Our Mission
To advocate, promote and fund initiatives to enrich learning experiences for students and staff of the SBCSC.
Our Funding
We work to bridge the gap between need and funding in two ways: through grants for innovative Teacher Grants and by funding educational programs and projects in South Bend public schools.
Our Schools
With your support we strive to increase student readiness, support for character education, reading and math programs, professional development for teachers, match students with mentors, and expand our outreach to parents and the community.
Our History
History of The Public Education Foundation, Inc. The Foundation was an outgrowth of the Strategic Planning Group which was an effort that Dr. Virginia Calvin, former superintendent of SBCSC, started to involve the community to take a look at the funding of schools and to gain community involvement.
Local visionary citizens like Dr. James Wilson, Mendel Piser, and Margaret King formed the Public Education Foundation, Inc. in 1995 out of their unwavering passion and commitment to help make certain that children have every opportunity to learn. What they learned during the public session about school funding was that the state will never be able to fully fund schools.
The 29 member board of directors is comprised of a diverse group of community and business members which includes several ex-officio positions, one for the superintendent, one South Bend school board liaison, and a teacher liaison.
The foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that partners with the South Bend Community School Corporation. The legal name of the foundation is The Public Education Foundation, Inc. We do business as the South Bend Education Foundation.
Our Tax ID number is 35-1959196
