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Classroom Grants applications
are open!
The Education Foundation provides grants to educators in Billings Public Schools to encourage innovation and excellence in the classroom. Since 1997, the Education Foundation has made over 1,000 grants totaling more than a million dollars to teachers and school personnel. Just last year we awarded over $100,000! The purpose of the Grant Program is to provide BPS educators an opportunity to implement innovative and creative curriculum, special activities, and classroom projects that could not normally be accommodated by the school budget.
A Classroom Grant can make learning exciting for teachers and students. Classroom Grants provide funds for many different opportunities - academic achievement, technology improvements, student attendance, parental involvement, school climate, etc.
Why Classroom Grants for teachers?
The Foundation and our community believes that directly supporting teachers is one of the best ways to help students achieve and succeed.
Classroom Grants are designed to meet the following goals:
* Increase student engagement, motivation, and exposure to new concepts and ideas
* Create opportunities to allow all students to reach their full potential through enriched learning environments
* Strengthen teaching tools and strategies in core academic subjects, including the arts
* Encourage collaboration and professional development among teachers
* Increase parent and community involvement in our schools
Click for: Tips for writing a successful grant
Classroom Grant Guidelines, Application & Evaluation
All teachers, principals, and school personnel of Billings Public Schools are eligible to apply for a classroom grant. Applicants may apply as individuals or as part of a group. Educators within specific grades as well as across grade levels, subjects and schools are encouraged to collaborate.
Individuals may apply for up to $1,000.
A group collaborating on a project may apply for up to $3,000.
The applications open December 6, 2023 and are due by midnight on February 11 2024. Grant awards should be made available for this school year wherever possible!
A Classroom Grant can make learning exciting for teachers and students. Classroom Grants provide funds for many different opportunities - academic achievement, technology improvements, student attendance, parental involvement, school climate, etc.
Why Classroom Grants for teachers?
The Foundation and our community believes that directly supporting teachers is one of the best ways to help students achieve and succeed.
Classroom Grants are designed to meet the following goals:
* Increase student engagement, motivation, and exposure to new concepts and ideas
* Create opportunities to allow all students to reach their full potential through enriched learning environments
* Strengthen teaching tools and strategies in core academic subjects, including the arts
* Encourage collaboration and professional development among teachers
* Increase parent and community involvement in our schools
Click for: Tips for writing a successful grant
Classroom Grant Guidelines, Application & Evaluation
All teachers, principals, and school personnel of Billings Public Schools are eligible to apply for a classroom grant. Applicants may apply as individuals or as part of a group. Educators within specific grades as well as across grade levels, subjects and schools are encouraged to collaborate.
Individuals may apply for up to $1,000.
A group collaborating on a project may apply for up to $3,000.
The applications open December 6, 2023 and are due by midnight on February 11 2024. Grant awards should be made available for this school year wherever possible!
Please complete evaluations online at the following link.
A special THANK YOU to our Classroom Grant Sponsors!
champions of education
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Bill & Kathy Baumann
Don and Marilyn Floberg- Maps4Schools Dr. Steven & Christine Klepps Marilyn & James Kohles |
Eric & Sue Nord
Payroll Deduction Program - Educators & Staff of Billings Public Schools Charles & Audrey Reed |
Donald & Carol Roberts Foundation
Scheels Mark Schulze SCL Health |
Partners of education
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James & Jennifer Bennett
Shauna Kerr Cumin Diamond B Companies, Inc. David & Jan Dietrich James Davies Chris & John Dorr Chris & Kelly Edwards First Interstate Bank Foundation |
Cynthia Foster
Hal & Laura Haefer Jason & Krista Hertz Royal & Norma Johnson Charitable Fdtn Morrison Maierle Terry & Sandie Mammenga Todd McDonald Drs. Robert & Linda Merchant |
Garth & Jill Quade
Evey Lamont & Tom Singer Michael & Lori Smith Paul & Janis Hayes Strom Julie Sullivan Dennis & Val Sulser Thomas & Erin Zimmer |
Friends of education
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Hewes & Susan Agnew
Richard & Kathy Aldrich Neal & Gail Anderson BAESP Steven & Jane Bjordahl Lisa Bruno Carl & Shelly Castles Marlene & Robert Cushing Eugen Dolan & Marietta Reviczky-Dolan THOMAS EBZERY Steven Fischer Duff & Angie Gray |
Wanda Grinde
Connor Hart Barbara Zentz Haws Jeff & Cristi Hunnes Doug & Kathy James Ronald & Bessie Ketcham Robyn Koessler Alice Lyon Bill & Jeannie Manske Benjamin Marchello Robert & Deborah Marvin Scott & Ann McCulloch |
John & Debra Miller Moulton Bellingham PC Harold & Kathy Olson Janna Lee Palm Russ & Susan Plath Mark & Christine Randak Linda Saunders Linda Snider Mariko Trudell Gregory & Keri Upham Kathryn Wolverton Your Cause, LLC |