Apply for a Reinvention by Community Grant

Reinvention by Community Fund

Thank you for your commitment to creating more equitable schools to better prepare students for the 21st Century. Below you’ll find a set of questions to give us a window into your idea. At the end, you’ll see a place to upload any additional artifacts, resources, or details that you’d like to share.

Please keep in mind:

Proposals must be aligned with at least one of the Building Blocks for Learning
Proposals must be equitable, aligned, achievable, systemic, and scalable
Proposals must be from schools and organizations serving one or more of the target zip codes – 63106, 63107, 63112, 63113, 63115, 63147

2022 Reinvention by Community Grant Application

Name of project's point of contact
First Last
Role of project point of contact
Email of project's point of contact
What school community or organization is this idea a part of? (if not part of existing entity, say that)
Names and roles of other team members (if applicable)
What is the need that your idea/initiative aims to address?
Describe your idea/initiative that you want supported (Please provide enough detail that we can understand what it will look like in action. Let us know if this is something underway or new)
What would success look like for your project? How would you know? If you are requesting technology as part of this grant, please share more about the type of learning experiences your students will engage in with that technology and how you are thinking about the student-level outcomes it should support.
How does this project consider equity and account for the needs of those most underserved during this time?
What gives you confidence that you can execute this idea in the coming year? What challenges are you worried about?
How will you capture and share what you're doing in a way that can help educations and families in the broader St. Louis community? (note: we are asking that any ideas we support for with this grant be "open-source" and easily made available to others to amplify the impact)
How much are you asking for?
- $2,500
- $5,000
- $7,500
What are you using the money for? (Give a quick budget breakdown or the items and costs)
Anything else you want to share?
Upload any supporting artifacts or information you would like us to have.
Drop files here or
Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, Max. file size: 50 MB.

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