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Seed and Shorewood foundations announce joint grants to Shorewood schools
Summary
Guests from the Seed board and the Shorewood Foundation described a collaborative giving year that includes a donor match and multiple grants to classroom and community projects; staff said checks will arrive next week.
Representatives from the Seed board and the Shorewood Foundation presented a year-end set of grants and matching gifts to the board.
Melissa Nelson (Seed board president) described a $1,000,000 matching gift announced around Christmas that enabled Seed to pursue a rapid matching campaign; she and other volunteers described plans to leverage that match toward a larger endowment. Representatives from the Shorewood Foundation said the foundation would provide a $50,000 check targeted to community-serving projects. Seed detailed planned uses for its grants, naming initiatives such as math "leveling up," after-school enrichment, iPad purchases and summer curriculum development; a staff remark indicated the checks are in process and the district will receive them next week.
Board members and the superintendent thanked the volunteers and emphasized that this was an unusual and generous year for local philanthropy. Staff noted the gifts will be routed to the intended program funds and that final allocation details will appear in grant paperwork.
