Grants In Action

Grant Application Window is Closed

The Foundation grants are awarded for instructional materials, teaching aids, campus projects, district initiatives and other items that can be used to expand the learning opportunities of the existing school curriculum.

While we’d love to fund everything, food items aren’t eligible. Requests for snacks or campus goodies should be directed to your PTO. LTEF cannot fund grants for food or school clubs.

We encourage innovative, creative ideas that fall outside the ordinary school budget, yet promise to augment the curricula in a meaningful way.
In 2024-2025, The Foundation funded 142 grants to teachers and classrooms thanks to funds raised by our community.

Electrophoresis Grant

Hydroponics Grant

Ceramics Grant

2024 Grant Overview

Robot Shuffle - Thank you video.

Mentoring Grant

Grants applications will open in late September 2025

Schedule:

September 29- October 13 | Grant Applications Window

November 10-14 | Grant Certificates Awarded and funding sent to district staff.

INCubator and ACCelerator Dreams of Entrepreneurship

Who Can Apply: ALL EMPLOYEES OF LTISD

Grants support projects that:

Directly impact students
Improve campus or facility resources
Promote equity between campuses
Provide books, supplies, materials, equipment, or technology
Bring innovation and creativity into the classroom
Is NOT Food or School Club funding

Late submissions will not be accepted after the 10/13 deadline.

2024-2025 Grant Recipient Highlights

DISTRICT WIDE INITIATIVES
New Teacher Mentoring Program
Growing Fresh Food - Hydroponic farm and curriculum
Headsets with microphones for speech to text accommodations.

CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Real Baby Care - Simulator Babies
Amount: $10,400 | Campus: Lake Travis High School, Micah Bartholomew.

Mock Trial Courtroom
Amount: $20,000| Campus: Lake Travis High School, Rebecca Culpepper

Surface EMG
Amount: $14,750| Campus: Lake Travis High School, Lauren Taylor

Sony FXC Camera
Amount: $3,400| Campus: Lake Travis High School, Douglas Crabb

FINE ARTS

LTHS Choir Percussion & Auxiliary Instruments
Amount: $1,500 | Campus: Lake Travis High School, Lee Ashley Fletcher

Need based travel cost for students to attend Midwest Invitational
Amount: $4,700 | Campus: Lake Travis High School, Richard Hicks

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Evidence Based Counseling Resources Program
Amount: $2,500

ELA Flow Fluency License
Amount: $700

2023-2024 Grant Recipient Highlights

Entrepreneurship in Action Equipment
Amount: $10,000 | Campus: Lake Travis High School, Terry Jacobs.

Equitable Access to AV Industry- Standard Equipment
Amount: $14,700| Campus: Lake Travis High School, Douglass Crabb

CNC Plasma Cutting Table
Amount: $39,900 | Campus: Lake Travis High School, Perry White

FINE ARTS

Practice & Performance pianos, benches and dollies
Amount: $11,750 | Campus: Lake Travis High School, Adam Poynor

Empowering Stages - Lake Travis Theater Company
Amount: $17,206 | Campus: Lake Travis High School, Andrew Hardaway

SPECIAL EDUCATION

SPIRE Materials for Dyslexia Program
Amount: $2,226.75 | Campus: Lake Travis Elementary, Maria Karahalios

It All Starts Here: ECSE
Amount: $2,000 | Campus: Lake Pointe Elementary, Adalsinda Rosales

Dyslexic Decodable Readers
Amount: $2,870 | Campus: Bee Cave Elementary, LuAnne Ainsworth

STEM

Infini-D Learning Classroom-Based Spaceship Simulator
Amount: $1,680 | Campus: West Cypress Hills Elementary, Marybeth Salazar