Deadline: 9-May-25
Submissions are now open for the Education Opportunity Fund Programme.
Areas
- The Education Opportunity Fund provides catalytic support for sustainable impact in the following areas:
- Enhancing Educational Access: Expanding access to education with a focus on STEM by funding technology and programs that help remove barriers for students in grades K-12 in the United States and international equivalent.
- Promoting Emotional Wellbeing: Advancing the development of long-term social-emotional and mental health resources for students and schools that are under-resourced.
- Improving Educational Systems: Addressing policy changes, updating curricula, and supporting an expansive talent pipeline within the education sector.
Funding Information and Duration
- Education Opportunity Fund grants will be issued in the range of $50,000 – $250,000 per year for 1, 2, or 3 years.
Geographic Focus
- Belgium, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply for an Education Opportunity Fund grant, applicant organizations must:
- Have a direct and significant impact within communities KLA operates.
- Be a nonprofit organization with a 501(c)(3) public charity designation by the IRS or an international equivalent NGO (or be fiscally sponsored by one) and have an active profile on the Benevity platform.
- Prioritize addressing the challenges faced by under-resourced students such as first-generation and limited income students in K-12 education within the United States, as well as at primary and secondary institutions internationally.
- Demonstrate existing relationships with K-12 schools in the United States and at primary and secondary schools outside the US.
- Operate in communities where KLA operates
- The KLA Foundation will prioritize funding requests that:
- Have an explicit strategy to eliminate policies and practices that prevent access to education.
- Propose projects designed to improve education systems rather than fixing students and must demonstrate an asset-based approach to understanding and partnering with students and families.
- Are able to monitor, assess, and document the impact of the change(s) being sought, strategies being used, and the progress being made.
- Create or build upon existing partnerships or coalitions
- Are innovative, strategic, and future-focused to inspire and support creative problem solving.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Education Opportunity Fund will not support for requests for:
- Initiatives that do not directly or significantly have an impact within communities KLA operates.
- Individuals
- Special event sponsorship or any other type of fundraising initiative
- Endowments
- General operating support
- Buildings or capital campaigns
- Political campaigns or candidates
- Lobbying activities
- Deficits or debt-retirement
For more information, visit KLA Foundation.
