PENINSULA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
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USE OF FUNDS
All donations benefit the children in our public schools. All expenditures are subject to approval by the Board of Trustees who are chosen from the local community for three-year terms. The York Foundation for Public Education, Inc. provides limited and specifically targeted financial support of initiatives that enhance the educational programs of our schools. These include, but are not limited to:
- Grants to teachers for innovative projects focused on Virginia SOLs K-12
- Support of continuing education for teachers and school administrators
- Community based promotions for recruitment and retention of highly-qualified teachers and school administrators
- Career education programs emphasizing needs and requirements of local businesses
- Supportive assistance of the high school mentorship program
- Recognition of exemplary student achievement
- Financial support for students selected to compete on national and international levels
- Assistance for continuing education for graduating seniors in each high school
- Grants for school-wide initiatives that help to reshape, enhance or improve education for all students within the school
FOUNDATION POLICY POSITION
Foundation funds are directed toward support of the school system for program priorities where public funds are either not available or not appropriate. No funding will be provided to supplant funds required for the constitutional and legal program obligations of the York County community.
One hundred percent of all donations and proceeds (after costs) are returned directly to Foundation programs while the school system provides clerical, coordinating and incidental costs such as postage, stationary, office space, etc.
REVENUE DEVELOPMENT
The York Foundation for Public Education, Inc., in support of its mission pursues a variety of fund raising activities which may include but not be limited to the following:
- Participation in community-wide charitable fund raising networks such as United Way
- Ticketed events to include activities such as golf tournaments, etc.
- Solicitation of alumni and private citizen endowments and gifts
- Solicitation of business and corporate grants, endowments, and gifts