The funding opportunities listed below have been reviewed by the Office of Grants and External Funding and have been found appropriate for Horry County Schools. Should you pursue a grant for your school, please notify our office of your intent. |
Current Grant Opportunities |
Date
Posted | Grant Name/
Funding Agency
Click link for more info. | Purpose | Due Date(s) | Amount | Keywords |
8/25/10 | Field Trip Grants / Target | To fund school field trips that connect curriculum to out-of-school experiences. | 9/30/2010 | $700 | Field trips |
8/25/10 | Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Grant / Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation | To support educators in developing environmental curricula that integrate field activities and classroom teaching and that incorporate basic ecological principles and problem solving. | 9/20/2010 | up to $1,500 | Ecology/Environment |
8/25/10 | HEROES Service-Learning Grant / UnitedHeath Group/Youth Services America | To fight childhood obesity by creating/implementing a service-learning, health literacy initiatives. | 10/22/2010 | $500-$1,000 | Childhood obesity |
8/25/10 | The Melody Program / Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation | To keep music alive in our schools and communities by donating musical instruments to under-funded music programs, giving youngsters the many benefits of music education, helping them to be better students and inspiring creativity and expression through playing music. | 11/1/2010 | up to $10,000 | Musical instruments |
8/25/10 | National "I Love My Librarian" Awards / Carnegie Corp. of NY/New York Times | To recognize public and school librarians for their efforts to improve the lives of the people/students in their communities. | 9/20/2010 | $5,500 | Library-Media Specialists |
8/25/10 | The Matching Books Grant / Literacy Empowerment Foundation | To allow schools to double their purchasing power for guided reading collections and independent reading collections. | 9/30/2010 | up to $20,000 | Preschool through 2nd Grade |
8/25/10 | Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program / Ezra Jack Keats Foundation | To fund creative, original programs related to library/media curriculum. | 9/15/2010 | $500 | Library-Media Specialists |
8/25/10 | Do Something General Grants / American Express/dosomething.org | To support new or recently created and sustainable community action projects, programs or organizations. | ongoing | $500 | Community action |
8/25/10 | Responsible Sports Community Grants / Liberty Mutual | To support organizations that provide safe, positive, character-building youth and high school sports | 9/15/2010 | $2,500 | High School Sports |
8/25/10 | Community Grants / Jewel-Osco | To provide support for hunger relief, nutritional education including health and wellness awareness, education and programming, or environmental stewardship. | ongoing | varies | Child benefits |
8/16/10 | National Family Literacy Grant / The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy | To develop or expand projects designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers and their children. | 9/10/2010 | up to $65,000 | Family Literacy |
8/4/10 | Vernier Technology Awards/Vernier/NSTA | To recognize and reward the innovative use of data-collection technology using a computer, graphing calculator, or other handheld device in the Science classroom. | 11/30/2010 | $3,000 | Technology in Science |
8/4/10 | Books Across America/NEA Foundation | To support public school libraries serving economically disadvantaged through periodic donations of books, grants and facility improvements. | ongoing | varies | Media Specialists |
8/3/10 | 2010 PTA Healthy Lifestyles Grant/National Parent Teacher Association | To promote good nutrition and regular physical activity in order to address the nation's childhood obesity epidemic. | 9/10/2010 | up to $1,000 | childhood obesity |
8/3/10 | Back to Football Friday/NFL | To improve the health and wellness of schools. | 9/10/2010 | $10,000 | health |
8/3/10 | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum Field Trip/Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation/Winnick Family Foundation | To fund transportation costs of field trips to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum. | 9/1/2010 | varies | field trip |
8/3/10 | Pepsi Refresh Project Grants/PepsiCo | To support community ideas submitted that promote ideas submitted for health & fitness, education, or another one of six categories. | 8/31/2010 | $5,000-$250,000 | Community action |
7/7/10 | Learning & Leadership/NEA Foundation | To support public school faculty and staff using professional development to improve practice, curriculum, and student achievement. | ongoing | $2,000 to $5,000 | Student Achievement |
6/16/10 | Adopt-A-Classroom/ Office Max | To provide financial and moral support to a classroom. | ongoing | varies | classroom supplies assistance |
6/16/10 | A Day Made Better/ Office Max | To provide assistance to classrooms. | ongoing | varies | classroom supplies assistance |
