Overview of Grant Program

The School City of Mishawaka Education Foundation, Inc. has distributed over $150,000 in grant funds to the educators of School City, a program that started during the 1995-1996 school year. These grants have impacted students in all of Mishawaka’s schools.

Grants are awarded three times each school year, once in the fall,once in the winter, and  once in the spring. All School City of Mishawaka educators are eligible to apply. Grant submission deadlines are the second Monday of August, for the fall grant cycle, and the second Monday of January, for the winter grant cycle, and the second Monday of April for the spring grant cycle.

Grant recipients are recognized at the Mishawaka Education Foundation’s Annual Luncheon.

Grant Application 2012-2013
Grant Application Guidelines

Fine Art Grants

The Mishawaka Education Foundation is the beneficiary of a St. Joseph County Community Foundation endowment fund that has been established and funded by the Mishawaka Lions Club. With a current balance of $126,095.34 this fund now generates $5,245.00 in annual income, all of which is used to supplement visual and musical arts education in the Mishawaka schools. Please see the list of projects funded by these funds.

In order to raise money for these MEF arts education projects and to increase public access to the arts, the Lions sponsor and annual Fine Arts Performance Series at Mishawaka High School and donate 100% of the proceeds to the MEF’s endowment fund. This partnership between the Mishawaka Education Foundation and the Mishawaka Lions Club is an excellent example of how organizations and businesses can work together to promote Mishawaka schools and enrich the life of the Mishawaka community.