Are you familiar with a retail store chain with its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota named Target? Well, Target is not just about selling products. They also offer grants for schools and teachers to support the activities of education. Target grants are provided every year and the grants do not have to be paid back. If you are a teacher and if you want to apply for the grants, first thing that you have to do is to register at the official website of Target. The online application will also let teachers to acknowledge which specific grants he or she is looking for.
There are some types of Target grants such as NEA’s Green across America Grant, Field Trip Grants, Early Childhood Reading Grant, and Arts Grants. The below explanation will specify each grant.
1. NEA’s Green Across America Grant
This type of grants is provided for teachers and other professionals in education to fund the projects, lessons, and events related to increase the understanding of students for environmental programs and ideas. The programs and ideas like renewable energy and recycling methods. Per applicant will gain up to $1,000 in 2011 with the variation of registration periods. If you are a teacher and you are interested in applying for this grant, just visit the official website of Target Grants.
2. Field Trip Grants
The amount of this grant is around $700 in the year of 2011. Teachers should enroll the application during the period of registration, mostly at the first of August, and the grants will be given on the next month. There are three grants to local elementary and secondary schools annually for every Target location. Information about the potential field trips and breakdown of the money purposes will be required during the grants registration process.
3. Early Childhood Reading Grant
The amount of this grant is $2,000 per school that applied in the year of 2011. The registration for this grant is usually open at the beginning of March. The schools with the love of reading for young children should enter the application for this grant. It will be given to schools that develop a program like clubs for book after class which support the preschool kids to learn to read.
4. Arts Grants
The last of target grants is for every school that applied for this grant will receive $2,000 in the year of 2011. The registration usually opens at the beginning of March. The potential applicants for this grant are teachers and schools with developing curriculum on arts. The classes directed at grades K through 12 will obtain the money and they must bring the culture and arts focused to the students.
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