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About SEAL
For more than 15 years, SEAL has worked with school districts, county offices of education, schools, preschool LEAs, teachers, families, California Department of Education, and many other education champions to advance educational outcomes of English Learners and Dual Language Learners. It all began with Dr. Laurie Olsen and Sobrato Philanthropies whose strong belief that all children should have access to opportunities for growth and success led to designing, piloting and eventually creating the SEAL you know today.
SEAL Through the Years
See our journey—from pilot program to valued partner in language and literacy development.
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Meet Our Team
SEAL’s team is as passionate and driven as the educators we support. Meet the individuals behind our mission.
Our Board of Directors
Meet the SEAL board of directors—from the Sobrato family to business leaders to current and former educators—helping make our mission possible.
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School District Partners
As more schools and classrooms discover the SEAL impact, we are able to reach more communities throughout California every school year.
Join the SEAL Team!
Interested in becoming part of the SEAL mission? Join us as we continue to grow and expand to more schools, students and communities —in California and beyond. Apply now!
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SEAL
SEAL’s mission inherently promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization in which we give voice to, and meet the needs of, the communities, teachers, and students we serve.
We believe in lifelong learning and continuous improvement, and we are ever-evolving the processes through which we select and support team members and foster a culture of universal belonging and empowerment. SEAL is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment.
SEAL encourages applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences, especially those from immigrant and multilingual communities, people of color, and members of other historically marginalized groups.
Financials
SEAL is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization and prepares its financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). We want you to know how your investment is used, so you have confidence that your generous gifts make a meaningful impact on the classrooms, schools, and districts that we help transform through our effective model.
To assure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the not-for-profit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare these donors’ bill of rights.