Grant Submission
Teachers and staff of School District 25, thank you for your interest in applying1 for the 2025-2026 ABC/25 Karen Wessel-Barr Traditional Teacher Grant! We appreciate your efforts to bring innovation, creativity, and excellence into your classroom!
The deadline to submit your grant proposal is October 17, 2025.
Need ideas? Check out previously approved grants.
Please note, if your grant submission involves technology, it requires approval from D25 Tech before submitting.
To better understand the grant scoring process, please review our rubric. Grants are awarded through blind voting using this rubric.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your ABC/25 school representative or the ABC/25 Grant Director.
Grant applications are now CLOSED! Look out for an email from the ABC/25 Foundation’s Grant Director in November with grant decisions. Thank you for your submissions!

- If your grant is approved, the ABC/25 Foundation is requesting your help with content sharing. This can be as simple as writing a testimonial, taking a picture of what you ordered when it arrives or when it’s in use in class and sending those on to abc25grants@gmail.com, or even just tagging us on your school’s social media! ↩︎
