Welcome to the Brewster Education Foundation

2011/2012 Grant Application

Obtain your grant application here

The Brewster Education Foundation raises funds to foster and encourage extraordinary public education programs in the Brewster public school district.

The Foundation’s goal is to promote excellence in Brewster public education. To achieve this, the Foundation funds innovative educational projects that would not be available through regular school budgeting. This is accomplished through the Foundation’s Grant program, which is open to any teacher in the Brewster Central School District.

Please note:  we now ask the Grant Request Form to be submitted electronically to grants@bef.org.  One hard copy with appropriate signatures should be mailed or dropped off to the BEF office.  The Foundation now has one grant cycle per school year – with applications due on Friday, January 20, 2012.

Grant requests received after that date may be given consideration, but we ask that you make every effort to submit your application by January 20, 2012.   Recent grants given by the Foundation include:

• Fitness Center Development
• Spanish for Staff
• Shuffling through Reading
• Chris Caiazzo Driver Safety Program
• Handicapped Accessible Playground Equipment at JFK
• CV Starr Garden Program
• HS Video Production Program
• Character book bags at JFK
• CPR Certification Training

We know that as educators you are very busy, but we want to ensure that you do not miss this opportunity to receive funding for innovative ideas that will enrich the teaching experience both for you and your students.  Perhaps in the course of your professional reading or conversations with colleagues you have come across a project that you wish you could bring into your school – we can help.

The deadline for grant requests covering projects intended for implementation in the Spring of 2012 or Fall 2012, is January 20, 2012.   Please feel free to contact us at grants@bef.org if you need help with writing a grant request or just want to know if an idea you have would be an appropriate grant request.

We look forward to working with you.