Our Community Funds

The Making Hope Happen Foundation helps school and community programs and initiatives through our Community Partner Managed Funds. By serving as a fiscal sponsor, we lend our tax-exempt status and other benefits to a charitable project for the short or long term. This allows donations to the project to be tax deductible for the donors. Oversight and fund management are provided by the Foundation, who ensures that the project owners apply the funds to the mission. This type of agreement is helpful for all- volunteer-run organizations, or those needing to outsource certain compliance and administrative responsibilities. To learn more about our Community Partner Managed Funds, please contact our CEO, Niki Dettman.

Growing Hope Project at San Andreas High School:

San Andreas High School operates an innovative program where students learn urban farming and entrepreneurship. This fund receives donations to assist with internships, scholarships, outreach and operation expenses of the Growing Hope Program. To grow this program, click the donate button.

The Olive Branch at Sierra High School:

The vision of the Olive Branch is to service the entire San Bernardino community. The mission of the Olive Branch is to provide food, clothing, school supplies, financial support, wellness services, counseling, infant/baby supplies, and other basic health and wellness needs. To donate goods like clothing, baby supplies, etc, please call 909-888-8167. To extend your support, click the donate button.

SBCUSD Special Education Transition Program:

The mission of this program, which operates out of Anderson Transition Center, is to teach students self-determination and self-advocacy skills, increase community navigation, and make connections for students and families with post-secondary support adult students will need once they exit the school district. To support this program, click the donate button.

SBCUSD Equity and Targeted Student Achievement (ETSA) Scholarships:

The ETSA Department is pleased to announce our new African American Student Equity Scholarship. The purpose of this scholarship is to help reduce the numerous disparities in college affordability, access, and debt that often hamper African American students. If donors have specific criteria for your donation (e.g., STEM field, gender, college major, college type), please click here to provide details. The ETSA Department will match your donation to one of our college-bound seniors. For questions, please contact their office at 909-473-2098, or email at wil.greer@sbcusd.k12.ca.us and josiane.beckles@sbcusd.k12.ca.us. Please click the Donate button to make hope happen for an SBCUSD grad today!

SBCUSD Child Welfare Fund:

The Child Welfare Fund was started in 1917 by a group of teachers with a budget of $100. The goal of the fund is to provide services to help students be successful in school and to boost self-esteem. The fund pays for shoes, food, haircuts, backpacks, clothes, medications not covered by insurance and dental care at Dr. Earl Crane Dental Center that is run by the Assistance League. All donations are used for SBCUSD students and their families. Any San Bernardino City Unified School District employee can be a member of the Child Welfare Fund board. To support students in needs, please click the donate button.

Frances Yeager Memorial Literacy Fund:

Mrs. Frances Yeager was a passionate advocate for literacy in San Bernardino. With your help, her legacy of encouraging children to read will live on through programs that provide books and inspire kids to love reading. To make a donation in her memory and give the gift of literacy, click the donate button.