Description
The Pasadena Educational Foundation advocates for public education, engages the community, and develops resources to support excellent education for every Pasadena Unified School District student.
Program areas at PEF
Pasadena Educational Foundation (pef) is a non-profit community-based organization which joins the public and private sectors in a partnership to (1) develop supplementary financial support for Pasadena unified school district (pusd) programs, (2) encourage dedicated teachers by funding creative projects and (3) promote community-wide confidence in the pusd and its schools. See schedule i for a listing of this fiscal year's program service grants and other assistance.in addition to contributions directly received by the pef from private and public sectors, the pef, in coordination with the pusd, solicits contributions that go directly from the donor to the pusd.
Pef has provided a summer enrichment program for local students each summer since 2003. In fiscal year 2018-19, it served approximately 1,619 elementary, junior high, and high school students. Over 120 different enrichment classes including drama, art, math, creative writing, chess, golf, robotics, computer and multimedia, spanish, mandarin, and french immersion, financial literacy, leadership skills, and many more were offered. Tuition is reasonable and over 480 scholarships are awarded on an as-needed basis.due to the covid 19 pandemic, the summer program did not take place in 2020. The expenses and revenues reflected above relate to the summer of 2019. Pef expects the program to resume in the 2021 program year.