2025 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 2025 grant process is closed, but stay tuned for the 2026 process which will have a fall 2026 deadline.
2025 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day – $4,000
PROP – Urgent Food Requests – $1,000
Every Meal – $1,000
MoveFwd – $1,000
2024 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 640 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 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 and impact 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.
Every Meal’s Weekend Meal Program – $5,000
The Eden Prairie School District has a strategic plan that includes a wellbeing strategy for all students, and Every Meal’s Weekend Meal Program helps to champion that goal as it relates to food insecurity. Nutrition plays a critical role in the physical and mental development of children and youth. Statistically, children who are hungry get sick more often, perform more poorly in school, have less energy, experience more social behavioral challenges, and are more likely to suffer growth and developmental impairments. There are approximately 200 student families in the Eden Prairie School District who have enrolled in Every Meal’s Weekend Meal Program to whom nearly 1,000 nutritious meal bags are prepared and distributed to address their weekend food gap.
Early Childhood Ready! For Kindergarten Kits – $4,285
Kathy Matthews, Early Childhood Instructor, requested funding to work with approximately 50 families with children 3-5 years old for the purpose of increasing preparedness of children before they enter kindergarten. By providing Ready! For Kindergarten Kits parents will receive the guidance and tools they need to help their children gain pre-reading, math, and social skills before kindergarten. The kit encourages parents to implement play with a purpose and provides books and toys to help their children develop academically.
2023 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day
MoveFwd – Youth counseling program
2022 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day
MoveFwd – Youth counseling program
2021 Community Grant Partners:
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary – My Book Day
MoveFwd – Youth counseling program
TreeHouse – Tutoring
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
