PPS Foundation Updates
PPS Parents Raise Record Amount in 2011 to Support Schools throughout PPS in the 2012-13 School Year
For the 2012/13 school year a record number of PPS schools will have an additional source of revenue to fund positions and programs in their school improvement plans as recipients of the largest pool of PPS Equity Fund dollars in the 17 years it has…
Equity Grants to give some Portland schools a boost (The Portland Tribune, April 5, 2012)
The Portland Tribune’s Jennifer Anderson covers the investment by PPS parents in all kids throughout the PPS District.
2012/13 PPS Equity Grants Announced
Because of record-breaking fundraising by PPS parents in 2011, the Portland Public Schools division of All Hands Raised awarded a record number of PPS Equity Grants for the 2012/13 school year.
Parent, Community Groups Pressed to Fill K-12 Budget Gaps (Education Week, March 13, 2012)
In spring of 2012, Education Week highlighted the Portland Public Schools Foundation and the PPS Equity Grant program as a national model.
2011/12 PPS Equity Grants Announced
IPPS Parents once again raised a record amount in support of all kids in PPS for the 2011/12 school year.
2010/11 PPS Equity Grants Announced
In 2010/11 All Hands Raised awarded $580,00 in PPS School-Based Equity Grants to 25 PPS Schools and $244,500 in Community-Based Equity Grants to 13 organizations.
