Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award
Funding Amount
$5,000 per educator + $2,500 for school
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Geography
- In the New York metropolitan area
Other requirements
- Must demonstrate passion, creativity, and dedication to teaching economics
- Teaching economics, business, finance, or related subjects
Overview
Funder: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in partnership with Council for Economic Education
Focus: Honors visionary K-12 educators in the New York metropolitan area who inspire students through passion, creativity, and dedication to teaching economics and financial literacy.
Geographic Scope: New York metropolitan area
Award Components:
- Individual cash prize: $5,000 per award winner
- School grant: $2,500 for the school to support economic education
- Professional development: Admission to CEE's Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference
- Recognition: Recognition at CEE's Visionary Awards Benefit
Eligibility:
- K-12 educators in the New York metropolitan area
- Must demonstrate passion, creativity, and dedication to teaching economics
- Teaching economics, business, finance, or related subjects
Contact:
- Council for Economic Education
- 122 East 42nd Street, Suite 1012
- New York, NY 10168
- Phone: 212-827-3600
- Email: press@councilforeconed.org
What Council for Economic Education actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 11
- Total given
- $189K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $7,100–$56K
- By dollars: North Carolina 30%, Oklahoma 16%, Nebraska 13%. Top recipient cities: Raleigh, NC; Edmond, OK; Lincoln, NE.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 36% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
North Carolina Council on Economic Education · Raleigh, NC
Education - professional development
$56K
Oklahoma Council on Economic Education · Edmond, OK
Education - professional development
$29K
Nebraska Council on Economic Education · Lincoln, NE
Education - professional development
$25K
Northern Arizona University Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ
Education - professional development
$17K
Montana Council on Economic Education · Helena, MT
Education - professional development
$11K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Teachers
- Education
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