Investing in educators to strengthen our schools
We fund innovative programs impacting District 65 students focused on closing racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps and creating environments where all students can achieve their full potential.
See how empowering educators makes all of the difference!
Check out our grantees for 2023-2024
WHO WE ARE
Foundation 65 is a grantmaking organization that supports literacy and the arts for District 65 students during their foundational years.
Find out about our organization, mission and impact.
WHAT WE DO
Through our grants, we invest in targeted programming for students and empower educator innovation and leadership.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
When you share your resources with Foundation 65, you change children’s lives. Ready to take the next step?
“[This program] is providing me with more in-depth information about reading and how students make sense of it. I especially appreciate learning . . .how to better support our students based on the information we have.”
— Mayra Velázquez, Kindergrarten TWI, Oakton
Grant Recipient, Educator Literacy Initiative
“Through our research to create the Black Girl Magic Book Club, I was sad to see that Black girls in our schools, like me at their age in District 65, still struggled with finding representation within literature. When we conclude this spring, with the help of a Foundation 65 grant, students will have read fourteen books with Black girls as the main character.“
— Jennifer Tertulien, Black Girl Magic Book Club co-creator and leader
Engagement Grant Recipient