Grant Writing Committee

The Grant Writing Committee is a sub-committee of the Board that works collaboratively with the Board, school administrators, teachers, staff, parents and the Parent-Teacher Organization to investigate, identify and assist in the submission of grant applications for projects aligned with the mission and vision of Ben Franklin Academy.

BFA has been awarded the Colorado Department of Education Charter School Startup and Year 2 Implementation Grants to assist in the acquisition of materials supporting academic achievement, curriculum, professional development, technology and equipment and furnishings.

BFA was also awarded a Target Art and Culture in Schools for the BFA’s after-school Lego Science of Sound project.  This grant provided the school with $2,000 to purchase materials for an after-school enrichment workshop using Legos to study the science of sound.  During this five-week workshop, participating third graders meet twice a week to explore all aspects of sound, which they are studying in the Core Knowledge Sequence.  They will reinforce what they have learned in class about the relationship between vibrations and sound and what pitch is and how it can be changed.  The culmination of the workshop is when the students design their own musical instrument that plays at least three different pitches out of Legos to demonstrate the aspects of sound they have studied. 

Additionally, the Kinder Morgan Foundation recently awarded BFA $1,000 to support its Moving Students into the Future: Mobile Science and Math Technology Labs project.  These funds were used to purchase Apple® iPad science and mathematics applications that are used by students of all grade levels.

Moreover, BFA has been awarded “employee volunteer” grants from Qwest (nowCenturyLink), Farmers Insurance and Bank of America.  These generous employers and others offer grants to non-profits such as BFA, to which their employees volunteer time.   If you have any questions regarding whether your employer offers any potential grants, contact
your Human Resources Department or send an email to grants@bfacademy.org.  Such “employee volunteer” grants are separate from employer matching programs for employee financial donations and submitted through the PTO.  Please see the PTO's web page for additional details.

If you want to get involved with BFA’s grant team or have any questions regarding any grant opportunities, please email the grant team at grants@bfacademy.org.

BFA thanks all of the foundations and organizations that have provided funding to the school’s great projects.  Specifically, the BFA community thanks the CDE,Target Corporation, Kinder Morgan Foundation,Qwest (nowCenturyLink),Farmers Insurance and Bank of America.