Please note that the deadline for the fall 2011 grants is Friday, October 14th. You can download the grant application form at right.
The Richfield Foundation formed the RPS Fund (now RPS Foundation) in 1997 to support programs, services and activities within the Richfield Public Schools. Since then, $87,000 in mini-grants has been awarded to support a variety of educational enrichment activities within the schools.
Use one of the links at right to apply for a grant to fund your Richfield public school project.
Some examples of projects that have won funding in the past include:
- Take-home books and educational games
- Elementary student participation in the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Creativity Festival
- K-8 “Super Science Night”
- Week-long Poet in Residence at Richfield Middle School
- Student-planned Asian New Year’s celebration
- RMS and RHS jazz bands - “Jam session” with professional jazz musicians
- Participation of RHS Student Government representatives in the “StrengthQuest” leadership development survey
- Theater @ Three Program (after school performance classes and workshops)
Twenty-three Richfield DECA students participated in the 2008 DECA Districts Competition at the Radisson Hotel in Plymouth.
Need even more ideas? Check out this more-detailed list of projects that we've funded in the past.