Curated OER
Closer To the Ground Lesson 1: Sharing the Wealth
Students examine the meaning of philanthropy. They look at specific needs and determine the process of requesting grants from various foundations. They determine a need within the school community and write a grant application or...
Curated OER
Onwards and Upwards
Students analyze a graph representing college tuition increases, consider the possible causes and consequences of these tuition increases and collect data on tuition changes at colleges in the United States by region and graph the data.
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Grants.gov
Resource is an easy way to find and apply for grants as well as track your application. Has over 1,000 grant programs and gives over $400 billion in annual awards. This site was established to improve government services to the public.
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Joseph Drown Foundation
This is the site for the Drown Foundation which "is interested in programs that break down any barrier that prevents a person from continuing to learn and grow." It offers "scholarship and loan programs" to "programs directed at talented...
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
Everything you wanted to know and more about Harry S. Truman, from biographical information to love letters.
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Foundation Center
Foundation Center is an organization that supports nonprofits by helping them to connect with grants and other means of raising funds. They offer a large database of grant sources at both a national and a global level, as well as...
US Food and Drug Administration
Beta sam.gov: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (Cfda)
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance now General Services Administration organizes and presents all federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains...
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The Alicia Patterson Foundation
This site offers information about Alicia Patterson, editor and publisher of Newsday for more than 22 years, and the one-year grants the foundation awards to working journalists. The grants must be used to complete projects of...
Next Gen Personal Finance
Next Gen Personal Finance: Paying for College
Give students a helping hand in figuring out how to pay for their college education.
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Federal Grantmaking: The Long View of History [Pdf]
Article discusses federal grant programs and policy. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Teen Analyst: Financial Aid Info
Grants, loans, scholarships - it's all like another kind of language. But don't worry, we're here to help.
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Portland State Center for Geography Education in Oregon
The OGA offers information about its organization, members, meetings, and conferences, as well as available grants and lesson plans and learning activities for the classroom.
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The Durfee Foundation: Home Page
The Durfee Foundation offers grants to educational efforts. It supports projects unlikely to get funds from other sources, due to the unconventional or unpredictable nature of the proposed project. Primarily in Los Angeles.
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Arizona State Parks
Contains information about Arizona State Parks including a map of state parks.
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Nea Fine Arts Grant Program Guidelines
This site focuses on the Fine Arts. "The National Education Association (NEA) Fine Arts grants are awarded to fine arts teachers, through local NEA affiliates, to enable them to create and implement fine arts programs that promote...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How to Pay for College
The students will search the Internet for Scholarships and/or grants to help pay for college. This lesson has a financial aid component.
US Department of Education
U.s. Department of Education: Grants & Contracts.
This site has information about grants and contracts available from the U.S. Department of Education for individuals, schools, and states working in the areas of English language acquisition and bilingual education.
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History of Science Society
Home page for a group dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society in their historical context.