Legacy Fund

The United to Learn Legacy Fund honors the legacy of Founder Abigail Williams by strengthening the organization's long-term sustainability and positioning it for measurable student impact over the next decade.

Ensuring student success for generations to come 

Your Opportunity: Secure the Future of United to Learn's Impact

United to Learn has proven that when a community invests in its public schools, educators are equipped, students thrive, and long-term economic mobility expands. Over the past decade, U2L has partnered with 124+ Dallas ISD elementary school campuses and invested millions into classrooms. Yet the challenge of sustainability and permanence remains. By establishing a $2 million Legacy Fund, a Board-designated, quasi-endowment capital reserve, United to Learn ensures sustained, strategic impact for generations. 

Why Now? 

Throughout 2027, United to Learn is celebrating our tenth anniversary. Ten years of impact have shown us what’s possible when a community comes together to support teachers, students, and schools. As we celebrate this milestone, we have an opportunity to honor the legacy we’ve built while investing in what comes next. Our $2 million 10-Year Legacy Campaign will help ensure that the next decade is even more transformative—expanding our reach, deepening our impact, and building a stronger future for the schools and communities we serve


Your investment’s lasting impact

  • Ensure Future Generations Thrive: Provide opportunities and improved outcomes for students across Dallas in perpetuity, thus deepening the commitment and connection between schools and community.
  • Build Organizational Strength: Provide flexible, enduring resources for research, innovation, and evolving programs that meet the needs of students and educators.
  • Enable Strategic Growth: Deepen systemic change and attract premier educational leadership talent.
Download Legacy Fund Commitment

LEVELS OF STRATEGIC INVESTMENT 

The Legacy Fund recognizes the visionary philanthropists whose leadership establishes United to Learn's permanent financial foundation. Through their investment, these founding donors help ensure students and educators thrive for generations to come.

VISIONARY

$1,000,000

  • Recognition as an inaugural investor of the Legacy Fund and permanent placement on all donor recognition platforms and signage at the U2L office.
  • Invitation to an annual Legacy Fund Dinner with the CEO, Board Chair, and fellow Legacy Investors.
  • Annual updates on the Legacy Fund's growth and impact, and a seat on the Board’s Investment Committee
  • Invitations to select school visits and mission experiences.
  • Recognition in print and digital materials.
  • VIP access to the 10th Anniversary Gala celebrating the launch of the Legacy Fund and its founding investors.

LEADER

$500,000

  • Invitation to an annual Legacy Fund Dinner with the CEO, Board Chair, and fellow Legacy Fund Investors.
  • Annual updates on the Legacy Fund's growth and impact, and a seat on the Board’s Investment Committee
  • Invitations to select school visits and mission experiences.
  • Recognition in print and digital materials.
  • VIP access to the 10th Anniversary Gala celebrating the launch of the Legacy Fund and its founding investors.

SUSTAINER

$250,000

  • Invitation to an annual Legacy Fund Dinner with the CEO, Board Chair, and fellow Legacy Fund Investors.
  • Annual updates on the Legacy Fund's growth and impact, and a seat on the Board’s Investment Committee.
  • Invitations to select school visits and mission experiences.
  • Recognition in print and digital materials.
  • VIP access to the 10th Anniversary Gala celebrating the launch of the Legacy Fund and its founding investors.

Ways to Contribute

Gifts can be fulfilled as immediate contributions, Multi-Year Pledge Commitments (up to 3 years), Gifts of Stock or Appreciated Assets, directly via Donor-Advised Funds (DAF), Corporate or Family Foundation Gifts.

QUESTIONS? Email Renee Gadson, Chief Advancement Officer.