The First Literacy Grants provide funding that stimulates and supports the development, trial, and implementation of innovative and impactful Adult Basic Education (ABE) resources and practices.
Donor Name: First Literacy
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/02/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Priorities

To fund innovative and impactful ideas that will improve educational and professional outcomes for the students of ABE organizations.
To fund ideas that may not be able to be funded through Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) or other major funding sources.
To fund ideas that will have a lasting impact in ABE schools and organizations.

Grant Levels
First Literacy is offering three (3) types of grants: Program Grants, Organization Wide Grants and Incentive Grants

Program Grants- Program grants provide funding for the development, trial, and implementation of innovative and impactful ABE or ESOL teaching and learning resources and practices that are project-based, fresh approaches to instruction, curriculum and staff development, and related areas.

New Organizations

Organizations that have not received a First Literacy Grant in the past ten years are eligible to apply for up to $7,500 in the first year of the proposed project.

Returning Organization

Organizations that received a First Literacy Grant in the past ten years can apply for up to $5,000 in the first year of the proposed project.

Organization-Wide Grants

These grants provide funding for innovative ideas for larger-scale, organization-wide curricula, systems, training, and/or teacher improvement. Grants of up to $15,000 are available and priority is given to projects with a robust data reporting plan.

Incentive Grants

Second Year Grant- Organizations that received First Literacy funding for the first year of a project are eligible to apply for up to half of their first-year grant amount in a second year of funding.

Organizations applying for a second-year grant must replicate the program with fidelity in year two including capturing pertinent data and reporting that to First Literacy.
Organizations apply for a second-year grant using the main grant application, along the same time as the program and organizational grants

Program Replication Grant- Your organization and another organization can each receive $1,000 if:

You assist a second organization in implementing your grant idea/program. Both organizations must submit a brief letter of intent to apply for this grant along with the FY 25 grant cycle.

Project Period
The grant period is from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants are open to all not-for-profit Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) organizations in Massachusetts.
For more information, visit First Literacy.