Foundation Mini & Micro Grants Programs

The Pelham Education Foundation is pleased to offer to teachers and administrators the opportunity to apply for mini-grants (for any amount up to $5,000) or micro-grants (for any amount up to $1,000) to support educational projects that are outside the annual school budget. 

The goal of our mini and micro-grant programs is to foster and reward faculty initiative by funding creative and innovative projects that enrich the standard curriculum and directly enhance educational opportunities for a significant number of students 

The Micro-Grants Program

Teachers are welcome to apply for micro-grants (up to $1,000) at any time during the year.  Please click here for an application.

The Mini-Grants Program

The Foundation will award mini-grants (up to $5000) at the January 2011 Foundation board meeting.  The deadline for applications is Friday, October 29, 2010 and all project proposals will be presented to the Foundation board at its December 2010 meeting.  Please click here for a mini grant application and here for a letter from the Foundation with more information about the application process. 

The directors of the Foundation would like to provide you with as much guidance as possible so that your application will have the best chance to be successful.  Please click here to read the project criteria we will use to evaluate your application, and here to see samples of successful mini-grant applications from past grant cycles. 

If you have questions about teacher-initiated mini-grants, please contact Cathy Draper, the Foundation’s Project Development chair, by e-mail at cdraper@clain.net.

 

Please note that all applications must be submitted using the Microsoft Word documents that can be download by clicking on the links above.  Applicants should complete these documents and email them to Cathy Draper, with a copy to Assistant Superintendent Christine Burton, by the relevant deadline.

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