About ISF

MISSION

The Irving Schools Foundation provides financial resources to maximize educational opportunities for teachers and students in Irving ISD by funding innovative programs, scholarships, and activities that enhance creativity, leadership, and academic success.
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2022 Annual Report

Your support directly benefits our students, educators, and community. Our 2022 Annual Report highlights the Irving Schools Foundation’s greatest accomplishments of the year with a quantitative breakdown of our impact.

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The History of the Irving Schools Foundation

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The Irving Daily News, January 18, 1987.
The Irving Schools Foundation was established in 1985 under the leadership of founder, Anne Pfaff and former Executive Director, Elaine Free.  Since its inception, the foundation has continued to create programs in response to the growing needs of our community. The Irving Schools Foundation exists to enhance education and empower students by removing barriers so that our students have an equitable future.
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2022 Spotlight: On January 2022, the Irving Schools Foundation teamed up with Operation Warm to provide every single student at Clifton Early Childhood School with a new pair of shoes.
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Irving Schools Foundation is founded
The Irving Schools Foundation established in May 1985 when the Foundation was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the leadership of founder, Anne Pfaff and former Executive Director, Elaine Free.
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Beginning of Breakfast with the Stars Scholarships
Every spring since 1987, we recognize the accomplishments of Irving ISD seniors and award them with academic scholarships. In 2021 alone, we distributed over 230 scholarships worth approximately $430,000 to students at all five Irving ISD high schools. Additionally, at every Breakfast with the Stars event, we award scholarships to two Irving ISD staff members seeking to further their education and training.
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Inception of the Legacy Gala
The Irving Schools Foundation Legacy Gala, one of our annual signature events, celebrates both the richness of Irving ISD culture and the legacy of community leaders who have made lasting contributions to our mission over an extended period of time. Since the Gala’s inception in 2011, proceeds from the event have generated more than $3.5 million in support of student and staff scholarships, teaching grants, and other ISF initiatives.
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Creation of Spark Tank
ISF Spark Tank is our competitive grant program that awards funds for innovative, enriching, and out-of-the-ordinary classroom projects and learning experiences for students of all ages across Irving ISD. Since 2013, ISF has funded over 303 projects representing over $1 million and 180,000 students, teachers and staff impacted.
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The Food for Thought Program is Initiated
A student who is hungry—or who is worried about whether or not they will be able to eat tonight—is a student who will struggle to learn. While the image of a hungry child is unpleasant to contemplate, the sad reality is that too many Irving ISD students—more than 75% of our student population, in fact— face food insecurity on a daily or intermittent basis. The good news? There’s something that we can do about it, which is why Irving Schools Foundation created Food For Thought in 2019. We provide over 1,400 weekly food bags to our students—and with your help, we’ll be able to sustain and grow this vital initiative moving forward.
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ISF Celebrates Warehouse Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
ISF celebrated the opening of the ISF Warehouse on March 29, 2022. Prior to opening the warehouse, the Food for Thought program operated out of two small middle school classrooms. The warehouse allows the Irving Schools Foundation to make a greater impact by providing more space for volunteers, food bags, and in-kind donations for the Irving ISD community. The warehouse is also home to the Uniform Closet and Community 2 Classroom (C2C) Store, the store without a cashier, which provides Irving ISD teachers and staff with free school supplies and other essential items for their classrooms and students.

Volunteer opportunities

Volunteers are the key to the Foundation’s success. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact our office at [email protected]

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Bethlyn Fisher

Programs Assistant

Randy Randle

Board Member

Bethlyn is a native to the Wise County area and holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in Elementary Education from Tarleton State University.

Bethlyn comes to Irving Schools Foundation with a background in teaching. Prior to her time with ISF, she taught in Irving ISD at Elliott Elementary for 6 years. She also has experience in Irving ISD as a swim instructor for the district’s Swim Safe program. Bethlyn’s main passions include helping the community and teaching others.

Bethlyn lives in Bedford with her husband, Dillon, and 2 cats, Gadget and Gizmo. Her hobbies include swimming, reading, baking, crafting, exercising, and caring for her plant collection.

