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Creative Educator Grants

Awarding K–12 educator grants up to $2,500. If you have an idea for a creative classroom project, we can’t wait to hear about it.

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Passion + classrooms = magic

Lack of funding should never get in the way of projects that excite curiosity, deepen understanding, and encourage new ways of seeing. That’s why we award grants of up to $2,500 to K–12 educators. We love projects that spark something new and want to see proposals for helping kids create and teachers innovate. The 2025-26 application period will be open August 15-September 30, 2025.

In 2024, we awarded nearly $82,000 to 44 Oregon educators. Learn more about their inspiring projects!

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The 2024 application period has come to a close

For the 2024 application period, we've increased the possible grant amount to $2,500 to help fund even larger and more impactful projects. And that’s not all! New this year, we’re awarding up to $45,000 in Classroom Makeovers which are designed to revamp learning spaces to become even more inspiring, accessible, and functional for educators and their students.

Learn more about Classroom Makeovers
 [The Sphero National Parks Project] was a hit with my fourth graders. They couldn’t have been more excited to construct and paint their park models, and then code their Sphero robot ‘park rangers’ to show their classmates around. Without SELCO's grant, this learning experience would not have been possible. 
— Natalie Richards, 2021 Creative Educator Grant recipient from Tom McCall Elementary in Redmond

Grant Spotlight: Jill Plumb

Creativity is the name of the game when it comes to telling a story! Learn more about how Jill, an educator at Springfield High School, ignited that creativity with her students through film.

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Grant Spotlight: Martha Dyer

Out with the oldie moldies and in with the new, as 2022 grant recipient, Martha Dyer, says! An educator at César E. Chávez Elementary School, learn more about how she stepped up to find creative ways to encourage excitement around new library book offerings.

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Grant Spotlight: Judy Tacchini

With each project there is the possibility of unexpected barriers – and unexpected breakthroughs. Hear more as Judy Tacchini, an educator at Cascade Middle School and 2021 grant recipient, highlights her students’ creative project, “Bruh… How Are We Supposed to ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ in These Conditions?”

Check out the 2021 Recipients