Grants

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GrantSpace by Candid.

Candid (formerly the Foundation Center) is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to those seeking funding through grants. Among its services, Candid offers: classroom and online courses on funding research and grant writing (both free and for a fee); an online “Knowledge Base”; and free access to the library, where you can search for prospective foundation funders, along with their collection of print and electronic resources.

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GrantsAlert

GrantsAlert is a free grant listing and alerts service. Its mission is “to make it easier for educators, school administrators, counselors, school libraries, team coaches and parents to find education grants and school funding.” GrantsAlert lists grants, including deadlines, and provides grant alerts for teacher, school and classroom grants for arts, history, mathematics, science, technology, literacy, and more.

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Citizens Committee for New York City

Citizens Committee for New York City provides micro-grants to support projects in Title I public schools. Grant programs include Neighborhood Grants for community and school improvement projects such as school gardens, after-school yoga, and school recycling programs.

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Home Depot Foundation

The Home Depot Foundation offers grants – up to $5,000 – to 501c organizations and tax-exempt public service agencies that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are given in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services, with the goal of supporting the renovation, refurbishment, retrofitting, accessibility modifications, and/or weatherization of existing homes, centers, schools and other similar facilities.

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Grow to Learn NYC

Grow to Learn provides funding, materials, technical help, and resources for NYC public and charter schools to establish and expand learning garden programs. School gardens that register with Grow to Learn are eligible to apply for minigrants of $500 to $2,000.

New York Agriculture in the Classroom (NYAITC) works with pre-K through middle school teachers. Through its Kids Growing Food program, NYAITC awards mini-grants to help establish or maintain school gardens. Grant recipients are also offered online webinar workshops and sharing sessions each year, and are provided education and gardening materials. 

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KIDS In The GAME

KIDS in The GAME awards $1,000-$5,000 GO! Grants to support more minutes on the move before, during, and after school through funds and gear for new classroom and playground programs. (These grants are available to public or charter schools enrolled or willing to enroll in Lets Move! Active Schools, serving students 5-12 years old.)

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Roots & Shoots

Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots is a youth-led community action and learning program where young people map their community to identify specific challenges their neighborhoods face, then prioritize the problems, develop a plan for a solution, and take action. Roots & Shoots offers $200 mini-grants to fund community campaigns.

The Lead4Change Challenge encourages teams of middle and high school students to hone their leadership skills by conducting service projects in their communities, providing them a jump start into the real world of leadership. Students select their project, partner with a registered 501c3 and compete for a chance to win cash for their organization.

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Start a Snowball

Start a Snowball is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging and inspiring kids of all ages to engage in philanthropic and community service activities. Start a Snowball offers funding to act as “seed money” of up to $100 for community service projects taken on by individuals or organizations. Any youth (ages 5-18) led project that does good is eligible for a grant.

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Citizens Committee for New York City

Citizens Committee for New York City provides micro-grants to support projects in Title I public schools. Grant programs include Neighborhood Grants for community and school improvement projects such as school gardens, after-school yoga, and school recycling programs.

The Fund for Public Schools is a public-private partnership organization dedicated to supporting the NYC Department of Education and the city’s public schools. Each year, the Fund provides a few scholarship opportunities and offers some grants to schools. 

The Center for Arts Education (CAE) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that New York City public school students receive quality arts learning throughout their K-12 education. CAE provides residencies and workshops (both during and after school) in dance, music, theatre, visual arts, and digital media, as well as parent engagement and advocacy. It provides a limited number of programs to schools at reduced or no cost. CAE also brings performances to schools and provides professional development and curriculum guides.

87 Afterschool, Inc. is a program open to PS 87 students, offering afterschool activities in the form of clubs, which meet once a week for the entire Fall/Spring term. The program operates on the premises of PS 87; a few clubs travel off-site but leave from and return to PS 87. Reduced-rate tuition (scholarship subsidy) is offered to PS 87 students based on family income.

First Book is a not-for-profit organization that provides access to new books for children in need in the US and Canada. Team First Book – New York City provides book grants to community organizations like preschools, day care, after-school, and tutoring/mentoring programs throughout the New York City metropolitan area. A typical book grant lasts for a six month period and offers each child in the program a steady diet of books (usually one book per month) at no cost to the program. To be eligible for a grant from First Book, an organization must serve classrooms/programs where at least 70% of its children come from low-income families or are a Title I school, Title I eligible school, serve children from military families, or serve children with disabilities.

Heart of America has distributed 4 million books in 45 states. They have refurbished more than 325 libraries, cafeterias, and educational spaces. They’ve provided vital technology including desktop and laptop computers, e-readers, tablets, interactive whiteboards, and e-books.