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Welcome to the National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) funding opportunity database. The database includes one-time and ongoing national grants, fellowships, and scholarships that are currently active. Sponsors include the U.S. Federal Government and philanthropic organizations. This page is updated frequently as charter school funding opportunities are announced. Funding opportunities are displayed below in order of due date, i.e., opportunities with the most imminent deadlines are listed first and alphabetically within the same due date range.
Please note that state-specific and currently inactive funding opportunities are excluded from this database. For information about state-specific funding opportunities, please visit State Resources for Charter Schools on the NCSRC website to contact your State Education Agency and, if applicable, your state’s Charter Support Organization. For more information about federal funding opportunities, please visit Accessing Federal Programs: A Guidebook for Charter School Operators and Developers.
Current and Future Opportunities
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Average = $75,000The Daniels Fund is a private charitable foundation dedicated to making life better for the people of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming through its grants program, scholarship program, and ethics initiative. K-12 is one focus area.
There is no specific RFP available; applicants should follow the application process. Only accepting univited applications for…
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$5,000 - $50,000The mission of the Ed Rachal Foundation is "for the benefit of charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes within the State of Texas” This rather profound, albeit simple statement provides the mission pursued by the Foundation’s management staff and Board of Directors. The Ed Rachal Foundation accepts applications at any time but applicants must use the…
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TBDFord Motor Company Fund supports initiatives and nonprofit organizations in three areas: education, community life and driving safely. FordFund seeks to build partnerships with organizations that have a well-defined sense of purpose, a demonstrated commitment to maximizing available resources, and a reputation for meeting objectives and delivering quality programs and…
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TBD. 2020 grants started at $100,000.The J. Bulow Campbell Foundation responds to a variety of charitable organizations serving the general welfare of the community, education, youth, Christian concerns and, to a limited extent, public spaces and cultural organizations. The Foundation takes interest in projects that benefit the development and preservation of the Christian faith. Grants are intended to support…
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TBDThis program "provides a professional development opportunity for middle and high school teachers from the United States to participate in a program aimed at globalizing U.S. classrooms through an online professional development course, two Washington, D.C.-based symposiums and a two to three week professional development exchange to one of the following countries: Brazil,…
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TBDThe Lending Project is a new charter school facility loan matching service for borrowers and lenders. The new project provides a one-stop shop to communicate with multiple lenders at once. Borrowers complete a simple online application to start the process.
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Up to $5,000STEM Education is one of the three areas the Westinghouse Charitable Foundation supports. Grants defined as education with a focus on STEM are those used to improve knowledge and literacy with a focus in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math among students, teachers and the general public.
Limited to organizations with 50 miles of a Westinghouse…
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up to $25 millionChildren are at the heart of everything the Kellogg Foundation does. The Foundation's goal is lasting, transformational change for children. As a grantmaker, it recognizes that children live in families and families live in communities. Therefore, the Foundation's three areas of focused work – Thriving Children, Working Families and Equitable Communities – are dynamic and…
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$50,000+Millions of children from low-income backgrounds don’t have the chance to attend a high-quality school. For those who do, unique challenges remain, making it harder for them to get to and through college. We invest in closing these opportunity gaps so all students, including those living in urban poverty, can pursue a quality education, providing a pathway to prosperity for…