Submit your funding request by Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025.
The application can be found here.
FEA is applying to NEA for grant money to help fund Read Across America events for our members worldwide on or around NEA’s Read Across America Day. To bolster our grant application, we need specific projects from local associations who would like to request grant money.
If you, as an individual FEA member, or your local association have an idea for a great Read Across America event and you need help with funding your event idea, please complete the grant fund request form available here.
Your grant request must be completed in full by the Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, deadline for submission and not exceed the $750 request maximum.
Completing the application does not guarantee you will receive any grant funds. If you do receive funds for a Read Across America project, the amount you receive may be less than you requested. Thank you for understanding if we are not able to fund your request.
In keeping with NEA’s theme for the 2026 reading celebration, Read Across America events and/or activities seeking grant funds must incorporate the theme of “Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers.”
Emphasis should be placed on diverse books from diverse authors that will appeal to an increasingly diverse student population. NEA no longer has a partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises for Read Across America, so events should not be based exclusively around Dr. Seuss books or themes (though you can certainly include Dr. Seuss books as a part of your reading celebration).
- Find ideas and other resources to help you brainstorm an appropriate event or activity.
- Find activity ideas related to specific books in the 2024-2025 RAA Digital Calendar and look for previously recommended titles.
Local FEA affiliates are encouraged to partner with organizations in their communities, such as your school’s PTO/PTA, on their Read Across America projects. Grant funds will be disbursed only to Local Associations, your school PTO/PTA or some other group with whom you are partnering. Grant funds will not be made payable to individual members.
The number of Read Across America projects to be funded and the amount we’re able to send to schools/locals selected to receive funds will depend upon whether we are awarded any grant funds by NEA and how much we receive. Any Read Across America grant funds FEA receives will be shared by our three geographic Areas and those Areas will determine who receives funding and in what amount.
To help us maximize the number of Read Across America projects potentially receiving funds, grant requests should be limited to $750, though there is no guarantee FEA will be able to fund your request in full or even partially.
NEA will inform state affiliates in late December or early January whether they are being awarded Read Across America grant funds this school year.
To submit your request for possible Read Across America grant funding, use our online form available here.
Be certain to submit your funding request by Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, for consideration.
