Community Grant Program Funds 15 Projects in 2023-24

Tumwater PTO’s Community Grant program funded 15 projects this school year, supporting the afterschool clubs, science, technology, language arts, student services, band, library & PE programs of TMS.

In total, Tumwater PTO awarded over $21,000 to support these specific asks of Tumwater staff:

• Projector Screen Installation for Gym ($3,670)

• Adobe Creative Suite ($2,000)

• Inflatable Gaga Ball Pit ($3,022)

• Bottle Rocket Launchers ($856)

• ELA Poetry Books ($2,416)

• Daily Life Skills supplies for SRC and ISC Classrooms($1,650)

• Speech Therapy supplies ($379)

• Fiber Arts Club Materials ($337)

• 3 Gimkit Pro Subscriptions ($179)

• Spanish Reading Books ($361)

• WINCO gifts cards for holiday food support ($2,000)

• Lexia Incentives for ELA ($500)

• Science Expo Boards ($500)

• School-owned instrument maintenance ($2,251)

• TMS Light Up Letters ($1000)

As you can see in the chart below, the funds were really well distributed across a variety of programs and academic departments.

None of this would have been possible without the generous contributions that were made during last Fall’s Rising Tides fundraiser. Thank you to all the donors that make these grants possible.