State Farm and the National Youth Leadership Council are sponsoring Project
Ignition, which funds programs that give high school students and their teachers
the chance to work together to address the issue of teen driver safety.
Maximum award: $10,000.
Eligibility: students grades 9-12.
Deadline: June 30, 2009.
http://www.sfprojectignition.com/apply/submission_form.htm

KnowledgeWorks Foundation and the American Architectural Foundation seek submissions for the Richard Riley Award, which recognizes design and educational excellence in "schools as centers of community" -- schools that provide an array of social, civic, recreational, and artistic opportunities to the broader community and to students, often clustering educational and municipal buildings together.
Maximum award: $10,000.
Eligibility: all existing elementary and secondary public schools.
Deadline: July 1, 2009.
http://www.nationalschoolsearch.org/en/Index.html

The Local Initiative Funding Partners Program is a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local grantmakers to fund promising, original projects that significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities.
Maximum award: $500,000 in matching funds.
Eligibility: projects must be new, innovative, collaborative, and community-based; projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker interested in participating as one of the funding partners. See website for further requirements.
Deadline: July 7, 2009.
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20605

National Association of Elementary School Principals/MetLife Foundation Sharing the Dream Grants let principals test ideas about involving and engaging their communities to build greater ownership for the work of their school by sharing leadership and decision-making, by keeping all stakeholders informed about all school news -- good and bad -- and by creating a school climate that fosters open communication, safety and security, and respect for every individual.
Maximum award: $3,000.
Eligibility: elementary school principals from around the country.
Deadline: July 8, 2009.
http://www.naesp.org/resources/1/Pdfs/09SharingtheDreamApp.pdf

American Legion Child Welfare Foundation Grants to Help Children fund proposals that contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth.
Maximum award: $70,000.
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations.
Deadline: July 15, 2009.
http://www.legion.org/cwf/grantseekers/overview

Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research are national programs that support research to identify promising policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity, promoting healthy eating, and preventing obesity. This call for proposals supports time-sensitive, opportunistic studies to evaluate changes in policies or environments with the potential to reach children who are at highest risk for obesity, including African-American, Latino, Native American, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander children (ages 3 to 18) who live in low-income communities or communities with limited access to affordable healthy foods and/or safe opportunities for physical activity. Research studies may focus on one or both sides of the energy balance equation -- on physical activity (including sedentary behavior), healthy eating, or both.
Maximum award: $150,000.
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations in the United States whose program, event, or policy change to be studied justify the rapid-review process in order to answer the proposed research questions.
Deadline: July 17, 2009, for letter of intent.
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20681

The American School Counselor Association's School Counselor of the Year Award is granted to school counselors who are running a top-notch, comprehensive school counseling program at the elementary, middle, or high school level.
Maximum award: expenses to attend the award ceremony.
Eligibility: U.S.-based practicing school counselors who've completed at least five years of service as a school counselor, are an ASCA member, and are practicing school counselors at the time of the awards.
Deadline: July 17, 2009.
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content2.asp?contentid=544

The Public Welfare Foundation supports organizations that address human needs in disadvantaged communities, with strong emphasis on organizations that include service, advocacy, and empowerment in their approach. The Foundation provides both general support and project-specific grants.
Maximum award: $50,000.
Eligibility: public and private entities, including nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations. The foundation is currently focusing on three program areas: criminal and juvenile justice, health reform, and workers' rights.
Deadline: July 29, 2009.
http://www.publicwelfare.org/ApplyGrant/Guidelines.aspx#deadlines

Freedom Alliance Scholarships give financial assistance to sons and daughters of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Guardsmen who have been killed or permanently disabled (100 percent VA disability rating) in the line of duty, or who are currently classified as a Prisoner of War or Missing in Action.
Maximum award: one-year scholarships to undergraduates.
Eligibility: high school seniors, high school graduates, or registered undergraduate students at an accredited college or post high school vocational/technical institution who are dependent sons or daughters of a soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, or Guardsman who was killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty or currently classified as a POW or MIA.
Deadline: July 31, 2009.
http://www.freedomalliance.org/scholarship.htm#guidelines

