Sprint Character Education Grant Program

Through the Sprint Character Education Grant Program, the Sprint Foundation will award grants to school districts and individual schools to fund the purchase of resource materials, supplies, equipment and software that facilitates and encourages character education among K-12 students. With a national reach, the program is open to all US public schools (K-12) and US public school districts.

The Sprint Character Education Grant program will accept applications for Character Education programs that promote youth leadership, youth volunteerism, school pride and a positive school culture.

Examples of programs that the Sprint Foundation will fund include:

• Character education curriculum and character education teacher training
• Direct project related costs for community service/service learning programs
• Leadership and mentor training

Examples of programs that the Sprint Character Education Grant Program will not fund include:

• On-going staff salary (stipends and training are allowable)
• Physical fitness programs
• School beautification programs (i.e. playgrounds, gardens)
• Capital improvement needs (i.e. bricks and mortar, computer labs, Smart Boards)
• Any costs that are not directly related to the Character Education program you are proposing.

District level grants are available for programs ranging from $10,000 to $25,000.
School level grants are available for programs ranging from $500-$5,000.

2010 Funding and Grant Application Period:

The Sprint Character Education Grant Program will award individual school grants up $5,000 and school district grants up to $25,000. The grant application period will run from Jan. 4th – Feb. 5th 2010.

In 2009 the Sprint Foundation awarded more than $450,000 in combined grants to schools and school districts.

Program Resources:

To see a downloadable version of the 2010 Sprint Character Education Program Application click here.

All grant recipients are required to submit a results report to Sprint at the end of the school year.  Sprint will contact recipients via email with deadline and submission information in April. To see the 2009 Sprint Character Education Grant Program Results Report click here.

For program and application writing tips from Sprint click here.

For further information please visit the Sprint Character Education Grant Program Frequently Asked Questions Page.

Application Writing Resources:

To review a sample community service application click here.
To review a sample curriculum application click here.
To review a sample leadership application click here.

Character Education Resources:

Click here to see a list of additional character education resources.