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Jung, Minna – Grantmakers for Education, 2021
As schools transitioned to virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, community-based organizations pivoted from providing afterschool programs to dealing with all manner of crises and basic needs. Some out-of-school time (OST) providers stayed open to provide full-day programs for the children of first responders and essential workers, while…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, After School Programs, Financial Support
Grantmakers for Education, 2020
What can over a million teachers tell funders about the needs of schools? No one has greater insight into the needs of students and schools than teachers. Increasingly, teachers are using their voice in identifying what American classrooms lack via crowdfunding websites like DonorsChoose. These requests uncover interesting patterns among…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Student Needs, Educational Needs, Teacher Attitudes
Traphagen, Kathleen – Grantmakers for Education, 2014
It is often noted that children spend most of their waking hours out of school. What they do during non-school hours is important, because access to high-quality learning, both in and out-of-school, is key to cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development. In the United States today, demand for after-school programs outstrips supply: 8.4…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Youth Programs, Surveys, Interviews
Grantmakers for Education, 2012
"Linking Resources to Results" explores the deliberate approach--including specific goals, a clearly articulated grantmaking strategy and benchmarks for measuring progress--the Chicago Public Education Fund used to help the Chicago Public Schools recognize, reward and deploy high-quality teachers. The case study is intended to help…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Education, School Administration, Teacher Effectiveness
Grantmakers for Education, 2012
"Engaged Partners" focuses on the decisions made by the creators of the Achieving the Dream initiative to build a broad and diverse range of stakeholders--including funders--who would take ownership of the problem of poor student success rates in community colleges. The case study illustrates the virtues--and some pitfalls--of encouraging…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Stakeholders, Partnerships in Education, Social Change
Grantmakers for Education, 2011
The analysis in "Benchmarking 2011" is based on data from an unduplicated sample of 184 education grantmaking organizations--approximately two-thirds of Grantmakers for Education's (GFE's) network of grantmakers--who responded to an online survey consisting of fixed-choice and open-ended questions. Because a different subset of funders…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Private Financial Support, Grants, Grantsmanship
Bearman, Jessica – Grantmakers for Education, 2010
"Benchmarking 2010" offers insights into the current priorities, practices and concerns of education grantmakers. The report is divided into five sections: (1) Mapping the Education Grantmaking Landscape; (2) 2010 Funding Priorities; (3) Strategies for Leveraging Greater Impact; (4) Identifying Significant Trends in Education Funding; and (5)…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Private Financial Support, Grants, Grantsmanship
Clayton, Tonika Cheek – Grantmakers for Education, 2008
Confronting two unhealthy approaches that surface frequently in philanthropy--the tendency for grantmakers to think they alone have all the answers and the tensions that arise when national and local funders try to work together--this case study is intended to help grantmakers think more deeply about the concept of "engaged partners," one of…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Community Colleges, Private Financial Support, Academic Achievement
Mackinnon, Anne – Grantmakers for Education, 2007
A key part of Grantmakers for Education's program portfolio to improve education philanthropy, the biannual Education Grantmakers Institute provides an especially unique and effective venue for strengthening the skills and knowledge of grantmakers. Held at a leading academic institution, the Institute includes noted scholars and researchers…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Private Financial Support, Grants
Grantmakers for Education, 2006
Gaps in academic achievement between students from various racial and ethnic groups and from low-income families are a cause for national concern. The advent of high stakes testing and the increased awareness of high dropout rates have rekindled the search for ways to help all children succeed in school. Many strategies to address lagging…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Ethnic Groups, Systems Approach