Our Grantees

In 2019-20, the APS Education Foundation awarded 107 grants at nearly $500,000.  These grants have impacted approximately 48,035 students - funding projects for Fine Arts, STEM, Literacy, Student Activities and After School Programs, School-wide Initiatives, Early Literacy, and Student Competitions.

In three years, the Foundation has given nearly 2 million to APS schools.

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Student Clubs & Activities

Amount Awarded: $91,000
Amount Requested: $258,147
Funded: 35 out of 57 applications
Students Impacted: 9,460

Classroom and Grade-Level Learning

• Amount Awarded: $115,259
  Amount Requested: $271,048
  Funded: 48 out of 94 applications
  Students Impacted: 16,114

• Guhl Early Literacy 

  Amount Awarded: $47,576
  Amount Requested: $143,630
  Funded: 3 out of 7 applications
  Students Impacted: 1,334

School-wide Impact

Amount Awarded: $110,036
Amount Requested: $523,091
Funded: 6 out of 29 applications
Students Impacted: 7,554

School Climate Transformative Idea Grant (TIG)

• *Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the APS Education Foundation postponed the 2020 awards cycle.
  
  
  

Pepsi for Student Competitions  

 Amount Awarded: $1,800
 Amount Requested: $1,800
 Funded: 1 out of 1 applications
 Students Impacted: 1
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the APS Education Foundation postponed the Spring 2020 cycle.

Varsity Awards

Directed by the APSEF Student Board Members
Amount Awarded: $16,557
Funded: ACT Practice Test, AP Exam Fees, College and Career Scholarships, and College & Career Prep Video
Students Impacted: 507

Gold Bar Best in Class Awards

• Amount Awarded: $30,000.00
• Students Impacted: 12,931
  Funded: Elementary & High School Literacy, and Schoolwide Enrichment Special Education Model for all Students

Discretionary Awards

• Amount Awarded: $32,984.11
• Students Impacted: 7,001