Jordan Fundamentals accepts applications from Middle and High School (Secondary) Educators. If you have reviewed the Guidelines for completing an application, please go to the Apply Now page and begin the registration process. (Please note: you will not be able to begin the application unless you have successfully registered). The Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program application must be completed online.

You will be required to complete the eligibility quiz on the Apply Now page to determine which application (Innovation or Inspiration) you should complete. You are eligible for an Inspiration Grant if you have been a past recipient of a Jordan Fundamentals Grant and wish to expand the project to multiple classrooms. If you have never been a Jordan Fundamentals recipient, you are only eligible to apply for an Innovation Grant.

Applicants must be public school educators in Middle and High Schools (grades 6-12). We will consider applications from 6th grade teachers even if they are in a K-8 school setting or an Elementary school. We will no longer be providing funds to programs focused on Kindergarten through Fifth grade.

Jordan Fundamentals will consider grants in communities where the Jordan Brand or Nike, Inc. has a significant presence.

At least 50% of the school's student population must be eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program at the time of application.

Please review the Guidelines and FAQ pages carefully before attempting to apply to Jordan Fundamentals.




To be successful, the proposed project should incorporate a number of critical components:

• Address one or more of the grant Program Objectives
• Address specific student needs
• Will connect to and rely on at least one specific Jordan Brand Truth as its guiding principle
• An innovative program may be unique in how it uses or combines resources. It may discover something new about "the problem" or "population". An innovative program may also be new to the community or regions it serves or an incremental improvement in an accepted practice.

To be successful, the proposed project must address at least one of the Program Objectives:
Applicants must develop and implement an educational approach that supports improved student academic achievement and/or social/emotional/behavioral interventions. Proposals may attempt to do this through any of the following program objectives:

• student engagement
• student - teacher relationships
• building the capacity of teachers

To be successful, the proposed project must address specific student needs:

Proposals should reflect appropriate needs of students as they relate to the community in which the school exists and be focused on filling gaps in educational access for the same student population.

To be successful, the proposed project must provide evidence of being effective, scaleable, and sustainable.


To be successful, the proposed project must connect explicitly to the Jordan Brand Truths:

Those who hunger to be more than expected share a common set of beliefs, four core truths that are the mark of respected leaders compelling them to work harder, reach higher, demand the best.

Jordan Fundamentals believes that educators are at the critical intersection of a child's life where they can not allow a student to accept mediocrity and the impact of circumstances of the community in which they live or as an educator, they can offer their students an opportunity to be authentic, uncompromised, earned and aspirational. Please consider how the vision behind your proposal and/or the curriculum your project intends to implement will convey the Core Truths.


Indicators of Social Change

You will be asked to identify which Shifts you intend to make through the impact of your funded proposal:

• Maintaining earlier progress
  (Recover earlier accomplishments or maintain current achievements)
• Shifts in critical mass and engagement
  (Project is able to bring large number of students/community closer to topic of project)
• Shifts in definition and reframing of issues
  (Students/community thinks differently about the problem that the project seeks to impact)
• Shifts in individual and community behavior
  (Students/community behaves differently about the problem that the project seeks to impact)

 


Proposals must be completed online and submitted prior to the posted deadline. Once a proposal is submitted, it is not considered proprietary property and applicant releases Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program from all obligations.

Grant funds may be used for project-related expenses, e.g., materials, supplies, equipment, transportation, software and other items required to implement and evaluate the project.

Funds may not be used to supplant expenditures that are the normal responsibility of the school district (e.g. salaries).

Recipients for all levels of grants are required to file a mid-year and final report detailing the use of funds, outcome results and lessons learned. The Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program reserves the right to review the conditions and procedures of this program and to make changes at any time, including termination of the program. Jordan Fundamentals expects that grantees will maintain a copy of all submissions.

Jordan Fundamentals will collaborate with grantees to collect data at three stages in the grant cycle: as a baseline at the beginning of the project through the application, at the mid point of the cycle and at the end of the project. Please be prepared to respond to the e-notice in a timely manner.

Proposals must be completed online and submitted prior to the posted deadline. All communication is executed via email. Successful applicants will respond in a timely fashion to each stage of communication throughout the application and award process.

Click here to Apply Now. The online application can be saved and edited over multiple log-in sessions, but once it is submitted, no additional changes will be accepted. Details on completing the application will be provided at the time of login.