Classroom Mini Grants

Every semester we award up to twenty-five (25) $100 Classroom Mini Grants to help deserving teacher members. If you have great ideas that would help engage your students, you can enter to win by telling us how you intend to use the funds, should you be awarded a Classroom Mini Grant.

The Rules:
1. Must be a member in good standing of the credit union to receive a grant. Good standing is defined as a member who’s loans are up to date, and account balance must be within courtesy pay limit.
2. Grant requests should be for specific items needed to engage students or facilitate classroom learning
3. Recipients will be notified and funds deposited into grant recipient’s Gulf Coast Educators primary savings account. If you are selected for a grant, the credit union reserves the right to use your name in announcements to the media and membership about the grants.

Classroom Mini Grant Application

Use this form to apply for our $100 Classroom Mini Grant.

Entries must be submitted no later than July 18th, 2025 to be entered for our Classroom Mini Grants. We will announce the winners the week of July 21st, 2025.

2025 Spring Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 182 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in districts all across the state of Texas.

The following teachers received grants:
Jessica Jackson – Alief ISD
Charmaine Sanders  – Houston ISD
Jasdmere Barnes – Lubbock ISD
Julia Friedel – Pasadena ISD
Dhalma Goins – La Porte ISD
Simone Hudson – Pasadena ISD
Jennifer Feil – Pasadena ISD
Lisa Jolly – Pearland ISD
Carol Cabe – Santa Fe ISD
Sara Hansen – Humble ISD
Delores Whiteside – Pasadena ISD
Leticia Romo – Pearland ISD
Matthew Freelon – Alvin ISD
Ashley Thomas – Goose Creek CISD
Jacquelyn Lee – La Porte ISD
Kendria Russell – Channelview ISD
Dedrell Hobbs – Channelview ISD
Gloria Garcia – Spring ISD
Carolyn Smith – Pasadena ISD
David Caldwell – Humble ISD
Thomas Jackson – Dallas College
Anntasia Anguiano – Katy ISD
Annie Jones – Pasadena ISD
Jasmine Garrette – Lamar CISD
Maria Mata – Pasadena ISD

2024 Fall Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 318 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in districts all across the state of Texas.

The following teachers received grants:
April Lance – Pasadena ISD
Danielle Fradieu – Lamar CISD
Rosa Ortiz – Pasadena ISD
Sara Hansen – Humble ISD
Sonia Holguin – Pasadena ISD
Alexis Jaso – Pasadena ISD
Amy Pace – Pasadena ISD
Bianca Montoya – Huffman ISD
Christian Byrd – Alvin ISD
Danielle Puga – Pasadena ISD
Deborah Gardner – Pasadena ISD
Della Villareal – La Porte ISD
Dena Morrison – Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Elizabeth Bell – Houston ISD
Jennifer Youngblood – Pasadena ISD
Kathleen Shannon – Humble ISD
Kimberly Hamlin – Home Run Ministries
Rachel Samson – Humble
Renida Estrada – Pasadena ISD
Sharnelle Jones – Pasadena ISD
Sherbie Strawder – Houston ISD
Sheri Graham – Pasadena ISD
Victoria Louis – Goose Creek CISD
Andrea Luna – Pasadena
LaKyshia Jones – Aldine ISD

2024 Spring Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 304 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in districts all across the state of Texas.

The following teachers received grants:
Candace Bell – Odyssey Academy
Chelsey Owen – Alvin ISD
Linda Moreno – Pasadena ISD
Laura Adams -Dickinson ISD
Laura Dantzman – Alvin ISD
Sandy Salazar – Deer Park ISD
Suzanne Bryant – Dallas ISD
Kathryn Wright – Katy ISD
Andrea Medina – Pasadena ISD
Melisa Evans – Pasadena ISD
Dionne Williams – Houston ISD
Liza Enriquez – Pearland ISD
Karla Zermeno Guerra – Dickinson ISD
Kelsey Helton – Dickinson ISD
Victoria Louis – Goose Creek CISD
Misshunna Davis – Sheldon ISD
Juliana Stephenson – Texas City ISD
Carla Burris – Friendswood ISD
Nicole Ram – Pasadena ISD
Callie Harmon – Dickinson
Cynthia Franks – Pasadena ISD
Laura Rice – Pearland ISD
Stacy Beard – Pasadena ISD
Wilson Juarez – Houston ISD
Sherrell Wilson – Sheldon ISD

 

2023 Fall Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 304 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in districts all across the state of Texas.

