Stories of Grants & Giving

Donald and Vivian Huth Family Scholarship Fund

Donald Huth graduated from Appleton High School, daughter Linda graduated from Appleton East, and sons Tim and Steve graduated from Appleton West. Linda and Steve chose careers in education and Tim is a former owner of a popular Appleton eatery. … Read More

Vira and Alan Stoner Education Fund

With a combined 69 years of teaching in Appleton, Alan and Vira Stoner contributed to the success of many hundreds of Appleton public school students. Alan taught, coached and advised at Appleton East High School and Wilson Middle School while … Read More

AHS – Class of 1941 Fund

Students and staff at Appleton West High School have long benefited from alumni support. Alumni from the Class of 1941 formalized their commitment to their alma mater by endowing a fund within the Appleton Education Foundation. Led by William DeLong, the … Read More

Scheuerman Family Fund

Nancy is a retired Appleton Area School District (AASD) principal who has stayed involved with the district be coordinating a mentoring program for student teachers about to begin their careers in education.  Tom is a businessman working in commercial real … Read More

$10,000 GRANT TO SUPPORT 4K DISTANCE LEARNING

The Appleton Education Foundation (AEF) has awarded a $10,000 grant to support distance learning for Appleton Area School District (AASD) 4K students. “The AEF is honored to support distance learning for the district’s youngest learners,” said Julie Krause, executive director. … Read More

2019 Fall Grants – nearly $23,000 awarded!

The Appleton Education Foundation board of directors approved grants totaling nearly $23,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Twenty-six projects are receiving funding. Districtwide $1,500 from the Bob and Gerri … Read More

2019 Spring Grants – nearly $25,000 awarded

The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling nearly $25,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Nineteen projects are receiving funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation … Read More

2018 Fall Grants – more than $18,000 awarded!

The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling more than $18,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Eighteen projects are receiving funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education … Read More

2018 Spring Grants- nearly $25,000 awarded

The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling nearly $25,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Nineteen requests received funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation Fund … Read More

2017 Fall Grants – more than $42,000 awarded!

The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling more than $42,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Thirty-nine requests received funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation … Read More

2017 Spring Grants – More than $26,000 awarded!

The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling more than $26,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Twenty requests received funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation … Read More

2016 Fall Grants – more than $30,000 awarded!

The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling more than $30,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Thirty requests received funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation … Read More

2016 Spring Grants – more than $22,000 awarded!

Appleton Education Foundation board members were out and about the last few days delivering 13 grant awards. Following is a listing off all grants. Funds came from the Appleton Education Foundation Fund – an unrestricted endowment – unless otherwise noted. Appleton … Read More

2015 Fall Grants Awarded – more than $24,000!

Appleton Education Foundation board members and donors were out and about the last few days delivering grant awards – 32 of them to be exact. Board members (and in some cases donors/fund initiators) surprised grant applicants. There were tears, hugs, … Read More

East and West Alumni Directories

May 18, 2015 Attention Appleton East and West Alumni: The Appleton Education Foundation (AEF) is working with Harris Connect to produce 2015 alumni directories for both Appleton East High School and Appleton West High School – and the charter schools … Read More

2015 Spring Grants Awarded

This week grants totaling more than $19,000 were delivered to AASD schools! A big thank you to all AASD educators who applied for grants and congratulations to everyone who has received funding. We can’t wait to hear the results of … Read More

> $19,000 Awarded

The AEF Board of Directors recently approved grants totaling >$19,000. Thanks to all educators who applied and congratulations to the recipients! A perk of being an AEF Board Member is that you get to go into the schools and hand … Read More

2014 Knowledge Open

This past July we celebrated 16 years of our golf outing: the Knowledge Open.  Just like all other golf committees, in the “off season” we talked a lot about what we could do to make the event better than ever. … Read More

Spring Grant Cycle

It is hard to believe, but it’s already that time of year again. More than 20 grant applications were submitted to the AEF this spring. Grant requests ranged from funding for boxing equipment to interactive math materials and everything in … Read More