PCEF PROGRAM FUNDING PRIORITIES
We want to give all Park City students the opportunities and skills to successfully navigate a dynamic world, one filled with exciting changes and new challenges we can’t even imagine. We want them to become tomorrow’s creative innovators, problem solvers, and leaders. That means our schools and educators must constantly evolve, and our funding supports that evolution.
PCEF has four funding priorities to inspire all Park City students to successfully reach their academic and lifelong potential:
- Personalized Learning: Preparing Each Student to Meet Their Full Potential
- Real World Learning: Equipping Students for Tomorrow’s Challenges
- Elevating Educators: Supporting Educators In and Out of the Classroom
- Closing the Opportunity Gap: Every Child, Every Chance
Thanks to the support of our community through Build the Foundation, Red Apple Gala, Running with Ed, and donor philanthropy throughout the year, PCEF has already committed to providing $1.4 million in grant funding for the 2026-27 school year, with more to come.
PCEF implements our four funding priorities through the following grant mechanisms:
- Express Classroom Grants - Support and resource educators with funding for one-time unanticipated or immediate needs. Rolling applications during the school year. Up to $2,000 per grant.
- Classroom Grants - Support and resource educators with funding for projects and programs. Applications due in the spring for the following school year. Up to $25,000 per grant
- Sustaining Grants - Long-term support for programs that provide lasting impact on student experience, our district, and our community.
- NEW! Innovation Grants - One-time grants to pilot or scale bold, visionary approaches to teaching, learning, and building culture.
These programs have an impact on each and every one of the 4,200 PCSD students. Only YOU make this happen with your donation to PCEF.
See a few examples of our funding priorities in action, below:
