Our Grants Program
Please see below for a full list of our funded projects to date.

Application Instructions:

The current version of the application and its instructions is at the link below.  Or, you can request one from DMHSAEA president Larry Golbe ([email protected]), who is also available by phone for any questions before you submit the application (732-986-3453).

Click here to download our 2025-2026 grant application

Recent Projects Funded by the DMHSAEA

2021
  • Benjamin Suro (Principal): Mentoring via Bergen Volunteers: $10,000
  • Benjamin Suro (Principal): "Be All You" careers development program: $2,000
  • SAT/ACT prep via Prestige Institute: $9,000,
  • Replacement of students' school supplied destroyed by Tropical Storm Ida via Bergen Families: $2,500 
  • Year-long careers program via the nonprofit "Be All You": $2,000
  • Jorge Valcarcel: Renewal of a chemistry enrichment program via the nonprofit, "Students2Science": $2,000.

2022
  • Gary Hollander: NJ Symphony brass quintet on DMHS campus: $2,500
  • Gary Hollander: NJ Symphony performance at State Theater, New Brunswick (76 students attended): $2,000
  • Judy Aronson: Diversity Day: $750
  • Alison Morgan-Black: Helping Youth Make Healthy Choices (Middle School): $1,100
  • Jackie Goolsaran: Chemistry supplies for the Science Club: $500
  • Jackie Goolsaran: Students2Science program to introduce students to STEM careers: $5,000
  • Gary Hollander: Expenses related to Marching Band's performance at Jets' halftime: $1,800

2023
  • Gary Hollander: Woodwind quintet from NJ Symphony performance on campus with related lesson: $3,000
  • Parent Matterz (local nonprofit, Rhona Vega, director): Junior Jump Start (college selection and application coaching): $12,500
  • Gary Hollander: NJ Symphony performance at NJPAC, Newark (54 students attended): $1,750
  • Parent Matterz: Blueprint to Success (seminar series on college and life preparation): $15,000
  • Gary Hollander: Three NJ Symphony performances for 2023-2024: $6,000
  • Mario Lugones (baseball coach): Baseball team college tour and spring training, Myrtle Beach, SC and Coastal Carolina University: $2,000
  • Osia Knowles: Trip to National Museum of African American History, Washington, DC $2,000
  • Gary Hollander: Trip to Mayo PAC, Morristown, to see The Nutcracker with the NJ Symphony and NJ Ballet: $2,651
  • Gary Hollander: Trip to NYC's Metropolitan Opera to see Carmen: $1,000
  • Shelly Wimpfheimer (Englewood Community Chest): SAT prep: $5,000

2024
  • Theodora Murphy: Special-needs class trip to see The Lion King on Broadway: $1,666
  • Maria Iglesias: College and career counseling: $6,000
  • A.J. Torre (baseball coach): Spring training trip with college tour/info session: $4,000
  • Theodora Murphy: Special-needs class trip to The Lion King on Broadway and High Line walk: $1,666
  • Gary Hollander: Trip to Metropolitan Opera to see Carmen: $1,000
  • Marnie Hazelton: Trip to DC for Womens' Empowerment meeting on Capitol Hill: $6,401
  • Matthew Lawrence: Lodging at Penn Relays in Philadelphia: $719
  • Gary Hollander: NJ Symphony side-by-side rehearsal with DMHS musicians: $5,000
  • Mitch Schonfeld (Bergen Family Center): The Zone at JDMS, fall semester 2024: $25,000
  • Gary Hollander: Trip to NJ Symphony concert in Morristown: $1,685
  • Ryan Pruitt (Be All You, Inc.): LaunchPad Summer Program for Middle School students 2024: $10,000
  • Robert Gannon: 27 video cameras with required accessories: $14,055
  • Gary Hollander: T-shirts for alumni band for performance with student band: $1,121
  • Kristin Chapapas: Pottery wheels (3): $4,692
  • Matthew Lawrence: Heroes and Cool Kids leadership program: $4,000
  • Frank Barber: Technology lab renovation: $4,074
  • Mitch Schonfeld (Bergen Family Center): The Zone at JDMS, spring semester 2025: $15,000
  • Reema Martel: Dry Ice Exploration -- Discovering Sublimation: $300
  • Danielle Lavelanet: DNA Learning Center trip: $5,540
  • A.J. Torre: Spring training trip with college tour/info session: $4,000
  • Amanda Steelman: Novels for JDMS Book Club : $258
  • Laura Mathieu: JDMS parents' seminars: $400
  • Denise Averill: Cameras for Yearbook Club: $1,000
  • Reema Martel: Robotics program hardware: $3,758

2025
  • Juliane Bilotta: JDMS trip to see Wicked on Broadway: $1,500
  • Christine Priddy: JDMS trip to American Museum of Natural History: $2,080
  • Joffin-Mari Motyka: DMAE Trip to see Gatsby on Broadway, with related academic project: $2,080
  • Lisa Oden: Lodging for Penn Relays: $1,253
  • Be All You (Ryan Pruitt, CEO): LaunchPad Summer Program for Middle School Students 2025: $5,000
  • Matthew Lawrence: Heroes and Cool Kids (community nonprofit) Leadership Program: $5,500
  • Denise Averill: Middle School Clothing Closet: $450
  • Dennis Sullivan: Transitional Training Outings for Students with Autism: $1,000
  • Kristin Chapapas: Pottery wheels (2): $3,839

2026 (through June 2)
  • Gary Hollander: Band College Tour: $4,000
  • Michelle Bowman: SOAR to Success Rewards: $4,239
  • Silvy Guevara: Visual Impairment Simulation Goggles: $949
  • Nicole Daniels: Central Park Zoo trip for inclusion class: $729
  • John Cash: Harlem Studio Museum and 9/11 Memorial Trips: $1,950
  • Laura Mathieu: The Zone at Janis E. Dismus Middle School: $5,000
  • Allison Volltrauer: Theater Critique and Broadway Performance Study Trip: $2,785
  • Alicia Kays: Printmaking supplies: $1,937
  • Cynthia Wagner: Trip to Bronx Zoo: $2,000

Our "We've Got Your Back" Program

The DMHSAEA can reimburse EPSD teachers for out-of-pocket purchases for classroom items.  The limit is $100 per teacher per semester.

Please complete and return this form, where detailed instructions are listed. 

For further information, email DMHSAEA Board member Andrea Morrisey at [email protected].

"We've Got Your Back" expense reimbursement form
Dwight Morrow High School Alumni Educational Alliance is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit



Photos from some of our grant-supported activities

Middle-schoolers' experiments with dry ice, November 2024
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DMHS students at the American Museum of Natural History, February 2025 
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First graders at the Central Park Zoo, April 2026
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Middle-schoolers at a performance of Wicked on Broadway, April 2025 
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