About Ravenswood Education Foundation
Ensuring equitable and high-quality educational opportunities for Ravenswood students. All Ravenswood students will receive the education they need to achieve their highest potential and become valuable contributors and leaders in our global society.
Focus Areas
K-8 educationLiteracy and reading programsSTEM and makerspaceEnrichment (arts, music, PE, drama)Teacher professional developmentFamily and student support services
Who They Fund
RCSD studentsRCSD educators/staffFamilies and communities served by RCSD
Funding Style
restricted program supportdirect service funding
About Ravenswood Education Foundation
Ravenswood Education Foundation’s recent grantmaking is built around one district: Ravenswood City School District, with nine-figure support concentrated in program funding for RCSD and its schools. The largest recent awards all go to the district itself, including $8,117,650 in 2024, $7,978,563 in 2025, and $7,238,400 in 2023, each described as program support paid to RCSD or in support of RCSD programs. That pattern matches the foundation’s stated aim of ensuring equitable and high-quality educational opportunities for Ravenswood students. The foundation funds a broad set of school-based needs inside RCSD rather than distributing across many institutions. Its active programs include literacy instruction, enrichment classes, STEM and makerspace work, teacher professional learning, tuition and credential support for staff, and whole child and family support. Those priorities point to a district-partnership model centered on direct service funding for students, educators, and families served by the public school system. The foundation’s work also reaches into the operating needs behind instruction. It supports reading intervention teachers and literacy coaches, enrichment teachers in art, music, PE, drama, and dance, and staff development efforts tied to recruitment, retention, and school-site initiatives.
What Ravenswood Education Foundation Funds
Literacy is one of the clearest funding pillars. Through the Literacy Initiative and the REF Literacy Challenge, Ravenswood Education Foundation supports reading intervention teachers, literacy coaches, curriculum resources, and district literacy programming such as the Rock ’N’ Read literacy challenge. The focus is explicitly on strengthening literacy instruction across RCSD and aligning instruction to the Science of Reading. Student enrichment is another major area. Under Enrichment and Collaboration, the foundation funds credentialed teachers in art, music, PE, drama, and dance, along with field trips, a CTE middle school teacher, and teacher collaboration time. In STEM & Makerspace, it supports STEM coaches, makerspaces, project-based learning, and an award-winning robotics program. The foundation also backs adults in the system. Its RCSD Tuition & Credential Support Grant provides up to $5,000 in reimbursement for coursework toward a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, teaching credential, or administrative credential, while staff development grants support professional learning, recruitment, retention, and appreciation efforts.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$9M
Total Assets
$27.6M
Total Revenue
$11.5M
Total Expenses
$9.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7.6M and $8M, with a median of $8M.
25th Percentile
$7.6M
Median
$8M
75th Percentile
$8M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
CAROLYN BOWSHER
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