2023 Community Partnership Grants
The Foundation for Eden Prairie Schools welcomes partnerships with other Eden Prairie community-based organizations related to student achievement and engagement. The Foundation has grant funds available to support those organizations that tie with our mission to “support and enhance the legacy of excellence in Eden Prairie Public Schools.”
The grant proposal should meet the following criteria:
- Has significant positive impact on student academic achievement, engagement and/or promotes racial equity
- Impacts a significant number of students and/or impacts a small number of students in a significant way over time
- Inspires and is visible
- Tied to a specific learning goal, curriculum or school program
- Potentially duplicatable by other classrooms or sites
- Consistent with both the Foundation’s mission and the District’s strategic plans
Applicant must be a 501c3 nonprofit organization and be able to provide documentation.
Grant amounts cannot exceed $5,000 for a single organization and typically range between $1,000 and $5,000.
Deadline for submission is 5:00 PM on Monday, October 30, 2023. Grants will be awarded by December 31, 2023 and need to be spent by June 30, 2024.
Questions can be directed to:
llindner@foundationforepschools.org | ldayton@foundationforepschools.org
Applications can be found for download HERE
Finished applications can be submitted to: lsisinni@foundationforepschools.org
2022 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day – $4,000
FEPS has been a long-time partner, along with the Eden Prairie Noon Rotary, of the My Book Day program. This program provides a new book to approximately 630 Eden Prairie first graders to help enhance and improve reading skills, reading motivation and commitment to support their long-term educational achievement. Each child will receive a book of their choice to take home so that their inspiration for reading extends outside of the classroom. During the My Book Day Celebration event in late April first grade students travel to the high school Performing Arts Center and are treated to a performance, introduced to high school students who tell their stories about the importance of reading, and in the past students have been introduced to high school clubs such as robotics and treated to science demonstrations. Finishing out the day, every child receives their book of choice to take home and begin their journey as a life-long reader.
Move Fwd – Youth Counseling – $5,000
MoveFwd supports youth mental health, social-emotional development, and school performance by providing no-cost, barrier-free youth mental health services to students age 12-21 who are enrolled in the Eden Prairie School District. Move-Fwd’s youth mental health services are delivered through master’s-level therapists and embedded at the Eden Prairie High School and within the TASSEL transition program for special education students. The therapy provided helps to stabilize young people in crisis and helps them build emotional resilience, mature social-emotional skills, and stronger relationships. The need for youth mental health services has been accelerating since 2008 and is reaching a crisis level, with over 23% of students in Minnesota reporting mental health, behavioral, or emotional challenges. Due to an increasing waiting list for services to students in Eden Prairie, this community grant will help MoveFwd to expand its services this year to keep Eden Prairie students healthy, stable, ready to learn, and able to fulfill their potential.
2020 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day
Eden Prairie Schools’ Early Childhood Program – READY! for Kindergarten
MoveFwd – Youth counseling program
TreeHouse – Tutoring
YMCA Neighborhood Center Briarhill Apartments – Tutoring
2019 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day
PROP Food Shelf – School supplies
Eden Prairie Schools’ Early Childhood Program – READY! for Kindergarten
CounterAct – Drug and alcohol prevention program
MoveFwd – Youth counseling program
TreeHouse – Teen peer community support and development
2018 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day
PROP Food Shelf – School supplies
Eden Prairie Schools’ Early Childhood Program – READY! for Kindergarten
2017 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day
PROP Food Shelf – School supplies
Park Nicollet – Growing Through Grief Program at Eden Prairie High School
2016 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day
PROP Food Shelf – School supplies
Police Crime Fund – CounterAct
2015 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day
PROP Food Shelf – School supplies
