- Up to $500 “cash” to deposit in bank accounts or buy stocks. (Accounts must be closed by June 2011. Funds must be turned back to TFSS to schools' nutrition programs or used for other pre-approved school purchases).
- Up to $2 per student, per week for a snack offered during an after school financial literacy club, up to a maximum of $500.
- Up to $800 for financial literacy resource materials such as books, software or audio visual material.
Proof-of-purchase with item description will be requested. - Up to $200.00 to purchase groceries used to teach price comparison and best value for purchase.
Groceries must be used to benefit the student body. - School bus or transit money for organized visits to financial institutions.
- Funds for the purchase stage equipment including video cameras used to create a video or play.
All videos or plays must be shared at the end of the project. - Funding supply teachers, pending approval by school principals. Supply teacher funding must be used for:
- Coverage for a teacher who is presenting a financial literacy lesson that they have developed at a school other than their own.
- Honorariums for host presenters.
NOTE: A maximum of $1,000, per school, will be allocated. All funds must be used for projects that align with one or more of the Banking on Knowledge grant criteria.
- Payment for teachers to teach their own classes between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm.
- Payment for financial literacy books or materials produced for which the teacher has ownership rights.
- Payment to non-profit financial literacy organizations.
- Funds to cover costs related to the professional development of teachers (some exceptions apply.
Contact your Experiential Learning Instructional Leader for more information).
Related Links:
- 2011 Grant Application
- Examples of how schools used their grants (Power Point Presentation)
- Grant Evaluation Form
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Sample Grant Evaluation Form - Historical Grant Recipients
- Experiential Learning Opportunities Ideas
- Application Guidelines
- Links to Financial Literacy resources
- Educator Award
- About Hadden Family Foundation
- Edward Glenn Hadden Bio
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