Funding & Grants

From time-to-time, KPSF receives funding requests directly from KISD superintendents. These requests are usually for larger amounts and impact multiple campuses or the entire district. Since 2017, KPSF has funded approximately $868,000 in Superintendent-directed funding, substantially increasing STEM-focused resources available for student-use. Under this program, KPSF has provided funding for large interactive touchscreen computers for all elementary campuses and Tivy High School ($456,000), Swivl Audio/Video Equipment critical for Virtual KISD and as an aid for teacher training and development, and the creation of a Laptop Lending Library at Tivy High School to help ensure that every student has computer access ($42,500). Other resources made possible by KPSF include laptops for Virtual KISD at-home learning ($75,000), seed money to launch the Aviation Program at Tivy ($17,000), Challenge Lab enrichment at the elementary schools, STEM-based initiatives, mobile computer carts for all KISD campuses, robotics materials for Hal Peterson Middle School and Tivy High School, an Anatomage Table (a cutting edge 3D anatomy visualization and virtual dissection tool) for Tivy’s Health Sciences department, welding simulators for Tivy’s CTE department, and augmented/virtual reality equipment.