Grants

Category Grants Awarded in
Year 2017

Amherst Cinema Arts Center, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Amherst, MA

See-Hear-Feel film literacy program using the power of cinema to teach 3rd graders how to write their own stories

Children’s Museum of Acadiana

Amount
$3,190
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Lafayette, LA

Materials for traveling field trip program CMA on the Go for PreK-Grade 3 classsrooms

Children’s Museum of Sonoma County

Amount
$6,800
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Santa Rosa, CA

Bilingual weekly Spanish Story time to engage Spanish language population to engage Latino population in early childhood education opporunities, build family literacy, make Spanish language accessible to all children of all backgrounds, and conserve the Spanish language within the Latino community

Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry

Amount
$20,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Charleston, SC

Small Scientists Society — developing resource hub, training and support for early childhood educators to bring STEM to the classroom

Friends of Hilltown

Amount
$1,200
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Easthampton, MA

Books for school library special collection

Got Literacy! Laconia

Amount
$3,900
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Laconia, NH

New books for summer literacy program to improve children’s literacy skills during summer months

Henry Elementary

Amount
$1,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Henry, VA

STEM lab to encourage creative problem solving and prepare students for future STEM jobs

Hull Life Saving Museum, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Hull, MA

Shipwright STEAM pilot program will engage PreK through grade 5 students in building model boats as STEAM activity

Kiddie Science

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Brooklyn, NY

Materials for implementation of Kiddie Science program workshops in Flatbush

Lac Qui Parle Middle School

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Madison, MN

Robotics kits for 5th and 6th grade to increase student engagement, critical thinking and problem solving skills

Nebraska Czechs of Wilber

Amount
$1,873
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Wilber, NE

Materials for hands-on, child friendly space where children can immerse themselves in Czech language and culture –tablets using interactive Czech language program, TV to view Czech language DVDs, bookshelves with books and flashcards and closet of traditional Czech costumes

Phillips Brooks House Association

Amount
$1,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Cambridge, MA

Chinatown Adventure — Speaking Up, Speaking Culture project for grades 3-7 promoting self-awareness, identity, and cultural empowerment through public speaking

Phillips Brooks House Association

Amount
$1,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Cambridge, MA

Mission Hill Summer Program — Philosophers of the Concrete Jungle: Literacy Through Hip-Hop

Phillips Brooks House Association

Amount
$1,057
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Cambridge, MA

Native American Youth — Honor Native Voices Today: Intergenerational Learning and Leadership introduces campers to Native American voices and leaders in Boston and beyond

Phillips Brooks House Association

Amount
$1,153
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Cambridge, MA

Roxbury Youth Initiative — Creating Ourselves introduces basics of psychology

The Faraday Foundation, Inc.

Amount
$41,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Wichita, KS

Expenses related to production of episodes of “ta-DO” for Midnight Science Club (https://www.midnightscienceclub.com/, https://faradaystudios.com/)

Weiser School District #431

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2017
Location
Weiser, ID

STEM summer camp for grades 2 to 6 focused on the total eclipse centered on Weiser on August 21, 2017

Total $150,363