Enriching Lives through Music

https://www.elmprogram.org

ELM is a tuition-free youth music program for primarily first-generation Latinx students from the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael that promotes social change through the ambitious pursuit of musical excellence. While music excellence will always be at the heart of ELM, we recognize the importance of creating additional pillars to support our students’ growth, success, and opportunities. These additional pillars include: Academic Achievement, Social and Emotional Well Being, and Family and Community Engagement. By supporting our students in these three additional areas, we will be in an excellent position to fulfill our promise to our students, the opportunity to pursue their dreams.

Offerings

Age Groups Served
  • Elementary School
  • Middle School
  • High School
  • Parent and Caregiver Engagement
Geographical Area Served
  • City of San Rafael
  • County Marin
  • State of California
Services Offered
  • Academic Support
  • After School Academic and Enrichment
  • College and Career Access and Success
  • Family Engagement
  • Mentoring
  • Music Education
  • Out-of-Classroom Experiences
  • Social Emotional Learning
  • Student and Family well-being
  • Summer programs
  • Tutoring

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A Note from our Board Chair

With great sadness, we regret to inform you that the Board of Directors has decided to wind down and dissolve OnePercent for Education; and the organization has initiated the dissolution process. One of our primary goals was to galvanize members of the business community who had not participated or had not fully participated in social engagement. Another goal was to engage individuals and families in our work for educational equity.

We continue to believe that there are people who care deeply about the issue and that there are significant financial resources that can be generated to support this movement. Despite our efforts, OnePercent for Education was unsuccessful in generating enough funding to achieve financial sustainability at this difficult time.

Every decision made was through the lens of how we can best bring support for the kids who need it the most. This is the work that our Nonprofit Partners deliver every day and will continue to do. Our Board of Directors will individually continue to promote their efforts and encourage support of their work. As we wind down, we are distributing as much of our remaining assets as possible to our Nonprofit Partners. While each Nonprofit Partner has received modest funding, this is far less than we had hoped, given the importance of their activities.

We urge each of you to support our Nonprofit Partners in the fulfillment of their missions as it so deeply impacts the communities they serve.

Finally, we thank you for your support of OnePercent for Education.