FluentSeeds
About this vendor
FluentSeeds was a nonprofit based in Stillwater, Minnesota, that ran SEEDS of Learning, a training and coaching program for educators who work with young children. The program focuses on oral language, early reading and social skills for children ages 3 to 5. In January 2024, FluentSeeds merged into Collaborative Classroom, another education nonprofit.
- Registered name
- Cares For Learning
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Website
- fluentseeds.org
- Headquarters
- Stillwater, MN
- IRS EIN
84-3993176Nonprofit filings (ProPublica)
Researched by AI from public sources on Oct 2, 2026, checked by a second, independent AI review, with every contact detail matched to a cited page. Not from OUSD or Legistar; may be incomplete or out of date. Sources: Cares For Learning - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica, SEEDS of Learning (FluentSeeds), About Us - SEEDS of Learning, How Oakland Unified School District's Coaching Infrastructure Drives Reading Tutoring Success - Collaborative Classroom.
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- OUSD vendor number
007481- Named in the agenda text as
- FluentSeeds; FluentSEEDS; Fluentseeds
- Presenting offices
- Chief Academic Officer (9)
- Record types
- Agreement or Contract (9)
- Funding sources
- Central Supplemental Funding; Concentration Funding; Concentration Funds; Expanded Learning Opportunities Program; Kenneth Rainin Foundation; No Fiscal Impact; S&C Carryover; Universal PreK Planning
- Resource / site codes
0005-9090006-9030006-9092600-9226053-9109236-909
Approved on the consent report (9)
- Pays FluentSeeds up to $32,000 for early-childhood literacy training and TK materialsJan 10, 2024 ·
T.-31·23-2778· Oct 30, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began$32Knot to exceed - Ratifies up to $16,000 for FluentSeeds to train tutors and staff in a reading intervention methodOct 11, 2023 ·
T.-14·23-2051· Sep 11, 2023 – Sep 14, 2023 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began$16Knot to exceed - Adds $41,640 and one month to FluentSEEDS' literacy training and coaching for summer schoolMay 24, 2023 ·
T.-38·23-0887· Oct 1, 2022 – Jul 31, 2023 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportRaises existing contract+$42Knew total $520K - Adds $32,500 for FluentSEEDS to plan recruiting of 30 K-2 tutor fellowsMay 24, 2023 ·
T.-99·23-1049· Oct 1, 2022 – Jul 31, 2023 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportRaises existing contract+$33Knew total $553K - Approves up to $478,734 for FluentSeeds to train and coach K-2 literacy tutorsOct 26, 2022 ·
S.-13·22-2130· Oct 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began$479Knot to exceed - Pays FluentSEEDS up to $94,300 for early literacy tutor training and coachingSep 28, 2022 ·
S.-22·22-2091· Aug 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began$94Knot to exceed - Ratifies up to $9,500 for FluentSeeds to train and coach summer school literacy tutorsMay 25, 2022 ·
V.-172·22-1184· May 1, 2022 – Jul 31, 2022 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began$10Knot to exceed - Pays Fluentseeds up to $60,000 to train and coach early literacy tutors at 30 schoolsJan 12, 2022 ·
V.-32·21-3012· Aug 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began$60Knot to exceed - FluentSEEDS to coach early elementary classrooms at no cost under a Rainin Foundation grantJan 12, 2022 ·
V.-72·21-3153· Nov 5, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work beganNo cost stated
All Legistar records (9)
Every Legistar record carrying this vendor number in any year, on consent or not, plus records Legistar links to this vendor's consent items (for example, an amendment's original agreement). Newest first.
| Date | File | Official title | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2024 | 23-2778 | Services Agreement 2023-2024 - FluentSeeds - Early Childhood Development DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 24-0037 · Plain-English summary | Agreement or Contract | Passed |
| Oct 11, 2023 | 23-2051 | Services Agreement 2023-2024 - FluentSeeds - Academics and Instruction DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 23-1733 · Plain-English summary | Agreement or Contract | Passed |
| May 24, 2023 | 23-1049 | Amendment No. 2, Services Agreement 2022-2023 - FluentSEEDS - Academics and Instruction DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 23-0954 · Related: 22-2130, 23-0887 · Plain-English summary | Agreement or Contract | Passed |
| May 24, 2023 | 23-0887 | Amendment No. 1, Services Agreement 2022-2023 and Amendment No. 1, Data Sharing Agreement 2022-2023 - FluentSEEDS - Community Schools and Student Services DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 23-0897 · Related: 22-2130, 23-1049 · Plain-English summary | Agreement or Contract | Passed |
| Oct 26, 2022 | 22-2130 | Services Agreement 2022-2023 and Data Sharing Agreement 2022-2023 - FluentSeeds - RFP #22-124AI - Academics and Instruction DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 22-1762 · Related: 23-0887, 23-1049 · Plain-English summary | Agreement or Contract | Passed |
| Sep 28, 2022 | 22-2091 | Services Agreement 2022-2023 - FluentSEEDS - Academics and Instruction DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 22-1672 · Plain-English summary | Agreement or Contract | Passed |
| May 25, 2022 | 22-1184 | Services Agreement 2021-2022 - FluentSeeds - Literacy Tutors - Community Schools and Student Services DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 22-0951 · Plain-English summary | Agreement or Contract | Passed |
| Jan 12, 2022 | 21-3153 | Services Agreement 2021-2022 - No Cost - and Data Sharing Agreement 2021-2022 - FluentSEEDS - Early Childhood EducationChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 22-0076 · Plain-English summary | Agreement or Contract | Passed |
| Jan 12, 2022 | 21-3012 | Services Agreement 2021-2022 - Fluentseeds - Academics and Instruction DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 22-0037 · Plain-English summary | Agreement or Contract | Passed |