot afford them.
ING Run For Something	$2,500	5/15/13	This funding is designed to fight childhood obesity and improve the self-esteem, school performance, and overall well-being of children in grades K-8.
International Reading Association	Varies	Open	The Association supports literacy professionals through a wide range of resources, advocacy efforts, volunteerism, and professional development activities.
InvenTeam High School Invention Grants	$10,000	4/15/13	The Lemelson-MIT Program will award up to $10,000 to high school teams of teachers and students that pursue an invention.
Leadership Grants	$1,000 -3,000	Year-round	Teachers and education support staff.
Lego Children's Fund	$100,000	Quarterly	The fund provides grants of up to $100,000 to nonprofits working to support creativity among children up to the age of 14, particularly those who are disadvantaged or at-risk.
Lexus Eco Challenge	Varies	Open	The competition is open to students in grades 6-12 who are either registered and home-schooled or enrolled in a public or accredited private school, and who are legal residents of the U.S. or the District of Columbia.
Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program	$100-$500	Annually	Purpose of establishing outdoor learning centers.
Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust	$24,000	Ongoing	The Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust makes grants to librarians who "promote the free reading of teenagers."
National Gardening Association Youth Garden Grants Program	Varies	Various	In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements: educational focus and/or curricular ties (if applicant is a formal education program); nutrition or plant-to-food connections; environmental awareness/education; entrepreneurship; and social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning.
Olympus and Tool Factory	Varies	Open	To host a variety of classroom and student contests.
Penguin Group and the Pearson Foundation	Materials	Ongoing	Penguin Group and the Pearson Foundation are offering an array of free online, award-winning picture books for children up to age 10
Pet Care Trust	$50-$150	Open	The Pets Care Trust is giving $50-150 grant certificates to K-6 teachers who wish to teach students about caring for pets.
Poetry Contest	$25	4/11/13	K-12 students who submit poems on any subject may receive $25 from Creative Communication.
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science	$10,000	Open	Teachers 7-12 with 5 years experience teaching Math or Science.
Robert H. Michel	$2,500 - $5,000	Rolling	To teachers of social studies, history, government, or political science who develop creative ways to teach their students about Congress.
Snapdragon Book Foundation	$800-$20,000	4/15/13	The Snapdragon Book Foundation was started in December, 2008 to provide funds to improve school libraries for disadvantaged children. Grants will be awarded to public, private, and experimental schools.
Sparkplug Foundation	Varies	4/8/13	The Sparkplug Foundation is giving grants to organizations whose educational mission involves diversity and class disparities.
Success for all	$50,000	Open	Title I school wide serving grades K-2. To support the first year of implementation, including all required training and materials.
Target Arts, Culture & Design in Schools Grant	$2,000	4/30/13	Well-rounded Education Includes Music, Art, Dance And Drama, And Allows Kids To Express Themselves Creatively. Through Grants, We’re Helping Schools Bring More Arts And Culture Into The Classroom
Teacher Development Grants	$10,000	4/15/13	The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation is awarding up to $10,000 for teachers who implement groundbreaking K-12 classroom instruction.
Teachers Helping Teachers Award	$100 in Books	Open	LEF is giving $100 worth of books to early elementary educators who help other educators.
Thacher Environmental Research Contest	$500-$2,000	4/15/13	High school students who demonstrate the best use of geospatial technologies to study Earth may receive $500-2,000 from IGES.
Thomson Gale TEAMS Award	$2,000	Open	Supports effective techniques that positively impact student learning and achievement; support received from school leadership; and ability for others to replicate this best practice.
Toyota Teen Driver Safety	Free Curriculum	Open	Toyota and Discovery Education are offering free online resources to educators, students, and parents who wish to promote responsible teen driving.
USA Today	$100 (Books)	Open	USA Today is giving classrooms the opportunity to receive its free educational program.
Vernier and NSTA	Varies	Open	Teachers who provide hands-on learning experiences resonate better with students.
Victor C. clark Youth Incentive Program	$1,000	Ongoing	At the request of the family of the late Victor C. Clark, W4KFC, the ARRL Foundation established the Victor C. Clark Youth Incentive Program, with the objective of providing support for the development of Amateur Radio among high-school age (or younger) youth.
Watch Know Learn	Materials	Open	Watch Know Learn is a site that lists over 20,000 free educational videos for K-12 teachers and students.