A+ Education Foundation Awards Over $84,000 in Grants to Area Educators

Austin, TX – The A+ Education Foundation, a philanthropic arm of A+ Federal Credit Union (A+FCU), continues its commitment to education by awarding over $84,350 in grants to 64 Central Texas educators. With this year's grants, the A+ Education Foundation has awarded over $1.1 million in grants since the program began in 2005.

"It is very exciting to be able to award these educators with grants to assist them with opening the new school year," Georgia L. Johnson, A+ Education Foundation President, said. "They need our support more than ever as they find their 'new normal'. The credit union was founded by a small group of teachers and honoring them with these grants for over a decade has been an exciting journey." 

Established in 2005, the A+ Education Foundation has awarded 1,142 educators with over $1,117,850 in grants to fund innovative, inspiring, and engaging programs for their schools.

This year's winning grants will go towards:

• Materials to create innovative engineering designs and models

• A beekeeping program that teaches kids about ecosystems and food production

• Accessible technology for students with speech impairments and disabilities

• Equipment to create video games, film, and animation

• Creating a literacy library and publishing students' poetry in an anthology

• Funding construction and maintenance of a fully functioning food web system

• Establishing a classroom economy and taking culturally-rich virtual vacations

A+ Education Foundation was established and developed by A+ Federal Credit Union in 2005 to provide grants to professionally certified educators teaching pre-K through grade 12 to assist in reaching their education goals. These grants help fund programs and training for educators in the communities served by A+FCU. To find out more information, including how to support Central Texas educators, visit aplusfcu.org/grants.

A+ Federal Credit Union was founded in 1949 by 50 Austin, Texas teachers. Over seventy years later, A+FCU is an award-winning institution with over 175,000 members throughout the community, over $2.2 billion in assets, over 460 employees, and 22 branches. A+FCU continues to have close relationships with local schools and provides free financial education curricula for educators, engaging financial education presentations for students, real-life money management simulations for youth, high school branch locations, and unique financial products designed for teachers. Learn more at aplusfcu.org.