Grant Opportunities

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Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Deadline: Rolling (Board Meeting dates: Spring, Fall, Winter) The purpose of the Foundations is to provide financial assistance, within the limits of their budgets to certain educational, cultural, scientific and religious institutions. Such aid is, by charter, granted to and expended by institutions and organizations which are tax-exempt, are not private foundations, and are located within the United States. Current practice is to award grants primarily in the areas of private higher education, secondary education, graduate theological education, health care and public television. For additional information, please visit their website.

Best Buy Recycling Grant Program
Deadline Rolling: Best Buy now offers grants to help increase the recycling opportunities available in communities across the country. Grants will range from $500 to $1,500, depending on the size of and scope of the program hosted by nonprofit organizations, cities, counties, or public-private partnerships. Please visit their website for more information.

Coca-Cola Foundation Grants
Deadline: Open-ended. The Coca-Cola Foundation supports high-quality education and encourages new solutions to the problems that impede educational systems today. It also supports programs that have been proven to work. The foundation makes grants to public and private secondary schools, teacher training programs, educational programs for minority students, and global educational programs. The Foundation creates and encourages educational programs for underprivileged or at-risk youth. Such programs must focus on building educational infrastructure, mentoring, school dropout prevention, reading and literacy, scholarships, business-education partnerships and other local needs. The value of grant funding varies but in the past has been "generous." The Coca-Cola Foundation Board of Directors reviews funding proposals in quarterly meetings.

Corning Foundation Grants
Deadline: Open-ended. The Corning Inc. Foundation, established in 1952, develops and administers projects in support of educational, cultural, and community organizations. Over the years, the foundation has contributed more than $83 million through its grant programs. Each year, the foundation fulfills approximately 225 grants totaling some $2.25 million. Selected public K-12 school districts, community colleges and four-year institutions of higher learning are the consistent beneficiaries of Corning Foundation support. Corning's areas of involvement have included community service programs for students, curriculum enrichment, student scholarships, facility improvement, and instructional technology projects for the classroom. All requests for support must be made in writing.

Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation
Deadline: Submit letters of inquiry year round. The Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation (CICF) focuses its efforts on programs designed to improve the quality of life in the communities served by the cruise industry. CICF supports programs that enhance educational opportunities for youth, including those designed to improve literacy, teach basic life skills, and promote good citizenship. The Foundation also supports academic enrichment opportunities aimed at enhancing student proficiencies in reading, math and science. Funds vary. In 2005, the foundation gave out just under $1 million dollars in grants. For more information, please visit their website.

LA84 Foundation
Deadline: Submit proposals at anytime. The LA84 Foundation awards grants in Southern California's eight counties: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura. The Foundation serves all of Southern California. The Foundation seeks to serve the entire community, but gives special attention to groups and communities underserved by traditional sports programs, including girls, ethnic minorities, and the physically challenged and developmentally disabled. Primarily, the intended use of LA84 Foundation funds are for the development of youth sports below the elite level. The LA84 Foundation will consider a request from any bona fide Southern California organization devoted to amateur sports. We do not use a standardized grant application form. For more information, please visit our website.

Lexmark Corporate Giving Program
Deadline: Open-ended. Lexmark, a developer of printing and imaging solutions, has a unique opportunity for schools through Lexmark's Corporate Giving Program. Through this program's website, schools may submit a request for printer donations, which Lexmark reviews throughout the year. Lexmark reviews on-line grant applications and presents schools with a new or used printer in good working order. A link to the on-line grant application is located within the Corporate Giving Program website.

Lowe's, International Paper, and National Geographic Outdoor Classroom Grant Program
Deadline: Open-ended (proposals reviewed three times each year). Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper and the International Paper Foundation, and National Geographic Explorer classroom magazine have announced an Outdoor Classroom Grant Program to fund outdoor learning environments for K-12 public schools around the United States. Outdoor classrooms provide students with the hands-on opportunity to learn about natural resources through science education. Ranging from flower, vegetable, and butterfly gardens to small ponds, nature trails, or bird sanctuaries, outdoor classrooms can vary in complexity based on a school's available resources. More elaborate outdoor learning environments may include a laboratory for testing water and soil quality, a greenhouse, wetlands, an arboretum, or a shelter. This school year, the Outdoor Classroom Grant Program will award grants up to $2,000 to at least one hundred schools. In some cases, grants for up to $20,000 may be awarded to schools or school districts with major outdoor classroom projects. The grants can be used to build a new outdoor classroom or to enhance a current outdoor classroom at the school. The program only considers outdoor classroom proposals. All K-12 public schools in the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) are welcome to apply. Grants will be reviewed three times a year.

Maurice Falk Fund
Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The Maurice Falk Fund works toward a tolerant, just and inclusive society. It makes grants for research, education, training and innovative interventions to prevent discriminatory practices due to personal prejudices, biased private and public policies, unfair resource allocation, deprivation of access and other exclusionary practices. Areas of interest include education, workforce development and housing. Projects should be national in scope. Typical awards range from $5,000 to $40,000 per year. For more information, please visit the Maurice Falk Fund website.

RGK Foundation Grants
Deadline: Open-ended. The RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of education, community, and medicine or health. The foundation's primary interests within education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science, and reading or literacy), after-school tutoring and enrichment, integrating technology into the curriculum, teacher development, and higher education. The foundation is particularly interested in programs that attract female and minority students into the fields of mathematics, science, and technology. The foundation does not consider unsolicited grant proposals; instead, applicants are required to submit an electronic Letter of Inquiry on the foundation's web site. Letters of Inquiry are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so there is no deadline for submission. The foundation will respond to letters by e-mail within three weeks to let applicants know if they should submit a formal proposal.