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Fund for PPS reports $1.4 million-plus in giving; Champion PPS Schools allocated $930,000 for tutoring and supports
Summary
At its Sept. 30 work session the Portland Public Schools Board received the Fund for PPS annual report. The independent nonprofit reported roughly $1.4 million in giving for 2024–25, with a $1,000,000 Champion PPS Schools campaign directing $930,000 toward high-impact tutoring, math supports and school food pantries for the current school year.
The Portland Public Schools Board of Education on Sept. 30 received the Fund for PPS annual report, a requirement of the district'wide advocacy and fundraising policy the board revised in 2024. The Fund for PPS presented financial totals for 2024'25 and described the launch and first allocations of the Champion PPS Schools campaign.
The report said total giving for 2024'25 exceeded $1.4 million. "More than $1,400,000 were invested between 2024 and 2025," Fund leaders told the board, with $507,489 directed to programming for students and roughly $930,000 assigned to Champion PPS Schools. The Fund said it has a stated goal of raising $1,000,000 for Champion PPS Schools in 2026'27 and an additional $200,000 for programming and $200,000 for operational capacity.
Why this matters: The board adopted the district-wide advocacy and fundraising policy in 2024; that policy requires the district to receive an annual accounting of donations and major projects from a designated district foundation. Fund leaders told the board they are rebuilding governance and community engagement after recent policy changes and that allocations this…
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