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June Newsletter: Progress and Preparation⚡

June 20, 2025

Our June newsletter highlights the collective impact made across San Francisco schools this year — from building a new Sensory Garden at ER Taylor Elementary to unboxing thousands of math...

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May Newsletter: Celebrating Impact

May 15, 2025

Our May newsletter reflects on a school year defined by resilience, stability, and community care. Highlights include SFUSD’s reversal of 151 staff layoffs, a $210,000 grant from Battery Powered to...

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SF Chronicle: Glady Thacher, philanthropist who launched nonprofits from her S.F. living room, dies at 95

May 1, 2025

“The woman had her finger on the pulse of what was happening with students and their parents,” said Ann Levy Walden, CEO of the Education Fund. “Her intuition, clear-eyed vision and deep love for...

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The SF Ed Fund Celebrates Weekly Volunteers from 2024-25 School Year at Annual Volunteer Recognition Event

April 29, 2025

The SF Ed Fund celebrated our fantastic weekly ongoing volunteers our annual Volunteer Recognition Ceremony. We certainly had a lot to celebrate and be thankful for: Throughout the 2024-25 school...

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SF Ed Fund Welcomes its 2025 Young Leaders Council Cohort

April 24, 2025

We’re thrilled to welcome a new cohort of passionate changemakers to the SF Ed Fund’s Young Leaders Council (YLC)! The YLC is a group of dynamic young professionals across sectors who are...

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San Francisco’s public school leaders share what’s really happening in their schools

April 16, 2025

Through conversations with school leaders at SFUSD’s highest-benefit schools, the SF Ed Fund surfaced an urgent need for immediate interventions in the midst of the budget crisis: flexibility to...

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In Loving Memory of Glady Thacher (1929-2025)

April 15, 2025

We are saddened to share the passing of Gladys “Glady” Thacher, our beloved founder and a lifelong advocate for public education and social justice. Glady passed away peacefully at home on April 3,...

Celebrating Women’s Impact on SF Schools

March 26, 2025

For decades, women have been the driving force behind education—both in the classroom and in shaping the institutions that support our schools. The San Francisco Education Fund is no exception....

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