Grants

2009 Youth Garden Grants Program
NGA awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements:

• educational focus or curricular/program integration
• nutrition or plant-to-food connections
• environmental awareness/education
• entrepreneurship
• social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning.

Who should apply: Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups throughout the United States are eligible. Applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years. Previous Youth Garden Grant winners who wish to reapply may do so, but must wait one year (e.g., if you won in 2008, you can apply again in 2010) and have significantly expanded their garden programs.

Application deadline (postmark date): November 1, 2008.

Carol M. White Physical Education Grant Program
The United States Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools has competitive grants each year that are available to local educational agencies and community-based organizations to initiate, expand, or improve physical education programs, including after-school programs, for students in one or more grades from K-12 in order to help students make progress toward meeting state standards for physical education.

DonorsChoose.org is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals, whom we call Citizen Philanthropists, choose projects to fund.

Grants.gov is your source to FIND and APPLY for federal government grants.

School Funding Center
The School Funding Center monitors more than 4000 websites, newsletters, and other grant sources to give you the one central location where educators can find every federal, state, & foundation grant available to their schools. Requires email sign-up for free grant search or subscription for full availability.