2025-2026 Grant Recipients
Mart ISD Enrichment Foundation Grant Winners

Jace Terry & Kyle Stone (MES) - FitnessGram Training Mats
Madison VanWinkle (MES) - Giggles & Games for Growing Brains
Amanda Farnsworth, Madison Poteet, & Brittany Ruge (MES) - Hands on Math for Success
Melanie Schlemmer (MHS) - Writing Blossoms
Kallie Davis (MHS) - US History & Civics/Government
Monica Pechacek (MHS) - Classroom Calculators
Kristy Bahnsen (MHS) - Dissection Science Lab
Elisabeth Kalka (MHS) - Lights! Camera! Action!

About Us: Mart ISD Enrichment Foundation

Established to generate & distribute funds for programs/projects that enrich, enhance & maximize the excellence of education for all Mart ISD students.

Founded in 2000, the Mart ISD Enrichment Foundation is an independent, non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation that is governed by a board of directors. It was established to generate and distribute funds for Mart ISD programs and projects that enrich, enhance, and maximize the excellence of education for all Mart ISD students. Since 2003, the Foundation has awarded over $85,000 in Teaching Grants to Mart ISD teachers to fund special programs and projects for their students. Below are the grants issued during the 2024-2025 school year. We are reaching out for donation partners for our 2025-2026 school year to help us continue to make these programs available to the youth of Mart ISD! The continued success of these programs relies solely on donations.

Mart ISD Enrichment Foundation
Innovative Teaching Grants 2025-26

Request for Grant Applications

The Mart ISD Enrichment Foundation is pleased to announce an opportunity for teachers to apply for Innovative Teaching Grants. These Teaching Grants are designed to encourage, facilitate, and enhance innovative and creative instructional approaches to accomplish campus/district goals and objectives.

Any individual or group employed by Mart ISD may apply for grants. Any one project may receive a grant up to $1,000. The size and number of awards will be determined by the funds available within the Mart ISD Enrichment Foundation.

These grants must fund projects that will be implemented during the 2025-26 school year. Grant funds may be used for 2026 summer school projects. Funds must be expended by August 1, 2026.

- Unexpended funds will return to the Foundation.
- Grant monies cannot be used to reimburse teachers or the school district for projects already in place.
- Grant monies cannot be used for salaries, including substitute teacher pay.

Completed applications should be emailed to the campus principal. Applications must be approved by the campus principal in order to be considered for funding.

Donations are tax-deductible.