Grenora Public School Foundation
Improving Students' Learning and Life Experiences
Mission Statement:
The Grenora Public School Foundation seeks to challenge and encourage all students to become lifelong learners and effective decision makers.
About the Grenora Public School Foundation:
The Grenora Public School created the Grenora Public School Foundation in March 2012 to supplement the funding of projects that will “improve students' learning and life experience.” This project fund provides donors with a way to make tax-deductible donations for the benefit of the Grenora Public School District.
Our area in northwest North Dakota is a dynamic environment, with changes happening rapidly. In the mid 2000’s, the school’s K-12 enrollment at Grenora Public School was 44 students. That number has now grown, approaching 200 students. This growth in an oil boom economy, changing requirements in education, and the passion of many, drive the need for improved school resources and facilities. See our Projects link for needs we are filling with funds from generous donors to the Foundation, as well as projects we’d like to see funded.
Donations to Grenora Public School Foundation through the North Dakota Community Foundation are tax deductible. The NDCF is an IRS-designated 501(c)(3) statewide public non-profit tax-exempt corporation that receives and distributes charitable funds to support a wide range of programs, which benefit North Dakotans, including our students at Grenora Public School through the Grenora Public School Foundation.
The Grenora Public School Foundation is a component fund of the North Dakota Community Foundation. NDCF works in conjunction with the GPSF advisory committee to ensure donations are managed properly, oversees approval of appropriate projects, and helps assist with marketing and fundraising programs.
Foundation Committee Members Include:
President- Carlyle Norby, GHS 1964
Vice President - (Bettye) Sue Langberg Zavalney, GHS 1981
Secretary- Alison Carlson-Stevenson, GHS 2009
Treasurer- Lane Larsen, GHS 2000
Thomas Field, GHS 2015
Tony Holecek, GHS Superintendent
Lee Garaas, GHS 1972
Lavern Johnson, GHS 1980
Jesse Madsen, GHS 1995
Tracy Simoneau Ross, GHS 1984
Questions, suggestions, and ideas are welcome! Please email the committee at grenorakids@gmail.com
Grant Requests:
Specific grant requests can be submitted using the following document, emailed to grenorakids@gmail.com when completed. Requests are typically reviewed two times per year, at the spring and fall meetings.
Thank you to our donors!
The mission of the Grenora Public School Foundation to “improve students’ learning and life experience” can only be accomplished through donations from generous givers. We have very generous givers! Thank you!!
We invite you to join your fellow classmates/alumni and others to donate toward the Foundation’s effort. If you’d like to learn more about these efforts, contact us. We’d be glad to visit with you.
Ways to Donate:
There are several ways to donate to the GPSF at this time:
To donate by cash, you may send or drop off at the school along with a note of the name of who you are donating in memory of, if applicable. If you know the graduation year and maiden name of the individual, it is much appreciated but not necessary.
If paying with check, please make payable to "Grenora Public School Foundation" or "Grenora Public School" with a note in the memo line that it is for the foundation, and who it is in memory of, with the graduation year and maiden name if you know them.
If paying online, you may use the link below to make a one-time donation, or you have the option of setting up a recurring donation.
You may send donations in the mail to:
Grenora Public School
ATTN: Foundation
402 Robinson Street
Grenora, ND 58845
Your donations matter!
Generous donations from alumni and others have enabled the completion of several projects at Grenora Public School Foundation, some of which were in conjunction with donations from other individuals and entities (not a comprehensive list):
Second Playground
Electronic Community Events Sign
Education Center for Little Gophers Daycare
New drums and chairs for the music department
New bleachers in gym
New playground
Purchase of Children’s books
Teacher Housing
New piano for the school music department
Funding of elementary reading and math programs requiring additional technology
Assist with water line to sports complex
Trophy Case
Portable Stage
Below includes links to available newsletters from past years, where donations from the year and information about funded projects is listed.
Please help us stay in touch! The newsletter is sent out one time per year, and we have several addresses that are out of date and thus undeliverable. If you or someone you know has an address update or needs to be added or taken off our mailing list, please either let the school know at 701-694-2711, or email us at grenorakids@gmail.com.
The North Dakota Community Foundation, a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation under IRS code 501©(3) and works in conjunction with the GPSF to ensure donations are managed properly, oversees approval of appropriate projects, and helps assist with marketing and fundraising programs. The GPSF is a component fund of the NDCF.
For more information on the NDCF, see the following link:
If you want to include our school in your estate plans through your will, trust or beneficiary designation, please use the following language:
For beneficiary designations- on stock funds, bank, or checking accounts-
"I designate __________ percentage (up to 100%) of my asset for the benefit of Grenora Public School Project Fund held at The North Dakota Community Foundation 501c3 (45-0336015) located at 711 Riverwood Drive PO Box 387, Bismarck, ND 58502-0387"
Will or Trusts-
"I hereby device and bequeath ________ percentage, residual, or specific asset for the benefit of Grenora Public School Project Fund held at The North Dakota Community Foundation a 501c3 (45-0336015) located at 711 Riverwood Drive PO Box 387, Bismarck, ND 58502-0387"
Questions on specific wording or other questions, please contact John Heinen, CFRE NDCF regional director (john@ndcf.net) (701) 590-4614
The following site is for purpose of easy access for GPSF advisory board members, as well as alumni interested in the workings of the foundation:
If any changes are necessary to this page, please email secretary Alison at grenorakids@gmail.com. Thank you!