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SCHOOL FUNDING NEWSLETTER
March 27, 2007 (click here to see our archived newsletters)
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Look at This
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The School Funding Center Grant Database lists every grant available to your school in the United States. It is updated daily and currently contains over 110,000 grant opportunities.
If you are really serious about getting grant money for your school, you should subscribe to our grant database.
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When you order the 12-month subscription, you get Dr. Deborah Porter's SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL GRANTS free with your subscription. It is a step-by-step grant-writing manual by one of the foremost grant writers in the country.
To order: http://www.schoolfundingcenter.com (credit card)
or call: toll-free 1-877-856-7400 (credit card)
or fax: 1-903-856-5272 (signed purchase order)
or mail: The School Funding Center, 449 Rusk Street,
Pittsburg, TX 75686
United States' schools will get more than 6.5 billion dollars in grant money in 2007. Why should yours be left out?
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Quote of the Month
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
---Benjamin Franklin
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Editorial
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I am rather amazed at the inactivity right now in regard to grants. I judge this by the number of visitors we get at our website and the number of those who answer our various ads on the Internet.
I realize it's the spring break, winding down time of year (only 9 or 10 weeks left in some schools), but this should create a flurry of grant writing rather than subdue it.
It's really time to be writing for the fall semester, and there's actually time left to get some summer school money.
Why the inactivity? I think educators get tired this time of year. Testing time is coming up for many schools.
Unfortunately, everyone's focus usually turns to that testing. Hey, we do what we have to do.
Regardless of this tendency, I encourage you to sharpen your pencils, get out your data, and apply for a few grants while you still have time this semester.
And, of course, if you want to locate all those grants quickly and easily, why not subscribe to our database.
All of that time that used to be devoted to FINDING the right grants can now be used to actually apply for more grants.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Don Peek
dpeek@schoolfundingcenter.com
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Top Grant-writing Manual in the Nation
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SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL GRANTS is a step-by-step grant-writing manual for both new and experienced grant writers. The author, Dr. Deborah Porter, is one of the most successful grant writers in the United States. More than 90% of the grants she writes are funded each year. You need this manual, $38.00 total cost, including shipping.
http://www.schoolfundingcenter.com/jump.asp
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Feature Article
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The Case for Writing Multiple Grants
The last two months, we've talked about needs assessments and then finding the solution to the most pressing problem at your school. Once you've identified that solution in the form of a program, product, etc., it's time to start writing grants to help fund the corrective project.
It's not just time to write a grant. It's time to write several grants. You need the money. You have to make every effort to make sure you get the grant money you need.
First of all, you should never put the future of any needed program in the hands of a single grant. The old saying is, "Don't put all your eggs in once basket." As big a cliche' as that happens to be, it's still true.
You may have any number of indications that you'll get a certain grant, but you can never be sure. Rule #1: Write multiple grants. You are never guaranteed of getting any one grant.
Secondly, on larger projects you may not get all of the money you need in just one grant. Let's say you do get the main grant for which you apply. Does it cover all the costs of the program that you need covered? One grant may cover materials, but you need another to cover personnel. It may take three or four different smaller grants to fund a larger project. Be sure you know what each grant covers.
Write enough grants to cover every base.
Finally, write multiple grants because it's an easy thing to do. Once you have all the data collected, the main passages written, the budgets worked out, why would you only write a single grant? The major work is done. While you don't want to send out multiple copies of the same application, you do want to use the same information multiple times. It's really a smart, efficient thing to do.
Write multiple grants? Absolutely! You never know which grants you'll get, you may need multiple grants to fund your program, and most of the work is already done. Why not reuse it?
Don Peek
dpeek@schoolfundingcenter.com
The School Funding Center's database at http://www.schoolfundingcenter.com
will help you match your needs to the grants that are available. We include live links to e-mail and Web sites of
granting organizations whenever available.
Usually address, phone, and/or fax is included.
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Tips
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1. Write grants now while other people tend not to apply
because they are focused on testing and the end of school.
2. Write multiple grants for the same program to insure that
you get the grant money you need.
