Your donations maintain EXCELLENCE in our schools. We appreciate your support.

1. Donate with credit card or e-check by using our secure online transaction form through Give2Schools.org, by clicking on the Give2Schools logo. We use this highly rated online payment system.They process credit cards and e-checks securely and with a minimal fee to the Foundation.

Give2Schools Notice: PayPal update is complete
Give2Schools has now partnered with PayPal this summer to process credit card transactions. With this new option, they now accept both electronic checks and credit/debit card payments. You also have the option of using a PayPal account to pay online through Give2Schools.

2. Donate with a check by using our printable form and mailing it to us with your payment.

1. Make any cash contribution one time gift.
2. “Be a Friend of PHMEF” and make a pledge of $25, $100, $200, $500, $1,000 each year for five years.

3. Sponsor a teacher for $25 to attend the Superintendent’s Breakfast.
5. Become a Corporation for Education partner.
4. *Create a scholarship (contact the Foundation office for more information).
5. Make a memorial contribution in the name of a friend or family member.
6. *Securities or real estate gifts.
7. *Equipment or inventory gifts.
8. *Life insurance gifts.
9. *Life income gifts that are in trust of cash, real estate, or securities.
10. *Bequests to the P-H-M Educational Foundation.
11. Make a donation to the 2010 Silver Mile

*Please contact the Foundation office at charspeicher@phmef.org or call 574-254-2893.


Your contribution to P-H-M Educational Foundation is tax deductible. P-H-M Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. If you are interested in any of these giving options and would like additional information, please contact:

Char Speicher
Executive Director
P-H-M Educational Foundation
35900 Bittersweet Road
Mishawaka, IN 46545
(574) 254-2893 Office
(574) 254-2808 Fax
charspeicher@phmef.org

Thank-A-Teacher
Has a teacher or any school staff member touched your child’s life in a special way? You may Thank-A-Teacher or recognize any Penn-Harris-Madison employee with a truly meaningful gift. A donation to the P-H-M Educational Foundation Grant Fund tells your child's “Special Person” that you honor him/her and value education at P-H-M. Download a form and Thank-A-Teacher anytime of year.

Indiana Garfield License Plate
Education license plates purchased through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, support the Foundation's work.
When you receive your vehicle registration, ask for the license plate with Garfield that reads “Committed to Education.” Your $40 contribution shows your personal commitment to education; $18.75 goes directly to the school corporation or public education foundation of your choice, $6.25 goes to the Indiana School Counselor's Association and $15 covers plate administrative costs. Download the Garfield plate order form. Enter Penn-Harris-Madison Educational Foundation to receive the benefits of your "Education Plate."

Entrance to Excellence
Buy a brick and support our schools. Entrance to Excellence is a unique opportunity to demonstrate your support of our public schools and your commitment to educational EXCELLENCE in Penn-Harris-Madison. The bricks will be placed along the entryway at the northwest corner (Door D area) at Penn High School. All P-H-M families and staff are welcome to purchase a brick. Suggestions for bricks include: teacher gift, a graduating senior or class, in memory of, alumni classes, sports award/recognition, student academic recognition. We are offering small bricks (4"x8") for $65 or large bricks (8"x8") for $125. Help us build a pathway to excellence in education.  Download a brick order form.