The following teachers received grants:
Dalia Cruz – Alvin ISD
Annie Jones – Pasadena ISD
Alexandra Whited – Pasadena ISD
Brandi Means – Conroe ISD
Tonya Bentley – Pasadena ISD
Ashley Williams-Urquhart – Waxahachie ISD
Angelica Garcia – Crosby ISD
Andrea Alfred – Pasadena ISD
Monica Escobedo – Pearland ISD
Lauren Palos – Pasadena ISD
Sara Patterson – Goose Creek CISD
Corina Garcia – Goose Creek CISD
Leticia Romo – Pearland ISD
Rebecca Zepeda – Pasadena ISD
Stephanie Galvez – La Grange ISD
Kayla Gibson – Pasadena ISD
Amanda Kister – Galena Park ISD
Itza Lopez – Humble ISD
Laura Dantzman – Alvin ISD
Pennie Yancey – Alvin ISD
Tylon Smith – Galena Park ISD
Cecily King – Alief ISD
Juliana Stephenson – Texas City ISD
Sheila Downing – Sweeny ISD
Carla Burris – Friendswood ISD

2023 Spring Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 111 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in districts all across the state of Texas.

The following teacher received grants:
Amy Pace – Pasadena ISD
Stephanie Hathaway – Montgomery ISD
Suzanne Bryant – Dallas ISD
Esmeralda Tlaseca – GalenaParkISD
Evelia Nieves – New Caney ISD
Janet Sanchez – Pasadena ISD
John Shypulefski – Aldine ISD
Robert Grote – Pasadena
Rosario Martinez – YES Prep Public Schools
Shantel Eaglin-Randle – Galena Park ISD
Stormy Rodden – Fort Bend ISD
Tonara Benard – Goose Creek CISD
Ying Shen – Katy ISD
Bridget Warren – Pasadena ISD
Carla Burris – Friendswood ISD
Damien Hicks – Pasadena ISD
Deborah Daley Myers – Clear Creek ISD
Delores Whiteside – Pasadena ISD
Detric Dotson – Dickinson ISD
Griselda Mondragon – Houston ISD
Heather Barron – Katy ISD
James Severa – Conroe ISD
Katherine Alba – Pasadena ISD
Michelle Baltazar – Clear Creek ISD
Rae Rowe – Pearland ISD

2022 Fall Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 252 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in districts all across the state of Texas.

The following teacher received grants:
Ashley McPeek – Pasadena ISD
Lauren Witte – Pearland ISD
Sara Patterson – Goose Creek CISD
Maria Mata – Pasadena ISD
Kellye Hollins – Pasadena ISD
Amanda Rinehart – Dickinson ISD
Karla Zermeno Guerra – Dickinson ISD
Angela Nelson – Deer Park ISD
Leticia Sanchez – Pasadena ISD
Heather Neumann – La Porte ISD
Carla Burris – Friendswood ISD
Alyssa Alvarez – Pasadena ISD
Dora Cantu Martinez – Pearland ISD
Lauren Palos – Pasadena ISD
Michelle Evans – Dickinson ISD
Shannon Mullenax – Dickinson ISD
Alicia Rome – Crowley ISD
Elizabeth Bell – The Rhodes School for Performing Arts
Dena Morrison – Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Latasha Poole – Clear Creek ISD
Adriana Sanchez Cantu – Alvin ISD
Julio Sanchez – Friendswood ISD
Dakota Pierson – Deer Park ISD
Bianca Zelenski – Clear Creek ISD
Alyssa Navarro – Pasadena ISD

2022 Spring Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

The credit union awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are GCEFCU members for the Spring 2022 semester. The grant recipients represented schools in districts all across the state of Texas.

