SHOPA Kids In Need Foundation Offers Teacher Grants

Posted by on September 15, 2006

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

SHOPA Kids In Need Foundation Offers Teacher Grants
Deadline: September 30, 2006

The School, Home, & Office Products Association (<a href="http://www.shopa.org/">http://www.shopa.org/</a>) Kids In Need Foundation offers Kids In Need Teacher Grants to provide K-12 educators with funding to provide innovative learning opportunities for their students. The Kids In Need Teacher Grants are funded by retail and education credit union sponsors.

Teacher Grant awards range from $100 to $500 each and are used to finance creative classroom projects. Typically, 200 to 300 grants are awarded each year.

All certified K-12 teachers in the U.S. are eligible. (Some sponsors have geographic restrictions.)

Winning projects are put in the form of lesson plans and are published as a Best Practices Guide. The guide is distributed to other teachers through Kids In Need Resource Centers and from the foundation office.

Retail sponsors and designated education credit unions make the grant applications available at their outlets during the back-to-school season. Applications from the sponsors are also available on the Kids In Need Foundation Web site.

Visit the Web site for complete program information, eligibility restrictions, application forms, and a list of sponsors.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10004129/kidsinneed">http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10004129/kidsinneed</a>

For additional RFPs in Education, visit: <a href="http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml">http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_education.jhtml</a>