AMLE Foundation Fund
For more than four decades, AMLE has provided services that positively affect the lives of countless middle school students and their families, but our work is just beginning.
The AMLE Foundation Fund offers a special opportunity for you to support and sustain efforts to meet the needs of middle grades students, educators, and families in the 21st century. The AMLE Foundation Fund we will be able to realize its goals through contributions from AMLE members and others who recognize the value of the leadership, resources, and services provided by AMLE.
Three types of gifts are possible: lifetime gifts, charitable bequests, and individual annual donations.
We invite you to support our young adolescents and those that serve them by making a tax-deductible gift to the Foundation Fund.
| Recognition Level | Giving Level |
|---|---|
| Founders Club | $5,000 and above |
| Platinum Friend | $2,500–$4,999 |
| Gold Friend | $1,000–$2,499 |
| Silver Friend | $500–$999 |
| Bronze Friend | $250–$499 |
| Friend | $100–$249 |
| Donor | up to $100 |
What We Do
The Foundation Fund supports a number of initiatives that fulfill the mission of AMLE and help educators reach every student and create great schools:
Collaboration Mini-Grant
The purpose of the Collaboration Mini-Grant is to encourage collaborative learning in the middle grades by providing financial support to AMLE member-educators for such projects.
AMLE Educator of the Year
An award program which recognizes and supports outstanding middle school educators
CMLA Chapter Grants
Supporting an undergraduate collegiate middle level association chapter which has demonstrated a commitment to the preparation of future middle grades teachers
The Legacy Circle
The purpose of the Legacy Circle is to provide Foundation Donors with a way to permanently honor individuals whose actions have impacted the education and well-being of young adolescents at any level or position by supporting the future of middle level education through a single or collective donation of $5000 or more per honoree. Anyone may nominate a candidate for this honor. After the candidate is vetted, they will be inducted into the Legacy Circle when a total of $5,000 has been donated to the Foundation in honor or memory of the nominee.
The Middle Level Legacy Project
The Foundation Fund also seeks to inspire middle school educators with resources that document the development, evolution, and progress of contemporary middle level education. We encourage you to explore the Middle Level Legacy Video Series and our Founders of the American Middle School Video Series.
Committee
The AMLE Foundation Fund Committee is a standing committee of the Board of Trustees.
Camille McElroy, Chair
Patti Kinney, Vice Chair
Paul Meck, Secretary
Rebecca Lawson
Nancy Mizelle
Randy Jensen
Deb Kasak
Kathy Shewey
Tracy Smith
Cathie Thibodeau
Joey Zbylut-Birky
James Barnes
Stephanie Simpson (Ex officio)
Megan Mooney (Ex-Officio)
Bruce Bailey (Ex officio)
Ross Burkhardt (Ex officio)
Charlene Pike (Ex officio)
John Swaim (Ex officio)