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American Educational Research Association
5662 Calle Real, #254
Goleta, CA 93117
Phone: 805-964-5264
Fax: 805-964-5054
Deadline: Check for applications being accepted for FY07.
Funding: Research grants are up to $20,000 for one-year projects, or up to $35,000 for two year projects.

Description: The American Educational Research Association Grants Program provides small grants, fellowships, and training for researchers who conduct studies of education policy. Research topics may cover a wide range of policy- or practice-related issues that include but are not limited to: school persistence and career entry; teachers and teaching; policies and practices related to student achievement and assessment; policies and practices that influence student and parental attitudes; contextual factors (individual, curricular, and school related) in education; education in middle schools; educational participation and persistence (kindergarten through graduate school); at-risk students; early childhood education; school finance; materials (curriculum) development, research and informal science education; the supply (pipeline) of students taking mathematics and science courses from K-12; the quality of educational institutions; and methodological studies.

Archibald Bush Foundation
332 Minnesota St., E 900
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: 651-227-0891
Fax: 651-297-6481
Deadline: November 1, March 1 and July 1 .
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: The foundation is interested in education from early education through higher education. The primary focus is on higher education, with 90% of their grant support for education being given through specific higher education programs. Of specific interest to their funding are fully accredited tribally controlled colleges throughout the United States. The foundation also supports programs that seek to improve the quantity and quality of mathematics and science education available to girls and minority students, and to encourage collaboration among mathematics and science education programs for girls and minorities in Minnesota and the Dakotas.

The Braitmayer Foundation
49 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
Phone: 860-638-4688
Fax: 860-638-4667
Deadline: There are two grant cycles: June 1 and November 15.
Funding: The Foundation funds grants up to $35,000.

Description: The Foundation is interested in K-12 education throughout the United States. Of particular interest are: Curricular and school reform initiatives; Preparation of and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly those which encourage people of high ability and diverse background to enter and remain in K-12 teaching.

The Broad Foundation
Grants Coordinator
The Broad Foundation
10900 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Email: grants@broadfoundation.org
Deadline: There is no deadline.
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: The Broad Foundation's mission is to dramatically improve K-12 urban public education through better governance, management, labor relations and competition. The Foundation goals are: To train a broad, deep bench of current and aspiring leaders in education; To redefine the traditional roles, practices and policies of school board members, superintendents, principals and labor union leaders to better address contemporary challenges in education; To attract and retain the highest quality talent to leadership roles in education; To equip school systems and their leaders with modern tools for effective management; To provide tangible incentives for educators to advance academic performance; To honor and showcase success.

Captain Planet Foundation
133 Luckie St, 2nd Fl
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-522-4270
Deadline: Deadline is March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: To fund and support hands-on environmental projects for children and youth. The objective is to encourage innovative programs that empower children and youth around the world to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities. The foundation offers a limited number of larger grant awards (more than $500 but limited to $2,500).

The Endangered Language Fund
Dr. Douglas Whalen, President
Department of Linguistics
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520
Email: whalen@haskins.yale.edu
Deadline: Check for applications being accepted for FY07.
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: The Endangered Language Fund provides grants for language maintenance and linguistic field work. The work most likely to be funded is that which serves both the native community and the field of linguistics. Work which has immediate applicability to one group and more distant application to the other will also be considered. The language involved must be in danger of disappearing within a generation or two. Endangerment is a continuum, and the location on the continuum is one factor in funding decisions.

Gates Foundation
PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 98102
Phone: 206-709-3100
Email: info@gatesfoundation.org
Deadline: There is no deadline.
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: The Foundation's giving reflects its commitment to bring innovations in health and learning to the global community. The Foundation favors preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic, private sector, and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to projects that leverage additional support and serve as catalysts for long-term, systemic change. The education priority for the foundation is to increase U.S. Graduation and College-Readiness Rates through the creation of high-quality high schools, the development of high-performing school districts, and the advancement of sensible state-level education policies. The Foundation also supports a US Library Program and Community Grants in the Pacific Northwest.

GE Foundation
Phone: 203-373-3216
Fax: 203-373-3029
Email: gefoundation@ge.com
Deadline: Deadline is February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1.
Funding: Funding levels are $1000-$50,000.

Description: GE Healthcare invites grant applications from organizations that promote youth education and/or promotes healthy lifestyles. Funding impact areas include: Youth Education Programs, Healthy Lives Programs, Diversity and Service Program. In addition, priority will be given to organizations that reach traditionally underserved and diverse communities, represent models in non-traditional learning environments, are directly engaged in service delivery, and provide a model for similar programming in other communities.

