School Resources

OTHER RESOURCES

Following are funding opportunities available to schools that are not affiliated with the Denver Public Schools Foundation. Please contact the organizations directly for more information.

Donors Choose

Teachers: you might also visit www.DonorsChoose.org and post a request for funding for other projects for your classroom. Let us know how it works for you and whether we ought to recommend it to more DPS teachers!

National Center for Safe Routes to School Mini-grant Program

Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, K-12 schools and local government agencies.
Amount: Up to $1,000.
Purpose of Grant: To enable and encourage children to safely walk and bike to school.
Contact: http://bit.ly/2U3qBE
Deadline: April 7, 2010

Music is Revolution Foundation Mini-Grants
Eligibility: Public school teachers of students in grades K-12 may apply for funding; students and/or parents may participate in writing the application.
Amount: Up to $500.
Purpose of Grant: To implement, support, and/or improve teachers' ability to provide quality music education for their students. Only projects that clearly contain a music education focus - that is, projects based on the concept of music education, through musical experiences, initiating students into a sense of their social, academic and cultural identity, and humanizing them through the emotional, cognitive, and/or physical impact of music - will be considered.
Contact: http://bit.ly/6Ks0xd
Deadline: April 15, 2010

ING Run for Something Better: ING Running Grants

Amount: 50 grants of $2,000 will be awarded.

Purpose of Grant: ING Run For Something Better, in partnership with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, seeks to increase physical activity in students and help fight childhood obesity through the creation of school-based running programs.These funds can be used to establish a school-based running program or expand an existing one.

View grant application

Deadline: April 15, 2010

School Fundraiser

Women's Bean Project products are perfect for school and other non-profit fundraisers. Their products are a healthy alternative to standard fundraising products. The Women's Bean Project provides a turn-key solution to make it easy for your group. For more information about fundraising, contact Aimee Caldwell George at aimee@womensbeanproject.com.

"Learn to Play" U.S. Map Stencil Giveaway

Peaceful Playgrounds, Inc. has announced their new "Learn to Play" U.S. Map Stencil Giveaway Program. Enter today to win the geographically and proportionally accurate educational stencil which is Peaceful Playground's best selling playground stencil.

A winner will be selected each quarter and no purchase is necessary to win. Enroll your school today by signing up for the U.S. Playground Map Stencil Giveaway on the Peaceful Playgrounds Website.