At PEP, we believe great ideas deserve support.
Our grant programs are designed to empower educators and schools with the resources they need to spark learning and inspire students.
We invite you to explore the opportunities below to find the right fit for you.
PEP’s Mullins Grants aim to help fund school-wide, innovative strategies that boost teacher retention in schools and help school leaders meet their strategic goals in this area.
School-wide initiatives focusing on strategies such as new teacher on-boarding, enhanced mentoring programs, adult social-emotional health and teacher wellness, and/or establishing teacher recognitions are strongly encouraged. Here’s the information sheet for our 2026-27 Mullins Grants.
This year, you’ll have two options for your Mullins Grant application:
1) Community Hubs:
Receive $1,500 to create/enhance a wellness space for staff to recharge.
2) Collab Lab:
Receive $3,500 to bring a cross-role team of educators together to design a staff retention plan.
Public Education Partners (PEP) is proud to introduce PEP Up! Your School, a new grant opportunity designed to strengthen teaching and learning across entire school communities. Through this program, PEP will provide $3,000 (to be matched by your school) to support impactful, schoolwide professional development.
Are you an administrator or instructional coach with a vision for meaningful, schoolwide learning? We encourage you to apply and bring that vision to life during the 2026-2027 school year.
We’re excited to offer two fun and impactful ways to bring books to your elementary school students and their families during the 2026-2027 school year. Best of all, all books and materials are provided by PEP, and we’ll work with you to select titles your students will love!
Both options are designed to increase access to books, engage families, and help every child build a strong connection to reading. Click here to view the information sheet!
1) Big Book Fair
A full-scale book fair paired with a family reading night, designed to spark excitement around books and create meaningful opportunities for families to read and learn together.
2) Little Book Stop
A pop-up book experience that brings free books and literacy resources directly to your existing school or community literacy event, making it easy to put great books into the hands of young readers.
Public Education Partners (PEP) is excited to announce our 2026–2027 PEP Up! Your Classroom initiative! We’re awarding $250 microgrants to help bring creative, innovative ideas to life in Greenville County Schools’ classrooms. Here’s the information sheet.
PEP Up! supports imaginative, student-centered projects—whether it’s a hands-on learning experience, a fresh approach to engagement, or a bold new idea that sparks curiosity and deepens learning. We’re proud to invest in educators who think outside the box and turn great ideas into meaningful classroom experiences.
Public Education Partners (PEP) is committed to uplifting the teaching profession by investing in the professional growth of educators. We believe that supporting teacher development is essential to improving student learning outcomes — and that meaningful, self-selected learning opportunities are key to educator retention and success.
To support this vision, PEP will be awarding PEP Up! Your Practice Professional Learning Grants of $550 each to educators seeking to participate in conferences, workshops, or other professional development experiences during the 2026-2027 school year. Here’s the information sheet.
Questions? Please contact Senior Director of Educational Initiatives Taylor McLeer at taylor@pepgc.org
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