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Mutually beneficial relationships between community and university partners don't just happen — they require intentionality, the building and demonstration of trust, and a commitment to be engaged for the long term. 

These are the hallmarks of the Gardner Center’s partnerships with youth serving organizations. We are grateful to the many, many partners with whom we have collaborated during the past 25 years and the funders who have generously supported this important work.

Gardner Center and partners win award

Twenty-five years is a long time — if we've missed you on this list, please send us a note so we can include your organization. We'd love to hear from you.

School Districts

Albuquerque Public Schools, NM

Baltimore City Public Schools, MD

Belmont-Redwood Shores School District

Cabrillo Unified School District

Corona-Norco Unified School District

Dallas Independent School District

Duval County Public Schools, FL

Fort Worth Independent School District, TX

Fresno Unified School District

Garden Grove Unified School District

Glendale Unified School District

Grand Rapids Public Schools, MI

Hemet Unified School District

Humboldt Unified School District

Jefferson County Public Schools, KY

KIPP Northern California Public Schools

Las Lomitas Elementary School District

Las Lomitas Elementary School District

Long Beach Unified School District

Los Angeles Unified School District

Menlo Park City School District

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, TN

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District

Multnomah Education Service District, OR

Oak Grove School District

Oakland Unified School District

Pittsburgh Public Schools

Portola Valley Elementary School District

Ravenswood City School District

Redwood City School District

Sacramento City Unified School District

Saint Paul Public Schools, MN

San Bernardino City Unified School District

San Carlos School District

San Diego Unified School District

San Francisco Unified School District

San Jose Unified School District

San Mateo Union High School District

Sanger Unified School District

Santa Ana Unified School District

Selma Unified School District

Sequoia Union High School District

The School District of Philadelphia

The School District of Philadelphia, PA

Tulsa Public Schools, OK

Woodside School District

Higher Education

Annenberg Institute, Brown University

California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt

California State University, Monterey Bay

City College of San Francisco

College of San Mateo

College of the Redwoods

Foothill College

Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania

UCLA Center for Community Schooling

University of Chicago Consortium on School Research

Nonprofits & Programs

10,000 Degrees

Aim High

Ambition Angels

Art in Action

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Coalition for Community Schools

Comprehensive Youth Services of Fresno, Inc.

CORE Districts

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of San Mateo County

EPACENTER

First 5 San Mateo County

Forum for Youth Investment

Foundation for a College Education

Grail Family Services

Head Start

Institute for Educational Leadership

Kai Ming Head Start

Linked Learning Alliance

Mission Promise Neighborhood

Mission Neighborhood Centers (MNC)

National Institute on Out-of-School Time

National League of Cities

New Visions for Public Schools

Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto

Oakland Kids First

One East Palo Alto

Playworks

Redwood City Together

Roadtrip Nation

Wu Yee Children’s Services

Youth Community Service

Municipalities & Public Agencies

CalFresh

California Department of Education

California State Board of Education

City of Baltimore, MD

City of Daly City

City of Fort Worth, TX

City of Grand Rapids, MI

City of Jacksonville, FL

City of Philadelphia, PA

City of Redwood City

City of San Mateo

City of Sant Paul, MN

City of South San Francisco

County of San Mateo, District Attorney

County of San Mateo, Executive's Office

County of San Mateo, Probation

Daly City Police Department

Humboldt County Office of Education

Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government, KY

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, TN

Peninsula Health Care District

Ravenswood Family Health Center

Redwood City Police Department

San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families

San Francisco Department of Early Childhood

San Francisco Office of the Mayor

San Jose Public Library

San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

San Mateo County Office of Education

San Mateo Police Department

Santa Clara County Office of Education

Sequoia Healthcare District

South San Francisco Police Department

Foundations & Funders

California Community Foundation

California Education Partners

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Coachella Valley Economic Partnership

College Futures Foundation

Community Foundation for Monterey County

Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Gates Foundation

Hawai'i Community Foundation

Humboldt County Community Foundation

Inland Empire Community Foundation

John & Marcia Goldman Foundation

Kern Community Foundation

Mission Economic Development Agency

National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships

Redwood City Education Foundation

Rosenberg Foundation

S.H. Cowell Foundation

Sacramento Region Community Foundation

San Diego Foundation

San Jose Public Library Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Spencer Foundation

Stanislaus Community Foundation

Stuart Foundation

The James Irvine Foundation

Wallace Foundation

Walton Family Foundation

West Contra Costa Public Education Fund

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation

Stanford University

Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing

Challenge Success

Graduate School of Education

Haas Center for Public Service

Kinder Ready Clinics

Office of Community Engagement

Office of Government Affairs

Office of Religious & Spiritual Life

Office of the Provost

Office of Vice Provost for Graduate Education

Stanford Health Policy

Stanford Live

Stanford Medicine | Children's Health

Stanford University School of Medicine

The Institute for Advancing Just Societies

Soung Bae with high school principal
Jorge Ruiz de Velasco with partner at SFUSD
Director Kristin Geiser with colleague