What is your BIG Idea
for transformative change in our schools?
Submit your FINAL draft online!We love to help BIG ideas come to life
Our annual grant program provides the means to connect students with the resources, experiences and opportunities to meet their full potential and enhance learning in our local classrooms.
Successful Big Ideas Grants will impact students across multiple classrooms, whole grade levels within a school, or meaningful portions of a school community. We are particularly supportive of collaborative projects between multiple staff.
For fall 2024, the Bellingham School Foundation has identified the following priority areas for funding:
Mental health support and social emotional learning
STEM
Literacy and Libraries
However, projects are not limited to these categories. If you have an impactful or creative project that doesnt fit neatly into one of these categories please apply!
Projects that will make longterm alterations to school grounds or buildings must be approved by the Director of Facilities before any award can be made.
Applications must be received by 11:59 PM on October 20th.
Final decisions and notification of awards will be done in early November.
BIG Idea Application Process
BIG Idea Grants are available to support needs up to $5,000.
STEP ONE – COMPLETE A DRAFT APPLICATION
Complete and review the draft application above. This form is a template to help you prepare your final online application. We highly recommend you formulate your answers ahead of time as you cannot save the online form and return to it later.
STEP TWO – SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
Submit your final documentation online using the button at the top of this page.
Applications are due by 11:59 pm on October 20th
STEP THREE – FUNDING
Awards wilI be made in November 2024. If successful, a grant agreement must be signed by the responsible parties before funds are released.
STEP FOUR – HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!
All grantees are required to complete a brief report back to the Foundation we are particularly appreciative of grant recipients that can provide student thank you notes, pictures, and stories so we can share your success with our donors – who make these grants possible!
