Can school foundation donations be spent for a district’s teacher salaries?
As long as the donated money is not restricted by the donor or by the school foundation policies, there is no legal reason I am aware of that a gift cannot be spent to support staff financially. Donor’s resources are available for almost any and all uses by the school, as long as they: 1. Meet the donor’s requests 2. Are not used for the personal benefit of the donor 3. And they obviously must meet the approval of the school foundation board which oversees their expenditures. The only negative here might be the fact that this money is considered “soft” money, as there is no guarantee the money will be available next year…unless of course an endowment is established to fund this position, or the k12 foundation has firmly aligned a group of donors who will continue to support this position for a period of years.
