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About EPAK
The East Palo Alto Kids Foundation (EPAK) is focused on narrowing the equality gap in eastern Menlo Park and East Palo Alto schools by providing microgrants directly to teachers.
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EPAK’s Focus
Quality education is one of the best investments we can make.
We trust the experts to know what to do…that’s why we invest in teachers. By providing grants directly to teachers, we’re helping them improve the educational experience of their students.
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EPAK Results
In 2022-2023 we awarded over $335,000 in grants.
EPAK funded over 500 separate teacher-directed projects across 12 schools in eastern Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. Twenty percent of these grants benefited special needs students.
The top three project areas funded by our grants were:
35%
Literacy Initiatives
14%
Art & Music
13%
Science
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Educators and reading specialists agree: one of the best ways to inspire students to read is to encourage them to share their favorite books with their peers, and talk about the books in a group setting. This teacher and their EPAK grant accomplished such a goal! ... See MoreSee Less
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For three decades, EPAK has been dedicated to empowering and supporting our community’s educators & students.
At EPAK’s beginning in 1994, we were able to fund 15 grants to educators. Today, thanks to the support of our incredible donors, EPAK continues to make a profound impact. In 2024, 30 years later, we funded 490 grants to educators totaling $330,470!
As we look ahead, we remain committed to fostering academic excellence and equity as we launch a new Special Grants program.
Please join us in celebrating this milestone and the incredible journey of EPAK! Here's to another 30 years of making a difference. ... See MoreSee Less
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Teacher Allison M. writes, "This EPAK grant is dedicated to all the students who show up persistently to school, even though it seems like we are all struggling one way or the other. With this EPAK grant, we hope to find some of that pre-existing magic in the classroom through art. School doesn't have to be a place where kids dread coming, but hopefully it can still be a place...of hope." ... See MoreSee Less