The primary purpose of Friends of Ivanhoe is to raise funds and obtain donations to support educational, student, teaching enrichment and capital improvements programs for Ivanhoe Elementary School. The teaching positions that Friends of Ivanhoe helps to fund include: PE coaches, aides in the kindergarten classrooms, an academic support coach, a math coach, and a technology/intervention coach. Friends of Ivanhoe also raises funds to pay for computers used by the students and the teachers at Ivanhoe Elementary.