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Pets in the Classroom Grants
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- Funder
- Pet Care Trust
- Deadline
- Next cycle: Rolling; apply any time. One initial grant per teacher lifetime, then one $50 sustaining grant per school year (August to June).
- Cycle
- Rolling; apply any time. One initial grant per teacher lifetime, then one $50 sustaining grant per school year (August to June).
- Posted
- Not stated
- Award range
- $50 to $125
- Total program funding
- Not stated
- Expected number of awards
- Not stated
- Match or cost share
- Match not stated
- Who applies
- Teachers
- Who benefits
- StudentsTeachers
- Eligible applicants
- Teachers
- Education level
- Pre-KK-12
- Topics
- STEM
- Geography
- National
- Source
- FindGrants reviewed programs registry · ID pets-in-the-classroom-grants
Summary
Small grants for pre-K to 12 teachers to buy and keep a classroom pet, given as pet-store coupons or $75 to $125 rebates, plus a $50 sustaining grant each school year for upkeep.
Eligibility, from the funder
"educators who teach pre-k through 12th grade students in either a public or private school in the US and Canada"; librarians, counselors, school nurses, resource officers and school-based daycare providers also qualify; "in-home daycares, and homeschools do not qualify". Grant types: Petco, PetSmart, Pet Supplies Plus and Petland store-coupon grants; $75 small animal/bird/hermit crab rebate; $125 fish/aquarium/reptile/amphibian rebate; $75 betta fish rebate; $50 annual sustaining grant. Store-coupon values are not stated in dollars. robots.txt disallows only /wp-admin/.
Full description from the funder
Next cycle not yet posted. Rolling; apply any time. One initial grant per teacher lifetime, then one $50 sustaining grant per school year (August to June). Small grants for pre-K to 12 teachers to buy and keep a classroom pet, given as pet-store coupons or $75 to $125 rebates, plus a $50 sustaining grant each school year for upkeep. No deadline language on the grants page or the eligibility page (/do-you-qualify/). Eligibility: "educators who teach pre-k through 12th grade students in either a public or private school in the US and Canada"; librarians, counselors, school nurses, resource officers and school-based daycare providers also qualify; "in-home daycares, and homeschools do not qualify".
Grant types: Petco, PetSmart, Pet Supplies Plus and Petland store-coupon grants; $75 small animal/bird/hermit crab rebate; $125 fish/aquarium/reptile/amphibian rebate; $75 betta fish rebate; $50 annual sustaining grant. Store-coupon values are not stated in dollars. robots.txt disallows only /wp-admin/.
Details are copied from the funder's posting and may change. The official page is authoritative. Applying is free.
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