Organizations Filed Purposes:
Through strategic giving and leadership, Educate78 supports the creation of high quality schools and the policies that enable them, strengthen practices to attract and retain educators, and amplify the voices of families and community on public education issues.
Educate78s mission is to ensure that every student, in all 78 square miles of Oakland, has a world-class public education. Accordingly, Educate78s activities center on increasing the number of Oakland students who have access to high quality public schools and graduate ready for college, career and citizenship.
Creating the Conditions: Key accomplishments in our Educate78 advocacy grant making and direct program work included the launch of a charter common enrollment system which received over 10,000 applications, the launch of Oakland Achieves annual report to illuminate data on Oakland public education, and coordination of the charter & district sectors to solve system-wide quality and equity challenges.
Schools: Key accomplishments in our Educate78 schools grantmaking and program work included supporting the opening of 3 new quality schools and the incubation of 10 design teams (3 new charters, 4 OUSD redesign teams, 1 district-operated autonomous new school, 1 new school to be launched under a district contract, and 2 early stage teams with governance yet to be determined) in the School Design Lab program.
Talent: Key accomplishments in our Talent grantmaking and program work included funding 12 teacher-designed solutions to increase teacher retention, and spearheading a 2nd annual city-wide teacher survey with input from over 600 teachers on key factors driving teacher retention.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Gloria Lee | President & CEO | 50 | $232,856 |
| David Harriman Phillips | Chief of Staff | 40 | $139,605 |
| Carolyn Gramstorff | Chief of Schools | 40 | $139,100 |
| David Castillo | ED Oakland Charter | 40 | $124,305 |
| Bela Bhasin | Dir. Design Lab | 40 | $114,841 |
| Rachel James | Operations Dir. | 40 | $106,285 |
| Julayn Vigil | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Susan True | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Kameelah Shaheed-Diallo | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Amy Omand | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Diana Lee | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Robin Lake | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Renato Almanzor | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Stanley | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
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