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North Clackamas Education Foundation reports record awards, outlines plans to grow funding
Summary
The North Clackamas Education Foundation told the school board it distributed roughly $339,000 in awards this year to classroom grants, scholarships and family-support programs and is pursuing estate gifts, larger grants and more community fundraisers to grow annual awards.
The North Clackamas Education Foundation (NCEF) reported to the school board that it awarded approximately $339,000 in grants and scholarships during the most recent year and described steps to increase fundraising in coming years.
Chief of Staff Tiffany Shierman introduced the foundation presenters, who said the foundation’s five-year contract with the district commits $1.3 million in support across the term. Executive Director Stephanie Rose said the foundation was about 60 percent through the contract time and had delivered about 68 percent of the contracted funding so far.
Rose said the foundation’s awards in the current year included $22,711 in classroom enrichment grants, $82,000 in scholarships, $101,000 to the Student and Family Support Center (supporting the clothes closet, food pantry, backpack buddies and emergency housing), and other district-directed priority funding. She also described leveraging a $75,000 allocation from a municipal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) fund for emergency housing supports that the district’s McKinney Vento staff can use.
Rose said the foundation’s scholarship program continues to expand, with 28 scholarships awarded to 24 students and several new memorial and targeted scholarships started in the past year. She said the foundation removes identifying student data from scholarship reviews to minimize bias.
Board members praised the foundation and asked about plans to scale awards. Foundation leaders said they are pursuing estate gifts, larger grant opportunities and renewed community outreach and small-business partnerships to expand the fundraising base.
No board action was taken; the presentation was informational. The foundation announced two upcoming events: a Building Bridges luncheon on Dec. 11 and its annual gala May 14.
