This year’s Doing Good – Early Childhood & Education grant application cycle will be open November 4 – December 6, 2024. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis for services and interventions, and funds must be expended by June 30, 2025.
The Duke University Doing Good employee giving campaign invites applications from public schools and non-profit organizations offering educational and/or college and career readiness services to young people in Durham County.
Eligibility Criteria
This grant is open to publicly-funded school educators (teachers, TAs, interventionists, counselors, principals, etc.) and Durham youth-serving organizations. In order for a proposal to be eligible for grant funding, it must demonstrate a student-centered and equity approach and provide clear rationale for how it is connected to one or more of the categories outlined below.
Early Childhood & Education Major Grant Areas
Proposed interventions and initiatives must be student-centered, embrace an equity approach to community engagement, and align with at least one of the following focus areas:
- Effective early childhood learning interventions
- Learning interventions that promote community and family engagement
- School-based outdoor learning and dining accommodations
- Social-emotional supports for students and their wellbeing
- College and career readiness programming and advising for high school students
- Skills-based summer programming for high school students
- Development initiatives for teachers
Consideration will be given to proposals outside of these categories but otherwise fit into the funding criteria (i.e., student-centered, equity approach, education/college & career readiness).
We encourage applications from educator teams that show the promise of creating school-level systemic change. Educator teams can, but are not required to, include the school principal. Applicants must indicate support from their principal with their proposal. Applications that focus on collaboration among different schools or organizations are encouraged.
Grant Amount
Most awards will be up to $5,000. We ask that you do not allocate more than 10% of your grant request to overhead costs.
Please keep in mind that our office will be facilitating multiple funds and will only be able to distribute one grant per organization or school.
Application Guidelines
The following are submission guidelines to consider:
- Proposal Description: Purpose and goals of this project
- Budget: Estimated break-down of how funds will be used
- Assessment of Impact: Number of students or families served or other metrics of impact. Who will benefit from this proposal? Who are the populations being served?
- Ownership: Contact information of up to three key staff who will be implementing project.
- Proposal Timeline: When will this project be implemented?
Timeline
Grant applications will be reviewed by a selection committee. Please see below for more information about our timeline.
- 11/4/24: Applications opens
- 12/6/24: Deadline for Application submission
- 12/6-12/20/24: Review of Applications
- 1/6/25 – 1/21/25: Grantees notified with Agreements
- 7/30/25: Deadline for funds to be expended
- 8/31/25: Deadline for reporting and evaluation submission
How to Apply
Step 1: To start an application, go to our online application portal. Check first to see if your organization has an account. If you do not have one or are new to the site, please create an account. Note the video tutorials that are located on the login page.
Step 2: Once you have created an account or you have logged in, click on the “Apply” menu at the top of the page. Navigate to the “Doing Good – Education” fund section.
Step 3: Applications cannot be edited after submission. Please carefully review the application before submitting it. Submit completed applications and supporting materials by Dec. 6, 2024.
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