Fall 2025 Grants

Appalachian State University

State Level - NC

Program support enabling student teachers and early field experience interns to travel and provide literacy tutoring in high-need K-3 schools $25,000

Augustine Literacy Project-Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

General operating support to provide intensive tutoring to aspiring first through third grade readers who are one year or more behind in reading $150,000 (over 2 years)

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Charlotte, NC

Program support for academic success programs providing tutoring, literacy enrichment, and learning supports for K-3 students at Title I schools $25,000

Center for Racial Equity in Education

State Level - NC

Program support for professional development programs that build capacity, knowledge, and support to increase teacher retention $25,000

Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center

Charlotte, NC

Program support for clinicians to provide individualized support to emerging readers in K-3rd grades to build vocabulary and language expression $70,000 (over 2 years)

EdNC

State Level - NC

General operating support for EdNC to report on policy levers influencing systems change in education $60,000 (over 2 years)

International House of Metrolina

Charlotte, NC

Program support for multilingual learners to receive literacy tutoring after school and during the summer months $180,000 (over 2 years)

NC Alliance for School Leadership Development

State Level - NC

Program support for online leadership modules providing assistant principals with accessible professional development and CEU credits $20,000

North Carolina Central University

State Level - NC

Program support for the Marathon Teaching Institute (MTI) to expand the pipeline of males entering the teaching profession $25,000

ourBRIDGE for KIDS

Charlotte, NC

General operating support for an afterschool program with a focus on literacy for children from Title I CMS Schools $50,000

Queens University of Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

Program support for Queens School Executive Leadership Academy (SELA), a program that prepares new school leaders and principals $35,000

YMCA of Greater Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

Program support for Y Readers year-round programming to accelerate literacy growth for kindergarten through third grade students in CMS $150,000