About Snowden School Foundation
Our Mission
Snowden School Foundation's mission is to enrich the quality of Snowden School, engage the support of our community, and enhance opportunities for all of the students, teachers, and staff. As an advocate for educational excellence, Snowden School Foundation will raise funds, gather resources, and act as a catalyst to involve the Midtown Memphis community in supporting this historic neighborhood school. Donations made to Snowden School Foundation will fund projects that go beyond those supported through tax revenues. These funds will expand the tradition of excellence at Snowden School.
Core Beliefs
Snowden School Foundation believes the following:
• Snowden School is the heart of our community. An outstanding neighborhood public school benefits the community — economically, culturally, and intellectually.
• Community involvement, through collaborations and private funding, improves the quality of public education.
• All students should have access to the resources they need to develop to their fullest potential.
• Snowden School teachers deserve community support to enhance their professional development.
• Snowden School’s historic buildings and grounds are a unique and beloved community asset.
Our History
In early 2010, as Snowden School turned 100 years old a group of current parents and Snowden alumni began to think about how to preserve the Snowden School legacy. It became apparent that to ensure Snowden School continued to be the excellent public school that it has been for the past century financial investment above and beyond public funding was needed. As the thinking turned to raising money for a centennial gift to the school a more long-term plan began to take form. The idea that a fund should be established that would invest continually in Snowden School in the form of teacher grants, major school infrastructure investments and supplemental educational opportunities lead to the formation of the Snowden School Foundation. With help from the law firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC, the first charter was written in the spring of 2010. Snowden School PTA made an initial investment of $13,000. Over time, through corporate and individual donations, as well as planned gifts and bequests to an endowment fund, Snowden School Foundation will support a wide variety of programs and projects. Today the Snowden School Foundation is actively pursuing the development of a Snowden alumni database and working to bring business and community leaders into Snowden School to assist with this goal.
Our Mission
Snowden School Foundation's mission is to enrich the quality of Snowden School, engage the support of our community, and enhance opportunities for all of the students, teachers, and staff. As an advocate for educational excellence, Snowden School Foundation will raise funds, gather resources, and act as a catalyst to involve the Midtown Memphis community in supporting this historic neighborhood school. Donations made to Snowden School Foundation will fund projects that go beyond those supported through tax revenues. These funds will expand the tradition of excellence at Snowden School.
Core Beliefs
Snowden School Foundation believes the following:
• Snowden School is the heart of our community. An outstanding neighborhood public school benefits the community — economically, culturally, and intellectually.
• Community involvement, through collaborations and private funding, improves the quality of public education.
• All students should have access to the resources they need to develop to their fullest potential.
• Snowden School teachers deserve community support to enhance their professional development.
• Snowden School’s historic buildings and grounds are a unique and beloved community asset.
Our History
In early 2010, as Snowden School turned 100 years old a group of current parents and Snowden alumni began to think about how to preserve the Snowden School legacy. It became apparent that to ensure Snowden School continued to be the excellent public school that it has been for the past century financial investment above and beyond public funding was needed. As the thinking turned to raising money for a centennial gift to the school a more long-term plan began to take form. The idea that a fund should be established that would invest continually in Snowden School in the form of teacher grants, major school infrastructure investments and supplemental educational opportunities lead to the formation of the Snowden School Foundation. With help from the law firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson, PLLC, the first charter was written in the spring of 2010. Snowden School PTA made an initial investment of $13,000. Over time, through corporate and individual donations, as well as planned gifts and bequests to an endowment fund, Snowden School Foundation will support a wide variety of programs and projects. Today the Snowden School Foundation is actively pursuing the development of a Snowden alumni database and working to bring business and community leaders into Snowden School to assist with this goal.