Don't chase these
Teacher grants that no longer exist
These programs are dead, renamed, or miscategorized — but they still fill 'top teacher grants' listicles. Here's the evidence, so you don't waste an evening chasing a dead link.
Target Field Trip Grants (up to $700)
DiscontinuedEnded. Target's own field-trip-grants URL now redirects to a generic Corporate Giving page that lists only community funds and store gift-card donations — there is no field-trip grant program anymore.
Verified against corporate.target.com — Corporate Giving onLowe's Toolbox for Education ($2,000–$5,000)
DiscontinuedDiscontinued. Lowe's community giving now runs through Lowe's Hometowns / Community Impact Grants — community-space renovation projects, not teacher or classroom grants.
Verified against corporate.lowes.com — community responsibilities onToyota TAPESTRY (science grants, with NSTA)
DiscontinuedEnded around 2010–11 after a 20-year run. No application has existed since, and it is not among NSTA's current awards — yet it still appears on grant roundups.
Verified against Toyota newsroom (20th-anniversary release); absent from NSTA current awards onING Unsung Heroes
RenamedNot dead — it became Voya Unsung Heroes when ING rebranded to Voya. Old 'ING' listings should point to Voya. Note: as of July 2026 the 2026–27 cycle had not been announced, so we don't list it as currently open.
Verified against voya.com — Voya Unsung Heroes onNEA Foundation 'Student Achievement Grants'
RenamedRestructured. The current NEA Foundation programs are Student Success Grants and Learning & Leadership Grants (plus Envision Equity). The old name persists on many lists — see our back-to-school guide for what's actually open.
Verified against NEA Foundation — grants pages onTarget GiftCard 'grants'
Not a grantOften listed as a grant, but it's a store-level gift-card donation program — averaging $25–$50, capped at $500 per agency per year, by in-store request. Useful to know, but not a classroom grant.
Verified against corporate.target.com — Corporate Giving onGrant listicles almost never get updated, so dead programs live on for years — sending teachers to redirect pages and 404s. This list exists to cut that short.
It’s also the heart of The Live-or-Dead Check in our framework: before you spend time on any program you found on a “top teacher grants” list, confirm it’s still live on the funder’s own website. If the only proof it exists is a blog post, treat it as dead until you see it on the source.
Found a program on another list that isn’t here and isn’t in our live guides? That’s exactly the kind of thing to verify before you invest an evening in it.
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