6 | The Funding Tree
Opportunities for
Schools and LEAs
Kinder Morgan, Awards vary. Deadline is September 10. Benefits K-12 youth and focuses on science, math, art, and music. Programs will help students become engineers, educators, and musicians who will support diverse communities in the future.
OneSight School-Based Vision Center Grants, Award is $400,000. Deadline for Letter of Intent is September 15. Empowers partner school districts and organizations to minimize start-up delays and ensures a school-based vision center can be opened in a timely manner.
Roads to Reading Literacy Initiative, Awards vary. Deadline is September 25. Provides books for circulation and story time in school and public libraries for remedial reading programs in schools, after school programs, and community centers.
BBVA Compass, Awards vary. Deadline is September 29. Seeks to address the unique needs and opportunities of the community. The Foundation has six focus areas: community development; education; health and human services; arts and culture; environment and natural resources; and diversity and inclusion.
Green Thumb Challenge Grant, Award is $250. Deadline is September 30. Supports schools and youth groups to submit chronicles of their garden projects in a race to win a cash prize.
Project Learning Tree - Greenworks, Award is $1,000. Deadline is September 30. Provides funding to schools for environment service-learning projects that link classroom learning to the real world.
Tina B. Carver Fund, Award is $400. Deadline is September 30. Supports the purchase of student classroom learning materials and/or teacher-related materials to support adult ESL education programs.
Grammy Museum Grant, Awards up to $20,000. Deadline for Letter of Inquiry is October 1. Supports efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of North America.
Target Field Trip Grant, Award is $700. Deadline is October 1. Supports schools in providing transportation for field trips.
California State Parent Teacher Association, Awards from $500 to $2,000. Deadline is October 15. Awards Outreach Translation Grants for translation equipment or interpretation services to support non-English speaking parents.
Healthy Lifestyle Grant, Awards from $500 to $2,000. Deadline is October 15. Supports projects such as health and fitness awareness activities; dance/exercise classes; health fairs; getting smart about media/health; aerobic activities; and teen depression awareness.
Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Fund, Award is $500. Deadline is October 15. Emphasizes the involvement of students and volunteers in all phases of development. Examples include the establishment of a native plant community, developing and maintaining a landscaped trail, or developing a wetland area.
Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV), Awards up to $50,000. Rolling Deadline. Supports programs for short-term and long-term education-related services for educational institutes that have experienced a violent or traumatic event.