The Individual Schools Grant supports improvement, enhancement, and future-forward efforts in Kansas City-area district, charter, and private schools to test innovative approaches they wouldn’t be able to otherwise.
Donor Name: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
States: Kansas, Missouri
Counties: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/11/2022
Size of the Grant: $125,000
Grant Duration: 6-24 months
Details:
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has been a longtime champion of innovation and rethinking education. But in the last few years, it has become even more evident that real innovation comes from those that are closest to the challenges. School leaders in the Kansas City metro region have shown over and over again that they are creating change with their staff, students, and communities. As they collectively rebuild better in the region, they want to know what future-forward approaches school leaders are using to make their schools ready for the future.
Areas of focus include professional learning and development, curriculum and instruction, student support, and parent/community engagement ultimately leading to improved student outcomes. This grant opportunity will also provide school leaders access to a national and regional learning community, Rethink ED, facilitated by the Kauffman Foundation.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $125,000 per year (up to two years) for schools.
- Timeline: The project timeline is 6-24 months, beginning July 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- A school that is a 501(c)(3) organization or a part of a public school district
- Geography: School is located within Cass, Clay, Platte, or Jackson counties in Missouri, or Johnson or Wyandotte counties in Kansas
- Grade level(s): Targets students in kindergarten through 8th grade.
Can’t be
- A request to fund facilities or capital expenses, and schools should not apply exclusively for “replacement” funding (requesting funding to replace lost district/state/federal funding)
For more information, visit 2022 Knowledge Challenge.
