2026-27 Mini-Grant Awardees
Name Project School/District Amount
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1. Vo, Danyelie |
Drone Technology Project Engineering Level 2 |
San Luis H.S. |
$650.26 |
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2. Bayarcal, Rolando |
NASA-Inspired Drone Mission Lab |
Harvest Prep Acad. |
$999.25 |
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3. Eclevia, Jay |
Precision Agriculture Math Lab: Mapping, Scaling, and Transforming Our Community |
Harvest Prep Acad. |
$1,000.00 |
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4. Norton, Douglas |
Buy whiteboards and easels for Math |
Ron Watson Middle School |
$1000.00 + $100 best-written award |
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5. Acosta, Christianv |
Model Rocket Project for Resource Students |
Tierra del Sol -- Somerton |
$904.24 |
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6. Avila, Anayeeli |
Our Desert -- Our Discovery preschool project |
Southwest Arizona Education Center |
$1,000.00 |
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7. Puga, Jennifer |
Purchase of books for Mohawk School library |
Mohawk Valley School |
$965.40 |
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8. Valencia, Luis |
Math Without Limits -- subscription to IXL Math resources |
Gila Ridge H.S. |
$1,000.00 |
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9. Traynor, Ansel |
Outdoor Leadership Program's navigation and safety equipt purchase |
Gila Ridge H.S. |
$1,000.00 |
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10. Valera, Lizbeth |
DNA extraction kits for science class DNA project |
San Luis H.S. |
$948.23 |
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11. Valtierra, Araceli |
Purchase of art supplies for K-6 students |
Desert Sonora Elem -- Somerton |
$1,000.00 |
This year 37 proposals for mini-grants totaling over $40,000 in funding were submitted. It is the goal of the Education Foundation to be able to provide more funding for mini-grants in future years.
Contact Nancy Blitz edfoundationofyumacounty@gmail.com for questions and information regarding mini-grants.