Do you want to install a mural highlighting all identities within the LGBTQ+ community, boost your library’s range of literature from LGBTQ+ authors, or help your GSA fund your first-ever Pride Week? If yes, then this grant is for you!
Donor Name: It Gets Better Project
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The 50 States. 50 Grants. 5000 Voices. Interest 2024 grant is ONLY for public and charter schools within the United States, Washington D.C., and its territories.
It Gets Better is funding is funding 50 Grants in 50 States to support projects uplifting and empowering LGBTQ+ youth. They want to support educators, administrators, and LGBTQ+ clubs that prioritize the empowerment and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ youth while at school. The grant opportunity is made possible with support from American Eagle, MAC VIVA GLAM Fund, and Tumblr.
Types of Projects
- school-wide projects
- Build an LGBTQ+ section of your school library or create a mental health resource center for LGBTQ+ students.
- Paint a mural or other art installation in your school highlighting local LGBTQ+ history.
- Provide training about pronoun usage to educators, administrators, and other students.
- gender-sexuality alliance (GSA) projects
- Launch your school’s first GSA.
- Install a school garden, gender-affirming closet, or safe space that supports the GSA.
- Organize a district-wide conference for local GSA leaders to meet and learn from each other.
- community projects
- Organize a Pride festival for the community, including local LGBTQ+ organizations.
- Help establish a student-focused program with a local LGBTQ+ center or nonprofit.
- Establish a partnership between the LGBTQ+ students at your school with LGBTQ+ seniors.
Key to great Projects
- Unique to your school
- Every school faces different challenges, so make your project unique to your needs. What do you want to see changed? What projects can make your school more inclusive?
- Creates measurable impact
- Whatever your project, make sure there are ways to measure impact. Can you survey your student body to get before/after metrics? Can you count how many times a particular book is checked out from the library in a given school year?
- Activates both the students and staff
- Schools are built for collaboration, and they want to see students and teachers work together to create a more uplifting, empowering space for LGBTQ+ youth. Show us how your project brings together these groups to make your campus a better place for all.
Funding Information
Grants of up to $10k will be awarded from a fund to at least one middle and/or high school in every U.S. state, including U.S. territories. They want to support educators, administrators, and LGBTQ+ clubs that prioritize the empowerment and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ youth while at school.
Eligibility Criteria
All grant applicants must demonstrate the following criteria in their application:
- School is a public and/or charter secondary (middle/junior or high) school listed by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) that serves students between 13-18 years old.
- Clear demonstration that funding will effectively support the school’s LGBTQ+ students and educators.
- Clear student/youth participation in the planning and execution of the proposed project; all applications must include at least one student leader and one faculty advisor as signatories.
- Unique project plan that must be executed within one school year, demonstrating a clear understanding of the needs of LGBTQ+ students at that school, as well as measurable objectives/impact.
- Limited to one application per school.
Grants will be prioritized to schools that demonstrate the following additional criteria:
- Diverse student population (ex. 50% or more of all students are students of color).
- Federally recognized Title I status (i.e. 40% or more of students come from low-income homes).
- Supportive environment for LGBTQ+ students (including trans students, queer students of color, queer students with disabilities, etc.) through resources, policies, curriculum, and more.
- Project plan that incorporates broader community impact and involvement.
- Project plan demonstrates longevity or the ability to keep making a positive impact on LGBTQ+ students beyond the grant year.
For more information, visit It Gets Better Project.
