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Grant Competition Overview

The International Dyslexia Association, Los Angeles (IDALA) Grant Program seeks to award grants up to $5,000 per school year (for up to two years per project) in order to support schools and/or school districts in implementing programs that meet the organization’s priorities:

Priority 1: Promote the sustainable use of effective academic, social, and intervention programs for individuals with dyslexia. 

Priority 2: Raise awareness and understanding of dyslexia in all settings (school, home, clinical, community) in order to support individuals with dyslexia, their families, and professionals.

Applications will be evaluated based on:

  • Completion of all sections

  • Alignment of application with IDALA priorities 1 and/or 2

  • Potential for impact at the school or district level

  • Demonstration of high potential for impact based on financial need

  • Capacity for scaling to sustainability without additional funding


    For more information on how grants are scored, CLICK HERE.

Recipients must serve the IDA Los Angeles Branch geographic area (Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Kern counties).

Acceptance and participation in the grant program will be at the sole discretion of the IDALA Grants Committee with approval from IDALA's Executive Board. Recipients may not apply for another grant within a period of two academic years after receiving grant funds.

IDALA Grants are designed to fund school and district-level projects. For funding opportunities for individual teachers, please see IDALA's scholarship programs.

Past Projects Funded

  • A district-level Title 1 program...

    designed to support early literacy intervention in schools where a disproportionate number of students are reading below grade level, used IDALA grant funding to purchase the LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) online professional development series for 15 early literacy teacher leaders. These teacher leaders will support the delivery and integration of Structured Literacy instruction at school sites across the district.

  • A K-8 school with a focus on biliteracy...

    in English and Spanish and a two-way immersion program used IDALA grant funds to bring two evidence-based reading programs to their school: Esperanza, a Spanish language Orton-Gillingham-based program, and the Wilson Language Program. This school also used grant funding to run parent education workshops on these programs.

  • A K-5 school...

    used IDALA grant funds to purchase licenses to the Lexia Core 5 Program, CPen Reader Pens, and 95% Group Phonological Awareness Packages, which they embedded into an existing schedule that allows teachers to provide small group, skill-based reading instruction to their K-2 students.

  • A K-6 school...

    utilized IDALA grant funds over two school years to reinforce its existing small group reading instruction in grades K-2 with 95% Group and Heggerty materials, as well as 95% Group online lessons for all K-2 teachers. To ensure that teachers have a strong foundation in Structured Literacy, the school is also using IDALA grant funds to send 3 teachers to Orton-Gillingham Classroom Educator training during their first year, and to send an additional 4 teachers to that training during their second grant year.