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=Shaking The Money Tree= This wiki is dedicated to helping classroom teachers (preKinder - 12th grade) find money for their classrooms. Unfortunately, for many of us the funding our schools receive only covers the bare necessities, sometimes not even those.

This is a wiki, not an "old fashioned" web page. There are lots of web pages that have grant information. Very few of them are helpful, because the information only reflects what was out there when that page was created. So please, add information that will help, and remove information that no longer applies. (If you want to add or delete information, all you have to do is click the Edit This Page button at the top, and then Save after you're done.) Happy shaking.

Internet-Based Funding Opportunities

 * [| Donors Choose] is a site that matches teachers to potential donors. Open an account, create a proposal, let people know what you're doing, and you may be surprised one day to wake up and find that your proposal has been funded.
 * [|Adopt a Classroom] is an online service connecting teachers with individuals who would like to provide ongoing support.

Ongoing Grants

 * [|American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics] provides support of up to $200 for math and science related projects. You must become an AIAA educator associate, which is free.
 * [|Lowe's Outdoor Classroom Grant Program] for outdoor, hands-on science education.
 * [|Motorola Innovation grant]
 * [|Teaching Tolerance] grants for reducing prejudice and promoting intergroup relations, awards from $500 to $2500 dollars.
 * [|Airborne Teacher Trust Fund] provides funding for projects related to art and music.

Deadline Grants
(Please include the deadline with the grant listing.)
 * [|ING Unsung Heroes] awards program for innovative teachers, prizes range from $2,000 to $25,000. Deadline April 30, 2008.
 * [|InvenTeams] is a program for high school mathematics, science and technology teachers that awards up to $10,000 for student teams to create an invention prototype. Deadline April 25, 2008.

Grant Resources
Not funding sources themselves, these are helpful resources to find grants.
 * [|CTAP4 Funding Alert] is updated every two months. Essential.
 * [|Edutopia] has links to a variety of grants.
 * [|How To Get Foundation Funds] from the American Federation of Teachers
 * [|NCTM Grants] focusing on the teaching of mathematics.
 * [|Michigan State Library] has resources for grant seekers.