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Michelson Spark Grants: Digital Equity Focus Area is sponsored by Michelson 20MM Foundation. The Michelson Spark Grants aim to fund innovative projects that promote digital equity in California, addressing critical issues like digital discrimination, access in Tribal communities, and the intersection of digital equity with health and education. Grants support initiatives that enhance broadband access and foster systemic change.
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Spark Grants - Michelson 20MM The Spark Grants platform is an innovative just-in-time grantmaking process that enables organizations aligned with our focus areas to receive funding within weeks. This rapid funding approach supports initiatives that would be impossible under traditional grant decision timelines. The Open Educational Resources (OER) Spark Grants funding cycle is now closed.
Please check back soon for information about the Student Basic Needs Spark Grants funding cycle. We support systems-level strategies that can create impact at scale and inform public policy. We prioritize demonstrating the viability of groundbreaking ideas, seeding innovative initiatives that are still in the proof of concept phase.
We are committed to advancing or declining an LOI within one week of when the call for proposals closes. Grants are awarded within six weeks of the call for proposals closing. In the spirit of acting quickly, grants are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Below is a rough timeline of when each cycle’s call for proposals opens: Open Educational Resources (Q1 of 2026) Digital Equity (Q2 of 2026) Smart Justice (Q3 of 2026) Student Basic Needs (Q4 of 2026) For our Spark Grant cycles, we generally focus our impact on organizations doing work in California. Organizations whose work does not impact California are likely ineligible, but please review our call for proposals each cycle.
Faculty Professional Development Bootcamps on OER Supporting Workforce Development for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in Forestry and Firefighting Careers Educating Decision Makers on How SNAP Benefits Help Students Meet Their Basic Needs Healing and Justice Center Supporting Justice-Impacted Parents Through Trauma-Informed, Healing-Centered Programming Launching the California Justice Leaders Postsecondary Pathways Program (CJLP3) Expanding their Returning Relatives program to reduce incarceration and promote community healing Local Bandwidth Speed Tests to Inform State Policy Implementation Analysis of California’s $6B Broadband Investment Through SB156 Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Building a Student Coalition to Combat Automatic Textbook Billing U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Study Revealing the Limited Choice and Uncertain Savings of Automatic Textbook Billing University of California, Irvine LIFTED Piloting the First UC Degree-Granting Program in Prison Student-Led Research Ensuring Effective Implementation of California's Investment in Community College Basic Needs Centers
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Organizations are encouraged to collaborate and seek additional funding to maximize impact, focusing on meaningful milestones that drive progress in underserved areas. Specific eligibility for small businesses would need to be confirmed on the funder's official website, but the focus on digital equity and education innovation aligns with the query. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Up to $25,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
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