California Credit Union Foundation encourages Los Angeles County teachers who have an innovative class project idea to apply for a credit union grant through its Teacher Grant program. Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded to local teachers in October for the fall program.

The California Credit Union Foundation biannual grant program is available to full-time teachers in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, or credit union members teaching in California, looking to fund special learning opportunities for their students. The project should have clearly defined learning objectives tied to students’ academic needs, display creativity and benefit a significant number of students.

The application deadline is Sept. 23. Grant recipients will be announced in October.

Since the creation of the program in 2012, $195,000 in teacher grants have been awarded to benefit students across Southern California. The spring grant program funded a wide range of projects, including creating a spoken word poetry program, starting a chick-hatching science project, printing a school/student newspaper and planting a school vegetable garden.

A nonprofit charitable corporation, California Credit Union Foundation focuses its resources on four key pillars of long-term community empowerment, including investing in its communities and youth, supporting educators and schools, promoting financial literacy and honoring service members.

For information and to apply, visit ccu.com/teachergrant.