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“In a time when it seems like no one is looking after public education, it is good to know that something as organized, efficient and positive as the Education Fund exists.”

Gloria Maciejewski,
Fifth Grade Teacher, SFUSD

Recent Accomplishments

With the support of our donors, we were able to:

  • Place more than 1,900 volunteers in San Francisco’s public schools.

  • Engage 757 students who served 19,000 of their peers through our Peer Resources program.

  • Award 19 grants to teachers to: increase student outcomes in literacy and math and increase teacher retention, quality, and leadership.

  • Provide training in research and policy advocacy support for 15 teachers through our Teacher’s Leadership Institute.

  • Build a new playground at Bret Harte Elementary along with First Lady Michelle Obama, California First Lady Maria Shriver, 500 volunteers, CaliforniaVolunteers, and KaBOOM!

  • Partner with 16 leading businesses to bring volunteers, financial and in-kind resources to under-served schools.

  • Provide teachers with trained volunteer interpreters for help with: parent-teacher conferences, counselor meetings, and school-wide events.

  • Help over 130 business leaders walk in the shoes of public school principals for one day through our annual Principal for a Day event.

  • Host our annual Thank a Teacher Today campaign to encourage San Franciscans to thank teachers for their dedication to our City’s young people.

  • Spearhead a community engagement effort to reach more than 900 San Franciscans through community conversations to create a vision for what kinds of schools our community wants.