Programs

  • Author-in-Hand

    The Author-in-Hand Program promotes reading by giving students free books. This includes all public school students in the towns of East Hampton and Bridgehampton from Pre-K through 5th grade.

    Donate to Author-in-Hand

  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum Field Trip

    Each spring, the entire junior class of East Hampton High School visits the National September 11th Memorial & Museum through a donation made in part by the East Hampton Education Foundation.

    Donate to 9/11 Memorial Field Trip

  • Fine Arts Initiative

    East Hampton Education Foundation has provided funding for the Fine Arts Initiatives, including sponsoring student performances at Carnegie Hall, yearly opera at the Springs School, and choral performances at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

    Donate to the Fine Arts Initiative

  • The Tyler Project

    The Tyler Valcich Memorial Fund was established to increase and improve mental health services for students and their families in our community. Funds raised will be used to support character education services and programs to help predict and prevent crises facing young people.

    Donate to the Tyler Project

Our Scholarships

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East Hampton Education Foundation has awarded $442K+ in scholarships to students in East Hampton schools.

Our Scholarships

  • The Ben & Bonnie Krupinski Memorial

    A $10,000 scholarship spread over 4 years is awarded to a high school senior who has been accepted to an accredited 2 or 4-year college.

    2023 Recipient: Dayris Pena

  • Book Scholarships

    Each year East Hampton Education Foundation awards ten $500 scholarships to graduating East Hampton High School students.

    2023 Recipients: Pedro Alban, Ava Arcoleo, Keira Atwell, Egan Barzilay, William Darrell, Grace Merkert, Daniel Rossano, Olivia Suter, Skye Tanzmann, Daniel Torres

  • Habits-of-Mind Character Awards

    The Habits-of-Mind is an identified set of 16 problem-solving, life-related skills necessary to effectively operate in society and promote strategic reasoning, insightfulness, perseverance, creativity, and craftsmanship. Each year EHEF highlights one habit.

    2022 Recipients:

    East Hampton Middle School: Sean Perez

    Springs School: Sophia Sanchez

    Montauk School: Jayla Hutton

  • The Bonnie Bistrian Krupinski Women-in-Business Scholarship

    A $2,500 Scholarship will be awarded to a graduate planning to attend college to pursue a business path, be it academic, professional or entrepreneurial.

    2023 Recipient: Colin Tyrel

  • The Dan Hamlin Memorial Scholarship

    $1,000 scholarship awarded per year to an East Hampton High School senior majoring in science (including engineering, math, and science education).

    2023 Recipient: Raymond Siguencia

  • The Kate Cassidy Scholarship

    The Kate Cassidy Scholarship is a 2 year scholarship for $5,000 given to two students pursuing a helping career in the area of social work, psychology, nursing, medicine/medical, occupational therapy, teacher, dietician, etc.

    2023 Recipients: Daniela Chavez, Sadako Cober, Maya Del Percio, Gabrielle Miller, Sydney Proctor

Donate to Scholarships

Mini-Grants

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East Hampton Education Foundation offers Mini-Grants to teachers who apply for funding to support specialized projects that are outside of the school budgets. We have awarded over $150K+ since 2005. Our vision and goals for the Mini-Grants program are to promote and provide innovative educational opportunities for our students.

Mini-Grants

Mini-grant requests can be between $200 and $2,000.
For more information, please download an application.

 

Program Grants

EHEF offers grants earmarked for programs that are outside the scope of the school budgets. For more information, download an application.

 
 

Our Mini-Grants have Supported the following Programming:
Diversity
Social Skills – Interactive Games & Activities
Accepting our Differences
America the Melting Pot
Literacy Programming
Science & Technology
Robotics
Social Media Safety
Our Universe/Our World
STEM – Science & Math
STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math
Drone Exploration
Science & the Environment:
Conservation
Responsible Gardening & Farming
Our Footprint – Our Impact on the Environment
Music & the Arts: Music & Communication
Photography, Printing, Animation
Lost Arts – Doll-Making, Book Binding