LAKEWOOD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
EIN 32-0050694 · Support N.E.C. (A19)
What they do
THE LAKEWOOD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS A SEPARATE and INDEPENDENT ENTITY to PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE LAKEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE FOUNDATION is A PRIVATE, NONPROFIT, TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, WHICH CONSISTS of A VOLUNTEER BAORD of DIRECTORS (TRUSTEES) WITH REPRESENTATION FROM EACH COMMUNITY WITHIN THE LAKEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT - CLARKSVILLE, LAKE ODESSA, SUNFIELD, and WOODLAND. THE MISSION of THE LAKEWOOD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION is to INVEST IN THE ENRICHMENT of THE WHOLE LAKEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE FOUNDATION is COMMITTED to RAISING and DISBURSING FUNDS to SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS and ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES for STUDENTS BY PROVIDING THE EXTRAS for EDUCATION.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2004
- Location
- PO BOX 473, LAKE ODESSA, MI 48849
- County
- Ionia
- In care of
- CHAD HICKEY