Foundation for Orange County Public Schools
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About Foundation for Orange County Public Schools
Investing in Student Success
Focus Areas
K-12 educationScholarshipsTeacher grantsLiteracy programsSchool program and fund support
Who They Fund
Orange County Public Schools students (elementary, middle, high school; Winter Park area)Pre-K and K–2 studentsHigh school students participating in internships / CTEStudents experiencing homelessnessStudents with disabilitiesTeachers (professional development and classroom resource recipients)
Funding Style
About Foundation for Orange County Public Schools
A $732,768 grant to Orange County Public Schools for the CHILL program sets the tone for Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc.: this is a school-system funder that backs direct student services inside OCPS schools. The foundation’s recent grant record shows a blend of counseling, nurse practitioner support, literacy, STEM, arts, career preparation, and basic-needs help, all directed to Orange County Public Schools students and staff. Its largest awards support school-based mental health and health services, including CHILL counseling and nurse practitioner coverage at elementary, middle, and high schools. Other substantial grants have gone to OCPS for districtwide needs such as arts education teacher grants, environmental compliance, and the Hungerford Pre-K program, along with support for the district’s career and technical education department. The funding pattern also reaches into student opportunity programs, with grants for internships, scholarships, and high school career development. Teachers appear in the mix as well, through classroom materials, professional development, and school-level resources that are tied to student success. The result is a grantmaker centered on the daily operations and student experience of a single public-school system rather than a broad multi-state portfolio.
What Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Funds
School-based mental health is a clear theme in the foundation’s work. In 2025, it gave $521,873 to Healthcare Providers of Florida Inc for CHILL counseling services and a nurse practitioner for Glenridge Middle School and Winter Park High School. A second 2025 grant of $118,258 to Healthcare Providers and Associates Inc supported a nurse practitioner for Winter Park High School and Glenridge Middle School. The foundation also funds STEM and career pathways. It awarded $385,743 to the OCPS Career & Technical Education Department for the NAF CTE program, and $118,650 to Orange County Public Schools for a STEM/Duke Energy grant across 23 schools. Arts and early learning also appear in the portfolio: a 2025 grant to Orange County Public Schools supported the Art of Tomorrow project coordinator and arts education teacher grants, while a 2023 grant to the OCPS early education department provided 114 iPads for Pre-K classrooms in 20 schools.
How Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.9M
Total Assets
$5.7M
Total Revenue
$7M
Total Expenses
$7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $18K and $118K, with a median of $66K.
25th Percentile
$18K
Median
$66K
75th Percentile
$118K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DEBORAH L PEDRAZA
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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