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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
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
Grantmakers for Education, 2015
As in past years, this report draws from a survey of Grantmakers for Education membership that provides a snapshot of giving patterns as well as grantmakers' qualitative impressions of lessons and insights from their work. For the first time, this report has sought out the perspectives of non-members who are active in the field, to help broaden…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Educational Trends, Grantsmanship, Philanthropic Foundations
Grantmakers for Education, 2012
As in previous years, the report draws from a survey of Grantmakers for Education's (GFE's) membership that provides a snapshot of giving patterns as well as grantmakers' qualitative impressions of lessons and insights from their work. This year, to mark the report's fifth anniversary, GFE also looks back to provide a historical perspective on…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Private Financial Support, Educational Finance, Philanthropic Foundations
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
Mackinnon, Anne – Grantmakers for Education, 2009
"No education grantmaker can afford to ignore public policy. Local, state and federal policies shape the context in which we work by establishing education standards, allocating resources and setting priorities for people working in education." So begins the report on Grantmakers for Educations' 2005 Grantmakers Institute, Foundation…
Descriptors: Faculty, Educational Change, Public Policy, Global Approach
Bearman, Jessica; Kilgore, Gin – Grantmakers for Education, 2009
"Benchmarking 2009: Trends in Education Philanthropy" is Grantmakers for Education's (GFE) second annual study of grantmaking trends and priorities among members. As a national network dedicated to improving education outcomes through philanthropy, GFE members are mindful of their role in fostering greater knowledge in the field. They believe it's…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Private Financial Support, Public Policy, Grants
Mackinnon, Anne – Grantmakers for Education, 2007
In late 2006, the National Center on Education and the Economy released "Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce." With compelling language, the report updated and sharpened the findings of the center's influential 1990 report, "America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages," which called…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development
Grantmakers for Education, 2004
For much of the past 20 years, philanthropists have invested significant time, money and knowledge into the important task of improving the nation's education system. Collectively, their efforts have targeted all aspects of the system--from helping teachers upgrade their skills and knowledge to creating better curricula and classroom tools, from…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Change, Private Financial Support, Change Agents
Grantmakers for Education, 2005
Increasingly, foundations are choosing to engage in public policy debates as a way of leveraging their investments and increasing their impact in advancing improvements community-wide, statewide or nationally. For foundations, influencing public policy decisions can happen in different ways: funding policy research and dissemination, building…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Public Policy, Change Strategies, Organizational Change