Organizations Filed Purposes:
The mission of the MCPS Educational Foundation is to actively support MCPS strategic initiatives: efforts to provide equitable opportunities to students to maximize their knowledge and skills, and community engagement in support of successful student outcomes
Grants through Howard Hughes Medical Institute support and promote science education in Montgomery County Public Schools and promote K-12 teacher professionaldevelopment and instructional materials that support primarily grades 6-12. In addition, a partnership with Morgan State University allows for a summer camp for middle and high school students
The Dine with Dignity program settles the unpaid school lunch balances accrued by students who have need. The MCPS Division of Food and Nutrition Services monitors the negative school lunch balances on a monthly basis, sharing the reports with the Executive Director of the Foundation. The Foundation relies on contributions from private sector donors (businesses, foundations, and individuals) and escheat assets to raise the funds that are needed to settle the balances described above. The Expenses sum above represents payments to cover two fiscal years: $56,610.54 was a second payment due for Dine with Dignity debt settlement. The payment for FY2020 was $136,660.04.
The GIVE BACKpacks Campaign raises funds to provide backpacks to MCPS students in need of help with acquiring basic school supplies for the start of the year. The backpacks are assembled offsite and shipped directly to MCPS schools. Distribution of any backpacks is handled discretely by school staff usually before the first day of school.The GIVE BACKpacks program serves the entire MCPS district, however, priority for distribution is assigned to school enrolling higher numbers of students that are experiencing economic disparity. The Program provides 13,000+ backpacks every year.
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 |
|---|
| Rebecca Smondrowski | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Rob Smith | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Victories Samuels | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Farzaneh Sabi | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Coni Rechner | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Thomas Pumphrey | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Linda Plummer | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Nordheimer | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Susie Leong | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Conyo | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Debbie Driesman | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Steven Cohen | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Thomas Choate | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Joshua Bokee | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Pennie Abramson | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Yolanda Pruitt | Executive Director | 32 | $0 |
| Jack R Smith | Superintendent of Schools | 0 | $0 |
| Kim Watson | Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| Paul Leleck | Treasurer | 3 | $0 |
| Patricia Oneill | Vice Chairperson | 3 | $0 |
| Melvyn Leshinsky | Chairperson | 3 | $0 |
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