Grants That Make a Difference
"Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Southeastern organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. Getting the grant is only the beginning of the story. At least once a month, "Grants That Make a Difference" will profile these important grants and what their recipients are doing with them.
Wachovia recently announced that it awarded grants totaling $14.9 million to twenty-three organizations in eleven states as part of its
Wachovia Teachers and Teaching Initiative. Grant sizes ranged from $300,000 to $750,000 and will be awarded over a three-year period, pending semiannual progress reports.
Created in 2004, this initiative provides funding through the Wachovia Foundation to organizations that enhance teacher recruitment, development, support and retention with the goal of increasing student achievement.
“At Wachovia, we believe that every child is entitled to a high-quality education, said Mike Rizer, director of community relations at Wachovia. “With the Wachovia Teachers and Teaching Initiative, we can focus our giving on an area experts say is key to creating positive change in the classroom—teacher quality.”
The Wachovia Teachers and Teaching Initiative is the most recent example of Wachovia’s ongoing strong commitment to education. Under the initiative, grants are made to organizations that:
- Provide high-quality professional development opportunities and support for educators
- Create world-class learning environments that are responsive to the needs of students from diverse backgrounds
- Strengthen the infrastructure of the teaching profession through leadership and best practices by hiring and securing high-performing educators
Examples of programs and initiatives receiving grants in this round of Foundation funding include:
| A+ Education | Montgomery, Al | $750,000 |
| Board of Control for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) | Atlanta, GA | $549,000 |
| Charlotte Advocates for Education (CAE) | Charlotte, NC | $564,000 |
| Council for Educational Change (CEC) | Davie, FL | $600,000 |
| The Education Fund | North Miami, Fl | $705,000 |
| Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement-GLSI) |
Atlanta, GA | $600,000 |
| National Association of System Heads (The University System of Georgia Foundation) | Atlanta, GA | $750,000 |
| The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) | Cullowhee, NC | $750,000 |
| The Southeast Center for Teaching Quality (SCTQ) | Chapel Hill, NC | $600,000 |
| Teacher Support Network USA (TSN) | Topsail Beach, NC | $300,000 |
For a complete listing of the 2005 grantees, see http://www.wachovia.com/file/TTIGrantees.pdf.
Grantmaker Contact Information:
Grantmaker Name: Wachovia Foundation
Year Founded: 1982
Address: 301 S. College St., Ste. 2525
Charlotte, NC 28288
Phone: 704-374-4085
URL: http://www.wachovia.com/inside/page/
The selection of organizations for the "Grants that Make a Difference" is based on criteria such as programmatic interests, geographic focus, and size of funding programs to ensure the broadest possible representation of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see support for your organization featured in "Grants that Make a Difference," e-mail a detailed description of the grant, including the name and contact information of the funder and of your organization, the amount given, and how the grant made a difference. For your convenience, we have provided a template to follow. We welcome press releases in addition to, or as a substitute for, the information in the template.
Email the description or press release to
atweb@foundationcenter.org, with "Grants that Make a Difference" in the subject line.
Recipient Name:
Project Name:
Organization Mission and how it relates to the project:
Beneficiaries or Community Impact:
Funding Partner(s): (Grantmaker Names)
Grant Amount:
Recipient Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
Grantmaker Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
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