2013 Toolbox for Education Grant Program

Posted by on February 11, 2013

Lowe’s Charitable and Education Foundation Announces 2013 Toolbox for Education Grant Program

Deadline: February 15, 2013

Lowe’s Charitable and Education Foundation has announced the opening of its Spring 2013 Toolbox for Education grant cycle. The program supports projects that encourage parent involvement in local schools and build stronger community spirit.

Ranging from $2,000 to $5,000,Toolbox for Education grants are awarded in support of projects that have a permanent impact on a school community, such as facility enhancement (indoor or outdoor) as well as landscaping/clean-up projects. Grant funds cannot be used to pay for memorials, stipends, salaries, artists in residence, field trips, or scholarships. Only 10 percent of any award can be allocated for outside expenses such as labor, installation, consultation, and delivery.

Lowe’s will only consider grants for projects that can be completed within a year of receipt of the grant. A Toolbox grant can be used as part of a large-scale project like a playground, as long as the grant will be used to complete a phase of the project that can be completed within a twelve months of the award.

To be eligible for a grant, applicants must be a public K-12 school or nonprofit parent group associated with such a school. Parent groups that are applying (PTO, PTA, etc.) must have an independent EIN and official 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Preschools are not eligible.

The application process will be closed after fifteen hundred applications have been received.

Complete application and eligibility guidelines, as well as lists of past grant recipients, are available on the Toolbox for Education Web Site.

http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/