Grants at Work

Since 1991, the Grandville Education Foundation has funded over a half a million dollars in grants to Grandville Public Schools!

Our Recent Grants at Work

  • East Elementary Learning Garden
  • Cummings Elementary Bulldog Scholars
  • Elementary Art Inclusion
  • Oakestown Intermediate 360 cameras
  • Fuel Injector Cleaner
  • High School Fast Strong Dawgs
  • Oakestown Multicultural Music Traditions

Grants at Work in the News

The Amazing Shake Grant

Started by a GEF grant at West Elementary in 2023, the Amazing Shake Competition is now in it’s third year at Oakestown Intermediate. The Amazing Shake is a great example of how a small seed can grow to something much bigger. All students participate in this program to hone essential interpersonal skills and introduce students to various networks, roles, opportunities, and career paths, broadening their horizons for the future.

During the Amazing Shake, students learn and develop essential professional skills, including:

  • Delivering a proper handshake

  • Engaging in professional conversation

  • Mastering presentation techniques

  • Enhancing problem-solving abilities

Students move on through rounds of elimination, from all students, to the top 10 participating in a regional competition. In 2025, three Grandville student traveled to Atlanta, GA to participate in the Amazing Shake World Finals.

Check out the original story here!
boy playing with wooden blocks

The STEM
Activities Grant

Children are driven to explore, interact with human beings, and demonstrate natural curiosity about the world. Breanna Malear, Kindergarten Teacher at West Elementary, was awarded a grant for morning STEM activity tubs for the classroom. The tubs and their activities help kindergarteners start their mornings by engaging in tasks that are interesting and fun.

high school student using scientific equipment

Measuring the Speed of Light Grant

Grandville High School science teacher, Michael Evele, advanced his high school juniors towards achieving the Next Generation Science Standards through an engaging science experiment focused on measuring the speed of light. This educational experience profoundly impacted students as they utilized mathematical representations to support claims about the relationships among frequency, wavelength, and the speed of waves.

Pre-Grant Consideration Form

GEF Grant Process

The 2025-26 grant cycle is now open!
Grants requests are only considered from email addresses ending in GPSBulldogs.org