Licensed PreK-12 educators or certified staff members at an accredited K-12 public, private, or charter school in the United States can apply for a classroom grant ($750).
Donor Name: AdoptAClassroom.org
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $750
Details:
The classroom grant has two rounds. Applicants will submit the first-round application that includes all specified criteria, outlined below. Second-round applicants will be required to answer several additional questions, including how this grant would benefit their students and what they would purchase with the funds. The 15 strongest applications that meet the criteria will be selected for a $750 Racial Equity in Schools classroom grant.
Funding Information
- Selected classroom grantees will receive $750 each.
First Round Evaluation Criteria for Classroom Grant
AdoptAClassroom.org will be evaluating first-round applications for the following:
- School Need:
- Educator’s school fits AdoptAClassroom.org’s definition of a high-needs school based on the following:
- Relatively high number of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (80% or above)
- Relatively high number of students with IEPs
- Relatively high number of English-language learners
- School location (to ensure disbursement of funds nationwide)
- Number of students benefiting from the grant or Educator gave a compelling reason why their classroom is in need if their school does not meet this criteria
- Educator’s school fits AdoptAClassroom.org’s definition of a high-needs school based on the following:
- Educator Need and Activity:
- Educator has not received donation(s) on AdoptAClassroom.org valued at more than $500 in the previous 12 months and educator has logged into their AdoptAClassroom.org account recently.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any licensed PreK-12 educator or certified staff member, employed at an accredited K-12 public, private, or charter school in the United States.
- Educators who apply for funds give consent for their application content, name, photo, biography, and the name of the school where they teach to be published in communications by AdoptAClassroom.org and/or their partners in order to promote our mission and/or partnership.
- Educators must agree to and follow AdoptAClassroom.org’s Terms of Use to apply and receive funds.
- Educators must have an active AdoptAClassrom.org classroom page by the application deadline. Login or register to create your classroom page.
- Educators who have had $50 or more of AdoptAClassroom.org funds expire from their account due to a failure to spend funds prior to the 12-month expiration date of donations may be deemed ineligible for Spotlight Fund grants.
- For Teacher Leader submissions, educators must submit materials and activities that they have created and own. Any submissions that include copyrighted materials will not be considered for the grant. If submissions are found to include copyrighted materials after the grant has been awarded, AdoptAClassroom.org may remove the remaining grant funds from the educator’s account.
- Org reserves the right to revise application materials for clarity or communication purposes.
For more information, visit AdoptAClassroom.
