Deadline: 10-Sep-20
The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation is seeking applications to give grants to organizations, initiatives, and researchers who are on the cutting edge of advancing economic education.
The Foundation supports new ideas and approaches to helping people more fully understand how economics can play a role in making their lives, their communities, and the world a more prosperous place.
While The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation maintains a vital interest in the overall efforts to increase economic literacy, the Board of Trustees will give special attention to proposals and projects with national impact that addresses the following issues and audiences:
- The Foundation has an abiding interest in elevating the nation’s understanding of the need for economic education. It will support programs that raise various public’s participation in economic education and/or create a demand for greater economic literacy.
- The application of new strategies for teaching economics including on-line and web-based instruction is of interest to the Foundation.
- Projects, policy studies, or programs that encourage measurement of economic understanding more often and/or more effectively are of specific interest.
- The large number of students at risk of leaving school, and hence never effectively participating in the nation’s economic system are of concern to the Foundation. Programs that help otherwise disenfranchised youth and/or young adults with children learn to participate in the economic system are very important to the Foundation.
- Helping those working in social service agencies, particularly social workers, provide financial and economic understanding is a focus of the Foundation’s funding.
- Offering free textbook and efficient distribution of financial and economic education leveraging technology.
Funding Information
The Kazanjian Foundation makes grants of various sizes. The average grant is approximately $22,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only 501(C) (3) nonprofit organizations with at least 5 years of history may be eligible to submit a letter of interest. The LOIs selected and approved by the Foundation board of directors may receive an invitation to submit a full proposal.
- The Foundation does not support programs outside of the United States.
For more information, visit http://www.kazanjian.org/grants/apply