Ninth District PTA Grants

Ninth District PTA Program Grants 2024-2025

The Ninth District PTA is offering Program Grants to unit and council PTAs/PTSAs to implement programs or events that support the PTA’s mission statement and goals. Please apply - it’s easier than you think! Grants are available for programs in the following areas at the unit and council levels: Advocacy, Health and Welfare, Parent/student education, and Parent/student involvement.

Ninth District PTA grants are a one time funding source and individual awards will not exceed $1,000.  If you are thinking “if we just had an extra $800 we could try this new program,” now is the time to act!  Funds must be used or returned by May 31, 2025.

All requested paperwork must be completed and included for an application to be considered.  The PTA applying for the grant must have association approval for the program.

The deadline for grant applications is noon on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Please submit the application to the Ninth District PTA via email to communityconcerns@ninthdistrictpta.org OR online via Google Forms by going to this link: https://forms.gle/4ahwcp9k72pJv4PG6

*must log into a gmail account to access the digital application

Ninth District PTA will not consider applications received after the deadline.

Grant recipients must: 

  • Submit a report detailing the project’s initial goals, outcomes, expense report, photos (and video if possible,) AND any remaining funds no later than May 31, 2025. 

The Ninth District PTA Grant Committee will select grant recipients and the decisions of the committee are final. Ninth District PTA will notify each grant award recipient by December 17, 2024. Grant recipient names will be included in the Ninth District PTA Annual Meeting/Founders’ Day program.

Criteria

  • Your PTA/PTSA must be in good standing; i.e., required officers, minimum number of membership dues paid and insurance paid
  • The PTA applying for the grant must sponsor the program or event
  • Only one completed application will be accepted from each unit or council
  • No payment of salaries or purchase of equipment will be considered
  • No grants will be awarded for Grad Night or Disaster Preparedness materials
  • Honoraria for program speakers may be listed as grant expenses
  • New programs/events, high percentage of students or community served, and financial need will be given strong consideration by the committee

Congratulations to the following Units who were awarded grant funding for the 2023/24 school year:

Casa de Oro PTA - $800 Grant for an after-school choral music program that was open to all grades (Transitional Kindergarten through sixth grade).

Hope Elementary School PTA - $800 Grant for a Compassion Day program that introduced neurotypical and “able-bodied” students to some of the challenges their peers navigate while trying to access the same education, demonstrating the necessity for modifications and accommodations for disabled students.

Lincoln Elementary PTA - $800 Grant for a community closet to have items of high demand readily available in the Family Center.  This helped assist with meeting the needs of students immediately without a delay. 

Logan Memorial PTSA - $800 Grant for an educational program to survey the campus climate and support the administrators, teachers, parents and students in cultivating a more welcoming and safe environment. Survey results were to be shared with the school community and Logan Memorial PTSA had planned to facilitate a series of three parent and student feedback sessions.

Mount Miguel PTSA - $800 Grant for a Black History Month program that included community speakers, a contest for students to submit original projects in several categories (dance, music film, literature, photography, visual arts), transportation to the SDSU Black Conference and more.

Rolando Elementary School PTA - $800 Grant for a program that was 6 weeks of ballroom dance lessons that ended with a dance showcase. Students participated in dance lessons to learn basic fundamentals and a choreographed dance they performed in front of their parents. In previous years, this program was for all 4th grade students. The students that are now in 5th and 6th grade were unable to participate in the 4th grade ballroom dance program due to the pandemic. The PTA approved a motion to include the 5th and 6th grade students this year which created an added expense.

Sage Creek High School PTSA - $400 Grant to help fund their series of College and Career Prep programs.

Sherman PTA - $800 Grant to fund and support the Science Club on campus.

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