Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF EAST PALO ACADEMY FOUNDATION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR, ADVANCE, AND RAISE FUNDS TO BENEFIT THE STUDENTS AND COLLEGE-ATTENDING GRADUATES OF EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY, A CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE SEQUOIA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. OUR PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES ARE IN PURSUIT OF OUR MISSION - TO DISRUPT THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR STUDENTS. FOR THIS REASON, WE WORK TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY BUILD THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PASSION TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR OWN LIVES, THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THE SOCIETY AT LARGE.
FUNDS DIRECT SERVICES AND COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES.
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2014, EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION (PRIOR TO JULY 1, 2017, KNOWN AS STANFORD SCHOOLS CORPORATION) SERVES AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTING A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY, IN TWO WAYS. FIRST, EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION (EPAAF) FUNDS DIRECT SERVICES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDING: EARLY COLLEGE COURSES, WHERE STUDENTS EARN COLLEGE CREDIT DURING THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL DAY; THE DREAM LAB, A MAKERSPACE WHERE STUDENTS ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON STEM LEARNING AND DEVELOP CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS; AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH AND READINESS TO LEARN. SECOND, EPAAF OFFERS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO A SELECT NUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS, ALL OF WHOM GRADUATED FROM EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY.EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY PROVIDES A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 360 STUDENTS. THE STUDENT POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 86.7% LATINO/A/X, 6.5% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 4.6% PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND 0.5% WHITE WITH 0.3% MIXED RACE STUDENTS AND 1.4% UNKNOWN/DECLINED TO STATE; APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE STUDENTS ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. THE HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM, RIGOROUS COLLEGE PREPARATION, AND HIGH STANDARDS AND HIGH SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS IN PURSUIT OF OUR AMBITIOUS VISION THAT "ALL STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE COLLEGE-READY, EMPOWERED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PASSION TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR OWN LIVES, THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THE GLOBAL SOCIETY." WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE OUR AVERAGE 95% HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE AND OVER 80% 2- AND 4-YEAR COLLEGE ENROLLMENT RATE.ON JULY 1, 2017 STANFORD NEW SCHOOLS CORPORATION BECAME EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION.
DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC, EPAAF STARTED IN MARCH 2020, AN EMERGENCY AID FUND TO HELP EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY STUDENTS, COLLEGE-GOING GRADUATES, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO MEET BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS RENT, GROCERIES, AND DISTANCE LEARNING NEEDS. EPAAF WAS ABLE TO HELP OVER 74 RECEPIENTS AND DISTRIBUTED $57,250 IN EMERGENCY AID.
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 |
|---|
| Elisabeth Landa | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $120,227 |
| Mindy Rogers | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Polly Liu | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Patrick Dunkley | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Laura A Murawczyk | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lauren Koenig | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mudita Jain | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Angela Nomellini | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Daniel Lewis Schwartz | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Marnie Marcin | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
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