10 Game-Changing Private School Grants
Education is the greatest pathway to success, and children thrive in diverse environments. Today, GrantWatch focuses our lens on private schools and the grants that can help fund their curricula. Private schools, both nonprofit and for-profit, bear a significant responsibility for providing tailored learning opportunities to meet the unique needs of their students. We don’t often stop to consider that private schools need extra funding as well. However, relying solely on tuition fees, endowments, and fundraising events, private schools can still fall short of covering all the expenses required to maintain quality education. With grant funding, private schools can enhance their curricula, invest in state-of-the-art technology, train teachers, and expand extracurricular offerings, ensuring a well-rounded education for their students.
While many grants are directed toward public schools, private schools also have access to funding opportunities that foster transformative learning. As a result, GrantWatch highlights 10 game-changing grants that can help private schools deliver enriching educational experiences. What’s more, there are over 4,000 education grants for schools of all kinds, educators, and students in our database.
10 Grants for Private Schools
- Food and Nutrition: Grants to USA schools for educational programs that incorporate gardening and cooking ideas into K-8 school programming to engage children and connect them to food and nutrition.
- Financial Literacy: Grants to private schools for programs that promote financial literacy and education. Funding is for programs that cover topics like investing, saving, banking, money, borrowing and credit, and economics.
- Mental Health Programs: Grants to USA private schools to create mental health programs. Funding supports children experiencing social-emotional, behavioral, and mental health issues.
- Biomedical Science Program: Grant funding for private schools to implement a biomedical science program. Funding covers program participation fees and training for the teachers who will be running the program.
- Access to Healthy Food: In-kind grants to USA private schools to improve access to healthy and nutritious food. The program promotes the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables by providing schools with salad bars.
- STEM Programs: Grants to USA private schools to implement a high-quality STEM program at the middle school level. Funding covers the fees associated with teacher training and program implementation.
- Historic Sites and State Parks: Up to $750 to private schools for field trips to state parks and historic sites. Funding supports transportation expenses for pre-K to 12th-grade children and youth to eligible field trip destinations.
- Computer Science Courses: In-kind support to USA schools to initiate computer science courses. Funding covers teacher training fees and participation fees. All schools are encouraged to apply, including private schools that serve a substantial minority student population.
- Engineering Program: Grants to USA private schools to add an engineering program to their STEM curriculum. Priority is for schools with high BIPOC or high-need student populations.
- Community Projects: Grants to USA private schools for community benefit projects. Funding focuses on education, health care, crisis management, and veteran support.
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