The American Honda Foundation makes grants to K-12 schools, colleges, universities, trade schools, and other youth-focused nonprofit organizations for programs that benefit youth and scientific education.
Eligibility: Schools and youth-focused nonprofit organizations.
Deadline: Four times per year: Aug. 1., Nov. 1, Feb. 1, and May 1.
http://corporate.honda.com/america/philanthropy.aspx?id=ahf

The LEGO Children's Fund will provide grants for collaborative programs, either in part or in total, to organizations that focus on early childhood education and development; technology and communication projects that advance learning opportunities; or sport or athletic programs that concentrate on underserved youth.
Maximum award: $5,000.
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations.
Deadline: August 1, 2009.
http://www.legochildrensfund.org/Guidelines.html

Open Meadows Foundation is a grant-making organization for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls. It funds projects that reflect the diversity of the community served by the project in both its leadership and organization; promote building community power; promote racial, social, economic and environmental justice; have limited financial access or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding.
Maximum award: $2,000.
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations with an organizational budget no larger than $150,000. Projects must be designed and implemented by women and girls.
Deadline: August 15, 2009.
http://www.openmeadows.org/

The National Association of Independent Schools invites schools to participate in Challenge 20/20, a program that brings together two schools: one from the United States and one from outside of the United States. Teacher-student teams from both schools work together throughout the fall 2009 school semester to come up with a solution to a global problem. Challenge 20/20 is based on Jean François Rischard's book, "High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them."
Maximum award: program participation.
Eligibility: all U.S. schools, elementary and secondary, public or private.
Deadline: August 17, 2009.
http://www.nais.org/resources/index.cfm?ItemNumber=147262

Challenge 20/20 is an Internet-based program that pairs classes at any grade level (K-12) from schools in the U.S. with their counterpart classes in schools in other countries; together the teams (of two or three schools) tackle real global problems to find solutions that can be implemented at the local level and in their own communities.
Maximum award: global student exchange.
Eligibility: elementary and secondary schools, public or private, located anywhere in the world.
Deadline: August 17, 2009.
http://www.nais.org/conferences/index.cfm?ItemNumber=147262&sn.ItemNumber=148035

The NYSE Financial Future Challenge asks kids to come up with new ways to teach their peers about finance, money management, and investing in the stock market. Entries may include games, books, websites, videos, and other media that would help illuminate the fundamentals of the stock market, enhance financial literacy, and make it easy for young people to learn and even participate in the markets.
Maximum award: $2,500 to invest in stocks, as well as special media attention at the NYSE.
Eligibility: youth between the ages of 6 and 19 who reside in the United States, District of Columbia and U.S. territories and possessions.
Deadline: August 31, 2009.
http://www.bkfk.com/

Ronald McDonald House supports programs that help children read, provide nutritious after-school meals, offer life-changing surgeries, or help prevent life-threatening disease. Ronald McDonald House Charities Board of Trustees is most interested in national and/or international organizations that have a specific program related to children's health and wellbeing.
Maximum award: varies.
Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations.
Deadline: September 4, 2009.
http://rmhc.org/what-we-do/grants/how-to-apply/

The American Association of School Administrators National Superintendent of the Year Program pays tribute to the talent and vision of the men and women who lead the nation's public schools.
Maximum award: $10,000.
Eligibility: U.S. public school superintendents and superintendents of American schools abroad who plan to continue in the profession.
Deadline: September 30, 2009.
http://www.aasa.org/awards/content1.cfm?ItemNumber=890

Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale seeks to ensure that low-income children receive nutritious food during critical times when they are out of school and particularly vulnerable to hunger by increasing participation among low-income children in summer and after-school meal programs. Share Our Strength is specifically interested in increasing participation in meal programs that use USDA reimbursement through the Summer Food Service Program, National School Lunch Program, or Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Maximum award: $10,000. Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations, schools with a valid NCES code, or local government entities that work to ensure children have access to after-school and summer meal programs.
Deadline: September 30, 2009.
http://gabs.strength.org/site/PageServer?pagename=GABS_grants

NEA Foundation Learning & Leadership Grants are given to public school teachers, public education support professionals, and/or faculty and staff in public institutions of higher education for one of two purposes: Grants to individuals fund participation in high-quality professional development experiences, such as summer institutes or action research; Grants to groups fund collegial study, including study groups, action research, lesson study, or mentoring experiences for faculty or staff new to an assignment.
Maximum award: $5,000 for groups, $2,000 for individuals.
Eligibility: public school teachers grades K–12; public school education support professionals; or faculty and staff at public higher education institutions.
Deadline: October 15, 2009.
http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/Learning&Leadership_Guidelines.htm

