Grants are offered in $1,000 increments, but with fees and other costs, teachers will receive $800 worth of materials, Colorado Department of Education spokesman Jeremy Meyer said.
The grant application opened Thursday morning, Aug. 24, 2023 and will award educators on a first-come, first-served basis. The application will remain open until the end of September, but the state education department anticipates all funds will be spoken for long before then, Meyer said.
To apply, teachers can visit DonorsChoose and detail the kinds of supplies they’re seeking. The nonprofit, which has funded close to 30,000 projects and supported nearly 11,000 teachers in Colorado with about $17 million since 2000, will vet the proposals and fund qualifying projects within two to five days, shipping the materials to each educator’s school.