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Classroom Grants

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Murray Education Foundation’s (MEF) Classroom Grants program, leverages MEF’s fundraising power to provide teachers with grant funding they can use to innovate and inspire students to new heights.

2026 Key Details

 

  • All Murray teachers will receive email notification on or just before August 1 signaling the beginning of the grant submission period (August 1 to August 31).
  • They must be received by midnight on August 31 (no exceptions – please apply early).
  • Available funds are currently set at $500 per Murray licensed educator, per year.
  • Occasionally, the committee has approved expanded funding of $1500-2000 for multiple teachers combining on a more expansive request.
  • While this is a competitive process with limited funding, and strict criteria, MEF has granted more than 95% of all requests in recent years.
  • Award notifications go out in the first or second week in September.
  • In 2025 MEF awarded 140 grants totaling nearly $90,000.
  • Over the years, MEF has awarded nearly $600,000 in grants.
  • Proceeds for the Classroom Grants program comes from generous sponsorships and donations from the MEF Annual Golf Tournament, Pinnacle Awards, and Pickleball Tournament. 
  • MEF also encourages teachers to leverage the power of Donor’s Choose, an online fundraising platform that can help supplement, add to, or replace funding from the MEF program.
  • Contact Doug Perry, MEF Executive Director, at dperry@murrayschools.org if you have any questions.

Go here to review grant program guidelines and selection process to learn more.

Stories are Powerful

MEF loves sharing how you use these funds to inspire parents and donors. We will be in touch (usually in the Winter) to start collecting pictures and videos of your use of the grants. These tell powerful stories and help us report back to donors and ideally receive renewed or new funding support (money) for next year!