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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; 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, 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, 2008
Through Grantmakers for Education's (GFE's) "Benchmarking 2008" research report, the researchers sought to make the act of sharing among GFE members as easy and worthwhile as possible. The researchers started with an online survey, which was completed by education grantmakers from more than 150 organizations. They analyzed their responses for…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Benchmarking, Private Financial Support, Online Surveys
King, Caroline – Grantmakers for Education, 2006
The Chicago Public Education Fund operates as a venture philanthropy: It raises capital from individual and institutional donors and then provides grant funding and direct, hands-on assistance to grantees. With a grantmaking budget totaling $25 million between 2000 and 2008, it seeks to recruit and develop high-potential new teachers and aspiring…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Education, Private Financial Support, Master Teachers
Grantmakers for Education, 2006
To provide an even more intensive learning experience at Grantmakers for Education's 2006 conference, the program featured a conference "study group." This special small-group program track focused on foundation strategy and the value of a well-crafted theory of change for increasing strategic clarity and impact. This report is intended to make…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Philanthropic Foundations, Grants, Private Financial Support
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