Stokes County Education Foundation

About the Foundation

The Stokes County Education Foundation (SCEF), a fund of the Shallow Ford Foundation, is dedicated to enhancing public education in Stokes County by offering resources and support beyond traditional funding through classroom grants. It operates on the belief that every student deserves access to tools and experiences that ensure success in school, career, and life.

Impact

Community support enables the SCEF to fund programs that create lasting educational impact:

• Classroom Innovation: Tools and materials that spark creativity, critical thinking, and achievement.
• Student Enrichment: Programs that encourage leadership, imagination, and lifelong learning.
• Timely Resources: Technology and materials that keep classrooms current and effective.

By connecting community generosity with educational needs, the SCEF aims to help every student achieve their full potential.

In this first year, the application is intentionally open to all educators, and with some parameters in place, the canvas is wide and blank for you to share the creative ways you hope to enrich and engage students.

To set the stage, these grants are specifically designed to provide the tools, materials, equipment, and other resources that will allow you to deliver a creative, student-engaging, and life-relevant instructional project. All expenses should be directly and clearly linked to an instructional plan. Classroom environment upgrades such as furniture, motivational or other décor, or computers and routine classroom supplies are not in the scope of this grant opportunity.

Individual Applications

Must be completed by one teacher who will implement the project, though students beyond your classroom or subject may benefit. Individual Applications may be awarded a maximum of $2,000.

Collaborative Application

‍‍Designed for two or more teachers who choose to actively work together to plan, implement, and evaluate a project. It may be cross-curricular in nature or delivered to whole grades, schools, or district-wide academic departments. All teachers listed in a Collaborative Application should be part of the project’s development. Collaborative Applications may be awarded a maximum of $4,000.

You will also have the chance to provide supplemental materials such as videos, case studies, or other attachments that illustrate your goals.

*Greg Keener, Program Officer, may contact you during the review period with any questions or clarifications on your application.

Principal Sign-off

Applications must be reviewed by all applicants’ principal(s), and principal awareness will be confirmed as part of the application process. Be sure to submit the application early enough to also allow principals time to affirm awareness, which must be completed by the application deadline. Applications without principal sign-off will not be evaluated. No exceptions.

Key Dates

Applications open: Monday, August 3, 2026 | Application deadline: Friday, October 2, 2026