Our Mission: Supporting Education to Build a Strong Community
Education reaps rewards. Through grants, scholarships, and recognition, the Centennial Area Education Foundation (CAEF) fosters learning in the Centennial School District and supports local students pursuing college and technical education.
Commitment to the Community
Join us in supporting our Centennial Community. Volunteers are essential to CAEF. Join us and share your talents by becoming a volunteer on a one-time basis, a committee member, or a board member.
When you support CAEF—whether you attend the annual event or give a legacy gift—you fuel dreams.
Centennial Area Education Foundation is a non-profit [501 (c)(3)] corporation comprised of volunteers
from our community dedicated to raising funds to support and enrich the students, the staff and our community.
2025 Centennial Scholarship Night
🎉 $110,600 Total Scholarships Awarded
👏 $15,000 CAEF Sponsored Scholarships
🙌 $48,800 CAEF Managed Scholarships (Donations which CAEF administers)
A HUGE thank you to everyone who attended, sponsored, Funded the Need
for K-12 Fine Arts and/or bid on silent auction items. Thanks to you,
we raised nearly $63,000 for education to continue
our support of grants, student scholarships and community opportunities.
This year’s gala was all about celebrating community in style—whether you
prefer a casual or elegant look. With a Denim and Diamonds theme and
entertainment by DJSkoolz, the night had something for everyone. We are so
glad all of those who were able to join us!
A big thank you to our all of our sponsors, guests, and presenters.
Presenter, Jeff Holmberg (Superintendent).
Thank you to our Auctioneer, Josh Smith, DJSkoolz,
and our Photographer, Leslie Larson!
YOU all helped make the CAEF Gala a huge success! THANK YOU!
If you want to donate, we are still taking donations for Fund The Need- K-12 Fine
Arts.