Field Trip Grants

The Field Trip Grant Program funds and provides transportation for field trips that send thousands of students to engage with community organizations. PEF allocates a field trip budget to each PUSD school annually.

Geographic Scope: Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), including Altadena and Sierra Madre

Funding Volume:

• Approximately 300 field trips funded annually
• Thousands of students served
• Open year-round (rolling applications)

Eligible Destinations/Partners:

• Aquariums
• Performing and visual arts institutions
• Nature centers
• Science centers
• Museums (e.g., Natural History Museum)
• Other community cultural, scientific, and historical resources in Pasadena area and surrounding communities

Eligible Applicants:

• PUSD teachers
• PUSD principals
• PUSD schools

Educational Value:

• Recognized as important moments in learning
• Provide shared social experiences
• Allow students to encounter and explore novel things in authentic settings
• Enrich and expand curriculum
• Strengthen observation skills through immersive sensory activities
• Increase knowledge in particular subject areas
• Expand student awareness of their community
• Produce questions and answers that shape children's futures
• Bridge gap between education and hands-on experience
• Teach that learning takes place in many places
• Make subjects more relevant and connect content areas to real experiences

Contact:

• Phone: 626-396-3625
• Email: pef@pasedfoundation.org
• Address: 351 South Hudson Ave, Room 153, Pasadena, CA 91101

How to Apply

Application Options:

1. Apply online at provided grant portal/website
2. Download and submit PDF application form

Process:

1. Teachers/principals complete application
2. Include field trip details (destination, date, number of students, educational objectives)
3. Submit application
4. PEF reviews and approves eligible requests
5. Transportation and funding provided upon approval

Required Information:

• School and classroom information
• Teacher/principal name
• Destination and date of field trip
• Number of students attending
• Educational objectives and curriculum connection
• Cost and transportation needs

Application Materials:

• Grant application form (available online or as PDF download)

Rolling Application: Applications accepted year-round with rolling approval