Chicago Funding Sources for Educators
Chicago Foundation for Educators
- Small Grants: Chicago Foundation for Education awards $500 to CPS elementary school teachers with innovative, creative classroom ideas that will enhance student learning. $100 Character Education bonuses to those teachers whose projects focus on effectively integrating Character Education into other content areas. Character Education winners receive an extra $100 (for a total of $600) to pay for additional resources and materials for their project.
- Fund for Teachers Fellowships: $5,000 and $10,000 Fund for Teachers Fellowships enable experienced PreK-12th Grade CPS teachers to explore the world through intensive professional learning experiences. Self-design a summer odyssey that will profoundly impact your teaching, students, and greater school community
- Study Group Coach Grants $1,000 Coach Grants offer leadership opportunities for exemplary PreK-8th Grade CPS teachers. Share a teaching method that you have successfully implemented to improve classroom learning with other CPS teachers. Guide your teacher colleagues and share a teaching method that you successfully implemented to improve classroom learning.
CPS External Resources and Partnerships Office Free Things "Wish List" Program
The Free Things program accepts gently used and new donations and distributes them to requesting CPS schools. We post items here so that schools can see what is available. Items will be posted by the Department of External Affairs and Partnerships. Only CPS staff members are allowed to submit a request and the email address that is submitted should have either the “cps.edu” or “cps.k12.il.us” extension.
Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grant for the Chicago Public Schools
All certified CPS personnel are eligible to apply, including administrators, counselors and social workers from pre-kindergarten through Grade 12. Requests may be up to $2,000 per project. We fund projects that provide hands-on learning experiences that end in a culminating event or product that may be viewed by a visitor.
Target: Take Charge of Education® For Teachers
Target supports theatre projects in Chicago up to $5,000, through local store manager recommendations. Grants are usually in the $1,000 to $3,000 range.
Union League Club
Chicagoland students may apply to this award, however each discipline or program has its own specific set of rules and guidelines