Finances

Cannon Falls Education Foundation (CFEF) has awarded grants for Cannon Falls Area Schools classroom programs and equipment since 1993.

Teachers and staff may request a grant by simply filling out the request form and submitting it to the CFEF Board of Directors who then reviews it.

These programs have touched the lives of every student in our school district. In the last 3 years CFEF has awarded over $210,000 in grants. See below the "Current Program Grant Summary" and a list of grants that have been awarded since 2020, sorted by fiscal year.


Current Program Grant Summary

  • Program Budget 2023-2024: $91,575.00
  • Program Grants Approved YTD 2023-2024 (posted 9/07/2023): $2,244.01

Program requests approved 2020-24

Project Grades Affected Amount Approved Date Approved
Make It Monday 2 $132.93 8/20/2020
iPads for Distance Learning MS/HS $6,830.50 9/17/2020
Sonor Glockenspiels Elementary $1,519.50 09/17/2020
Individual Music Packs Elementary $1,147.50 9/17/2020
Classroom Setup 3 $102.00 9/17/2020
Hot Spot Service Elementary /MS/HS $6,563.00 12/30/2020
Lego Maker Space 4 $1,615.84 1/21/2021
Document Camera Elementary $260.00 2/19/2021
Staff/Student Tech - iPads Elementary $14,097.80 5/21/2021
Loco Robo HS $6,275.00 5/21/2021
Knobelsdorff - Books (directed donation) K $590.75 11/18/2021
Knobelsdorff - Tool Kits (directed donation) 12th $4,438.95 1/20/2022
Eagle Bluff 4th $5,000.00 1/20/2022
Multilingual Children's Books PK-3 $200.00 1/20/2022
Math Teaching Resources K-3 $160.94 1/20/2022
Spanish 1 & 2 Literacy Program 9-12 $500.00 1/20/2022
Small Engine Class Tools 9-12 $2,200.08 1/20/2022
Decodable Books 2-5 $1,390.40 1/20/2022
Powder Coat Oven 7-12 $5,615.00 1/20/2022
iPads for Music K-5 $7,998.75 1/20/2022
Flipbook for Lantern HS $399.00 2/17/2022
Tablet for Lantern HS $239.00 2/17/2022
Digital Signage MS/HS $6,200.00 3/17/22
Laminator & Supplies MS/HS $3,927.15 3/17/22
Activity Table PK $609.99 3/17/22
Vertical Endeavors 3 $1,500.00 3/17/22
Science Museum 9 $1,000.00 4/21/22
Welding Stations HS $4,013.00 4/21/22
Display Boards MS/HS $7,000.00 4/21/22
Sensory Room Equipment PK-5 $3,400.00 5/19/22
Smart Music MS/HS $739.49 5/19/22
Auditorium Lighting MS/HS $20,000.00 5/19/22
Yearbook Camera 6-12 $800.00 7/21/22
Match Stackers PK-2 $5,256.00 9/15/22
Author Visit PK-5 $2,000.00 9/15/22
Graphing Calculators MS/HS $9,093.00 10/20/22
Alphabet Arc Letters K-1 $57.49 10/20/22
Ojibwe Beading Project MS $130.00 11/17/22
Early Childhood Classroom Items PK $704.51 1/26/23
Early Childhood Classroom Items - shipping supplement PK $113.61 3/16/23
Eagle Bluff Trip 4 $7,000.00 1/26/23
Youth Frontiers Courage Retreat 7 $3,375.00 1/26/23
Vertical Endeavors 3 $2,400.00 1/26/23
ADSIS/RTI Math Program K-5 $2,354.00 1/26/23
The Uzzle 8,11,12 $304.95 1/26/23
Elementary IMC STEM/Maker PK-5 $1,000.00 1/26/23
Biotechnology Equipment for Biology 10-12 $6,875.32 1/26/23
Student-created Spanish Books 9-12 $125.00 2/16/23
Spanish Portfolio Resource 9-12 $163.00 2/16/23
Glimpse into Culture & Customs 1-3 & 9-12 $800.00 2/16/23
Saw Stop Industrial Cabinet 7-12 $6,364.00 3/16/23
Ellis 16" Mitering Band Saw 9-12 $4,298.99 3/16/23
5th Grade Kindness Retreat 5 $2,200.00 3/16/23
Joe Beckman Presentation K-12 & COMMUNITY $3,300.00 3/23/23
Elementary Garden Supplies PK-5 $350.00 3/21/23
Gaga Pit Revival PK-5 $6,000.00 4/20/23
Photography Cameras & Equipment 11-12 $3,344.69 4/20/23
Classroom Calculators 5 $441.00 4/20/23
Oxbow Park Field Trip 3 $520.80 4/20/23
Literature Group Update 4 $1,395.05 4/20/23
National Hydraulic Metal Shear 8-12 $11,845.00 6/15/23
Joe Beckman Till360 Character Curriculum K-12 $2,495.00 6/15/23
Basketball Hoop PK-2 $3,006.90 6/15/23
AES Transtion Program 9-12 $1,500.00 6/15/23
Light-up Interactive Pens 2 $70.89 6/15/23
AED Trainers 10 & STAFF $760.00 6/15/23
Social Skills Books PK-5 $750.00 6/15/23
Learning A-Z K-2 $545.00 6/15/23
4th Grade Organization 4 $720.35 6/15/23
Milk-dispensing Machines PK-12 $2,590.94 6/15/23
High Interest - Low Level Books 6-8 $596.73 7/20/23
Standing Desks & Treadmill 6-8 $398.00 7/20/23
Bridges to Intervention Manipulatives K-5 $459.00 7/20/23
  Total to date $212,170.79


CFEF supports and promotes excellence in education by providing funding for all types of educational programs and activities that are above and beyond the programs supported by general education dollars. Your tax-deductible donation helps fund these programs. Donate online today by clicking here! Or if you prefer, mail a check to Cannon Falls Education Foundation, 820 East Minnesota Street, Cannon Falls, MN 55009

Endowment Information
The Cannon Falls Education Foundation funds grants, in part, through interest earned on an endowment fund. CFEF continues to have a conservative investment strategy for the operating fund and endowment fund. One-third of new funds raised are added to the endowment. Each year 4% of our endowment is designated to pay for programs within our schools. 

Endowment balance as of 1/31/2023: $1,603,771.82