Each year, we award grants to teachers, staff, and high school students of the Piedmont Unified School District for projects that advance the mission of the PADC. In 2018-19, PADC awarded over $ 7,700 in grants from money that was generated through fundraising and generous donations from community supporters. These are the projects and events that received funding this year:
- Teaching Tolerance Elementary Tri-School
- Updating Wildwood Kindergarten Classroom Libraries for Diversity and Inclusion
- Unity in Community Festival
- 'We Are Piedmont'- 4th year. MHS/PHS AP Art & Piedmont City Photography Project
- MHS and PHS Diversity Awareness Club
- Secondary School Diversity Committee Work
- PMS Diversity Day
- PHS and MHS Voice Cooperative
- Havens Black History Month Assembly
- PHS Magic Wheelchair
- 2019 Readmont- One City, One Book- community wide reading and sharing of "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
- Axis Dance at Beach Elementary
We encourage innovative approaches that engage students in interactive projects and welcome projects with the potential for long-term impact on large segments of students and our community. We also invite high school students to work jointly with teachers and administrative staff for submitting grant applications. Those interested in applying should complete the application form online at the link below, or submit a pdf version of your application to the grants coordinator at grants@padc.info