The CVS Caremark Community Grants program awards funds to nonprofit organizations for programs targeting children with disabilities; programs focusing on health and rehabilitation services; and public schools promoting a greater level of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular programs, and initiatives that give greater access to physical movement and play. Additionally, some contributions are made to organizations that provide uninsured individuals with needed care, in particular programs where the care received is of higher quality and delivered by providers who participate in accountable community health care programs.
Maximum award: $5,000.
Eligibility: public schools with programs for children under age 18 with disabilities.
Deadline: October 31, 2009.
http://www.cvscaremark.com/community/our-impact/community-grants

The National Schools of Character Awards identify exemplary schools and districts to serve as models for others, and helps schools and districts improve their efforts in effective character education.
Maximum award: $2,000.
Eligibility: To be eligible, a school must have been engaged in character education for a minimum of three full years, starting no later than December 2006 for the 2010 awards. Districts need to have been engaged in character education for a minimum of four full years, starting no later than December 2005. Smaller administrative units that maintain a separate identity within a large district may apply in the district category, e.g., a school pyramid or cluster.
Deadline: December 1, 2009.
http://www.character.org/nsocapplicationprocess

The American Management Association (AMA) and Leader to Leader Institute scholarship program assists social-sector nonprofit organizations in developing strong leadership. The scholarship is designed to give nonprofit leaders an opportunity to step out of the day-to-day, interact with peers across sectors, and develop practical skills to apply immediately within their organizations.
Maximum award: one-year scholarship.
Eligibility: employees of 501(c)3 organizations with a minimum of three years of work experience in the social sector.
Deadline: December 15, 2009.
http://leadertoleader.org/collaboration/ama/index.html

Driver's Edge empowers young drivers through a combination of classroom discussions and behind-the-wheel defensive driving instruction to erase the Fast and the Furious and video-game mentality that many of today's young drivers have and that has skyrocketed automobile fatalities. The program is free.
Eligibility: students between the ages of 15 and 21 who have a learner's permit or driver's license.
Deadline: see tour schedule for relevant dates.
http://www.driversedge.org/

The Fund for Teachers makes direct grants to teachers for summer learning opportunities of their own design.
Maximum award: $5,000.
Eligibility: teachers K-12 with a minimum of three years teaching experience; teachers must be full-time and spend at least 50 percent of the time in the classroom when grants are approved and made.
Deadline: varies by state.
http://www.fundforteachers.org/apply.html

The Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation Corporation's Limited GEO Grants to Help Inner City Educators will fund specific, one-time future education-related needs or ideas which promise to improve inner city education within one year of the grant award in one of eligible cities.
Maximum Award: $2,000.
Eligibility: small, concrete projects which will improve inner city education in Boston, Hartford, Providence, New York or Washington within the coming year.
Deadline: N/A.
http://www.brownrudnickcenter.com/foundation/communitygrant.asp

Do Something Plum Youth Grants are available to young people who submit creative proposals to further the growth and success of their existing community action project. Maximum Award: $500.
Eligibility: Applicant must be 25 or younger at the time of application.
Deadline: weekly.
http://www.dosomething.org/plum_youth_grant_application

Barnes and Noble Grants - Barnes and Noble booksellers is considering requests for grants from nonprofit organizations that focus on art, literacy, or education (K-12). Applicants must have a plan for promoting the grants program with Barnes and Noble and must be willing to work with the local stores on in-store programming.
Maximum Award: varies.
Eligibility: nonprofits that focus on art, literacy, or education (K-12).
Deadline: rolling.
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/Sponsorship_main.html

The Comcast Foundation is awarding grants to maximize the impact of community investments so they yield tangible, measurable benefits to the neighborhoods Comcast serves and the people who live there. The foundation's primary focus is in funding diversity-oriented programs that address literacy, volunteerism and youth leadership development.
Maximum Award: $500,000.
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations operating within communities that Comcast serves.
Deadline: N/A.
http://www.comcast.com/foundation

The Charles Lafitte Foundation Grants Program awards funds to help groups and individuals foster lasting improvement on the human condition by providing support to education, children's advocacy, medical research and the arts.
Maximum Award: varies.
Eligibility: 501c-3 institutions.
Deadline: Rolling.
http://www.charleslafitte.org/education.html

