Donations throughout the year

Any time of year you can donate by putting cash or check in the PTO Treasurer's or President's mailbox in the copy room or mail it to the school. Just make sure it's clearly marked with your name and address and states donation so that we can send you your tax letter. It's 100% deductible.

Euclid Middle School

Euclid PTO

777 West Euclid Ave.

Littleton, CO 80120

Corporate Match Donations

Many corporations have a matching program where an employee can make a financial contribution to a registered 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization and the company will match the contribution in whole or in part. It's an easy way to increase contributions and several PTOs in LPS are taking advantage of these programs. A recurring problem that arises, is the corporation/company will not send matching funds directly to an individual school or PTO, regardless of the non-profit status of the PTO.

The LPS Foundation is a registered 501 (c) 3 non-profit that qualifies for corporate/company matching. As a benefit to LPS PTO's, the LPS Foundation will act as a pass-through agent for such donations.

In order to meet Federal guidelines and to ensure all audit regulations are met, the following procedures must be followed and adhered to:

1. The original financial contribution (donation) must be made to the LPS Foundation. Checks must be made payable and sent to the LPS Foundation ( 5776 S. Crocker St., Littleton, CO 80120).

2. A note referencing the match and school/PTO must accompany the original check. This is in order for the funds to be allocated to the correct school/PTO.

3. The school/PTO must provide the LPS Foundation a list of expected donations, complete with family name, amount of donation and name of matching company for monitoring purposes. Send this to Euclid's PTO President, euclidptopresident@gmail.com.

4. The LPS Foundation will hold the original donation until the matching funds are collected, at which point, the total contribution will be distributed to the school/PTO.

5. The LPS Foundation will not be responsible for submitting or managing employee matching paperwork however, if a corporation/company needs verification of original donation, LPS Foundation will provide requested paperwork or confirmation.

6. The LPS Foundation cannot accept matching checks if the original contribution was not sent to them first. That means the check from the employee and the check from the employer must BOTH me made out to LPS Foundation AND mailed or brought to the Foundation office.

We are happy to provide this service to the PTOs. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Beth Best at 303-347-3478 or bbest@lps.k12.co.us or the PTO President at euclidptopresident@gmail.com.

During the Magazine Sale

You may make a direct donation by putting your check or cash in an envelope. Your student should turn it into their CORE Plus teacher at the beginning of the day. Please include either on a note or on the envelope your student's name, his/her Magazine Sale Teacher (your child will understand), your name and address (our treasurer will mail you a letter so that you can use it for your taxes). During the Magazine sale your student gets prize credit for donations. One prize credit= $20. Your child can have 15 prize credits during the sale. That's Fifteen $20 dollar donations that count toward prizes! 100% of the donation goes to Euclid. Online donations will be available on the apmags.com site. The school will receive 90% of the donations.