San Marino Schools Foundation
The San Marino Schools Foundation (SMSF) was created in 1980 in response to the growing gap between the dollars needed to deliver academic excellence (in the form of teachers and academic programs) and the decreasing flow of federal, state and local tax money allocated to the district. With a belief that “public education may be free, but an exceptional public education is not,” SMSF works to raise more than $2M in donations annually from parents, as well as the local community and businesses. This money is provided in the spirit of partnership to the SMUSD which uses its informed judgment to independently allocate those dollars against the needs that will have the greatest impact on educational excellence in each school and the district overall. Over the past 14 year, SMSF has helped SMUSD establish a valuable legacy as the top-ranked public school district in California - with programs of excellence in its 4 schools of Carver Elementary, Valentine Elementary, Huntington Middle School and San Marino High School.
