Partnerships and FundersPartnerships and Funders

Download the KQED Education Annual Report for school year 2023-24.

KQED partners with education agencies, organizations with educator networks, and public media stations to provide educators around the Bay Area and across the country with classroom resources and professional development opportunities to make media literacy learning relevant to students.

Types of Partnerships

Educator Professional Development: KQED partners with educator professional development networks and education agencies to support educator use of KQED Youth Media Challenge and professional development opportunities.
Distribution: KQED partners with public media stations and other organizations to distribute student-produced media published to the KQED Youth Media Challenge.

KQED Professional Development Services

KQED is proud to partner with schools, districts and county offices of education to provide a safe space for educators to increase media literacy skills and competencies and collaborate with other professionals to create a set of best practices for integrating media literacy skills and practices into classrooms. Through school and district implementation, KQED professional development supports are customized and curated to meet school district goals and objectives.

More information for school and district leaders is here.

Interested in Partnering?

If you are interested in partnering, please contact Almetria Vaba, director of partnerships, at avaba@kqed.org.

About Our Philanthropic Partners

KQED’s education services are funded by generous philanthropic partners committed to elevating diverse youth voices and helping students and educators thrive in 21st-century classrooms. Is your organization interested in supporting our work? Please contact Danielle Horcabas, education grants manager, at dhorcabas@kqed.org to learn more.

Programmatic Partners

100Kin10	826 Valencia	Alameda County Office of Education
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California Department of Education	Contra Costa County Office of Education	CK- 12
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Common Sense Education	CUE	Data & Society
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Described and Captioned Media Program	Digital Promise	Facing History and Ourselves
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East Side High School District	Los Angeles Unified School District	The Mix at the San Francisco Public Library
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Napa County Office of Education	National Writing Project	Oakland Unified School District
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PBS Digital Studios	PBS Education	PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs
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Peer Health Exchange	Santa Clara County Office of Education	San Francisco Unified School District
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San Mateo County Office of Education	YouTube

Philanthropic Partners

Corporation for Public Broadcasting	Crescent Porter Hale Foundation	First Republic Foundation
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Gilead Foundation	Koret Foundation	Stuart Foundation