Circle Michigan Field Trip Transportation Grant

The Circle Michigan Field Trip Transportation Grant is offered by the Circle Michigan Foundation, which supports educational opportunities through an annual college scholarship and a K-12 field trip transportation grant. Circle Michigan has a history of promoting group travel in Michigan, and the transportation grant is intended to help Michigan schools and educational institutions cover transportation associated with student field trips. For the applicable school year, the Foundation will award a transportation grant of up to 500 dollars to an eligible Michigan school or K-12 educational institution. The grant is specifically intended for transportation for field trips. A central program condition is that the field trip include a Circle Michigan member attraction. If a school group visits only one attraction, that attraction must be a Circle Michigan member or attraction. If the field trip includes more than one destination or attraction, at least one of the attractions must be a Circle Michigan member. The source does not identify other allowable expense categories, reimbursement rules, indirect cost provisions, or restrictions beyond the requirement that the grant be used for field trip transportation. No cost share or matching contribution is stated. Eligibility extends to Michigan schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State of Michigan. The source describes eligibility broadly as any K through 12 educational institutions within Michigan and does not provide additional restrictions based on school size, grade configuration, public or private status, tax status, enrollment, or financial need. The attraction membership condition applies to the field trip itself and therefore affects an applicant's proposed use of the transportation funding. The application period opened April 1, 2026 and closed June 30, 2026. Applicants were directed to use the Field Trip Transportation Grant application and send the application to CircleMiFoundation@circlemichigan.com. A copy of a quote or invoice from a transportation entity was required to be included with the application. The supplied information does not identify a separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, preliminary application, application portal, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not state formal scoring criteria or a detailed evaluation methodology. The grant recipient was scheduled to be notified by August 1, 2026. The award is to be used during the 2026/2027 school year, with the stated use period running from September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The award is up to 500 dollars. The source refers to a grant recipient in the singular and states that the Foundation will award a transportation grant to a Michigan school, supporting an expected single award. No minimum award amount, total program funding figure, or matching requirement is provided. Questions about the program may be directed to the Circle Michigan Foundation at 269-569-7064 or CircleMIFoundation@circlemichigan.com. The Foundation also provides the general Circle Michigan telephone number 800-513-6424, but the program-specific contact number is preferred for grant questions. The source describes the transportation grant as annual. Because the April 1 through June 30, 2026 application period has passed as of the analysis date, the opportunity is treated as anticipating its next annual round. Based on the stated annual recurrence and the known April opening month, the next cycle is projected for April 2027, with an internal check date of April 1, 2027.

Ensure the field trip includes the required Circle Michigan member attraction and include a copy of a quote or invoice from a transportation entity with the application.