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The federal government, state, county and city governments, as well as private and corporate foundations all award educational grants. Currently, there are more than 14,253 foundations in the United States that award educational grants. Some of the largest foundations that give educational grants include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Ford Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, W. K. Kellogg Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and Wal-Mart Foundation. The Gates Foundation, Lilly Endowment and Ford Foundation lead the pack in total giving at $2,076,806,842. The largest percentage of educational grants are awarded to non-profit organizations, health care agencies, colleges and universities, local government agencies, tribal institutions, and schools. In general, for profit organizations are not eligible for private foundation grants.
U.S. Government Grants specialize in the arena of educational grants for nonprofit organizations. Its founder and lead instructor, Beverly Santicola, has a track record of success in writing educational grants for elementary-secondary education, technology, healthcare, science, literacy programs, economic development and labor-management cooperation. With an average of one million dollars in grant awards each year, Santicola has authored educational grants that have:
· Increased learning outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics.
· Increased interest and learning outcomes in science and citizenship.
· Promoted labor-management cooperation.
· Encouraged economic growth.
· Advanced professional development.
· Established community technology centers.
In her grant writing workshops, Santicola shares the secrets to her success and provides students with samples of many of her award-winning grant proposals. In the workshops, she shares stories of unique and creative proposals that generated over $3 million in K-12 educational grants in just three years. With one project that taught 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students to build computers in less than 30 minutes and one after-school program that involved students in revitalizing a downtown business district, these stories will help participants learn how to start thinking “outside the box” and develop one-of-a-kind projects for whatever target population they serve. Special emphasis is placed on community collaboration in winning grants. Santicola teaches students in her workshops how to increase community collaboration and how to make it work to everyone’s advantage. Each participant that attends a U.S.G.G. Workshop receives a list of 10-100 potential prospects for educational grants in their field of interest. Jacqueline, a recent Columbus, Ohio participant wrote, "Beverly loves what she does. Her enthusiasm was obvious and I now feel like I have the confidence and skills to go out and begin writing grant proposals for my school. The material covered was quite comprehensive, but more importantly, provided a direct connection for me.”
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