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Dubuque Senior Drama Booster Endowment Fund
The mission of this fund is to provide direct, dedicated, and accessible funding for ongoing advancement of Dubuque Senior High Speech and Theatre.
The Dubuque Senior Drama Boosters was founded as a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation in 2023 for the purpose of supporting the Dubuque Senior Drama Department.
This fund is endowed, meaning that donations are invested permanently, and the earnings are used to provide resources for Dubuque Senior High Speech and Theatre. Donations to this fund are eligible for the Endow Iowa 25% State Tax Credit.
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DUBUQUE SENIOR DRAMA BOOSTERS OPERATING FUND
The Dubuque Senior Drama Department stands as a distinguished high school training program in Iowa, renowned for its excellence. This esteemed reputation reflects the unwavering commitment and hard work of its educators, mentors, and students, who devote substantial time and effort to refine their skills, nurture creativity, and deliver
exceptional performances.
Noteworthy achievements include:
● Since 1984, the Senior HS Speech Team has secured numerous accolades, including 18 Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) Individual Events Trophies, 8 IHSSA Large Group Festival Sweepstakes Trophies, and 38 Critics Choice Banners across various categories.
● The Drama Department participates annually in the Iowa Thespian Festival, where students have excelled and earned opportunities to perform on the main stage at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on the UNI campus. Additionally, the department has a rich history of attending and performing at the International Thespian Festival.
● Other recent accomplishments include annual recognition for inclusion in the Iowa High School Musical Theatre Awards, garnering accolades such as Outstanding Musical Production, Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Individual Performer.
Hempstead High School Fund
The Hempstead High School Foundation is working to ensure that all students have the opportunity to feel more connected to the Mustang Community by attending school-wide events such as athletics, musicals and plays, school concerts, homecoming and prom and more, through the purchase of activity passes for students. This fund will also go towards classroom field trips that bring students out of the classroom to continue learning as well as introduce them to college campus and post-secondary planning. Hempstead students, staff, families and community will be impacted by gifts made to this fund.
DCSD Student Support Foundation Fund
Through a grant from the Morgridge Family Foundation, The Student Support Foundation – Morgridge Family Foundation, students at Hempstead and Senior High School have formed Student Support Foundations to make an impact in their school communities. Students work together to approve grant requests made from school staff that support one or more of the following: Classroom Projects, Students Engagement, School Clubs/Activities, Student and Staff needs, and Brain Health. Students also complete service projects throughout the year, as well as fundraise to be able to provide more grants.
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Senior’s SSF oversees the Giving Room and raises money for items such as personal hygiene items, school spirit clothing, school supplies, snacks, and more. Hempstead’s SSF will also be working in their Care Closet to ensure that students have items they need to attend school every day, such as period products, cleaning supplies, and more. Gifts to this fund will go directly back to Hempstead or Senior High School! (You can designate in your notes if you are a Ram or Stang!)
Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools Operating Fund
The Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools (FDPS) supports student achievement by promoting investment in the Dubuque Community School District. We believe ALL Dubuque Community School District students should have the resources they need to succeed and we fulfill our mission and vision by securing financial gifts and grants for school programs and projects that are not fully supported by public tax dollars. By investing in us, you are investing in students in the Dubuque public schools!
John W. Seier Memorial Fund
The purpose of the John W. Seier Memorial Fund is to impact students of Dubuque Community School District, by providing support to students that participate in Scouting. This fund may provide Scout uniforms for packs that have members/potential members that lack resources, maintenance products for Scout Camp at Edgewood, IA, material costs for Eagle Scout projects, and/or funding for scout trips for member/potential members that lack resources.
Dubuque Community School District Scholarship Fund
Year Founded 2016
At A Glance
- Dubuque Senior, Hempstead, and ALC High Schools
- Non-endowed, short-term scholarships
- Memorial and family gifts
About Us
The Dubuque Community School District Scholarship Fund was created to support philanthropy in the schools by assisting donors in establishing post-secondary scholarships for graduating high school students.
The Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools (FDPS) provides administration for this non-endowed fund by facilitating pass-through and/or short-term scholarship donations.
FDPS Grants and Gifts Fund
FDPS Gifts and Grants funds go towards projects and programs that are not funded by general tax dollars. Some of these dollars go towards Building Grants, school principals apply for, while some go towards areas of interest for each of our partners/donors. Your gifts have funded new technology in the classroom, classroom sets of headphones to use for testing, literacy, and to create a quiet environment that may be needed, your gifts have made schools safer with the purchase of building-wide walkie-talkie’s, your gifts have motivated students to improve their attendance through individual attendance calendars, stickers, and student incentives, and your gifts have even helped plan school family engagement nights. Every gift you give impacts students directly.
Arthur J. Miller Social Studies Scholarship
The purpose of the Arthur J. Miller Jr. Social Studies Scholarship is to honor an educator who spent forty years dedicating his life to helping students achieve a greater understanding of the social sciences and how they can use their own lives to impact society for the better. This award has been established to recognize a Hempstead twelfth-grade student who seeks to enter a post-secondary field that links to the social sciences or the humanities, and who will use that to help others.