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Northwest Aquatic & Marine Educators

Are you a NAME Member? Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators members are eligible for NAME mini-grants! Grants range from $50 to $250 and are awarded twice a year. Applications are due November 15th or May 15th.

Target Field Trip Grants

Target Field Trip Grants awards up to $700 to schools across the nation.

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

NSTA has an entire page dedicated to advertising ‍funding opportunities. ‍

Diack Ecology Education Program

The Diack Ecology Education Program is a division of the Oregon Science Teachers Association (OSTA). Grants up to $1,500 are awarded for projects in Oregon which study any aspect of the local environment by taking advantage of close study opportunities.

Tribal Funding Opportunities

Three Rivers Foundation

Funds projects based in Coos, Lane, Douglas, Curry, or Lincoln County or that have a "statewide" impact.

Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund

Charitable Contributions are awarded to charitable organizations or local governments within the Siletz Tribe's service area (Lincoln, Tillamook, Linn, Lane, Benton, Polk, Yamhill, Marion, Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties).

Spirit Mountain Community Fund

Projects funded from Benton, Clackamas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill counties.

Coquille Tribal Community Fund

The CTC Fund provides project grants to non-governmental organizations in Coos, Lane, Douglas, Jackson and Curry Counties in southwestern Oregon.

Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation

Each year the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation makes grants to eligible non-profit organizations in communities in Douglas, Coos, Lane, Deschutes, Klamath, Jackson and Josephine counties.