Stanton College PreparatoryAlumni, parents, and neighbors underwrite what a district budget can't: robotics parts, competition travel, AP exam fees, lab equipment — and the teachers who make them count.
granted to classrooms since 2016
teacher grants awarded
students reached every year
of every dollar goes straight to programs
Direct awards up to $2,500 for materials, software, and travel — reviewed twice a year, no matching funds required.
Apply by October 15 →AP and IB exam fees, competition entry, instruments, and equipment for students for whom cost would otherwise decide.
Fund a student →Lab renovations, library upgrades, and shared spaces proposed jointly by faculty and the parent board.
Current projects →“The grant bought sixteen spectrophotometers. My students stopped watching chemistry and started doing it.”
maximum single teacher grant
review cycles each school year
volunteer board — alumni and parents
The Foundation is a 501(c)(3); gifts are tax-deductible and stay entirely at Stanton.
One gift, unrestricted — the board directs it where the need is greatest.
$25 a month funds a student's AP exam fees every single year.
Many Jacksonville employers match dollar for dollar. Check yours before you give.
Appreciated securities, donor-advised funds, and bequests — contact the treasurer.
Any Stanton teacher, department, or parent organization may request funding. Awards are announced before each semester begins so you can plan with certainty.
Start a grant requestWhat you need, what it costs, and how many students it reaches. No narrative essays.
October and March cycles. The principal's office reviews for feasibility; the board votes.
Paid to the vendor or reimbursed within two weeks. One short report at year end.
Alumni and parent kickoff for the Annual Fund. Riverside, 6:30pm.
Faculty requests due by 5pm. Awards announced November 7.
Student-organized run benefiting the Student Access Fund.
A short note each semester: the grants funded, the students who went, and what's still unfunded. No fundraising appeals in between.