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2025 Community Impact Report

Since the Foundation was established in 2001, we have been a constant presence in the community, working to create equity and opportunity for our students, educators, and schools. Our work is possible because of the unwavering support of donors, volunteers, and community partners, and it is increasingly important as decades-old, complex policies are underfunding and jeopardizing the vitality of our public schools. This community report shares stories of impact of our collective work over the course of the past year.

2025 Community Report cover: Moving Our Schools Forward. Together. A smiling young student writes at her desk.
2025 Community Report, inside cover: Anniversaries invite reflection. They also demand imagination. A letter from Madison Public Schools Foundation President Melinda Heinritz looking ahead to the Foundation's 25th year.
2025 Community Report, page 2: Schools Make Madison. Students, teachers, families and schools matter, and for 25 years the Foundation has worked to rally the community around its public schools.
2025 Community Report, page 3: Teacher Support Network. Teachers get the support they deserve and students get what they need. Quote from an elementary school social worker beside an illustrated school bus.
2025 Community Report, page 4: 2025 TSN impact, $345k in support. $191k in supplies through the TSN online store, including $131k in school supplies, $54k in snacks and $6k in hygiene products; $99k in donated gear from Lands' End and $47k in winter gear purchases; a $45k in-kind donation from EZ Office Products; $6k for BIPOC educator support; and $5k for new educator orientation.
2025 Community Report, page 5: Adopt-a-School, connecting our community to classrooms for more than 20 years. Photos of Yahara Software staff and a table of donated books.
2025 Community Report, page 6: 2025 Adopt-a-School by the numbers. $837k total community investment, including $365k in direct financial contributions, $270k in in-kind donations and $202k in volunteer service; 6,000 volunteer hours; 65 community partners; and $8.1 million contributed by partners since 2015.
2025 Community Report, page 7: Partner spotlight on UnityPoint Health Meriter and Vel Phillips Memorial High School, which provide after-school meals for more than 7,000 students each year. Photo of two people hugging.
2025 Community Report, page 8: Featured impact, Anana Elementary and Exact Sciences, a five-year partnership supporting students and staff. Photo of two smiling students.
2025 Community Report, page 9: Standing up for Madison's students. Every student deserves a fully funded public education. Lists the Foundation's advocacy priorities and the referenda Madison voters approved: $607 million in 2024 and $350 million in 2020.
2025 Community Report, page 10: School endowments and fund management, a true Foundation and MMSD partnership. Quote and photo of Superintendent Dr. Joe Gothard.
2025 Community Report, page 11: 4 signature events, 300+ community participants, countless important conversations. Photo of a speaker at a podium.
2025 Community Report, page 12: Events recap of the Schools Make Madison Summit and the Partners for Progress breakfast.
2025 Community Report, page 13: The return of A Principal Experience, which brings community leaders into Madison schools to shadow principals. Photo of a principal partner working with students.
2025 Community Report, page 14: Friends and Alumni Network, keeping Madison graduates connected. Features alumnus Quilen Blackwell, East High School Class of 2003, and a Welcome Back Class of 1975 banner.
2025 Community Report, page 15: Thanks to our sponsors and Champion-level donors, with sponsor logos by level and Champion donor counts.
2025 Community Report, page 16: Snapshot of giving. $42 million in total resources secured for MMSD since 2001, $14 million in Foundation assets as of December 31, 2025, and $766k in gifts processed across 170 funds in 2025, plus grant and in-kind partner highlights.
2025 Community Report, page 17: Schools Make Madison Legacy Circle invitation to create a legacy for future students, with a quote from retired educator and Legacy Circle member Pat Schiro.
2025 Community Report, page 18: Celebrating 25 years of supporting our public schools, 2001 to 2026.
2025 Community Report, page 19: Thank you for supporting Madison's public schools. QR codes to donate, stay informed and volunteer, with the Foundation's phone number, 608-210-6900, and SchoolsMakeMadison.org.
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