Giving Opportunities

California is the fifth largest economy in the world, yet our students have consistently ranked near the bottom compared to other states. Your support is more important than ever to help reform our schools, especially now with decreasing state support. Your gifts both large and small are absolutely essential in maintaining the quality of teaching and learning in public schools here in our community. Learn more about where these donations are allocated.

 

Ways You Can Help Springboard Schools Help California's Students

For more information about any of the options listed below, please contact Amy Hood, Director of Development via email or by calling 415-348-5506. Please include your name, the best way to contact you, and best time to reach you.

Gifts Via Mail or Online

Make a donations online or send check to:

181 Fremont Street, 2nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Planned Gifts

A planned gift enables you to take care of your financial planning needs and in addition provides Springboard Schools with your long-term support and commitment to public education. In some cases it may even provide income for life. It also provides an immediate income tax charitable deduction, avoids capital gains tax, and professional asset management.

Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRT)

This is an arrangement under which you transfer money to Springboard Schools. Springboard Schools manages and invests the assets as a separate fund and makes payments to you or to other beneficiary(ies) for their lives or period of years specified in the trust agreement. When these payments terminate, the assets in the trust pass on to Springboard Schools to be used as specified by you. CRT’s are designed to offer various federal income and estate tax deductions for gifts benefiting charities or educational institutions. If appreciated assets are used to fund a CRT, the donor avoids capital gains tax.

Charitable Gift Annuities

Donate a gift of cash designated to Springboard Schools and receive an annuity that pays you a fixed amount of money for life. Charitable gift annuities offer you an option of receiving annuity payments immediately or by deferring them until a later date.

Retirement Assets

Make a charitable gift of a retirement assets to Springboard Schools and lessen the tax burden tied to these assets and at the same time support educational reform in public schools in California and beyond.

In-Kind donations

You can donate items of tangible personal property such as books, educational research materials, computer software, equipment, office supplies, and air mileage to make our work of school reform more efficient and effective.

• Computer Equipment
  Donate computer software, computers, laptops, hand-helds, printers, cartridges, or other equipment and technology support
• Materials
  Donate office supplies or educational research materials.
• Airline Mileage
  Donating miles Springboard Schools staff get to the many schools and districts around the state wehre we work. Your donation of miles allows us to travel less expensively and to use more of our funds for creating more equitable schools.