Ongoing Programs

• College Internship Program: A program where college students interested in some aspect of nonprofit management can intern with the SCSF to gain real-world experience, develop their resumes, and benefit the students and teachers of SCSF at the same time. 
• Convocation: An annual "Welcome back to school" event for all 2,500 SCUSD staff members. Cannot be funded via public funds. 
• DonorsChoose: A crowdsourcing platform for teachers. SCSF keeps an eye on projects that are close to being funded and takes advantage of double- and triple-matching days.
• Family Resource Center Programs
  • Backpack and School Supply Drive: An annual push for backpacks and school supplies.
  • Steps 4 Success Shoe Drive: An annual push for new shoes for kids.
  • Thanksgiving Meal Drive: An annual event to ensure families have plenty to eat on Thanksgiving.
  • Tutoring: SCUSD students receive tutoring in mathematics, writing, and other subjects as needed, using older student volunteers. This program can be used to satisfy high school community service requirements. 
  • Winter Holiday Gift Drive: An annual event to ensure that families have gifts around this time of year. 
• Girls Career Preparation (GCP) Program: A program for historically underserved and underrepresented students to receive interview prep/training, to receive interview clothing, shoes, and haircuts, and to work with women mentors who are working in Silicon Valley. 
• ​High School Internship Program: A program for high school students interested in business or nonprofit work, which provides real-world opportunities to make a genuine difference for the teachers and students of SCUSD. 
• Scholarships and Citizenship Awards: We offer a variety of scholarships to help students attend college.
• Small Business Directory: A listing of businesses known to have a connection to the schools we serve: the owners (or relatives) attended SCUSD schools, and/or they support SCSF financially, and/or they are open to hiring SCUSD students or having them as interns. 
• Student-Directed Microloans via KIVA and KLA: Business students decide how to invest Microloans across the world, tracking ROI, impact, and planning how to reinvest loans on irregular schedules.
• Teacher Grants: Teachers need all kinds of things to help their students learn, but the schools can't afford everything. SCSF steps in to fill those gaps and help teachers get what they need for their students to be successful.  
• The Farmstand: A project where high school students learn about marketing, customer service, inventory management, and cash handling at the district farm. The public is encouraged to come by and see what's fresh!

Future programs (pending funding)

• Endowment Development: An initiative to help the Foundation's endowment reach $1,000,000. With a million dollars, with average returns in the stock market, we could run all our programs at their current capacities and spend less on fundraising and more on our teachers and students.
• Graduation signs: An initiative to provide graduation signs to families of graduates in every high school.
• Student-initiated projects: A program to support SCUSD students who have an idea to improve their communities.
• Teacher-to-Administrator Credentialing Program: A program to support our teachers who wish to earn admin credentials and become Principals and Vice-Principals in the district. ​
• Therapy for All: A program to put therapists or interns in every school and create an opportunity for students and staff to receive therapy at no cost to them.
• Traveling Art and Music Teachers: A program that allows teachers at one site dedicated collaboration time, to ensure alignment with state and district standards. The Art and Music Teachers travel from site to site on a regular schedule to make planning easier. 

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How we fund these programs 

• A-thon Management
• Annual Appeal
• Art and Wine Festival 
• Community grants 
• Corporate grants 
• ​Dining for dollars 
• ​​Farm to Table DInners
• Firefighters 5k
• In-kind donations 
• Monthly individual donors 
• One-time donations 
• Planned Giving
• Reunion Management
• Sharks, Earthquakes, and San Jose Giants ticket sales 
• Shopping for dollars