Grants+and+Contests

David Gardner  ||= September - April ||= K-12 public and private school students with up to 170 that can be accommodated with all teaching, full room and board. ||= The campus is located on Seabrook Island and includes nearly one mile of beach, 100 acres of salt marsh, 200 acres of undisturbed maritime forest, freshwater ponds, and a freshwater swamp. Barrier Island facilities include classrooms, numerous outdoor teaching sites, arts and crafts building, climate controlled gymnasium, low ropes course, beach front recreation hall, lighted outdoor recreation field, a health center, full service dining hall and climate controlled beach front cabins with bathrooms.
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 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Home Depot Community Impact Grants ||= Up to $5,000 ||= https://corporate.homedepot.com/CorporateResponsibility/HDFoundation/Pages/ComImpactGrant.aspx ||= February - August 13 ||= Only registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public schools, and tax-exempt public service agencies (e.g. Police/Fire Departments) in the U.S. are eligible to apply. ||= Proposals for the following community improvement activities will be considered: Repairs, refurbishments, and modifications to low-income and/or transitional veteran's housing, or community facilities (schools, community centers, senior centers, etc.). Weatherizing or increasing energy efficiency of low-income and/or transitional veterans' housing, or community facilities. Engage veterans as volunteers to help other veterans in their community through service projects focusing on the renovation, repair and improvement of homes and other properties serving veterans. Planting trees or community gardens and/or landscaping community facilities that serve veterans ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Barrier Island Environmental Education Program ||= Trips for classes ||= http://www.stchristopher.org/index.php?BI

Barrier Island’s sessions run throughout the school year. Schools come for either a 3 day or a 5 day session. || Captain Planet Foundation 133 Luckie Street, 2nd Floor Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 522-4270 or Taryn Murphy  ||= September 30, December 31, March 31, June 30 ||= Must be exempt from federal taxation under the IRCS 501 (i.e. most schools and non-profits) ||= The mission of the **Captain Planet Foundation** is to fund and support hands-on, environmental projects for children and youths. The foundation’s objective is to encourage innovative programs that empower children and youth around the world to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities. || tmcguire@charlestoncounty.org ||= January 15 ||= All schools forprojects or in–class demonstrations on a hazard-related or environmental theme. ||= Projects performed under mini-grants in past years, include but are not limited to, student musical or theatrical productions, educational campaigns, student art projects, student media projects, in-class demonstrations, and other projects on hazard-related (hurricanes, earthquakes, severe weather, etc.) and environmental themes. ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Target Field Trip Grants ||= Up to $700 ||= https://corporate.target.com/corporate-responsibility/grants/field-trip-grants ||= August 1 - September 30 ||= K-12 schools nationwide ||=  ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Captain Planet Foundation Grant ||= $250 - $2,500 ||= http://captainplanetfoundation.org/
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Project Learning Tree - GreenWorks! ||= $250 - $1,000 ||= [] ||= September 30 ||= Any teacher who has gone through Project Learning Tree training ||= Environmental project that incorporates service-learning & community ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= DHEC Recycling Grant for Schools ||= $1,500 ||= [|www.scdhec.gov/environment/lwm/recycle/pubs/FY12_education_grant%20application.docx] ||= September 30 ||= All K-12 teachers ||=  ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants (EJSG) ||= Various ||= [] ||= October - January 7 ||= All K-12 teachers ||=  ||
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Lowe's Toolbox for Education ||= $2,000 - $5,000 ||= [] ||= October 12 for Fall; February 13 for Spring ||= All K-12 teachers and non-profit parent groups (PTAs, PTOs, etc.) ||=  ||
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Wild Ones - Seeds for Education ||= $100 - $500 ||= [] ||= October 15 ||= All classes ||= Suitable for any class garden project using native plants ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= The SMART Competition ||=  ||= [] ||= October 18 ||= High school students only ||=   ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Southeast Environmental Education Alliance Mini Grant Program ||= Up to $5,000 ||= [] ||= November 1 ||= Any K-12 teachers ||=  ||
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Whole Kids Foundation School Garden ||= $2,000 ||= [] ||= November 30 ||= All K-12 teachers ||=  ||
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Fiskars - Orange Thumb ||= $5,000 ||= [|http://www2.fiskars.com/Activities/Project-Orange-Thumb] ||= December 15 ||= All K-12 teachers ||=  ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Lexus Scholastic Eco Challenge ||= $10,000 ||= [] ||= December 17 ||= Middle and high school teachers only ||=  ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Charleston County Area Project Impact Mini-Grant Project ||= Up to $500 per school ||= [[file:Charleston Area Mini-Grant Application SY 12-13.docx]]
 * = ** Professional Development ** ||= Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (EPA and CEQ) ||= $2,000 for teacher and $2,000 for teacher's school ||= [] ||= January 31 ||= All K-12 teachers ||= Award recognized outstanding K-12 teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental education and use the environment as a context for student learning. ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Disney Friends for Change Grant ||= $1,000 ||= [] ||= February 10 ||= Students ages 5-18 ||=  ||
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Katie's Krops ||= $400 ||= [|www.katieskrops.com/apply-for-a-grant.html] ||= February 12 ||=  ||=   ||
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Coca-Cola and Keep America Beautiful (KAB) ||= Various recycling bins ||= [] ||= January 28 - March 4 ||= Schools, non-profit organizations, government agencies, colleges, and religious organizations ||= Where proposals are otherwise equal, preference will be given to those that have not previously received a grant through the Coca-Cola Bin Grant program. Though not a requirement, preference also will be given to new or expanded collection efforts versus replacement of existing bins. ||
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Discovery Education TurfMutt ||= $5,000 ||= [] ||= March 21 ||= K-5 Teachers ||= Spruce Up Your School Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $5,000 grant to help make your school's play area more eco-friendly and green by adding trees, shrubbery, and more. ||
 * = ** Professional Development ** ||= Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. Green Boot Camp ||= San Diego- 5 day workshop, travel and program expense ||= []

