The VELA Education Fund has announced the Micro Grant to support a diverse portfolio of early-stage ideas that redefine how, when, and where learning takes place, and that allow families to access options that better meet their needs, outside of the traditional school system
Donor Name: VELA Education Fund
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territory: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/15/2022
Grants Size: $2,500 or $10,000
Details:
They award micro grants to early-stage everyday entrepreneurs — students, families, educators, community members — who are innovating outside of the traditional education system. Their fast, flexible funding approach enables entrepreneurs to quickly put their ideas into practice to meet learners’ and families’ immediate needs.
Micro grants welcome everyday entrepreneurs into their dynamic VELA community. Through a private online community, grant recipients enjoy access to collaboration and programming opportunities, and receive communications support, including media outreach and video storytelling.
Ideas may achieve this through one or more of the following:
- Allowing families and learners better access to nontraditional learning
- Addressing families’ and learners’ education needs in a way that the traditional system is not
- Encouraging openness to where and how learning happens
- Representing a bottom-up, customized approach, by and for the communities they serve
This includes support for programs like:
- Nontraditional learning environments
- Support for learners
- Content or learning materials
- Support for families
Funding Information
- Amount: $2,500 or $10,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be building custom approaches for their communities.
- Applicants must be over 18 years old, reside in the United States or its territories, and use grant funding to support an education idea or program with a charitable purpose.
- Organizations that have previously received funding from VELA are not eligible to apply.
- Organizations that have previously received funding from one of their granting partners are not eligible to apply.
- These partners are: 4.0, A for Arizona, Camelback Ventures, Empowered (formerly Youth Entrepreneurs), HSLDA, National Parent Union, and Wildflower.
For more information, visit VELA Education Fund.
