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The Dr. Seuss Foundation Bright Futures Grant is a grant from The San Diego Foundation that funds nonprofit organizations offering high-quality early educational opportunities and programs for children and families in San Diego County. The Bright Futures initiative supports organizations serving children up to age 8 and emphasizes early literacy, school readiness, playful and experiential learning, and social-emotional development.
A single application allows organizations to be considered for both Bright Futures and the companion Ready to Learn initiative, which focuses on children from birth to age 5 and early literacy, language development, and family-centered learning. Both initiatives commit $1 million each in total funding. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) nonprofits serving San Diego County.
Maximum grant amount is $60,000 per organization.
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Applications are open for Dr. Seuss Foundation and San Diego Foundation Joint Grantmaking Effort Since 2022, the Dr. Seuss Foundation (DSF) and San Diego Foundation (SDF) have collaborated to award nearly $5 million to local organizations offering high-quality early educational opportunities and programs for children and families in San Diego County.
To date, this collaborative grantmaking effort has supported 40+ nonprofit partners in providing critical services to more than 70,000 individuals, including 37,000 children aged 0-5.
Launched in Spring 2025 through the support of a $15 million endowment established by the Dr. Seuss Foundation at SDF, the joint Ready to Learn initiative aims to provide sustainable, long-term funding to support early literacy efforts for children up to age 5 in the San Diego region for years to come.
This month, the Dr. Seuss Foundation launched the Bright Futures initiative to support organizations that strengthen the foundations of early literacy and promote healthy social emotional development through experiential learning opportunities for children up to age 8. One Application. Two Grant Opportunities.
Bright Futures, a Dr. Seuss Foundation initiative, supports organizations serving children up to age 8 and emphasizes early literacy, school readiness, playful and experiential learning, and social-emotional development. Bright Futures is also committing $1 million in total funding, with grants of up to $60,000 per organization.
Ready to Learn, administered by San Diego Foundation in partnership with the Dr. Seuss Foundation, supports programs serving children from birth to age 5 and focuses on early literacy, language development, family-centered learning and strengthening provider expertise. The initiative is committing $1 million in total funding, with grants of up to $60,000 per organization.
Common Application Details A single application allows organizations to be considered for either or both of the grant opportunities. Detailed information about this opportunity, including grant goals, objectives and FAQ’s, can be found in the links below. Eligible applicants: 501(c)(3) nonprofits serving San Diego County Funding available: Up to $2 million total Max grant amount : $60,000 Deadline: Friday, February 20, 2026 at 5:00 p.
m. PDT
Key questions and narrative sections extracted from the solicitation.
Describe how the requested funding will support at least one of the program objectives (applicants may select up to three objectives)
Indicate whether your organization primarily serves children aged 0-5, 6-8, or both
If experiencing loss of local, state, or federal funding, describe the temporary or permanent funding gaps and how impacted operations might be sustained or supported
For multi-year funding interest: provide a high-level summary of implementation plan and explain how multi-year funding would expand impact, improve collaboration, and support network strengthening
Scoring criteria used to review proposals for this grant.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Nonprofit organizations offering high-quality early educational opportunities and programs for children and families in San Diego County. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Unspecified (nearly $5 million awarded since 2022 across multiple grants) Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.