CAPTAIN PLANET FOUNDATION
The mission of the Captain Planet Foundation is to promote and support high-quality educational programs that enable children and youth to understand and appreciate our world through active hands-on projects that improve the environment in their schools and communities.

The foundation makes grants to schools and nonprofit environmental and educational organizations in the U.S. with annual operating budgets of less than $3 million, as well as to international organizations that have a U.S.-based partner.

Grants are intended to help bring environment-based education to schools and inspire youth and communities to participate in community service through environmental stewardship. The foundation will fund unique projects that do not precisely match the grant guidelines but otherwise promote the foundation's mission of hands-on environmental activities.

Preferential consideration is given to requests seeking seed funding of $500 or less and to applicants who have secured at least 50 percent matching or in-kind funding for their projects. The foundation will on occasion consider grants of up to $2,500.

For spring and summer 2015 projects, applications must be received no later than Sept. 30, 2014. Visit http://captainplanetfoundation.org/apply-for-grants/  

WESTINGHOUSE

The Westinghouse Electric Company is accepting applications from elementary, middle, or high schools with a creative hands-on projects focused on science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.

Through its N-Visioning a Brighter Future program, Westinghouse will award grants of $1,000 to three schools for any project with a STEM-based focus. An additional $2,000 will be awarded to each school's science department for general needs. Priority will be given to projects that directly involve students, incorporate community resources, and/or use interdisciplinary or team-teaching strategies.

To be eligible, elementary, middle, or high schools must be located in the U.S.A. For eligibility and guidelines, visit www.westinghousenuclear.com/docs/n_vision_grant.pdf

INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION 

The International Reading Association is a nonprofit network of individuals and institutions committed to worldwide literacy. More than 53,000 members strong, the association supports literacy professionals through a range of resources, advocacy efforts, volunteerism, and professional development activities.

To help further its mission, IRA is accepting applications for the 2015 Regie Routman Teacher Recognition grant. A single grant of $2,500 will be awarded to an outstanding elementary school teacher dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of reading and writing across the curriculum. To be eligible, a teacher must be a member of IRA members and at least 60% of his/her school's students must be eligible for free or reduced lunch. For guidelines and instructions, visit http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants/teachers_routman.aspx

The program is accepting applications from public high schools in the United States that are planning to implement a financial education program into the curriculum. Grant amounts will be assessed on a program-by-program basis.

Applications must be submitted by a public high school planning to implement a financial education curriculum; that have a measurement tool to assess participation in and comprehension of the financial education curriculum; and that agree to share the results of the tool's pre- and post-curriculum testing with Discover upon programs completion.

For complete program guidelines, information about schools that have received grants, and application instructions, visit http://app.pathwaytofinancialsuccess.org/