Grant Information: Resources to Get You Started

The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit operating foundation and is not a grant-making organization.

We encourage visitors seeking grants or grant information to check our resource list below.

You might also consider contacting local community foundations, service organizations and businesses in your area, or your state department of education, which may provide school site-based grants in support of educational technology.

Web Sites with Grant Information | Periodicals with Grant Information | Corporate and Foundation Grants
Government Grants | Technology Donation Programs

Web Sites with Grant Information

eSchool News online

This online version of a monthly magazine contains a grants section with regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development, and other funding opportunities for both educators and students.

FastWEB

The largest online scholarship search available, with 400,000 scholarships representing over one billion in scholarship dollars. Provides students with accurate, regularly updated information on scholarships, grants, and fellowships suited to their goals and qualifications, all at no cost to the student.

The Foundation Center

An independent nonprofit information clearinghouse on grants available throughout the United States. With headquarters in New York, and additional libraries in Washington, DC, Atlanta, Cleveland, and San Francisco, the center offers publications, including directories of foundation and corporate grantmakers, research advice, custom research, and database searching. The Web site includes online training in grantseeking, proposal writing, and funding research as well as an online librarian.

GrantsAlert.com

"Our number-one goal at GrantsAlert.com is to make life a little easier for those who devote their time to searching for education grants and identifying new funding opportunities for their organizations, schools, districts, consortia, and state education agencies."

Grants.gov

This site allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies, and encompasses over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. It streamlines the process of awarding over $350 billion annually to state and local governments, academia, not-for-profits, and other organizations.

Grantsandfunding.com

Offers a complete listing of all Thompson Publishing Group publications that focus on grant and funding issues. Thompson Publishing Group publication subscribers have access to a special section that provides resources such as grant deadlines, highlights of funding issues, and links to related Web sites.

SchoolGrants

A collection of resources and tips to help K-12 educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects. The site offers various fundraising ideas, sample proposals, grant writing tips, and scholarship information.

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Periodicals with Grant Information

Electronic Learning

Electronic Learning, a pull-out section of, but also distributed separately from Instructor Magazine, focuses on the use of technology in the classroom. The EL Web site will soon be expanded to include grant information.

MultiMedia Schools

This print magazine, published five times a year, addresses multiple technologies used in K-12 schools today. Selected full-text content is now available online. Includes a NewsWatch section, which posts technology-related funding news and links.

Technology & Learning Online

The online version of the print magazine contains a Grants and Contests section with a searchable database of regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development, and other funding opportunities for both educators and students. The site recently integrated with Gwen Solomon's Well Connected Educator, producing a much more extensive site that includes an interactive forum, software reviews, and other resources. Published eight times a year.

  • www.techlearning.com
  • Publisher: Miller Freeman, Inc., San Francisco, CA
  • Phone: (800) 607-4410
  • Miller Freeman, Inc., 600 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
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Corporate and Foundation Grants

Corning Foundation

The Corning Foundation educational grants support community service programs for students, curriculum enrichment, student scholarships, facility improvement, and instructional technology projects for the classroom. The Foundation directs resources primarily toward initiatives that improve the quality of life near Corning Incorporated locations. Each year, the Foundation fulfills approximately 225 grants totaling some $2,250,000. Support goes to institutions that are tax-exempt under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which are public charities as defined in Section 509(a) of the Code.

International Technology Education Association (ITEA)

A professional association for technology education teachers who teach problem-based learning using math, science, and technology principles. The Grants/Scholarships/Awards section provides information on support programs offered by the Foundation for Technology Education and ITEA. Opportunities are available to ITEA members only.

NEC Foundation of America

NEC Foundation of America supports programs with national reach and impact in assistive technology for people with disabilities. Application deadlines are March 1 and September 1. The application process takes six months.

Sun Microsystems Foundation Open Gateway Grants Program

Provides hardware and software grants, training, and technical support to: assist schools, particularly in economically disadvantaged communities, in making the transition to network computing; assist schools in utilizing network-based tools to implement new teaching strategies that improve instruction and student outcomes; and promote the full integration of technology into curriculum to help ensure that students are prepared to become information workers of tomorrow.

Toyota USA Foundation

Committed to improving K-12 education, the Foundation offers grants to nonprofit organizations for projects which increase the productivity of students and/or educators primarily in the areas of math and science. Applications are reviewed continually (no deadline).

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Government Grants

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF supports research and education in science and engineering through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, and other research and/or education institutions in all parts of the U.S. The Foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.

  • www.nsf.gov
  • Email: info@nsf.gov
  • Phone: (703) 292-5111, (800) 877-8339
  • TDD: (703) 292-5090
  • National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230

U.S. Department of Education Funding Opportunities

Funding opportunities in individual offices and programs of the U.S. Department of Education (i.e., Bilingual Education and Minority Languages, Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration, Postsecondary Institutions, Migrant Education, etc.). Links to grants and contracts information, department guidelines and regulations, and Federal Register documents (invitations for grant applications, requests for comments, etc.).

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Technology Donation Programs

Computer Recycling Center, Inc. (CRC)

Through its "Recycling Computers for Education" program, CRC has been placing refurbished computers in California schools for the past five years. With its new "One Hundred for One Hundred" national campaign, CRC's goal is to inspire one-hundred groups, businesses, or individuals to collect one-hundred computers each over the course of one-hundred days, and then place these computers in schools within each community.