The National Vocabulary Championship (NVC) is an initiative sponsored by GSN, The Network for Games, that uses competition and wordplay to engage and reward high school students, educators and parents, teaching them the value of a strong vocabulary. Students can have access to NVC preparation materials through the NVC website and in-school coaches, if applicable.
Maximum Award: $40,000 toward college tuition.
Eligibility: high school students across the country.
Deadline: see website for specifics.
http://www.gsn.com/nvc/nvc_guidelines.php

Adopt-A-Classroom Grants--Teachers who register at the Adopt-a-Classroom website can be adopted by an individual, a business, or a foundation.
Maximum Award: $500.
Eligibility: Teachers at public schools established prior to August 15, 2001.
Deadline: Ongoing.
http://www.adoptaclassroom.com

The Allen Foundation supports educational nutrition programs, with priority given to training programs for children and young adults to improve their health and development.
Eligibility: Schools and school districts should partner with local nonprofits to form nutrition education programs.
Deadline: Ongoing.
http://www.allenfoundation.org/

Teacher Loan Forgiveness - The Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act authorizes up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness for eligible, highly qualified math, science and special education teachers. To be eligible, teachers (with no outstanding loan balances before Oct.1, 1998, and who have borrowed before Oct. 1, 2005) must be highly qualified, as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act; must have taught full-time, for five consecutive years, in a Title I school; and must have taught secondary math or science or elementary or secondary special education to students with disabilities. For more information, visit: http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN0414.html

The ARRL Foundation generally awards start up funding to organizations for new amateur radio related projects, and are rarely awarded for follow up projects. The funding awards range from $1,000 to $3,000, with most awards approximately $2000. The majority of grants fund the acquisition of equipment, fixture and material, including some grants for study materials. The ARRL Foundation does not fund on-going operations or expenses.
http://www.arrlf.org/grant_programs/application_instructions

iEARN-USA--
Tthe US State Department and USAID for scholarships for US teachers and schools are available to participate in the iEARN global network for educators interested in working online and in face to face events with peers in 19 countries with significant Muslim populations. Scholarships will cover membership costs, online professional development course fees, Arabic language software site licenses, and participation in Training seminars and conferences in NYC and in the Middle East.
For information and an application
http://www.iearn.org/join

The Educational Foundation of America (EFAW) gives nationwide to nonprofits working primarily in education, the arts, and Native American issues. Projects should have a broad impact and should be closely linked to the funder's objectives. 
Deadline:  ongoing.
http://www.efaw.org

Classroom Connect proved disseminator and adaptor grants to teachers whose school receives gas and/or electricity from a Xcel Energy Company.  
Deadline: Nov. 1 and Mar. 1.
http://www.classroomconnection.org/applications.htm

The NEA Foundation's next round of Innovation Grant and Learning & Leadership Grant: applications for these grants are accepted on an ongoing, year-round basis, so it's never too late to apply. Grants fund activities for 12 months from the award date. The NEA Foundation's grants are available for all subjects, including the arts, literacy, science, and technology. All U.S. practicing K-12 public school teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff at public colleges and universities are eligible to apply.
Deadline: Rolling
http://www.neafoundation.org

The Allstate Foundation supports national and local programs in three focus areas. Safe and Vital Communities programs address catastrophe response, youth anti-violence, neighborhood revitalization, or teen safe driving. Economic Empowerment programs address financial and economic literacy, insurance education, or empowerment for victims of domestic violence. Tolerance, Inclusion, and Diversity programs address teaching tolerance to youth, ending hate crimes, or alleviating discrimination.
Maximum award: varies.
Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations.
Deadline: rolling.
http://www.allstate.com/foundation/funding-guidelines.aspx

AT&T Foundation.
http://www.sbc.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=7736&DCMP=att_foundation

The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion offers Information on grants for school health programs & services.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/funding/index.htm

The C-SPAN Archives Grants awardees are granted the videotapes of their choice from the extensive collection in the C-SPAN Archives for creative proposals for using the network's programming in the classroom or in research projects.
Eligibility: middle and high school teachers, college/university professors.
Maximum Award: N/A.
Deadline: N/A.
http://www.c-span.org/classroom/grants.asp