Workforce Readiness Ignite Grants

Program Type: Classroom grant program for PSD educators

Each school year the PSD Foundation provides funding for vital access to educational and developmental opportunities to students across Poudre School District. The Ignite Grants program was refreshed during the pandemic (historically called the SPIE Grant program) to make it more relevant to the needs of district educators in today's classrooms.

Eligibility:

• Applicants: PSD educators district-wide
• Focus: Workforce Readiness - programs and materials that ensure all PSD learners become workforce ready by providing high-quality career and work-based learning programs aligned to industry demand and leading to high wage, high skill, in-demand employment

Award Details:

• Up to $2,000 per application
• Funding for programming that will help improve learning outcomes and provide access to educational opportunities that would otherwise not be possible

Funding Source: Generosity of individuals and organizations in the community

Geographic Scope: Poudre School District, Fort Collins, Colorado

Contact Information:

• PO Box 270338, Fort Collins, CO 80527
• Phone: 970-490-3207

Recent Activity:

• Past fall cycle: Over 80 PSD educators applied; 27 requests were funded
• 2023-24 Workforce Readiness Ignite Grant Recipients:
  • Tom Chandler, Lincoln Middle School
  • Sandra Weeks, Rocky Mountain High School
  • Mackenzie Vantana, Kim Eberhart, Jamie Westyn & Brad Reimers, Fossil Ridge High School
  • Matt Strand, Polaris