Grant+Resources

=Resources For Grant Writing=

[] Grades 5-8 Up to $500 for hands-on projects for your students. Before applying, you need to verify that your McDonalds participates. This is available on the grant site. This is an easy application and takes only a few minutes to apply. Deadline: August 1, 2008
 * McDonalds MAC Grant**

[] Learning and Leadership Grants - $2,000 to $5,000 for professional development activities Student Achievement Grants - up to $5,000 for special activities centered around standards-based instruction
 * NEA Foundation**

[] $1,000 to $10,000 Rewards schools who use technology in hands-on activities with students
 * Best Buy Teach Awards**

In addition, many school districts have Education Foundations with awards of $500-$1,000. In addition, there are many local and regional community organizations that will award grants and other funding for service-based projects. For example, the local historical society may give you $500 to create a scrapbook on the history of your school. You can use some of the money for a digital camera, which you will then have for your program.


 * GRANTS LISTS AND ADDITIONAL LINKS:**

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 * PDE Grant Guide - PREk-12**

[|http://www.grantsalert.com]
 * Grants Alert (list of national and state grant opportunities)**

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 * Education World Magazine - Grants List**

**Research/Demographic Information -** [|Calculating Indirect Costs for Educational Institutions] Website: [] Description: Contains guidelines for determining indirect costs in an educational grant budget.

[|Children's Database Profiles] Website: [] Description: Contains information on four statistical databases that track student data: Kids Count Data Book, Kids Count Census Data, Right Start early childhood data, and CLIKS (local county data).

[|CLIKS - County-City-Community Level Information on Kids] Website: [] Description: This unique system allows users to access state-specific inventories of data from local sources, such as health departments, human services agencies, and schools.

[|FedStats] Website: [] Description: The gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies.

[|QuickFacts] Website: [] Description: Quick access to statistical information on states and counties.

[|School Matters] Website: [] Description: A clearinghouse for new state report cards on education, including data broken down to the district and school building level. Pennsylvania's most up-to-date Standard & Poor's data can be found on this site. **Highly recommended** for researching information that supports the need for a grant. [|School Profiles] Website: [] Description: The school profiles are part of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). The information contained in the School Profiles is meant to assist public school personnel and PA citizens in evaluating a public school

[|Standard and Poors] Website: [] Description: Read S&P Observations and learn about each school system's strengths, challenges, and educational return on resources. These reports also include snapshots of important statistics and graphs that highlight comparisons and trends. Monitor progress, view benchmarks, and customize comparisons of student results, spending, learning environment, taxes, debt, demographics, and more.

[|US Census Data] Website: [] Description: The source for information on national and state population trends and statistics.

[|Zoomerang] Website: [] Description: Surveying tool for gathering and compiling data. There is both a free and fee-based version of this service.

  [|Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance] Website: [] Description: Lists information on the 15 types of federal assistance with information on how to apply for specific programs.
 * Federal Grants -**

[|DUNS Number Site] Website: [] Description: As of October, 2003, all federal grant applicants must have a DUNS number required for tracking of grant programs.

[|Ed.gov] Website: [] Description: Portal for federal educational grant programs.

[|Grants.gov] Website: [] Description: A consolidated grant resource that allows organization to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities for all Federal grant-making agencies. [|U.S. Department of Education, e-Grants] Website: [] Description: Site for the electronic submission and administration of federal grant programs.

 [|Pennsylvania Department of Education e-Grants System] Website: [] Description: Site for tracking and inputting several popular state grant programs.
 * State Grants -**

[|PA Department of Education Grants Guide] Website: []|3208|5399|&k12Nav=|5399|&k12Nav=|1146| Description: A comprehensive listing of current educational grants sponsored by the state, organized by program

[|PA Educational Technology Grants and Funding Opportunities] Website: []|3472|&ed_techNav=|4217| Description: Provides information on Act 183, Hands on Learning grants, Accountability Block grants, and more.

[|Additional Recommended Educational Grants (from PDE's site)] Website: [] Description: Additional Recommended Educational Grants (from PDE's site)

 [|Examples of Letters of Inquiry] Website: []
 * Foundation Grants -**

[|The Foundation Center] Website: [] Description: The source for information on foundation grant proposals. Includes a free searchable database of over 70,000 foundations.

[|Foundation Grants by Region]Website: []Description: Extensive listing of community foundations by region.

 **Corporate Grants -** [|Corporate Grant Information] Website: [] (click on Grants from the left-side menu) [|Corporation Grant Listing and 2004 Calendar] Website: []

 [|BestBuy Teach Grant] Website: [] Description: This program is a good introduction to grant writing since the RFP is concise and can be applied to a variety of projects.
 * Curriculum and Technology Grants -**

[|eSchool News Guide to Grant Resources] Website: [] Description: Comprehensive resource for technology grants.

[|National Educational Technology Plan (eSPARC project)] Website: [|www.ed.gov/technology/plan] Description: Provides some very good ideas for curriculum and technology grants, and showcases 2 projects from PA that received grant funding: 1) Keystones Technology Integrators and 2) eSPARC laptop initiative [|SMARTer Kids Grant] Website: [] Description: This grant can be applied not only to Smartboard products, but also to eInstruction (CPS) units and NEC Visual Presentation products.
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[|Technology & Learning Grants Database] Website: [] Description: The Tech-Learning Forum web site offers a database of grants and contests that you can use to find a grant, contest, funding opportunity or recognition program for which you or your students might qualify.

 [|Essential Resources for Grant Seekers] Website: [] Description: Sheryl Abshire has compiled a comprehensive listing of grant resources, including handouts and materials from her widely acclaimed grantwriting workshops. [|Grants for K-12] Website: [] Description: One of the finest sites for learning more about how to craft a successful grant proposal. Contains sample proposals as well as funded grants from a broad array of programs.
 * Web Sites for Grant Writers -**

[|The Grantsmanship Center] Website: www.tgci.com Description: One of the oldest and most respected authorities on grant writing. In addition to grant information, the site lists information on the organization's popular training programs.


 * Training -**

[|Foundation Center's Virtual Classroom] Website: [] Description: Contains several tutorials and short courses ranging from proposal basics to fine-tuning budgets for foundation grants.

[|Grant Writing Strategies - PowerPoint Presentation]

 //Cheryl Clarke's Storytelling for Grantseekers// Description: A refreshing new way to approach the grant proposal narrative
 * Books -**

//Demystifying Grant Seeking,// by Larissa Golden Brown and Martin John Brown Description: Examines the process of educational grant writing.

//The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing,// 3rd. Edition