Welcome to the Finance Portal
Current Projects and Schools can find information needed to deposit and spend donations at the Ed Fund.
New Contracts Process Updates
The Ed Fund updated our Contracts Process and Guidelines in May 2020.
- Check out the new Hiring Toolkit v1.5, which is The Ed Fund’s official request for new contracts and hires. Also check out instructions for submitting here.
- We’ve also created a new Contracts FAQ for all contracts-related questions you might have.
New Expense Process
The Ed Fund moved to a New Expense Process:
- Get started with the New Expense Process.
- Check out the Expense Process Guide to walk through the process before you begin.
Please note: If your payment request is submitted and approved by Monday at noon, the check will be ready after 2 PM that Friday. We cannot reimburse for services or gift cards.

Additional Forms and Documents
Expenditures
- New Expense Process
- Instructions for submitting Stipend Payments
- Sample Stipend Letter
- W9 Blank (The Oakland Ed Fund can accept electronic signatures on a W9)
- Regrant to Organization Form
- Invoice Request Sheet (Excel)
Contracts
Donations
How To Guides
We have several “How to” Guides in our team wiki hosted by Tettra.
- How to: Process Multiple Youth Stipend Payments
- How to: Submit a request to the NEW Ed Fund Expense Process
- How to: Complete the Requisition / Order / Reservation Form
- How to: Complete the Reimbursement Form
- How to: Complete the Pay a Vendor Invoice Form
- How to: Make an Amazon Wish List
- How to: Make a Donation to the Ed Fund
- How to: Submit In-Kind Donations
- How to: Submit a Hiring Toolkit request
- How to: Request a Contract Amendment
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- Danielle Gangelhoff