Appendix A1: Timeline of Summit Public Schools Network Development and Philanthropic Funding School Openings and Development at Philanthropic Funding Academic Closings by Summit Summit Public for Summit Public Year Public Schools Schools Schools1 2003- • Summit Public Schools • Data not publicly avail- • Data not publicly avail- 2004 opened its first charter able. able. school, Summit Prepa- ratory Academy, in Red- wood City, California.2 2004- • Summit Public Schools • Data not publicly avail- • Data not publicly avail- 2005 did not open any new able. able. schools this year. 2005- • Summit Public Schools • Data not publicly avail- • Data not publicly avail- 2006 did not open any new able. able. schools this year. 2006- • Summit Public Schools • Summit Public Schools • Data not publicly avail- 2007 did not open any new graduated its first class. able. schools this year. Summit wrote in the Science of Summit that “96% of students ac- cepted into at least one four-year college.”3 2007- • Summit Public Schools • Data not publicly avail- • Data not publicly avail- 2008 did not open any new able. able. schools this year. 2008- • Summit Public Schools • Data not publicly avail- • Data not publicly avail- 2009 did not open any new able. able. schools this year. 2009-2010 • Summit Public Schools • Data not publicly avail- • Data not publicly avail- opened its second able. able. charter school, Summit Everest in Redwood City, California with an introductory class of 9th graders.4 2010-2011 • Summit Public Schools • Data not publicly avail- • Data not publicly avail- did not open any new able. able. schools this year. http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/summit-2020-appendix-a 1 of 11 School Openings and Development at Philanthropic Funding Academic Closings by Summit Summit Public for Summit Public Year Public Schools Schools Schools1 2011-2012 • Summit Public Schools • Summit Public Schools • $2,500,000 from the opened its third and “[c]elebrates inaugu- Whitman-Harsh Family fourth charter schools, ral class’s completion Foundation8 Summit Rainier and of four years in col- • $50,000 from the Bill Summit Tahoma in San lege—55% on track to and Jose, California.5 complete college in six years (two times the • Melinda Gates Founda- 9 national average)”6 tion • Summit Public Schools “[l]aunches first blended learning math pilot with Khan Academy in two Summit schools”7 2012-2013 • Summit Public Schools • Summit Public Schools • $100,000 from the Bill did not open any new “[e]xpands piloting to and Melinda Gates Foun- schools this year. focus on Habits of Suc- dation11 cess and self-directed • $500,000 from the Carn- learning” & “[h]ones a egie Corporation of New personalized learning York12 approach to teaching and learning, called Summit Learning.”10 2013-2014 • Summit Public Schools • Summit Public Schools • $20,250,000 from the opened its fifth and “brings Summit Bill and Melinda Gates sixth charter schools, Learning approach Foundation15 Summit Shasta and to all 2,000 students • $1,400,000 from the Summit Denali in Daly across Summit Public Silicon Schools Fund16 City, California and Schools”14 Sunnyvale, California, respectively. Summit Denali opened with an introductory class of 6th graders. 13 2014-2015 • Summit Public Schools • Summit Public Schools • $500,000 from the Bill opened its seventh “[p]artners with Face- and Melinda Gates Foun- charter school, Summit book to co-build the dation19 K2 in El Cerrito/Rich- Summit Learning Plat- • $750,000 from the Carn- mond, California with form to be shared with egie Corporation of New an introductory class of schools across the U.S. York20 7th graders.17 for free”18 2015-2016 • Summit Public Schools • Summit Public Schools • $1,150,000 from the Bill opened its eighth and “partners with 19 and Melinda Gates Foun- ninth charter schools, schools to share person- dation23 Summit Sierra and alized learning approach • $4,246 from the Silicon Summit Olympus in through the Summit Valley Community Foun- 22 Seattle, Washington and Learning Program.” dation24 Tacoma, Washington, respectively.21 http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/summit-2020-appendix-a 2 of 11 School Openings and Development at Philanthropic Funding Academic Closings by Summit Summit Public for Summit Public Year Public Schools Schools Schools1 2016-2017 • Summit Public Schools • Summit Public Schools • $2,329,062 from the Bill opened its tenth charter “[w]elcomes 132 schools and Melinda Gates Foun- school, Summit Ta- as partners in the Sum- dation27 malpais in Richmond, mit Learning Program, • $20,021,000 Silicon 25 California. reaching 1,071 teachers Valley Community Foun- and 20,275 students in dation28 27 states” and “[f]orms long-term engineering • $20,000,000 from the partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initia- 29 Chan Zuckerberg initia- tive tive to continue enhanc- • $10,000,000 from the ing the Summit Learning XQ Institute30 Platform”26 2017-2018 • Summit Public Schools • Summit Public Schools • $9,076,157 from the Bill opened its eleventh “[g]rows