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children deserve opportunity

At The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, we believe that all of Philadelphia’s public school children deserve the opportunity to become a part of a strong, productive, and sustainable future for our city.

 
 
 

Identifying, coordinating, and connecting philanthropic resources

 
Our Mission

We identify, coordinate and connect philanthropic resources—through effective public-private partnerships—to leverage investments in local public schools. We target strategic priorities that have an impact on the success of students regardless of their zip code, family income, or circumstances.

$50 million

raised to support the
School District of Philadelphia since

2015

the year active fundraising began

Creating a welcoming, enriching, and equitable learning environment for children and families

How we work

Working with the Superintendent, the executive team of skilled educators, and school leadership, we help set funding priorities and manage philanthropic contributions, directing crucial resources to the needs of Philadelphia’s public schools and school children to improve educational services and academic achievement.

Our work to create a welcoming, enriching, and equitable learning environment for children and families in public schools is critical for developing a productive workforce and enhancing Philadelphia’s future. Targeted investments in public schools offer the opportunity to advance learning outcomes for all students.

Meet the Team
 
 
 

Get involved

The Fund relies on generous support from foundations, business and individuals like you.

Our first major priority was to raise $7 million to support equity goals in Early Education. Our fund helped to establish libraries in every K-3 classroom in the Philadelphia School District, and supported educators’ goals to have all children reading on grade level by 4th grade. Join our corps of committed donors who care deeply about the quality of public education and the success of our children!

 
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Discover Our Alumni

Making a Difference

Philadelphia public school students are full of potential — you only have to look to many of our graduates for that to be clear. Our alumni are making a difference around the world in business, government, sports, education, science, technology, arts and entertainment.

 
Kenneth Carleton Frazier

Chairman, President and CEO of Merck & Co.

Northeast High, ’70

 
Betty Liu

Journalist, Television Anchor, Bloomberg Television

Central High, ’91

 
Judith Rodin

Retired President, Rockefeller Foundation

Girls High, ’62

 
Mary Schmidt Campbell

President, Spelman College

Girls High, ’62

Our supporters

Like the District, we depend on a robust corps of partner organizations, companies, and individuals for advocacy and program support.

We’re grateful for our special partners who are helping us improve educational outcomes for Philadelphia’s students. Thank you to our investors, sponsors, and supporters for your generous contributions to help realize the District’s goal to give every child, no matter their zip code, a great school close to where they live.

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Special Partners

Aileen K. and Brian L. Roberts Foundation

Sheldon and Jill Bonovitz

Duane Morris LLP

Neubauer Family Foundation

Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation

Tobias Harris Charitable Fund

Our mission to enhance public education in Philadelphia

We are the only philanthropic organization that works directly with school leadership to align the investments of partners—private foundations, corporations and businesses, community organizations and individual donors—with the strategies that will impact the success of students attending our neighborhood public schools.

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