The following teacher received grants:
Kellye Hollins – Pasadena ISD
Kelsey Scheuerman – Dickinson ISD
Jennifer Chitmon – Katy ISD
Dena Morrison – Cy-Fair ISD
Cassandra Castillo – Pasadena ISD
Colleen Snodgrass – Clear Creek ISD
Jennifer Vann – Pasadena ISD
Becky Jobe – La Porte ISD
Carla Burris – Friendswood ISD
Johnesha Maxie – Pasadena ISD
Lenora Dawson – Pasadena ISD
Paige Mayo – Pasadena ISD
Katrina Tolley – Pasadena ISD
Sue Sullivan – Texas City ISD
Elizabeth Bell – The Rhodes School for Performing Arts
Maritza Cisneros – Houston ISD
Bonnie Murray – Alvin ISD
Samantha Chism – Humble ISD
Lis Corado – Clear Creek ISD
Robynn De Hoyos – Victoria ISD
Vivian Kesar – Dickinson ISD
Elizabeth Brodowski – Pasadena ISD
Adriana Lopez – Golden Rule Charter School
Erika Perez – Pasadena ISD
Dawn Parker – Goose Creek ISD

2021 Fall Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 112 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in districts all across the state of Texas.

The following teachers received grants:
Delores Whiteside- Pasadena Independent School District
Dora Cantu Martinez- Pearland ISD
Sandy Salazar- Deer Park Independent School District
Melissa Smith- Humble Independent School District
Lauren Palos- Pasadena ISD
Melisa Evans- Pasadena ISD
Elizabeth Bell- Rhodes School
Carla Burris- Friendswood ISD
Melynda Wood- Pearland ISD
Lanika Perkins- KIPP Public Schools
Erin Stables- Dallas ISD
Vicenta Yeager- Brazosport ISD
Desiree Gomez- Pasadena ISD
Veronica Tijerina- El Campo ISD
Sara Patterson- Goose Creek CISD
Angela Nelson- Deer Park ISD
Criscelda Flores- Pasadena ISD
Penny Yancey- Alvin Independent School District
Julia Friedel-Pasadena ISD
Stephanie Blondeau- Texas Connections Academy
Dena Morrison- Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Jennifer Dugan- Clear Creek ISD
Donna Koonce- Pasadena ISD
Mitchell Celestine- Klein ISD
Jennifer Hiebert- Nacogdoches ISD

2021 Spring Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This semester the committee reviewed more than 160 applications and awarded (25) $100 grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented school districts such as Alvin, Clear Creek, Pasadena, La Porte, Dickinson, Cypress-Fairbanks, Pearland, Humble, New Caney, Houston, Goose Creek, Dayton ISD, and several private and charter schools.

The following teachers received grants:

Alexandria Gonzales- Alvin ISD
Andrea Faison- Alvin ISD
Anna Lowery- Clear Creek ISD
April Lance- Pasadena ISD
Ashley O’Malley- La Porte ISD
Candace Bell- Odyssey Academy
Carolyn Kimble- Alvin ISD
Cassandra Castillo- Pasadena ISD
Deborah Daley Myers- Dickinson ISD
Dena Morrison- Cy- Fair Banks ISD
Dora Cantu- Pearland ISD
Elizabeth Bell- The Rhodes School
Elizabeth Taylor- Pasadena ISD
Erin Gutierrez- Humble ISD
Eunice Camarillo- New Caney ISD
Gisela Luviano Perez- Houston ISD
Heather Wellman- Dickinson ISD
Jennifer Dinsdale- Pasadena ISD
Karen Villavicencio- Pasadena ISD
Kathryn Martinez- Pasadena ISD
Kellye Hollins- Pasadena ISD
Pennie Yancey- Alvin ISD
Teresa Black-Goose Creek CISD
Thomas Wellman- Dickinson ISD
Xavier Lewis- Dayton ISD

2020 Fall Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 109 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in area districts such as Pasadena, Clear Creek, Pearland, Humble, Dickinson, Alvin, Channelview, Cleveland, Sheldon, New Caney, Houston, Klein ISD, and several private and charter schools.

