The Kari Jo Bostrom Memorial Fund, established by Jake and Shirley Bostrom, provides teacher mini grants for the School District of the Menomonie Area as part of the Excellence in Education Teacher Mini Grant Program managed by the Community Foundation of Dunn County. These competitive grants range from $250 to $1,000 and are available to school staff through an application process. The grants aim to support school projects that promote learning and improve academic achievement, specifically in areas that were important to Kari, such as historical experiences or research, field trips to museums or veterans' memorials, and projects that involve various cultures or the arts. The first mini-grant funded by this program was $1,000 for non-fiction picture-book display bins in elementary schools.
The application deadline is November 1st each year, and the grant inquiry form can be found at https://cfdunncounty.org/grant-inquiry-form/.
