Welcome to Friends of the Lincoln Community School!

The Friends of LCS is a newly established non-profit created by LCS parents and community members to support the school’s ambitious curriculum and enrichment activities that keep our students engaged, challenged and competitive.

Our aim is to increase awareness of the educational goals of the school and to raise money for priority activities or investments that would otherwise not be possible.

Our goal is to raise $50,000 from grants and individual donations to support enrichment activities at LCS. The current priorities, identified by the LCS faculty, can be found on the projects page; other priorities will be identified as the year progresses. The diversity of the requests represents the diversity of our children’s learning needs and we believe all are of equal importance.

Please don’t hesitate to contact any of the Board members with questions or comments.

If you would like your donation to support a specific project category, please indicate the category; General Donation, Technology, Learning Enhancement, or Art & Culture in the field marked purpose on the donation page.

How we Work

The Friends of LCS arose from recognition by parents and community members that school faculty and administrators are full of desire and ideas to improve our children's academic experience.

We believe that many people in the community would welcome the chance to support the school and these initiatives if only they had more information and an easy way to do so.

Hence the creation of the Friends of LCS, a non-profit entity that aims to increase awareness of the educational goals of the school and to raise money for activities and investments that would otherwise not be possible.

There are currently five community members serving as the Board of Directors for this effort. The way the Friends of LCS works is that priority needs are first identified by school faculty, vetted through the school principal, and presented in the form of proposals to the Friends of LCS.

The Board then reviews the requests, validates they meet the requirements for academic enrichment, and analyzes the reasonableness of the amount requested and the cost/benefit of each request in comparison to others.

Using the website and other forms of communication, the Friends of LCS keeps the community apprised of these needs and seeks financial support through individual donations and grant opportunities. When sufficient funds are raised to support a project the funds are provided to the school.

When you make a donation you can indicate whether you would like it to be used for a specific category of activities -- Technology and Learning Tools, Learning Enhancement, or Arts and Culture -- or you can make a general donation which allows the greatest flexibility to support a variety of initiatives. When you make a donation it is important to know that:

• One hundred percent of all donations to the Friends of LCS go directly to support school initiatives; there are no administrative costs.
• All donations are tax deductible.

Please consider making a donation today, and don't hesitate to contact a Board Member if you have any questions. Thank You!