Environmental Education Program

The Gray Family Foundation seeks proposals that stimulate or promote the teaching of environmental education in K-12 environments and increase outdoor experiences for youth. Project funding can support student field experiences for 3rd through 8th grade students and/or educator professional development. The foundation will give priority to projects that seek to increase one or more of the following areas: (1) Educators’ (K-12 teachers, administrators and informal educators) preparedness to integrate EE across subjects. (2) Environmental educators’ preparedness to support K-12 needs utilizing best practices and rigor. (3) K-12 professionals’ preparedness to use the natural and built community and systems as a context for learning. (4) K-12 students’ ability to collaborate, problem solve and apply critical thinking to local and global environmental issues. (5) K-12 students’ preparedness for success in careers inside and outside of the environmental field through increased participation in environmental education, or (6) Diversity of students and communities engaged in outdoor and environmental education learning experiences.