Making Educational Excellence A Reality…For All Our Students, Every Day -

Through the generous donations of individuals, businesses and charitable foundations in our community, we fund innovative programs and projects in the Carson City School District that are not normally fundable through the traditional education budget. Here’s another way of looking at it (click here).

Dr Lee Conley -Principal at EVMS A $2000. school grant to help with the community drive to send his students who won State competition to the World Championships in Houston.

Principal Dan Carstens and Dawn Carson math teacher at CHS for materials for her classes.

Dr. Tanya Scott $2,000 District grant for Enrichment opportunities for EL students.

School grant $2000. At Mark Twain Kylie Jensen and Alyson Haas and Principal Chelise Crookshanks. To build school/neighborhood garden.

Mini grant for STEM building materials for student-family projects. Teacher Katheryn Brown and Principal Cheryl Richetta.

Eagle Valley Middle School Buddy Tutoring Program Kick-Off

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Kylie Jensen and Alyson Haas Community Garden

Katheryn Brown STEM Building Materials

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“Education is for improving the lives of others,
and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.”
Marian Wright Edelman

A Little History

In 2015 a group of individuals from the community created a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation to support the Carson City School District’s goal of increasing student achievement through community philanthropic investment and involvement. Serving at the pleasure of the superintendent and the school board, The Carson City Schools Foundation’s leadership works to be a vehicle for community investment in innovative projects that traditional funding sources might not be able to reach.

As a result of the community’s generosity, from 2016 through 2023 the foundation has donated $146,000 for classroom projects, student aid, department projects, school projects, new teacher support, and the Jump Start Program. As of the Fall 2023 grant period, the foundation has donated $46,764 through the following programs (Click here for a full list of awardees)

Classroom Mini Grants – $1,300 (6 grants)
School-wide Grants – $10,000 (5 grants)
Jump Start College-readiness Program – $32,223.14

This project is one of the many results of the “Empower Carson City 2017″ strategic plan – a five-year strategic plan built by the community for creating extraordinary schools, and renewed in 2022 as “Empower Carson City 2027“.

Please take time to view the short video below to learn more about the Foundation and our work. Also, explore this website to learn more about what we have accomplished so far, how we achieve our goals, and how you can join us as a donor and champion of innovative education.

For more information, or to contact the Board of Directors, please email [email protected]. To donate to our grant and scholarship programs, or to the Foundation General Fund, click here: Targeted Donation