Private schools often face unique challenges when it comes to funding technology upgrades and initiatives. With limited resources, finding the right funding sources can be a major hurdle. But there are many technology grants available specifically for private schools, offering opportunities to bridge the funding gap and equip your students with the latest tools and resources.
Technology Grants for Private Schools
This comprehensive guide lists over 35 grants for private schools in the USA and Canada, categorized by focus area and eligibility. These opportunities can help your school acquire cutting-edge technology, implement innovative educational programs, and ensure your students thrive in the digital age.
Educational Technology Grants
1. Abel Foundation (Nebraska — Education, Arts, Community)
Award: Varies; the awards are described as ‘major’ but the Foundation doesn’t publish dollar amounts, or show the amounts of previous awards on its website.
Who Is It For: Projects in Nebraska, primarily in Lincoln and Lancaster County, as well as communities where NEBCO and its affiliated companies have operations. Projects should be in education, the arts, civics and community, human services and the environment.
Goals of the Grant: The Abel Foundation’s grants are intended to make life easier and better for Nebraskans, with recent grants going to Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Southeast Community College, and the Food Bank of Lincoln.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Ongoing. The Abel Foundation meets in May, September and December each year, but applications may not be reviewed at every meeting. Any applications qualifying for review will be considered within one to three months of receipt. Grant application deadlines are: March 31, July 31 and October 31.
2. Abington Foundation (Ohio: Education, Arts, Community)
Award: Typically $10,000–$15,000, based on awards made so far in 2022.
Who Is It For: The Foundation says: ‘Priority will be given to requests for specific programs or projects. Organizations are discouraged from submitting requests for endowment, sponsorships, seminars or general operating support.’
Goals of the Foundation: While it offers support for healthcare, pathways to economic independence, and cultural activities, the Foundation has a ‘central focus on programs that advance and transform urban education, as well as programs to promote literacy and to provide access to quality early childhood education.’
Key Dates/Deadlines: The Board of Trustees meets 3 times a year to consider applications and award grants.
3. Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Foundation (Missouri, humanitarian and education)
Award: Each year the Foundation offers a $7,500 scholarship, renewable for three years, to a graduating senior of Mexico High School in Mexico, Missouri. The Foundation typically gives grants of between $4,000 and $16,000.
Who Is It For: The geographic focus of the Green Foundation is limited to central Missouri, including the counties of Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Montgomery, Monroe, Pike, Ralls, and Randolph.
Goals of the Foundation: The Foundation exists to ‘support organizations and programs that seek to improve the health, wellness, longevity and happiness of members of their communities,’ with a particular focus on ‘both independent and institutional educational programs that develop and empower individuals of all ages to become more productive members of their communities.’
Key Dates/Deadlines: Applications can be submitted any time but there are two deadlines a year: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 and Wednesday, September 7, 2022.
4. Alliant Energy Community Grant (Wisconsin and Iowa, community and environment)
Award: Between $250 and $2,000 according to the application page; typically between $2,500 and $25,000. There’s also support for college students, starting at $1,000.
Who Is It For: The Grant typically doesn’t fund energy-related projects, religious institutions, organizations that discriminate, contributions to individuals or for-profit businesses, contributions to intermediary (‘third party’) funding groups that raise money to distribute to other charities, fraternal or social clubs, events, fundraisers, or programs that primarily support arts and culture or health and wellness initiatives, emergency vehicles, animal welfare agencies or animal training services, bricks and mortar construction, multi-year pledge requests, endowments, and more.
Goals of the Grant: The Grant focuses on hunger and housing, workforce readiness, environmental stewardship, diversity, safety and well-being, and community engagement.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Applications are always open, and are reviewed at each month’s end. The Grant recommends you apply at least 60 days prior to the start of your event or program.
5. Anderson-Shiro Education Foundation (Texas, education)
Award: $2,000 individual; $4000 Group (Department or Grade Level).
