Restricted & Unrestricted Funds

Over the years, the Burlington Students Foundation has raised funds to provide enriching experiences for children. 

Our restricted funds are dedicated for particular needs. Please read more below.

Our unrestricted funds have been distributed through a Request for Proposals process. Please read more below about how unrestricted funds have helped children.

If you would like to make a donation either to restricted or unrestricted funds, please visit our donation page.

Restricted Funds

Ellie B. McNamara Memorial Library Fund at C.P. Smith School

for library materials for students at C.P. Smith School

The Robert and Holly Miller and Robert Aldrich Scholarship Fund 

for low resource children who live in the Old North End to attend college 

Save the Babysitters Endowment for the Fine and Performing Arts for Burlington’s School-Aged Children

for experiences for children in the fine and performing arts

Corrinne Crawford Scholarship Fund 

college scholarships

David S. Offenden Fund 2006  

educational enrichment

Stephen W. Weibust Music and Dance Fund 

to support programs in the fine and performing arts

Unrestricted Funds

For years we have raised unrestricted funds and distributed them through a Request for Proposals process. We have provided grants that have enriched the lives of Burlington children! These grantees have included:

Downtown Burlington High School Artwork and Design Beautification 2021-2022

Burlington City and Lake Semester 2018-2021

Middle School Summer Program for Hunt and Edmunds Middle School students 2007-2011

Generations Connect: transportation and free tickets for senior citizens to attend BHS drama productions: Seusical, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, Wonderful Town, Beauty and the Beast, Hello Dolly, Cinderella, Crazy for You, spring one-act plays, 2003-2011

Unified Sports pilot program at Champlain Elementary School

Friends of Burlington Gardens Healthy City Youth Initiative interns

Support for Smith Elementary School musical theater productions 

Support for Flynn Elementary School musical theater productions 

Support for Edmunds Middle School musical theater productions

Visualization technologies for art, music and English Language Learners at Hunt Middle School

Artist in Residence programs

Play it Forward: Admission for Burlington’s middle school students to attend BHS fall musicals

Very Merry Theater: Creation of the BHS Theater Mentors program

A set of African drums for Hunt Middle School World Drumming program

Girls in Science, Math and Technology for Burlington middle schools

Hunt Middle School Literacy Project

Hunt Middle School Summer Reading Program

Mosaic Art Project for Burlington schools

Edmunds Middle School Edmunds Reading Project

Fletcher Free Library Women Authors Reading Project

Edmunds Middle School Cafeteria Arts Project

Science Nights at Hunt and Edmunds Middle Schools

The Scholarships Directory at Burlington High School