Grant Program

The Parents Association Grant Program provides funding for programs to support the education and enrichment of MPA students. The program is:

available to all faculty, staff, and student organizations
intended to provide funding for equipment, program, curriculum, and faculty or staff attendance at conferences that are outside the scope of other budgeted funds.

Funds to support the grants are raised through:

the Magazine Drive
Recycled Treasures
poinsettia and spring plant sales.

This is the fourth year of the program, which replaced the end-of-the-year teacher wish-list. This year’s theme is "Connected Community."

Our plan is to continue with three grant cycles this year.
The level of funding for each cycle depends on the success of this year’s fundraisers.
Grants request will be submitted for review in October, February, and May.
A Grant Review Committee, made up of three MPA parents and the PA Board, will determine the awards.

The grant process is fairly straight forward with:

applications submitted and reviewed by Grant Review Committee
the Committee ranks applications according to suitability
makes a funding recommendation, many initiatives benefit from matching funds outside the Grant Program
the recommendations are submitted to the Head of School and the Directors of Lower School, Middle School, and Upper School for their input and ranking
final approval is then made by the Grant Review Committee.

During the 2008-2009 school year there were three grant cycles and a total of $15,651 was awarded between 15 grants.

A separate Conference Grant Program was established to be able to respond to faculty requests for conference funding in a timelier manner. Please see the Conference Grant Program page for details of this program. There will be $2000 available for the 2009-2010 Conference Grant Program.

2009-2010 Grant Cycles

There will be three grant cycles during the 2009-2010 school year. This year’s theme is “Connected Community” all applications are to relate to the theme as well as to the Mounds Park Academy’s strategic goals. There will be $10,000 available to fund grants in the first cycle. The level of funding for the winter and spring grant cycles depends on the success of this year’s fundraisers. The call for grants, application due dates, and award dates are as follows:

Call for Grants	Grant Applications Due	Grant Awarded
September 28, 2009	October 23, 2009	November 13, 2009
January 11, 2010	February 5, 2010	February 26, 2010
April 4, 2010	April 30, 2010	May 21, 2010

If you have any questions about the grant program, please contact Joan Ireland, VP for Grants of the Parents Association Board at joanmi@comcast.net.