Space to Thrive
A campaign to build the spaces, skills, and support students need for tomorrow. Kilgour has long been a school where families invest. Not only in today’s students, but in the learning environment that future students will inherit. This campaign builds on that tradition.
Campaign Goal: $250,000
Timeline: 2026–2028
Big ideas, real impact.
Over the next three years, the Kilgour Foundation will make targeted investments designed to transform how students learn, play, and grow. These are improvements that will serve Kilgour families for years to come.
Space to Thrive is a focused, multi-year campaign centered on three key investments:
Expanding hands-on STEM learning
Creating safe, usable outdoor spaces
Investing in teacher excellence
Each area is designed to strengthen the daily learning environment in meaningful, lasting ways.
STEM Learning: From Interest to Deep Engagement
All K–6 students already participate in STEM/STEAM instruction each week. What’s needed now is the infrastructure to support deeper, more consistent, hands-on learning.
Kilgour will transform an underutilized computer lab into a dedicated STEM Center through a nationally proven partnership model.
This includes:
Hands-on equipment for engineering, coding, circuitry, and design
Technology such as tablets and 3D printers
Standards-aligned curriculum
Teacher training and ongoing support
With funding in place by summer 2026, the STEM Center will open for the 2026–27 school year.
Investment: $100,000
$70,000 for partnership, build-out, curriculum, and training
$30,000 for five years of supplies
With funding in place by summer 2026, the STEM Center opens for the 2026-27 school year—giving this year’s kindergarteners through 6th graders the chance to learn in a space built for discovery and learning.
Outdoor Shade: Making Play and Learning Possible
Outdoor time is essential—but much of Kilgour’s playground and field space lacks shade.
During warmer months, students have limited options to cool down, rest, or comfortably spend time outside.
This includes:
This investment will provide:
Permanent shade structures near key play areas
Outdoor tables and umbrellas for shaded lunches
These improvements make outdoor spaces usable more often and support student comfort and safety.
Investment: $100,000
Teacher and Staff Development: Strengthening Every Classroom
The most meaningful improvements in student learning happen through great teaching.
While teachers receive district training, it doesn’t always align with Kilgour’s specific needs.
This campaign brings high-quality training directly on-site, so teachers can learn together and apply best practices immediately.
This includes:
Student engagement and cooperative learning
Responsive Classroom practices
21st-century learning
STEAM/STEM instruction
Investment: $50,000 over three years
Your support matters
Make a Donation
The Kilgour Foundation is recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and receives tax deductible donations. Our Tax ID is 82-2733523.
We currently accept donations in the following ways:
1) Credit Card
You can make a credit card donation through PayPal.
2) Check
Please make out checks to “Kilgour Foundation” and mail to:
Kilgour Foundation
1339 Herschel Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45208
3) Donor Advised Fund
We are an approved recipient of many of the largest donor advised funds. Please use our Tax ID number, and email us at kilgourfoundation@gmail.com