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If you seek grant funds to plan and start up a new charter school, or for dissemination activities, where you apply for grant funds depends on where the proposed charter school will be located. Please note that this information was last updated in November 2013.
Apply to Your State for State Educational Agency (SEA) Grant Funds
Charter schools located in one of the states listed below should apply directly to their state education agency for grant funds. These states have received CSP funds under the Charter Schools Program State Educational Agency (SEA) grant program, and are responsible for awarding subgrants to individual charter schools. The U.S. Department of Education does not decide which charter schools within each state receive funds. For more information, please contact the person in your State whose name is listed under Funding Contacts on this page.
If an individual charter school is located in a state or a territory that does not receive a charter schools SEA grant, you may be eligible to compete for a direct federal grant under the Charter Schools Program Non-State Educational Agency (Non-SEA) grant program. Applicants for this competition should contact the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter Schools Program directly at charterschools@ed.gov.
The following states and territories do not have charter laws and so are ineligible to receive CSP funds:
Alabama Kentucky Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Vermont West Virginia
Apply Directly to the U.S. Department of Education for Grant Funding
| Connecticut | Delaware | Guam | |
| Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Iowa |
| Kansas | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland |
| Mississippi | Missouri | Nevada | North Carolina |
| Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania |
| Utah | Virginia | Washington | Wyoming |
Ineligible for Federal Charter School Grant Funding
Funding Contacts
| State | Contact | Phone | Address | |
| AK | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| AZ | Mark Francis | mark.francis@azed.gov | (602) 542-4020 | Arizona Dept. of Education 1535 West Jefferson Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 |
| AR | Mary Perry | mary.perry@arkansas.gov | (501) 683-5313 | Arkansas Dept. of Education #4 State Capitol Mall, Room 105-C Little Rock, AR 72201 |
| CA | Julie Russell | JRussell@cde.ca.gov | (916) 319-0571 | Charter Schools Division California Dept. of Education 1430 N Street, Suite 5401 Sacramento, CA 95814 |
| CO | Gretchen Morgan | Morgan_g@cde.state.co.us | (303) 866-6740 | Colorado Dept. of Education 201 E. Colfax Ave., Rm. 300D Denver, CO 80203-1799 |
| CT | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| DE | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| DC | Faida Fuller | Faida.Fuller@ed.gov | (202) 442-4022 | Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) 810 First Street, NW Washington, DC 20002 |
| FL | Adam Miller | adam.miller@fldoe.org | (850) 245-0502 | Office of Independent Education & Parental Choice Florida Dept. of Education 325 W. Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399 |
| GA | Louis Erste | lerste@doe.k12.ga.us | (404) 651-8734 | Charter Schools Division Georgia Dept. of Education 2053 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, GA 30334 |
| GU (Guam) | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| HI | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| ID | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| IL | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| IN | Jeff Barber | jbarber@doe.in.gov | (317) 232-9143 | Indiana Department of Education 151 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798 |
| IA | U.S. Dept. of ED | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| KS | U.S. Dept. of ED | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| LA | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| ME | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| MD | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| MA | Joanna Laghetto | jlaghetto@doe.mass.edu | (781) 338-3221 | Charter School Office Mass Dept. of Education 75 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148-4906 |
| MI | Mark Eitrem | eitremm@michigan.gov | (517) 373-3345 | School Improvement: Curriculum and Instruction Michigan Dept. of Education P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, MI 48909 |
| MN | Cindy Murphy | cindy.murphy@state.mn.us | (651) 582-8217 | Minnesota Dept. of Education 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113 |
| MS | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| MO | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| NV | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| NH | Roberta Tenney | rtenney@ed.state.nh.us | (603) 271-2079 | NH Dept. of Education 101 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 |
| NJ | Matt Craig | matt.craig@doe.state.nj.us | (609) 292-3284 | Office of Charter Schools New Jersey Dept. of Education 100 River View Plaza PO Box 500 Trenton, NJ 08625 |
| NM | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| NY | Susan DuFour | SDUFOUR@MAIL.NYSED.GOV | (518) 474-1762 | Public School Choice Programs NYS Education Dept. – Rm. 465 EBA Albany, NY 12234 |
| NC | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| OH | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| OK | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| OR | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| PA | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| RI | Courtney Paulding | Courtney.Paulding@ride.ri.gov | (401)222-8401 | RI Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education Shepard Building, 6th Floor 255 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903-3400 |
| SC | Jesulon Gibbs-Brown | JGBrown@ed.sc.gov | (803) 734-7213 | Office of School Transformation SC Dept. of Education 3700 Forest Drive, Suite 320 Columbia, SC 29204 |
| TN | charter.schools@tn.gov | Tennessee Dept. of Education 5th Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower 710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243 |
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| TX | Heather Mauzé | heather.mauze@tea.state.tx.us | (512) 463-9075 | Texas Education Agency 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701-1494 |
| UT | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| VA | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| WA | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov | ||
| WI | Margaret McMurray | margaret.mcmurray@ dpi.state.wi.us |
(608) 266-5728 | WI Dept. of Public Instruction 125 South Webster Street P.O. Box 7841 Madison, WI 53707-7841 |
| WY | U.S. Dept. of Education | charterschools@ed.gov |
Funding Information from the National Charter Schools Resource Center
The National Charter Schools Resource Center (NCSRC), funded by the U.S. Department of Education, contains a wealth of information for anyone interested in charter schools, including news of upcoming grant opportunities. The NCSRC provides information on grant possibilities for charter schools from a range of places: states, foundations, the private sector, and many Federal government departments and agencies. Go to: http://www.charterschoolcenter.org/grants.
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