Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO FINANCIALLY AND MATERIALLY SUPPORT MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ITS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. THIS IS DONE BY FOCUSING COMMUNITY INTEREST ON PUBLIC EDUCATION; INITIATING SUPPORT AND UNDERWRITING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN IS A PROGRAM FOR DESERVING LOW-INCOME CHILDREN IN MARION COUNTY TO ESCAPE THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY OFFERING STUDENTS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS IF THEY FOLLOW PROGRAM GUIDELINES. EACH STUDENT IS ALSO PROVIDED A CARING VOLUNTEER MENTOR THAT MEETS ITH THE STUDENT ONCE A WEEK FOR ALL 4 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE HIGH SCHOOL DROP-OUTS AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO FINISH COLLEGE. DURING THE 2019- -2020 YEAR THERE WERE 198 ACTIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WITH EACH OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVING A 100% MENTOR MATCH. THERE ARE 169 ACTIVE STUDENT MENTORS WITH SOME MENTORING MORE THAN 1 STUDENT. A TOTAL OF 360,000 WAS GIVEN OUT IN COLLEGE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS. THE PROGRAM BOASTS A 96% HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE COMPARED TO 62% OF THEIR AT RISK PEERS.
TOOLS 4 TEACHING IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW TEACHERS TO OBTAIN FREE TEACHING MATERIALS AND OTHER FREE SUPPLIES FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS AND STUDENTS IN NEED. THE GOAL IS TO ALLOW BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS. ALL MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS MAY SHOP ONCE A MONTH FOR FREE SUPPLIES. TEACHERS WHO HAVE THE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES NECESSARY TO TEACH ARE MORE MOTIVATED TO TEACH AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR TEACHING IS IMPROVED. IN PAST SURVEYS, TEACHERS REPORTED THAT HAVING ADEQUATE SCHOOLS SUPPLIES IMPROVED STUDENT GRADES, ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIOR. DURING THE 2019-2020 YEAR, TOOLS 4 TEACHING HOSTED A TOTAL OF 5,891 SHOPPING TRIPS & PROVIDED OVER 750,642 IN FREE SUPPLIES.
GRANTS FOR GREAT IDEAS IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM OPEN TO ALL MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS. THE GRANTS PROVIDE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE FUNDED. THE GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE SCORED BY A GROUP OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS. GRANTS ARE SCORED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: 1. ADDRESSES A NEED OR CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY. 2. WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING. 3. MEASUREABLE OUTCOMES ARE REALISTIC. 4. FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION. DURING THE 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR, 17,149 STUDENTS WERE POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY ONE OF 33 FUNDED GRANTS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Judith Zanetti | EXECUTIVE DI | 40 | $10,000 |
| Wally Wagoner | PRESIDENT | 2.33 | $0 |
| Angie Umpleby | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Patty Schiefer | BOARD MEMBER | 2.33 | $0 |
| Shelly Ross | AUDIT CHAIR | 3.08 | $0 |
| Samantha Rauba | BOARD MEMBER | 2.04 | $0 |
| Stephen Quintyne | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Travis Magamoll | BOARD MEMBER | 2.5 | $0 |
| George Kirkland | TREASURER | 6.17 | $0 |
| Lerverne Jacobs | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Stewart Hill | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Jennifer Hatchett | VICE PRESIDE | 5.75 | $0 |
| Donna Cress | BOARD MEMBER | 2.92 | $0 |
| Todd Craig | BOARD MEMBER | 2.58 | $0 |
| Stephanie Cortes | BOARD MEMBER | 2.41 | $0 |
| Melissa Forsyth | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ginger Cruze | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Christian | BOARD MEMBER | 4.09 | $0 |
| Mike Kelly | BOARD MEMBER | 3.08 | $0 |
| Heidi Maier | BOARD MEMBER | 1.08 | $0 |
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