Grants Funded by QPS Foundation

Find grants awarded that have supported our schools to enrich the lives of our students.

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Dream Big Grants in Action: Brenda Vandament’s Final Chapter

    In her final year of teacher, Brenda Vandament used a Dream Big grant to help Rooney first graders explore beloved children's authors, strengthen literacy skills and building home libraries of their own.

    Rooney Elementary School • 1st Grade

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Iles Elementary Accessible Instrumentation

    Amount Granted: $10,416.72

    Iles Elementary School • Kindergarten - 5th Grade

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Xylophones, Storage, and Access for All

    Amount Granted: $7,139.64

    Rooney Elementary School • Kindergarten - 5th Grade • 500 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Social Skills and Community Exploration

    Amount Granted: $1,425

    Funding for field trips for special education classrooms.

    Baldwin Elementary School • Kindergarten - 5th Grade • 25 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Quincy FFA Ag Days – Milking Simulator

    Amount Granted: $1,425

    Baldwin Elementary School, Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center • Kindergarten - 5th Grade • 2700 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    QJHS Choir Room Facility Upgrade

    Amount Granted: $7,534.38

    Choral seating and Choral folio cabinets

    Quincy Junior High School • 6th - 8th Grade • 700 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    PE Equipment

    Amount Granted: $3,500

    Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School • Kindergarten - 5th Grade • 550 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Empowering Connections in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community

    Amount Granted: $610

    Funding for field trips for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students.

    Baldwin Elementary School • Pre-K - 12th Grade • 7 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Kiln Shelves

    Amount Granted: $1,300

    New equipment for the QHS Art Studio.

    Quincy Senior High School • 9th - 12th Grade • 150 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Dryer for QJHS Grooming Center and Physical Education Classes

    Amount Granted: $500

    Quincy Junior High School • 6th - 8th Grade • 500 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Baseball Equipment

    Amount Granted: $6,440

    Indoor batting cage, pitch back and machine, training glove

    Quincy Junior High School, Quincy Senior High School • 6th - 12th Grade • 100 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Culturize Denman

    Amount Granted: $1,500

    Funding to improve sense of community at Denman Elementary.

    Denman Elementary School • Kindergarten - 5th Grade • 550 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    MacBook for QHS Theater & Music

    Amount Granted: $1,000

    To assist with video & audio editing

    Quincy Senior High School • 9th - 12th Grade • 100 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    New Teacher Fund

    Amount Granted: $3,000

    A $250 grant for each new K-5 Classroom teacher.

    All District, Baldwin Elementary School, Denman Elementary School, Early Childhood & Family Center, Iles Elementary School, Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School, Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center, Quincy Junior High School, Quincy Senior High School, Rooney Elementary School, The Academy

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    QHS, QJHS, Quincy Youth Wrestling Program Equipment

    Amount Granted: $5,798

    Throw Mats, Singlets, Warm Ups, Scales, Headgear, Throwing Dummies, Speaker System

    All District, Baldwin Elementary School, Denman Elementary School, Early Childhood & Family Center, Iles Elementary School, Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School, Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center, Quincy Junior High School, Quincy Senior High School, Rooney Elementary School, The Academy • Kindergarten - 12th Grade • 100 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Korb Family for Music

    Amount Granted: $450

    All District, Baldwin Elementary School, Denman Elementary School, Early Childhood & Family Center, Iles Elementary School, Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School, Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center, Quincy Junior High School, Quincy Senior High School, Rooney Elementary School, The Academy • Kindergarten - 12th Grade • 300 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Community Field Trip for Special Education Students

    Amount Granted: $379.50

    Denman Elementary School • Kindergarten - 5th Grade • 23 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Yoga Lessons for Young Learners

    Amount Granted: $4,000

    Denman Elementary School • Kindergarten • 100 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Sensory Bites: Building Confidence One Bite at a Time

    Amount Granted: $950

    Cooking instruction and food introduction for Cross Cat students

    Denman Elementary School • Kindergarten - 2nd Grade • 13 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Project

    Amount Granted: $670

    Community Involvement and Social Skills Enhancement Project

    All District, Baldwin Elementary School, Denman Elementary School, Early Childhood & Family Center, Iles Elementary School, Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School, Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center, Quincy Junior High School, Quincy Senior High School, Rooney Elementary School, The Academy • Pre-K - 12th Grade • 10 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Small Structure Construction for Introductory Classes

    Amount Granted: $6,250

    A collaboration between Iles Elementary School and the QAVTC Construction Trades program that provided much needed storage space to Iles.

    Iles Elementary School, Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center • 9th - 12th Grade • 90 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Football equipment

    Amount Granted: $1,700

    Handshields and Agile Bags

    Quincy Senior High School • 9th - 12th Grade • 200 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Intramural Basketball & Cheer at Iles Elementary

    Amount Granted: $950

    Funding for an afterschool program

    Iles Elementary School • 3rd - 5th Grade • 50 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Life Skills for students with Emotional Disabilities

    Amount Granted: $830

    Materials for life skills instruction

    Denman Elementary School • 3rd - 5th Grade • 522 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Author’s Table

    Amount Granted: $1,300

    Classroom books sets spanning several authors

    Rooney Elementary School • 1st Grade • 22 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Lincoln-Douglas Orff Extension

    Amount Granted: $5,160.30

    New musical instruments for Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School.

    Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School • Kindergarten - 5th Grade • 570 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Enhancing Student Engagement through Innovative Classroom Technology

    Amount Granted: $2,000

    Quincy Junior High School • 6th Grade • 150 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    QAVTC Promotional Videos

    Amount Granted: $5,000

    Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center • 9th - 12th Grade • 1200 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Communication Capacity: Amplifying the Voices of QPS Students & Teachers

    Amount Granted: $500

    All District, Baldwin Elementary School, Denman Elementary School, Early Childhood & Family Center, Iles Elementary School, Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School, Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center, Quincy Junior High School, Quincy Senior High School, Rooney Elementary School, The Academy • Pre-K - 12th Grade • 6300 Students Impacted

  • GRANT FUNDED IN 2025-2026

    Flexible Seating

    Amount Granted: $5,000

    Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School • 3rd Grade • 125 Students Impacted