NCUST Award Excellent Urban Schools

National Center for Urban School Transformation Excellence in Education Award Criteria

The NCUST Excellence in Education Award was established exclusively to recognize public schools or public charter schools serving urban communities. To help urban school districts and their partners transform urban schools into places where all students achieve academic proficiency, evidence a love of learning, and graduate well prepared to succeed in post-secondary education, the workplace, and their communities.

Eligibility Criteria
The district where the school is located must serve a city with a population of at least 50,000. At least 50 percent of the school's students must meet the eligibility criteria for the federal free- or reduced-price lunch program. Secondary schools, however, may be considered if at least 50 percent of the students meet the federal criteria in two-thirds of the elementary schools that feed into the secondary school. To be considered for an Excellence in Education Award, a school may not have any selective admissions criteria. A school must have met AYP performance goals for all student subgroups for the previous two academic years.
> edweb.sdsu.edu/ncust/awards/criteria.html

Broad Foundation Grants

The Broad Foundation proactively seeks out investments in its areas of interest and invites potential grantees to apply. We are continually on the lookout for urban school districts and organizations doing exemplary work that aligns with our mission, which is to dramatically improve urban K-12 public education through better governance, management, labor relations and competition. Our proactive approach enables us to identify organizations and individuals that are aligned with our strategy and have a high potential to make a significant impact in K-12 urban education.

Unsolicited proposals are rarely funded. However, interested organizations may send a one- or two-page letter of inquiry describing your project, organization, estimated project cost and a preliminary request for funding to grants@broadfoundation.org. While the Foundation will not acknowledge receipt of these unsolicited letters of inquiry, if we would like more information, we will contact you within four weeks of receipt.

The Broad Foundation awards grants to nonprofit, public, charitable organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Typically, we make grant investments in:
– The 100 largest urban school districts in the United States that serve significant percentages of low-income and minority students. For a complete list of eligible school districts, please visit our website:
> www.broadfoundation.org/funding/eligible.shtml
> www.broadfoundation.org/funding/BroadFoundationGranteeGuide.pdf (PDF)
> www.broadfoundation.org/funding/index.shtml