A PROJECT OF HCMA
Help Christian Schools Learn, Play, & Grow
Give to the Small Grants Fund
Your gift joins others to support small grants for HERO member schools.
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School Grants. Everyday Possibilities.
A place to play.
Resources that bring a lesson to life.
Training that helps a teacher meet a child's needs.
These are practical ways to strengthen the daily work of a Christian school.
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This year-end, HCMA is raising a shared fund for small grants to HERO member schools. Your gift joins others to help meet needs in facilities, curriculum, and professional development, supporting the people and places where children learn and grow in faith.
What Your Gift Can Help Make Possible
Small grants can help Christian schools take a practical next step in serving their students.
Needs include:
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Facilities and outdoor spaces:
- improvements to classrooms
- playgrounds
- places for outdoor learning
- and more
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Curriculum and classroom resources:
- books,
- learning materials
- tools that support engaging lessons
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Teacher development:
- training and professional learning that equip educators for the students in their care
- hiring caring, faithful teachers
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Each gift contributes to the shared small-grants fund. These are examples of needs the fund may support, rather than individual projects donors are selecting.
What Our Schools Told Us
When we asked HERO member schools about their most pressing needs:
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56% identified facility space or remodeling needs
44% identified playground or outdoor-space needs
25% identified teacher training or professional development needs
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Behind these numbers are educators with plans and students who could benefit from your support.
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Plans in Motion, Possibilities Ahead
HERO member schools already have meaningful plans in motion. Here are just a few examples of projects and programs that need additional financial support to bring them to life or help them grow.
A Next Chapter for Young Adults
Lionheart Academy
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Meghan Melchor envisions a Life Skills Center serving students ages 18–21.
In HERO’s small-grants inquiry, Lionheart identified needs for space, staffing, and teacher training as it looks toward this next chapter.
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A small grant could help the school take a practical step toward that vision and new possibilities for its young adults.
A Playset Waiting to Happen
Saint Boniface Academy
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Saint Boniface Academy has a plan: build a playset for its younger students in the school's recess area.
In response to HERO's small-grants inquiry, the school shared that it is waiting for funding to begin.
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It is one concrete example of the needs behind this campaign. A small grant could help a school move a practical project forward, giving its students something new to experience in their school day.
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*This story illustrates a need identified by a member school; it is not an announced grant award. Donations are pooled to support small grants across eligible member schools.
Invest in the Teachers Behind the Learning
Cardinal Academy
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Cardinal Academy has identified teacher training and new programs as priorities. Its leaders say smaller grants could help a young school improve the quality of its programming or expand its reach.
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Cardinal shared that even a grant in the $2,500–$5,000 range could be useful—a reminder that a practical investment can help educators take their next step.
Help Make the Next Step Possible
Your gift joins others in a shared fund supporting small grants for HERO member schools.
Together, these gifts can help schools meet practical needs and strengthen the daily work of Christian education.
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The stories above illustrate needs identified by our schools.
Donations support the pooled grant fund rather than a designated school or project.
These examples are not announced grant awards.
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Give to the Small Grants Fund
Your gift joins others to support small grants for HERO member schools.
Frequency
One time
Monthly
Amount
$20
$50
$100
$200
Other