Susan Ratliff; Susan.Ratliff@Honeywell.com ||= March 14 ||= Middle school teachers ||= A hands-on interactive workshop designed to help middle school teachers learn the latest methods of instruction to teach green and sustainable topics, lessons and concepts || Carolina Geographic Alliance Grant ||= $1,000 ||= [] ||= April 1 ||= Grant applications are accepted from any current teacher or administrator in an accreditedK-12 school within South Carolina. ||= These grants are meant to support their geography instruction when traditional funding options are unavailable.Proposed work should directly focus on improving instruction through the development of new curriculum materials or the acquisition of essential classroom materials and equipment. Ineligible expenses include: administrative overhead;air travel; scholarship or travel fellowships; teacher stipends; meals; SCGA products; and professional meeting feesor dues. Applications that address the geographic literacy needs of rural South Carolina and those that incorporate geospatial technologies (GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing, Internet) are especially welcome. || Melissa Adams; madams@kab.org ||= April 26 ||= Governmental agencies and non-profit organizations working with parks ||= The DPS/KAB Park Recycling Bin Grant Program is designed to help local, regional and state parks establish or expand recycling opportunities for visitors. || tjerman@energy.sc.gov ||= June 30 ||= State agencies, local governments, state funded colleges, universities and technical colleges, K-12 public schools, utilities, and non-profits ||= The Department of Energy (DOE) ha awarded funding to the SC Energy Office to fund several high impact educational or demonstration projects in the area of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and alternative fuels. Our purpose is to encourage awareness of emerging technologies through projects that will be visible to a large number of individuals. ||
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 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Charleston Soil & Water Conservation Poster/Essay Contest ||= $25 ||= [] ||= April 5 ||= Students K-4 & Special Ed (poster); 5-9 & Special Ed (essay) ||=  ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Keep America Beautiful (KAB) & Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) Park Recycling Bin Grant Program ||= Recycling Bins for Public Parks ||= [].
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= Elmer's Teacher Tool Kit ||= $100 - $500 ||= [] ||= February 14 - April 30 ||= K-12 certified teachers teaching in the subject of the project at public, private, charter, or parochial schools within the U.S. Special consideration will be given to first year teachers. ||= The purpose is to provide teachers with the means to replicate projects found in the Elmer's Teacher Tool Kit catalog in their own classrooms. These projects, previously funded by the Kids In Need Foundation, make creative use of common teaching aids, approach curriculum from an imaginative angle, or tie nontraditional concepts together for the purpose of illustrating commonalities. ||
 * = ** Professional Development ** ||= Alcoa Foundation Key Issues Institute ||= Colorado - 5 days airfare, lodging, meals, training ||= Lindsay "Erin" Pabst; lindsay.pabst@alcoa.com ||= April 30 ||= 5th-9th Grade Teachers, with emphasis on grades 6-8 ||= National PD that provides non-biased curriculum framework to explore environmental issues ||
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Annie's School Garden Grant ||= $500 (new garden) or $1,500 (existing garden) ||= [] ||= May 31 ||= K-12 teachers, principals, parents, or after school directors ||= Get $500 to start a brand-new school garden program. Use these funds for anything from classroom seeds in a cup to garden beds. There's no need to have an existing garden! Receive $1,500 to deepen your school garden program. What does your garden need? Let Annie's help out! You must have an existing school garden to choose this entry type ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= The NEA Foundation Student Achievement Grants ||= $2,000 and/or $5,000 ||= http://www.classroomearth.org/node/22582 ||= June 1, October 1, and February 1 ||= Public school educator in grades Pre K - 12; public school education support professional; or faculty and staff at public higher education institution. The NEA Foundation especially encouragement grant applications from teachers with less than 7 years of experience, para-educators, school bus drivers, maintenance and custodial staff, food services staff, school nurses and student services workers, clerical and office assistants, school security officers, and technicians ||= The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students’ habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection. Grant funds may be used for resource materials, supplies, equipment, transportation, technology, or scholars-in-residence. Grants will fund activities for 12 months from the date of the award. ||
 * = ** Teacher and/or Students ** ||= SC Energy Office Mini-Grant Solicitiation for High Impact Educational or Demonstration Projects in Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, or Alternative Fuels ||= $3,000 - $5,000 ||= http://www.energy.sc.gov/publications/2013minigrant.pdf
 * = ** Garden/Outdoor ** ||= Kids Gardening ||=  ||= [] ||=   ||= Register your school to find out more information ||= Multiple garden grants ||