Grants News
Toyota awards FEF $129,000 to support the FUSD Educate, Challenge, Inspire education programs.
Background: For the past 20 years, the Toyota U.S.A Foundation has funded K-12 educational programs that focus on the areas of math and science. Since 1991, the Fremont Education Foundation has been awarding FUSD teachers with Innovative Education Grants. In addition to individual grants, the Fremont Education Foundation has supported innovative programs in math and science at school sites in FUSD when additional funds have been available. Some of the funds have been used for additional science equipment for science labs, math manipulatives, and more.
Current Status: During the 2010-2011 school year, the Fremont Education Foundation applied for a Toyota U.S.A. Foundation grant. We are proud to announce that we have successfully partnered with the Toyota U.S.A. Foundation to support the schools in FUSD in the areas of math and science.
Funding will support several educational programs currently implemented at Fremont Unified School District including Everyday Mathematics, Project Lead The Way and Smaller Learning Communities. The grant will allow the Foundation to purchase SMART boards, calculators, math decks, books, computer upgrades and other student materials.
For more on this story, please see Five Fremont Organizations Receive $324,000 in Grants.
Wells Fargo Bank donates $40,000 to Fremont Education Foundation
On Jan. 28, 2011, Wells Fargo Bank presented Deborah Watanuki, FEF President, and James Morris, Fremont Unified School District Superintendent, with a $40,000 check to benefit Fremont students. The Fremont Education Foundation was among 13 schools and foundations in the Bay Area that received a share of the $250,000 in grants donated by Wells Fargo Bank. The funds are meant to support a variety of programs impacted by recent cutbacks in education funding. So far, Wells Fargo Bank has donated more than $826,000 across nine Northern California counties.
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