Who Is It For: The Foundation aims to fund Innovative Teaching Grants, Recognition of Academic Achievement, and Recognition of Teaching Excellence.
Goals of the Foundation: The mission of the Anderson-Shiro Education Foundation is to provide opportunities for excellence, promote innovation in teaching, inspire learning, and partner with the community to enhance the quality of education for all students.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Applications are submitted yearly and applications close in March.
6. Broadband USA Federal Funding (Nationwide, digital inclusion)
Award: Varies; wide range of opportunities.
Who Is It For: Libraries, K–12 Schools, Higher Education Institutions, Tribal/Native American Government, Public Safety Entities, Healthcare Facilities, For-Profit Organizations, Non-Profit Organizations, Electric Utilities/Co-ops, Individuals/Households, and more.
Goals of the funding: Varies: Broadband USA is a site that directs you to local opportunities with sometimes differing goals.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Varies.
7. Brown Rudnick Community Grants (New England, LA, and the UK, education)
Award: Maximum amount of $2,000.
Who Is It For: Brown Rudnick funds projects with a specific, one-time need or idea which will improve education in underserved communities in Boston, Providence, Hartford, New York, Washington, D.C., Orange County or London (UK).
Goals of the Grants: The purposes of the Community Grant Program are to simultaneously (1) encourage those involved broadly with the Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation to actively think about the educational needs in the communities; (2) recognize, encourage and collaborate with the front-line educators who often do not have a voice in funding decisions; and (3) provide funding to assist with small, concrete projects or needs which will improve education in underserved communities.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Applications open; grants are reviewed on a monthly basis.
8. CarMax Foundation — Home Office Giving Program (Richmond, Virginia, community and education)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: The CarMax Foundation supports projects in the following areas: Educational and workforce success, Health and wellness.
Goals of the Foundation: To support education and communities in Richmond, Virginia.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Proposals must be submitted between September 1 and October 15. Nonprofits will be notified in January if they will be invited to submit a full proposal.
9. Community Foundation of Whitley County (Whitley County, Indiana, community)
Award: Varies, average $7,000.
Who Is It For: The Community Foundation directs grants to charitable projects that will make a positive impact on Whitley County and its people, with a particular interest in projects that shed new light on local needs and provide innovative, long-term solutions.
Goals of the Foundation: To improve quality of life in Whitley County.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Grant Applications are due May 1st and December 1st of each year.
10. Corning Incorporated Foundation (New York/near Corning business locations, community)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: The majority of grants go to community-based programs where Corning has a strong presence. Typically, this means the program should impact people within an approximate 20-mile radius of a Corning business location with at least 50 employees.
Goals of the Foundation: Three categories — education, human services, and culture — are the focus of Corning’s grants.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Corning, NY area locations: February 15, 2022–October 15, 2022. Corning Business Locations: February 15, 2022–September 15, 2022.
11. CPS Foundation, Inc. (Wichita, Kansas City, Denver, and Dallas-Ft. Worth metropolitan areas, education and community)
Award: Although there is not a specified range of grant amounts, based on previous years, average grants to qualified organizations ranged from $2,000 to $20,000.
Who Is It For: The CPS Foundation makes one-time project grants to 501(c)(3) organizations, in Greater Kansas City, Wichita, Denver, and Dallas – Ft. Worth metropolitan areas.
Goals of the Foundation: The Foundation honors the charitable legacy of Mrs. Carmen P. Smith and her late husband Roy Smith, by providing support for projects that advance education, encourage individual growth, and build strong communities.
Key Dates/Deadlines: The CPS Foundation accepts grant requests between January 1 and November 1 of the current year.
12. The Dana Brown Charitable Trust (St. Louis Metro area, health, education, and welfare of disadvantaged children)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: Your funding request must directly positively impact the health, education, and welfare of underprivileged/economically disadvantaged children or the health and welfare of animals. Your funding request must be allocated for organizations in the St. Louis, Missouri – Illinois Metro Area.
