SFC- March 28, 2006 Newsletter

SCHOOL FUNDING NEWSLETTER

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Time Is Running Out---
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Only a little over 2 months is left in the school year, and it's time to apply for summer school and fall grants now.
The School Funding Center Grant Database contains every federal, state, and foundation grant available to your school. Subscribe now.

We have grants for: Reading, math, science, arts, TAG, at-risk, ESL, library, migrant, homeless, facilities, maintenance, journalism, environment, technology, transportation, vocational, bilingual, health/PE, after- school, adult literacy, social studies, foreign language, family services, general education, Native American, safe/drug-free schools, community involvement, special education, and professional development.

If you need a grant, it's in our database.

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Phone: 1-877-856-7400 with credit card
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To do a free search, go to:
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Quote of the Month
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Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today, their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today. - Gabriela Mistral (Chilean teacher 1899-1957)

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Editorial
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Here in the South, spring has sprung a leak! It's not as warm as it should be, and I'm more than ready for warm weather to get here - and stay! But when warm weather arrives, I know that the time will seem to fly until the end of the school year.

My county's school district will say goodbye to its students on June 9, a little over 2 months from now. I hope you've done your research on The School Funding Center's Web site, and compiled some information to apply for some grants before then.

Many deadlines are fast approaching for grants that need to be awarded before year's end to help with expenses for the upcoming school year. Maybe there is an exciting visual arts curriculum or an after-school program for gifted students for which you seek funding. No matter the capacity, students deserve to be challenged - and it takes money to back the programs that challenge them.

You can prepare yourself to say goodbye to your students for the summer. But The School Funding Center can help you can say hello to some grant money for your school.

Take some time and apply for a grant today.

Jennifer Kellar Erwin
erwin03@carolina.rr.com

For a full list of available grants (110,000), go to:
http://www.schoolfundingcenter.info

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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)
On-line: http://www.schoolfundingcenter.info/jump.asp

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Feature Article
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Who Are The Key Players?
by Jennifer Kellar Erwin

So many people are mistaken in thinking that applying for
grants is all about the end result---the receipt of monies
from a particular organization, whether federal, state or
foundation. But when you sit down to write a grant, you must
realize there are many important components that must accompany
the end result.

In addition to outlining your program concisely, you must
also provide the grantor with key players, and their
responsibilities, in the program. It isn't reasonable to think
that for one program you would request funding to employ 100
qualified teachers. One instructor, for example, may have
several duties to orchestrate the program so that it runs at
its highest level of efficiency.

Let's say your school seeks funding for a special "academy,"
or a school within a school, which will cater specifically to
at-risk, low-income, or disadvantaged children. There are 75
students, of which half are Spanish-speaking students. The
program also will incorporate field trips and other outings
in which these students normally would not participate.

First things first: the ESL instructors. While they will be
required to accommodate differing levels of English language
proficiency, these teachers can also be required to teach
reading, writing and speech to the students whose primary
language is English. One instructor can serve more than one
purpose, as long as his or her hours are properly allocated.

Who will teach the other program's subjects, like math, computer,
or science? Will you have a counselor to address certain social
and emotional needs of these students? What will each instructor's
teaching load be per week? Each person's role must be well
thought out and their hours distributed accordingly. Remember that
your staff's responsibilities and hours also should be listed in
your grant application, and, at the very least, introduced in
your Letter of Inquiry.

Will part-time assistants, rather than full-time employees,
be required to fulfill the students' needs? It's not a bad idea to
look into college students, possibly looking for an internship,
to help in this area. It might even save you a little money.

Keep in mind that appropriately staffed programs usually have
better chances of receiving funding---because just like you,
grantors take into consideration the students' best
interests, as well.

The School Funding Center's database at
http://www.schoolfundingcenter.info
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. Meet with teachers to determine problems that need to
   be addressed in your grants for summer school.
2. Find as many available grants as possible that address
   your needs.
3. Complete 2 or more grant applications in the next 30
   days to fund your special summer school program.
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Our database is filled with every state, federal, and
foundation grant available to your school. You have
absolutely no need to buy any other product. We already
monitor over 4,000 sources to compile our grant information.

