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Coggins, Celine; Komprathoum, Kara; Smith, Rebecca – Grantmakers for Education, 2023
Socioeconomic factors such as income have historically driven equity-focused education grant funding. The events of 2020, from the murder of George Floyd and other Black Americans to the COVID-19 pandemic, heightened scrutiny into ongoing racial injustice and disparities in the United States. In fall 2021, Grantmakers for Education set out to…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Grants, Minority Group Students, Race
Lawrence, Steven; Hansen, Ulcca Joshi – Grantmakers for Education, 2023
This document is the latest Grantmakers for Education's (EdFunders) study of what's now and what's next for education philanthropy. It aims to give insight into the priorities of the education funding community, and to help funders understand their role in supporting education innovation that benefits the nation's learners. The findings in this…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Educational Finance, Grants, Philanthropic Foundations
Jung, Minna – Grantmakers for Education, 2022
In part shaped by movements like Black Lives Matter, the crisis of the global pandemic, and the political and social turbulence of recent years, many thoughtful conversations have taken place in the philanthropic sector that question the power and privilege inherent in grantmaking and challenge whether conventional norms and practices in…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Race, Equal Education, Private Financial Support
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
Grantmakers for Education, 2020
How should philanthropy support young people in this perilous time in U.S. history? The confluence of a global pandemic, an economic crisis, and a nationwide call for racial justice will fundamentally alter the lives of all American learners. Change is inevitable, but whether it will widen inequity or result in systemic change that narrows…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Educational Finance, Social Justice, Educational Change
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
Lawrence, Steven; Fine, Melinda – Grantmakers for Education, 2019
Grantmakers for Education's "Trends in Education Philanthropy: Benchmarking 2018-19" report offers insights on the current and evolving priorities of the education funding community. It can help funders to understand their role in supporting education innovation and identify future priorities that hold the greatest promise for benefiting…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Donors, Benchmarking, Educational Finance
Carroll, Kathleen – Grantmakers for Education, 2015
Standardized tests are under a microscope as states prepare to administer new PARCC and Smarter Balanced tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards. This brief takes on five concerns about testing and is designed to help funders reframe the larger conversation to preserve a critical source of information about school, teacher and student…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, State Standards, Alignment (Education), Testing
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
Grantmakers for Education, 2014
Teachers are critical to the success of education grantmaking strategies, yet in talking with them we discovered that the world of philanthropy is often a mystery. GFE's Toolkit for Teacher Engagement aims to assist funders in authentically and effectively involving teachers in the education reform and innovation process. Built directly from the…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Finance, Private Financial Support, Teacher Participation
Otto, Rafael – Grantmakers for Education, 2014
Since 2011, Grantmakers for Education has offered a series of investigative programs designed to examine the role grantmakers can play in creating more equitable systems of education. GFE's programming included place-based programs in El Paso, Texas, Newark, New Jersey, Oakland, California, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. During this time, Grantmakers…
Descriptors: Grants, Equal Education, Educational Finance, Minority Group Students
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
Grantmakers for Education, 2010
More than one in ten preK-12 students in the U.S. are English Language Learners (ELLs), yet a sizable achievement gap exists between these more than 5.3 million ELL students and their English-proficient peers. In June 2010, Grantmakers for Education (GFE) convened funders, researchers, policymakers and practitioners to examine the role of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Second Language Learning, Limited English Speaking
Cheng, Tiffany K. – Grantmakers for Education, 2008
Operated as a pair of philanthropic funds, the Hyde Family Foundations works to improve the quality of life in Memphis. In order to counteract persistent socioeconomic and racial barriers and improve opportunities for underserved families in Memphis, the foundations have made improving the city's education system a priority of its grantmaking.…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Quality of Life, Leadership, Nonprofit Organizations
Adams, Nicole; Etter, Tashina; Hernandez, Sarah – Grantmakers for Education, 2006
American Indian education has an important place in U.S. education, and grantmakers can form lasting relationships with indigenous communities that will have a broad impact on not only Native education, but on education in the U.S. as a whole. These relationships can yield transformational change in Indian communities and can be rewarding for…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, American Indians, American Indian Education, Tribally Controlled Education