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Recent Awarded Grants

2025-26 Grants

The Morris Educational Foundation funds projects in the Morris School District that create new models for learning, enrich the curriculum, promote self-esteem, enhance and expand enrichment opportunities, and help teachers grow professionally. Our goal is to ensure the highest level of educational innovation supporting students and staff in all 10 schools in a partnership of lifelong learning.

$194,108 in grants for Morris School District students and staff were approved during the 2025-2026 school year.

Initiatives for Students, Teachers & Schools

Please click the grant titles below in blue to view more about its impact.

  • Mallet Percussion – $11,149
    Mallet Percussion – $11,149

    Purchase of a marimba and a vibraphone for the Morristown High School Music Department.

  • Math Supplies – $200

    Supplies to enrich math education at Morristown High School.

  • One Good Scene – $3,200
    One Good Scene – $3,200

    Provides advanced Creative Writing students an opportunity to explore the craft of scriptwriting with a professional scriptwriter and professional actors.

  • Reading Readiness: Preschooler-Parent Shared Reading – $4,075
    Reading Readiness: Preschooler-Parent Shared Reading – $4,075

    A monthly bilingual book club for preschoolers and their parents.

  • Second Grade Author Event – $10,000
    Second Grade Author Event – $10,000

    An author visit and a signed book for all 2nd graders from Leonard Grows a Haunted Garden author/illustrator Mike Ciccotello.

  • Senior Signs for all Graduating 8th Graders and High School Seniors - $5,000
    Senior Signs for all Graduating 8th Graders and High School Seniors - $5,000

    To recognize our students’ success.

  • Science Days – $10,500
    Science Days – $10,500

    Support for each of the seven elementary schools for their annual science days.

  • Shakespeare Theatre of NJ – $5,000
    Shakespeare Theatre of NJ – $5,000

    A school-wide theatre residency at Normandy Park School.

  • Speak Sobriety – $2.500

    Stephen Hill presents to 10th, 11th, and 12th graders about his journey to sobriety.

  • Theatre Microphones – $9,300

    Twenty new microphones for use in Morristown High School dramas and musicals as well as concerts and other auditorium events.

  • Tutoring at Frelinghuysen Middle School – $4,600
    Tutoring at Frelinghuysen Middle School – $4,600

    Funding for the after-school math and language arts tutoring program.

  • Wall Art for 6th grade academy – $5,000
    Wall Art for 6th grade academy – $5,000

    Vinyl wall art to promote school pride and school spirit at Frelinghuysen Middle School.