TangerKids Grant Program

The TangerKids Grant Program is a school-focused grant initiative offered by Tanger to support teachers, students, and educational communities. Tanger states that community is at the heart of its work and describes supporting families and the future of local youth as part of its mission to be a good neighbor in the communities it serves. The company reports a long history of school-focused giving: since 1996, it has contributed more than $3.9 million through school-focused initiatives in its communities. The TangerKids Grant Program is presented as part of that broader commitment to enriching the lives of young people and helping students reach their full potential. The purpose of the TangerKids Grant Program is to address specific funding needs of community schools and give students and teachers access to resources that can help them succeed in today's classroom. Teachers and leaders in education are invited to request funding to enhance programs and better serve students. Examples of supported needs described by Tanger include modernizing literature and libraries and creating more supportive and engaging classroom environments. The program is intended to provide resources that can strengthen educational opportunities and help students discover what they can achieve. The funding scope described by Tanger extends across a variety of school needs. The program can support the creation and implementation of school-wide initiatives, updates to equipment and academic materials, and extracurricular activities. Tanger specifically identifies extracurricular clubs, athletic teams, and band programs among the types of school activities the program was created to support. The supplied information does not state a minimum or maximum grant amount, current total program funding, a required cost share or matching contribution, a performance period, or specific restrictions on how awarded funds may be spent beyond the program's stated school-focused purposes. Eligibility information in the supplied material is limited. Tanger states that teachers and leaders in education are invited to request funding and repeatedly describes the program as addressing the needs of community schools. The material does not provide a complete list of eligible school types, districts, nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, or other applicant organizations. It also does not identify specific eligible states, cities, counties, shopping center service areas, or other geographic boundaries. Therefore, broader geographic or organizational eligibility should not be assumed from the supplied information. The stated application schedule provides an application acceptance period from August 17 through October 18. Applications are then scheduled to be under review from October 19 through November 20. Grant winners are scheduled to be notified on December 14 and publicly announced on December 18. The source includes an Apply here instruction but does not provide an actual application URL in the supplied text or explain the submission mechanics, required application questions, required attachments, pre-application requirements, or evaluation criteria. No letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement is identified. Tanger reports that in 2025 it awarded more than $200,000 to fund 176 grants. These figures are historical results and are not presented as the funding pool or expected number of awards for the application cycle described in the supplied schedule. The material names Stephen Yalof, Tanger President and CEO, in connection with the program's commitment to providing opportunities for students, but it does not identify him as the program contact or grant administrator. No program email address or telephone number is provided. Although Tanger describes a long-running history of school-focused initiatives dating to 1996, the supplied material does not explicitly state that the application cycle recurs annually or provide an explicit recurrence phrase, so recurrence is not entered as confirmed.

Connect the request clearly to enhancing school programs and better serving students, and explain how the requested resources will help students and teachers succeed. Align requests with needs Tanger expressly identifies, including school-wide initiatives, equipment, academic materials, libraries, classroom environments, extracurricular clubs, athletic teams, or band programs.