Imagine Learning: Signature Grant Program

Overview

Purpose
Part of our overall funding and resources will be directed to the Imagine Signature Grant Program. This grant program seeks to amplify national or regional non-profit organizations’ efforts which align to the mission of ILF and meet one or more of the funding priority areas of focus identified by ILF.

2024 Funding Priority Areas of Focus
Chronic absenteeism, particularly for children experiencing homelessness, has severe consequences for learning, emotional well-being, stability, and future outcomes through a student’s life. According to the National Center for Homeless Education’s December 2023 report, over 1.2 million students identified as experiencing homelessness and approximately 52% were chronically absent during the 2021-2022 school year. 

ILF’s 2024 Imagine Signature Grant program plans to sponsor worthy initiatives looking to address vital issues concerning student housing insecurity and their basic needs along with the associated chronic absenteeism by students from their daily K-12 learning environments. While these areas are funding priorities for the 2024 grant cycle, ILF will also consider projects from eligible entities aligned with ILF’s mission and the Imagine Signature Grant program.

The Imagine Signature Grant Program will prioritize the following areas under the 2024 grant cycle:

2024 Funding Priority 

• Supporting eligible organizations who are addressing vital issues concerning student housing insecurity and their basic needs along with the associated chronic absenteeism by students from their daily K-12 learning environments. 

Other Mission-Aligned Programs 

• Supporting programs, activities or services fostering the learning well-being of youth, families, and educators outside the classroom and into the home and community environments. 

Education and Community Research 

• Studying the current impacts social, physical, mental, and emotional well-being has on accelerating student achievement across diverse communities, including students experiencing homelessness and chronic absenteeism. 

Grant Awards 
The Imagine Signature Grants Program anticipates awarding $400,000 or more in total grant awards to new and/or existing grantees with estimated grant awards, per grantee, in the range of $50,000 to $100,000. 

The application is comprised of four phases:
Phase 1: Determine Eligibility in the Ineligible Organizations and Projects Section
Phase 2: Submit Grant Application (for all eligible applicants)
Phase 3: Application Evaluation by ILF
Phase 4: Notifications and Awards (by ILF to Grantees)