Fundraising Contests and Grants Archive

How To Write a Winning Contest Entry
Read these commonsense tips and reminders before you spend time writing your parent group’s entry.
Target contest delivers $100,000 grants
PTA president takes a shot with a Target education grant contest on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show,'' and wins big.
Online Contests: How PTOs and PTAs Can Win
It takes a lot of effort, but some school parent groups are winning big in contests with online voting.
Raise up to $5,000 for your School in Minutes
How does that grab you? This is the first line you will see when you go to the Lowe's Toolbox for Education website. It sounds almost too good to be true -- but it's not. "Now in its 6th year of helping build better schools and communities, the Lowe's Toolbox for Education program has provided more than $20 million to nearly 5,000 schools across the country." Impressive numbers, don't you think?
Lowe's Tool Box for Education Grants Give Back to Schools
Building school pride and connecting kids with nature are just two of the remarkable ways that Lowe's Tool Box for Education Grants help schools. To date, they have provided more than $17 million to almost 4,000 schools across the country. What the numbers don't tell you, is how these grants promote parent involvement in schools and bring communities together. Pretty awesome.
Lowe's Grant Success
Maine group works wonders.
Finding and Winning Grants
Parent groups can and do get grants. Here's how to find, apply for, and win grants to get special projects done.
Playground Grant
Kansas winner. And a chance for you.
Lowe's Grants
290 very happy groups.
Lowe's Grant Winner in VA
$5,000 for VA PTA.
Lowe's Grant Winner in OH
Ohio group nets $5,000.
PTO Mom Wins on TV Show
A trivia buff undertakes a unique fundraiser: competing on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?

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