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State Grants

Click on your state below to zoom in and click once more to see all of the opportunities for that state.

**This section contains over 1,000 total grant opportunities throughout the United States.

 



Federal Grants

21st Century Community Learning Centers

This program provides money for before- and after-school programs. Funds may be used for expanding learning activities or any area of enrichment and include technology, such as robotic kits, engineering kits, science kits, STEM Education kits, and telecommunication education.

This discretionary grant program is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. 

National Science Foundation

NSF promotes and advances scientific programs in the United States and advances grants for science, math, and engineering research in education.
 
The largest of the elementary- and secondary-education programs, this program requires states to develop standards in reading and math and assessments linked to those standards for students. The program is also structured to assist high-poverty schools in giving their students an equal opportunity to meet state standards.

National Private Grants

3M Foundation

Promotes strong curricular development and creative problem-solving skills.
 

American Honda Foundation

The focus of these grants is on math, science, and technology.
 

Braitmayer Foundation

The Foundation is interested in proposals utilizing innovative practices in K-12 education throughout the United States. Of particular interest are: 1) Curricular and school reform initiatives 2) Preparation of and professional development opportunities for teachers.
 

Charles A. Frueauff Foundation

Funds social service organizations, education, and disadvantaged youth.
 

Charles Lafitte Foundation

This foundation subscribes to innovation and creativity. There is a strong investment in experiential elements for students.
 

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Goals are to improve the welfare of low-income students and to sustain the ecosystem.
 

Citigroup Foundation

The thrust of this foundation is to educate the next generation with a strong emphasis on the slow learner and students in the disadvantaged category, as well as a strong emphasis on ecology.
 

Ford Foundation

Their goal is to foster education through technology and curriculum.
 

Frederick and Nancy DeMatteis Family Charitable Trust

The mission of the foundation is to make life better by serving human needs through support of institutions involved in education. (New York)
 

Gates Foundation

Supports raising graduation rates and graduates who will be strong citizens ready for college or the workplace.
 

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

This foundation is primarily concerned with innovative instruction models and also has a strong attraction for meeting the needs of underserved students. The deadline for grant applications is November 1.
 

Glenn W. Bailey Foundation

We seek to fund projects and programs with a proven and measurable outcome and the ability to be sustaining, scalable, and portable. We encourage innovation and methods that build evidence to replicate successful STEM programs to use in the daily lives of children and students to either build upon strong outcomes or enhance outdated curricula.

 

Hewlett Foundation

The Education Program makes grants to improve education by expanding the reach of openly available educational resources, improving California education policies, and by supporting "deeper learning" – a combination of the fundamental knowledge and practical basic skills all students will need to succeed.
 

Humana Foundation

The aim is to develop tools to improve literacy and increase the use of technology.
 

Lowe's Foundation Gable Grants

The Gable Grants program is a $50 million commitment over five years, started in 2023, that directly supports technical colleges and community-based nonprofit organizations to recruit, train and prepare 50,000 new job-ready tradespeople to help fill the skilled trades gap. 
 

Lumina Foundation

This expands knowledge and improves practices that affect students’ access and success in postsecondary education.
 

M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust

The Trust's mission is to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants and enrichment programs to organizations seeking to strengthen the region's educational, spiritual, and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways.
 

Motorola Foundation

Motorola supports programs to encourage science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the U.S. and around the world.
 

Rural Tech Fund

Rural Tech Fund provides grants for Rural Technology Education projects and Assistive Technology projects.
 

Toshiba America Foundation

Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) grants fund the projects ideas and materials teachers need to innovate in their math and science classrooms.
 

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

To ensure that all children get the development and education they need as a foundation for independence and success, we seek opportunities to invest in early child development (ages zero to eight), leading to reading proficiency by third grade, high school graduation, and pathways to meaningful employment.
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