Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ADVANCE EXCELLENCE, CREATE CHAMPIONS, AND BUILD COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR LASTING CHANGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PROVIDE INNOVATIVE TEACHER/CLASSROOM SUPPORT - THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH DONORSCHOOSE.ORG, INITIATIVES LIKE PARTNERS IN ACTION AND READOKC, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL NEEDS IN OKCPS. SINCE 2014, THE FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED OVER 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR OKCPS CLASSROOM PROJECTS ON DONORSCHOOSE.ORG. PARTNERS IN ACTION, WHICH INCLUDES COAT-A-KID & KIT-A-KID, ENGAGES COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL WIDE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED BY SITE PRINCIPALS. READOKC ENLISTS COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO FUND, PLACE AND MAINTAIN LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT OKLAHOMA CITY. MOST OF THESE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES ARE LOCATED ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES WITH ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS IN COMMUNITY PARKS. READOKC ALSO PROVIDES INCENTIVES FOR STUDENTS WHO REACH READING GOALS.
SUPPORT EFFORTS TO RECRUIT & RETAIN URBAN-READY TEACHERS - THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THE BILINGUAL TEACHER PIPELINE PROGRAM (BTPP) , THE DIVERSITY PIPELINE PROGRAM (DPP) AND THE URBAN TEACHER PREPARATION ACADEMY (UTPA), THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN TEACHERS FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE OKCPS. BOTH BTPP & DPP PROVIDE DIRECT TUITION SUPPORT FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS EMPLOYED WITH OKCPS TO GET THEIR TEACHING CERTIFICATION AND TEACH WITH OKCPS. UTPA ENGAGES STUDENTS WHO ARE IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS AT LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND EXPRESS A DESIRE TO TEACH IN THE OKCPS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES MENTORSHIP AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE STUDENT'S COURSEWORK AND THE FIRST THREE YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM.
BUILD ADVOCATES FOR OKCPS - THROUGH THE FOUNDATION'S "OUR BEST INVESTMENT" CAMPAIGN AND PROGRAMS LIKE WALL OF FAME AND STARS OF EDUCATION, THE FOUNDATION HIGHLIGHTS THE SUCCESSES OF OKCPS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE OUR BEST INVESTMENT CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS OKCPS STORIES ON TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THE WALL OF FAME HUMANITARIAN AWARDS DINNER HIGHLIGHTS INSPIRATIONAL STORIES OF OKCPS ALUMNI AND STARS OF EDUCATION RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS IN THE DISTRICT THROUGH TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
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 |
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| Mary Melon | SECRETARY/PRESIDENT/CEO | 40 | $153,400 |
| Miles Tolbert | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Valerie Thompson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Glenna Tanenbaum | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Teresa Rose Crook | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Roberts | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Cathy O'Conner | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Willy Morales | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Cristina Mcquistion | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Tim Mclaughlin | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Holland | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Brent Hensley | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Gordon | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Rafael Garcia | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Deason | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Constable | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Tana Cashion | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Christine Berney | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Juan Paco Balderrama | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Bryan Coleman | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Claudia San Pedro | TREASURER | 3 | $0 |
| Percy Kirk | CHAIR | 5 | $0 |
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