Investing in brighter futures for all!
We support BCSC and its mission. We believe in the power of: Partnerships, Collaborations, Innovations, Inclusiveness and Diversity.
The Foundation has adopted broad goals that include: Improved literacy for all students and improved and expanded experiences for all high school students.
The Foundation has broad community financial support for its projects. Each year it reaches out to private individuals, businesses, and charitable foundations to help fund its activities. These contributions have enabled the Foundation to consistently support scholarships and a wide range of grants and programs.
OUR MISSION
To support the work of BCSC by promoting awareness and philanthropy for programs that help students achieve educational excellence.
OUR VISION
All Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation students are achieving their full potential as learners.
OUR PRINCIPLES
We support BCSC and its mission. We believe in the power of: Partnerships, Collaborations, Innovations, Inclusiveness and Diversity.
MEET THE STAFF
Deepti Vijaykumar
Executive Director
Deepti (Agashe) Vijaykumar is a TEDx speaker, children's book author and Triple Crown Toastmaster. She grew up in Pune, India. She has been calling Columbus, Indiana her home for over 10 years now with her husband Pushkar Agashe, a system performance engineer at Cummins and their 6-year-old son Raghav who goes to Parkside elementary school.
She has been actively involved in several local socio-cultural organizations doing fund-raising, advocacy, mentoring while preserving the multi-cultural landscape of her vibrant community. Her work has taken her on many podcasts, on the Republic newspaper, radio shows, TV shows as well as the US Capitol in Washington DC where she contributed to discussions on fostering high-performance tech export and defense cooperation.
She is a Mechanical engineer with an MBA in Marketing and an MS in Business Analytics from SUNY Buffalo, NY. She attributes the strength of her skills and talents to her empowered parents, brilliant teachers and eclectic educational experience growing up in India .Her passion for every child to have the same strength fuels her work at BCSF.
BCSF HISTORY
Our Foundation began with a small innovative group of citizens passionate about education. Through their passion, they created the Columbus School Foundation on November 16, 1955 and began providing private funding to enrich students educational experiences. The original 15 visionaries of the founding board included: Mary Bottorff, Robert Brown, Lowell Engleking, Lewis N. Essex, Louise Fish, Muriel Hamilton, Jane Kinney, W.R. Law, Jr., L.A. Lockwood, John Marshall, Xenia Miller, J.P. Reeves, A.D. Silva, Jr., W.L. Wissman and Florence Zaring.
After 11 years, the public schools in the area combined to form the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation under a new single administration. To continue the School Foundation’s show of support, the Foundation changed its name to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation, also known as BCSF. In the first 40 years alone, BCSF awarded more than $1,000,000 to various projects serving the students of the Bartholomew County area!
We are proud to continue the founding board’s vision for creativity and innovation each year through grants, scholarships and awards. In 2018, BCSF embarked on a journey seeking growth to create more impact opportunities for educators and students. We hope you will join us during this exciting time!
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tami Iorio
Northside Pediatrics
BCSF President
Dr. Jim Roberts
Community Education Coalition (CEC)
BCSF Vice President
Megan Shaff
BCSC Title Services
BCSF Secretary
Venkat Jayaraman
Cummins Inc.
BCSF Treasurer
Michelle Findley
Findley Law
Immediate Past President
Todd Grimes
BCSC School Board
Angie Emmitt
Anakarina Hurtado
Kaity Day
Schmitt Elementary
Mike Jamerson
Retired BCSC Technology Director
Angie Kirkham
BCSC Multicultural Director
Rachel Quisenberry
Cummins, Inc.
Amy Artis
Beth Stroh
Viewpoint Books
John Whittington
Grammer Logistics
Interested in serving on the BCSF Board of Directors? Contact Nicole Cunningham to learn more: cunninghamn@bcsc.k12.in.us