The following teachers received grants:

Trecia Jackson, Clear Creek ISD
Ashley Wilder, Humble ISD
Cassandra Moon, Pasadena ISD
Brandi Trevino, Alvin ISD
Courtnae Milladge, Channelview ISD
Kellye Hollins, Pasadena ISD
Vivian Kesar, Dickinson ISD
Sang Lee, Pasadena ISD
Pennie Yancey, Alvin ISD
Anissa Coppin, Cleveland ISD
Dora Cantu Martinez, Pearland ISD
Suzanne Sepulveda-Caballero, Sheldon ISD
Sherri Durst, Alvin ISD
Dana Goins, Pasadena ISD
Marilyn Garcia, Pasadena ISD
Hannah Whiteker, New Caney ISD
Erica Salas, Pasadena ISD
Ashley Larche, Alvin ISD
Monica Hirth, Lutheran South Academy
Laura Dantzman, Alvin ISD
Candace Welch, Humble ISD
Tracy Nguyen, Pasadena ISD
Elizabeth Bell, Rhodes
Stephanie Blondeau, Houston ISD
Mitchell Celestine Jr, Klein ISD

2020 Spring Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 130 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in area districts such as Pasadena, Deer Park, Clear Creek, Pearland, Humble, Dickinson, and Alvin ISD.

The following teachers received grants:

Delores Whiteside, Pasadena ISD
Sandy Salazar, Deer Park ISD
Ana Baltazar-Aldama, Clear Creek ISD
Abraham ALdama, Clear Creek ISD
Johnesha Maxie, Pasadena ISD
Patricia Alvare, Pasadena ISD
Laura Estrada, Pasadena ISD
James Meador, Pasadena ISD
Stacey Sandoval, Pearland ISD
Candace Welch, Humble ISD
Michelle Baltazar, Clear Creek ISD
Nicole Johnson, Pasadena ISD
Allison Currie, Pasadena ISD
Heather Tolleson, Pasadena ISD
Jeffrey Alexander, Humble ISD
Stephanie Gilley, Pasadena ISD
Carolyn Kimble, Alvin ISD
Kelsey Fennell, Pasadena ISD
Rebecca Rosette, Pasadena ISD
Beverly Bolton, Pasadena ISD
Anna Lowery, Clear Creek ISD
Deborah Van Aken, Dickinson ISD
Amanda Escamilla, Pasadena ISD
Abigail Veliz, Pasadena ISD
Kellye Hollins, Pasadena, ISD

2019 Fall Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 140 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in area districts such as Alvin, Humble, Clear Creek, Galena Park, Dickinson, Pasadena, La Porte, Danbury, Goose Creek, Huffman, Klein, Spring, Liberty, Houston, and Brazosport ISD.

The following teachers received grants:

Pennie Yancey, Alvin ISD
Ashley Smith, Humble ISD
Michelle Brown, Clear Creek ISD
Angel Herring, Galena Park ISD
Melisa Evans, Pasadena ISD
Jennifer Timpe, Dickinson ISD
Michelle Meadows de Urquizo, Pasadena ISD
Jennifer Ruiz, Clear Creek ISD
Ashley DeLong, La Porte ISD
Thomas Wellman, Dickinson ISD
Veronica Santellanes, Pasadena ISD
Patricia Lausch, Danbury ISD
Lucia Gonzalez, Goose Creek CISD
Angie LeVier, Huffman ISD
Mitchell Celestine, Klein ISD
RaShida Roberts, Spring ISD
Kathleen Shannon, Liberty ISD
Carolina Alvarez, Clear Creek ISD
Kelly Hollins, Pasadena ISD
Rachel Farina, Pasadena ISD
Denise Daniel, Dickinson ISD
Ashley Taylor, Houston ISD
Heather Jones, Dickinson ISD
Cris Garner, Spring ISD
Vicenta Yeager, Brazosport ISD

2019 Winter Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 100 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in area districts such as Humble, Alvin, Pasadena, Aldine, Pearland, Barbers Hill, Clear Creek, Dickinson, Deer Park, Liberty, Houston, and Galena Park ISD.

