Founded in 1989, the Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation has dedicated itself to excellence in education by helping to support the educational programs and needs of the Lake Tahoe Unified School District in South Lake Tahoe, California. The Foundation is a public, non-profit organization run by a 21 member volunteer board with no overhead administrative costs. The school district has a population of over 4,000 students in Kindergarten through Grade 12. The Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation (LTEF) provides funds to all schools to support enrichment programs. This is done through a fall season grant request process. LTEF provides $40,000 to $60,000 each year in enrichment grants.

2018 Grant Application available now. Deadline to submit Sept. 14, 2018 by midnight.

"Hope Valley Blossoms"

Phyllis Shafer has generously donated a beautiful, one-of-a-kind painting to the LTEdF for auction. The auction begins at 7:00 a.m. on July 7th and ends at 8:00 p.m. on August 8th. Proceeds from the auction will be used to support innovative art programs in PreK-12 classrooms.

View the painting and auction site

Shop for a Cause

LTEF is proud to partner with the Tahoe Chamber’s 2017-18 Leadership Lake Tahoe class for their community project “STEAM Tahoe”. STEAM Tahoe is a collective effort to raise funds for the purchase of new microscopes for LTUSD elementary’s schools. The goal is to help build a baseline for the future of STEAM-based learning throughout the district. Please notate on your donation that you are contributing to the "STEAM Tahoe" fund. Click below to donate.