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Hunterdon Central School Foundation reorganizes, reports $158,000 in funds for scholarships and teacher grants
Summary
Jim Finn, president of the independent Hunterdon Central School Foundation, told the board the reconstituted foundation has $104,000 in an alumni (Upton) fund earmarked for scholarships and $54,000 in general foundation funds intended for teacher classroom grants, and that the foundation plans to resume grantmaking.
The Hunterdon Central School Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) that supports student scholarships and teacher classroom grants, reported to the board that it has reorganized leadership and is ready to resume grantmaking after a COVID-related lull.
Jim Finn, foundation president and a senior vice president at Brown and Brown, said the foundation holds approximately $104,000 in dedicated Upton bequest funds that must be used for scholarships and roughly $54,000 in general foundation funds intended to restart teacher classroom grants — a combined total of about $158,000. Finn said the foundation continues to award annual scholarships (historically 10 scholarships of $1,000 each) and expects to reintroduce classroom grants; he noted the foundation awarded about $57,000 for unbudgeted programs and $55,000 in scholarships since February 2012, though teacher grants have been dormant since 2019.
Finn described the foundation’s leadership team: Kim Blanda (vice president), Frank Barlow (interim chair, departing after long service), Laura Rosen (candidate treasurer) and an as-yet-to-be-approved secretary, plus advisory ex-officio members including the principal, superintendent and business administrator. He emphasized that voting members are not district employees to avoid conflicts of interest when grant applicants include staff members.
Finn encouraged board members and the community to engage with and support the foundation’s resumed activities and said the foundation will present more updates and opportunities for collaboration going forward.
