The 2025-26 Equity Grants application is now open
With multiple impending curricular adoptions in the coming seasons, the Schools Fund is particularly seeking out proposals aligned to academic support for students not yet to grade level.
Join us for Grants Office Hours to talk through your proposal ideas!
Online Office Hours #1: Thurs Feb 27, 4-5pm
Online Office Hours #2: Tues, Mar 11, 4-5pm
Online Office Hours #3: Wed, Mar 26, 4-5pm
LEARNING for Equity grants support collaborative, equity-explicit projects designed by a team of educators, usually (though not exclusively) from the same school. Grants can receive up to $10,000
See what projects we are funding in ’24-25.
Equity-Centered Priority Areas
LEADING for Equity proposals will be evaluated based on their alignment to the Schools Fund’s equity mission and the Schools Fund’s priority funding areas:
- Focused Academic Intervention & Support
- Emotional Health & Wellness
- Digital Equity
- Culturally & Linguistically Responsive & Relevant Learning (Including Positive Racial/Ethnic Identity Development)
- Equitable Family Engagement
- Recruit & Retain Diverse Educators
Read more about what the Schools Fund means by “equity.”
Who Can Apply
LEADING for Equity grants are open to current BUSD staff members, certificated and classified. Community organizations may partner with BUSD staff but the BUSD staff member must serve as the Project Lead.
Read more about what the Schools Fund means by “equity.”
Collaboration
LEARNING for Equity grants aim to grow equity-informed practice beyond individual classrooms and into the fabric of grade level, subject area or whole school systems. As such, proposals are evaluated on the project team’s capacity for aligning their work and sharing best practices.
Project teams are comprised of a Project Lead (who is usually the applicant), a Project Co-lead (optional), and Collaborators who are specifically named in the application. Collaborators must be fully committed to implementing the project. LEARNING for Equity proposals from a single educator will not be accepted.
Who Can Apply
LEARNING for Equity grants are open to teams of current BUSD staff members, both classified and certificated.
Community organizations may partner with BUSD staff and be listed as a Co-lead but a BUSD staff member must serve as the Project Lead.
Strategic Investments Where They Matter Most
With universal goals for all BUSD students, the Schools Fund works in a focused way to ensure that all students, and especially those furthest from opportunity, thrive in school and in life.
Application Timeline
- Application opens: Monday, February 10, 2025
- Application deadline: Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Notification deadline: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Interested in talking to staff about your proposal idea? Join us at Grants Office Hours
Grantwriting Tools
For Current Grantees
Grantees can request funds with this Equity Grant Funds Request Form
Paying BUSD Staff for Their Time
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