Teacher Grants
PURCHASE YOUR ANCHORS
Let's show our teachers some love and fill the front yard of each school with anchors! With your purchase, an anchor will be placed in the school's front yard, and you can recognize up to 3 teachers. In addition to showing your support for teachers, you will be financially supporting the Teacher Grant Program.
$20 = 1 Anchor + 1 Teacher Recognized
$35 = 1 Anchor + 3 Teachers Recognized (all teachers must be at the same school)
Thanks to the generosity of our Dream Makers supporters, the foundation will be funding 50 teacher grants totaling $109,124 for the 2024-2025 school year.
Thank you teachers for your innovative and creative grant applications!
2024-25 Teacher Grant Summary
In addition, the foundation will be providing a Special One-Time $100,000 gift to the district to implement Decodable Readers across the district.
Thank you to our very generous donors that made this gift possible!
Past Events
- 2023-24 Teacher Grants
- 2022-23 Teacher Grants
- 2022-23 Teacher Grants Video
- 2021-22 Teacher Grants Video
- Aquatics Tank - Deephaven Elementary - Michael Borgendale
- Classroom Puppet Theater Engages Groveland Kindergarteners
- Life Long Activities - Racquet Sports Edition Highlight - Stacy Olson MME
- Teacher Grant Recipients 2020-21
2023-24 Teacher Grants
2022-23 Teacher Grants
2022-23 Teacher Grants Video
2021-22 Teacher Grants Video
Aquatics Tank - Deephaven Elementary - Michael Borgendale
Classroom Puppet Theater Engages Groveland Kindergarteners
Life Long Activities - Racquet Sports Edition Highlight - Stacy Olson MME
Teacher Grant Recipients 2020-21
Thank You to the Minnetonka Alumni Association for supporting 8 Grants totaling $4,251.
Teacher Grants enhance all academic subject areas, technology, fine arts, early childhood education, special education and community service at all Minnetonka public school sites. Without the Foundation’s Teacher Grant support, most of these enrichments would not have been possible.
Funding for some of the fine arts grants is generously provided by the Minnetonka Alumni Association’s Fine Arts Endowment Fund.
Frequently Asked Questions for Minnetonka Teachers
The foundation funds a variety of teacher grants for Minnetonka classrooms. Grant requests should have a direct curricular tie, be innovative, or creatively add to student experiences. Average grant awards are between $100 and $3,500.
- Teacher Grant applications are due on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at 12 noon.
- Teachers are notified of grant funding in early April, after Foundation and School Board approval.
- Teacher Grants are announced publicly in mid-April.
Please feel free to contact the Foundation with any questions or to see if your grant idea fits within foundation's funding priorities.
Did you receive 2023-24 Teacher Grant funding? Here is the form to share the grant outcomes in your classroom.