Grants Available for South Carolina Educators

Name of Grant / Focus / Description / Web Address
ACS-Hach High School Chemistry Grant / STEM Education / Chemistry / The American Chemical Society gives innovative chemistry teachers the opportunity to put their ideas into action. The ACS-Hach High School Chemistry Grant was established to promote dynamic and engaging scientific exploration in students. It is awarded to high school teachers who wish to enhance classroom learning and raise students’ interest in chemistry. Funds can be used to purchase laboratory equipment, supplies and instructional materials, but also the cost of professional development opportunities, field studies and science outreach events. /
AIAA Foundation Classroom Grant Program / STEM Education / The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts is dedicated to the importance of STEM education and awards $200 in grants to K-12 teachers who want to incorporate new ways of teaching science, technology, education and mathematics into their classroom. Funds can be used to purchase laboratory equipment, math and science software, robotics supplies, and other items that will add depth and dimension to your lessons. /
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program / STEM Professional Development / This grant is an excellent and unique professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers who have at least five years of experience teaching in STEM subjects. STEM educators participate in 10- or 11-month positions in federal agencies or U.S. congressional offices across the country, during which time they are given the chance to have a direct impact on education programming, policy and reform efforts. After the program, teachers return to the classroom with a deeper understanding of STEM education and experience that will enrich instruction and benefit students. You can learn more about the application here /
American Turkish Society Curriculum Development Grant / Curriculum Development (Turkey) / Launched in 2010, The American Turkish Society’s Curriculum Development Grants offer funds to elementary and secondary school teachers in the United States for the development of innovative curricula related to Turkey. The program aims to enhance teachers’ and students’ knowledge and understanding of Turkey and develop a repository of effective practice to teach about the country. The program has expanded to include teacher workshops in Turkey hosted by SEV (Health and Education Foundation) at SEV schools in Istanbul, Izmir, and Tarsus. Grants range for $250 to $2500, and cover the costs of research, materials, speakers, and other expenses.Grantees have the opportunity to be chosen for an expenses-paid trip to Turkey to engage in educational and cultural exchange. /
Bank of America Foundation / Early Childhood, School Readiness, Financial Literacy, & Literacy / The Bank of America Foundation funds, as its primary focus, education projects; particularly those that deal with early childhood education, school readiness programs, financial education, teacher preparation and certification, and literacy. The Foundation does not directly fund private or public K-12 schools. Bank of America also funds health and human services, arts and culture, and community development projects under its Community Catalyst Grants. All requests for funding should be submitted to local Bank of America offices. Organizations located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington are eligible to participate in Bank of America Foundation’s grant program. Those interested in applying for a grant should send their Bank of America local senior banking executive a brief introductory letter. There are no application deadlines. /
Beacon Society / The Jan Stauber Grant / Literacy / Library / Media Center / Since 2004, the Beacon Society has provided grants to U.S. and Canadian teachers, librarians, Sherlockian literary societies to fund the development of a project that will introduce young people to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories about his famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes.The grants provide up to $500 to creative teachers and librarians in the USA since 2004 and Canada since 2012. For example, in 2015, fifteen projects were funded, and in 2016, ten projects were funded.Previous awardees have used Sherlock Holmes to teach English, literature, history, mathematics, deductive reasoning, forensics, and critical thinking to students from elementary through high school. /
Braitmayer Foundation Education Grants / Best Practices / The Braitmayer Foundation provides grants to help deliver innovative practices in K-12 schools in the U.S. Grants can be used for curricular and school reform initiatives, as well as professional development and teacher retention programs. Grants can be used as seed funding, or as challenge or matching grants. /
Butler-Cooley Excellence in Teaching Awards / Honors Teachers / Established in 2004 with a grant from the John Wm. Butler Foundation, Inc., the Butler-Cooley Excellence in Teaching Awards Program honors teachers who have demonstrated their capacity to change the outcome of students’ lives and the communities where they teach. The program is named in honor of Leslie Bender Butler and Cindy Butler Cooley, relatives of a past TMA chairman who collectively have spent more than 50 years as teachers, and recognizes the central role that teaching has in the life of the association.The award consists of a $5,000 cash prize and covers transportation and lodging for TMA Annual Convention. /
Champion Creatively Alive Children / Creative Leadership / The 2017 program provides grants for innovative, creative leadership team building within elementary/middle schools. Beginning December 1, 2016, submit your application for the opportunity to receive a grant to help build your school's creative capacity. Each grant-winning school (up to 20 grants awarded) receives $2,500 and Crayola products valued at $1,000. /
Columbia Holocaust Education Commission / Holocaust Education / The Columbia Holocaust Education Commission fosters Holocaust education throughout South Carolina with grant opportunities for South Carolina educators, including teachers, administrators, district or state offices, and college professors. Information on grant opportunities and application procedures are provided online. /
Delta Education/Frey-Neo/CPO Science Education Awards for Excellence in Inquiry-Based Science Teaching / STEM Education / his is a grant offered by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to recognize the outstanding efforts of teachers to implement an inquiry-based approach to science education that stimulates interest and exploration in students. The grant covers up to $1,500 in travel expenses to attend the NSTA national conference, as well as $1,500 for use in the classroom. You can explore any of the other numerous awards offered by NSTA. /
Dollar General Literacy Grants / Literacy / Beyond Words: The Dollar General School Library Relief Program—The Beyond Words program, administered by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), benefits public school libraries recovering from major disasters. The fund provides grants for books, media, and equipment that support learning in a school library environment.
Summer Reading Grants provide funding to local nonprofit organizations and libraries to help with the implementation or expansion of summer reading programs. Programs must target Pre-K through 12th-grade students who are new readers, below grade level readers or readers with learning disabilities.
Youth Literacy Grants provide funding to schools, public libraries, and nonprofit organizations to help students who are below grade level or experiencing difficulty reading. Grant funding is provided to assist in the following areas: implementing new or expanding existing literacy programs, purchasing new technology or equipment to support literacy initiatives, and purchasing books, materials or software for literacy programs. /
Emerging Teacher-Leaders in Elementary School Mathematics Grants / STEM Education / The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NTCM) offers this grant for math teachers in grades PreK through 5 who have demonstrated a commitment to strengthening their own teaching methods and applying innovative new ides to their classrooms. Applicants must have the support of their principals and be members of NCTM. Funds may be used for professional development, including college coursework, fees associated with attendance at national conferences and material resources. /
Environmental Education Association of South Carolina Mini Grant / Environment / EEASC grants, up to $300, are available to formal and informal educators to further environmental education and environmental literacy. Applications are judged solely on the information provided on this form. Please note that an active EEASC membership is required to request a grant. /
Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grants for Literacy / Literacy / Have an idea for a fun literacy project for your classroom or library? Need funding to get it off the ground? Each year, the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation provides small, one-time grants to educators to support innovative and inspiring literacy and creative projects. Find examples of past winning projects online. Projects that are fun, inspiring, collaborative and have the potential to become an annual event are preferred. /
FASSE Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award / Social Studies Education / The Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award was established to help classroom teachers "reach for the stars" and achieve a dream that under ordinary circumstances would not be fulfilled. This $2,500 grant is meant help a social studies educator make his or her dream of innovative social studies a reality. Grants will be given to assist classroom teachers in developing and implementing imaginative, innovative, and illustrative social studies teaching strategies; and supporting student implementation of innovative social studies, citizenship projects, field experiences, and community connections. /
Fishman Prize for Superlative Classroom Practice / Classroom Innovation / Great teachers deserve recognition. TNTP’s Fishman Prize honors 100 inspiring public school teachers each year for their ability to create challenging and engaging classrooms for all of their students. Four winners receive $25,000 and six finalists receive $1,000. /
Frances R Dweing Foundation / Innovation / Frances R. Dewing Foundation -The FRD Foundation is a small, nonprofit, charitable organization that supports innovative ways of teaching young children. The monies of the FRD Foundation are used to provide “seed money” for the intellectual stimulations of young children. Specifically, only projects for children age 2 through 6th grade are funded. Approximately 20 to 30 grants are made each year and range from $1,000 to $20,000, averaging $5,000. Those projects that may lead to further innovation and publication are of particular interest. /
From Failure to Promise K-12 Educator's Grant 2017 / Creative Curriculum / To support educators, Dr. C Moorer & Associates, Inc., will award several $500 mini grants to community-based organizations, libraries or schools with creative ideas for adopting and using "From Failure to Promise" in their curriculum.Now, your school/organization has the opportunity to receive a $500 grant to create new and innovative ways to use the tenets of "From Failure to Promise: An Uncommon Path to Professoriate", to motivate, energize, and catapult your K-12 students/youth to reach their full promise in literacy, math, science, or technology. /
Fund for Teachers / Professional Development for Teachers / Fund for Teachers is unique in that it awards grants for professional development based on the principle that the teacher is the one who knows what they need to grow as an educator. These grants are self-designed and allow teachers to create their own professional development opportunity based on what is most beneficial to their teaching in their own opinions. The application encourages educators to think about their objectives, motivations and the impact their particular plan of action will have on students. /
ILA RegieRoutman Teacher Recognition Grant / Literacy / The International Literacy Association (ILA) RegieRoutman Teacher Recognition Grant is an annual $2,500 award that honors an outstanding mainstream elementary classroom teacher dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of reading and writing. At least 60 percent of the school's students must qualify for free or reduced lunch. /
