PPS Parent Fund & LSF History
PPS Parent Fund
In 1994-95, on the heels of Measure 5’s cuts to public education, parents from a number of Portland schools asked the Portland Public Schools Board of Education to allow them to create a vehicle for raising private dollars to support teaching and staff positions at their schools. The School Board allowed for the creation of “local school foundations” at all of Portland’s public schools. The School Board also required that an “Equity Fund” be established. One-third of all funds raised (after the first $10,000) by Local School Foundations is set aside in the PPS Parent Fund that The Fund for PPS stewards and distributes to high-need schools using demographic data; a formula that will be examined each year to ensure the funds are reaching the highest need schools.
Archived Awards
2024-25 PPS Parent Fund Recipients (Stewarded by The Fund for PPS)
2023-24 PPS Parent Fund Recipients (Stewarded by The Fund for PPS)
2022-23 PPS Parent Fund Recipients (Stewarded by The Fund for PPS)
2021-22 PPS Parent Fund Recipients (Stewarded by The Fund for PPS)
2020-21 PPS Parent Fund Recipients (Stewarded by The Fund for PPS)
2019-20 PPS Parent Fund Recipients (Stewarded by All Hands Raised)
2018-19 PPS Parent Fund Recipients (Stewarded by All Hands Raised)
Local School Foundations: Archived Information
In 1994-95, on the heels of Measure 5’s cuts to public education, parents from a number of Portland schools asked the Portland Public Schools Board of Education to allow them to create a vehicle for raising private dollars to support teaching and staff positions at their schools. The School Board allowed for the creation of “local school foundations” at all of Portland’s public schools. The School Board also required that an “Equity Fund” be established. One-third of all funds raised (after the first $10,000) by Local School Foundations was set aside in the PPS Parent Fund that the former Portland Schools Foundation/All Hands Raised, and subsequently, The Fund for PPS, stewarded and distributed to high-need schools using demographic data. The 2024-25 school year was the last year that Local School Foundation and PPS Parent Fund dollars will be utilized by individual schools for staff and programming tied to their School Improvement Plan.