Spring 2025 Rural Schools Grants- Apply Now!
Spring 2025 Rural Schools Grants
To apply for a Nathan Yip Foundation Spring 2025 Rural Schools Grant - please read over the information and eligibility requirements below. If your school/district qualifies, please submit a Letter of Inquiry by Friday, February 14th, 2025 via email to Christine@nathanyipfoundation.org
Your letter of inquiry should include include about your school/district (include demographics such as socioeconomics, ethnicity, and extenuating circumstances), a brief description of the request and amount of grant request, including a very general budget overview.
Submit via email to Christine@nathanyipfoundation.org by Friday, February 14th, 2025.
Applicants will be notified by March 3rd, 2025 if they are invited to complete the full grant application.
Please review the information and eligibility requirements below:
1. Your school/district must be in a rural Colorado School district as designated by CDE.
2. Requests must be submitted by a school district or staff member. Collaborations are encouraged; however, a school or school district must submit the letter and subsequent application.
3. Priority will be given to schools/districts and programs serving lower-income communities.
4. Grant amounts typically range from $2,000 to $30,000 USD*.
5. Applicants must apply each year for new funding. (Each project may receive grant funds for up to three consecutive years, at which point grantees must wait one year to re-apply for additional funds.)
6. Our funding priority is K-12 programs/projects that will directly impact students.
7. The Nathan Yip Foundation DOES NOT fund:
- The purchase, lease, or renovation of real property including buildings, land, or other physical spaces (other capital requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis)
- Salaries
- Student scholarships and tuition support
- Non-rural organizations/schools/entities (i.e. 3rd party private or non-profit service/program providers)
- Special events or fundraisers
- Legislative action
- Endowments or loan requests
Grant Application Timeline and Process:
1. Letter of Inquiry Due by February 14th, 2025 via email to christine@nathanyipfoundation.org. Please submit a one page letter that include information about your school/district (include demographics such as socioeconomics, ethnicity, and extenuating circumstances), a brief description of the request and approximate amount of money that will be requested.
2. If your grant is approved for further consideration, the 2025 Grant Application will be emailed to the contact provided on the letter by March 3rd. (Everyone who submitted a letter will be notified of the status of your request by March 3rd.)
3. The final grant application will be due Wednesday, April 17th and award notifications will go out in late May/early June for funding for the 2025-26 school year.
4. Funds will be dispersed in June or August 2025.
Please reach out to christine@nathanyipfoundation.org if you have any questions.
The Nathan Yip Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that raises funds from the public through individual gifts and special events. These funds are then reinvested in rural schools through our Colorado Rural Teacher Grants (in the fal) and Colorado Rural Schools Grants (every spring). See grant cycle dates and details below!
Since our founding in 2002, we have focused our efforts where we can uniquely add value so we can generate the most positive impact. Rural communities have been at the heart of our foundation’s work worldwide, and now we’re making a difference here in Colorado. The Nathan Yip Foundation strives to close the educational opportunity gap between rural and urban schools in our state by providing grants to rural Colorado teachers and rural Colorado schools and district. We have donated more than $1.4 million to schools, teachers and students in rural Colorado since 2016.
We invite you to dream with us and submit your letter of inquiry for support! We love unique and innovative projects, as well as requests for basic but highly needed resources and materials that will have an immediate and direct impact on your classroom, school, or community. You know your community best, and we look forward to learning more about your vision.
If you have any questions regarding eligibility or specifics of your application, contact Interim Executive Director, Christine Gillette, at (303)817-8400 or christine@nathanyipfoundation.org.