3. Find the grants that match up most closely to the needs
you are trying to address using The School Funding Center
Grant Database.
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School Grant-writing Manual
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SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL GRANTS is a step-by-step grant-writing manual for both new and experienced grant writers. The author, Dr. Deborah Porter, is one of the most successful grant writers in the United States. You need this manual, $38.00 total cost, including shipping.
3 ways to order:
Phone: 1-877-856-7400 with credit card
Fax: 1-903-856-5272 (signed purchase order)
http://www.schoolfundingcenter.com/jump.asp
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Q & A
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Q. Why can't I prepare one good application and send it to
several different grant-making organizations?
A: Bad idea---for several reasons. One, most organizations
have their own applications with unique requirements.
Two, if you did, and got money from both places, the
money would need to be spent for the very same things as
described in your budget.
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Grant Announcements
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Grant name: Foundations for Learning Program
Funded by: U.S. Department of Education
Description: This program supports projects to help eligible children become ready for school. To be eligible for funding, a project must propose one or more of the following-- (1) To deliver services to eligible children and their families that foster eligible children's emotional, behavioral, and social development; (2) To coordinate and facilitate access by eligible children and their families to the services available through community resources, including mental health, physical health, substance abuse, educational, domestic violence prevention, child welfare, and social services; (3) To provide ancillary services such as transportation or child care in order to facilitate the delivery of any other authorized services or activities; (4) To develop or enhance early childhood community partnerships and build toward a community system of care that brings together child-serving agencies or organizations to provide individualized supports for eligible children and their families; (5) To evaluate the success of strategies and services provided pursuant to the grant in promoting young children's successful entry to school and to maintain data systems required for effective evaluations; and (6) To pay for the expenses of administering the grant activities, including assessment of children's eligibility for services.
Program areas: Early childhood, family services, general education, health/PE, all other
Recipients: Public school, faith-based, other
Proposal deadline: 4/13/2007
Contact person: Earl Myers
Telephone: 202-708-8846
Email: earl.myers@ed.gov
Website: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12697&mode=VIEW
Availability: All states
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Grant name: Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program
Funded by: U.S. Department of Education
Description: The purpose of the ECEPD program is to enhance the school readiness of young children, particularly disadvantaged young children, and to prevent them from encountering difficulties once they enter school, by improving the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in communities that have high concentrations of children living in poverty.
Program areas: At-risk/character, early childhood, professional development
Recipients: Public school, higher education, faith-based
Proposal deadline: 4/20/2007
Total amount: $14.3 million
Contact person: Rosemary Fennell
Telephone: 202-260-0792
Email: eceprofdev@ed.gov
Website: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12682&mode=VIEW
Availability: All states
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Grant name: Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grants
Funded by: Lemelson-MIT Program
Description: InvenTeams composed of high school students, teachers, and mentors are asked to collaboratively identify a problem that they want to solve, research the problem, and then develop a prototype invention as an in-class or extracurricular project. Up to 23 grants of up to $10,000 each will be awarded to selected teams. Grant funding is intended for research, materials, and learning experiences related to developing the team's invention. High school science, mathematics, and technology teachers - or teams of teachers - at public, private, and vocational schools are eligible to apply.
Program areas: Math, science/environmental, technology
Recipients: Public school, private/charter
Proposal deadline: 4/27/2007
Average amount: Up to $10,000
Telephone: 617-452-2146
Email: inventeams@mit.edu
Website: http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/apply.html
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Grant name: School-Based Student Drug-Testing Programs
Funded by: U.S. Department of Education
Description: The School-Based Student Drug-Testing program awards grants to LEAs and public and private entities to develop and implement, or expand, school-based drug-testing programs for students.
Program areas: Safe/drug free schools
Recipients: Public school, higher education, other
Proposal deadline: 5/8/2007
Total amount: $1.6 million
Contact person: Sigrid Melus
Telephone: 202-260-3954
Email: OSDFSdrugtesting@ed.gov
Website: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12915&mode=VIEW
Availability: All states
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Feedback
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Don Peek
dpeek@schoolfundingcenter.com
I look forward to hearing from you.
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