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Support Guy Allen Academy

Help Us Grow Something Meaningful.

Guy Allen Academy was built on the belief that every child deserves the opportunity to grow, learn, and belong.

Named after lifelong Iowa farmer Guy Allen Eick, our school is rooted in the values he lived every day: hard work, kindness, community, and believing in people before they know how to believe in themselves.

Just like farming, meaningful growth takes patience, support, consistency, and the right environment.

Your support helps us create that environment for children with diverse learning needs.

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Become a Founding Donor.

Be part of the foundation. Give where it matters most.

Guy Allen Academy is opening its doors to students with diverse learning needs — and our Founding Donors are making it possible. These gifts are unrestricted, so we direct every dollar to where it will do the most good, from staffing and student services to the learning spaces and supports that bring the school to life. Becoming a Founding Donor means your name is part of where it all began.

Founders Circle

$25,000+
  • Permanent Founders Wall recognition
  • Premier recognition in all opening materials, press releases, website, and donor publications
  • Private facility tour and VIP invitation to the ribbon-cutting celebration
  • Exclusive naming opportunity for a educational space
  • Annual impact report highlighting student and program outcomes
  • Personal updates from the Founder and Board Chair
  • Recognition as a Founding Partner of Guy Allen Academy
  • Legacy recognition as one of the individuals, families, or businesses who helped bring Guy Allen Academy to life

Legacy Leader

$10,000+
  • Permanent Founders Wall recognition
  • Recognition in all opening materials and press
  • Private program tour and ribbon-cutting invitation
  • Ongoing impact updates
  • Naming opportunity (classroom, program, or space)
  • Personal updates from the Founder and Board Chair

Barn Raisers

$5,000–$9,999
  • Permanent Founders Wall recognition
  • Recognition in opening materials and press
  • Private program tour with Leadership
  • Ongoing impact updates

Harvest Partners

$1,000–$4,999
  • Founders Wall placement
  • Website, Social media recognition and newsletter feature
  • Invitation to our opening celebration
  • Ongoing impact updates.

Opportunity Planters

$250–$999
  • Recognition on our on website and social media
  • Ongoing impact updates.

Cultivators

$1–$249
  • Thank-you letter and personal acknowledgment
  • Name listed in annual donor report

Gifts of any amount are deeply appreciated and fully tax-deductible. Multi-year pledges and gifts of stock or in-kind support are welcome — just ask.

Friend of the Academy.

Every gift fills a classroom. Here’s where to start.

Friend of the Academy gifts fund specific items that directly serve our students — and every dollar shows up in a classroom on day one.

Materials Sponsor

$2,500

Stimuli, learning kits, & instructional materials for a classroom

Sensory Sponsor

$1,000

Sensory bins, tools, & regulation supports for the year

Library Sponsor

$500

Books and reading materials for our students

Guy Allen Academy is outfitting five learning spaces for students with diverse learning needs, ages 6–11. Each sponsorship below funds the furniture, equipment, sensory supports, and learning materials needed to bring that space to life. Naming sponsorships are permanent. All gifts are tax-deductible.

- - - - - PREMIER NAMING SPONSOR

Gross Motor Room

(3 available)
$25,000

The heart of how our students regulate, move, and learn. Mats, swings, climbing and balance equipment, sensory tools, and storage.

RECOGNITION

  • Permanent naming of the gross motor room
  • Plaque on entrance to the room
  • Recognition in all opening materials & press
  • Founders Wall placement
  • Private tour and ribbon-cutting invitation
- - - - - CLASSROOM NAMING SPONSOR

Classroom

(3 available)
$5,000 - $10,000

Outfit a full learning space — flexible seating, individual workstations, visual supports, sensory tools, and instructional materials.

RECOGNITION

  • Permanent naming of one classroom
  • Plaque outside the classroom door
  • Founders Wall placement
  • Recognition in opening materials
  • Private tour with the Founder
- - - - - AREA NAMING SPONSOR

Multi-Purpose Area

$8,000

The shared space where students gather, eat, create, and connect — group tables, soft seating, calming zone, art and sensory supplies.

RECOGNITION

  • Permanent naming of the multi-purpose area
  • Plaque in the space
  • Founders Wall placement
  • Recognition in opening materials
  • Private tour invitation
- - - - - PROGRAM SPONSOR

Subject or Program

$2,500–$5,000

Sponsor a subject area such as Reading, Math, Life Skills, or Sensory Learning. Funds curriculum, stimuli, and teaching materials.

RECOGNITION

  • Named subject/program sponsorship
  • Recognition on Field of Growth donor display
  • Quarterly impact update
  • Invitation to donor events

What Every Sponsor Receives

  • A personal thank-you from the Founder and Board
  • IRS-compliant tax-deductible receipt
  • Recognition appropriate to your sponsorship level
  • Updates on your impact — the students, the space, the progress
  • Invitation to our opening celebration