The SF Ed Fund listens to the needs of public schools, mobilizes the wider San Francisco community, and resources schools. By providing more resources, the SF Ed Fund addresses existing opportunity gaps, creating schools where students can thrive academically and social-emotionally and ensuring that the community feels confident in the promise of high-quality public schools.
In less than five months of Chapter One high-impact tutoring during the 2025-26 school year, the percentage of participating first graders meeting grade-level expectations more than doubled, from 8% to 17%, while second graders nearly tripled, from 10% to 27%.
95%+ of educators surveyed following the 2025-26 school year said their volunteers...
- helped them feel more supported as an educator
- provided increased targeted support to students
- were sensitive and responsive to student identity, interests and needs
We provided over $5M in resources to students, educators, and schools in 2025-26.
The theme for our 2024-25 annual report, Voices of Our Schools, reflects the SF Ed Fund’s commitment to grounding our work in the real needs of San Francisco’s public school communities. Through dozens of interviews with principals and school leaders across our highest-benefit schools, our Voices of Our Schools report confirmed that we are investing in the highest-priority areas where we can make the greatest impact. School leaders told us what’s working, what’s missing, and what they need most right now. In 2024-25, we provided more than $3 million in resources to students, educators, and schools; and we doubled the number of students meeting grade level expectations, from 24% to 54%, in just five months with high-impact tutoring provider Chapter One.
The 2025–26 Addendum highlights a surge in educator-led initiatives, with 140 applications totaling over $1.14M in requested support for SFUSD’s high-benefit schools. These projects center on three critical pillars: fostering a deep sense of belonging, strengthening academic outcomes, and prioritizing teacher retention.
