EALA New Champions Fund 2025 (Up To $35,000 unrestricted Grant)

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The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is excited to launch our 2025 New Champions Fund opportunity! Applications will be open from April 1st to April 30th, 2025. The EALA New Champions Fund is an annual unrestricted competitive sub-grant and year-long mentorship to support leaders of color or allies of access and inclusion in education, who are actively working to support students with disabilities, including students who are marginalized or come from underserved communities, and those experiencing poverty.

The purpose of this sub-grant is to elevate the profile and provide resources for the growth of the organization/initiative of not-yet-recognized leaders doing exceptional work who may struggle to be recognized in traditional national fundraising and communication efforts.

EALA New Champions Fund Benefits

Funding: A one-year $35,000 unrestricted sub-grant.
Mentorship: A one-year mentorship is provided to leadership to accomplish strategic goals.
New Champions Retreat: This in-person event, planned for late June 2025, will bring together current and former New Champions to launch the mentorship program and collaborate on strategic goals.
Participation in National Events: EALA will work with the New Champions to spotlight their work through various media channels, podcasts, webinars, and national conferences to highlight the work of the organizations.

Additionally, EALA will provide three additional $5,000 sub-grants per year to runners-up as determined by the panel of New Champions judges.

Eligibility Criteria

The purpose of this sub-grant is to elevate the work and profile of not-yet-recognized leaders doing exceptional work who may struggle to be recognized in traditional national fundraising efforts.

With this sub-grant, we are looking to identify and fund a “New Champion” in education. To us, this means we are looking for someone who is a:

leader(s) of community-based organizations (CBOs), schools and districts, non-profits, or for-profit organizations that are under $2 million in annual revenue*;
leader(s) of color or allies of access and inclusion in education;
actively working to support students with disabilities, including students who are marginalized or come from underserved communities and those experiencing poverty.

*for-profit organizations able to take contributions from non-profit organizations