The Pinellas Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986. Based in Largo in Pinellas County, Florida, the foundation's primary aims are to improve educational opportunities in Pinellas County schools and improve the quality of public education. The foundation has raised over $140 million to support students and teachers in Pinellas County. The Pinellas Education Foundation ranked first in an annual nationwide study and ranking of K-12 Education Foundations for three consecutive years, in 2014, 2015, and 2016. History The Pinellas Education Foundation was founded in 1986, with Gus Stavros serving as a founding chairman. The foundation is a coalition of business and community leaders, and is partnered with or sponsored by several businesses and organizations, including the Stavros Institute. Terry Boehm served as the foundation's president from 2001 to 2017, before being succeeded by Stacy Baier (née Carlson) in March 2017. In an annual nationwide study and ranking of K-12 Education Foundations, the Pinellas Education Foundation has been ranked first for three consecutive years, in 2014, 2015, and 2016. In August 2018, the foundation's logo was changed from a previous blue-and-white design, which featured an image of a graduation cap, to a logo with a sunburst graphic and a warmer color palette. In July 2018, Doug Bishop began serving a two-year term as the Chairman of the Pinellas Education Foundation. He replaced Gary Regoli, president of Achieva Credit Union. In the following months, the Richard O. Jacobson Foundation donated $5 million to the Pinellas Education Foundation, which is the largest donation ever received by the nonprofit. It was publicly given to the Foundation on November 30, 2018, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony commemorating the renaming of Pinellas Technical High School to the Richard O. Jacobson Technical High School. The Seminole high school originally opened in 1961 as the Largo-Seminole Agriculture Center, before being renamed as the Career Academies of Seminole and later Pinellas Technical High School. The funds will contribute to the construction of a veterinary science building at the high school, while also helping "high-achieving minority and low-income students" to go on to higher education through a districtwide initiative known as Elevating Excellence. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Bishop stated that the Richard O. Jacobson Foundation has donated $7.5 million to the Pinellas Education Foundation in total. In March 2020, Pinellas Education Foundation was given $150,000 by Resiliency Fund for Pinellar Education Foundation's Digital Equity project, which aims to