• Troxell Communications’ Education Scholarship/Grant Rebate Program makes funding available to any qualifying educational institution that purchases products made eligible for rebate by participating vendor partners. An administrator, assigned by the school or district, must register on the Troxell Communications Web site prior to the purchase of products. Troxell administers the program by displaying an accounting of earned funds, in real time, on each participating customer’s password-protected Web page. There is no limit on the number of rebates an institution can receive. Find enrollment information on the company’s Web site.
  Deadline: Ongoing
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• AT&T and the AT&T Foundation have committed $100 million over four years (2008–2011) in their Aspire initiative for high school success and workforce readiness. The four key components of the Aspire program are (1) grants to school districts for high school retention and preparation for college and/or the workforce; (2) job-shadowing initiative, in partnership with Junior Achievement, giving 100,000 students the chance to see firsthand the job skills they will need for success in the future; (3) underwriting of major research on the high school dropout issue and solutions for engaging educational practitioners; and (4) funding for 100 state and community dropout prevention summits led by America’s Promise Alliance.
  Deadline: Ongoing
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• The American Institute of Aeronautics and the Astronautics Foundation provide up to $200 for Science and Math Classroom Grants for K–12 teachers who apply science, math and technology in their curriculum. Grant proposals can be for science supplies, demonstration kits or other materials that energize hands-on learning in math, science and technology. Become an Educator Associate (registration is free) and then submit your grant
  proposal. Individual schools are limited to $1,000 in grant funding.
  Deadline: Ongoing
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• To register with First Book! you must be a Title I school, serve children of which at least 50 percent are from low-income households or be a military family support group. First Book! will give qualified schools access to award-winning new books donated by publishers free of charge from the First Book National Book Bank.
  Deadline: Ongoing
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• The Foundation Directory Online is a subscription service for funding research. Continually updated, the database consists of more than 92,000 U.S. foundations and corporate donors and 1.3 million recent grants. Search by Grantmakers, Companies, Grants and 990s, using 39 different search fields plus keyword searching, to complete your grant research. The
  five subscription levels start at $19.95 per month.
  Deadline: Ongoing; monthly alerts about updates to the Directory
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• The Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant program is funded by the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation to support community and school projects in the communities where Lowe’s does business. The Toolbox for Education program has donated nearly $10 million to more than 2,000 schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Apply during the next 2008–2009 grant cycle by checking online for information.
  Deadline: Ongoing
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• The Newspaper Association of America Foundation (NAA) offers up to $2,500 in grants to help at-risk high school newspapers participate in the Young Publishers program. The school agrees to partner with a local business volunteer to start and document a Business Side Development Program. The goal is to build business and publishing skills to help struggling school newspapers be successful. For more details, visit the Web site.
  Deadline: Rolling
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• Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart Foundation fund both matching and direct grants with the Wal-Mart Community Support Grant. The matching grant program lets nonprofit organizations and public schools hold fundraisers outside the local store, with funds being matched up to $1,000.00. The direct grants usually range from $100 to $2,000.
  Deadline: Ongoing
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• The U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History Grant Program supports projects that raise student achievement by improving teachers’ knowledge, understanding and appreciation of traditional American history. Awards help districts to develop, implement, document, evaluate and disseminate innovative, cohesive models of professional development, in partnership with entities that have extensive content expertise (colleges and universities, history and humanities organizations, and libraries and museums). To be eligible for the grant, applicants must be local educational agencies (LEAs)—including charter schools that are considered LEAs under state law and regulations—working in partnership with one or more of the following entities: institutions of higher education (IHEs); nonprofit history or humanities organizations; and libraries and museums. The average award is $500,000.
  Deadline: March 9, 2009
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