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SLPS Foundation presents MOU, board orders MOU moved for action after questions on donor transparency
Summary
Saint Louis Public Schools Foundation leaders told the Board of Education they manage more than 140 donor-designated funds and raise roughly $2.5–$5 million a year; board members pressed for clearer reporting and access to financial ledgers and voted to move the proposed MOU to the August 12 meeting as an action item for a vote.
Halliday Douglas, president and CEO of the Saint Louis Public Schools Foundation, told the Board of Education during the July 22 work session that the foundation “raise[s] about $2,500,000 to $5,000,000 a year to fund programs that support SLPS students.” Superintendent staff and foundation leaders presented a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and asked the board to move the item to the consent agenda for final consideration at the district’s August meeting.
Board members said they want more detail before approving the MOU. Several questioned how donor-designated funds are tracked and which schools receive money; one board member said she could not find a school-level ledger and asked for more transparency. Superintendent staff and the foundation’s CFO said the foundation keeps donor-designated accounts and provides regular reports, and the district prefers funds routed through central accounting to ensure internal controls and proper recording.
Board members pressed the foundation on several points: how donors and family funds are recorded, whether certain outside foundations (for example,…
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