A Shared Vision
In February 2005 Ionia Public Schools, through unanimous action of its Board of Education, approved an alliance with the Grand Rapids Community Foundation and the Ionia County Community Foundation to create its own Scholarship Endowment Fund.
More than one hundred individual and group contributions helped bring the Scholarship Endowment Fund to a current balance of over a million dollars.
Since October 2005 one hundred and forty employees of Ionia Public Schools contributed $66,000 to the Scholarship Fund through payroll withholdings.
$376,765 in scholarships have been granted to Ionia High School graduates with the scholarship funds at the Grand Rapids Community Foundation.
Goals
The school district's primary goal is to increase its ability to award scholarships to every graduate continuing his or her studies.
Supporting Our Graduates
Visible Growth Balance
June 2004 $ 466,000
June 2014 $1,038,000
June 2015 $1,059,000
June 2016 $ 973,863
