Apply for a Grant
HEF’s mission is to advance innovation and excellence in the Hingham Public Schools. We fund grants that impact students now and for years to come; grants that are scalable, enhance the HPS curriculum and elevate the student experience. We prioritize selection of grants that:
- Support the academic, social, and emotional health of our students through fun and engaging learning experiences
- Support and enable teachers through targeted, high impact and scalable grants
Grants applications are open from March 27 through April 24, 2023.
Timeline
- Applications Open: March 27, 2023
- Application Due Date: April 24, 2023
- Notification: Week of May 15, 2023
Awards: Funds for all grants will be available by mid-June
Who Can Apply
Hingham Public School teachers, school administrators or other staff. While we will always accept individual teacher/staff grant requests, we encourage HPS staff members to consider submitting group requests so that funds raised by HEF might impact as many students as possible. A “group” grant can be submitted by a school, department, grade level or team and should ideally benefit a large number of students, not just the students of one particular teacher.
Criteria
Grant applications are reviewed by the Hingham Education Board of Trustees using the following Grant Rubric.
Sample Grant Questions
- What are you requesting funding for?
- Please describe your grant request
- How much funding are you seeking? Reminder: please include all batteries, shipping, copying or other supporting expenses in your request. Funding estimates must provide detail. Rough estimates are not accepted. You will be given an opportunity to upload supporting documents further into this application if needed.
- Would partial funding of this grant be possible? For example, funding 1/2 of the items requested.
- Is there any other information you would like to provide the Hingham Education Foundation in consideration for this grant?
- Please provide supporting documentation. Links are not accepted. PDF is preferred.
Additional FAQs
Complete a Grant Application
Complete a grant application. The application is easy to use and provides the HEF Board an instant delivery of your grant request. It also allows for the option to provide attachments that support your grant request.
Receipt of your application will be acknowledged by email when you submit your application.
When can I obtain a grant application?
The grant application will be available on this site March 27, 2023.
Who should I contact with questions?
Please contact grants@hinghameducation.org with questions about the HEF grants process. Each of the Hingham Public Schools has a direct grant liaison on the HEF Board should you want to direct your inquiry to them.
- HHS: Jenny Packard
- HMS: Ally Donnelly
- East: Aimee Sargent
- Foster: Katie Keenan
- PRS: Christian Stone
- South: Caroline Harb