Student Opportunity Fund

Student Opportunity Fund is sponsored by Impact on Education. This grant program provides resources that empower educators and schools and engage students in learning, prioritizing grants that expand access to resources, opportunities, and support for students from marginalized and underserved communities within the Boulder Valley School D…

Student Opportunity Fund Fund – Impact on Education This grant program provide resources that empower educators and schools and engage students in learning. In partnership with the Boulder Valley School District we’ve created a long-term approach to providing mental health supports during the school day.

We accelerated the pace of professional development to ensure interventionists and teachers were trained and prepared to help students with learning differences, namely dyslexia. The Student Opportunity Fund (formerly the Academic Opportunity Fund) provides educators and schools with the resources they need to bridge opportunity gaps and create a level playing field for all students.

We believe there should be no limits and no barriers, just boundless opportunities for every Boulder Valley student. We prioritize grants that expand access to resources, opportunities, and support for students from marginalized and underserved communities.

While the needs of BVSD students are vast, Impact on Education is focused on three key areas, and we are soliciting applications from BVSD educators that help foster academically prepared students, student wellbeing & belonging, and future-ready students.

Individual or small-group tutoring Extended learning and enrichment opportunities Test prep and other supplemental educational support Guest speakers and author visits Class fees and materials* Software or technology to support learning* Mental health resources and belonging materials or initiatives Career/College readiness resources Requests focused on student access to education *Curricular and technology requests must be run through the district prior to approval and grant awarding.

Providing opportunities for BVSD students, from tutoring to software to transportation expenses, reduces the economic barriers to academic success. Applications for Fall 2026 will open in early August. 3 ways community support sparks “lightbulb” moments for BVSD students This school year, we awarded over $181,000 in Student Opportunity Grants.

Here are a few snapshots of impact from the Fall grant cycle, made possible by dedicated teachers, community donors, and Meritrust Credit Union’s investment. Watch: How a Casey Middle program builds incredible student confidence Go behind the scenes of an afterschool program at Casey Middle School where students are building confidence and gaining math skills.

Impact on Education awards $115,000 in grants to Boulder Valley teachers Impact on Education awarded a total of $115,140 in grants to 83 educators across the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD), with funding made possible by community donors, including a recent $100,000 gift from Meritrust Credit Union. Colorado spends $3,000 below the national average per student.

You can help supplement district funding and provide students with access to excellent and equitable education. In 2019, BVSD was working to roll out a new phonics-based curriculum in elementary schools and begin screening Kindergarten students to identify those at risk for dyslexia, but they lacked the funds to quickly train all educators.

Impact on Education, in partnership with Boulder Valley Kids Identified with Dyslexia (BVKID), stepped in to fund professional development and training for 46 BVSD interventionists and classroom educators. The training took place in the summer of 2020 and meant that during the 2020-21 school year, every school in BVSD had at least one interventionist who was trained in the Orton Gillingham approach to better support students.

In 2021, IOE also supplemented BVSD’s educator training, but we are pleased to share that over the summer of 2022, BVSD made their biggest investment to date for this critical training opportunity by funding 85 elementary educators to participate in the training. Your gift helps ensure students in the Boulder Valley School District have access to excellent and equitable education.

Impact on Education welcomes new board leadership and members As we begin the new fiscal year, we’re excited to introduce the new leadership and new members who joined our board this spring. Announcing the 2026 Impact on Education scholarship winners We’re proud to announce that 11 seniors across the Boulder Valley School District have been awarded scholarships — a $49,000 investment — to pursue higher education this fall.

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