We have grants for universities, colleges, K-12, and pre-K.

We have grants for public, charter, private, and faith-
based schools.

Our database contains over 110,000 grants worth over
$6.5 billion.

To do a free search, go to:
http://www.schoolfundingcenter.info

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Q & A
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Q. What exactly is a discretionary grant?

A. A discretionary grant is a grant in which a particular
organization awards at its discretion---hence, its name.

Usually, discretionary grants are highly competitive, as
the funder must take each aspect of the received proposal
into consideration before deciding whether or not to award
funding. Does this application best address our program
requirements? Is this program worthy of funding? These are
questions that will be asked, and ultimately answered, by
the organization that is awarding a discretionary grant.

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Grant Announcements
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Grant name: Early Reading First Program

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education

Description: This program supports local efforts to enhance
the oral language, cognitive, and early reading skills of
preschool-age children, especially those from low-income families,
through strategies, materials, and professional development
that are grounded in scientifically based reading research.

Program areas: At-risk/character, professional development,
reading, all other

Recipients: Public school, private/charter school, higher
education, faith-based, other

Proposal deadline: 5/8/2006

Total amount: $102 million

Contact person: Jill Stewart

Telephone: 202-260-2533

E-mail: Jill.Stewart@ed.gov

Web site: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7630

Availability: All states

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Our database is filled with every state, federal, and
foundation grant available to your school. You have
absolutely no need to buy any other product. We already
monitor over 4,000 sources to compile our grant information.

We have grants for universities, colleges, K-12, and pre-K.

We have grants for public, charter, private, and faith-
based schools.

Our database contains over 110,000 grants worth over
$6.5 billion.

To order, go to: http://www.schoolfundingcenter.info/jump.asp

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Grant name: State Farm Companies Foundation Education Grants

Funded by: State Farm Companies Foundation

Description: To support K-12 public education, the following
types of grants will be considered: 1) Striving for Teacher
Excellence, which will improve teacher quality; 2) Service-Learning
programs that integrate core classroom curriculum with service
to the community; 3) Systematic improvement, or those programs
and processes that require longer periods of time and investment
of resources to impact measurable student achievement; and
4) Operation Respect through the "Don't Laugh At Me" project,
a curriculum-based program that is designed to establish a climate
that reduces the emotional and physical cruelty some children
inflict upon one another. For higher education, The Foundation
provides funding to scholarship programs that are administered
by the American Indian College Fund, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund,
and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Program areas: Community involvement/volunteerism, ESL/bilingual/
foreign language, general education, math, professional development,
reading, science/environmental, social studies, technology, all other

Recipients: Public school, higher education

Deadline: None

Total amount: $20 million

Average amount: $100 to $10,000

Contact person: Kristy Funk, Asst. Secy.

Telephone: 309-766-2161

Email: kristy.funk.cm3n@statefarm.com

Website: http://www.statefarm.com/foundati/foundati.htm

Availability: All states

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Grant name: Migrant Education Program

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education

Description: The purpose of the MEP Consortium Incentive
Grants program is to provide incentive grants to State
educational agencies (SEAs) that participate in high-quality
consortia with another SEA or other appropriate entity to
improve the delivery of services to migrant children whose
education is interrupted.

Program areas: General education, migrant, all other

Recipients: Public school, other

Proposal deadline: 5/19/2006

Total amount: $3 million

Average amount: Up to $250,000

Contact person: Lisa Gillette

Telephone: 202-205-0316

E-mail: lisa.gillette@ed.gov

Web site: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=8150

Availability: All states

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Grant name: Arts in Education Arts Grants

Funded by: Target Stores

Description: A grant from Target makes it affordable for the
entire family to participate in different arts and cultural
experiences. Programs that bring the arts to schools or
children to the arts are of particular interest. Examples
of Arts Grants are: school touring programs, field trips
to the theater or symphony, or artist residencies and
workshops in schools.

Program areas: Arts

Recipients: Public schools

Deadline: 5/31/2006

Average amount: $1,000 - $3,000

Web site:

http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-001818

Availability: All states

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