Goals of the Trust: To alleviate the suffering of disadvantaged youngsters and enhance all children’s opportunities for productive, wholesome, and creative lives by providing grants to organizations that benefit children in the St. Louis Metropolitan region.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Letters of Intent for the Trust’s Spring grant cycle are accepted between January 1–Friday, March 4 at 10:00pm CST. Letters of Intent for the Trust’s Fall grant cycle will be accepted beginning July 1–Friday, September 2 at 10:00pm CST.
13. The Daniels Fund (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, education, sports and community)
Award: Varies: averaged $96,000 in 2021.
Who Is It For: Organizations that provide programs or services in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming. The Daniels Fund supports organizations working in Aging, Amateur Sports, Disabilities, Drug & Alcohol Addiction, Early Childhood Education, Homeless & Disadvantaged, K–12 Education Reform, and Youth Development.
Goals of the Fund: The Daniels Fund’s founder, Bill Daniels, believed that ‘student achievement is elevated through an improved K–12 education system.’
Key Dates/Deadlines: Ongoing.
14. Digital Wish Grants (Nationwide, education)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: Teachers and schools can use Digital Wish’s searchable library of applicable grants to find support for their schools.
Goals of the Grant: Digital Wish exists to help American schools and teachers provide a technology-enriched learning environment.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Grants are awarded on the 15th of every calendar month after the grant application deadline; application deadlines vary by grant.
15. Douglas County Community Foundation (Douglas County, Kansas, arts, community, wellness, education)
Award: $3,000–$15,000.
Who Is It For: Grants go to qualified nonprofits that support causes that reflect the Fund’s donors’ interests in all areas of community life.
Goals of the Foundation: The DCCF is dedicated to improving the quality of life of Douglas County residents.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Ongoing.
16. The Downing Foundation (Kansas and national, community)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: The foundation favors initiatives within Kansas and in the following areas: Community development and enrichment, Services to the disadvantaged, Children’s causes, Early education, and The arts.
Goals of the Foundation: The Downing Family Foundation seeks to partner with organizations and support programs that impact the quality of life for a community or a significant number of community members on a lasting basis, focusing specifically on projects that lead to self-sufficiency and future success.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Requests are reviewed quarterly; deadlines for letters of inquiry are March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31.
17. The Eastman Foundation (global, community and environment)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: The Eastman Foundation supports organizations that improve quality of life in three key areas: Economic success, Social wellbeing, and Environmental integrity.
Goals of the Foundation: The Eastman Foundation invests in initiatives and partners with nonprofits, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and community-based organizations to carry out Eastman Corporate Responsibility programs that improve quality of life around the world.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Ongoing.
18. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Missouri, education, entrepreneurship, civics)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: The Foundation works in Kansas City, in three main areas: Education, Entrepreneurship, and Civics.
Goals of the Foundation: Kauffman prioritizes closing achievement and equity gaps, while also exploring the integration of Real World Learning approaches into the K–12 grant portfolio.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Grant applications for the Individual Schools Grant close in February every year.
19. FM Area Foundation Grant (Cass County, North Dakota, and Clay County, Minnesota, community)
Award: Varies; typically from $500 to $15,000.
Who Is It For: The Foundation focuses on five main areas: Arts, Culture & Creativity, Basic Human Needs, Community Building, Education, and Women’s Fund.
Goals of the Foundation: Working in partnership with individuals, families, businesses and professional advisors, the FM Area Foundation manages charitable funds to provide grants to qualified nonprofit organizations.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Grant application deadlines vary depending on the grant.
20. Greater for Greater Manhattan Grant Program (Kansas, community)
Award: Usually between $2,000 and $10,000, with some smaller grants.
Who Is It For: Nonprofits in Kansas.
