The Culture of Repair Project supports K–12 educators and community advocates who are developing publishable resources that bring repair into educational settings.

About our Grants Program

The Culture of Repair Project helps secure funding and other resources for educators and advocates who are advancing a culture of repair among young people. We know repair is more than a technical skill, it’s a mindset and a way of understanding the world. Our grants are designed to support projects that:

• Teach the thinking skills, conceptual frameworks, and mindset that undergird a culture of repair.

• Cultivate students’ agency to take ownership of their things by daring to repair.

Grant Amounts

Standard Grants: $1,000 to $5,000. Examples of grants on the lower end of this range might be for work focused on speaking, publishing existing materials, or some other mode of disseminating existing resources and ideas. Grants on the upper end might be used to develop new initiatives and publish resources.

Exceptional Grants: Proposals up to $10,000 will be considered for stellar projects that address ALL focus areas, are integrated into a school’s existing programming or curriculum, and publish materials. Proposals for this level funding that do not address ALL focus areas will not be considered.

Proposal Criteria

All proposals must focus on developing publishable, widely shareable resources (e.g., curricula, guides, toolkits) for integrating repair into K–12 education. We do not fund standalone programs or ongoing operations unless they result in resources that can be shared widely.

Priority will be given to projects that

• Highlight the environmental impact of repair.

• Develop resources aligned with public school curriculum standards.

• Create materials for educator professional development.

• Produce resources similar in scope to Fixing Things for the Future, Make It Work! or Creating a Repair Mindset Toolkit.

Successful proposals emphasize

• Repairing physical objects

• Learning beyond technical skills

• Multiplier effects, enabling other educators to replicate and adapt the work

What We Do Not Fund

• Ongoing general operations

• Projects seeking only a very small portion of required funding

• Programs that do not result in publishable resources

Publishing Requirements

Most entries in our Educator Resource Library link to external websites. New grant-funded resources should be:

• Published on the grantee’s own website

• Copyrighted by the grantee, preferably released under a Creative Commons license so they can be freely used by educators. More information on Creative Commons is available here.

Submission Instructions

Submit all materials by email to contact@cultureofrepair.org as a PDF only; no other file formats will be accepted.

Include the following

• Proposal (max 5,000 characters including spaces; excludes budget, documentation, and supplementary materials).

  • Guiding Question: How will this project advance a culture of repair?

  • Begin with a 300-character summary

  • Discuss logistics, timing, and costs

  • Address the following core elements:

    • Alignment with CRP mission

    • Environmental sustainability

    • Repair of physical objects

    • Learning beyond technical skills

    • Development of resources for wider use in educational settings

• Project Budget

• Contact information: applicant name, email, phone; organization website; fiscal sponsor information (if applicable)

• Optional supplementary materials: letters of recommendation, media coverage, etc.

• How you heard about this opportunity

Submit all materials by email to contact@cultureofrepair.org as a PDF only; no other file formats will be accepted.

Reporting & Sharing

Reporting: Reporting is designed to be meaningful and not burdensome. We’re always interested in hearing about anything grantees want to share along the way. Knowing about people’s experiences implementing programs, and the solutions they find, helps us design programs that are most supportive of educators and advocates in their real-life contexts.

• Required: A post-project interview

• Optional: written materials that support the interview. Grantees may request an additional $500 after project completion to support sharing at conferences or professional development events

Sharing and Amplification: The Culture of Repair Project prioritizes making grantees’ work visible through our newsletter, social media platforms, and overall advocacy of our Educator Resource Library, where your work will be published.

• Grantees are expected to share significant results publicly—via published resources, Notes from the Field, etc.

• Grantees may be invited to participate in an online discussion among current and past grantees, and/or interested educators and repair advocates. The purpose of the gathering would be to network and share ideas, information and resources.