Don Quixote Fellowship (Follow Your Dream Fellowship)
Funding Amount
Up to $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Other requirements
- Fellows of The Academy for Teachers
- Teachers at all levels (projects need not be related to classroom practice)
Overview
Don Quixote Fellowship
The Don Quixote Fellowships supports idealistic, romantic, creative, impractical, and adventurous projects born of teachers' passions.
Eligibility:
- Fellows of The Academy for Teachers
- Teachers at all levels (projects need not be related to classroom practice)
Project Focus:
- Projects can be related to classroom practice or personal creative pursuits
- Examples include a science teacher studying Inuit poetry in Alaska or a pre-K teacher carving a fifteen-foot marble sculpture
- The Academy is looking for applicants who use ingenuity in planning an original experience
Geographic Scope: Based in New York, US (The Academy for Teachers is located in NY)
Contact:
- The Academy for Teachers
- 178 Columbus Avenue, PO Box 231167
- New York, NY 10023
- info@academyforteachers.org
- 929-238-0187
What The Academy for Teachers Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2019 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
The Academy for Teachers Inc reported $13K in grants for 2023 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2019, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2019
- 1
- Total given
- $15K
- Median grant
- $15K
- By dollars: Vermont 100%. Top recipient cities: Middlebury, VT.
Example grants
Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT
BL Scholarships
$15K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Teachers
- Arts
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