Transforming HBCUs one grant at a time.
Celebrating the Legacy & Future of Retool Your School
Since 2009, Retool Your School has been partnering with HBCUs to create spaces where students live, learn, and thrive. With over $15 million awarded and nine new schools joining our community this year, we’re deepening our impact—and removing barriers to make applying for grants even easier. Discover how we’re building lasting change across HBCU campuses.
Celebration, Inspiration & Impact
Feel the energy, excitement and inspiration from the 2025 Grant Recipient Reception! Watch the highlights and experience the joy of this unforgettable evening, honoring the achievements of schools receiving grants through the Retool Your School program.
TRANSFORMING CAMPUSES, INSPIRING FUTURES
Discover how the Campus Improvement Grant is revitalizing HBCUs with enhanced facilities and inspiring spaces. See how these improvements are shaping the student experience—featuring firsthand stories from students across the nation.
CONNECT WITH US
WHERE IDEAS ARE CULTIVATED
Explore the Innovation Lounge Grant and its role in creating spaces for HBCU students to dream, create, and innovate. Hear directly from students on how these lounges are fueling their success.
What is the focus of the campus improvement grant?
The Retool Your School program provides the opportunity for Historically Black Colleges and Universities to receive grants from The Home Depot to be used for campus improvement projects that promote sustainability and long-term benefits to the campus and students.
What is the innovation lounge grant?
Innovation Lounge Grants will help provide on-campus spaces where students can come together to do schoolwork, ideate, problem-solve, or career path opportunities. Innovation Lounges can also be used to host hybrids meetings and webinars.
What is the purpose of the community project grant?
The communities surrounding HBCU campuses are extremely important to the schools, students, alumni, faculty and staff. Our goal is to provide an opportunity to strengthen the relationships and partnerships in the communities surrounding the campus through volunteerism. each grant recipient must partner with a nonprofit organization that serves an area within a 10-mile radius of the HBCU campus.