Mini Grant
The Foundation selects educational projects and activities to fund on a regular basis. There is no deadline for submitting mini grant applications. Typically the Foundation meets and reviews applications the first Tuesday of the month during the school year and as needed throughout the summer. Questions about mini grants can be emailed to durandeducationfdn@gmail.com.
Grant Recipients 2017-18
$423 Literacy Night at Robert Kerr
$375 Kerr Cares Project
$150 Science Math Family Night at Robert Kerr School
$300 FCCLA Leadership Conference
$500 High School Service Learning Blanket Project
$320 Gross Motor Skills Equipment for Pre-School Special Ed
$610 Field Trip to Great Gatsby for High School English Students
$300 Hispanic Dance/Music Production for High School Spanish Students
$330 Middle School STEM Field Trip to Henry Ford Museum
$340 Rug for Elementary Music Classroom
Donor Restricted Grants
$210 Girls' Golf Team Clinic
$2410 Football Team Blocking Sled
Grant Recipients 2016-17
$300 Robert Kerr School Positive Behavior Prize Box
$300 Middle School Behavior Incentives
$600 High School Service Learning Blanket Project
$475 High School Robotics Team
$300 Middle School Youth Advisory Council
$105 High School Yearbook Conference
$300 Youth Basketball First Aid Kits
$300 Robert Kerr Appledore Tall Ship Field Trip
$299 Middle School Knit Flix Service Learning Project
$309 Bertha Neal Chick Incubation Project
$399 Robert Kerr Reading Night Supplies
$400 Middle School Great Lakes Science Center Field Trip
$500 Kerr Cares Program
$925 Bertha Neal I-Max Theater
$270 Title I Attendance Incentives
$305 Art Room Microphone System
$300 FCCLA National Conference
$300 Middle School Kindness Crew
$330 Middle School Light Boxes for Art Classes
Donor Restricted Grants
$480 High School Tumbling Training for Competitive Cheer
$750 Girls on the Run
$500 Summer Volleyball Camp
$1600 U of M Team Volleyball Camp
$1850 Girls Basketball Team Camp
$900 Cheer Camp
Grant Recipients 2015-16
$250 State of Michigan ID cards for High School Washington, DC Trip
$250 High School Blanket Project
$250 STEM Parent’s Night
$250 High School FCCLA Family Consumer Science Leadership Conference
$250 Middle School Parent Group Meeting Supplies
$250 High School Positive Behavior Intervention Support Incentives
$850 Doris M Kiacz Endowment Fund Grant for Elementary trip to
Appledore Tall Ship Science Project
$1060 First Grade Field Trip to Michigan Sea Life Aquarium
$1500 High School FCCLA Family Consumer Science Leadership National
Conference in San Diego
Donor Restricted Grants
$800 Girls on the Run Race Registration Fees and Supplies
Grant Recipient 2014-15
$250 High School Blanket Project
$250 Middle School On-Track Rewards
$250 High School Positive Behavior Intervention Support Incentives
$250 STEAM Soma Cube Project
$240 Bluetooth iPad Keyboards, Robert Kerr
$250 Robert Kerr Family Activity Night
$250 Destination Imagination Team
$250 Destination Imagination Team
$250 Destination Imagination Team
Grant Recipients 2013-14
$250 FIRST Robotics Ream
$250 Destination Imagination Team
Donor Restricted Grants
$370 Girls’ Varsity Basketball Camp
$1,372 High School Girls’ Tennis Camp