The PVP Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees met on April 7, 2026 to evaluate and decide from a large number of Grant Applications received.
The following grants were approved:
- Peninsula Seniors will receive $2,500 for Purchase of a Philipps Automated External Defibrillator
- The Salvation Army College will Receive $2,000 for the purchase of 8-10 Chromebook devices for use by the children for educational purposes
- The PV Art Center will receive $5,000 to support the PVAC Youth Studio Digital Arts lab by purchasing digital tools and equipment, such as tablets, styluses, beginner 3D and animation software, and digital filmmaking supplies.
- Collage: A Place of Art and Culture will receive $8,100 to support their programs to refurbish musical instruments and equipment to be donated to students who lost access to school-provided instruments. Funds may also be used to advance their various music instructional programs.
- The Rotary Club of Panaji, Goa, India will received $1,100 to contribute to their $8,500 fundraising effort to purchase 3 Fundus Photo Devices to mitigate blindness related to Diabetes in the local population. Sanjay Murty will be personally matching this grant.
- Peninsula Heritage School will receive $2,500 to provide scholarships to children who would otherwise not be able to attend without financial assistance.
- The Joanna Medawar Nachef Singers will receive $2,100 to provide for the travel and housing expenses for an underserved student to perform with the group at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 29, 2027.
- Unity Water Foundation will receive $2,500 (with a matching grant from our Rotary Club) for a total of $5,000. The funds will be used to purchase additional Hippo Rollers and water filtration systems.
- The Peppertree Foundation will receive $4000 to support the development of the new George F Canyon Nature Center.
The above grants were funded from the Foundation's Schaber and Long Term Investment accounts.
In addition to the above grants, $25,000 has been set aside for individual scholarships to be given to local students, including 4 scholarships for students in need at El Camino College. These are funded by Sponsors of our club's Educator of the Year event.