Anderson Education Foundation

What Anderson Education Foundation does

Anderson Education Foundation (AEF) is a non-profit education foundation founded in 1986 and based in Anderson, Indiana, that operates as the official charitable arm of Anderson Community Schools (ACS). It raises money through cash donations, community fundraising, and supply drives to support the district's students, teachers, and staff through grant programs and direct material aid. The foundation runs three core service lines: classroom-learning grant programs for ACS educators, supply drives that distribute school materials to students in need, and targeted support programs such as Jacara's Closet — which provides free clothing and school supplies to low-income ACS families — and the Tenth Street School Pantry Program, operated in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank and East Side Church of God to deliver monthly food distributions to enrolled student families. AEF is led by Executive Director Kay Bale and operates with a small staff of 11–50 employees; it does not sell products or services commercially and has no disclosed revenue or financial statements in the source material.

Name

Anderson Education Foundation

Legal name

Anderson Education Foundation

Website

https://acsc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Anderson Education Foundation is a non-profit foundation that raises money and runs grant, supply-drive, and direct-aid programs to support students, teachers, and staff of Anderson Community Schools in Indiana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education Foundation Support

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

K–12 Support & School Improvement Nonprofits (BPAGADAB)

Keywords

• Education nonprofit foundation
• Classroom grant programs
• School supply drives
• Community fundraising support
• Student assistance programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Anderson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Anderson Education Foundation is a non-profit foundation that supports Anderson Community Schools by raising money and providing grant funding for classroom learning initiatives, organizing supply drives to collect and distribute school supplies to students in need, and operating support programs such as Jacara's Closet that provide free clothing and supplies to low-income families attending district schools.

Product overview

Anderson Education Foundation (AEF) is a non-profit foundation that supports Anderson Community Schools. It is not a technology company but rather a charitable organization that provides grant programs, organizes supply drives, and raises money to support classroom learning for students, teachers, and staff in the Anderson Community Schools district.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grant Programs Foundation grant funding awarded to Anderson Community Schools students, teachers, and staff to support classroom learning initiatives and instructional resources.
• Supply Drives
• Fundraising Programs
• Jacara's Closet

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Anderson Community SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnderson Education Foundation serves as the official charitable arm of Anderson Community Schools, raising money to support students, teachers, and staff through grant programs and supply drives. The Foundation's website is directly linked from the ACS district website.
• Second Harvest Food BanksupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecond Harvest Food Bank partners with Tenth Street Elementary School to operate the Tenth Street School Pantry Program, providing food distribution to enrolled student families monthly.
• East Side Church of GodsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEast Side Church of God collaborates with Tenth Street Elementary School and Second Harvest Food Bank to support the monthly food distribution program for student families.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• AdoptAClassroom.org: National nonprofit that connects donors directly with K-12 teachers and classrooms for resource funding. Comparable mission to AEF's classroom grant program, operating as a broader digital platform across many districts.
• DonorsChoose: National crowdfunding platform that channels donations directly to public school teachers for classroom needs. Functionally comparable to AEF's grant and supply drive programs but at a national scale and through a digital marketplace model.

Broad incumbents

• United Way Worldwide: Large national nonprofit network that funds education, among other priorities, through local United Way affiliates. Comparable in fundraising-and-grantmaking model but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach than AEF.
• Ball Brothers Foundation: Indiana-based private foundation with significant education grantmaking activity, particularly in East Central Indiana including Muncie. Comparable as a larger-scale education-focused grantmaking foundation operating in AEF's broader region.

Direct peers

• Kokomo Schools Education Foundation: Education foundation supporting Kokomo School Corporation in north-central Indiana. Similar small-footprint, district-tied nonprofit model with grantmaking and community fundraising focus.
• Fort Wayne Community Schools Foundation: District-affiliated education foundation for Fort Wayne Community Schools. Comparable structure as an Indiana K-12 district education foundation providing grants and community-funded program support to students and teachers.
• Muncie Community Schools Education Foundation: Education foundation serving Muncie Community Schools, geographically adjacent to Anderson in East Central Indiana. Operates an analogous model of grants, fundraising, and direct classroom support for a single public K-12 district.
• Indianapolis Public Schools Education Foundation: District-affiliated education foundation supporting Indianapolis Public Schools. Directly comparable as an Indiana-based K-12 public school district education foundation with grant programs, supply drives, and donor-funded classroom support.

Regional players

• Community Foundation of Anderson and Madison County: Community foundation serving the same Anderson, Indiana geography as AEF. While broader in scope (not K-12-specific), it is a relevant local peer in education grantmaking and community philanthropy.
• United Way of Madison County: Community-impact nonprofit operating in the same Madison County geography as AEF, with education among its priority funding areas. Comparable as a regional fundraising-and-grantmaking nonprofit supporting local education outcomes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/andersoncomsch
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UChloArUJjy-0MEljGN-T3FQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/andersoncomschools
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/andersonedfoundation

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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