Building Our Children's Brightest Futures
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the educational experience of Deane-Porter and Forrestdale School students through fundraising and a grant process.
Since 1995, Rumson Education Foundation (REF) has awarded $3M in grants.
How it was spent? What are the current campaigns?
Golf Classic Fore Education 2022
Tuesday 18th October 2022
Join us for lunch, tee-off, dinner and auction at Rumson Country Club!
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Donating appreciated securities, including stock, bonds, and mutual funds means a larger gift and a larger tax-deduction.
Avoid capital gains tax on appreciated stock!
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Potential for corporate matching!
The Deane-Porter School is named in honor of Miss Evelyn Porter and Miss Laura Deane. Here they are pictured (from left to right) Evelyn Porter, Frances Noonan and Laura Deane.
Photographed attending a teachers' convention in Atlantic City in 1939.
Please support the REF's goal of maintaining the highest level of excellence within Rumson Schools for the benefit of its 912 aspiring students, dedicated educators, and this wonderful community as a whole.
Checks for any amount may be payable to:
Rumson Education Foundation
PO Box 395
Rumson, NJ 07760
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