Grant Opportunities

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Congratulations and thank you for your efforts to bring external funds to MESD students, programs, and schools. Grant Development is your partner, ally, and advocate in this work. As you review all of the possibilities that arise from the sites below, be very discriminant.

• Do not let the money be the driver.
• Keep your need and goals in mind at all times.
• Ensure that you're an eligible applicant (MESD is not a 501(c)3 institution).
• Over $30,000 or involves salaries or technology or capitol or equipment, contact Grant Development first.

Grant Sources

• GrantsAlert This Web site's goal 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 4 Teachers Your complete online resource for information related to K-12 grants. They focus on the needs of teachers, particularly K-12 educators. Their goal is to help teachers save time and money by maximizing their online experience.
• 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.
• Grant Opportunities from the NEA Foundation website – a listing with drop-down descriptions of the grant programs. Remember: MESD is NOT a 501(c)3.
• Homework Gap Funding - http://www.kajeet.net/homeworkgapfunding Free, comprehensive database of funds and grants that can be used to procure outside the classroom resources in order to solve the Homework Gap in your school or district.
• Monthly newsletter from the Norris Consulting Group details grants due by month and many with open due dates.
• Teacher Grants - Grants for teachers in areas of professional development, classroom enrichment/student achievement, STEM, and humanities.
• Playgrounds - http://kaboom.org
• STEM - http://www.fabschoollabs.com/

(Special thanks to Portland Public Schools for their support and collaboration in the development of these pages.)

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