Brandywine Heights Education Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

Campspark! Summer learning programthe brandywine heights area school district continues to evaluate ways to help best support our academic programming. Each summer, due to the break in traditional instruction, students experience a "summer slide" where some academic progress is lost. To help prevent this slide and provide enrichment activities, campspark! Was created. The primary goal is to provide additional, targeted learning opportunities for students during the summer in a fun and engaging way. This additional programming will allow for remediation activities, as well as enrichment opportunities. The main curricular focus will be on english language arts and mathematics. Beyond the academics, opportunities to participate in health and wellness activities will be provided during whole group and thematic activity sessions. We had an average of 65 students per day during the camp week of the 2024 summer with almost 100 students registered.scholarshipsawarded a graduating 2025 senior a $1,500 college scholarship. We had 2 applicants and the essay question was - how has the community supported your educational journey? How could an education foundation enhance the educational opportunities of future students? Also, we awarded an additional scholarship in the name of jean orlando with funds donated directly by her. Jean is a retired brandywine educator. The 4-year $1,500 annual scholarship was awarded to a graduating 2024 senior pursuing a career in education. We had 3 applicants. Too good for drugs curriculumthe too good for drugs curriculum was implemented in 2015 for every class in grades k-5 and its positive impacts continue each year through the funding by the bhef. This program reaches approximately 500 elementary and intermediate school students. Teacher impact grantsfor the 2024 2025 academic school year we offered teacher impact mini-grants to the entire district. A teacher mini-grant is a small-scale funding opportunity typically awarded to educators to support specific classroom projects, instructional materials, or professional development that could not be funded by the district budget. We had 10 applications across all grade levels and were able to fund all projects for a total of approximately $10,000. The project applications ranged from items as simple as dynamic shelving for improved book storage and of ease of finding books of interest to creating a full-size arcade style video game.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 49.6%; rating input score 50
• Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 50.4%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 62.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings