Codman Academy: a capital grant for classroom technology
Codman Academy, a charter public school in Dorchester, Boston, received a $47,000 capital grant for technology from the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation in 2005.
Codman Academy · Dorchester, MA · Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation · Small Capital Grants · $47,000 · 2005
The school and the need
Codman Academy is a charter public school serving students in Dorchester, Boston. Like many small charter schools in its early years, it needed capital investment in classroom technology.
The funding
In 2005 the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation awarded Codman Academy a $47,000 capital grant for technology through its Small Capital Grants initiative, part of the foundation's Community Giving area.
What is documented
The foundation's grant record confirms the amount, year and purpose. Detailed implementation and outcome reporting for this award is not publicly available, so this record is presented as a project profile rather than a measured success story.
Later growth
Codman Academy later expanded significantly: in 2015 MassDevelopment issued a $4 million tax-exempt bond and a $3.9 million Qualified Zone Academy Bond on the school's behalf to purchase and convert the historic Lithgow Building in Codman Square, allowing the school to add elementary and middle grades and offer a K1-12 charter option in Boston.