Sign up for the Outside Funding mailing list by sending a blank e-mail to join-outsidefunding@mlist.cde.ca.gov. Members of the mailing list will receive an e-mail when a new item is added to the Outside Funding listing.
Race to the Top District Competition
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) Race to the Top District (RTTT-D) Competition provides $400 million in grant funding for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to develop personalized learning opportunities for students to close the achievement gap.
U.S. Department of Education grant information 
Provides general information on federal grants from the U.S. Department of Education. To sign up for a listserv announcing current grant opportunities, send an e-mail to listserv@listserv.ed.gov. Write “subscribe edinfo” and your name in the message body. Example: subscribe edinfo George Washington. To unsubscribe, address e-mail to listserv@listserv.ed.gov. Write “unsubscribe edinfo” in the message body.
Federal
The Big ReadApplication deadline: February 5, 2013 The Big Read is accepting applications from non-profit organizations to develop community-wide reading programs between September 2013 and June 2014. The Big Read is a national program designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.
