Grants

A number of institutions provide financial support for educational and research projects designed to enhance the future of the graphic communications industry.

• A. L. Mailman Family Foundation
  The A.L. Mailman Family Foundation focuses on improving the systems and policies that impact very young children and their families.
• Annenberg Foundation
  The Annenberg Foundation is a private family foundation that provides funding and support to nonprofit organizations in the United States and globally.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
  Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding".
• Cisco Foundation
  The Cisco Foundation was established in 1997 by a gift from Cisco. We make strategic grants to programs with long-lasting impact on a local, national, and global scale. We also empower employees to give more through our matching gifts program.
• FastWEB
  FastWeb has been the leading scholarship search provider for every student, whether you’re in high school or a mother of two returning to school.
• The Foundation Center
  Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust.
• The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit operating foundation and is not a grant-making organization.
• Government Information Services/Education Funding Research Council (GIS/EFRC)
  Publications in Federal grantseeking and grant management guides for public-sector and nonprofit organizations.
• International Technology Education Association
  The Foundation for Technology Education (FTE) was established in 1986 as a nonprofit 501 (c )(3) organization and initiated a program of giving in 1993 in which awards are presented during the ITEA Annual Conference. FTE awards support programs that will: make our children technologically literate; transfer industrial and corporate research into our schools; produce models of excellence in technology teaching; create public awareness regarding the nature of technology education; and help technology teachers maintain a competitive edge in technology.
• MultiMedia Schools
  The Media and Technology Specialists’ Guide to Electronic Tools and Resources for K-12 Education
• National Institutes of Health – Funding Opportunities
  NIH funds grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts that support the advancement of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems to meet the NIH mission of extending healthy life and reducing the burdens of illness and disability.
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense..."
• NEC Foundation of America
  NEC Foundation of America supports programs with national reach and impact in assistive technology for people with disabilities.
• The Spencer Foundation
  The Spencer Foundation invests in education research for the purpose of making education better.
• U.S. Department of Education Funding Opportunities
  ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.