ICF announces education grants
Memorial Community Center was among those receiving an Idaho Community Foundation grant.
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The Idaho Community Foundation has awarded $294,000 to 22 education projects in Idaho through the Idaho Future Fund. Of this, more than $85,000 will support preschools, a vocational training program and more throughout north Idaho.
Among those receiving a grant is the Priest Lake Community Education Foundation, Inc. in Bonner County. The group was awarded $15,000 to support early learners through free high-quality preschool, READY! for Kindergarten educational classes. The program offers classes and support to parents of children birth through 5, and small group instruction in the kindergarten classroom.
The Idaho Future Fund was established at the community foundation in 2015 by a couple from Blaine County. Grants from the fund are intended to create, sustain or reinvigorate impactful educational programs throughout the state in the areas of preschool scholarships, charter schools, public schools/public school libraries and supplemental educational programs.
Also receiving grants in the region were:
Memorial Community Center, Inc. (Bonner) – $20,000 to continue offering preschool for the 2023/24 school year.
Panhandle Alliance for Education, Inc (Bonner) – $3,000 to support “Ready to Read,” PAFE’s early literacy reading program for all first-grade students in the Lake Pend Oreille School District.
Avery School District #394 (Shoshone) – $15,000 to establish a preschool program.
Kendrick Joint School District #283 (Latah) – $5,500 to purchase equipment to provide students at Kendrick Junior-Senior High School education and training in sheet metal fabrication.
Moscow School District #281 (Latah) – $20,000 to provide new books in high school libraries.
Reach Club, Inc. (Idaho) – $7,200 toward the salary of the Elk City preschool teacher.
The Idaho Community Foundation helps Idahoans make a bigger impact where they live. Together with our donors, we’ve awarded more than $165 million throughout all 44 counties in Idaho – more than $10 million every year.
Information: idahocf.org