A Time to Celebrate!
This year’s Auction was a huge success, raising $16,309.94!
A heartfelt thank-you to every business, family, and friend who contributed and to all who supported us through purchases and donations.
Our Garden Fund-A-Need raised $2,848!
Want to see our garden continue to grow? Make a donation here.
Thank you for growing this vision with us!
Into the Night Was a Great Success!
Thank you to everyone who joined us and to the MANY hands that made this event possible!
A heartfelt thanks the Gala Helpers below:
- Set-up Team & Event Supplies: Sheina Curtis, April Holloway, Lisa Macleod, Kyra Zona, Amy Hui Johnson, Misha Bailey, Lauren Ryan, Lori Grey, Christine DeSadeleer, Erin Pace, Erin McDonald, Kim Collet, Emily Collet, and Sebastian Collet
- Special appreciation to the students who lent their set-up support: Sierra Antezana, Eli and Obi Collet, and Quinn Curtis — your help with setup did not go unnoticed!
- Bar Sponsors & Support: Molly and Ryan Anderson, Breanna and Sandro Tamburin, Ashley Schroth-Cary
- Evening Event Support: Annaliese Hettinger, Emily Cortes, Allie Hole, Camelia Patino, Sebastian Collet, Ashley Schroth-Cary, Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Stock, Ms. Jana, Chris Topham, Matt Langley, Mr. Zieminski, Isha Erskine, Jomial Allen-Jones, and DGIIN.
- And to our talented alumni musicians — Sierra Green, Benji Margulis, Jada Blank, and Ben Peyton — your performances truly elevated the evening.
- Cleanup Support – Sebastian Collet, Charity Saneholtz, and Jason Berkman
And THANK YOU to our guests who showed up in such a meaningful way, raising their hearts and paddles for our school — thank you for your incredible generosity!
We are deeply grateful to all of you for making this event a success!
The evening raised a whopping $46,076!!
Of that revenue, we raised $5,035 that will go directly towards our Music Program through the Raffle and the Last Star Standing portion of the evening!
Special thanks to Emily and Chris Beaven for donating the Golden State Warrior Tickets that helped to raise these Music funds!!
Additional thanks to the Maui Raffle donor for supporting these funds as well!
Our community came together in a BIG way. We can’t wait to do it again next year!
Our Mission
The Charter Foundation is the fundraising organization for Sebastopol Charter School, a Public Waldorf charter school in Sebastopol, California. Established by the school’s founders in 1998, the Foundation is charged with the mission of establishing and supporting a permanent, Public Waldorf charter school. Since that time the Charter Foundation has provided facilities for the School, bolstered teacher salaries and student programming, while also saving for the acquisition and construction of our unified school site.
The primary fundraising vehicle of the Foundation is the parent Pledge Program. The Foundation also manages varying other fundraising events throughout the year.
The Charter Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Federal Tax ID # 94-3314538.
The Charter Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public nonprofit corporation. We use the funds we raise to cover the gap in expenses between what the state provides and what it costs to maintain our school’s facilities, hire high quality faculty, and implement the meaningful Waldorf programming that makes up our curriculum.
