Corvallis Public Schools Foundation

Wrap-Around Services and Support: We supported educational access for all students, especially those navigating poverty and homelessness, with grants totaling $149,839 to the Student Opportunity for Success, Homeless Education, Welcome Center and Family Support programs. Homeless Education and Welcome Center were combined into the Family Support Program halfway through the year. We provided students qualifying for free and reduced meals (2,200 students) with backpacks and clothing, shoes, health and hygiene supplies, eye exams, glasses, food, snacks, extracurricular activity fees, after-school care, and summer childcare and enrichment opportunities. In addition, we provided emergency support, rent money and transportation for 200 students who were houseless. The Family Support program reached 372 families (more than 600 students) by providing rent and/or utilities assistance (totaling $13,416), 782 bags of shelf-stable food, 308 produce boxes from a local farm, 489 laundry cards, more than 1,000 grocery gift cards (valued at $28,155), 534 deliveries of cleaning and personal hygiene products, and 80 scholarships to students to attend the Boys & Girls Club after-school program. In addition, $13,969 was spent on the suicide-prevention program and $20,794 was spent on school staff wellbeing and retention by providing staff appreciation meals and tokens of appreciation and support.

Academic and Enrichment Grants: IMAGINE grants of $67,186 were used to encourage innovative ideas that advance equity and students' experiences in their school communities such as projects in music, English and bilingual literacy, physical education, STEM, construction, business, and environmental education;. And $7,421 was used for YEA! (Youth Empowerment and Action) grants for innovative, student-driven projects. Through our Golden Apple Awards program, we awarded four stipends totaling $3,240 to honor outstanding teachers and staff. Through our endowed scholarship program, we awarded scholarships totaling $10,250 to help 10 high school seniors pursue their post-secondary education.

School Programs Support: We managed more than 220 designated accounts for a variety of purposes, such as bike education, homeless education, special education, outdoor school, high school career convention, graduation party, art, drama, extracurricular, foreign language, library, math, music, physical education, science, sports, technology, robotics, and welcome center for the school district's 13 public schools that enrolled 6,212 students and employed 1,191 teachers, support staff, and coaches.

Racial equity grants: We provided $17,420 to support ongoing professional learning and collaboration in each school to disrupt systems and structures that have historically marginalized students and communities of color. Grant funding also paid for culturally responsive materials, leadership development for staff of color in our school district, expansion of the S.A.F.E. (Students Advocating for Equity) program at elementary schools, and wireless internet access. These projects served 6,212 students in the district's schools.