Bright Ideas Teacher Grant

Celebrating 20 Years of making education brighter through Bright Ideas.

Flint Energies to fund up to $50,000 in teacher grants in 2026.

Bright Ideas, a grant program sponsored by the Flint Energies Foundation and Flint Energies, awards teachers money for innovative lessons and projects to energize learning in their students. In 2025, a total of $25,000 was awarded using participating Flint Members’ small change through Operation Round Up^®. Since 2006, nearly $375,000 has been awarded to fund projects reaching more than 15,000 students in Middle Georgia.

We hope that these grants will inspire teachers to think outside the box and create exciting projects that enrich the education experience for their students. Projects can be designed to enhance any curriculum area inside or outside the classroom, or in a virtual environment.

To celebrate our 20th year of making education brighter, we are taking our program to the next level to equip more teachers and energize education.

Minimum grant request: $1,000; Maximum grant request: $2,000

Applicants must not use any identifying information in the body of the application such as county, school, teacher names or mascots. Grants cannot be used toward fundraising activities.