PPS Food Fund Grants

PPS Food Fund Grants is sponsored by Foundation for Portland Public Schools. A collaboration between the Foundation for PPS and Food Fuels Learning (FFL), this fund allows community members to invest in grassroots, school-based projects that build food security for PPS students and their families.

Grants for PPS Staff - Foundation for Portland Public Schools Donate to FPPS Staff Grants Fall Grant Final Reports due June 18, 2026 Click on the title of your fall grant below to complete your final report form. Please select either Equity and Innovation grants (formerly known as teacher grants) or Co-Curricular grants based on your application. "I remain deeply grateful for the FPPS Grants Program.

The support provided is invaluable and essential. It allows us to connect with our broader community and create meaningful and lasting learning opportunities for students. The work that the grant funding enables us to do is often the most important and most memorable component of an expedition.

We could not do it without FPPS. Thank you for making it possible!" Matt Bernstein Casco Bay High School teacher “The FPPS grant is an invaluable resource to teachers and students.

This funding enables me to offer rich programming for students and address equity issues in curriculum and school culture. Thank you so much!!! ” Lisa Hicks dance teacher, PATHS “These grants are critical to allowing teachers to innovate…Each student listed this project as their favorite part of the year, the thing that they most enjoyed and most hope to continue in the future.

” Sarah Norsworthy Remote Academy Equity and Innovation Fall Grants *CLOSED* EQUITY AND INNOVATION GRANT APPLICATION Please complete the Final Report Form by the end of the school year deadline on June 18, 2026. A final report is required for all grants. If you received a fall grant in a previous year, please make sure you have filed a completed final report before submitting another application.

Applications for a new grant will not be considered without a final report for your previous grant. Provide photos, video, or stories of students participating in your grant or other documentation about the project that Foundation for Portland Public Schools can share. All images of students require signed media consent forms that are on file with the school.

Photos should be sent as high resolution or actual size. Thank you! Please email info@foundationforpps.

org with any questions. FPPS Co-Curricular Fall Grants *CLOSED* FPPS CO-CURRICULAR GRANT APPLICATION We are excited to offer a co-curricular grants program. Clubs and activities nurture a sense of belonging, increase student engagement, and improve student attendance.

They are often joyful parts of school with deep learning and powerful team building. Please read the Co-Curricular Grant guidelines before applying! FPPS CO-CURRICULAR GRANT GUIDELINES Please complete the Final Report Form by the end of the school year deadline on June 18, 2026.

A final report is required for all grants. If you received a fall grant in a previous year, please make sure you have filed a completed final report before submitting another application. Applications for a new grant will not be considered without a final report for your previous grant.

Provide photos, video, or stories of students participating in your grant and/or other documentation about the project that Foundation for Portland Public Schools can share. All images of students require signed media consent forms that are on file with the school. Photos should be sent as high resolution or actual size.

Thank you! Please email info@foundationforpps. org with any questions.

FINAL REPORT FOR FPPS CO-CURRICULAR GRANTS Staff Summer Planning Grants FPPS offers up to $800 per person or up to $5,000 for teams of PPS staff to engage in curriculum planning, school team collaboration, or other summer work intended to advance new approaches to student learning or otherwise prepare for the school year. Please note: We are NOT encouraging PPS staff to work more in the summer.

But if you plan to work, we want you to be compensated *CLOSED* APPLICATION FOR 2026 SUMMER PLANNING GRANT Applications Available: Monday, March 30, 2026 Applications Due: Friday, May 1, 2026 Decisions Shared: Friday, May 29, 2026 Brief Grant Reports Due: No later than Friday, September 11, 2026 In your final report, please provide the name, employee ID number, job title, and school for all team members, and the number of hours each person worked.

A final report must be submitted for grantees to receive their grant compensation. Grantees will be paid through PPS Payroll. Questions?

Please contact FPPS Executive Director Andi Summers at asummers@foundationforpps. org or 207-842-4658. Summer Planning Grant Guidelines 1) Grant funds are only for PPS staff planning or collaboration time, at a rate of $40 / hour.

Summer Planning Grant funds can NOT be used for supplies, books, food, transportation, workshops, conferences, outside consultants, etc. 2) All PPS staff are eligible to apply. You can apply as an individual or as a team. Maximum awards are $800 per person and $5,000 for teams.

Team members will only be paid for up to 20 hours of work ($800). 3) The grant must be used in full prior to the start of the school year—this is summer work. 4) Principal or director support is required.

Please review your grant together before submission. If your work is districtwide, please include your district-level leadership. 5) Applications will be selected based on impact on student learning, innovation, and alignment with the district’s priorities .

6) Grantees will be paid through PPS Payroll. They must track their hours and give them to the project lead, along with their employee ID numbers, for submission through the Summer Planning Grants’ final report form. Additional details about payment processes will be provided in September.

7) A brief summary of the work completed is due to FPPS in a final report by September 11, 2026 . The project lead must submit a final report for all grantees to receive their grant money. *CLOSED* PPS FOOD FUND GRANT GUIDELINES The Portland Public Schools (PPS) Food Fund is a collaboration of the Foundation for PPS and Food Fuels Learning (FFL) and is made possible through generous donations by the community.

The PPS Food Fund was established to provide community members the opportunity to invest in grassroots, school-based projects that build food security for PPS students and their families. Please carefully read the Guidelines before completing this form. We are currently accepting requests up to $1500.

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