Founded in 1986, the Jordan Education Foundation, Inc., is a charitable organization that fosters partnerships with businesses and private individuals to enrich the education for all children in Jordan School District. The Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, comprised of top business and civic leaders and a full-time Executive Director. 

Interesting facts about the Jordan Education Foundation:

  • We provide resources to enhance innovative, education programs that aren’t funded through taxes. 
  • We assist teachers and students by awarding mini-grants of up to $500 each. This year 2009-2010 we have awarded over $65,000 to 151 teachers. 
  • We serve over 48,000 students who attend 51 schools. 
  • We provide low-income students basic health care such as glasses, hearing aids, dental work and prescription medication. 
  • We award scholarships each year to high school seniors who would otherwise not attend college.  
  • We fund Arts for Education, a program that enhances learning by teaching music, dance, drama visual and media arts for kindergartners through 12th grade.
  • We recognize our teachers by funding Outstanding Educator Awards and Outstanding Special Educator Awards. Recipients receive a $1000 cash awards 
  • We encourage ethnic students to become teachers through a partnership with SLCC. SLCC provides the tuition waivers and we provide funding for books and fees. 

Jordan School District includes the rapidly growing cities of Bluffdale, Copperton, Herriman, Riverton, South Jordan & West Jordan.

Why we seek private funding:

  • because Utah ranks last in the nation in the number of public dollars available to educate each student.
  • The Jordan District's commercial tax base is smaller than most neighboring school districts.
  • Class sizes in Jordan District are larger than the state average and much larger than the national average.
  • Teachers cannot be rewarded for superior performance from public sources of funding.

Our Annual Just for Kids Breakfast was held on February 24th at The Gathering Place at Gardner Village. The successful event was attended by PTA Presidents, PTA President Elects, School Community Council Chairs, parents, civic leaders and business partners. With the help of small and large donations we raised over $15,000.00 for our programs.

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