Grant Databases    

1. Grant Wrangler - contains links to grants for STEM, Arts and Humanities, Health and physical education and for libraries.
2. TeachersCount -contains links to grants for the classroom as well as for professional development for teachers. 
3. Vernier - contains links to grant for a variety of purposes. Grants are listed in expiration date order. 
4. EducationTomorrow - contains links to grants for classroom projects and supplies. 
5. Technology Grant News - online magazine that is contains a comprehensive list of grants to purchase technology. 
6. Orange County - list of some local, but many national grants. 

Foundation/Corporate Grants

1. The NEA Foundation - provides grant money to improve academic achievement and for professional development for teachers.
2. Lowe's Toolbox for Educators - $5000 grant to fund a particular school project, such as implementing a garden program to building a playground.
3. Target - $700 grant for field trips 
4. Kids in Need - organization that administers Elmer;s Corporate grants for teachers. 
5. Intel Corporation -Every year, Intel awards $10,000 cash grants and more than $100,000 in products to one elementary, one middle and one high school that as demonstrated excellence in math and science.
6. Best Buy Teach @15 Award - $1,500 awarded to schools (grades 7-12) to help meet their technology needs. Students, age 13-18, register at www.at.com, then they can nominate their school.

Online Charities - teachers request specific items for their classroom and the public donates funding for those items.

1. DonorsChoose 
2. Adopt a classroom 
3. I love Schools 

Grant Writing Strategies

     1. Basic Strategies for grant writing from a TechLearning article. 

     2. Texas Instruments provides strategies for writing large scale grants.

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