Adriana Colunga

Development Manager

Adriana Colunga

Development Manager

Margie Stipes

Director Emerita

Margie Stipes

Director Emerita

Margie Stipes has been an Irving resident since 1955. She and her late husband, John, raised three children together, Randy, now deceased, Larry, and Stacie. Margie worked 30 years as a secretary at American Airlines, receiving the company’s Customer First Award.

She has been active in schools and the community, serving on several bond program committees and with the city’s Charter Review Committee. Margie was president of the Nimitz High School Booster Club for several years and has been a longtime member of both the Keep Irving Beautiful Board and the Irving Schools Foundation Board of Directors.

Margie’s accolades include the High Spirited Citizen Award, Greater Irving Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award, Irving Schools Foundation Gala Award, and multiple local and national PTA awards for extended service. In 2014, she was inducted into the Irving Sports Hall of Fame. Margie is honored to be a namesake for IISD’s John and Margie Stipes Elementary School in south Irving.

Randy Randle

Board Member

Randy Randle

Board Member

Randy Randle is a lifelong resident of Irving. He attended Otis Brown Elementary School, Bowie Junior High School and graduated from Nimitz High School.  Randy attended The University of Texas at Arlington and received a Business Administration degree in accounting.

Mr. Randle has been married to Lynda for 28 years and has two sons who attended Irving Schools.  Randy has long been serving in leadership roles in both our schools and our community.  He has served as PTA fundraising chairman, Band Booster president and chairman of baseball concessions for the Booster Club.  Randy has served on two campus improvement committees and the District Improvement Committee.

Randy served on the Irving City Council for six years and was chairman of the finance committee. He also served as chairman of the City of Irving Bond Task Force.

Randy has attended the same church for 66 years and serves as a trustee, as well as chairman of the building committee.  Randy works in the family business, which has been in Irving for 60 years.

Andy Jones

Board Member

Andy Jones

Board Member

Andy is Vice President and Learning Experience Development Team Manager for Texas Capital Bank.

He has received the Volunteer of the Year Award at Texas Capital for the last two years. Andy continues to volunteer at the Resource Center Community Health Clinic (9 Years), the AT&T Performing Arts Center (6 years), Make a Wish Foundation (5 years), Oak Lawn United Methodist Church Administrative Board (1 year) and the Dallas Titans (9 years), a local softball team where he has coordinated raising over $120,000 to give back to the community in the form of back-to-school supplies, food for a local food pantry and sending children with cancer to summer camp.

Andy has a Masters Degree from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor Degree from Winthrop University.

Kitty Boyle

Board Member

Kitty Boyle

Board Member

Kitty has held many leadership positions throughout her 55 years in Irving, TX including founding and serving as past chair for the Community College Association for Texas Trustees. Kitty is presently Chair of the board for the Ranch Academy, a charter school, where she have served on the board since 1998.

All six of her children graduated from IISD as have five of Kitty’s grandchildren as well. In 2011, Kitty and her husband John were named the Irving High Spirited Citizens. Kitty has a genuine heart for the citizens of Irving and it doesn’t go unnoticed.

Tracy McNeil

Secretary

Tracy McNeil

Secretary

Tracy McNeil is a Senior Sales Agent at Liberty Mutual Insurance/Comparison Insurance Agency. Prior, she retired from Enterprise Rent a Car after 27 years, with her achievements ranking her repeatedly in the top 10% nationwide.

In 2015, Tracy was voted Liberty Insurance Rookie of the Year for both Auto and Home. That same year, she joined ISF, serving on the Board of Directors before taking on the role of  Secretary of the Executive Committee. She has volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House Charities for Children and has great passion for the youth in Irving ISD.

Roger Carbajal

Personnel Chair

Roger Carbajal

Personnel Chair

Shannon Brown

Chair Elect

Shannon Brown

Chair Elect

Shannon has been a member of the ISF Board since 2019, having previously held the position of Development Chair. He currently serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at CoreLogic, which has its largest office in Irving and is an established corporate partner of ISF.

Shannon has lived in the DFW area since 1995 and in his spare time enjoys traveling, boating, and tennis; he participates on a softball team that has raised over $150K for DFW charities over the past 11 years. While having no children of his own, Shannon is passionate about helping the Irving ISD students, parents, teachers, and administrators.