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Grant Writing

Employees of the Clarksville Montgomery County School System are asked to discuss all planned grant applications with their building administrator.

CMCSS Policies and Procedures

Grant Writing Basics

Tools and Resources

Find a Grant

Awarded Grants Next Steps

CMCSS Policies and Procedures

All persons submitting a grant are encouraged to review district policies, especially those seeking funding in excess of $10,000. District grant policies include:

Grant Administrative Policy: GRT-A001

Grant Opportunities Procedure: GRT-P002

Grant Proposal and Application Procedure: GRT-P003

Grant Post-Award Procedures: GRT-P004

Third Party Facility Constructional/Alteration Procedure (FAC-P004)

Grant Writing Basics

Grant Writing 101 presentation

Advanced Grant Writing presentation

To request training for your school or team, email [email protected]

For more information on grant writing, visit these sites:

http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

http://www.npguides.org/guide/index.html

http://www.grants.gov/

http://nonprofit.about.com/od/foundationfundinggrants/tp/Grant-Writing-Tips-From-Muddled-To-Polished.htm

Tools and Resources

Grant Writing Checklist

Finding Data for Grant Proposals

National Center for Education Statistics
Report Card Data
Tennessee Educator Survey
Tennessee Data Downloads
Clarksville Montgomery County data – City

http://tn.gov/education
http://www.telltennessee.org/
http://nces.ed.gov/
http://archive.theleafchronicle.com/section/datacentral/
http://www.city-data.com/county/Montgomery_County-TN.html
http://www.city-data.com/city/Clarksville-Tennessee.html
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST04521
https://datacenter.aecf.org/
https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/tennessee/montgomery?year=2023

Other Resources

Education Week, register for free for their daily K-12 newsletter
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
ASCD Smart Brief, register for free for their daily K-12 newsletter
ASCD Smart Brief Sign Up
Alliance for Excellent Education, register for their biweekly K-12 newsletter
http://all4ed.org/take-action/mailing-list/
National School Board Association search engine: includes all state school boards association websites
https://www.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=009064668996916561538:n8h-vymocsg

Find a Grant

Grant Databases

Grants Alert List Serve: http://www.grantsalert.com /

Grant Siren List Serve: http://www.grantwriters.net /

Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org /

Grants for Teachers: http://www.grantsforteachers.com//

K-12 School Grants: http://www1.k-12schoolgrants.com/?tm=1&subid4=1701119642.0102680000

Grant Opportunities

NEA Foundation Learning and Leadership Grants: https://www.neafoundation.org/educator-grants-and-fellowships/learning-leadership-grants/

Home Depot Foundation: https://corporate.homedepot.com/page/grants

Lockheed Martin Grants: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/communities/applying-for-contributions.html

Walmart Foundation: https://walmart.org/how-we-give/grant-eligibility