Janet's Fund Grant

Janet's Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
Amount: Up to US $5,000
Last Updated: November 12, 2025

Summary

Janet's Fund Grant, established in memory of Janet Thieriot, aims to enhance the educational experience of students in the Southern Berkshire Regional School District. The fund provides financial resources for creative initiatives that support both individual students and broader school programs, particularly those addressing the needs of diverse learners. Grants typically range from $250 to $5,000, encouraging applicants to seek matching funds and focus on direct project costs. This initiative fosters innovation and excellence within the community.

Overview

Janet's Fund Grant Janet Thieriot was a student in the Southern Berkshire Regional School District who pushed beyond the boundaries of the standard curriculum. She died of cancer in 1989 and her father, Bob Thieriot, established Janet’s Fund to honor and perpetuate her spirit. The goal of Janet’s Fund is to reach each and every student in the district, giving them an opportunity to dream, to pursue that dream, and to realize it. Janet’s Fund provides financial resources and goodwill to support creative activities for Mount Everett students. Grants from the fund will enhance and support Mount Everett’s capacity to be a school of excellence and a school that has the capacity to reach those with superior talents, as well as those who are challenged physically, emotionally or mentally. Grants will also help Mount Everett meet the geographic challenges of being one of the largest districts in the Commonwealth, spread across a large, rural landscape. Janet’s Fund supports initiatives that encourage the school community to stretch, to reach beyond existing programs, and, over time, to enrich the experience of all students. Janet’s Fund supports programs that serve a broad section of the school community, as well as programs that benefit an individual student of exceptional promise. The fund encourages student-initiated projects. Funding Grants awarded will generally range from $250 to $5,000. Because the fund expects many worthy projects to be competing for limited funding, it asks that all applicants make a special effort to ask only for that amount actually required and to be diligent in searching for matching funds through in-kind or other cash donations.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants may be students, teachers, administrators, staff, parents or members of the community. Applicants who are not students or employees of the school district must have their applications signed off by a Mount Everett principal or superintendent.Proposals must augment and enrich the educational experience of students in the school and should not be part of core curriculum.

Ineligibility

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation does not support organizations which in their constitution, by-laws, or practice, discriminate against a person or group on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief.