Foothill-Deanza Community Colleges Foundation

Scholarships and faculty support: the foothill-de anza Foundation is committed to promoting the highest levels of student success. Through charitable gifts and donations, the organization is able to provide financial assistance that allows thousands of students to advance their postsecondary education. During the fiscal year ending june 30, 2024, the organization was able to provide over 750 scholarships to students. Additionally, gifts to the Foundation support student basic needs such as each college'Colleges's food pantry as well as support faculty in developing new curriculum that encourages critical thinking, problem solving and a lifelong love of learning in our students. Through the organization's support, faculty are able to focus on helping students to grow and to learn valuable skills needed in the evolving workforce needs.

The hope initiative provides for student basic needs including food and mental health services. Many students face significant challenges to meet basic needs while pursuing their educational and career goals while enrolled at foothill and/or de anza. Basic need funds include food pantry gift cards, staffing resources to expand the hours and services at the food pantries and assist the Colleges in providing for mental health services for registered students.

The krause center for innovation - k-12 educators come to foothill's krause center for innovation to sharpen their teaching skills and discover new ways to harness technology to capture the imagination of today's students. The krause center provides innovative professional development to help educators transform their teaching practice with an emphasis on technology integration.

The Foundation plays a key role in ensuring the Colleges offer programs that align with the needs of their diverse student populations. Providing funding for state-of-the-art workforce programs that equip students with the skills needed for high-demand jobs as well as supporting programs that support transfer students to seamlessly transition to four-year universities.