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Mary Lien Anderson Elementary School Fund (MLAESF) Grant Program

CAMBRIDGE FOUNDATION

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Deadline

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Overview

Mary Lien Anderson Elementary School Fund (MLAESF) Grant Program

Geographic Scope: Cambridge, Wisconsin - Cambridge Elementary School

Overview: An endowment-type fund designed to address both short-term and long-term needs of Cambridge Elementary School through grants and gifting recommendations. The fund is distributed at least once each year.

Focus Areas:

  • School programming

  • Books and educational materials

  • Items that cannot be funded through the school's regular budget

  • Educational enrichment (NOT normal operating expenses)
  • Background: Named after Mary Lien Anderson, a teacher with 43 years of teaching experience, including 30 years in the Cambridge School District (1976-2001). She taught all eight grades in the one-room Smithback Schoolhouse before moving to teach first grade in Oak Creek, WI, and eventually returning to Cambridge.

    Eligibility:

  • Cambridge Public Schools

  • Tax-exempt public charities serving the school
  • Process: Annually or as needed, a committee composed of elementary school teachers makes gifting recommendations and/or grant requests to the Executive Board of the Cambridge Foundation. The Foundation then distributes income from the fund.

    Contact: Cambridge Foundation, P.O. Box 636, Cambridge, WI 53523 | Phone: 608-423-2057 | Email: krobinson@cambridge-foundation.org

    How to Apply

    How to Apply

    1. Elementary school teachers submit gifting recommendations and/or grant requests
    2. Requests are reviewed by a committee of elementary school teachers
    3. Committee forwards recommendations to the Executive Board of the Cambridge Foundation
    4. Foundation reviews and makes distribution decisions
    5. Distributions made to qualifying tax-exempt public charities and/or Cambridge Public Schools

    Submission: Contact the Cambridge Foundation directly regarding the grant request form and process

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    k-12-schoolseducation

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