The Applegate Training and Support Grants for Teachers provide training or support for resources benefiting K-12 teachers and their students at elementary and secondary schools.
Donor Name: Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation
State: Nebraska
Counties: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $500 and $10,000
Details:
Each grant application must be initiated or endorsed by a K-12 teacher at a school in the Service Area and also approved by an authorized official of grant-seeking organization. Grants are only made to public K-12 schools, Educational Service Units, other public educational organizations, as well as to qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
Funding Information
Training grants are awarded between $500 and $10,000 for qualified training projects benefiting teachers and their students. Support grants are awarded between $500 and $5,000 for qualified projects to help teachers provide innovative and effective learning experiences for students.
Criteria
Training and Support Grants from the John Russell Applegate Fund for Teachers are guided by these policies:
- Grant applications will be considered which provide training or support for K-12 teachers at elementary and secondary schools located in the West Central Nebraska counties of Arthur, Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Hayes, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Perkins and Thomas.
- Grants typically are made only to public K-12 schools, Educational Service Units, other public educational organizations, as well as federally tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Grants are not made directly to individuals. Grants are not made to support current operating budgets of organizations except for limited experimental or demonstration periods in the form of “seed” money. Grants are made without regard to race, religion, creed or color.
- Training Grants: Objectives for Training Grants will be reviewed annually and may change from time to time. Currently applications are being solicited for training grants in amounts of between $500 and $10,000 for training and/or instructional coaching benefiting several K-12 teachers with one or more of the following objectives:
- research-based or proven practices to teach language arts, mathematics and/or science
- classroom behavioral management strategies
- learning styles and differentiated instructional strategies
- Support Grants: Applications are being solicited for Support Grants in amounts of between $500 and $5,000 to help cover costs of acquiring resources wanted by K-12 in order to provide innovative and effective learning experiences for students. Grants for general purpose computers will not be awarded. Grants for only a limited number of “Smart Boards” or other specific types of electronic devices in any school building will be awarded.
- Because there are typically far greater requests for financial support than available resources, projects are favored that will make a major impact, will help make a needed change, or will contribute to the solution of an important educational problem or challenge. Grant awards may differ from the amount of grant money requested.
- The Advisory Board for the John Russell Applegate Fund for Teachers will review grant applications. Grant awards are contingent upon approval by the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation.
For more information, visit MNCF.
