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Three
Types of Private Giving in Public Schools

1. Volunteer Time

Volunteers give their time to such activities as tutoring programs, after-school enrichment programs, mentoring programs, and classroom support.

2. Monetary 
Contributions

Funds
for Public Schools
Fundraising
Campaigns for School 
Facilities

Education Week Grants

Foundation Center
On Philanthropy

NSBA
SchoolGrants Newsletter
3. Material Donations

Computers for Learning (CFL) provides schools and educational nonprofit organizations a place to request excess computer equipment. It also provides a quick and easy way for government agencies and the private sector to donate that equipment to schools and educational nonprofits. Many schools receive donations of instructional materials, computers and software, equipment and supplies, and gift certificates and awards (such as free tickets to a ball game for an outstanding report card).



Corporate and business donors generally start out by providing in-kind support and, as the relationships develop, some givers would eventually provide monetary support as well.
The Central High School Capital Campaign

Central High School is the first public school in Philadelphia to have an alumni association initiate a successful capital campaign to raise private funds for the enhancement of the school and its programs. The most recent capital campaign started as a $100,000 renovation project of the library and became a $12 million fund raising campaign.

Project Appleseed Sets $27 Million Campaign Goal
New Foundation for Historic St. Louis Area High School


Superintendent is Given A Timeline for A 2013 Construction
Start for U. City High School's New Pool & Recreation Ctr.
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Public Schools Get Private Help
Towns Tap Businesses, Churches to Shore Up Budgets

By JENNIFER LEVITZ and STEPHANIE SIMON
WALL STREET JOURNAL

LAKELAND, Fla.—When his budget for pencils, paper, and other essential supplies was cut by a third this school year, the principal of Combee Elementary School worried children would suffer.

Then, a local church stepped in and "adopted" the school. The First Baptist Church at the Mall stocked a resource room with $5,000 worth of supplies. It now caters spaghetti dinners at evening school events, buys sneakers for poor students, and sends in math and English tutors.  Click to see the full chart.

Short on money for everything from math workbooks to microscope slides, public schools across the nation are seeking corporate and charitable sponsors, promising them marketing opportunities and access to students in exchange for desperately needed donations.  More....

LA Charter School Raised $22 Million
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya presented 
Green Dot Schools with $4.5 million
De La Hoya started with an initial gift of $1 million 
in 2003, at the founding of his namesake school. 
He added $3.5 million to go towards the building of 
future Green Dot Public Schools.

Microsoft  Sponsors $38 Million High School 
School of the Future In Philadelphia Gold Certified
New York Times "High School of the Future"