Active — 2026 application cycle through October 11, 2026Atlas Opportunity Score 70/100
Alabama SAIL (Summer Adventures in Learning) Grants — 2026
SAIL is accepting 2026 applications for high-quality PreK–12 academic summer-learning programs serving Alabama students. Applications opened September 1 and are due October 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM; the current guidelines do not state a time zone.
FundingNo maximum request amount is stated. Recent awarded grants have ranged from approximately $5,000 to $60,000; requests and project budgets should be reasonable relative to the applicant's prior revenue, budget, and activities.
DeadlineOctober 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM. The current SAIL guidelines do not state a time zone. Applications must be submitted electronically through CFNEA's grant portal.
Last verifiedOctober 7, 2026
Required next actionConfirm eligible applicant status and an Alabama PreK–12 population, design a next-calendar-year summer learning program that provides both reading and math instruction, accept the SAIL Quality Assurance Framework, meeting, assessment, and reporting requirements, and submit electronically by October 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible applicants include current 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, 501(c)(3)-exempt religious institutions, schools or school systems, and government entities serving Alabama PreK–12 students. Private non-operating foundations are not eligible. Fiscal sponsorship is subject to CFNEA's mission-fit and relationship requirements.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 70/100. The 2026 SAIL cycle is an Alabama summer-learning grant opportunity with applications due October 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM. It is best suited to eligible organizations operating structured PreK-12 summer learning; the opportunity is not a clinical-technology or healthcare-procurement program. Applicant value comes from clear academic outcomes, quality-assurance readiness, realistic budgets, and compliance with CFNEA program requirements.
The Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama (CFNEA) is accepting 2026 applications for SAIL — Summer Adventures in Learning, a statewide grant program supporting high-quality academic summer-learning programs serving Alabama students in PreK through 12th grade.
The 2026 application cycle opened September 1, 2026 and closes October 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM. The current SAIL guidelines do not state a time zone. Applications must be submitted electronically through CFNEA’s grant application system.
Eligible applicants include current 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, 501(c)(3)-exempt religious institutions, schools or school systems, and government entities serving Alabama PreK–12 students. Private non-operating foundations are not eligible. Fiscal sponsorship is permitted only where the sponsor and project have a meaningful mission fit and an existing relationship consistent with the Foundation’s requirements.
Funded programs must provide both reading and math instruction. Grantees must adopt the SAIL Quality Assurance Framework, participate in four peer-learning meetings, use the program’s research-based student assessment, and report required key performance indicators and outcomes.
The Foundation does not state a maximum request amount. Recent SAIL awards have ranged from approximately $5,000 to $60,000, and the guidelines require requests and project budgets to be reasonable in relation to the applicant’s prior revenue, budget, and activities.
Atlas analysis: Atlas Opportunity Score 70/100. N9+ Fit Score 0/100. This is an academic summer-learning grant requiring reading and math instruction, not a telehealth, clinical-services, remote-examination, or medical-device opportunity. Atlas should not force N9+ into this funding pathway. Dr. Miltie, LLC is not a listed direct-applicant type under the current guidelines.
Official source: Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama — Grants Toolkit.
Source verificationReferenced source · www.cfnea.orgAtlas last verified this record October 7, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
