LEAF reports $750,000 in 2025 revenue, commits $100,000 to waive middle‑school activity fees

Charlie Eisenreich, president of the Local Education Activities Foundation (LEAF), presented the foundation’s 2025 annual report to the St. Cloud Public School District Board, highlighting an increase in donor support and several program expansions.

“Good evening, everybody, and thanks for allowing me to be here tonight,” Eisenreich said as he opened the presentation. He told the board LEAF raised $100,000 to ensure activity fees for every middle‑school student will be paid through the remainder of the 2026–27 school year, a commitment the foundation made after discussing barriers that keep students from participating.

Eisenreich said LEAF counted more than 400 unique donors in 2025 and that public support totaled more than $330,000. Combined with investment returns, LEAF’s revenue for 2025 was reported as just under $750,000. The foundation awarded approximately $283,000 in grants to classrooms and activity programs across the district, he said, and recorded expenses of just over $430,000 for the year.

Eisenreich described several targeted efforts funded by LEAF, including an expanded adopt‑a‑classroom program that awarded grants to a record 287 classrooms in 2025, support for activity‑bus transportation and athletic physicals, and investments in school pantries under the district’s “feeding 742” initiative.

Board members and staff thanked LEAF and district volunteers for their work. Eisenreich said the foundation plans to focus on deeper donor relationships next year to sustain and grow its programs.

The board was shown a short LEAF video illustrating how the foundation’s middle‑school activity fee commitment will remove financial barriers to participation and support student engagement.

The LEAF annual report and grant breakdown will be available for review in the foundation’s published materials, Eisenreich said.