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Otto, Rafael – Grantmakers for Education, 2021
What does it take to create a statewide ecosystem to support Black student success? Our 2021 case study explores the Black Student Success Initiative at the Oregon Community Foundation. The initiative uses a community-led and trust-based approach to attract funding partners, establish a grantee network, and serve as a driver for systemic change in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Success, Community Involvement, Academic Achievement
Otto, Rafael – Grantmakers for Education, 2020
How can funders create a grantmaking strategy that puts them in a position to quickly and effectively respond to unpredictable challenges? This case study follows strategy redevelopment for The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's education program. The re-envisioning of the strategy ensured the education program team could be nimble and…
Descriptors: Grants, Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support, Educational Finance
Russell, Christina A. – Grantmakers for Education, 2017
In this case study, Lumina Foundation and NewSchools Venture Fund, two grantmakers represented on Grantmakers for Education's Equity Impact Group, offer up strategies and learnings on their recent journeys in embedding diversity, equity and inclusion into their organizational cultures, grantmaking practices and field-building efforts. The major…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Grants, Grantsmanship, Case Studies
Jenkins, Lynn – Grantmakers for Education, 2017
The Boston Foundation--one of the nation's oldest community foundations--had always been committed to equity and even played an important role during Boston's fractious school desegregation era. But the board knew it could do more and needed to do more; the future well-being of individuals, families, communities and the city as a whole demanded…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Grants, Grantsmanship, Philanthropic Foundations
Jenkins, Lynn; Johnson, Dianne – Grantmakers for Education, 2016
As 2015 came to an end, education funders in Texas were reflecting not only on the results of their grantmaking over the past year but also on what the state legislature had (and had not) accomplished during its most recent session. Thirty-four Texas funders felt a particular sense of satisfaction because they had helped shape some of the new…
Descriptors: Consortia, Educational Policy, Advocacy, Grants
Carroll, Kathleen – Grantmakers for Education, 2016
The recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) is an historic opportunity for education leaders and funders to think broadly about innovation in terms of goals and accountability. This case examines two examples of states where responsible innovation regarding goals and accountability is long underway, with the support of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Innovation, Grantsmanship, Grants
Frahm, Robert – Grantmakers for Education, 2016
Not long ago, college seemed out of reach for Jesse Ashley, a high school senior in Buffalo, New York. In a troubled school system plagued by low achievement and high dropout rates, Jesse's chronic absenteeism and bouts with depression made his prospects shaky. But Jesse got help, returned to classes and began thinking about college--all under an…
Descriptors: Grantsmanship, Grants, Case Studies, Access to Education
Wisdom, Michelle – Grantmakers for Education, 2015
The Walton Family Foundation was at a pivotal point in early 2015. After investing $1.3 billion in K-12 education over the previous two decades, executive and board leadership were reflecting on past work, and charting a course for the Foundation's strategic direction based on key learnings from their investments in education. The Walton Family…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Elementary Secondary Education, School Choice, Access to Education
Carroll, Kathleen – Grantmakers for Education, 2015
It was a blustery, chilly January morning in 2009. Washington, D.C., was teeming with visitors, who had gathered in throngs on the Mall the day before to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. Dan Leeds, of the philanthropic Leeds family, had invited two dozen high-ranking officers from foundations…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support, Grantsmanship, Entrepreneurship
Maeroff, Gene I. – Grantmakers for Education, 2014
What incentive could be stronger in a community than full-tuition college scholarships for all graduates of a public school system? Could this be an answer to the question of how the nation can support children growing up in poverty so that they may access middle-class opportunities? When George Weiss, a successful young money manager, pledged to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Scholarships, Public Schools
Jenkins, Lynn; Wisdom, Michelle – Grantmakers for Education, 2014
As the summer of 2014 began, Paul Herdman, President and CEO of the Rodel Charitable Foundation of Delaware, paused to reflect on what Delaware had accomplished over the past decade in the public education realm. Academic standards had been raised across the K-12 system, and a new assessment system aligned to those standards was being implemented.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Public Education, Academic Standards, State Standards