What if you could design the professional learning of your dreams?
We honor and inspire great teachers—like you—by funding a professional learning project of your own design.
Driven By Teachers
You and your team — a group of teachers — are invited to apply for LIGHT Awards funds. Our grants (of up to $30,000 over 2 years) can be used to support your growth as teachers, your effectiveness as educators, and your ability to inspire and mentor students.
Are you eligible?
project team of 3-6 experienced teachers
elementary, middle or high school
public or charter school
private school if 50% students from low income families
in one of the California counties shown
Click or touch interactive map to see awards by county.

Sonoma County
2 PROJECTS
Napa County
no projects yet
Yolo County
4 PROJECTS
San Joaquin County
8 PROJECTS
San Mateo County
10 PROJECTS
Alameda County
35 PROJECTS
San Francisco
18 PROJECTS
Santa Clara County
21 PROJECTS
Santa Cruz County
1 PROJECT
Sacramento County
no projects yet
Solano County
no projects yet
Contra Costa County
4 PROJECTS
Marin County
2 PROJECT
San Benito County
no projects yet
Monterey County
2 PROJECTS
What we fund
Train
with experts
Create
a learning community
Build
new tools
Imagine
your own innovation
Get the professional learning of your dreams
(We'll let you know when applications are open.)