Champions for Healthy Kids Program

The General Mills Foundation’s Champions for Healthy Kids program makes grants to nonprofit organizations working to improve nutrition and physical fitness behaviors for youth ages 2-18.

Fifty grants of $10,000 are available to select applicants; NFP’s are eligible.

Deadline: December 3, 2013. 

Pay shipping only for Literacy Empowerment Foundation books via the Reading Resource Project

LEF (the Literacy Empowerment Foundation) Books’ Reading Resource Project is an ongoing program that runs throughout the year. The program distributes softcover books FREE of charge for Read Across America Day, National Drop Everything and Read Day, Children's Book Week, International Children's Book Day, and other literacy programs.

Recipients pay shipping, handling, and administrative costs: $0.68 per softcover book ($68 per set of 100 books). Reading Resource Project books come in sets of 100 books per set.

There will be at least 10 different titles in each set. Reading levels are available for Pre-K through Second Grade. Book selection and quantity is dependent upon availability, so there is no guarantee of specific titles. Books are sorted and shipped as close to a project's needs as possible, with regard to reading level and topic.

No deadline, read the FAQ or click the logo for info.

Two from Build-A-Bear: Literacy & Education grants and Children's Health & Wellness grants

Build A Bear Workshop Literacy and Education Grants provide direct support for children in literacy and education programs such as summer reading programs, early childhood education programs and literacy programs for children with special needs. Deadline: 10/31/2013. See the program site for complete information. 

Literacy and Education :BaB provides direct support for children in literacy and education programs such as summer reading programs, early childhood education programs and literacy programs for children with special needs.

Specific guidelines for literacy and education grants.

Children's Health & Wellness

BaB provides direct support for children in the areas of health and wellness such as organizations that serve children with special needs. The goal is to provide grants to help many programs that are working hard to make the world a healthier and happier place for kids.
Specific guidelines for children's health and wellness grants.

Music Is Revolution Foundation mini grant

Maximum Grant:  $500                    Deadline:  October 15, 2013       PDF Application
 
The Music Is Revolution Foundation from Svengirly administers a mini-grant program for activities designed by teachers to implement, support, and/or improve their ability to provide quality music education for their students.

Only projects that clearly contain a music education focus - that is, projects based on the concept of music education, through musical experiences, initiating students into a sense of their social, academic, and cultural identity, and humanizing them through the emotional, cognitive, and/or physical impact of music will be considered.

Funds may be used for supplies, materials, equipment, transportation for a field trip, and/or to bring a performer or musical group to the school. Funds may not be used to pay for personnel, to replace state or local school funds, or for celebration food and drinks.

Public school teachers of children in grades K-12 may apply for funding.

Applications are reviewed three times a year. Deadlines are January 15, April 15 and October 15.

Bowling to Teachers Classroom Supplies Grant Program

Bowling to Teachers Classroom Supplies Grant Program

Kids Bowl Free is offering K-8 teachers a chance to win $200 for classroom supplies and also give their kids a chance to bowl for free a few times over the summer. Sounds pretty fun.

Entrants must visit www.kidsbowlfree.com/grants, complete the application form, and answer all of the questions on the “Bowling Open Book Test.” Drawings will be conducted on March 20, 2013, April 17, 2013, August 21, 2013, September 18, 2013, and October 15, 2013 or within a reasonable time thereafter. Deadline: September 30, 2013.

 

3rd Grade Cabbage Program grant

Yes, it's just what it sounds like: a 3rd Grade CabbageProgram*. Deadline: September 16, 2013.

Each year, BonniePlants distributes free cabbage plants to 3rd-graders across the country to foster an interest in gardening and the environment. Cabbages will be delivered to students whose teachers have signed up to participate. Students will each receive their own cabbage to plant, care for, and harvest. .

As part of the program, Bonnie Plants will also give a $1,000 award to 1 student in each state. All info here.

* From the Bonnie Website: Why a cabbage? It was the first plant sold by our company in 1918. The cabbages are the O.S. Cross variety, which is known for producing giant, oversized heads, making the process even more exciting for kids. Some kids have grown cabbages weighing more than 50 pounds!

Green Education Foundation

The Green Education Foundation and Gardener's Supply Company are offering funding to sustain existing youth garden programs that have demonstrated success and have impacted the lives of kids and their community.

Maximum Grant: $1,000     Deadline: September 30, 2013     Go directly to guidelines and application

Only for existing garden programs involving children currently in grades K-12, from schools and youth groups nationwide (not a garden that has not yet been started).

Complete information here.