E3 EDUCATE EMPOWER ELEVATE

Programs

1. Workforce development - in 2022 e3 recruited the charleston chamber foundation who in turn recruited other partners to apply for the eda good jobs challenge. As a direct result of the team's work, charleston was one of 32 communities awarded over 8 mill (the only community in charleston and in the state of sc ) with the goal of building a talent pipeline in the healthcare sector to bring 1000 folks on the pathway to a living wage job. E3's work focused on ensuring equity was thread throughout the grant implementation process.

   $128,063 spentof which $20,500 as grants
   28% of program spending

2. Pro-truth sc - since summer 2021, we have been working diligently with the naacp legal defense fund (ldf), the sc american civil liberties union (aclu), lowcountry black parents association, wren, jewish federation and other concerned citizens and community members to strategize, organize, educate the community about sc's legislative actions pertaining to the teaching of truthful education in our state. These founding organizations and subsequent partners formed the protruth sc coalition. The protruthsc coalition has worked to educate the community, bridging the connection between the state legislature and the community to ensure the community knows what is occurring, is educated on the legislative process and understands how to advocate for themselves. To learn more about this work, visit https://www.protruthsc.org/

   $107,564 spent
   24% of program spending

3. Movement 400 - movement 400 is a collaboration of educators, parents, students, faith based organizations ,community leaders, and concerned citizens invested in ensuring every child has access to a high quality public education free of systemic racism and discrimination in the charleston region. E3 serves as a backbone organization to this coalition.

   $51,631 spent
   11% of program spending

4. Regional talent strategy - numerous reports over the last decade have chronicled that all students, but specifically black students, benefit from black teachers. But in the charleston region, only 12% of the teaching population identifies with the representation of over 40% of black students. These numbers have remained stagnant for over 10 years. In 2018, of charleston county school district's 3,312 teachers, 2,336 (71%) are white women and 456 (14%) are white men compared to 383 (12%) black women and 72 (less than one percent) black men. Further, there are more white males than teachers of color, both men and women. Therefore, e3 is working to facilitate the creation of a pipeline of community-centered, entrepreneurially-focused teachers and leaders with a strong bias for teachers and leaders of color that will advocate and change the academic trajectory of students of color in charleston.our team continues to work with local partners, metanoia, charleston county school district, teach for america, and other current/former servant leader interns (slis) and ella baker trainers of freedom schools to develop a freedom schools expansion in our region that would be a training ground…

   $21,513 spent
   5% of program spending

5. Cocreation - beginning in february of 2022, the e3 foundation partnered with five community based organizations (cbos) as critical thought partners to the barriers facing our communities' families and children. For over a year the group met; researching, brainstorming, strategizing and creating. The results of this partnership included two annual community-based events that directly impact and empower families to advocate for their children, and a long term plan for coalition building.however, in addition to the previously mentioned results the group had several reflections and specific recommendations to guide future community-based work. These reflections and recommendations are relevant to not only other cbos and educational institutions, but also to philanthropic organizations, funders, and systems that support the education of black and brown families. These reflections and recommendations are guideposts for the work that we do, which should always be centered on the voices of those most impacted by inequities and the people who are "doing the work".1) build collaborative spaces2) partner to build capacity in community-based organizations3) convene to co-create4) advocate5)…

   $43,026 spent
   10% of program spending

6. Parentfest - parentfest, a day-long event for our region's families full of education, entertainment, resources and fellowship, was envisioned by the co-creation partners as a way to serve as a resource for charleston's black and brown families. This event includes a morning harambee, rotating educational and informational sessions, food and entertainment, and ends with a community conversation.

   $34,420 spent
   8% of program spending

7. Community assessments - community wide assessments are a resource that e3 provides to the community to ensure parents and caregivers know the academic levels of their children. The e3 foundation hires educators who administer the assessments for the sole purpose of educating and empowering our community on the academic strengths and weaknesses of their school-aged children. During these events all students pre-k - 5th grade were assessed in both reading and math. It is the goal of the foundation to ensure that parents, families and caregivers have an understanding of the individual needs of their students and are equipped to support them more effectively during the school year.

   $43,026 spent
   10% of program spending

8. Freedom schools - cdf freedom schools program has its origins in the mississippi freedom summer project of 1964, which brought college students from around the country to mississippi to secure justice and voting rights for black citizens. These early freedom schools aimed at keeping black children and youth safe and giving them rich educational experiences that were not offered in mississippi's public schools. In a variety of makeshift settings, college student volunteers provided instruction in reading, writing, humanities, mathematics, and science along with subjects not taught in mississippi public schools, such as black history and constitutional rights. All of their instruction was tailored to encourage children and youth to become independent thinkers, problem solvers, and agents of change in their own communities.cdf opened the first two cdf freedom schools sites in 1995 to address the needs of children who lacked access to high-quality literacy programs during the summer and has grown to several sites across the country with a proven track record of success. The cdf freedom schools program today is designed to improve reading, language skills, and interpersonal…

   $21,513 spent
   5% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $450,756.