J.A. and Katherine Albertson Foundation
P.O. Box 70002
Boise, ID 83707-0102
Phone: 208-424-2600
Fax: 208-424-2626
Email: foundation@jkaf.org
Deadline: There is no deadline.
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: The J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation is a family foundation committed and striving to be a catalyst for positive educational change, reform and improvement in Idaho. The Foundation engages in programs and proactive initiatives to improve education in K-12. Participants in our initiatives and programs are selected either through a Request for Proposal process or by invitation.

The Lawrence Foundation
530 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 207
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: 310-451-1567
Fax: 310-451-7580
Email: info@thelawrencefoundation.org
Deadline: There are two grant cycles: June and December.
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: The Lawrence Foundation is a private charitable foundation focused on making charitable contributions and grants to support educational, environmental, health and other causes.

The Laura Bush Foundation
Laura Bush Foundation For America's Libraries
c/o Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
1201 15th Street NW, Ste 420
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-955-5890
Email: laurabushfoundation@cfncr.org
Deadline: There is no deadline.
Funding: Up to $5,000 to school libraries.

Description: The Laura Bush Foundation will make grants of amounts up to $5,000 to school libraries. The funds are to be used to update, extend, and diversify the book collections of those libraries. Any school may apply, but priority for grants will be given to those schools in which 75 to 100 percent of the school population receives free or reduced lunch.

The Pew Charitable Trusts
2005 Market Street, Ste 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-575-4755
Email: edumail@pewtrusts.org
Deadline: There is no deadline.
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: The partners of the Trusts' Education program tend to be state and national child advocacy organizations with a focus on preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds; research universities; and groups representing important constituencies in the prekindergarten policy arena, such as business, health, law enforcement and K-12 education. The focus is on developing working partnerships in ways that make clear their mutual agreements and the individual activities for which each member is responsible. The Trust welcomes inquiries from potential partners who share their desire to ensure that all 3- and 4- year-olds have access to high-quality prekindergarten education.

The Spencer Foundation
875 N Michigan Ave, Ste 3930
Chicago, IL 60611-1803
Phone: 312-337-7000
Fax: 312-337-0282
Email: information@spencer.org
Deadline: Check for applications being accepted for FY07.
Funding: The foundation has two research grants - Small (requires less than $40,000 to complete) and Major (requiring more than $40,000 to complete).

Description: The primary mission of the Foundation, as articulated by its founder, Lyle M. Spencer, is "to investigate ways in which education can be improved, around the world." The Small program is appropriate for modest-sized research projects, exploratory studies, specific phases of larger investigations, and projects that arise in response to unusual opportunities. The Major program has four funding priorities: The Relation between Education and Social Opportunity; Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems and Higher Education Institutions; Teaching Learning and Instructional Resources and Purposes and Values in Education.

Teammates for Kids Foundation
7851 South Elati Street, Ste 200
Littleton, CO 80120
Deadline: Awards are made twice are year and applications may be submitted at any time.
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: To support the ongoing work of organizations that help needy children in the areas of health, education, and inner-city services. Funding priorities in education include encouraging educational achievement in areas of documented weakness, promoting advanced learning opportunities to gifted children, and exposing children to learning opportunities they would otherwise miss due to insufficient resources.

William T. Grant Foundation
570 Lexington Ave, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10022-6837
Phone: 212-752-0071
Fax: 212-752-1398
Email: info@wtgrantfdn.org
Deadline: There is no deadline.
Funding: Funding levels range from Major grants of $150,000 - 375,000 to Small Discretionary grants of $10,000 - 20,000.

Description: The Foundation supports high quality research focusing on young people age 8 through 25. The research is focused on how contexts and settings such as families, schools and programs affect youth, how these contexts can be improved, and how scientific evidence affects influential adults. The Foundation's primary focus areas are: Youth Development, Systems Affecting Youth, and the Public's View of Youth.

The W.K. Kellog Foundation
One Michigan Avenue East
Battle Creek, MI 49017-4012
Phone: 269.968.1611
Fax: 269.968.0413
Deadline: There is no deadline.
Funding: Funding levels vary by request.

Description: Grants are made in the four areas of: Health, Food Systems and Rural Development, Youth and Education, and Philanthropy and Volunteerism. Using a holistic, child-centered approach, Youth and Education programs address the preschool through college continuum - ages 0 to 24. The overall goal is to support healthy infant, child, and youth development by mobilizing, strengthening, and aligning systems that affect children's learning. The strategies are: 1) mobilize youth, families, and communities to inform policies that affect learning and achievement for vulnerable children and youth; and 2) forge partnerships between education institutions and communities to promote learning, academic performance, and workforce preparation among vulnerable young people.

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