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Educator Grants

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Congrats to all the 2026 Deborah Prinz Educator Grant recipients. Achieve funded 14 projects totaling $23,606 across the SOMSD this winter.

See a list of 2026 Prinz Grants

Fall 2025 Grants

In October, Achieve awarded $61,912 for 41 projects across the District.

 

See a List of Fall ’25 Grants

 

A direct funding campaign added another $4,700 in community support to that funding.

 

 

Deborah Prinz Grants

Achieve awarded $24,903 for 18 projects across the District in February 2025.

 

View Winter 2025 Grants

 

 

Fall 2024 Grants

In October, Achieve awarded $49,890 for 32 projects across the District.

 

See a List of Fall ’24 Grants

 

A direct funding campaign added an additional $8,345 to that funding.

 

 

Educator Grants by the Numbers

$83,138

50 grants awarded during the 2024-2025 school year

$1,718,133

1,296 grants awarded 1999-June 30, 2025

Winter 2024 Deborah Prinz Grants

Achieve awarded $80,575 (a record for a single round of funding) for 36 innovative projects in February.

See the complete list of funded grants here.

Fall 2023 Grants

Achieve awarded nearly $31,000 in funding for 22 innovative projects in October 2023.

See the complete list of funded grants here.

Grants in Action
Winter 2023

Achieve was proud to award over $37,000 in funding for 15 inspirational projects.

See the complete list of funded grants here. This round of grants was named in honor of program founder Deborah Prinz upon her retirement from the organization in 2018, and focuses on grants that impact an entire grade level, school population, or academic discipline.

Grants in Action
Fall 2022

Congratulations to the 34 teachers and teams of educators approved for funding.

A complete list of grant awards can be seen here.

Over $77,400 provided to SOMSD faculty in Fall 2022 after direct funding.

After Achieve awarded $65,000 for grants, the community was invited to increase the amount awarded to partially-funded projects. Thanks to our generous community, all five grants that were open for additional support were fully funded this fall.