Coaches Stipend Fund

The Coaches Stipend Fund is used to pay coaching stipends at Piedmont High School.  All students participating in PHS athletics are asked to make a CSF donation, however a donation is not required to participate and is purely voluntary.  Families may donate more or less than the suggested amount. Donations are held in a designated account at PHS and are only used to pay coaching stipends.  Donations are pooled and used to pay coaches for all sports and are not accepted for specific teams or sports.

The CSF Donation amount is set annually and is currently $385 per athlete per sport played.

For more information on the Stipend Fund read answers to FAQs below

To make a CSF donation, please login to the Infinite Campus Portal. 



FAQs

  • Parents are asked to make a voluntary $385 (as of school year 2023-24) per athlete, per sport played. For example, if your student-athlete plays 2 sports, we request that you make two $385 CSF donations.

  • There are 2 ways to make a CSF donation:

    Through Infinite Campus School Store:

    1. Log In to Infinite Campus (parent)

    2. Click School Store on left side-

    3. Click on PHS Essentials

    4. Click on the Coaches Stipend Fund (purple griffon)

    5. Scroll until you see your specific sport

    6. Click on Logo

    7. Enter your child's name under recipient

    8. Add to Cart and check out

    Through Family ID Registration

    When registering your Student-Athlete prior to the season, you will be prompted to make a CSF donation.

  • To Piedmont Unified School District (“PUSD” or “District”). The PHS Boosters Club does not touch the CSF.

  • The CSF is 100% funded from private parent donations.

  • Boosters promotes and solicits CSF donations on behalf of PUSD. Each team is encouraged to have a Boosters Liaison. Boosters Liaisons remind team parents to make CSF donations and provide updates on their team’s participation goal.

  • No. Any donation request received from a team/coach is separate from the CSF.

  • No. Boosters membership fees help raise funds which are distributed to teams and the athletic department based on a grant process. Each grant is approved by the team coach and athletic department in advance and then reviewed by the Boosters board. Boosters does not fund personal gear for athletes.

  • The best way to check is through your family's IC student store receipts or to email Jennifer Davidhazy (jdavidhazy@piedmont.k12.ca.us) in the PHS Athletic Dept. and she can look it up.

  • PUSD adopts a “schedule” of coaches’ stipends. Stipends vary by length of season and an individual coaches’ experience. For instance, a coach for a team that has an eleven-week season is paid less (i.e. receives a smaller stipend) than a coach for a team that has a thirteen-week season. Likewise, a coach with 5 years of experience receives a higher stipend than a coach with 1 year of experience. The CSF is used to pay the various stipends. CSF funds are used ONLY to pay coaches’ stipends.

  • For the school year 2022-2023 it is $224,000. This is the total amount of coaches’ stipends for the school year 2022-2023.

  • The District is obligated to make up any shortfall from general District funds. But for the school year 2022-2023, Boosters has pledged a $75,000 “backstop” for the CSF. Boosters will pay (up to $75,000) for any shortfall in the CSF.

  • The surplus is rolled over to the next year. CSF funds can only be used for coaches’ stipends and may not be used for any other purpose.