What We Grant
The Safe Student Foundation provides financial grants to all public, charter, private, and secular schools serving students between PreK and 12th grade within the states we serve—currently Colorado and Wyoming.
Our approach to charitable giving is rooted in the instinctive drive to protect our children, raise them in a safe environment, and educate them as they become young adults. Through our retail and manufacturing partners and their generous donors, schools have the flexibility to determine where grant funds are most needed and have the greatest impact to secure school property and protect students.
Our approach to grantmaking focuses on three types of initiatives: Infrastructure, Educational, and Training. This approach gives the school flexibility in priorities and giving schools the opportunity to focus on security gaps in their safety protocols or physical structures.
Our three grantmaking pillars include:
Infrastructure
Infrastructure grants involve improving upon the overall instrastructure of the school, including, but not limited to:
- Security cameras, door lock upgrades and securing entrances
- Weapons detection, turnstiles and other safety designs
- Officer and security team deployment
Education
Educational-based grants include any safety education related to active shooter defense, including:
- Active shooter defense intelligence gathering and prevention
- Preparedness and response training
- Gun safety and knowledge for teachers, adminstrators and students
Training
Training grants include:
- Training of teachers, administrators and staff in the use of active shooter response using both non-lethal and lethal weapons
How To Apply & Eligibility
SSF awards grants twice a year, once in the spring and again in the fall. Applications are accepted year-round on a rolling basis.
To be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- Be a public, charter, private or secular school serving grades as young as PreK up to 12th grade
- Be located in Colorado or Wyoming (additional states will be added in 2025)
- Have an organized, developed, and written a School Safety Policy
- Participate in grant reporting/assessment to confirm all safety improvements or training have been implemented
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