Summit and Melinda Gates Foun- charter school, Summit Learning Program to dation33 Atlas in West Seattle, an approximated 330 • $53,322,000 from the Washington with an schools, 2,450 teachers, Silicon Valley Communi- th introductory class of 6 and 54,230 students in ty Foundation34 and 9th graders.31 40 states”32 2018-2019 • Summit Public Schools • Chalkbeat journalist • $5,558,460 from the Bill did not open any new Matt Barnum reported and Melinda Gates Foun- schools this year. that 393 schools used dation37 the Summit Learning • $7,500 from the Silicon 35 platform in 2018-2019. Valley Community Foun- • “T.L.P. Education was dation38 formed in 2018 to part- • $23,802,779 from the ner with schools and Chan Zuckerberg Initia- teachers to provide the tive39 Summit Learning Pro- gram.”36 2019-2020 • Summit Public Schools • Chalkbeat journalist • $1,364,894 from the Bill did not open any new Matt Barnum found that and Melinda Gates Foun- schools this year. 89 schools have left the dation42 • Summit Public Schools Summit Learning plat- • $12,750 from the Silicon 41 closed Summit Raini- form since 2016. Valley Community Foun- er.40 dation43 • $5,000,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initia- tive44 http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/summit-2020-appendix-a 3 of 11 Appendix A2: T.L.P. Education – Timeline of Summit Learning Network & T.L.P. Education Philanthropic Funding Academic Growth of the Summit Development at Philanthropic Funding Year Learning Platform T.L.P. Education for T.L.P. Education45 2018-2019 • Chalkbeat journalist • “T.L.P. Education was • $2,000,000 from the Matt Barnum reported formed in 2018 to part- Chan Zuckerberg Initia- that 393 schools used the ner with schools and tive48 Summit Learning plat- teachers to provide the form in 2018-2019.46 Summit Learning Pro- gram.”47 2019-2020 • Chalkbeat journalist • The 74 reported that • $38,012,000 from the Matt Barnum reported T.L.P. Education will Chan Zuckerberg Initia- that 89 schools have left take over “running the tive51 the Summit Learning [Summit] learning plat- platform since 2016.49 form in the 2019-2020 school year.”50 http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/summit-2020-appendix-a 4 of 11 Notes and References Appendix A 1 We estimate that Summit Public Schools have received at least $177,698,848 in philanthropic funding. This is the total amount of philanthropic funding presented in this table. This amount, however, is unlikely to match the total amount of philanthropic funding received by Summit Public Schools. According to a 2018 report published by Summit Public Schools (Changing Education. Changing Lives.), several foundations for which grant information was not publicly available have donated to Summit Public Schools, some of them to support the Summit Learning Program. For example, philanthropic funding was received from the Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation, Chamberlin Family Foundation, Charter School Growth Fund, Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, Bezos Family Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Overdeck Family Foundation, Raikes Foundation, Siegel Family Endowment, Webb Family Foundation, Next Gen Learning Challenges, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Summit Public Schools (2018). Changing education. Changing lives (pp. 62-63). Retrieved May 17, 2020, from https://cdn.summitlearning.org/assets/marketing/program/year-end-summary-2017-2018.pdf 2 Summit Public Schools (n.d.). Summit Public Schools – homepage [webpage]. Retrieved November 25, 2019, from https://summitps.org/ Summit Public Schools (n.d.). Our schools [webpage]. Retrieved May 17, 2020, from https://summitps.org/ our-schools/ 3 Summit Public Schools (n.d.). The science of Summit (p. 18). Retrieved February 5, 2020, from https://summitps.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/The-Science-of-Summit-by-Summit-Public- Schools_08072017-1.pdf [The document is not dated, but the filename appears to have a date of August 7, 2017] 4 Summit Public Schools (n.d.). Summit Public Schools – Summit Everest [webpage]. Retrieved October 16, 2019, from https://summitps.org/our-schools/summit-everest-redwood-city/ 5 Summit Public Schools (n.d.). Summit Public Schools – Summit Tahoma [webpage]. Retrieved October 16, 2019, from https://summitps.org/our-schools/summit-tahoma-san-jose/ 6 Summit Public Schools (n.d.). The science of Summit (p. 18). Retrieved February 5, 2020, from https://summitps.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/The-Science-of-Summit-by-Summit-Public- Schools_08072017-1.pdf [The document is not dated, but the filename appears to have a date of August 7, 2017] 7 Summit Public Schools (n.d.). The science of Summit (p. 18). Retrieved February 5, 2020, from https://summitps.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/The-Science-of-Summit-by-Summit-Public- Schools_08072017-1.pdf [The document is not dated, but the filename appears to have a date of August 7, 2017] 8 American Broadcasting Company (ABC-7).