Bank of Opportunity?

Bank of America offers grants to school districts through it's Local Grant program. There is no deadline for submitting an application, and one of the funding priorities is to support K-12 education.

http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=fd_localgrants

More Grants!

www. us-government-grants.net/grants-information
This is for a science technology grant. The due date is 11/30/2008. It is for $3,000.00 cash.

At&T grant
http://www.att.com/foundation
this has ongoing due dates. Learning network grants

I also found this one
www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/us/
this is community engagment grant.

I can see from what has already been posted grants are out there. You just need to read through them all and see what would work for your school. I am thinking that at first you might not find what it is you are looking for. But......you might find something that would help your school/classroom out.

Grant tips

I think that if we have to write a grant proposal here is a link to some tips for writing grants.

Here is the link http://www.k12grants.org/tips.htm

Grant Writing Tips
The most important thing for grant-writers to remember is that they might submit a perfect application and still receive a rejection. Most foundations have limited resources with which to fund projects. Do not get discouraged if you get a rejection from a possible funding source.
READ the grantor's guidelines and instructions carefully. Do not try to make the grantor's program fit what you want to do - your program must be in line with the funding agency's priorities.
Ideas should be innovative, creative and educational. Grantors will rarely fund operating expenses - they usually invest in supplemental programs. Private foundations often seek creative solutions to problems/needs, but they usually do not wish to fund risky projects. Try proposing a project that puts a fresh spin on an existing idea.
Keep your goals realistic! It is important to have an evaluation plan. Grantors want to know if the projects they fund are successful--that your project is meeting its goals.
Is your project replicable? If so, tell the grantor how you plan to extend the project to other grades or schools.
Have a reasonable, detailed budget. Do your homework on costs prior to submitting your application and be sure to explain your budget even if there are no requirements to do so.

Grants and Grant Searches

I found several grants that had specific dates and purposes, but in searching the corporate world, I found sites for open-end grants. Each year people submit grants and they are rewarded based on the merit of the request. Even after selecting just a few sites, I can see why grant writers are in such great demand. One of the first sites I visited, Teacher Tap, offered a links to other sites.
http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic94.htm
Toyota provides an on-line grant process.
http://www.toyota.com/tma/about/community/orgForm.do?tms
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services has a Grants and Funding page;
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/nidrr/index.html
NOVA 5000 Science Grant
http://www.nova1to1.com/science-grant/index.php
Corning invites grant applications “Corning Incorporated Foundation makes grants in
support of education, culture and community service programs at the local level, and to selected national
and international programs identified by the Foundation.”

http://www.corning.com/assets/0/15/19/55/119/163/F848CF05-1A41-4F1D-AE08-5287ADB85F35.pdf
Sun Microsystems
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/comm_invest/ogp/index.html
The government has several on-going grant programs at;
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/edgrants.html

EDS Technology Grants

Below is a grant I think would be useful for purchasing equipment.

http://www.eds.com/about/community/grants/

Best Buy and HP Grants

I have found two grants for technoloy in a high school setting. Best Buy and HP have wonderful grants, unfortuanalty money for this school year has been awarded, but...it is something we could/ should apply for next year.

The process of blogging as it relates to funding

The process of blogging can act as a catalyst, not only for conversation and exchange of ideas, but also as a repository for information. As exhibited in this blog the bloggers are posting information that enables the group as a whole to stay abreast of ideas at little or no cost.

One of the ways to fund technology is to reach out to the community, but even that method is meeting with some resistance in today’s economic environment as evidenced by this article from the Boston Herald. http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1127499&srvc=home&position=1

Non-profit orginazations are often set up by the public to aid communities or schools where funding falls short. Having a profosenal non-porfit executive can often find revenue stream where there appear to be none. There is money out there, http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=9213583&nav=menu31_2

It may take some personel investment to find a source, but nothing is for free.