Equipment Grants
The CNPA Foundation each spring provides equipment grants for CNPA-member campus newspapers to upgrade their newspaper production equipment. Only CNPA's high school- and college-member newspapers may apply.

These grant awards are intended specifically for the purchase of equipment to improve the production process at campus newspapers. There is no minimum grant amount. The maximum grant in 2010 is $1,500.

Applicants complete a simple form and submit an essay demonstrating a need for new or upgraded production equipment to improve the newspaper's overall production operation. The equipment can include any item that helps students to produce and disseminate content. Examples include computer hardware and software, peripherals such as scanners and printers, and tools such as digital cameras, audio and video recorders, and related software.

Applications are accepted beginning in early spring, and awards are distributed in May. Download  2010 application

High school adviser grants
The CNPA Foundation in Spring 2010 will provide 15 $200 grants to California high school newspaper advisers to learn about newspaper production. Advisers need not be CNPA members to apply for high school newspaper adviser grants.
Grant recipients decide how and where they obtain their production training. Grant funds may cover partial or complete fees for training. Applications must be postmarked no later than Friday, April 23, 2010. Grant recipients will be announced in mid-May. Download 2010 application

Previous equipment grant winners

2009
The Saga, Pleasant Valley High School    Chico: Camera
Evolution, Orange County High School of the Arts, Santa Ana           
City Times, San Diego City College           
The Lancer, Thousand Oaks High School: Camera   
Harbor Tides, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington        
Wildcat, University High School, Los Angeles        
Catamount, Rancho Cotate High School, Rohnert Park       
Wings, Frazier Mountain High School, Lebec       
The Golden Gazette, King Drew Magnet High School, Los Angeles         
The Highland Fling, Highland High School, Bakersfield: Cameras   
King's Courier, El Camino Real High School, Woodland Hills   
Green & Gold, Media Academy, Oakland: Laptop   
The Argonaut, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont   
Clarion, Citrus College, Glendora      
The Hatchet, Washington High School, Hayward: Video gear   
The Burtonian, Philip & Sala Burton High School, San Francisco       
Daily Forty-Niner, CSU Long Beach: Video gear   
The Hornet, Fullerton College      
The Windjammer, Mayfair High School, Lakewood: Camera        

2008
The Current, American River College, Sacramento: Audio equipment
The Stagg Line, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Stockton: Computer
The Eagle Times, Arroyo Grande High School: Cameras
Renegade Rip, Bakersfield College: Scanner, lenses, batteries, audio recorders, software
The Lily Pad, Bret Harte Union High School, Altaville: Computer, camera, software
The Charger, Bullard High School, Fresno: Camera
Falcon Free Press, Colfax High School: Audio/video equipment
The San Matean, College of San Mateo: Audio/video equipment, computers
The Connection, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento: Audio/video equipment, RAM
Daily Forty-Niner, CSU Long Beach: Audio/video equipment
The Cypress Chronicle, Cypress College: Video camera
The Aquiline, Etiwanda High School: Cameras, software, scanner
Fall River Retrospect, Fall River Junior/Senior High, McArthur: Computer, video equipment, software
Rampage, Fresno City College: Audio/video equipment
Tom Tom, Jefferson High School, Daly City: Cameras, audio recorders
Harbor Tides, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington: Software
Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles: Audio/video equipment
The Argonaut, Notre Dame deNamur University, Belmont: Computer monitor
The Flash, Rocklin High School: Audio/video equipment
The Mesa Press, San Diego Mesa College: Printer
The Times, San Jose City College: Printer
Oak Leaf, Santa Rosa Junior College: Camera, video equipment, software
The Rough Rider, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Los Angeles: Cameras, software
Daily Californian UC Berkeley: Audio/video equipment

2007
The Lincoln Log, Abraham Lincoln High School, San Francisco: Digital camera, printer
The Bruin Voice, Bear Creek High School, Stockton: Digital cameras, flash, filters
The Otter Realm, CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside: Apple iMac
El Vaquero, Irvine High School: Digital camera, lenses, tripod
The Revolution, Liberty High School, Bakersfield: Digital cameras
Green & Gold, Media Academy, Oakland: Digital cameras
Norse Notes, Oakmont High School, Roseville: Digital camera
Coast Report, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa: Video equipment
Expressions, San Luis Obispo High School: Digital cameras, software upgrades
The Flame, Thurgood Marshall Academic High School, San Francisco: Digital cameras, voice recorders
The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley: Computers

2006
The Prowler, Antioch High School: Computer purchase and repair
The Talon, Clayton Valley High School, Concord: digital cameras, lens, tripod
Canyon Call, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita: digital camera
The Kernal, East Bakersfield High School: digital camera
Rampage, Fresno City College: digital voice recorders
Tiger Times, Los Banos High School: computer, software, camera
The Burtonian, Philip & Sala Burton High School, San Francisco: InDesign, digital camera
Rebel Record, San Lorenzo High School: computer, InDesign
Skyline Oracle, Skyline High School, Oakland: monitors, memory
The Hatchet, Washington High School, Fremont: computer, scanner, camera
The Guardsman, City College of San Francisco: file server
The Gazette, Granite Bay High School: digital camera
Ye Castle Crier, Leadership Preparatory High School, Oakland: digital camera
The Pirates? Log, Modesto Junior College: digital camera
Student Voice, Moorpark College: digital video camera
The Telescope, Palomar College, San Marcos, digital camera

2005
Golden Gazette, Piner High School, Santa Rosa: digital camera, memory, scanner, InDesign, flash drive
The Olympian, Castro Valley High School: eMac, software, digital camera
Rampage, Temple City High School: InDesign, computer memory
Stampede, Trabuco Hills High School, Mission Viejo: Dell computer, software, printer
Tom-Tom, Jefferson High School, Daly City: digital camera, accessories
The Campus, College of the Sequoias, Visalia: digital camera, accessories
Chabot Spectator, Chabot College, Hayward: Web camcorder, digital audio recorder, lens for still cameras
City Times, San Diego City College: MacIntosh G5

2004
La Nueva Voz, Rancho Alamitos High School, Garden Grove: Computer components
First Glance, Tennyson High School, Hayward: Computers
Talon Marks, Cerritos College, Norwalk: Digital camera
Cypress Chronicle, Cypress College: Digital camera
Moorpark College Reporter, Moorpark College: Production computer
The Norco Voice, Riverside Community College-Norco: Digital camera
The Prospector, Yuba College, Marysville: Production computer

2003
Tongva Times, Gabrielino High School, San Gabriel: Digital camera, layout and imaging software
First Glance, Tennyson High School, Hayward: Production computer
The Smoke Signal, William S. Hart High School, Newhall: Photo scanner, digital camera
The Outlook, Sierra College, Rocklin: Production computer and monitor
The Viking, Long Beach City College: Production computer

2002
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa: upgrade RAM for composing computer; CD burner for old issues
Tennyson High School, Hayward: tabloid-size printer
Butte College, Oroville: five 14-inch computer monitors
California Baptist University, Riverside; QuarkXpress upgrade, digital camera

2001
American River College, Sacramento: QuarkXpress upgrade; digital camera
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo: digital camera and lenses
California State University, Fresno: page-design software
College of San Mateo: digital camera, image scanner

2000
Bakersfield College: Macintosh G4
California State University, Northridge: Macintosh G4
San Jose City College: Macintosh G4
Sierra College, Rocklin: Production computer