Neosho R-5 School District Charitable Foundation

“Expenses quickbooks upgrade 360 website maintenance 110 annual banquet 3,013 bright futures 250 mini grant 1 1,280 mini grant 2 9,678 mini grant 3 950 scholarships 3,500 total 19,141”

“The organiation's primary exempt function is to raise funds to assist the neosho r-5 school district by purchasing equipment and educational materials and by helping to defray the cost of capital improvements.”

“The trust provided mini-grants during may 2014 to various teachers per their requests. The individual requests were for 2,068 (20 graphing calculators), 2,610 (ti-navigation system software), 500 (book sets with cds), 500 (book sets with cds), 2,500 (e-books) and 1,500 (carverville- student business).”

“The trust provided four scholarships to deserving students who met certain criteria for their particular scholarship. Individual amounts and type of scholarships were as follows: 500 neosho charitable foundation scholarship, 1,000 ian rucker memorial scholarhip, 1,500 griff & adrienne humphrey college scholarship and 500 alumni scholarship.”

“The trust also provided funds to the following recipients: 1. Three teachers who had requested funds for the following: a. A 6th grade science trip to the pittsburg state planetarium (480). B. An art 3 & 4 field trip to the nelson atkins art museum in kansas city (300). C. A community greenhouse (500). 2. Two teachers who had requested funds for the following: a. College visits for junior/senior high students (500). B. An activity center and hands-on activities (450). 3. A donation from the class of 1963 was given to the bright futures program to purchase coats for low-income students (250).”