6/7/10 | 2010 Subaru Healthy Sprouts Awards/ kidsgardening.org | To recognize and support youth gardening programs focused on teaching about our environment, nutrition and hunger issues in the United States. | 10/1/10 | $500 gift certificate, Eat a Rainbow kit, literature package | nutrition
health |
6/7/10 | The Pet Care Trust/Pets in the Classroom | To help teachers support pets in the classroom through direct, no-hassle grants. | ongoing | up to $150 grant or coupon | grades K-6 |
5/21/10 | Baseball Tomorrow Fund Grant/MLB | To expand and improve baseball and softball programs. | Ongoing | up to $50,000 | Baseball
Softball Programs |
5/21/10 | Grades K-5 Grants/Toshiba America Foundation | To allow elementary teachers to bring their best new teaching ideas to life. | 10/1/10 | up to $1,000 | Elementary
Teachers |
5/19/10 | Literacy and Education Grants/Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation | Support for children in literacy and education programs such as summer reading programs, early childhood education programs and literacy programs for children with special needs. | ongoing | up to $10,000 (avg. $1,500) | Literacy |
5/19/10 | Champ--A Champion Fur Kids Grant/Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation | Support for children in the areas of health and wellness such as childhood disease research foundations, child safety organizations and organizations that serve children with special needs. | ongoing | up to $10,000 (avg. $1,500) | Health and Wellness |
5/3/10 | Progress Energy Corporate Grant/Progress Energy | To support education, economic development and the environment and other community issues. | ongoing | up to $10,000 | education
environment |
3/15/10 | Young Publishers Grant/Newspaper Association of America Foundation | To help high school students and advisers learn the skills required for success in newspaper publishing through the development of a business plan. | ongoing | $2,500 | newspapers |
3/9/10 | RGK Foundation Grant Program/RGK Foundation | The Foundation's primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education. | ongoing (4 times per year) | not stated | Math
Science
Reading |
2/8/10 | Viola W. Bernard Foundation Grant/Viola W. Bernard Foundation | To provide seed money for innovative mental health programs with a particular emphasis on families and children. | 8/31/10 | not indicated | Mental Health |
2/8/10 | The Lawrence Foundation Grants/The Lawrence Foundation | To support environmental, education, human services and other causes. | 10/31/10 | $5,000 avg. | Environment |
1/29/10 | Building Healthy Communities Grant Program/Home Depot | Provide tools or materials to help motivated volunteers improve their community and their health. | 7/1/10
11/1/10 | $2,500 | Volunteers
Physical well-being |
1/20/10 | Heineman Foundation Grant | To provide seed money to start-up projects and new projects within existing organizations for a maximum of three to five years. (must have 501-(c)(3) status | 9/1/10 | $20,000 - $50,000 | Music
Science
Literacy |
12/8/09 | NEFE High School Financial Planning Program/SC State Credit Union | Teaches personal finance to middle or high school students using a newly revised curriculum that meets educational standards in all 50 states. | Ongoing | Materials , $25 gift card | Financial Education |
11/11/09 | President's Environmental Youth Awards--Regional Certificate/Environmental Protection Agency | To recognize young people across America for projects which demonstrate their commitment to the environment. | Ongoing | Certificate signed by President | Environment |
11/6/09 | Breaking Down Barriers to Literacy/Premier Literacy | To help bridge the gap between education budgets and the need for educational organizations to deploy sufficient resources to serve the needs and requirements of not only special education programs, but broader based literacy initiatives across their organizations. | Ongoing | Software | Literacy |
11/6/09 | The Exquisite Prompt--2009-10 Writing Challenge/Reading Rockets | To gives K-12 students a chance each month (October through June) to flex their writing muscles with writing prompts — and win fabulous prizes! | Monthly | Work published/
autographed books | Writing
Essay
|
9/10/09 | Teacher@15 Award/Best Buy Foundation | Students of grades 7-12 express their technology needs by nominating their school for the award. | Ongoing | $500, $1000, & $1,500 awarded every 15 days | grades 7-12 |
9/4/09 | Adopt-A-Classroom | By adopting a classroom, donors form partnerships with specific classrooms providing financial and moral support. | Ongoing | Varies | classroom supplies and materials
|
1/22/09 | Duke Energy Foundation Annual Grant | To help improve the quality of life in communities we serve by sharing our time through volunteer efforts, our expertise through leadership and our financial support through grants to charitable organizations. | Ongoing | $250 - $10,000 | |
11/24/08 | Progress Energy Corporate Grant/Progress Energy | To build and support communities. | Ongoing | up to $10,000 | Math
Science |
11/19/08 | International Paper Grant | To address existing and emerging educational needs, as well as short-term, critical civic needs. | Feb.
May
Aug.
Nov. | Varies | |