Scotts Valley Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit fundraising organization that raises money for Scotts Valley Public Schools.

Who we are

Our board is made up of 17 – 19 members. We have parents of our students, community members, teachers, principals, and administration from within our school district.

Our executives

We’re always looking for more help, and we have some openings available on our current board for next year. The board consists of the following positions: President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Marketing Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, and Directors.

How we raise our money

We host key fundraising events such as the Mt. Charlie Challenge, Ice Cream Social, Christmas Tree Lot, and Letter Campaign. We also are often a part of other organizations events. For example, the Rotary had Oktoberfest and contributed to SVEF. Kiwanis held Music in the Park in combination with SVEF. San Augustin shared their donations from the Angels Auction with SVEF. The Tutoring Club and Elite Martial Arts donate member initiation fees to SVEF when mentioning us.

What we do with the money

We keep a reserve of cash for operating expenses.  We roll a percentage of our annual income into our Endowment Fund that was created in 2009. The balance we can distribute to Scotts Valley Unified School District to save a program of our choosing.

How we decide what to fund

Every spring we research and analyze what is needed to help the schools. We get recommendations from the principals and we discuss as a board to make our decisions. We traditionally have not funded salaries directly. We have funded saving the Music Program, Libraries, Technology, and the Dollar-a-Day Program. We try to contribute to all four schools in our district evenly.

We occasionally have a donation that is given for a particular school and we just pass it through. As an example, for a few years The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz had a client that wanted to donate a fairly large sum anonymously to Brook Knoll Elementary School and SVMS. There was a few stipulations and we had to handle special reporting on it. For SVEF it was a pass through. We gained community awareness and were able to handle the donations as a non-profit entity.

Going forward

We will continue to have our regular fundraisers. We will handle the Dollar A Day program for our district. Our district needs to raise $950,000 for the general funding for year 2011/12 in order to stay where we will be for year 2010/11. We need to do this through a Dollar A Day campaign in conjunction with the SVUSD moving forward on a Parcel Tax.

To get involved

We are have our next SVEF Meeting on April 15th and there is a collective group of parents, teachers, board members and administration personnel coming up with the plan on what steps to implement for Dollar a Day. Email Charlotte if you would like to be involved in the campaign.

For Parcel Tax campaign you can contact Michael Shulman, to get involved.

Donate now to Scotts Valley Educational Foundation via mail or use the donate button on any page on this website. You may also do a recurring payment through our website through our Help Us page.

I also want to say thank you to all of our SVEF members, sponsors, Kiwanis, Baskin & Robbins, food and booth vendors, volunteers, entertainment, cake walk contributors and everyone that had a piece in it. It is a big fun event and it takes many to make it successful.

You can view the thank you advertisement that we placed in the SV Banner.

Skypark is off of Kings Village Road in Scotts Valley.

Hope you can make it!

Sign up now at mysignup.com

Come on in and join us!

Okay, it is time to kick it into high gear to get the Ice Cream Social planned. We have three weeks to go and have a lot to do.  Please come to the meeting to see if you can help with a small piece. Many hands will make it a lot easier for this fun event.

Items to discuss:
1. Posters need to get out to businesses
2. Booth Rentals
3. Restaurant update
4. Entertainment Schedule
5. Kiwanis Coordinating
6. Stage, Electrical set up
7. Volunteer update
8. Table, Chairs, Freezers
9. Tent set up and Items out of Storage day before
10. Raffle tickets
11. many more items

Meeting Every Week Until the Social
Meetings will be held once a week, at the district office at 7pm, until the Ice Cream Social on May 18th:
• Wednesday, May 7th
• Thursday, May 15th

Need More Adults Volunteers to Sign Up
All of the student slots are full on our sign up sheets. We need more adults to sign up. Students can still get community service if they work with their parents. You can sign up at MySignUp.com.

The Ice Cream Social is one of our most popular events. There will be games, bounce house, and plenty of food and prizes for everyone.

We cordially invite you to join us!

If you would like to have a booth, be a food vendor, entertain, or volunteer at the Ice Cream Social, please contact us at SVEF.

You can now sign up to volunteer at mysignup.com

Please make sure a student doesn’t sign up in an adult slot.  Thank you!

The SVEF takes pride in making your donations have a meaningful impact on our schools. The Foundation provides funds to benefit every child in the Scotts Valley School District. Our community benefits as well – Excellent schools are the cornerstone of a successful community. The support received by local business and community groups is essential to the Foundation’s continued growth and ensures our schools are among the best.

Thank you everyone, your help is vital to our success.

Sincerely,

Charlotte Multer
SVEF President