The following teachers received grants:

Ashley Smith, Humble ISD
Classie Wilson, Alvin ISD
Cynthia Soto, Pasadena ISD
Daniel Bryant, Archdiocese of Galveston/Houston
Delores Whiteside, Pasadena ISD
Kellye Hollins, Pasadena ISD
Kimberly Isgur, Aldine ISD
Maggie Allen, Pasadena ISD
Melynda Wood, Pearland ISD
Robin Guimbellot, Barbers Hill ISD
Anna Lowery, Clear Creek ISD
Carry Pinkston, Dickinson ISD
Denise Daniel, Dickinson ISD
Elena Rodriguez, Deer Park ISD
Isaac Rodriguez, Pasadena ISD
John Jackson, Pasadena ISD
Kathleen Shannon, Liberty ISD
Kathy Sanchez, San Jacinto College
Katie Skelton, Pasadena ISD
Kelly Trachte, Clear Creek ISD
Lakisha Jones, Houston ISD
Leticia Gracia, Pearland ISD
Robyn Rashell, Galena Park ISD
Rosio Padilla, Houston ISD
Bonnie Farias, Pasadena ISD

 

2018 Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 242 applications and awarded 21 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in area districts such as Houston, Pasadena, Clear Creek, Alvin, Deer Park, Dickinson, and Goose Creek ISD.

The following teachers received grants:

Megan Smith, Pasadena ISD
Kymberly Quiroz, Eagle Heights Christian Academy
Pennie Yancey, Alvin ISD
Jasmine Campbell, Houston ISD
Melanie Beran, Pasadena ISD
Laura Davis, Pasadena ISD
Lisa Bemus, Pasadena ISD
Amy Francen, Dickinson ISD
Kim Christiansen, Pasadena ISD
Teresa Spencer, Deer Park ISD
Angela Nelson, Deer Park ISD
Ashley Larche, Alvin ISD
Adrienne Schoppe, Goose Creek CISD
Rebecca Harris, Deer Park ISD
Laura Dantzman, Alvin ISD
Elena Rodriguez, Deer Park ISD
Erin Timmons, Clear Creek ISD
Amani Stephens, Deer Park ISD
Kayla Duncan, Pasadena ISD
Lakisha Jones, Houston ISD
Jungnam Thompson, Houston ISD

2017 Classroom Mini Grant Recipients

This year the committee reviewed more than 220 applications and awarded 25 one hundred dollar grants to teachers who are members of the credit union. The grant recipients represented schools in area districts such as Houston, Pasadena, Clear Creek, Pearland, Alvin, Deer Park, Hitchcock and Katy ISD.

The following teachers received grants:

 

Pamela Martin, Pasadena ISD
Shannon Fanning, La Porte ISD
April Lance, Pasadena ISD
Annette Boles, Brazosport ISD
Teresa Spencer, Deer Park ISD
Radhiya Wiley, Alief ISD
Pennie Yancey, Alvin ISD
Lerin Odom, Galveston ISD
Ernestina Martinez, Pasadena ISD
Sandy Salazar, Deer Park ISD
Donna Koonce, Pasadena ISD
Melissa Miller, Pasadena ISD
Samantha Branch, Spring ISD
Acacia Newton, Santa Fe ISD
Sarah Gruetzmacher, Alvin ISD
Kristen Tolley, Pasadena ISD
Carrie Benavidez, Humble ISD
Wendy Manion, Deer Park ISD
Ashley Smith, Humble ISD
Charity Walker, Alvin ISD
Amanda Kister, Pasadena ISD
Leslie Gonzalez, Deer Park ISD
Jamilleah Daniel, Pasadena ISD
Kristena Stokes, Pasadena ISD
Adelfa Castillo, Pasadena ISD
Pamela Maxwell, Pasadena ISD
Mindy Galvan, La Porte ISD
Ykita Destin-Jones, Crosby ISD
Cheryl Fox, Pasadena ISD
Jason Hargrave, Pasadena ISD

Study source: AdoptAClassroom.org – 2023 Teacher Spending Survey