ING Unsung Heroes Program / Classroom Advancement / ING Commercial Banking established the Unsung Heroes in 1995 in an effort to recognize teachers implementing new teaching methods and techniques for improving student learning. The award application is centered on a description of previous projects teachers have worked on or plans they would like to enact in the future to benefit their classroom. Applications are judged on innovation, creativity and the potential to positively influence students. Each year, 100 finalists receive $2,000 grants, with at least one grant awarded in each of the 50 states. Of those 100 finalists, three winners are selected to receive awards of $25,000, $10,000 and $5,000. /
Junior League of Spartanburg / Classroom Innovation / ince 1986, the Junior League of Spartanburg has offered financial support to teachers through the Mini-Grants for Teachers Program, providing them with needed funding for projects. The program is dedicated to supporting projects developed by teachers from all schools in Spartanburg County. In the past 24 years, the League has awarded over $300,000 to public and private school teachers of Spartanburg County children. Teachers write grant proposals to enhance their classroom instruction that are based on creativity, benefit to students, efficiency and adaptability of the project.Teachers may apply for individual grants up to $600, team grants up to $1,000, or school grants up to $2,000. Please review the Grant Requirements document carefully as submissions that do not meet all requirements will not be considered due to the large number of requests received. /
Lakeshore Learning Mini Grants / Early Childhood / Lakeshore Learning and SCAEYC invite Early Childhood practitioners to submit a mini grant for early childhood center supplies and materials. Lakeshore Learning has supplied the resources for each center. Grant recipients will be awarded supplies and materials for a specific learning/interest center. /
Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries / Libraries/ Media Centers / The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries provides funds to our Nation’s neediest schools so that they can extend, update, and diversify the book and print collections in their libraries with the goal of encouraging students to develop a love of reading and learning. /
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams / STEM Education / The Lemelson-MIT Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recognizes the important achievements of inventors and has created the InvenTeams initiative, a grant program that focuses exclusively onSTEM education. The InvenTeams program encourages hands-on engagement and the application of science, technology, education and mathematics concepts to the solving of real world problems. Teams of students and teachers apply for InvenTeams grant by finding a timely and relevant societal issue, and conceptualizing an technological invention that can help solve that problem. Up to 15 teams are chosen to receive grants that help fund the actual invention of their idea. /
Lowe’s Tookbox for Education / School Improvement / Lowe's will donate up to $5 million to K-12 public/charter schools and to parent teacher groups - at as many as 1,000 different public schools per school year. Raise up to $5,000 for your school in minutes. It's that easy when you take advantage of Lowe's Small Toolbox for Education grant program. Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation (LCEF) knows how hard you work for your kids and your community and is dedicated to helping your parent-teacher group achieve even more for your school. Apply for our Small Toolbox for Education Grant now and build on your already impressive parent group success with Lowe's. /
McCartheyDressman Education Foundation / Classroom Advancement / The McCartheyDressman Education Foundation provides Teacher Development Grants for individual teachers or small teams working in K-12 education. To foster insightful and innovative professional training and growth, the grants allow you to implement new teaching methods and strategies in the classroom. Projects can take a variety of forms, but each of them must be geared towards having a significant and lasting impact in the classroom. Winners work closely with the foundation to implement their ideas and are awarded up to $10,000 for the first three years of the project. /
NCSS Award for Global Understanding / Global Education / The Award for Global Understanding Given in Honor of James M. Becker recognizes a social studies educator (or a team of educators) who has made notable contributions in helping social studies students increase their understanding of the world.The award includes a $2,000 cash award, a session to present at the NCSS annual conference; complimentary NCSS conference registration; and up to $700 in transportation/lodging reimbursement. /
NCSS Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy / Geography Education / The NCSS Grant for the Enhancement of Geographic Literacy was created to promote geography education in the schools; to enhance the geographic literacy of students at the classroom, district, or statewide level; and to encourage the integration of geography into the social studies curriculum/classroom. Award winners receive $2,500, a commemorative award, present a session on their work at the NCSS Annual Conference or via webinar/webcast at a later date, and up to $800 in travel reimbursement when presenting their work at the NCSS Conference. /