Apply now for the Gold Standard Challenge to earn up to $10k for your school or $30k for your district when you adopt a standalone personal finance course that all students take before graduation.
Donor Name: Next Gen Personal Finance
Country: U.S. and Puerto Rico
State: Selected States
Type of Grant: Challenge
Type of Entity: Schools
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,500 – $10,000
Details:
Grant awards are limited to one per school.
Funding Information
Grant amounts are determined based on the number of students served and can range from $2,500 – $10,000.
- If your school serves fewer than 300 students, the maximum grant amount is $2,500.
- If serving between 300 and 999 students, a school is eligible for up to $5,000 in grant funding.
- If serving 1,000 or more students, the maximum grant amount is $10,000.
- A district may be awarded up to three individual grants (up to $30,000) that collectively impact multiple district schools or the entire district.
Rationale
- To galvanize advocates who are committed to ensuring that ALL students in their school or district take a one semester personal finance course before they graduate.
- To partner with advocates through the planning and coalition-building necessary to achieve this goal.
- To award grant funds that will support the implementation of personal finance courses.
- To SUPERCHARGE this growing grassroots movement on behalf of the next generation of Americans.
Who Is Eligible To Submit Board Minutes In Pursuit Of A Grant?
- Teachers at public and private high schools in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, who, as of Jan 1, 2019, had NOT YET received school board approval adopting a standalone graduation requirement for personal finance.
- Graduation requirements must be NEWLY ADOPTED after Jan 1, 2019.
Excludes high schools in the 8 current ‘guarantee’ states (states with legislation guaranteeing a standalone personal finance course for all students): Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia.
For more information, visit Gold Standard Challenge.