The HOPE Foundation Fund
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foundation
Overview
The HOPE Foundation Fund
Overview: The HOPE Foundation Fund provides grants to Big Spring ISD teachers to enhance learning opportunities for their students. HOPE stands for Help Our Pupils Excel.
Eligibility: Big Spring ISD teachers
Purpose: Grants fund creative educational projects and special initiatives that enhance student learning when regular funding is unavailable.
History: Founded in August 2015 by Ken McIntosh (former Big Spring ISD Trustee) with leftover funds from a Bauer Elementary fundraiser. The fund was named by Virginia Miller, a lifelong dedicated educator and BSHS teacher, who left $100,000 to the HOPE Foundation upon her passing in August 2020.
Recent Awards: In 2022, the HOPE Foundation awarded $38,840 in grants to eight Big Spring ISD teachers.
Geographic Scope: Big Spring ISD, Texas
Frequency: Annual
Website: https://www.bsacf.org/the-hope-foundation-fund
What Big Spring Area Community Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 7
- Total given
- $327K
- Median grant
- $23K
- Range
- $5,725–$208K
- By dollars: Texas 100%. Top recipient cities: Big Spring, TX.
- 57% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Big Spring YMCA · Big Spring, TX
Teen & youth center, general purpose
$208K
Big Spring Symphony Association Incorporated · Big Spring, TX
Funding for the nutcracker ballet, general purpose
$28K
Howard County Junior College · Big Spring, TX
First flight concurrent scholarship for hs seniors, scholarships nontraditional students
$25K
Big Spring Area Chamber of Commerce Charitable Trust 1 · Big Spring, TX
Renovations
$23K
St Mary's Episcopal Church · Big Spring, TX
General purpose
$23K
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