Spring Lake Schools

Foundation

Students at their desks in a busy classroom, one raising her hand to answer

Keeping kids first in every Spring Lake classroom

We're the all-volunteer foundation that funds innovative programs, teacher grants, and student opportunities across Spring Lake Public Schools. Every dollar we raise stays in our schools.

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$1.3M+

Given to Spring Lake classrooms over the last decade

40+ years

Supporting Spring Lake Public Schools since 1983

22 grants

Awarded to educators this past fall, worth more than $53,000

100%

Volunteer board. No offices, no salaries, no overhead games

What we do

What your support makes possible

Donations become grants, and grants become the moments Spring Lake students remember.

Six elementary students at a library table lined with LEGO gift bags

For students

Student Enrichment Grants back Lakers with big ideas: projects, competitions, conferences, and camps that classrooms alone can't cover.

Student grants →
A student holding up a new picture book beside a teacher, with stacks of new books on the table

For teachers

Two endowed funds award grants to K-12 educators every year, turning innovative teaching ideas into real programs in every building.

Teacher grants →
Two volunteers at the Foundation's Lakerpalooza table beside the football field

For our community

From Lakerpalooza to partner banners at the stadium, the Foundation is one of the ways this town shows up for its schools.

Our impact →

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See it in their own words

Six minutes inside the classrooms this community funds: the teachers, the students, and the projects your gifts made real.

The red Grand Haven lighthouse on the Lake Michigan pier

All donated money stays in our schools

From the first day of kindergarten at Holmes and Jeffers to graduation day at Spring Lake High, gifts to the Foundation reach every building, every year.

Where the money goes

Our partners

Backed by hometown businesses

Local businesses and families fund classroom grants all year long. Thank you to our 2025-26 partners, led by our Title Partner, Baker Auto Group.

Baker Auto Group, Title Partner
Great Lakes Power Tools
Eastbrook Homes
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Your gift reaches every school in Spring Lake

Give online in under a minute, mail a check, or grow the endowment through the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation.

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