"Connecting School and Community" Campaign

All gifts to IPEI are tax deductible and support the overall mission and programs of IPEI. In addition, special sponsorship opportunities are available for all our programs and affiliates.

See a list of giving opportunities. Find out more about making a gift.

Our most sincere thanks to all who have already provided support and our invitation to those who have not to please consider making a gift to this campaign which ends June 30, 2009.

Recognize a Student’s Teachers or School with a Gift to IPEI

At the end of the school year or at graduation, a gift to the Ithaca Publi c Education Initiative (IPEI) is a special way to say thank you to a student's teachers or their school(s). Indicate if you wish to make a gift "in honor of" on an IPEI gift form (downloadable form or online process available at www.ipei.org, or contact IPEI for assistance 256-IPEI/4734, ipei@ipei.org). A certificate or letter can be delivered to the staff member(s) recognized by your gift(s).

Gifts can be designated to support IPEI's programs and activities including Teacher Grants, Kids Discover the Trail!, Red and Gold Opportunities Grants, Fine Arts Booster Group, Code Red Robotics, Senior Class Awards, and the new Phyllis B. Brodhead Library Media Center Technology Fund.

IPEI is a community based not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that develops supportive community and private sector relationships with the Ithaca City School District. IPEI's mission is to facilitate community connections and support for students and teachers through engagement, collaboration, gifts, and grants with its organizational vision that the education of every student is enhanced through community connections and support.

Red and Gold Opportunities Grants

In addition to the Teacher Grants, applications for Red and Gold Opportunities Grants are now being considered on a rolling basis throughout the school year.

Contact George Taber at gwt1@cornell.edu.

Kids Discover the Trail!

A Collaboration of Discovery Trail, ICSD and IPEI

Each spring, more than 2500 Ithaca elementary-aged children in the Pre-K through 5th grades "hit the trail," thanks to an unprecedented community collaboration between IPEI, the Discovery Trail, and the Ithaca City School District called Kids Discover the Trail! The program is funded through the generosity of foundations, corporations, and individuals in our community.

Special thanks to the program sponsor for 2009, Borg Warner Morse TEC.

Contact: kdt@ipei.org, 256-IPEI (4734)

Click here for more information about the Discovery Trail.

Fine Arts Booster Group

Fine Arts Booster Group (FABG) is an IPEI affiliate.

Next Teacher mini-grant deadline: February 1st, 2009

Next general meeting: TBA March 2009.