A Local Education Fund (LEF) is a third-party, nonprofit entity whose agenda, at least in part, consists of developing supportive community and private sector relationships with a public school system. It provides limited private sector support to launch initiatives and broker relationships leading toward school improvement. LEFs are funded by the Public Education Fund. There are 50 LEFs around the country. This resource guide contains the following materials--drawn from the files of Public Education Fund grantees around the country--on setting up an LEF: (1) steps to organize an LEF; (2) sample LEF mission statements; (2) sample LEF Steering Committee, by institutional and civic affiliation; (3) LEFs associated with civic and community organizations; (4) sample LEF Board of Directors, by institutional affiliation; (5) sample LEF bylaws; (6) sample LEF Board Member Manual Table of Contents; (7) sample job description, LEF Executive Director, full- and part-time; (8) LEFs with part-time directors; (9) sample LEF program initiatives; (10) fund raising--LEF strategies, LEF activities, and a bibliography; and (11) a list of the 50 Public Education Fund grantees and two affiliated but unfunded organizations. Each of the materials is referenced to a corrdsponding section of "The Local Education Fund. A Handbook." (BJV)