Community Foundations
Bridgeport Public Education Fund Inc
BRIDGEPORT, CT
Total revenue
$343K
Total expenses
$357K
Net assets
$540K
Grants received
$637K
56 grants
EIN
061379383
Tax year
2024
Mission
To increase involvement of the greater bridgeport community in the bridgeport public school system; to organize and solicit financial and other support for the bridgeport public school system; to act as a catalyst for the development of new programs and new approaches to teaching and learning for the bridgeport public school system; to encourage bridgeport educators to be creative, innovative, and effective, and to recognize them for such achievements; to strengthen parental involvement in their children's educational process; to strengthen communication between educational, civic, and business constituencies and to increase public awareness of excellence within the bridgeport public school system as well as the challenges faced by urban education and their place in the greater bridgeport community; to bring information to the greater bridgeport community regarding current educational thought in the united states and to promote change in the bridgeport schools.
Programs
1 program
Enrichment programs- first day - a reading enrichment program that encourages reading skills by giving each first grade student a new book on the first day of school, and introduces hundreds of volunteers to bridgeport classrooms. All first grade students in the bridgeport public schools, new beginnings charter school, the 2 regional magnet schools participate in first day. Community engagement: education forums to bring information to our community and facilitate community conversations to enable our community to discuss issues, develop solutions, and implement their ideas. Inspiration event: an annual event to recognize and reward excellent educators in the bridgeport public schools.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
20 listed
FAITH VILLEGAS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY
$83K
40 hrs/wk
EILEEN LOPEZ-CORDONE
CHAIR
—
1 hrs/wk
DR HAMID MALAKPOUR
VICE CHAIR
—
1 hrs/wk
MIKE GIARRATANO
TREASURER
—
1 hrs/wk
RINA BAKALAR
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
BARBARA BELLINGER
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
ANA BATISTA
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
LORIE GUMBS-TYLER
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
KELLY MCGEE
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
CARLA KLEIN
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
JONATHAN ORLEANS
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
WILEY MULLINS
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
PRESTON TISDALE
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
TERRON JONES
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
DIANA DEVELLIS-DRAPER
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
CRYSTAL ENGRAM
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
JEFF MORRISSEY
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
MORGAN HILLS
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
ANDREA SELLERS
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
DR ROYCE AVERY
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
Grants received
Showing 56 of 56
Funded by
$637K from 23 funders · 56 grants · 2017–2024
$190K · 3 grants · 2020–2023
$128K · 5 grants · 2019–2023
$50K · 1 grant · 2020
$39K · 7 grants · 2018–2024
$34K · 2 grants · 2018–2022
$30K · 3 grants · 2021–2023
$30K · 5 grants · 2020–2024
$25K · 1 grant · 2024