Sprint Character Education Grant Program for Schools, Districts, applications from Jan. 4 - Feb 5, 2010

Amount: up to $5,000 for schools, up to $25,000 for districts
http://www.sprint.com/responsibility/education/character/index.html?id8=...

This grant opportunity from Sprint includes mentor training as one of the examples of programs it will support. From the RFP:

"Examples of programs that the Sprint Foundation will fund include:

• Character education curriculum and character education teacher training
• Direct project related costs for community service/service learning programs
• Leadership and mentor training

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Note that the grant does NOT support staff salaries.

"Sprint has announced the 2010 entry dates for the Sprint Character Education Grant Program, its annual character-education grant program for schools and school districts across the United States. The 2010 program will run from January 4 through February 5, 2010.

Now in its third year, the program awards Sprint Foundation grants to school districts and individual schools in support of resources that facilitate and encourage character education among K-12 students. The program is open to all U.S. public schools (K-12) and U.S. public school districts.

In 2010, the grant program will award individual-school grants between $500 and $5,000 each and school-district grants between $10,000 and $25,000 each. In 2009, the Sprint Foundation awarded more than $450,000 in combined grants to schools and school districts through the program.

The program will accept applications for character-education programs that promote and/or address youth leadership, youth volunteerism, a positive school culture, and drop-out prevention."

For additional information, a list of previous winners, and application instructions, visit the Sprint Web site.