LIGHT Awards
  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Our Leadership
  • Projects We’ve Funded
  • What We Fund
    • Overview
    • Award Details
    • Project Criteria
    • Eligibility
  • How To Apply
    • Application Process Overview
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Project Ideas
  • News
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
Select Page

Cultivating Conversation: Increasing Student Talk in the Classroom

2024, Alameda County, Language, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

Madison Park Academy 6-12, Oakland Our project aims to transform our classrooms into spaces filled with the voices of our English language learners and newcomers (rather than teachers). With this funding, we will hire Lead by Learning (LxL) to get much more out of our...

Using Science and Social Justice to Raise Teaching Practice

2023, Marin County, STE(A)M, Middle School, Funded Projects

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, Sausalito Our project will serve teachers of students in a historically Black, disadvantaged, and low-income community facing severe environmental and social issues. This grant will fund an educational consultant skilled in the...

Our Changing Planet – Community of Practice

2023, Alameda County, Interdisciplinary, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

Maya Lin School, Alameda Wood Middle School, Alameda Island High School, Alameda We want to deepen our understanding of environmental justice, indigenous wisdom and creative practice, to better understand our world, and as educators advocate for just climate...

Equity Learning Walk

Alameda County, Social & Emotional Learning, 2022, Middle School, Funded Projects

Bancroft Middle School, San Leandro This team of middle school teachers will cultivate a transformative learning community committed to anti-racist and inclusive education for all students, staff, and families. In the first year of the grant, they will apply the...

Deeper Learning & Stronger Support for Teachers

Interdisciplinary, Alameda County, 2022, Middle School, Funded Projects

The Academy of Alameda, Alameda A team of seasoned teachers plans to foster greater passion and engagement in their classrooms by building a professional learning toolkit around Deeper Learning. By attending conferences and participating in site visits at schools with...

Operation Lesson Study

Sonoma County, 2022, STE(A)M, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

Healdsburg Junior High and High School, Healdsburg This team of middle and high school math teachers will work collaboratively to develop a seamless mathematics education for students as they grow through their community’s two secondary schools. Team members...
« Older Entries

2024

  • Cultivating our Collective Efficacy to Support Future Social Justice LeadersJune 10, 2024
  • Ecosystems of Ethnic Studies for Social Justice (ESSJ)June 10, 2024
  • Equity for SMHS Science StudentsJune 10, 2024
  • Bilingual DEI Learning through Project Based LearningJune 10, 2024
  • Inquiry to Empower Collective EfficacyJune 10, 2024
  • Cultivating Conversation: Increasing Student Talk in the ClassroomJune 10, 2024
  • Transforming Our Kinder-First Grade Literacy ProgramJune 10, 2024
  • Unlocking the Science of BiliteracyJune 10, 2024
  • Returning to our Roots: Crafting Empowering LearningJune 10, 2024

2023

  • Using Science and Social Justice to Raise Teaching Practice
  • The Power of Play
  • Raising a Community of Writers
  • Project Based Geometry and The Trades
  • PBL for Newcomers: Language Development, Engagement and Empowerment
  • Our Changing Planet – Community of Practice
  • Engaging Diverse Youth through Strong Dual Immersion

Projects by Year

2024 >
2023 >
2022 >
2021 >
2020 >
2019 >
2018 >
2017 >
2016 >
2015 >
2014 >

 IMPORTANT DATES

Sept 17, 2024 /  LOI application opens


Nov 12, 2024 at 10am PDT /  LOI application closes


Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation - seeding innovation in education

The LIGHT Awards is a program of Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation.

©2024 Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation. All rights reserved.