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Save the dates for our 2010-11 "Hot Lunch" speaker series:

September 10, 2010: Ramon Cortines, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District

October 15, 2010: Furman Brown, Generation Schools

November 12, 2010: Andrew Smarick, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

January 21, 2011: Larry Berger, Wireless Generation
February 11, 2011: School of One, NYC
March 11, 2011
April 15, 2011
May 13, 2011

Click here for more information on Hot Lunch.

If you were unable to attend any of our 2009-2010 "Hot Lunch: presentations and would like to see what you missed, go to our 2009-2010 season for recaps of the presentations, video clips and links to some of the power point presentations.

NEW! ! ! DONNELL-KAY FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP AVAILABLE NOW!

For information about the DKF Fellowship, click here.
To download a DKF Fellowship application, click here.

The Foundation is currently accepting applications for its next Fellow until September 20, 2010


On July 22, 2010 with funding from DKF, The Finance Project released case studies of the financial sustainability of two local providers (Early Excellence and Acorn School) to explore the replication of existing models in partnership with charter schools.

In addition, The Finance Project released the report "Guide for Charter School Leaders: Considerations for Expanding Services for Young Children."


Click here to read about some promising ideas that we are currently exploring.

We would invite you to contact us if you would like to work with us in exploring any of these issues.


Click here to read about Donnell-Kay Foundation in the news.