School Start-up Grants
2024 applications are closed.
Start-up grants are designed to ensure that every Black Teacher Leader has sufficient capital to launch their microschool and begin from a place of abundance.
We want educators to feel secure, knowing that if they do their part, funding will be waiting for them, without the need to work multiple jobs or undercompensate themselves during the first year of operation.
Grant Programs
Building A Community of Trust and Practice
When we engage in well-constructed, engaging, and relevant professional learning, we refine our practice and we amplify our impact in the organization.
The Black Wildflowers Fund is also a community-engaged organization; therefore, ongoing learning is our professional responsibility. Whenever possible, it should be differentiated by role, experience, and other needs. Learning is an active process, it is not done to you. It is the intersection of giving and receiving.
Professional learning offers experiences for us to deepen our awareness of self and others; teaches us new skills, strategies, and content; builds capacity; ensures our practices are current, and creates a space for collaboration and problem-solving.
Each February, we will hold an in person community gathering for all grant awardees and Black Teacher Leaders within the Wildflower network. We will also host a number of virtual events, and foster connections between everyone in the community, so they have the support they need.
Building A Community of Trust and Practice
Building A Community of Resistance
Professional learning offers experiences to deepen our awareness of self and others; teaches us new skills, strategies, and content; builds capacity; ensures our practices are current, and creates a space for collaboration and problem-solving.
Each February, we hold an in-person community gathering for all grantees and Black school founders within the Wildflower network. We also host virtual events and Fireside Chats to foster connections so they have the support they need.
When we engage in well-constructed, engaging, and relevant professional learning, we refine our practice and we amplify our impact in the organization.
The Black Wildflowers Fund is also a community-engaged organization; therefore, ongoing learning is our professional responsibility. Whenever possible, it should be differentiated by role, experience, and other needs. Learning is an active process, it is not done to you. It is the intersection of giving and receiving.
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Montessori Credential Grants for Black Educators
2025 applications are now open.
To invest in the future of Black leadership, we will provide grants to Black educators pursuing Montessori training through MACTE-accredited programs.
Our goal is to train and foster communities of practice for 60+ Black Montessori educators over the next three years.
Ignite School Innovation and Sustainability Grant
2024 applications are now closed.
After schools open, systemic inequities continue to take a greater toll on Black school leaders than their white counterparts.
To combat this, we will offer “just-in-time” microgrants for Black-led microschools that need assistance overcoming unforeseen financial or legal challenges. Funding will also be available to support new innovative school projects.
