Innovative
Grants
Have an innovative idea that will help your students soar?
Innovative Grant Priorities
HEF funds projects that:
- Are innovative and creative
- Have specific measurable outcomes
- Will target needs of challenged students
- Include unique ways of using technology and 21st century learning
- Focus on increasing achievement and self-efficacy of all students
Application Requirements
All applicants must schedule a grant consult with HEF Program Officer Erin Daniel prior to applying. Applications will not be accepted from applicants who do not complete the grant consult. Contact Erin at edaniel@henricogives.org to schedule your consult or if you have questions about HEF’s grant program. Applications should reflect school and district instructional goals.
Applicants must be full-time HCPS staff members. We do not accept applications from organizations outside of HCPS.
Awarded Innovative Grants
To learn more about these innovative grants and see photos, click on the links:
Elementary Schools:
- English Proficiency Popup - Nuckols Farm
- Building, Birding and SOARing in Science - Varina
- What's Cooking? - Colonial Trail
- Camp 3401 - Harvie
- The Music Lab - Science of Sound Exploration - Seven Pines
- First Readers' Club - Arthur R. Ashe Jr.
- Ready for School! - Holladay
- Cougars with Charisma - Carver
- Outside Inclusive Garden - Gayton
- Cultivating Leaders, Life Readiness and Love in our Community Garden - Pinchbeck
Middle Schools:
- The Spark: Innovation Studio - John Rolfe
- Cornerstone Cultivators - Fairfield
- Silent Disco: Can You Hear the Sound of Silence? - Hungary Creek
- Middle School eSports Connection - Brookland, Fairfield, and Tuckahoe
- Treat Train Helping Hands Program - Tuckahoe
- Making the Makerspace an Equitable Experience for All - Tuckahoe
- Cornerstone Farm: A Context for Authentic Learning - Fairfield
- Journalism Journey - Elko Middle
- Equitable Communication & Inclusion for the Quioccasin Hispanic Community - Quioccasin
High Schools:
- All Star Inclusive Cheer Team - Glen Allen
- Active Minds: Student-led Mental Health Advocacy Clubs - All High Schools
- Multilingual Learner Mavs United - Freeman
- Wildcat Den - Deep Run
- Soccer Learning Academy - J.R. Tucker
Other schools/departments:
Effective grants include a great idea, money to support it, a step-by-step implementation process and final outcomes—a proven formula for success!
Awarded Grants
Is my idea grant-worthy?
Some questions to consider:
- What specific problem(s) will my grant project address?
- What data do I have (or can obtain) that shows this is a problem?
- What makes my project innovative?
- How many students will be impacted?
- As a result of the project, what outcomes do I hope to achieve?
- What will be included in the project budget?