Horizon Education Grant

You may be eligible for a Horizon Education Grant if:

• You are an educator that teaches or works at a publicly-funded pre-k, elementary school, middle school, high school, or college in these South Carolina communities:
  • Lancaster County
  • Great Falls
  • the Lewisville area

Successful Horizon Education Grant seekers comply with the following guidelines:

• Discovery
  
  • Grant seekers must…
    • Review the Arras Foundation’s Community Health Indicator Project and identify one (or more) priority indicator areas that your project/proposal will strengthen.
    • Review the Profile of the SC Graduate and identify one (or more) competencies from the three categories that your project/proposal will strengthen.

• Approval
  • Grant seekers must have school leadership approval for your project/proposal before seeking funding

• Collaboration
  
  • Grant seekers must collaborate with a student or parent on your project/proposal:
    • For teachers at the early childhood or elementary level (3K through 5th grade), collaboration with at least one parent required;
    • For educators at the middle, high or post-secondary level, collaboration with at least one student required.

Determine Eligibility & Fit

Before applying, please review the eligibility and the grant guidelines sections above to determine whether or not your project/proposal aligns with the Arras Foundation.

Complete an Application

Once you have determined that you and your project/proposal meet all criteria, you may proceed by filling out an online Horizon Education Grant application through our grantmaking system.

You will be required to create an account (or sign in to an existing account) to submit an application.

Don’t forget to save your username and password somewhere you won’t forget.

Please be prepared to submit the following with your application:

• List of all collaborating educators, including contact information
• Detailed project budget (download template here)

Grant Review

Arras Foundation staff will review all grant applications to confirm for eligibility before presenting information to the Youth Review Committee for review.

The Youth Review Committee, comprised of local high school and university students, will review all application materials. During discussion, YRC members may have need for clarification or further information on your project/proposal. If so, Arras Foundation staff will be in touch with any questions or clarifications requested from the YRC.

Grant review may take 1-2 months following time of submission, based on committee meeting dates and any clarifying responses from applicants.

Grant Decision

All Horizon Education Grant decisions are made by the Horizon Youth Review Committee.