Education Grants
The Truliant Foundation awards grants to public school teachers, grades 6-12, who have unique ideas and needs to support transformational education.
The application period for the Truliant Foundation's Education Grant program has ended.
Applications will be reviewed in January and notifications sent in February. Grants will be awarded by March 31, 2025.
About the Truliant Education Grant Program
A program of the Truliant Foundation, the Education Grant Program has awarded more than $382,500 to over 100 educators since its inception in 2016. Through the program, the Truliant Foundation awards grants to public school educators with unique ideas and needs to support transformational education and programming that promotes student success in the classroom.
Education Grant Eligibility
To be eligible for an Education Grant, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Teachers must be employed by a public school system in a city or county where Truliant has a physical presence:
- NC Counties: Alamance, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Davidson, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Randolph and the cities of Asheboro and Lexington
- SC Counties: Greenville and Pickens
- VA Counties: Pulaski and Wythe
- Teachers must teach grades 6-12
- Teachers can apply individually or as a group
- Public school systems may also apply for funds for the entire district or a group of schools
- Requests cannot exceed $5,000
- Teachers must submit a budget with their application
Funding Exclusions
Truliant is unable to support some requests.
Examples include:
- Nonprofits operating outside of a Truliant community
- Applications from organizations with annual operating budgets of more than $500,001
- Capital campaigns
- Individuals or families
- Faith-based organizations
- For-profit organizations or those without a 501(c)(3) status
- Applications from organizations less than three years old
- Political candidates, parties, campaigns or causes
- Clubs, groups and organizations within a school
- Nonprofits that discriminate based on race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status or other legally protected status
2024 Education Grant Winners
- Berea Middle School
- Cleveland County Schools
- Grimsley High School
- Hawfields Middle School
- Highland School of Technology
- Holbrook Middle School
- Jackson Middle School
- Max Meadows Elementary School
- Pulaski County Middle School
- The Academy at Smith
- The Kearns Academy High School
- WC Friday Middle School