We’ve just awarded 10 new grants across the globe
Click on each picture below to see how our grants have helped these Montessori programs reach under-resourced children across the globe
Three times each year, our grant committee reviews all the completed grant applications we’ve received during the previous several months. It’s a multistep process that requires detailed study by board members and our volunteer liaisons. We want to be sure our grants are transformative and sustainable.
Board members review one or more applications, noting their questions and concerns. Then our volunteer liaisons review the applications, taking into account the board member issues. Our carefully trained liaisons reach out to the grant applicants to learn more about the Montessori initiative. This is a deep dive in which the liaisons gain significant insight into the community, the families and the school needs. They gather a myriad of details about the world about this initiative resides. The liaisons bring this knowledge to our combined board and liaison evaluation meeting.
Our evaluation meetings are intense as we seek to identify those applicants that will be most sustainable and where our grants will be transformable. We always have more worthy applications than available funding. It’s challenging, emotional, and both exhilarating and saddening. When this meeting ends, board members serving on the grant committee make the final determination as to which applicants will receive a grant and for how much. Their decision is based on all the liaisons’ deep research and discussions points.
Sharing what she's found outdoors - Crescent Islamic Montessori School
Practicing Montessori pedagogy by doing - Montessori Foundation of Ghana
Exploring the out-of-doors - Harrington Elementary Children's House
Building my first pink tower - Hilltop Montessori School
Learning to care for animals - Isla Montessori School, Northern Mariana Islands
Teachers in training, Annly and Maria, at Keila Montessori MTÜ
Practicing sandpaper letters - Montessori Head Start - Premier Academy
Introducing a new concept - TRESMA, Trilingual Elementary Montessori School of Madagascar
Practicing pouring liquids - Salado Montessori
Meeting friends from the outdoors - the Sundrop School
Every donation is tax deductible.
Giving to Montessori Global Growth Fund (MGGF) enables us send Montessori materials, train teachers, and build school capacity in under-resourced communities.
Grants awarded by MGGF have helped under-resourced communities build a future for their children. We believe every child deserves a child-centered education. Through our grants we have helped Montessori initiatives in cities, villages, and even desolate pastoral communities across the globe.
Explore our website to learn about grants that have helped to acquire Montessori furnishings and materials for The Sundrop School , or to train Monessori teachers for Keila Montessori, in Keila, Estonia
All these grants have aided marginalized communities build strong educational foundations for their students.
What does MGGF do?
Our mission is to “Free the Child’s Infinite Potential” by funding Montessori initiatives in under-resourced communities anywhere in the world. We’ve made recent grants in the U.S., East Africa, and Europe.
Our vision is “To realize Dr. Maria Montessori’s vision of world peace, one community at a time.”
What Montessori initiatives will MGGF fund?
We will give a grant to an under-resourced community to:
Train Montessori teachers
Build Montessori school capacity. We’ll help construct classrooms, school gardens or add support facilities, such as kitchens or toileting facilities.
Help acquire or craft authentic Montessori classroom materials,
Who pays for these grants?
Donors - just like you. We seek financial support from anyone who cares about children and wants all children to have an opportunity to thrive and learn. Every donation whether large or small is put to use to fulfill our Mission and Vision..
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