The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation is a small non-profit private foundation that makes grants to support impactful and innovative economic education programs. The Foundation will look most favorably at programs that collaborate with economic education institutions with expertise and successful track record in economic education such as economic education councils and centers, learning institutions, universities, and colleges.

​Foundation’s current funding interest includes but not limited to:

• Leveraging AI to increase student learning effectiveness and experience in economic education.

• Research on AI and economic education.

• Developing/enhancing/leveraging capabilities to reach greater number of people in economic education.

• Economic education programs which have multiplier effect through teachers, social workers, and etc on the population they serve.

• New and innovative economic education curriculum and capability.

• Behavioral economics.

• Programs to generate more excitement and demand for economic and financial education.

There are two grant cycles with early March (decision in June) and early September (decision in December) for the LOI submission deadlines. The Foundation is open to submissions with various reasonable dollar amounts supported by your program. We are also open to multi-year grant funding requests.