Grants for Museum Tours
Teachers and administrators looking for funding a visit from the International Printing Museum’s Ben Franklin Colonial Assembly, or your school’s field trip to the Printing Museum itself, which are State approved curriculum presentations should check these two sources. Target Corporation and Fedco / Charitable Foundation are offering easy to apply funding / grants for just this purpose.
School Grants
We know of two organizations that provide easy to apply online grants for schools visiting the International Printing Museum or to have the Printing Museum’s assembly visit your school. These organizations are Target Corporation and the Fedco Charitable Foundation.
Target School Grants
- Target has the policy of giving 5% of their income to the community in the form of school grants.
- Each Target store will award 3 field trip grants worth up to $700.
- For more information Google “Target School Grants” or go to the Target Field Trip Grants website.
Fedco Teacher Grants
- The Fedco Charitable Foundation provides grants to schools in communities where Fedco operates, namely: K-12 public school and charter school teachers in Los Angeles County of Education schools, Los Angeles, ABC, Culver City, Norwalk-LA Mirada, and Pasadena Unified school districts.
- Grants range from $500 to $1000.
- Grants can be used for museum tours at the International Printing Museum.
- For more information Google “Fedco Teacher Grants” or visit Calfund.org.