Educational Equity Fund

Educational Equity Fund & Southeast Seattle Schools Fundraising Alliance

Did you know some SPS schools have almost no funds for their PTSA, or no PTSA at all? JSIS created the Educational Equity Fund, which is separate from the Students First Campaign, address this inequity. Again this year, the JSIS Race-Equity Task Force will recommend contributing the Educational Equity Fund to the Southeast Seattle Schools Fundraising Alliance (SESSFA) to uplift other school communities in our district that deserve equal access to resources and opportunities. 

Take action now: Donate to the Educational Equity Fund. Consider the $1,000 goal we have for JSIS, and the 6.5K students who do not attend schools with this level of funding.   

Things to know:

• The 10 elementary schools with the most PTA money have $4.5 million in assets combined; the bottom 10 have almost nothing. Some schools don't even have parent groups. 

• 9 of the 10 schools with the highest percentage of black students have little to nothing in PTA money

• Southeast Seattle Schools Fundraising Alliance supports all 17 elementary and middle schools in Seattle Public Schools District 7, which stretches from Rainier View north to First Hill, representing more than 6,500 students.

Resources: 

Southeast Seattle Schools Fundraising Alliance website

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What each Seattle PTA has in assets and income 

Green: more than $250,000 in assets
Yellow: $50,000 to $249,999 in assets
Red: Too little to file a tax return