Congratulations! That's definitely an accomplishment, and a great step for your group. The grant program I'm most familiar with is Lowe's Toolbox for Education, which provides $5 million in grants to parent groups and schools each year. I know they require that you have received your determination letter in order to collect a grant. I suspect that's true of other grant organizations as well. However, with the Lowe's grant you can fill out the paperwork and apply in the name of the school rather than the PTO. The check would then be written directly to the school.
- Craig
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