"Bright Ideas" Grants (Mini-Grants)
Funding Amount
Varies (First semester 2014-15: over $23,000 invested)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Twice a year
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Semi-annual awards (First semester and Second semester cycles)”
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- Not eligible: Focus Areas: Special classroom projects and educational initiatives not supported through existing budgets
Overview
"Bright Ideas" Grants Program
Geographic Scope: Brevard County, Florida - Brevard Public Schools
Program Description: Mini-grant program that provides funding for classroom teachers and school projects. The foundation invests approximately $23,000+ per semester in these grants.
Focus Areas: Special classroom projects and educational initiatives not supported through existing budgets
Eligibility: Teachers in Brevard Public Schools
Key Information:
- Funded by multiple sponsors including SunTrust Foundation, Merritt Island Breakfast Rotary, Harris Foundation, Northrop Grumman, Jacobs Technology, Health First, Ambika and Ravi Palaniyandi, Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, and License for Learning specialty tags
- Semi-annual awards (First semester and Second semester cycles)
- Awards support special projects not covered by regular school budgets
Contact Information:
- Brevard Schools Foundation
- 2700 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, FL 32940
- Phone: (321) 633-1000 ext. 11756
- Email: info.bsf@brevardschools.org
What Brevard Schools Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 1
- Total given
- $1.83M
- Median grant
- $1.83M
- By dollars: Florida 100%. Top recipient cities: Melbourne, FL.
Example grants
School Board of Brevard County FL · Melbourne, FL
Support brev schools
$1.83M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Teachers
- K-12 schools
- Education
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