Central Coast
Serving San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura & Kern Counties

Funding Opportunities

Field Trip Grants through Target.com  https://targetfieldtripgrants.target.com/faq.php  

Show Me the Money: Tips & Resources for Successful Grant Writing

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev039.shtml
Many educators have found that grants allow them to provide their students with educational experiences and materials their own districts cannot afford. Learn how they get those grants and how you can get one too. This article will provide you with advice on grant-writing.

Statewide Funding Opportunities (Link will open in a new browser window.)

Local Funding Opportunities

NEA Foundation Green Grants
Deadline: June 1, 2010
http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grant-programs/nea-foundation-green-grants/
With $150,000 in new grant funding designated for projects that integrate green-related topics and experiences into the classroom, the NEA Foundation is growing its Learning & Leadership and Student Achievement grants program for individuals and teams of educators.  Public school educators are eligible to apply for individual grants worth up to $5,000 for the development and implementation of ideas, techniques, and approaches for teaching “green” concepts.

Ocean Guardian Grant
Deadline: June 1, 2010
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is offering Ocean Guardian grants of $2,000- $6,000 to a number of California schools whose students create a school or community-based conservation project that protects their local watershed and the ocean. K-12 schools in the following counties are eligible: Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. This website also offers lesson plans and videos on ocean education. For more information, visit http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/ocean_guardian/

Nominate a Garden Crusader
Deadline: June 1, 2010
This year, Gardener’s Supply will award more than $15,000 in cash and gardening gear to
individuals across the country who are using gardening to make a difference in their
communities. For more information, visit http://www.gardeners.com.

Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA)
Deadline: June 1, 2010
The Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award Program is California’s
highest environmental honor. The program recognizes individuals, organizations, and
businesses that have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made notable, voluntary
contributions in conserving California’s precious resources, protecting and enhancing our
environment, building public-private partnerships and strengthening the State’s economy.
Award categories, eligibility, and criteria are available at the Cal EPA website at
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Awards/GEELA/

Stewardship Council Grant Workshops
Each year, the staff of the Youth Investment Program conducts grant workshops to help guide prospective grantseekers in their applications to the Stewardship Council. The workshops provide background information on how the grant guidelines were created and tips and advice on how applicants can create strong applications.

Stewardship Council Grants RFPs The Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council is pleased to announce that the Youth Investment Programs 2009 Grant Requests for Proposals (RFP) are now available online! In 2009, as part of its Youth Investment Program, the Stewardship Council will grant between $2 million and $2.5 million in funding to improve the lives of underserved youth by providing greater access to outdoor experiences ─ from urban parks in the city to watersheds in the wilderness. In 2000, there are four different grant funds, three rounds focused on outdoor and environmental education programs and one on building parks and playgrounds. The four grant funds are:

Catalyst Fund: Nurturing grassroots efforts to improve access to outdoor experiences to general operating support of emerging efforts aimed at introducing youth to outdoor activities in communities with significant need.

Impact Fund: Sparking innovation and lowering barriers to support day-to-day operations of promising programs and high-impact organizations aimed at engaging youth in outdoor activities in communities with significant needs.

Initiative Fund: Lowering the barriers to connect the youth to the outdoors to support efforts that help eliminate frequently-cited barriers to connecting youth with the outdoors.

Infrastructure Fund: Building parks and playgrounds to support substantial improvements in the infrastructure of community parks and urban open spaces that are planned and executed by established organizations that have demonstrated capacity.

The first rounds of proposals are due in February. You can find a full calendar, the 2010 Request for Proposals, 2010 Grantmaking Plan, scheduled 2010 Grant Workshops on our website as well as additional grantseeker resources and answers to Frequently Asked Questions. We have started a Blog to help us provide more information about our foundation and the organizations and youth that we help to support.
http://www.stewardshipcouncil.org/youth_investment/rfps_and_applications.php?v=0





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