Goals of the Program: To improve the quality of life for Manhattan residents through philanthropic giving.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Scholarship deadlines are typically in March – April. Deihl Grants are quarterly. Grants for Greater Manhattan are yearly, as are Yes! Grants.
21. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation Education Grant (Georgia, education, environment, and health)
Award: $16,000-$300,000, averaging around $50,000.
Who Is It For: Major projects aimed at transforming educational outcomes, including multi-year projects.
Goals of the Foundation: The Foundation seeks to strengthen teaching quality and classroom outcomes by investing in the development of new and veteran educators with an emphasis on innovative practices and the delivery of a 21st-century education.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Applications are ongoing with the grant committee meeting quarterly in January, April, July, and October.
22. Lewis H. Humphreys Charitable Trust (East Central Kansas, arts, community, education, health)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: Grant requests for general operating support, program support and capital support will be considered.
Goals of the Trust: To support and promote quality educational, cultural, human services and health care programming for underserved and disadvantaged populations through organizations that serve the residents of East Central Kansas.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Applications can be submitted between February 1 and March 1 annually, with grants approved on March 31.
23. Lockheed Martin Foundation (National, STEM, servicemembers, and communities)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: Lockheed Martin does not accept unsolicited grant requests. An invitation code will be required to submit a grant application.
Goals of the Foundation: Higher availability of STEM-qualified, digital-ready workforce from more diverse backgrounds and grounded in ethics.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Ongoing. Application by invitation only.
24. The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (US, India and South Africa, with particular focus on Central Texas and Greater Boston, education, health and community)
Award: $50,000 to $36 million.
Who Is It For: Dell funds organizations focused on creating opportunities for children and families living in urban poverty.
Goals of the Foundation: The Foundation gives teachers access to resources that help improve instruction and close gaps.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Ongoing.
25. OMRON Foundation (USA and Japan, disaster relief, education)
Award: From $250 to $100,000 or higher, typically for one year only.
Who Is It For: Only organizations with a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status are considered for funding.
Goals of the Foundation: The Foundation divides its charitable resources to benefit the following focus areas: Disaster relief, Basic needs, Disabilities, Education, Health, and Japanese-American cross-cultural enrichment.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Ongoing.
26. Pitsco Grant (National, teachers)
Award: One $350-value Pitsco voucher awarded monthly, with each applicant able to claim only one voucher in any 12-month period.
Who Is It For: The Pitsco Teacher’s Grant is open to PreK–college educators in traditional classrooms, out-of-school settings, and homeschool.
Goals of the Grant: To support classroom teachers.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Applications are accepted from the first day of each month to the last day of the month.
27. R.C. Durr Foundation (Northern Kentucky,
Award: Varies, averaging around $22,700.
Who Is It For: Organizations that focus on education, social services and community development activities which are likely to increase the quality of life in the larger Northern Kentucky region.
Goals of the Foundation: To support projects seeking to improve quality of life in Northern Kentucky.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Requests are accepted year round. Response is normally within 90 days.
28. Reynolds American Foundation
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: To be eligible for funding consideration, an applicant must generally be a nonprofit agency with tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or an appropriate government agency.
Goals of the Foundation: The R.J. Reynolds foundation exists to support K–12 Public Education, Local Community Campaigns, and Employee-Directed Giving programs.
Key Dates/Deadlines: The Reynolds American Foundation awards grants on a quarterly basis.
29. Rural and Low-Income School Program (National, education)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: Eligibility is determined by statute. Awards are issued annually by the Rural and Low-Income School Program (RLIS) to State education agencies (SEAs), which make subgrants to local education agencies (LEAs) that meet the applicable requirements. Awards are made to all SEAs that apply and meet the applicable requirements.
Goals of the Program: The RLIS funds SEAs and, through them, LEAs: Improving basic programs operated by Local Education Agencies, Supporting effective instruction, Language instruction for English learners and immigrant students, Student support and academic enrichment, Parental and family engagement.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Ongoing.
