QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE FOUNDATION:
Q: What is the Lisbon Regional School Education Foundation?
A: The Foundation is a New Hampshire voluntary non-profit corporation organized in 2000 and qualified as a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Code.
Q: What is the Foundation's purpose?
A: The purpose of the Foundation is to support and enhance the educational experience of students in the Lisbon Regional School by raising and providing financial support for school-related groups and programs. The Trustees believe that the Foundation, working independently and cooperatively with the Lisbon School District, will bring new and exciting educational experiences to the students it serves.
Q: Where does the Foundation get the funds needed for its programs?
A: The Foundation is dependent on tax-deductible charitable gifts from alumni, parents, businesses, foundations and other friends of the Lisbon Regional School to continue its programs. The Trustees are hopeful that the Foundation will eventually establish an endowment fund that will provide income to provide some ongoing support for Foundation programs. However, at the present time, the Foundation is heavily dependent on unrestricted gifts to continue its effort to enhance the educational experience of the students at Lisbon Regional School.
Q: How does the Foundation decide what programs and activities it should support?
A: At least three times each school year, teachers, students, and other members of the community are invited to apply to the Foundation for grants to fund in whole or part, a broader range of educational experiences for Lisbon students. The Foundation's Trustees then award grants based on which proposals in their opinion will enhance the educational experience of students. In addition, the Foundation actively seeks funding for specific programs that will enhance the educational experiences in the Lisbon Regional School.
Q: Who is involved in the work of the foundation?
A: The foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees who are primarily alumni of Lisbon Regional School as well as other interested members of the community. Board members are elected by the Board for three-year terms, plus there are two non-voting members designated by School board who sit on the board along with the principal of the school (also non-voting). Other interested persons can also participate in the Foundation's work.
Q: How does the foundation's work relate to the School's regular budget process?
A: The opportunities that the Foundation supports are those that do not typically fall within the responsibility of the School's budgetary process overseen by the School Board. The Foundation's grants are not used to replace items in the budget, but rather are applied to complement and enhance the basic curricular activities funded through taxes.
Q: What is the Lisbon Regional School Education Foundation?
A: The Foundation is a New Hampshire voluntary non-profit corporation organized in 2000 and qualified as a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Code.
Q: What is the Foundation's purpose?
A: The purpose of the Foundation is to support and enhance the educational experience of students in the Lisbon Regional School by raising and providing financial support for school-related groups and programs. The Trustees believe that the Foundation, working independently and cooperatively with the Lisbon School District, will bring new and exciting educational experiences to the students it serves.
Q: Where does the Foundation get the funds needed for its programs?
A: The Foundation is dependent on tax-deductible charitable gifts from alumni, parents, businesses, foundations and other friends of the Lisbon Regional School to continue its programs. The Trustees are hopeful that the Foundation will eventually establish an endowment fund that will provide income to provide some ongoing support for Foundation programs. However, at the present time, the Foundation is heavily dependent on unrestricted gifts to continue its effort to enhance the educational experience of the students at Lisbon Regional School.
Q: How does the Foundation decide what programs and activities it should support?
A: At least three times each school year, teachers, students, and other members of the community are invited to apply to the Foundation for grants to fund in whole or part, a broader range of educational experiences for Lisbon students. The Foundation's Trustees then award grants based on which proposals in their opinion will enhance the educational experience of students. In addition, the Foundation actively seeks funding for specific programs that will enhance the educational experiences in the Lisbon Regional School.
Q: Who is involved in the work of the foundation?
A: The foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees who are primarily alumni of Lisbon Regional School as well as other interested members of the community. Board members are elected by the Board for three-year terms, plus there are two non-voting members designated by School board who sit on the board along with the principal of the school (also non-voting). Other interested persons can also participate in the Foundation's work.
Q: How does the foundation's work relate to the School's regular budget process?
A: The opportunities that the Foundation supports are those that do not typically fall within the responsibility of the School's budgetary process overseen by the School Board. The Foundation's grants are not used to replace items in the budget, but rather are applied to complement and enhance the basic curricular activities funded through taxes.