Since 1993, the Aurora East Educational Foundation has offered an educational grant award program to benefit the students of East Aurora School District 131.

Since the Foundation’s inception, over $283,000 in grants have been awarded to teachers and schools. Each year, the Foundation Board reviews and selects grant projects of a relatively broad scope that have the potential for substantial impact. These projects are implemented during the current and/or following school year. The purpose of the “mini grant” program is to allow innovative ideas to be tested and the education of our youth to be enriched through these ideas. Past activities have been very successful and have made the educational experience of our students even more rewarding.

The mini grant program was put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow teachers to focus on virtual learning. The Mini Grants for staff will re-open in the Fall of 2022.

Mini Grants – 2019-2020

Below you will find the application for the 2019-2020 Aurora East Educational Foundation Mini Grants.

You will note that attached are the guidelines, SMART Goals information, scoring sheet and the actual application. The scoring sheet is for foundation use only however we wanted you to know how the projects would be scored. The only document that will need to be submitted along with any other write up or supporting documentation is the application packet.

Please make sure that your building administrator signs off on all applications prior to submitting.

Have a great year!

Application 19-20Grant Guidelines 19-20SMART GoalsScoring Sheet

See some of the mini grant projects that were funded in recent years: 

AEEF Mini Grants 2018

AEEF Mini Grants 2017

AEEF Mini Grants 2016

AEEF Mini Grants 2015