30. Sony USA Foundation (National, education)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: Sony does not fund organizations that discriminate, partisan political organizations, committees, or candidates and public office holders, religious organizations, labor unions, endowment or capital campaigns, organizations whose primary purpose is to influence legislation, testimonial dinners, for-profit publications or organizations seeking advertisements or promotional support, individuals seeking self-advancement, foreign or non US-based organizations.
Goals of the Foundation: Sony seeks to apply its financial, technological and human resources to the encouragement of the creative, artistic, technical and scientific skills required of tomorrow’s workforce.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Notification of grant request approval or regret will be made in writing within one month of the receipt of all proposed materials.
31. Stranahan Foundation (Ohio, education, arts, culture)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: The Foundation is interested in grant opportunities that align with its five priority areas of interest: Education, Physical and mental health, Ecological well-being, Arts/culture, and Human services.
Goals of the Foundation: The purpose of the Stranahan Foundation is to assist individuals and groups in their efforts to become more self-sufficient and contribute to the improvement of society and the environment.
Key Dates/Deadlines: The Stranahan Foundation reviews letters of inquiry and grant applications twice annually.
32. Turner Industries Fund (Greater Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama, education and health)
Award: Varies widely.
Who Is It For: The Fund supports nonprofit organizations in the greater Louisiana communities of Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Shreveport, New Iberia and New Orleans, and the Texas communities of Port Arthur, Houston, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Victoria and Paris, and Decatur, Alabama.
Goals of the Fund: Investing charitable dollars back into the communities where Turner Industries works.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Submissions are twice yearly, on May 15 and November 15.
33. Walton Family Foundation (Various states, education)
Award: $100,000 to $325,000.
Who Is It For: Schools must demonstrate strong potential for delivering excellent academic results for K–12 students, seek to serve a significant percentage of students from low-income families, NOT represent a for-profit entity, either have opened in 2019, or plan on opening in fall of 2020 or 2021 to be eligible for startup funding in 2020.
Goals of the Foundation: The Walton Family Foundation’s Public Charter Startup Grant Program focuses on supporting high-quality and high-potential charter schools serving low-income children in target geographies.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Applicants for the 2020 round were required to: Complete online eligibility form by May 15, receive invitation from the Walton Family Foundation to apply for funding by June 30, complete application and foundation interview in July – August.
34. Western Indiana Community Foundation (Fountain County and Vermillion County, Western Indiana, education and community)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: Western Indiana Community Foundation funds startup costs for new programs, one-time projects, capital needs beyond an organization’s capabilities, projects that affect a broad scope of people, projects that fill a gap in service or meet a need, projects that enable an organization to better serve the people of Fountain or Vermillion Counties, and projects that, when possible, demonstrate cooperation or partnership with other organizations.
Goals of the Foundation: To use donated monies for the betterment of local communities.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Ongoing.
35. Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund (US and Canada, community and education)
Award: Varies.
Who Is It For: The Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund concentrates the majority of its funding in seven focus areas: Affordable housing, Education and youth development, Environmental stewardship, Human services, Civic and cultural growth, Workforce development, and Diversity, equity and inclusion.
Goals of the Fund: To support development within the defined focus areas, in the locations where the company manages forest land.
Key Dates/Deadlines: The 2022 grant cycle is open until Sept. 30, 2022.
36. William and Helen Thomas Foundation Education Grant (Florida, Appalachia, and other locations, education, environment, medicine)
Award: Grants typically range from $5,000 to $40,000, and the average grant size is approximately $20,000.
Who Is It For: The Trust’s areas of interest are: Educational opportunities for deserving and needy students, Preservation and protection of the natural environment, Medical research and care, Assistance for the poor, Assistance and care for orphaned children.
Goals of the Grant: Supporting nonprofit organizations providing services for education, the environment, medical needs, the underprivileged and other charitable purposes.
Key Dates/Deadlines: Annually on September 15.
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