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Red Oak ISD Education Foundation awards 30 grants totaling $87,899.48 this year

Red Oak Independent School District Board of Trustees · December 16, 2025

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Karen Anderson, executive director of the Red Oak ISD Education Foundation, reported 44 grant proposals and 30 awards totaling $87,899.48 this round; since her tenure the foundation has awarded 489 grants totaling $1,349,603.97.

Karen Anderson, executive director of the Red Oak ISD Education Foundation, told the board the foundation received 44 proposals for the 'Grants for Great Ideas' program and awarded 30 grants totaling $87,899.48. Anderson provided a campus-by-campus breakdown of awards (for example, Red Oak High School received nine awards and Eastridge received five) and noted the foundation’s long-term impact: during her 20 years with the organization the foundation has awarded 489 grants totaling $1,349,603.97.

Anderson asked the board to come forward for a photo and thanked volunteers and board members who support the grant program. She was joined at the podium by director Monique Ballard and others from the foundation board.

No funding sources or matching requirements were specified during the presentation. The board accepted the report; no vote on foundation recipients was required during the meeting.