As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter, educators focused their attention on funding for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; agriculture and the environment; programs for underserved and disadvantaged youth; and more. Check out the grants GetEdFunding members viewed the most in the month of October.

Education and Youth Grants

Sponsored by Webb Family Foundation

The Webb Family Foundation makes grants in the areas of education, youth development, financial literacy, STEM, agriculture and the environment, digital and blended learning, and youth mentorship. The foundation is specifically interested in programs that target underserved and at-risk children and youth.

Deadlines: Letters of Inquiry are accepted year-round

American Honda Foundation Education Grants

Sponsored by American Honda Foundation

The American Honda Foundation supports education with a specific focus on the areas of STEM, the environment, job training, and literacy. The foundation is interested in projects that are imaginative, creative, youthful, scientific, humanistic, and innovative.

Deadline: February 1 and August 1, annually

Education Gants

Sponsored by The Andersons, Inc.

The Andersons, Inc. makes grants in the areas of education, culture, health, agriculture, environment, and social services. Previous grants were used to fund 4-H clubs, Boys and Girls Clubs, school tutoring projects, junior achievement programs, educational outreach programs, and literacy projects.

Deadline: November 8, 2017

Education Grants

Sponsored by The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation supports organizations that serve lower-income individuals and assist vulnerable and at-risk populations in the communities in which they reside. Program areas include older adult services, workforce development, basic human needs and health, disabilities, education, and general community support. The types of support awarded for education include general operating, program, and capital projects.

Deadline: Year-round

ALSC/Candlewick Press “Light the Way: Outreach to the Underserved” Grants

Sponsored by Candlewick Press, administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association

Light the Way: Outreach to the Underserved” Grants are intended to conduct outreach programs to underserved populations through new programs or the expansion of existing programs. Preference is given to programs serving children with learning or physical differences, ESL speakers, children from nontraditional school environments or in foster care, children in the juvenile justice system, or those who need accommodation services.

Deadline: December 1, 2017