Grants List
June Baldwin Turnell Aspiring Teacher Grant
$500 grant is presented each year to a non-certified Clarke County School District staff member seeking initial teaching certification.
Please note: this is NOT a Classroom Grant.
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We will start accepting applications on
July 30, 2025 for the 2025 June Baldwin Turnell Grant.
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Winner will be announced October 2025.
General Classroom Grants
Teachers may apply for classroom grants for any subject or grade level, for amounts of $500 or $1000, through the General Classroom Grants program. Available funding is determined each year based on that year’s designated and undesignated donations, corporate gifts, and unrestricted interest. Subject to income, the Foundation typically awards about $10,000 annually in endowed grants. Classroom grant requests for other grants, below, which are not funded will be considered for General Classroom Grants funding as well.
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We will start accepting applications for our 2025 Classroom Grants on July 30, 2025.
Deadline for all grant proposals: September 14, 2025
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Winners will be announced September 2025.
Charles Hudson & Joyce Rockwood Hudson Indigenous Georgia Classroom Grant
NEW for 2025! One $500 grant will be awarded annually to an educator of any grade level (elementary, middle, and high school) who seeks support in exploring and teaching about the diverse, evolving, and enduring histories and cultures of the people who lived in Georgia, particularly those from before 1492 and their descendants in Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole tribes.
Eve Carson Service Learning Grant
Three $500 grants or one $1000 or one $500.
Applications for the Eve Carson Service Learning Grant should show evidence that:
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students will be actively involved in a thoughtfully organized service project that meets a clearly defined need of a community;
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the project connects with the academic curriculum of the school; and
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students will have a chance to develop a sense of civic responsibility by participating in the project.
Sara Orton Glickman Collaborative Project-Based
Learning Grant
One $1000 grant to fund teachers working together to bring project-based and inquiry-centered learning to their students on a weekly basis for a semester or an entire school year.
This grant is awarded to two or more teachers, an entire grade level, department, or school committed to meaningful engagement of students in using their academic learning to better the larger community. The committee will give priority to:
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Regular classroom teachers using project-based and inquiry-centered learning in core academic subjects, including the arts.
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Classrooms with a significant percentage of students from low-income families.
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Projects that result in students applying their academic learning to real situations that provide value to a larger community beyond their own classroom