The Endowment Project

THE IDEA: Public and Private colleges and universities and private high schools have dedicated alumni development organizations that nurture strong community and allegiance and then harvest alumni for donations that further the mission of the school. Public high schools do not have this. Why? We couldn’t come up with a good reason, so we’re building The Endowment Project to ensure that public high school students, faculty, and staff have a more robust high school experience. We are building the infrastructure to enable public high schools to create strong and loyal alumni communities and harvest the generosity of those alumni. And we think we will change the face of public education in America. WHAT: The Endowment Project is a technology- and human resource-enabled platform designed to help public high-schools build alumni communities from which capital is harvested, managed and deployed to enhance the educational experience for millions of students, faculty and staff at public high schools across the country. WHY: Sophisticated alumni development teams use advanced technology, experienced human resources, and best-in-class processes to create large and loyal alumni communities from which billions of dollars a year are harvested to enhance the education experience at private colleges, public colleges, and independent private high schools, YET these valuable activities do not occur at public high schools to the detriment of the millions of public high school students nationwide. The Endowment Project was created to fix this glaring inconsistency and create greater equality in the education experience between public and private high schools. MISSION: Our mission is to enhance public education outcomes by enriching the public education experience for students and teachers in the U.S. through the building of, and harvesting capital from, public high school alumni and stakeholder communities. This is the Endowment Project.