PPIE (Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Foundation) supports ALL 15 Pleasanton schools, ALL 14,500+ students and ALL 800+ teachers and staff to ensure high quality education in an equitable manner across the Pleasanton Unified School District. With funding made possible by Pleasanton families, community leaders and foundations, and our valued business partners, PPIE provides supplemental staff, innovative grants, and opportunies for community engagement in our school system. PPIE is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization (Fed ID #94-3046738) and has served the Pleasanton community since 1987. Please see our Annual Report for details on our programs, donors and budget. If you are interested in helping us help the students of Pleasanton, please donate, become a business partner, or sign up to volunteer. We are better together!
Mission Statement
Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Foundation, a community-based organization, exists to enhance learning experiences for students of the Pleasanton Unified School District through a partnership of business, education and the community.
Vision
It takes a community to grow strong schools and raise leaders of the future. By providing critical staffing support and grants at all Pleasanton schools, PPIE’s vision is to enable teachers and students to innovate, excel and serve to the best of their abilities both in the classroom and in the broader community.
History of PPIE
PPIE was founded in 1987 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and, in 1988, added a grant making program to become a Foundation. After the 2008 economic crisis, the Pleasanton school district asked PPIE to raise additional funds for critical programs. PPIE Foundation now serves nearly 15,000 students annually and supports over 800 teachers and administrators. Over the years, PPIE has issued $1 million in teacher and student grants for innovative STEAM projects (visit here to see a list and videos of the great projects we’ve funded). We have also raised over $8 million for targeted technology and critical staff, including librarians, school site IT specialists, counselors, instructional coaches and supplemental teachers for class size reduction (visit here to see how PPIE raises and disburses funds as well as what we fund from year to year).
Since the 2008 economic crisis, two matters have further cut State government funding to Pleasanton: 1) In 2013, the State enacted the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which allocates more funds to low income schools and less to wealthier districts like ours, and 2) in 2015, the State mandated that local school districts contribute a greater share toward teacher and other staff pensions. The result is that our schools need community support more than ever to maintain our high quality Pleasanton schools.
