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Funding Guides — 2025–2026

Fund Ashaware with Federal, State & Provincial Dollars You Already Have

Ashaware is purchasable through multiple federal, state, and provincial funding streams — with no competitive bid required through the Choice Partners cooperative. Choose the guide that fits your jurisdiction below.

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18 federal funding programs covered

US Federal Funding Guide

Every federal program that can be used to purchase Ashaware — with the specific Ashaware alignment, allowable use rationale, and ready-to-copy grant application language for each one.

Title I — $18.38B Title IV-A — $1.6B Title II-A Title III — EL students IDEA — $15.5B Head Start — $12B+ NSF STEM K-12 NSF ITEST Perkins CTE — $1.4B 21st CCLC — $1.3B McKinney-Vento REAP + Impact Aid Stronger Connections Grant F5 AI & STEM Grants

Includes 5 copy-ready grant application language templates · Legal framework on ACLU reaffirmation · 2025–26 policy navigation guidance

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9 jurisdictions · 3–4 funding streams each

State & Provincial Funding Guide

Tabbed by jurisdiction — Illinois, California, New York, Georgia, Ohio, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. Each tab covers the mandate status, specific funding programs, STEM grant opportunities, and application language for that location.

Illinois Black History Act Illinois EBF + Black & Gold Initiative California LCFF — $5B+ NYC EEAP Black Studies $8.35M NYS Foundation Aid NYC CS4All $81M+ Nevada Victory Fund PA Level Up $100M+ Ontario BYAP + STEM Strategy $60M+ Ontario GSN — $32B Nova Scotia ANSA + BLAC Georgia QBE + AASA 2027 Atlanta

STEM card for every jurisdiction · 4 copy-ready application templates · Legal framework on 10th Amendment & provincial authority · Canadian Section 93

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11 funders covered · 2 regions

Africa & Caribbean Funding Guide

Multilateral development banks, UN agency partnerships, private foundations, and regional bodies — every major pathway for African and Caribbean institutions to access Ashaware. Ministry partnership model, multilateral co-investment, and direct fellowship funding.

Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship — $60K–$70K World Bank AIM4Learning — $1.54B African Development Bank — HEST Program UNESCO Gateways + General History of Africa Global Partnership for Education — $4.2B Caribbean Development Bank — Let's REAP! IDB Code Caribbean — STEAM CARICOM Digital Skills Task Force

4 ready-to-use application language templates · Priority matrix with 11 opportunities ranked · Ministry partnership entry model · eLearning Africa 2026 Accra positioning

🔬 STEM Funding — Ashaware's Hidden Advantage

Ashaware's four interactive African math games — Ishango Counting (20,000 BC arithmetic), Mancala/Oware (probability), Hyena Chase (strategy), and African Fractal Geometry — are curriculum-mapped to mathematics standards from Kindergarten through Grade 12. This qualifies Ashaware for STEM-specific funding that most K–12 cultural curriculum platforms cannot access.

The NSF has explicitly refocused its STEM K-12 program on AI-powered learning tools (Executive Order 14277, April 2025) — making Ashaware's AI engine + African mathematical heritage content a direct match for NSF STEM K-12, NSF ITEST, Perkins CTE, and corporate AI education grants.

NSF STEM K-12 — $25K–$750K · rolling submissions NSF ITEST — $500K–$3M · STEM pipeline Perkins CTE — $1.4B nationally F5 AI & STEM Grants — women & girls of color Society for Science STEM Action Grants Ontario STEM Strategy — $60M+ SSHRC Research Grants — Canada

Quick Reference — Who Can Buy and How

K-12 Schools & Districts
Choice Partners — no bid
Title I, Title IV-A, state mandates, STEM grants
Colleges & Universities
Choice Partners — no bid
HBCUs, community colleges, African universities
Non-Profit Organizations
Choice Partners eligible
21st CCLC, Head Start, McKinney-Vento, REAP
Housing Authorities
Choice Partners eligible
Community learning & resident programs
Ontario School Boards
GSN discretionary funds
BYAP · Anti-Racism Plan · STEM Strategy
Nova Scotia Schools
Provincial formula funding
ANSA programs · BLAC legacy · HRCE
NSF Research Partners
University-led proposals
Ashaware as named platform partner or sub-awardee
Families & Individuals
$4.99/month or $59.99/yr
Direct purchase — no procurement process
African Ministries
Ministry partnership model
AfDB · World Bank · GPE · Mastercard Foundation co-funding
Caribbean Institutions
CDB · IDB · CARICOM
Let's REAP! · Code Caribbean STEAM · OECS partnership

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