Education Grants
Application Due Date
Applications for the Education Grants are due by 11:59 pm on March 12, 2012.
Interested organizations (other than returning applicants) should call to discuss their education program before submitting an application. Contact Karin Demarest at 707.303.9621.
Grant awards will be announced in June, and the grant period will be from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012.
Education Grant Criteria
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded for general support of arts, environment, and human service organizations offering education programs in the arts, the environment, or diversity awareness that work in collaboration with classroom teachers. The goals of the program are to widen students' experience and to increase comprehension of subject matter. The specific focus in each area is as follows:
- Arts Education: Hands-on programs of education in the arts for primary and/or secondary students, either delivered by arts organizations working in collaboration with classroom teachers, arts organizations delivering performance/training instruction in the arts or education foundations supporting artists in the schools.
- Environmental Education: Hands-on education programs, delivered in coordination with school science curriculum, to students either in class or in the field, by environmental organizations and focusing on creating an understanding of the importance of Sonoma County's biodiversity.
- Health and Human Services Education: Experiental education activities delivered by a community-based nonprofit organization in collaboration with classroom teachers and designed to engage students to better understand and deal with issues of diversity.
Preference will be given to organizations whose programs engage students over a period of time sufficient to aid in assimilating new experiences and providing structured process to improve and test comprehension.
Funding is limited to organizations with programs serving residents of Sonoma County.
To Get Started:
- Complete the one page cover sheet and the budget sheet. You will be asked to attach the cover sheet and budget sheet when you are ready to submit you application.
Complete the Electronic Application:
- If this is your first application using the electronic program, you will be asked to set up an account, provide your IRS Tax ID and take a short eligibility quiz.
- If you have an established account, you will be asked for your password to either access existing application drafts or to open a new application.
- A word of caution: When working in the electronic application program, save your work as you go along and, if you want to leave and then return to complete your application later, absolutely save your work before you exit the program. Once you've exited without saving, your unsaved work is lost.
Software Needed:
- Web browser that allows you to adjust it to accept cookies
- Micorsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Please contact Robert Judd at 707.303.9615
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