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The types of organizations that award technology school grants are as diverse as the types of projects that are funded with technology school grants. The federal government, state, county and city governments, as well as private and corporate foundations award technology school grants. Over the past 10 years, more than 70 high-tech technology companies have created foundations that offer technology school grants.
Technology school grants can include curriculum grants, technology training grants, professional development grants, equipment grants, grants for hardware and software, telecommunications grants, and grants for qualified personnel to administer technology grant projects.
Some of the largest foundations that provide technology grants are the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, SBC Foundation, Intel Foundation, the Community Foundation of Silicon Valley, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, W. M. Keck Foundation, Merck Company Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, and the Shell Oil Company Foundation. Total giving by these foundations is more than $654 million dollars, with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation taking the lead at $277,891,647. In most cases, money has been set aside from corporate profits to support technology giving.
Many of the web sites listed here have expertise in writing technology school grants. They have good track record of success in developing technology grants for elementary-secondary education, healthcare, science, economic development and labor-management cooperation. With an average of 30 billion dollars in grant awards each year, they have authored technology school grants that have:
- Established community technology centers in schools.
- Increased interest and learning outcomes in science and citizenship.
- Increased learning outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics.
- Promoted labor-management cooperation.
- Encouraged economic growth.
- Advanced professional development.
- Increased access to healthcare.
- Facilitated early detection of breast cancer.
