To build out the Alpha Community Education Initiative (ACEI), an education equity advocacy platform based in Alpha Phi Alpha's Western Region (Alpha West)
To support a local education reform agenda across mature cities nationally, including six where WFF has long made direct investments (Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, New Orleans, San Antonio and Washington, DC)
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
To analyze the academic performance of charter management organizations across more than 30 states in recent years using student-level assessment data and a rigorous matching technique to estimate schools' impacts on student learning
To launch a national catalytic investment strategy that will position community colleges as hubs of driving innovation between education and employment
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences
To support high-quality empirical research in K-12 education policy which is responsive to policymaker needs and in turn informs policymaking through enhanced dissemination and policymaker convenings
National Career Technical Education Foundation dba Center to Advance CTE
To conduct two research projects with the goal of informing policy related to career pathways for students
2022
Education
$150,000
Latinx Education Center
To support community engagement and the co-creation of community education priorities and coordinate sub-grants of up to $100,000 in Alamance County, NC