Charter Foundation

The Charter Foundation (CF) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation that exists to support Sebastopol Charter School (SCS) by providing property to house the School and raising funds to support the ongoing needs of the school. SCS is a Public Waldorf Charter School located in Sebastopol, CA. At the end of the 2022-2023 school year it had an enrollment of 277 students plus about 30 administrators, teachers andstaff. Our support includes direct grants to SCS that fill the gap between state funding and the actual cost of the valuable Public Waldorf education that SCS provides. The CF executed multiple successful fundraising campaigns and events during FYE 2023 including the following:1. Our Annual Family Pledge Campaign which earned $257,830 and accomplished 100% family participation.2. Our annual Waldorf Wonder Auction which earned $17,458.69.3. Our annual Spring-a-Thon which earned $16,765.37.4. We welcomed the return of our public May Faire Festival after a 3-year break during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event earned $10,466.57 and gathered great community engagement and excitement for the coming years.5. We applied for and received $22,500 in private grants for the development of our School garden project.Our efforts have had a direct impact for Sebastopol Charter School, its students and their families. Weve improved the campus and worked to provide longevity, sustainability and financial support to the School. Our most notable projects include the following:1. We installed solar panels and converted the School to Solar energy across the campus.2. We paid for the materials to install a weather shelter for students being dropped off and waiting to be picked up after school.3. We installed a fence surrounding the designated half acre site of the future School garden.4. We earned, and held in reserve, $200,000 for the School as a financial backstop for their budgetary, facilities and programmatic needs.Overall, the CF earned $593,173.67 in revenue, including rental income, and paid out $520,882.59 in expenses.