  • www.crc.org
  • Email: info@crc.org
  • Phone: (408) 327-1800
  • Computer Recycling Center, Inc., 370 West Peruvian, CA 94089

Computers for Learning

The Computers for Learning program donates surplus federal computer equipment to schools and educational nonprofits, giving special consideration to those with the greatest need. Any public, private, or parochial school or home-school serving pre-K through 12 students in the U.S. or its territories is eligible.

Detwiler Foundation

Nonprofit foundation accepts, repairs, and places donated computer equipment into K-12 schools in twenty-two states. Their goal is to reduce the national ratio of students-to-computers to one computer for every five students -- a goal that can be accomplished if just 10 percent of the computers taken out of service each year were donated.

  • Email: pcsforschools@aol.com
  • Phone: (800) 939-6000
  • Detwiler Foundation, 470 Nautilus Street, Suite 400, La Jolla, CA 92037

Gifts In Kind International

Each year, thousands of companies contribute hundreds of millions of dollars in newly manufactured products through Gifts In Kind International to a network of over 50,000 charities around the world. To receive product donations and discounts, registration with Gifts In Kind International's Agency Partner program is required. The annual cost is $125 if your revenue is less than $1 million and $250 if your budget is more than $1 million.

  • www.giftsinkind.org
  • Phone: (703) 836-2121
  • Gifts In Kind International, 333 North Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA 22314
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Grant for theater

Submitted by J Banda (not verified) on July 1, 2008 - 16:21.

I am 39 years old, have taught theater for 10 years, am an equity member AND I am a single mother with two children. I have an opportunity to finish both my BA and my MFA in Europe. However, because of bad credit and because the studies are in Europe, I can not seem to find a student loan or a grant or a benefactor to complete my education. I want to continue to teach on a college/conservatory level. Without an MFA I can not do this. Getting a BA/ MFA in this country will take me 5 years and $200,000. It will take me 2 years and $100,000 in Europe (that includes taking my children!) Can anyone help?

Mother of an honor student who needs grants

Submitted by Malina D Savage (not verified) on June 27, 2008 - 16:16.

My son Jeremy is a very bright student, involved in multi-sports, Clubs, and intra-murals. He is an Honor Student with hopes of going to a Military Academy during his high-school years.
Because of my ignorance to the application process and deadlines, we are to late for most grants. The cost of this school is close to $30,000 a year, but 96% of their graduates walk away with a 4-year full scholarship. In short, we'd be paying for his cllege now instead of four years from now.
Please, if you know of any grants, scholarships, private investors, etc., e-mail me at;
heavenlydmom@yahoo.com.
Forever Grateful,
Malina D Savage

grant for college

Submitted by Khokoa Narai (not verified) on June 11, 2008 - 20:29.

I am a single parent who has been out of school for almost 8 years. I have an outstanding tuition balance over 3000.00. I do not qualify for financial aid at the present time. Are there any other educational grants out there. Please Help!!

Request for grant and grant information.

Submitted by Anonymous Hari Sharan Pandit (not verified) on May 27, 2008 - 05:41.

Please kindly provide grants, grant guidelines and grant informations on Training Grants for Nepalese Mathematics Teachers.

Funding for free software in education

Submitted by White Knight Society (not verified) on April 29, 2008 - 18:14.

We are looking for a funding source to help us promote the teaching of free software in elementary and secondary schools. The White Knight Society is a 501(c)3 organization that promotes the teaching of non-proprietary free software in schools. Free software defends our freedoms because it permits students to learn how the software works and what it actually does. All the software installed and taught by a school should be available for the students to study, copy, alter and redistribute further. Our website is www.whiteknightsociety.org. If anyone knows of an organization or individual that would be interested in helping us, please let us know.

Brand new library media center

Submitted by Margo M. Jantzi (not verified) on April 27, 2008 - 09:10.

As a newly hired Elementary Library Media Specialist, I desire to give our 488 students a 21st century learning hub. Where can I apply for literacy, technology, digital audio books, wireless laptop lab, and other items. My students deserve a library media center that is full of exciting multimedia learning projects. I hope to do Voicethread and iMovie podcasts.

Where are good sources for funding and support?

Thanks for your time and consideration of this request.

Margo Maust Jantzi

Looking for 10 computers for Early Childhood Center

Submitted by Amy Moyer (not verified) on April 17, 2008 - 06:12.

Skiatook Early Childhood Center has 6 Pre-K classes(120 students) that are in desperate need of 10 donated computers. We had 8 "passed down" to us that weren't refurbished, are too slow to run our newly adopted programs, and 4 have died. The monitors were also bigger than the computer table we had them set on!

Technology donation wanted

Submitted by creative youth organisation Nepal (not verified) on April 13, 2008 - 20:57.

creative youth organisation is a non-profit organisation in Nepal,as from the infrastructural difficulties we are having problems in training youths.we want international communities help us for the technology like computers and other technologies.
you can check our status and work at:
www.creativeyouth.com.np

Need $ for heating

Submitted by phil (not verified) on April 9, 2008 - 13:46.

I am looking for funding to replace an old heating system in our private preschool. Any help would be appreciated.

Looking for preschool grants

Submitted by Louella Gurrea (not verified) on April 7, 2008 - 23:10.

Hello,

Kauswagan Educational Foundation is a non-profit organization I am affiliated with is looking for donations or grants to set up a preschool. At the same time Bethany Presbyteian Church is also looking into the same project. I am the coporate secretary of both organizations. Hitting two birds with one stone, I am sending this email to those who are interested to sponsor this project.

Thank you.

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