Grants

Free Seeds from the America the Beautiful Fund
Since 1980 the Operation Green Plant Program has saved more than 800 tons of seeds and 7 million flower bulbs from going to waste in landfills, grown more than 1.75 billion pounds of food for the hungry, and beautified roadways, parks, and neighborhoods in 20,000 communities in all 50 states. They invite you to join in the America the Beautiful Fund dream by making your own community more beautiful.
To request a grant of vegetable, flower, and/or herb seeds, Click Here

Finish Line Youth Foundation Grants
The Finish Line Youth Foundation supports youth programs that are effective and inclusive. Funding opportunities are available for participation in youth programs that place an importance on youth development and an active lifestyle. Grants generally range from $1,000 to $5,000. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
FMI: click here

Healthy Living School Grants
Cabot will provide matching funds of up to $200 for any qualifying program. To apply for these funds online, click here.

This is a rolling grant application. Cabot accepts grant requests at any time and will be reviewed on a monthly basis. You will receive a response regarding our decision anywhere from 4-6 weeks after your application has been submitted.

If you would like to print and send/fax the form, you can click here to download the form.

Send/Fax application to:
Attn: Health & Education Team
Fax:802-371-1200

Mailing: Cabot Creamery Cooperative
1 Home Farm Way
Montpelier, VT 05602

Kidsgardening.com

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.

Grant Resources Sites
At DonorsChoose.org school teachers post classroom project requests that range from pencils for a poetry writing unit to violins for a school recital to microscope slides for a biology class. Visitors to DonorsChoose.org can browse project requests and give any amount to the ones that inspire them. Once a project reaches its funding goal, DonorsChoose will deliver the materials to the school. Donors will receive photos of the project taking place, a thank-you letter from the teacher, and a cost report showing how each dollar was spent. Donors may contribute as little as $1.00 but those who give more than $100 will also receive hand-written thank-you letters from the students.

Grant Wrangler
Find funding opportunities for K-12 schools, searchable by grade level, keyword, category, and deadline.

The Healthy Youth Funding Database formerly the School Health Finance Project, maintains a database on federal funding sources, some state-specific funding sources, and some foundation funding sources. The database is located on CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health's website.

eSchool News online This online version of a monthly magazine contains a grants section with regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development, and other funding opportunities for both educators and students.
Email: info@eschoolnews.com

GrantsAlert.com This Web site's goal is to "make life a little easier for those who devote their time to searching for education grants and identifying new funding opportunities for their organizations, schools, districts, consortia, and state education agencies."
Email: jmizereck@grantsalert.com

Grants.gov Allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies, and encompasses over 900 grant programs offered by the twenty six Federal grant-making agencies. It streamlines the process of awarding over $350 billion annually to state and local governments, academia, not-for-profits, and other organizations.
Email: support@grants.gov

SchoolGrants A collection of resources and tips to help K-12 educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects. The site offers fundraising ideas, sample proposals, grant writing tips, and scholarship information.
Email: help@schoolgrants.org

The Chronicle of Philanthropy A useful FREE feature on this site is the "Deadlines" section. On the left side toolbar under "Features," click on "Deadlines." You can then search for open funding opportunities by topic area such as, "children and youth" or "community health." The results of your search provide you with a list of open grants, a short description, their deadline, and a link to their web site.

The Grantsmanship Center The Granstmanship Center has a state map that allows you to search for grantmaking foundations and community foundations in your state. Search results provide direct links to foundation Web sites.

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.