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Causes: Education, Philanthropy, Public Foundations
Mission: The pasadena educational foundation's mission is to support, enhance, and supplement the programs, initiatives, and priorities of the pasadena unified school district.
Programs: 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 2016-17, it served approximately 1,315 elementary, junior high, and high school students. Over 100 different enrichment classes including drama, art, math, creative writing, chess, golf, robotics, spanish immersion, mandarin immersion and many more were offered. Tuition is reasonable and scholarships are awarded on an as-needed basis.