Grant Applications
JEF regularly offers funding for various types of grant proposals that ideally demonstrate creativity and innovation in education, target a significant number of Jamestown youth, and can be sustained after the funding period is completed. Grants from JEF are not intended to fund programs that are included as part of the school budget or provide retroactive funding for an existing project.
Anyone can apply for a JEF grant by simply going to the applicable application.
JEF regularly offers funding for various types of grant proposals that ideally demonstrate creativity and innovation in education, target a significant number of Jamestown youth, and can be sustained after the funding period is completed. Grants from JEF are not intended to fund programs that are included as part of the school budget or provide retroactive funding for an existing project.
Anyone can apply for a JEF grant by simply going to the applicable application.
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Types of Grants Available
Makerspace Room at Melrose School
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Annual Enrichment Grants Annual Enrichment Grants are awarded each spring to educators and community members who apply for funding to support programs that demonstrate creativity and innovation in education. 2017 Annual Enrichment Grant applications are open. All applications are due by 5:00 on Friday, May 3rd, 2019. Recipients will be announced Friday, June 14th, 2019. Please click here to download the application. Click here for a listing of previous years 2016 Annual Enrichment Grant recipients |
Rozilla Project Presentation
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Rolling (mini) Grants
Rolling Grants are awarded on a rolling basis throughout the year, and are typically for projects with budgets under $1,000. Apply here |
Who may apply?
Previous grant recipients have included funding:
- Faculty and administrators of Jamestown Schools, parents, students and community members may apply for funding in support of enrichment projects that benefit Jamestown youth.
- Applications may be made by individuals or by groups.
Previous grant recipients have included funding:
- Author visits to the schools
- Lego programs at the public library
- Creation of a greenhouse shared by both schools
- Addition of a vermiposting curriculum for 4th graders
- Junior Achievement activities at Melrose School
- Support for installation of the KIDSRock climbing boulders at Lawn School
- Participation in a Monarch Butterfly tagging project
- Equipment upgrades for the Osprey Cam run by the Conanicut Island Rapture Project (CIRP)
- Continued support for the Rolling Agenda project for creation of a tribal council ring on school grounds to honor the heritage of the Narragansett Indians prior use of that land